Volume 11 Number 3 11-3 June 2017

Periodical of S.V.A.T. Astatine

13- California Dreaming

24 - CrossFit®

32 - Women’s 30 - Green Team soccer Twente Contents Editorial

Summer is approaching and life is going to happen to you. The “ATtentie” is the periodical of S.V.A.T. Astatine, which is issued four Fresh Recurring times a year. The ATtentie is distrib- You’ve probably noticed that uted among members of Astatine, sponsors of Astatine and employees 2 Colofon recently time has been acting connected to Advanced Technology at 13 California Dreaming strange. Not (necessarily) through the University of Twente. 10 Interview with James Yorick Birkhölzer substance or theory of relativity Volume 11 / Number 3 / Issue 47 but because of the sun. Spring Copies: 750 Seddon Date of issue: June 1st 2017 22 Advertorial ASML is the process by which work is Frank Esselink & Yannik slowly transformed into vacation. Editorial staff 24 CrossFit® Jasper Gerritsen • Editor in Chief, Wotte This process is very complex and Layout editor Jelle Slief manifests itself in many ways. Frank Esselink • Editor, Layout editor 20 Photo pages Kevin Rouwenhorst • Editor 30 Green Team Twente One example is the great influx of Daphne van Dijken • Editor scattered national holidays. One Jelle Slief • Editor 38 Cheerful Chef Yannik Wotte • Editor Sevim Aktas would almost think that Jesus and Zahra van Egdom his friends kept the seasons in Address 32 Women’s soccer S.V.A.T. Astatine 39 Puzzle mind while creating their legacy. t.a.v. ATtentie Kevin Rouwenhorst Also apparent is the scaling of this Post office box 217 7500 AE Enschede phenomenom of relaxation with Tel. 053-489 4450 intensity of sun. I do not wish to Bank: 1475.73.769 (Rabobank) [email protected] diminish the accomplishments of www.astatine.utwente.nl disciplined Southern-Europeans, Printer Astatine but let’s just say it’s quite clear the Inpakservice IJmond sun is inviting them to enjoy life. Tel. 0251-272 430 5 From the Astatine Board With liberation day we celebrate With thanks to the great amount of freedom we Yorick Birkhölzer • Jan Eggenkamp • Jan Eggenkamp Cristophe van der Walt • Roos de Vries have to do what we want, but I’d • Sevim Aktas • James Seddon • Zahra like to celebrate something more. van Egdom • Dave van As 6 Excursion to CERN Embrace not only the parts of your If you want to contribute to the next Christophe van der Walt & Roos existence which you can control ATtentie, you can send in articles via email: [email protected] de Vries but also the parts which you cannot. Authors remain responsible for the There is great beauty to be found contents of their works. 16 Astatiny The editors preserve the right to in surprise so let us celebrate the modify or reject received articles. 28 Batavierenrace on the sun and let life happen to us. © S.V.A.T. Astatine 2017, all rights reserved. motor cycle Jasper Gerritsen, Dave van As Editor in Chief

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Warning: the following in an opinion! your study, with or without some side projects, then get a job at a What is the company or university and move on goal of life? in life. I am not adventurous enough Most people to make these huge life decisions to agree that be- just stop what you are doing. Main- ing happy ly, because I feel happy with what I

Jan Eggenkamp is the single am doing. Partly because AT gives us most impor- knowledge and structure in the way tant thing. But how do you achieve we work. We also need to be able to this? When I look around I feel that make, design, calculate something most know what makes them hap- and to understand how certain py, but somehow they manage to phenomena work. This could also not do these things. This is some- be done merely by self-study; the thing that fascinates me. I always material and internet explanations thought that people just do what are often present. Most of us do a they want. At least in Western Eu- lot besides our studies; committees, rope, as we have (more) freedom to own projects, sports or even boards. do so. There are many factors in- I truly enjoy the entrepreneurial volved that make people choosing spirit of AT students. There are so something else. Think about health, many good ideas lying around, of money, relationships. Technologi- which some get executed. We are cal developments can improve this good at seeing problems, solving greatly. Health science can partly them is way harder. solve the first objection. I am also very curious about the basic in- When encountering problems, we come, where you get a minimum should not become pessimistic amount of money each month and about the world. After all, we are the you do not have to do anything for ones who can change it. We can get it. I do not see the relationships part grumpy later in life, but not now. being solved, humans are very com- Now is the time to use our knowl- plex species (are we?) and figuring edge and change the world. Yes, we them out will happen sometime, but must be a bit naïve and idealistic. far from soon. But if we even give up trying now, what is your goal then? This is what I deeply appreciate people when I think is optimism. they make decisions that would scare me. Would you quit your study to achieve your goal? I think it is a safe and comfortable way to finish Zandraart.tumblr.com 5 Astatine Excursion to CERN Excursion to CERN Of spinny things, tiny things, and up this theory: synchrocyclotron is of synchronously cycling electrons measure: dark matter (not cute), or

ries chucklesome nomenclature the longest word in the English dic- around if you cannot learn from antihydrogen (not cute), or hypo- To eels, and the hovercrafts that contain tionary which ends in -tron. BAD the situation? The loop a particle thetical particles which might exist them ASS. cycles through in each experiment in the center of the sun (not cute… is equipped with a variety of detec- hot). I did some research into these The European Organization for Nu- There are also many other trons tors. These detectors take careful acronyms, and, just like the syn- clear Research, aptly abbreviated to be found at CERN, such as the measurements of the phenomena chrocyclotron, some of them have to CERN, is world renowned for its Super Proton Synchrotron, the incited within the loop. The ATLAS a name which relates to their func-

