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L'edifici situat al Carrer Nou, 5 és una obra del municipi de Tossa de Mar (Selva). És un edifici de tres plantes situat entre mitgeres i amb coberta aterrassada. Consta de dues crugies. Forma part de l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

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La planta baixa, a més d'un sòcol d'arrebossat que imita la pedra de color marró fosc, consta d'un portal i d'una finestra emmarcades de pedra. La porta és de fusta i té una estructura típica en les cases de la vila construïdes a finals del , és a dir, doble porta amb decoració de fusteria barroca, vegetal i geomètrica, sobre l'obertura d'ús més comú en forma d'arc. En aquest cas, també conté la data d'origen de la casa, 1789. Aquesta data també està gravada a la llinda monolítica de la mateixa obertura, a més del nom de JOSEPH BAS. Tant la porta com la finestra tenen els marcs de grans blocs de pedra treballats en la part que dona a l'angle de la porta. Aquesta planta baixa ha estat arrebossada recentment, entre 1995 i 2005, i, entre la porta i la finestra s'ha obert una fornícula amb forma rectangular, arc conopial i marc de fusta, sense cap imatge, de moment.

El primer pis consta de dues finestres amb balcó modificades durant el . La base dels balcons és monolítica i té diversos nivells de motllures senzilles. La finestra balconada de sobre la porta principal és més gran i emergent que no pas l'altra. La decoració de ferro de forja de les baranes és senzilla i prismàtica amb espirals als barrots dels extrems i del centre. El segon pis consta de dues finestres amb l'ampit, els brancals i la llinda de pedra. El ràfec, prou vistós, és de quatre fileres de teula i rajola. El primer i el segon pis, tot i també estar arrebossats, no estan pintats com la planta baixa.

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Es tracta d'un edifici originari del  i reformat durant els segles XIX i XX. Bona part de les cases i els carrers de la vila nova de Tossa són originàries del , quan la vila va suportar un creixement econòmic i demogràfic que va urbanitzar aquesta zona. Moltes d'elles, malgrat haver-se reformat interiorment i exteriorment, han conservat restes de les cases originals, com ara llindes gravades o finestres motllurades de pedra. D'altra banda, aquests elements són, la major part de les vegades, els únics elements conservats. Aquest edifici destacava per ser un dels edificis característics de la nova urbanització de la Tossa de finals del . El treball artístic de la fusta de les portes de la majoria d'aquestes cases es devien a la família d'artistes i fuster de Cas Martí.

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Raphael Varane has revealed that he asked Zinedine Zidane to call him back when he phoned to convince him to move to Real Madrid -- because he was studying for exams.
After the centre-back established a reputation as a star of the future at Lens, France legend Zidane played a central role in persuading him to reject other approaches and join Madrid in 2011.
However, France international Varane told France Football he had not initially wanted to talk to his illustrious compatriot because he was focusing on his Baccalaureat qualifications.
Varane has gone from strength to strength at the Bernabeu and is now one of the best young centre-backs in Europe.
"I was right in the middle of my revision, and the telephone was ringing non-stop for my future transfer," he said. "At 18 years old, you don't necessarily have the experience to handle that kind of situation.
"Among all the calls, there was one from Zizou, who wanted to talk to me about Real's interest.
"As I didn't recognise him straight away, and it was early in the evening and I was tired, I didn't let him talk too much. Without really thinking, I asked him to call me back later."
Varane has gone on to play 82 times for Los Blancos, and was part of the France squad that reached the World Cup quarterfinals in the summer.


