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Joe Cobden admires the CGI buildings he can't see.
(Universal) Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine, Geoffrey Arend, Matt Craven, Jacob Vargas, Joshua Peace, Caroline Dhavernas, Joe Cobden, Zoie Palmer, Vincent Laresca. Directed by John Erick Dowdle
There are those that believe human beings are not basically evil; our evil comes from the choices we make. If that is the case, then the devil resides in our decisions.
It seems like an ordinary day, as five people board an elevator in a Philadelphia high-rise; Sarah (Novakovic), an attractive young woman; Ben (Woodbine), a new temp working as a security guard on just his second day on the job; Vince (Arend), a slimy mattress salesman; Mrs. Tonjanovich (O'Hara), a matronly elderly woman and Tony (Marshall-Green), a former Marine just back from Afghanistan.
They're on the express elevator but partway up the elevator comes to a bumpy and startling halt. Nothing terribly unusual about that, but what is strange about it is that every circuit appears to point to the elevator being perfectly fine. It should be traveling up and down the shaft instead of being stuck there, halfway between here and there. Two security guards, Lustig (Craven) and Ramirez (Vargas) are monitoring the situation via closed circuit cameras, but another strange thing – the audio is only working one way. The trapped people in the elevator can hear the security guards just fine, but the guards cannot hear them.
At first it seems just a minor inconvenience, but a time drags on and the building engineer (Cobden) can't get the elevator to budge with no explanation as to why the elevator is stuck in the first place, the lights flicker out. When they come back on, Sarah is bleeding from a fairly impressive wound in the middle of her back that look uncomfortably like something bit her. Realizing that the wound was no accident, the guards call the police.
Conveniently enough, the police are already there; Detective Bowden (Messina) and his partner Detective Markowitz (Peace) were there investigating a suicide from the very same building. They try to reassure the increasingly panicked passengers (what doesn't help matters is that Ben is claustrophobic, and Vince is something of an asshole), but the lights flicker out once again. When they come back on, one of the passengers is dead. It becomes apparent to everyone that something sinister is going on and as the body count piles up both inside the elevator and out, Ramirez realizes that one of the passengers is not who they seem to be and that what was happening in the elevator may be far worse than anyone realizes.
Director Dowdle (and his brother Drew, who co-produces his film) is an up and coming star in the horror genre, with Quarantine and the criminally under-appreciated The Poughkeepsie Tapes to his credit. This one is the most high-profile release yet, and he shows some real talent.
Most of the murders take place in complete darkness, allowing the imaginations of the audience to work for them. Dowdle relies on mood and tension to create the horror; while the supernatural element is certainly in the forefront, there aren't as many special effects needed and in fact, there are really very few shots that make use of special effects (in something of an irony, there are more SFX shots establishing the cityscape than there are of the horrific).
Messina makes for a decent enough hero, a tormented man who is grieving an intolerable loss and whose back story is woven inexlorably into the fabric of the film. The cast is largely unknown and solid in their roles, with an occasional lapse into overacting from time to time.
Part of the film's problem is the over-reliance on the voice-over narration to advance the plot. Ramirez, the film's narrator, bases the events on a story his grandmother told him. As the movie progresses, the narration tends to mostly emphasize how each event being seen onscreen relates to a specific element to the story Ramirez' grandmother told him. After awhile, it seems a lazy way to tell the story; in fact, the Ramirez character mostly exists to narrate and occasionally react with superstitious fear. For my two cents worth, I think the movie would have worked better without it.
That said, I must applaud Dowdle's use of sound and darkness to deliver the scares. It's very effective, especially in a large theater with a grand sound system that surrounds the viewer. I jumped several times during the movie and Da Queen, who is not fond of horror films, not only had a death grip on my hand during much of the movie but about pulled my arm out of the socket putting it between her and the screen, as if something were going to leap out and she would be protected by whatever it was devouring my arm first.
This is a solid horror movie with some pretty slick scares. I suspect that the connection with M. Night Shyamalan might hurt the movie, which is a crying shame. While I agree that Shyamalan of late has delivered some fairly mediocre films, there has been a backlash against him amongst internet fanboys who find it fashionable to flame the Pennsylvania-based director unmercifully. Unfortunately, very few of those who dictate opinion on the net actually take the time to base their opinions on the actual movie; it's far more important for them to appear hip and funny.
That's the crap part of net film review; the tendency for critics to go for the one-line zinger over genuine examination of the film's strengths and weaknesses. This is far from being a classic of the horror genre, but it isn't a complete waste of time either. Those who like a good scare flick will be well-served to check this out.
REASONS TO GO: The movie makes great use of darkness and sound to play head games with the audience. Some genuinely powerful scares and a nifty concept make this worth your while.
REASONS TO STAY: The movie relies far too much on voice-over narration to tell you what's going on and the Ramirez character seemed unnecessary.