alt & Roos de V premier research in particle phys- Large Electron-Positron Collider, detector can note, for example, the tion. CLOUD, for example, explores ics. Over the last 50 years, this 213 and the Antiproton Decelerator. position of subatomic particles that the potential link between galactic hectare lab has discovered new sub- The function of these devices can cascade away when particle beams cosmic rays and cloud formation. atomic particles, new interactions be inferred from their names and collide. The type of cascade tells sci- Most of the abbreviations, however, between particles, and new meth- the explanation above. However, entists whether they are observing have probably just been added to ods of measuring both. Each year when AT second year Roos de a normal particle collision, or some- make the devices they represent during the 7th module of AT, 2nd Vries asked experts at CERN why thing more extraordinary, such as, just a little more graspable. To give year students are given the oppor- the devices were named the way say, the Higgs Boson which was dis- an example: you would much rather tunity to visit the campus to learn they were, no one seemed to care covered in ATLAS. hear someone say, It took me years to about the physics and the accel- about etymology, much to her fix Alice, but I’m glad I did than It took Christophe van der W erators developed there. Each year, disappointment. Experts responded: So why is the experiment called me years to renovate the N-A-61/ S-H-I- these students are puzzled by the It just sounds majestic. ATLAS? And why are there also ex- N-E, but I am glad the job is completed. strange names given to the curiosi- periments called EAGIS, ALICE, AL- ties which can be observed at CERN. An over-thinker would be tempted PHA, AWAKE, BASE, CAST, CLOUD, The realm of high energy physics to ask the following question: How COMPASS, DIRAC, ISOLDE, OSQAR, has some very interesting terminol- On the first day of the trip, students did the cult science fiction action and TOTEM? It seems rather coinci- ogy, most likely because the subject were introduced to one of the oldest adventure film Tron get its name? dental that all of these experiments delves to a point past reasonable, accelerators on the premises: the After all, the movie has little to do would have child-appropriate, easy intuitive imagination. This allows synchrocyclotron. This magnificent with microwaves or particle accel- to pronounce acronyms. Where are scientists to associate names with beast varies its electric field to ac- erators. A bit of research reveals the AMS, ASACUSA, ATRAP, CMS, somewhat more creativity and less celerate an electron around a loop, that the Tron licence belongs to Dis- LHCb, LHCf, MOEDAL, NA61/SHINE, justification than certain other by synchronising its field with a ney, which means the most prob- NA61, NA64, nTOF, and UA9s one is branches of physics. Let us explore cycling particle. So, “synchro” and able answer is marketing. In other more likely to expect? Well, all of one example of this here : “cyclo” make sense. The end of the words, scientists, Disney and ATers these acronyms represent experi- word, -tron, stems rather indirectly all agree: -tron sounds really cool. mental setups at CERN (Don’t un- When the model for the from the word electron. Any device derestimate the term ‘experimental composition of hadrons was made that accelerates or directs particles Okay, I’m done tronning. The de- setup’). But, the point is that an un- in 1964 by Murray Gell-Mann and can end in tron-- most notably, the vices mentioned above all function proportionate amount of these ab- George Zwieg, a name for such Dutch word magnetron. Person- to spin particles (protons, elec- breviations are… cute. constituents had to be invented. ally, I believe that scientists gave trons, muons, gluons, quarks… I’ll Whereas Zwieg wanted to call these the device this name because it just get back to this) around really re- These cute names are especially un- “aces”, Gell-Mann had the obviously sounds really really bad ass. To back ally fast. That said, what is the use fitting when you look at what they superior idea of only suggesting 6 7 Interview Excursion to CERN Interview: James Seddon a pronunciation: something that but at least the word has an Can you Dutch is still terrible, my English ac-

sounds like “qwork”. This seemed to etymology worthy of its importance otte introduce cent is still terrible, but it’s getting be going nowhere (I wonder why), in the Standard Model and so our yourself? better. until Gell-Mann stumbled upon a understanding of particle physics. Yes, my name passage of Finnegan’s Wake one This quark-rant of sorts shall now is James Sed- What was the subject for your