The state college and university system is confronted with mounting challenges as state and federal funding sources continue to trim budget allocations to these vital institutions. State funded college education is a critical social service and support institution that provides higher education opportunities to our lower and middle class citizens. The availability of affordable and accessible public education is critical to maintain an efficiently functioning democratic society. Education offers economically disadvantaged people the hope of social advancement, cultural assimilation and a chance to realize the greater aspirations of America's promise.
As state funding for higher education decreases, consumers will have to pay more. Colleges will need to scale back offerings and will be required to become more of a market driven enterprise. They will also need to rely more on the largess of alumni and corporate support to remain economically viable.
Cutting state colleges loose to navigate the ebbs and flows of the market economy threatens institutional independence and moves state education services one step closer to privatization. On the positive side this will encourage and inform institutional development and program initiatives that address the needs of the diverse communities' state colleges serve. This will tend to temper the "ivory tower" criticism of academic institutions; but they must not lose sight of state college's principal mission to enlighten citizens, serve cultural needs, enhance economic advancement potential and advance the political liberties of citizens.
State colleges are not vocational schools. Nor are they pools of labor and intellectual capital created to support these requirements of capitalist enterprises. As state colleges become more dependent on private sources of funding, it risks that its institutional culture will assume characteristics and political biases to support and advance the interests of its funding sources. This is another dangerous example of how privatization is assuming control of functions previously considered the domain of the state. The privatization of certain military functions, administration of elections and leasing highway toll road administration to private interests signals the growing pervasiveness state capitalism and commercial control over social and governmental institutions.
A free society requires educational institutions to be free from the control of special interests. Partnerships between corporations and public education institutions are critical to the success and growth of both parties. Academic freedom and the protection of the marketplace of ideas must never be compromised for the want of funding and must be guarded at all costs.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" Wendell Phillips, the abolitionist wrote. Extra vigilance is required to assure that state education continues to be well funded and that the source of funds does not inhibit academic freedom and the ultimate liberty and freedom of expression of our citizens.
The challenge to maintain a standard of excellence, secure funding, maintain costs and create brand differentiation of the state college curriculum and service offering are keys to its survival. Like all market driven enterprises, state colleges need to create and market a unique value proposition. State colleges must balance course curriculum, services and institutional experience to equally serve its social constituents and commercial interests of its funding sources.
The experience of "No Child Left Behind" is a good example of a well intentioned policy that has harmed the primary education experience. NCLB's places an emphasis on student's ability to pass standardized tests. Test results are used as a metric to score the schools effectiveness and as a yardstick to reward good performance with additional funding. This program compromises the schools core education mission of instilling a love of learning to better prepare students to be productive members of society. NCLB more closely resembles a grant application process for capital funding that places the protection of the institution ahead of its mission to teach students.
Democracy requires citizens to possess an ability to question, reason and understand how dissimilar issues, events and disciplines intersect and connect in an increasingly complex world. State funded colleges are communities where these types of skills can be developed, nurtured and shared equally and dispersed widely to all members of the society.
That is what the original Lyceum was all about.
We close with a fight song from one of our great public universities, Hail to the Victors!


ARCHIVAL ITEMS TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE - The process of "digitizing" the archival items is well underway. Almost 200 items (of over 600) have been photographed and documented in a searchable database format. When completed, museum visitors will be able to search the archive from the Greeks in Washington home page. The goal is to have the system activated by the end of 2016.


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It has been a whirlwind two weeks with the artist Colombian artist Lucas Posada, from his arrival in London from Cartagena to the private view for his exhibition at the Colombian Consulate, Entanglement.
Lucas unpacking the crates filled with paintings and sculptures for the installation… A very exciting moment for everyone.
Unwrapping the sculptures with great care.
Beggining to hang the paintings.
Guests at the Private View. Philippa Adams from the Saatchi Gallery and Peruvian designer Carlos del Carpio Palomino.
Guests at the Private View: Philippa Adams, Carlos del Carpio Palomino, Curator Sandra Higgins, Colombian artist Guillermo Londoño, Lucas Posada and Mexican Curator Hillary Simon.
Arc Gloria COlombian tall ship moored in Canary Wharf. A reception hosted by the Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, Nestor Osorio.
VIdeo at the Marion Goodman Gallery. William Kentridge show.
At the Marion Goodman Gallery. William Kentridge show.


Selling cars is a competitive business, so standing out among your peers can be difficult. You spend thousands of dollars on advertising and billboards. But what happens when they research you online? If you have a bad rating, odds are they'll keep looking because a vast majority of car buyers now trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations. But reviews do more than just enhance your online reputation. They can also help you get noticed on sites like Google, Cars.com, DealerRater, and Edmunds and drive purchase decisions from customers.