day. The passage reads : continue by discussing strange annik W don and I’m PhD? quarks. from Man- My PhD was in condensed matter --Three quarks for Muster Mark! chester. So physics. It was in the group of Andre Sure he hasn’t got much of a bark Back in the 40s and 50s, when sci- I’m born and Geim, the guy who invented gra- And sure any he has it’s all beside the entists were still mainly using cloud raised in the UK and I went to uni- phene. This was before he invented mark. chambers to detect particles, they versity there. I studied a Master de- graphene, of course. So I was look- used to detect “strange”, heavy gree in physics: I don’t know if you ing at super fluids: I was interested This is quite a passage to use, v-patterns in their devices. These have that here anymore but this is a in looking at convection in super Frank Esselink, Y as this describes how quarks ap- particles (which we now know as combined Bachelor and Master de- fluids. There are lots of different pear in threes in nature. As for the kaons) were formally defined as gree. From that I did my PhD (also in reasons why convection of super pronunciation, while one would strange. When the quark model Manchester, so I never really went fluids is a little bit different to that think this would mean that, rhym- became widely used, it was discov- too far from home). I had to stay in conventional fluids, but the tech- ing with “Mark”, the word “quark” ered that this strangeness was in near home for personal reasons. At niques, apart from having a cryostat should then be pronounced as such. fact caused by a hadron, that, in- the end of my Master degree I al- working at one or two Kelvin, were However, in James Joyce’s novel, the stead of “containing” a down-quark, ready had a job offer to work for the from standard fluid dynamics. It scene is in a bar, so the word “quark” contained a heavier variant there- British government. I was actually was mainly about convection in slab in this passage may in fact be used upon, which was in turn baptised offered this at the start of my final geometry and we were interested in for the rhyme’s sake, instead most “strange quark” : the cause of all the year, so that year was really easy the onset of chaos in that system. It probably meaning “quart”. This strangeness. for me because I didn’t have the happens as in all liquids in the world would, if one keeps the same ac- stress of finding a job. At the end at a certain critical rating, but with cent on the vowel, justify the pro- To explicitly conclude this amal- of my final year my Master project a superfluid it’s different. There’s a nunciation of “quark” intended by gamation of words, we saw a lot of supervisor walked past me and said: lot of controversy on why that is, we Gell-Mann. For some reason, this is abstruse and remarkable things at “Oh it’s our PhD day today, I hope did not solve that I can say! –laughs- the term that caught on, especially CERN. We distracted ourselves from you apply”. So I thought “Yeah go There’s one group in Trieste still since the discovery of the particles the fact that we will probably never on I’ll apply for that”. I did my PhD trying to solve it today, so it’s still at Stanford in 1968… until you con- understand these things by judging there and then, at the end of that, I not solved and it’s already twelve sider the alternate pronunciation of them by their names. But, the point was offered a job to go to industry. years later. –laughs- So I don’t feel quark, which you pronounce as if it is this: even those who discover new However, then the guy in the next bad about that. It’s a very compli- rhymed with “Mark”. English is a particles or build $4.75 billion Large research group down the corridor cated problem. I also don’t think it’s fickle mistress sometimes. Hadron Colliders want to give their asked if I’d like to postdoc for him. particularly interesting anymore, in babies cute names. They are hu- So, again I said yeah, and I Postdoc- hindsight: I just did it because it was So, that’s how we’re all calling mans, and that makes CERN all the ed at Manchester for a few years. In fun. Nowadays it is completely dif- them “quarks” today. One might more incredible. a nutshell that’s it. From Manches- ferent. Now I think you have a much speculate as to the relevance of such ter I came here and I’ve now been higher social responsibility on actu- a name in the scientific community, at the Twente for eight years. My ally solving more socially relevant 8 9 Interview: James Seddon Interview: James Seddon problems. In the UK we still have a uids behave but using experimental that’s for sure. It’s now much more hobby would be hiking, and I spend lot of fundamental PhDs available, techniques from solid state physics geared towards the project itself. a lot of time in the UK doing this. in the less so. It’s a lot again. So this is where I found my When I took over it was a flat struc- When I first came to the Nether- more socially responsible. niche, I’m very happy here. ture. Nevertheless I think the rat- lands I was travelling back thirteen ings of the module went from the times a year to the UK. Lake District, How did you end up at the Uni- How did you get involved with lowest rated to the highest rated Peak District, you name it. So I try versity of Twente? AT? module when I took over last year. I to go hiking as much as possible and After the PhD I moved to become a When I just started working for was very happy about that and that my wife likes this as well. So: hiking, fluid dynamics physicist, as a post- Detlef I had two offices. One was was I think just because of better gardening, cats. The cats take up doc. And then, at the end of the in physics of fluids in the mean- communication with the students. most of the time. postdoc, I thought I really like fluid der building, the other was in solid This year we’ve changed it com- dynamics. So I made a list of people state physics in the group of Bene pletely, structurally, and I think the Why did you choose for the aca- around the world who I thought Poelsema in Hogekamp, back when students are going to like it. The stu- demics instead of a company? were the experts. I wrote to all of the building and the solid state dents are only a week in and pretty This is an interesting question; it’s them: You don’t know me but I at- physics group still existed. I sat in much every feedback was positive one I think about a lot. Why aca- tached my cv and “You’ve got nine an office with Harold Zandvliet for already. Actually, I always take an demia? Well money is one thing: I months to find money enough to the first couple of years. Herbert accelerometer off my belt in the don’t need to be rich. I just want to pay me”, because I needed a job. Of Wormeester was also embedded in first lecture, from Fitbit. It didn’t ex- be rich enough that I’m happy, and those people three never responded that group, so I knew him already. ist as a company five or six years ago that doesn’t need a lot of money. But and three responded and said yes. I can’t remember whether I asked and now they’re worth billions. I being the first person to see a data Detlef Lohse did that within twelve him or he asked me to get involved think there’s no reason why it can’t point, being the first person to get hours. So that’s actually why I went with AT. But I was looking to do be an AT student making this, right? the realization, no one in the world to Twente: He was first. more with teaching because I want- knows this, we are the only people I came here to look at little bub- ed to try some things out for which What are your hobbies? who know this right now. The buzz bles. My PhD was in condensed I needed more access to students. I Oh my hobby’s, oh gosh. Apart from from that outweighs everything matter physics and I became a fluid was already teaching classical me- my two cats, which are my life, I else, which makes me very happy. dynamicist. Now I do fluid dynam- chanics to the physicists, and dy- have a wife as well. She’s obvious- Most academics normally prefer ics with condensed matter physics namics is not that far from classical ly part of my life, but not as much research or teaching. I am actu- techniques. So it kind of fits togeth- mechanics. So it was the obvious as the cats. Bagheera Singh, also ally very lucky that I love doing er nicely. I also saw this opportu- logical place to put me. known as Booboo, and Kiiki Dee, research, but also teaching. I like to nity with Nanoionics and I thought also known as Kiiki: These are my try different things out and to see “Let’s give that a go”. That’s why I’m Which module are you involved babies. –laughs- That’s where most what makes the students click. So I here in this group now and I’m very in? of my energy goes into. Other than get a lot of pleasure out of both of much interested in liquid structure The module is Dynamical Systems this I spend a lot of time in the gar- these aspects of my job. at interfaces. This is relevant for en- (They used to call it Advanced En- den. I’m vegetarian, so is my wife, What I want to say is: If you want ergy storage; this is the selling point gineering). And now what we teach: and we try and grow as much of our to work in industry, don’t do a PhD, you might tell people if you were There is a wonderful project in AT food as possible, organically, no ge- unless industry requires it like is writing for money –laughs- . It’s fun- module 4. You design, build and test netic modification, no chemicals very often the case in chemistry. damentally exciting, that’s why I do an accelerometer, and the module etc. We try and do that and I get a The reason I say this is because you it. And again it’s looking at how liq- has changed a lot since I took over, lot of pleasure out of that. The third have a lot of freedom in academia. 10 11 Alumni Interview: James Seddon California Dreaming We don’t get paid very high, but we discovering superfluids in Helium-3. While the world was looking forward to study guides to find out which get a lot of vacation to compensate Afterwards, I bumped into him at the first female president of the United Bachelor would prepare me best for that and there are a few niceties several conferences and it is his pure States, I worked as a visiting student Nanotechnology, and that’s how I in this respect. But we can choose honesty, which I admire. He was researcher at Stanford University in found AT. It was also an important what research we’re doing. If you giving a presentation and someone the heart of Silicon Valley in California. argument for me that the study was work in a company, you may be so in the audience said: “What do My name is Yorick Birkhölzer and I offered in English, as by then my close to a breakthrough, but tomor- you think about the present idea currently work on my Master thesis Dutch wasn’t so great yet. Materials orick Birkhölzer

row you may be told to stop, due to of putting men on Mars?” And Y assignment in the Inorganic Materials Science attracted me from early corporate strategic realignment. If Doug Osheroff answered: “At least Science group. on, though I actually never enjoyed you have done a PhD you’ll have had it makes the space station look Chemistry classes in High School. the freedom to push ideas as far as cheap.” And from this on I was like I graduated from AT in the initially, I also considered the study you want, so for someone else then “Yeah, this is just pure honesty, this summer of 2015 and stayed at the programs of Applied Physics and to be in control to take it off of you: is a crazy idea and he knows it and UT to follow the master program Electrical Engineering, but I never I think it’s heartbreaking. So if you everyone knows it, but he’s got the Nanotechnology. To tell you the full regretted my study choice. AT gave want to go to industry, don’t do a balls to say: This is the truth”. story, that master program was the me a broad background in science PhD. –laughs- In terms of actual science: A guy very reason I came to the UT in 2012 and engineering and that’s exactly called Tom Mullin. He was my boss in the first place. I already knew in what I came here for. Who is your favorite scientist and when I was a postdoc in the UK High School that I wanted to study why? and he is a brilliant scientist and Nanotechnology and since the Most Astatine members know me That’s a good question. It’s going to very humble as well. I remember MESA+ Nanolab just opened when I very well since I have been teaching be someone who I’ve worked with. he came to my office crying once. I first visited the UT campus in 2010, for AT from 2013 – 2016 where I Well, I’m going to say two names. said what’s wrong and he answered I was immediately attracted to this helped to shape the curriculum First: Douglas Osheroff. I met Doug “I just published my 77th paper” University. I browsed through some of the first-year study program maybe thirteen or fourteen years so I asked “So what?”: He then told ago. I had never heard of him and me that Brooke Benjamin, his boss you’ve probably never heard of him. earlier in life, only published 76, and I stood in this hall drinking Sake “Now people are going to think I’m at this conference and this person better than him and I’m not”. Brooke was looking over my shoulder and had like four or five laws named saying “There’s Doug Osheroff!”. I after him so my boss was like I’ve said “Who?” - the person repeated not got a single one. Just this pure “There’s Doug Osheroff!”. I said humbling of him as he was a harsh “Who is Doug Osheroff?” and he Scottish man. Tom is also brilliant in tapped me on my shoulder and took science. He got me excited for fluid my hand and said “Hi, I’m Doug mechanics. But he’s just doing really Osheroff, let me sign something.” very nice, very strong science, very We had these wooden Sake cups and humbling guy and they don’t make then he signed the bottom of the them like him anymore: He was one cup. I had no idea who he was, and I of a kind. went away. He won a Nobel Prize for 12 13 California Dreaming California Dreaming together with my friend and mentor – 2007. From this period, he has tech companies like Intel, Google, so I rode my bike every day. The Ruud van Damme. Furthermore, I great contacts in the area and he and Facebook do almost anything absence of dedicated cycling lanes participated in three BuCom trips even helped me to find affordable to attract Stanford students. I forces you to ride on the sidewalk, (, /Czech Republic accommodation, which is generally saw never ending opportunities and the lack of street lights forces and Denmark/) and I was almost impossible to find in Silicon to attend lunch lectures, visit you to wear reflective clothing and one of the supervisors during the Valley. companies etc. buy very strong lamps for your bike. 2015 & 2016 CERN excursions. I Furthermore, it’s totally normal to was once called the most active Working at Stanford is intense. Living in Silicon Valley is extremely wear a protective helmet. Literally, inactive member of Astatine since Everybody is extremely smart and expensive, especially in Palo Alto. everybody does that, no matter how I participated in so many different driven, and American workdays I combined three fellowships and old or young. activities, but officially never joined are long, very long. Late night and still had to bring up a substantial a single Astatine committee. weekend experiments are normal amount of private savings to Under the supervision of prof. If you are currently a first-year AT and free days are sparse. Those survive. Well, now you know what dr. Harold Hwang at GLAM I student, you haven’t had any classes who want to make it to the top I spent the money I earned as a worked on the fabrication and with me and that is because I spent in academia need to be available teaching assistant on. To give you characterization of freestanding half a year as a visiting student virtually 24 / 7 and one must check an idea: The cheapest bread costs > $ perovskite nanomembranes. If you researcher at Stanford. So how did and answer emails as if there is no 4 and for the price of a single beer at are interested in the details of this I end up there? tomorrow. That’s what smartphones Stanford I can buy a whole meter of project, I can strongly recommend are for. beer at the TAP at the UT. The only you to take a look at the very I knew that I wanted to go to thing that is really cheap in the US is illustrative paper published by California for my research The biggest benefit of working at gasoline, but in order to benefit from our team in Nature Materials in internship since I had once gone Stanford is the direct contact with that, you first have to rent a car, September 2016 [1]. A big part to High School in San Diego as an many world class researchers. which then again isn’t particularly of my work took place at prof. exchange student and I immediately Literally every day there is at least cheap either. Luckily, there is a car Hwang’s second lab at the SLAC fell in love with the state. The one fascinating lecture by a world rental company located directly on National Accelerator Laboratory internship is an integral part of the leading expert. These academic campus that offers discounts for campus, which is located on top master program Nanotechnology guests are flown in from any leading Stanford affiliates. of a hill behind the main campus and a perfect opportunity to make Institute: Harvard, Princeton, of Stanford. SLAC is mostly known new contacts in the academic world. MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, Zürich, Anyhow, cycling is very popular for its X-ray free electron laser I asked professor Gertjan Koster for Weizmann, … you name it. During and convenient at Stanford and and its synchrotron. At SLAC I had advice, whom I knew from various their stay, these guests are officially courses in AT, my BSc assignment in hosted by a Stanford faculty the IMS group, and the first year of member and via him or her it’s easy my Master. Gertjan kindly arranged for post docs and grad students to the opportunity for me to apply get in contact with the speakers for a visiting student researcher informally. position at the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM) Besides academic visitors, Stanford at Stanford University, where he is also well known for its excellent had worked himself from 1999 ties to industry. Silicon Valley 14 15 California Dreaming California Dreaming direct access to a top notch Atomic temperatures often go above 40 you a well-meant advice: improve places for an internship or a study Force Microscope, which I used degrees. Palo Alto is located on the your language skills now that you abroad. Raise the bar! Finding the to measure the Young’s modulus Bay Area Peninsula, about 60 km have the time. If you’re Dutch right place, program, and financing of nanometer thin, freestanding south of San Francisco. It is one of and you struggle with English, do takes about a year, so start looking strontium titanate (STO) films. In the most expensive cities in the something about it before it will today. That having said I hope you macroscopic, isotropic bulk samples, and its residents are one day hinder your career! Life enjoy Advanced Technology as the Young’s modulus is a material amongst the highest educated. More after your Bachelor won’t be as much as I did during my time and constant and does not depend on than 40 % of the 66,000 inhabitants relaxed as now anymore so seize I wish you all the best for your the shape of the specimen. My have a Master’s or Doctorate degree. all opportunities to travel, join science and engineering careers. goal, however, was to determine I lived only a few blocks away from summer schools and take language how the Young’s modulus of STO Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and classes. To the internationals depends on film thickness in the the famous garage where Hewlett- among you: take a Dutch course! [1] D. Lu et al., Synthesis extremely thin limit. After months Packard (HP) was founded. Palo Sooner or later, there will come a of freestanding single- of sample fabrication challenges, Alto served as an incubator for day where you will terribly regret crystal perovskite films and we eventually collected some very countless high-tech companies not having learnt Dutch. From my heterostructures by etching of exciting data. Six months passed such as Google, Facebook, Logitech, very own experiences in many sacrificial water-soluble layers, and I had to leave the US again to Pinterest, PayPal, and Tesla. The different countries, I can tell you Nature Materials 15, 1255–1260, finish my Master in Twente, but area is home to many of the world’s that life is more fun if you have at 2016, DOI: 10.1038/nmat4749 my colleagues at Stanford are still largest high-tech corporations least some basic knowledge of the http://www.nature.com/nmat/ working on the project and we will and thousands of startups. The local language. Let your curiosity journal/v15/n12/abs/nmat4749. hopefully soon write a publication silicon-based integrated circuit, the and your ambition drive you to new html with our findings. microprocessor, was invented here, which later gave the area its well- You probably once heard the saying known name, Silicon Valley. “it never rains in California”. Well, that might have been true for the California is a beautiful state. Its six terrible years of a devastating landscape offers miles of scenic drought, but during the last winter, beaches, high mountains with it rained more than enough in multiple feet of snow, endless northern California. The climate in highways, fruit and vegetable Palo Alto is normally very pleasant, fields, and of course the southern the temperature seldom falls below deserts. I deeply enjoyed to explore 0 degree Celsius in the winter and it that diverse environment and I’m doesn’t often go above 30 degrees grateful that I got the opportunity in the summer. Microclimate can to live my Californian dream. differ a lot from town to town Before I moved to the US, I naively though. Half an hour drive to the assumed that everybody there south of Palo Alto lies the big city would speak English fluently. of San Jose, the unofficial capital Sadly, that wasn’t the case. So, if I of Silicon Valley, where summer may conclude my article by giving 16 17 Astatiny The Tiny Astatine ATtentie The Tiny Astatine ATtentie