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Bulgaria's Odd Approach to Fixing Energy Market Woes
byRichard Smith
As Bulgaria assumes the EU Council presidency, its leaders are seeking support - and money - in some interesting places.
Bulgaria assuming the presidency of the Council of the European Union on New Year's Day 2018, in addition to representing a historic first, was also supposed to be a milestone for Europe. Here was one of the Union's newest, poorest members taking the reins of the Council, heralding the successful (if imperfect) integration of eastern and western European member states. Unfortunately, Bulgaria's actions in the months since suggest East and West have a long road still to travel – at least when it comes to energy policy.
In unexpected back to back trips, Bulgaria's top officials are traveling to Russia to solicit help from Vladimir Putin. Last week, Bulgarian president Rumen Radev visited the Russian president in Sochi to "restore dialogue between our countries to the highest possible level," as he put it. In concrete terms, that means exploring a Russian role in restarting the stalled Belene nuclear power plant project, not to mention turning Bulgaria into a hub for Russian natural gas exports. Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borisov starts his own visit to Moscow on May 30th, presumably to continue these talks. The delegation oddly does not include Bulgaria's minister of foreign affairs, a signal that the main focus of the meetings will be Russia's role in Bulgaria's energy sector.
The timing of these visits is disconcerting. Sparking fears Sofia is decidedly shifting eastwards, shortly before the meetings, the government announced plans to terminate two long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with thermal power plants owned by America's AES Corp. and ContourGlobal. The two plants are important pillars of Bulgaria's energy infrastructure and the Balkan country's energy security.
These bilaterals between Putin and Bulgaria's leaders come less than two months after nearly two dozen European governments expelled Russian diplomats to protest Russia's role in poisoning of a former intelligence officer in England (expulsions Bulgaria did not participate in). Bulgaria's approach to Russia also cuts against the grain of the very EU energy policy it is tasked with pursuing, namely the decade-long effort to reduceEurope's dependence on Russian natural gas, rather than increase it. Bulgaria, it should be noted, depends on Russian imports for essentially all its natural gas needs.
Bulgarian leaders are competing against each other to justify their warmer ties with Moscow on historical and cultural grounds, but Sofia is apparently just as eager to court Chinese investment in key projects such as the Belene nuclear facility. In furtherance of China's "Balkan Belt & Road" project, state-owned China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) has expressed interest in helping to get the Belene project back on the road to completion. Bulgaria's interest in seeking financial assistance from Beijing is raising just as many eyebrows in Brussels as the recent visits to Russia. Europe already fears China may be acquiring excessive influence in southeastern Europe. Much of the recent push to bring the non-EU Western Balkan countries into the fold – an effort ironically being spearheaded by Bulgaria – stems from a desire to counter precisely these external interests.
So what game is Bulgaria playing here?
Bulgaria's energy market is, simply put, a mess. Heavily dependent upon polluting and obsolete (over 40 years old) coal plants to produce need electricity, Bulgaria subsidizes these plants to keep them solvent. Sofia characterizes its overtures to Russia and China as part of a grander plan to liberalize its energy markets and increase the percentage of green energy in its energy mix. These are, after all, objectives that both the World Bank and the EU itself have urged Bulgaria to pursue.
However, the government's current approach seems to penalize Western partners while soliciting problematic arrangements with Moscow and Beijing. Sofia argues that scrapping the PPA with AES and ContourGlobal are moves towards liberalization, but the two plants currently supply 20% of Bulgaria's electric power needs. While they sell electricity to the state-controlled NEK, the arrangement does have the benefit of making sure the facilities are available to produce electricity when needed to ensure the security of the country's energy supply. Liberalization is a laudable goal, but the way Bulgaria is going about it is curious – punishing Western utilities that have been working to improve the efficiency of their energy production, all while spending $1.5 billion in subsidies to prop up state-owned Bulgarian coal plants.
When you consider that, according to EU data, Bulgarians use roughly four times the energy consumed per capita in Europe as a whole, a greater focus on improving energy efficiency might yield better results. Concentrating on internal energy market reform wouldn't just help shore up the finances at NEK and save Bulgarian consumers money. It would also offer the government a plan of action that doesn't require antagonizing its most important partners.
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Poop in Pools: Outbreaks of Parasite on Rise
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May 18, 2017, 7:42 PM UTC / Updated May 19, 2017, 6:27 PM UTC
People who swim too soon after recovering from diarrhea — or even while they are still sick — are spreading a waste-borne parasite in public pools and water parks, federal health experts said Thursday.
Outbreaks of cryptosporidium doubled between 2014 and 2016, and three outbreaks from last summer demonstrate the problem, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Outbreaks of a parasitic infection called cryptosporidium have doubled since 2014. CDC
"The parasite can spread when people swallow something that has come into contact with the feces (poop) of a sick person, such as pool water contaminated with diarrhea," the CDC said in a statement.
"Crypto is the most common cause of diarrheal illness and outbreaks linked to swimming pools or water playgrounds because it is not easily killed by chlorine and can survive up to 10 days in properly treated water," the CDC added.
"Swallowing just a mouthful of water contaminated with Crypto can make otherwise healthy people sick for up to three weeks with watery diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, or vomiting, and can lead to dehydration."
Related: Number One Pool Problem? It's Number Two
Even proper chlorination of pools doesn't kill the persistent parasite, the CDC said. It takes an especially large dose of chlorine to eliminate it.
"Young swimmers aged under 5 years are more likely to contaminate the water because they are more likely to have inadequate toileting and hygiene skills."
CDC pool safety expert Michele Hlavsa and colleagues gathered information on all recent reports of cryptosporidium outbreaks.
They said at least 32 outbreaks were reported in 2016, compared to 16 outbreaks in 2014 and 13 the year before.
Related: Here's the Poop on Your Pool Water
Hlavsa's team reported on three outbreaks that made people sick last July and August in Arizona, Alabama and Ohio. In Arizona, 36 out of 51 Little League players and their families got sick at one Phoenix-area pool, and the whole county reported 352 confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis.
At least 17 percent of the people who were sick admitted they had swum while they still had diarrhea symptoms, the CDC team said.
In Ohio, the average number of cases was just under 400 for many years but spiked to 1,940 cases in 2016, the CDC team said. More than 40 percent of the cases could be traced to pools or water parks.
And in Alabama, 23 people were confirmed to have cryptosporidium infections and as many as 35 got sick from one single venue.
Related: What Makes Your Eyes Red in the Pool?
"Young swimmers aged under 5 years are more likely to contaminate the water because they are more likely to have inadequate toileting and hygiene skills; therefore, prevention efforts should focus on their parents," the CDC team wrote in their report.
"As the Arizona outbreak investigation demonstrated, patients continue to swim while symptomatic," they added.
All swimmers should shower and use soap before going in any swimming pool, the CDC notes. Toilet paper alone does not remove disease-causing germs.
"Health care providers should also instruct cryptosporidiosis patients not to go back into the water until they have been diarrhea-free for two weeks," the team added.
Maggie Fox
Maggie Fox is a senior writer for NBC News and TODAY, covering health policy, science, medical treatments and disease.