Batavierenrace Somewhat recent AT graduates The 45th edition of the Batavier- enrace took place on 28 and 29 May Jonas Amtsfeld Inorganic Materials Science (IMS) in which students relay race from Ankit Anand Energy Materials and Systems (EMS) Nijmegen all the way to Enschede. Suzanne van den Berg Inorganic Membranes (IM) Astatine participated with the name Mel Burger Production Technology (OPM/PT) A-team and finished on the glori- Robin Cornelissen Mechanical Automation/Demcon ous place of 199 out of 314 finishing Sylvio van Ditzhuijzen Production Technology (OPM/PT) teams. Our team finished the 175 Thomas Ganzeboom Energy Materials and Systems (EMS) kilomters in just over 16 hours, which Moritz Nunnenkamp Inorganic Materials Science (IMS) gives an average speed of about 11 Bucom Jasper den Os Biomechanical Engineering (BME) km/h. This year’s trip was to the UK, specifi- Erwin Verkleij Mechanical Automation (MA) cally to Northern England and Scot- Chris Wouters Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems (CAES) land. Our friends attended technical Jelle Zult Robotics and Mechatronics (RAM) companies such as Tata Steel, a very large steel producer and Bede Gam- ing, which constructs gaming equip- Sailing weekend ment. Next to that the area is known After its great success last year the for its abundance of cultural heritage, sailing weekend took place again in especially to see literature and archi- Friesland on 6 and 7 May. If you’re tecture you are in the right place. longing for some old school trip feeling The trip was in the week of Monday make sure to join next year. 22 May. On the 9th of June the Attraxcie or- ganizes a trip to Phantasialand full of Parents day adventure, thrill and surprises! On the 7th of april the yearly parents day was organized again. Spaghetti bridges were abundant and the fathers and mothers were shown around some relevant campus spots.

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Jelle Slief the sport, but are these really at the same time. The third and final part of the what CrossFit is, let’s discuss the justified? What actually is definition states that the movements stereotypes – as promised. CrossFit? Secondly, it says functional in CrossFit are performed at high movements. This means that the intensity. No fitness can be achieved An often-repeated piece of criticism Strictly speaking CrossFit is not a movements done in CrossFit allow without intensity in a workout. In raised towards CrossFitters is sport, it’s a “fitness methodology”. the athletes to move large loads over order to get stronger, muscles need that they are supposedly not real Ok, so what does that mean? Well, long distances, and to do so quickly. to experience continuous overload athletes. Watch a video on YouTube this means that CrossFit strives Again we see the different aspects (i.e. be under stress, for instance of a CrossFit athlete doing some to get people fit, similar to a gym that contribute to a person’s overall by lifting some heavy weight) Olympic lifting training, and you membership or a yoga class. What fitness: strength (large loads), over extended periods of time. To are guaranteed to find comments makes CrossFit CrossFit, is how it stamina and endurance (large create stamina and endurance, hart saying: “X professional Olympic does this, and this is exactly what distances), and speed (do so quickly). rate should be elevated for long lifter can lift much more!”. Or, with makes the program so unique. CrossFit doesn’t seek to make durations. To get faster, you need footage of a workout including According to the official definition: athletes simply look good (though to run as fast as you can right now running: “This guy wouldn’t stand a it’s a nice consequence if you do it as much as possible, and try to go a chance against a marathon runner”. “CrossFit is constantly varied right) or make them really good at little bit faster every time. None of These people are completely missing functional movements performed one particular skill without many this is easy, and no improvement the point behind CrossFit. As at high intensity.” real-world application. Instead, the will happen if an exercise is done stated before, CrossFit is not about ultimate CrossFit athlete will be one repetition at a time with lots of excelling at one particular thing, Let’s break that statement down. able to apply his skills in everyday rest in between. To really get fitter, that’s what Olympic weightlifters Firstly, constantly varied means life, and adapt to diverse physical that the movements used in challenges thrown at him/her at trainings aren’t the same ones any given time. Perfect examples every single time. CrossFit uses of this are some of the workouts a wide variety of exercises and and challenges top athletes have movements from a range of faced at the CrossFit Games (a sort several different sports, including: of CrossFit world-championship): Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics, from long and grueling trail runs powerlifting, rowing, swimming, through treacherous terrain and running, plyometrics, calisthenics obstacle course sprints to heavy and strongman. Elements from all deadlifts and Olympic weightlifting, these different fields are mixed workouts involving rope climbs and together in workouts to increase handstand walks, tire flips, half- strength, speed, agility, stamina, marathon rows, swimming and even stability and endurance in athletes, pegboard ascents. The goal ultimate to keep training methods effective, behind all of this is to prepare for 24 25 CrossFit® CrossFit® and marathon runners are for. A adding to its function as a posterior- “regular” people that goal is of weightlifter probably won’t be able chain developer.” course unattainable. But for a lot of to complete a marathon, while a people, that is not what practicing marathon runner won’t lift a lot of So the kipping pullup is not a way CrossFit is really about either. weight. A good CrossFitter might be to “cheat” on strict pullups, they The real goal for a lot of people is able to do both those things, though are a more effective way to get work simply to become a better version of maybe not as well. done and a much more effective themselves, and CrossFit for them is way to simulate real-life pulling the way to do that. Another example of this is the strength, thus making it a much use of kipping pullups in CrossFit more functional movement. And, This is why most regular people workouts. “Kipping” is a technique as we know now, this is an integral training at CrossFit boxes seem that can be applied to most part of the CrossFit ideology. to have a deep sense of respect bodyweight exercises, whereby for each-other. Whether you are momentum from the body is used to A final point of critique many training twice a week or twice a make the movement easier and more CrossFitters encounter is that they day, everyone is there with one efficient. In the pullup, this means are supposedly taught movements shared goal: to improve themselves. the momentum of a swing of the in a way that is harmful to the body. shoulders in the long run, while After a grueling workout, everyone legs is used to drive the hips upward Personally, I have no idea where only bringing their chest halfway to will be high-fiving each-other and and propel the body towards the this myth originated from, but the floor – just ask any regular gym- complimenting everyone on their bar. This requires much less energy luckily for people who practice the goer for confirmation. At CrossFit performances. If everybody is done than the traditional “strict” pullup. methodology it is untrue. Before however, one of the very first things but one person, they will all go to Some people ridicule this method being able to open a box (that is what athletes that are new to the sport that person and cheer them on until of doing pullups, saying it looks a CrossFit gym is called) you need learn is how to perform a proper they have finished too. If somebody silly, requires no strength or skill, is to be a certified CrossFit trainer. pushup: elbows stay to the side of hits a PR, whether it’s 20 or 200 kg, not a real pullup, and, worst of all, This means that regardless of the the body to prevent shoulder injury, everybody will applaud. Janitors that it’s cheating. Unfortunately, box you train at, the trainers are and the chest touches the floor on will be training next to high- these people again are missing the guaranteed to know what they are every repetition for full range of ranking CEO’s, soccer moms will be point. The reasoning behind this talking about. Compare this to any motion. working out with students. But in technique is as follows: regular gym where literally anyone training, nobody cares about that; paying for a subscription can come We see then that a lot of the criticism they are all just struggling through “Kipping allows more work to be in and use all sorts of potentially CrossFit receives is unjust and based the workout together. For most done in less time, thus increasing dangerous equipment without in misunderstanding. Luckily there people, that where the real strength power output. It is also a full-body having to have the slightest idea of are, besides the ones that don’t in CrossFit is. And whether you are coordination movement when how to use it. A good example of know it or don’t like it, also a lot a professional athlete or not, at the performed correctly, which applies this is one of the most well-known of people that love CrossFit. One end of the day it is all about wanting more functionally to real-life and basic bodyweight exercises: the thing all enthusiasts – and even to improve yourself and just getting application of pulling skills. Last, pushup. In a regular gym it is very some of the haters – can agree on is a little bit fitter. but not least, the hip motion of an common to see people do pushups the closeness and positivity of the effective kip mirrors the motion of with elbows perpendicular to the community. I have talked before the olympic lifts/kettlebell swings, body, which is very harmful to the about the “ideal athlete”. For most 26 27 Bata Batavierenrace on the motorcycle Batavierenrace During the Nijmegen to the restart at the Ni- 45th version jmegen University, I was respon- of the Bata- sible for driving the cameraman. vierenrace, I With some crappy preparations and was again a a small test drive half an hour be-