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COPYRIGHT AND YOGA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Author: Sathyanarayanan Iyer. G
The main goal of this study is to analyse whether Yoga postures or asanas, can be a subject matter for copyright protection. Yoga, an ancient form of exercise having its origin in India, believed to have been created by Patanjali, a yogi or saint.[1]With the passage of time and in the era of globalisation this practice of yoga has spread to all parts of the world, thereby creating a commercial aspect to the yoga schoolsthat teach people about yoga.
Yoga essentially has two major steps that form the core of the exercises. These two steps are
a. Breathing (Pranayama) and,
b. Postures (Asanas).
Without performing the above two steps the exercises don't provide the essential physical and mental benefits. With the case of Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury[2] being decided by the Court of appeal for the Ninth Circuit in the USA, the question of whether yoga can be copyrighted has become a matter of concern with different Yoga gurus trying to copyright their method of yoga practice.
Legal questions involved:
The concept of traditional knowledge not allowed to be a subject matter of copyright is a well-established principle. In Italian Book Company v. Rossi[3], the New York Court held that "folk songs are traditional in nature, therefore, the composer can only claim copyright for the tune which he has produced and he can't restrain anyone from using the same lyrics of the folk song." Yoga is also considered to be a traditional knowledge that has been practiced over centuries by the people. By virtue of Article 9(2) of the TRIPS agreement "Copyright protection shall extend to expressions and not to ideas, procedures, methods of operation or mathematical concepts as such."[4]Section 1(1) of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 enumerates copyright can be granted for -
"(a)original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works,
(b)sound recordings, films [broadcasts], and
(c)the typographical arrangement of published editions."[5]
But the act does not define the word "Original", thereby it is to be decided upon the facts and circumstances of each case.It is difficult to establish yoga exercises under any of the above categories since yoga cannot be treated equally to a dance move for which choreography rights exist. Despite plenty of authors claim copyright for their publication on yoga, it is provided to them for their literary work. The sine qua non of copyright is the original work of the author. The Supreme court of the United States of America in Baker v Selden[6], held that "a book did not give an author the right to exclude others from practicing what was described in the book"[7].
Further the Court by applying the "Idea-Expression dichotomy", held that "author of a book can only copyright the expression used by him and not the idea when the idea is not an original work of the author"[8]. In Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co.[9], the Supreme Court of the United States while deciding the copyrightability of telephone directory held that "facts are not copyrightable, but that compilations of facts can be".[10]By virtue of this decisionthe Court moved on from the "sweat of the brow" doctrine to the doctrine of "modicum of creativity". By this position putting up labour alone is not an essential element to claim copyright but there must be some creativity put in by the author to claim copyright for his work.
Position in England:
The Courts in England while addressing copyright issues have relied upon the "sweat of the brow" doctrine. Despite sine qua non of copyright being originality, in all circumstances'originality' is not interpreted in its literal meaning. The author of any literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works may have not used his idea while producing his work but wouldhave put in some labour, skill, and judgment while producing such work. The "sweat of the brow" doctrine giving recognition to the labour put in allows the author of such work to claim copyright for the work, but it does not givecomplete protection to the author of suchwork. It only protects his "expression" in the work. In University of London Press v. University Tutorial Press limited,[11], the Chancery Division Court held that "always originality in work need not be essential for copyright, but the expression must be original work of the author in order to claim copyright."[12]
Yoga is purely a concept based on traditional knowledge arising from India. The steps involved in yoga must be performed in order to derive the benefits arising from it. Based upon different researchesperformed it has been established that "yoga reduces chances of heart attacks, reduces stress, reduces obesity, etc".[13] If yoga gurus are allowed to claim copyright for asanas then it would create a monopoly right to such gurus and people would be forced to pay licensing fee for using it. This scenario would, therefore, lead to social issues and thereby creating health hazards. Yoga is not the original idea of any of the yoga schools which today earn a lot of money through teaching people yoga. The essential element for claiming copyright is the subsistence of originality in the work. There would be no hazard in allowing copyright for books published on yoga since it only provides protection to the literary work and would not prevent people from practising the asanas mentioned in the book. Therefore, yoga cannot be a subject matter of copyright.
[1]https://www.medicinenet.com/yoga/article.htm#who_invented_yoga [2] Bikram's Yoga College v. Evolation Yoga, No. 13-55763 (9th Cir. 2015) [3] 27 F. 2d 1014 (S.D.N.Y. 1928) [4]Article 9(2), TRIPS Agreement. [5] Section 1(1) of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 [6]101 U.S. 99 (1879) [7]https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/101/99 [8]Ibid 6. [9] 499 U.S. 340 (1991) [10]https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/499/340 [11] [1916] 2 Ch 601 [12]http://wiki.ipcompendium.ca/cases:university_of_london_press_ltd_v_university_tutorial_press_ltd [13]https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-living/fitness/a28508/yoga-health-benefits/
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The Mei-Ling Hopgood website was created with the intention of purely dedicating it to the journalist and writer Mei-Ling Hopgood herself. As an avid reader of her books and a supporter of her works, I decided to make a website for the people who are curious about her. Making a website dedicated to or about the artists, writers, and more people in other fields or industries is not a rare thing to do. For me, doing these things for the person who really inspires me as a mother and a person, is not a hard and difficult thing to do.
"How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm" really gave me a great idea about parenting when I was pregnant with my first child. Knowing that I still have no experience with parenting, it was normal that I tried to read a book about it, and it just happened that Me-Ling's book is the one that I loved the most. It thought me a lot of things and inspired me to become a great mother that was better than I've been thinking all this time. That was when I discovered her other book as well which was titled "Lucky Girl". It was also inspiring and I love the way it conveys true to life events. The least I could do is support the author of these great books and share her works with many people.
Creating a website became a good way for me to do what I wanted. I was able to share with other people how great Mei-Ling Hopgood is as a writer and how amazing are books were. Receiving feedback and good reviews made me proud as if I wrote these masterpieces myself, but to be honest, I'm actually proud as a fan and supporter of this awesome writer.