Dave van As motorcyclist. fore the start, we took off just ahead Hundreds of the runners. It could be that you of motorcyclists participate in the followed this live on the internet or Bata, but I had a different job. This is warmly and safely from a Bata-van. because I have been a driver for the As for myself, I couldn’t possibly BataRadio for years now. BataRadio follow what was happening. When is organized by students and was driving such an event your focus once re-created by another Astatine lies somewhere else completely. Are member, Martijn Meefout. Since you driving fast enough, or too fast? the start of BataRadio I have been Is the distance between the runners active in arranging the reporting large enough? Are you not hinder- from the back of a motorcycle for ing the runner? Eventually it goes After waiting for the start at the difficult for the police motorcyclist the last stage of the run. This year automatically, and soon enough you University of Nijmegen I drove back to clear the road when we eventu- it was different as last year BataRa- reach the end of the stage. Here the to Enschede to rest and make sure ally had to overtake the running dio has grown and used live video to evening ended for me but just start- to be back for the restart at the women in the back of the race. show the Bata as well. For the first ed for the hundreds of other motor- Oude Markt. From the Oude Markt Arriving at the campus, you could and last stage of this year a motor- cyclists. They will secure the roads I would drive the radio reporter for really feel the energy of all the cyclist would take a cameraman for the runners and make sure they the last stage. Just some minutes students spraying water, cheering on the back to livestream the first reach the end of each stage. before the start it got pretty tense and yelling. The arrival on the runner. From the market square of as the radio hardware was not on UTrack was even better with the scene yet. Luckily the women’s re- thousands of students and hundreds start got postponed for ten minutes, of motorcyclists revving their which gave us the possibility to get engines. You can imagine that every ready for the start. Just before the year the Bata is such an energizing women could make their first steps event, and I would strongly advise we drove off, following the police everyone reading this poorly motorcycle which cleared the way written article to join next year. for us. After about 8 minutes of driv- Either as a runner, a volunteer or a ing just in front of the fastest wom- motorcyclist. It’s always worth the an, we were forced to drive back to effort; it’s just one great adventure. the Oude Markt again to report for Next to that I would like to thank the men’s restart. We arrived just in MotoPort Hengelo for their quick time and drove off again to inform and efficient help in arranging a the radio station about the moves of suitable motorcycle! the men running in front. It became 29 Greenteam Towards a world of hydrogen - Green Team Twente Green Team Twente I always have this feeling of wanting to few months I realized that it’s never do more. I want to contribute my part about where you are at or who you to the world, but what exactly is “my are, it’s always about what you make part”? out of each situation. It’s always a matter of perspective.

Sevim Aktas I found the way towards my per- In Green Team Twente I live in a sonal goal in Green Team Twente: community with like-minded peo- My personal goal is to make the ple. This community of 20 students world a better place. Really vague, unites various Master and Bachelor really cliché and at the same time studies and nationalities all around it may sound a bit naïve. In the first campus. Together we are building a instance yes, maybe, but let me in- car powered by hydrogen; a project troduce you to the possibilities that which requires multiple disciplines you have, let me introduce you to to work together, ranging from me- your capabilities and your power to chanics and electronics of course to enhance your voice. strategy, management, finance and I used to wonder how I, as an indi- PR. In Green Team Twente, we be- vidual, should be able to improve come influencers. So let me intro- the same time learn a bunch of oth- Step by step, we are getting closer to our environment. I mean, I am Se- duce you to our world of H2. er soft and hard skills as well as new the marathon which takes place in vim Aktas, a random girl studying Green Team is an opportunity to personalities which introduce you this year, end of May. [They Advanced Technology at the UT, show and apply your knowledge, to new interests and cultures. won, red.] Everything is getting real right? But especially in these last deepen your understanding and at Not only are we working towards which means that the whole team the Shell Eco-Marathon, an inter- slowly starts to sweat. By the way, national competition with over 250 ever noticed people walking around teams from all around Europe, but on campus with a red jacket stating are also raising awareness about the Green Team Twente? That’s us! future innovation, the Hydrogen So, let’s label this year in green and Car. Isn’t it just incredible that 1L take initiative to make the world a of fuel can drive 1000 km (gasoline better place. Don’t underestimate equivalent), whereas it’s remark- your part in this and start to inspire able for regular cars to go 20 km/L? the people around you. Currently, hydrogen cars are at the Give yourself an ambition, a goal, beginning of their growth stage but a purpose of it all. Apply for Green the majority isn’t aware of this fact. Team Twente 2017-2018 and be part So starting with the university, with of this whole experience: us students as being the future gen- Send an email to secretaris@ eration, my team and I are creating greenteamtwente.nl with your this atmosphere about Fuel Cell Ve- name, study and year of studies and hicles being the solution for a sus- we will get in touch! tainable environment. 30 31 Sports UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 Women’s soccer Female football is definitely not as well- Pernille Harder, having both the central Anouk Dek- fielder , defensive known as its male counterpart, because insight and passing of a playmaker ker, and central defender Stefanie midfielder Trine Rønning combined of the lower degree of professional- and the killing shot and header of van der Gragt. Other stars, like with new stars such as goalkeeper ity. However, after watching various a striker. Next to this her lobs, im- left winger Lieke Mertens, attack- and striker matches it appears the female game is pressive free kicks and long shots ing midfielder Danielle van de Synne Jensen make the team a great a lot purer, they still play football as it make her one of the absolute stars Donk and veteran defender Many contender for the knock-out games. is meant to be played. I have been work- during the tournament. FC Barce- van den Berg continue to shine Prediction: 1st in group A. ing on a female football mod for FIFA lona’s central defender Line Røddik in the bigger competitions. With

Kevin Rouwenhorst 16 for months (Google FIFA Women 16 Hansen is one of the key players, this fresh and young team the Group B for some indications). Keeping in mind in the versatile and strong team. Netherlands will be a power to be Germany’s superstar is the Hungar- the upcoming European championship Hopefully goalkeeper Stina Lykke reckoned with in the coming years. ian born Dzsenifer Marozsán, argu- with the final in the Grolsch Veste in Petersen finds back her momentum Prediction: 2nd in group A. ably the world’s best playmaker. Enschede I will try to give you some im- from last Women’s Euro. Many of She is world class in passing and has pressions of the teams, so you will not go the stars from then are over their Despite only being 21 years old, an amazingly strong long shot, es- to the matches blankly! top and this may be the main draw- has already won the pecially in her right foot. She scored back of the team. Pernille Harder greatest club honors, including the the deciding goal in the 2016 Olym- Group A will have to carry the team. Predic- Women’s UEFA Champion’s League pic Games final, leading Germany Belgium is Holland’s little sister tion: 3rd in group A. with her club Olympique , to their first ever Olympic football when it comes to female football. In The big Dutch star is Vivianne while being one of the absolute gold medal, and months later she the attacking midfield and forward Miedema, although only 20 years stars. She compares to a younger was named captain of the German positions Belgium has stars in Jan- old, her positioning and excellent Zlatan Ibrahimovic, being ma- team. In front of her is the finisher ice Cayman and . The finishing make her the perfect jestic with both her feet and and target . Not yet entire line-up is rather strong, with modern striker, similar to her head, combined with being as great as Miroslav Klose or many very promising talents, such Robin van Persie in his a substantial agility and , Popp fills up the spot as goalkeeper Justien Odeurs, defen- prime years at Arsenal. strength. Another rising of the retired Célia Šašić. The attack sive midfielder , cen- Many players with star is the right winger is further bolstered by , tral defender Elien van Wynendaele, roots at FC Twente, and striker Caroline the strong central forward, who re- right midfielder , and the club playing Graham Hansen, sembles a younger . central midfielder . in the Grols- possibly the great- The new generation, goalkeeper In the coming years much is expect- ch Veste, est prospect of female , right midfielder ed of these players, but group A is the final football. After a long pe- , left back Tabea very strong. In another group Bel- venue, are riod of injuries she seems Kemme, right back , gium may have gone to the knock- promi- to be filling in on her and central midfielder Sara Däbritz out stage, but Denmark, and nent first promise and women’s are filling in their positions of the now also the Netherlands are top team play- Euro 2017 may be her highly renowned players of the past teams. Prediction: 4th in group A. ers. Among these are de- moment to mark as a years. There is only one expectation fensive midfielder Sherida world class player. The for the team, namely winning the The big dribbling sensation, the Spits, goalkeeper Sari van familiar faces of right tournament and thus winning the Messi or Dybala of European female Veenendaal, right winger midfielder Kristine 7th successive title. Prediction: 1st football, is the 24 year old Danish , Minde, central mid- in group B. 32 33 Women’s soccer Women’s soccer fense. is their unortho- , midfielder Nka, left back and left Italy has been around in female dox veteran central defender. She and defender currently. Nina Burg- midfielder , the Lou- football for quite a long time, but reminds something of a young John er, a veteran target, is one of their isa Nécib of the new generation, is not excelling in recent years. Terry, a leader in the field, having attacking qualities. Even though will get playtime. is simply a With striker won various big prices both with having a decent line-up, the team is world class team. Prediction: 1st in (Manolo’s sister), left back Raffaella club and country. The Swedish de- expected to fall short against their group C. Manieri, central midfielder Martina fensive midfield veteran Caroline opponents, especially France. Pre- Rosucci, and right back , Seger has the judgement and vision, diction: 4th in group C. While the male team was a big sur- Italy has a decent engine. Overall as does in male foot- prise during Euro 2016, the female the team is decent, yet Germany and ball. , Sweden’s goal- The French talisman is the defen- Iceland team has been doing well Sweden are world class teams and keeper, has been the absolute hero sive midfielder . for years. Their engine is VfL Wolfs- are expected to win against Italy. in Sweden’s campaign in the Olym- As a true engine of Les Bleus she has burg’s Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir, Italy is expected to withstand the pics last year, saving many penal- everything a defensive midfielder while veterans like strikers Mar- teams better than Russia, however, ties, and she is arguably the best should have: the defensive instinct grét Lára Vidarsdóttir and Harpa and Italy is likely to beat Russia. Pre- goalkeeper at the moment, a punch- to intercept and step in, the perfect Thorsteinsdóttir, left back Hallbera diction: 3rd in group B. er like Gianluigi Buffon. The agile passing of a playmaker, and when Guðný Gisladóttir, attacking mid- dribbler serves the chance allows, a keen long fielder Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir A few years back Russia was a strong attack. There are various shot. Henry is accompa- and goalkeeper Gudbjörg Gunnars- team with goalkeeper options for the striker po- nied by , dóttir add their experience to the as one of its stars, and defensively sitions, namely the vet- another experienced team. However, this is also Iceland’s the team still stands with Anna eran striker Lotta Sche- defensive mid- weakness, as their greatest stars are Kozhnikova, Ksenia Tsybutovich, lin, Jakobsson, fielder. While the already over their top. Hopefully , and Ekaterina and rising stars such as male team has a Dagný Brynjarsdóttir can score a 30 Dmitenko as candidates for the and young defensive meter goal, as she does from time to central defensive block. The new Fridolina Rolfö. This star in Raphaël time with her club Portland Thorns generation does not live up to the shows the class of the Varane, so does FC. Prediction: 3rd in group C. previous generation, and only play- team, yet also the the female team ers like right midfielder Margarita Achilles heel, as in in the tall Wendie The Swiss superstar is Ramona Chernomyrdina, attacking midfield- other positions the Renard, the abso- Bachmann, Chelsea’s agile right er Anna Cholovyaga, striker Ekat- team does not have lute rock in the de- winger and dribbler. Especially dur- erina Pantyukhina, and central mid- new world stars ready fense. France’s attack ing her last year at FC Rosengard she fielder Elvira Ziyastinova have yet yet. Prediction: 2nd has some fast legs, such strongly resembled Lionel Messi, for filled in their promise. Their East- in group B. as Eugénie Le Sommer and her easy dribbling in the 16-meter European playing style may still be Elodie Thomis, and veteran area and the perfect positioning and a problem for the West-European Group C in Gaëtane Thiney. In the back walking lines. On the other flank, contender, but it is not expected the Austria’s powers lie goalkeeper and the veteran left midfielder Lara team plays a large role in the tour- with FC Bayern central defender Dickenmann bosses the entire spec- nament. Prediction: 4th in group B. München play- are familiar faces. However, it is trum, both offensively and defen- ers Carina also expected that talents like cen- sively. Next to these renowned stars Sweden’s strength lies in their de- Wenninger and tral defender the Swiss team has a lively spirit and 34 35 Women’s soccer Women’s soccer the battle for the second place with lent to Cristiano Ronaldo. Predic- she shines for -Saint Germain. crucial role. Hedvig Lindahl can do Iceland is a heavy one, however tion: 4th in group D. Being a 10, she can also play on the the same trick as during the Olym- is a stronger team over somewhat remembers us wings, the central midfield posi- pics, and can show the entire line-up. Prediction: 2nd of a younger Wesley Sneijder, hav- tion, and the striker position. Spain why she has been one of the best in group C. ing the main passing and shooting is an upcoming team and other for the last decade. abilities of a pure number 10, but veterans like left midfielder Sonia Group D also the flair of an energetic young Bermúdez, attacking midfielder This would lead to the semi-finals Similar to Thiago Silva in male person. Although being an attack- Jenni Hermoso, central back Ruth Germany-France and Sweden- football, is rock ing midfielder, she is sometimes García and right back Tor- England, the Nr. 1, 3, 4 and 6 of the in the defense in female football. also compared to a younger Wayne rejón continue to shine. The new FIFA Women’s Wold Ranking (as of Next to a great header, the English Rooney, due to her pure qualities, generation of left midfielder Alexia March 24th 2017). In this stage the captain and MBE has a remarkable winning many individual and club Putellas goalkeeper , games are more like a lottery and passing technique, a long shot and honors. The Scottish team is not and striker Olga García brings the no firm predictions can be made. even a strong free kick. Next to her only Kim Little however and players right balance and the team man- The last match between Germany the right back plays, like striker , left wingers aged to win the 2017 . and France was a 0-0 (March 4th the true engine, constantly run- and , de- Spain is an upcoming force to be 2017 during the SheBelieves Cup). ning back and forth, as untiring fensive midfielder , reckoned with in the knock-outs. Similarly last England-Sweden en- as Stephan Lichtsteiner. Arsenal’s and central defender Prediction: 2nd in group D. counter ended in a 0-0 (January is the classy and ex- play in the bigger competitions of 24th 2017, friendly). France won perienced midfielder of the English England, Germany, and If my predictions on the group the 2017 edition of the SheBelieves team, known for her excellent long the USA as well. A stage turn out to be correct, Cup, a tournament with England, passing skills as a playmaker. Right drawback of the team we may expect some clas- France, Germany and the USA, and midfielder , another is their low number sics in the quarter-finals. is assumed to win the match with veteran, has been dribbling oppo- of quality players, Germany-Netherlands, Germany. England ended up being nents crazy for years. Being strong making the team Norway-Sweden, 3rd, whereas Sweden only finished on all positions, England is a good vulnerable upon England- 7th out of 12 in the 2017 Algarve contender. However, just as for injuries of star Switzer- Cup, and thus England is expected the male team a true attacking su- players. Pre- land, and to win the match against Sweden. perstar lacks in their team and this diction: 3rd in France- Spain This would lead to something spe- will be a problem in the knock-out group D. are the likely matches. cial, Germany not prolongating the matches. Prediction: 1st in group D. Some of these matches title and one of the finalists will is one of the least promi- The female David are expected to be tight, win their first Women’s Euro title nent teams on Women’s Euro 2017. Silva going by the especially on the Norway- ever. Between England and France Right flank players Ana Borges and name Vero Bo- Sweden match. Germany my odds are on France. The match Claudia Neto are key players, while quete was the star seems to be a class better against Germany can be devastat- Amanda da Costa continues to shine of the American than the Netherlands, just ing, but France has a much better in the USA. Although having a de- and Swedish as France is more ahead bench than England and subs are cent line-up with many agile op- competition of Spain and thus likely to definitely going to make the differ- tions in the attack, the female team some years win. In the other matches ence. does not have a world star equiva- back and now the goalkeepers can play a 36 37 Recipe Puzzle Cheerful Chef Kenken