The new Volkswagen Touareg comes in an attractive, imposing yet sporty new shell. But there's plenty more going on inside the new SUV than meets the eye from the SEL, R-Line and range topping R-Line Tech trims.
Wherever you look on the new Touareg you'll see strong design. From the longer bonnet designed to create an impressive silhouette, to the new LED lights which feature Dynamic Light Assist to provide more illumination without dazzling other road users. The new striking design doesn't stop there though, the swathes of chrome detailing which accent the bodywork sit on top of 19, 20 or 21 inch alloys and there's also an optional 'Off-road' package for those weekends when you're feeling extra adventurous.
While the exterior of the new Touareg is all about athletic style and sporty intimidation, the interior takes you to a more relaxed destination. Through a combination of extremely spacious design and technological additions to make you feel as though you're floating down the road. The 14-way ergoComfort seats adjust electronically and if you're in need of a stress reliever after a long day at the office, the optional active front climate seats offer ventilation and a choice of 8 individual pneumatic massage settings.
There are three 3.0-litre 6 cylinder diesel engines available for the new Touareg. All models benefit from 286ps, they're all able to get from 0-62mph in 6.1 seconds with a fuel consumption reading of 41.2mpg. The thee Touaregs also have the ability to take on more rugged terrain as they 4Motion technology comes as standard.
In a first for Volkswagen, the new Touareg R-Line Tech will feature a mammoth 15 inch touchscreen screen infotainment centre which blends into the 12.3 inch digital display unit. This impressive technical arrangement allows the driver to control the Touareg's functions and systems with either touch, voice or gesture. A fully customizable home screen complete with all your favourite apps and photos turns the central interface into your phone screen for a safer, more intuitive and convenient drive.
In the world of Volkswagen Group SUVs, the Touareg is actually the budget-friendly baby sibling. Its sister cars include – in ascending order – the Audi Q7, the Porsche Cayenne, the Lamborghini Urus and the Bentley Bentayga. That's quite the family reputation to uphold.
As the cheapest member of the group, the Touareg has stiff competition from cars such as the Land Rover Discovery. But its premium leanings bring it into the running as a rival to upmarket cars such as the BMW X5 or even its Audi Q7 sibling.
The Touareg now sits on the same MLB Evo platform as its upmarket siblings, which brings a number of benefits for ride and handling, not to mention the cost saving in using a single, scalable platform for each car. It's also significantly lighter than the outgoing model.
The cockpit is where the Touareg's new tech really shines, as it's the first VW Group car to use the firm's new 'InnoVision' dashboard. This merges the Virtual Cockpit digital dials virtually seamlessly into a massive, 15-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
Though there's likely to be more options coming – including a plug-in hybrid powertrain – from launch, buyers will more than likely choose the engine we have here. It's a 3.0-litre V6 diesel unit producing 282bhp and a juicy 600Nm of torque. It's mated to an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox, with power sent through all four wheels. That translates to 0-60mph in 5.9 seconds with a top speed of 148mph possible.
Despite the weight-saving, the Touareg is still a big, bulky, heavy vehicle, so that torque is appreciated. But the Touareg will be plenty fast enough for most buyers.
Push the car hard and the engine's throaty note is surprisingly pleasant to listen to – but this is a car best enjoyed at a more smooth and sedate pace. We suspect the 'Sport' mode switches will gather dust under most owners.
As for efficiency, Volkswagen claims 40.9mpg on the combined cycle with CO2 emissions of 182g/km.
This generation of Touareg has grown significantly in length and width but lost a few mm in height. The result looks planted on the road with less of an off-road focus than its predecessors.
Up front, there's a bold and upright chromed grille flanked by sophisticated LED headlamps lending a precise feel to the nose. In short, it's handsome enough, with the body creases that characterise a modern VW.
At the rear a simple tailgate and smart LED lights come together with the chrome details and tail-pipes to offer a strong all-round look. Though the car's available in the usual black as well as deep red, blue and green shades, the lighter hues show off the details better.
Volkswagen's hard work is best seen in the interior, which is dominated by the brand's 'InnoVision' cockpit. It melds the trademark 'Virtual Cockpit' with a 15-inch touchscreen infotainment display. The two give the illusion of being one giant screen across the whole car.
On the whole, the mixture of the extremely roomy interior with the space-age look of the cockpit works very well.
UK specs have yet to be finalised but you can expect the Touareg to come with all of the basics for its £49,000 starting price. Key tech – such as the air suspension, four-wheel steering, InnoVision cockpit and excellent Dynaudio sound system are likely to be optional extras, though, or require a step up from base trim.
Stylish R-Line trim brings some glitz to the show – it's the only trim that's offered on the outgoing model, and is likely to be a popular choice among UK buyers.
The new Touareg is a very convincing premium SUV and one that melds class-leading interior tech with good manners on road. It's smart to look at, comfortable to ride in and showcases the best that VW has to offer.


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