This time I have my version of a spinach mushroom lasagna I found on damndelicous.net. It is very delicious but a very heavy meal! So what do we KenKen need to do? Almost like Sudoku: In the first case each row needs to have all the integers from 1 to 4, for the other two all from 1 to 6. Only one number per box. Numbers inside a bold box 1 Put the lasagna sheets in some cold water Cheesy Spinach & Mush- need to give the number in the upper left corner of that box after addition, subtraction, and set it aside. room Lasagna (for 4) multiplication or division, as indicated by the sign besides that number. ​Solve all three to 2 Dice the mozzarella in small cubes and mix with all 250g lasagna sheets claim the price! the other cheeses in a bowl and add two tablespoons 250g ricotta Zahra van Egdom of Italian herbs, set this aside as well. 250g mascarpone For the sake of practice: A little bigger version: 3 Chop the onion finely. 250g grated cheese 4 Put the spinach in a pan and fry it with the onions. 100g grated parmesan 5 Add a teaspoon of salt. Be careful; there is a lot of 2 mozzarella’s cheese, so a lot of salt is already present. 450g spinach, frozen 6 Fry until the spinach is defrosted and the onions are 400g mushrooms

cooked. 1 large onion 7 Take it off the heat and mix it with the cheese mixture 40g of flower 8 Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius. 700 ml milk 9 Slice the mushrooms and fry in a pan with some olive Italian herb mixture oil. 2 cloves garlic

10 Chop the garlic and add it with a tablespoon of Italian

herbs and one teaspoon of salt to the mushrooms. 11 Add the flower and cook for one minute. 12 Gradually pour in the milk and let it boil, then reduce the heat and let it cook it until it has thickened, about 3 minutes. And a last one because it’s fun: 13 Take it off the heat.

Now we can start layering, we’re going to have five 1 Mushroom sauce

layers as shown on the right. Lasagna

2 Cheese mixture Put it in the oven for about 40 minutes and then it is Lasagna Small side note: For the subtraction and ready, enjoy! 3 Mushroom sauce division boxes it does not matter which Lasagna of the numbers that yield the result you 4 Cheese mixture place first.

Lasagna 5 Mushroom sauce The solution for the puzzle cheese mixture in 11-2 is “nanotechnology” and the winner of the cinema coupon is Egbert Loeffen! 38 39 Groeten uit...

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