FAMILY VALUES: There are some very disturbing images, as well as some frightening images and sounds. Keep the kids at home for this one although the movie is suitable for older teens.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: This is the first movie in a projected series of films that director M. Night Shyamalan will produce and conceptualize, but not direct. During the opening credit, the Night Chronicles logo morphs into the number one.
HOME OR THEATER: Quite frankly, the movie needs the big sound system to make some of the scares work properly, even though the movie is mostly set in an elevator.
FINAL RATING: 6/10
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Fact sheets in community languages
Family Planning NSW publishes fact sheets in a wide range of community languages. These provide essential information about reproductive and sexual health, contraception, menstruation and STIs.
Click on a link below to see the PDFs available for that language:
Most Family Planning NSW fact sheets include english language translations.
Common Vaginal and Vulval Conditions - Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chinese, Dinka, Farsi, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Serbian, Swahilli, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Menstruation (Periods) And How You Can Manage It - Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chinese, Dinka, Farsi, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Serbian, Swahilli, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Menopause - Arabic
Cervical Screening Test - Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, Dinka, Farsi, Hindi, Karen, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Vietnamese .
The Combined Pill - Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chinese, Dinka, Farsi, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Serbian, Swahilli, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
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English language versions of the Women and HIV fact sheets are also available.
Family Planning NSW is dedicated to improving the reproductive and sexual health of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities through culturally appropriate clinical services, health promotion, education and training, research and advocacy.
We work with multicultural and refugee health services to ensure women and men of all ages, from non-English speaking backgrounds have equal access to our reproductive and sexual health information and services. We offer free translator services for clinic consultations and have translated a range of factsheets into languages other than English.
In any one day our clinicians listen to, care for, treat and support people from diverse backgrounds who are facing complex and difficult issues relating to their reproductive and sexual health. When someone comes to see us, they come to talk about matters that are profoundly personal. We are privileged to listen without judgement to each and every story from each and every person and to assist in finding solutions that are right for the individual in their own circumstances.
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Health related Factsheets in community languages are also available on the NSW Government Health website at www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au.
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Cemeteries of Iași
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For an offbeat experience, you should visit some of the most important cemeteries in Iasi, that hold in silence the tales of the city's past.
Eternity Cemetery
Eternitatea is a cemetery that deserves to be visited by everyone.
Established in 1868, it has been called an "open air museum of eternal lives". Worth seeing even if only for the overall impression and architectural styles of the historic funeral monuments, Eternitatea offers additional layers to the discerning visitor.
Many of the most important cultural and historical personalities of the countries are buried here, including the likes of Ion Creangă and Mihail Kogălniceanu, but the list goes into the dozens.
Specific history can be uncovered by visiting the areas dedicated to Romanian war heroes, but also Soviet, German and French war heroes that fought in these areas in various wars. A section is dedicated to pilots that died in the line of duty, with matching, wing inspired crosses.
All in all, the cemetery is a worthwhile stop where you can easily lose yourself for a couple of hours, especially in the warmer months.
Located on one of the highest hills in Iași, the Saints Peter and Pavel Cemetery is not far from Eternity. The vast area with green walking alleys is worth a visit for those who seek an atypical kind of peace and tranquility.
For centuries, Iaşi was a leading center of Jewish life and culture. The Jewish Cemetery, near Pacurari street, in the nortwest of the city, was founded in the 19th century. It includes large mass graves of Holocaust victims as well as a section honoring Jewish soldiers who fell in World War I. It's one of the largest jewish cemeteries in Romania.
Photo by Edgar Hauster
The Jewish Cemetery
Jewish victims of the pogroms are buried in four concrete bunkers at this cemetery 5km west off Str Păcurari. Here stands a monument to the victims, as well as a (very small) synagogue.
Aleea Cimitirul Evreiesc, Iași 707410
Photo by Cezar Suceveanu
Saints Peter and Pavel Cemetery
Situated on one of the highest hills in Iasi, this cemetery is a good stop on your way to the Ciric Forest.
Str. Moara de Vant nr. 26, Iași 707023
The biggest cemetery in Iasi and city's Pantheon. Declared a national monument in 2020, the Eternity Cemetery holds an impressive number of tombs belonging to some of the most important figures of arts, literature and politics.
Strada Eternitate nr. 121, Iași 700259
Museums galore
Architecture in Iași
By Tiberiu Teodor-Stanciu
The pilgrim experience
Romania was born here
Imprint of communism
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Intermediate temperature storage in cryonics
The recent issue of Cryonics magazine features a comprehensive update on intermediate temperature storage (ITS). This article contains an important observation:
Acoustic events consistent with fracturing were found to be universal during cooling through the cryogenic temperature range. They occurred whether patients were frozen or vitrified. If cryoprotection is good, they typically begin below the glass transition temperature (‑123°C for M22 vitrification solution). If cryoprotective perfusion does not go well, then fracturing events begin at temperatures as warm as -90°C. Higher fracturing temperatures are believed to occur when tissue freezes instead of vitrifies because freezing increases the glass transition temperature of solution between ice crystals. The temperature at which fractures begin is therefore believed to be a surrogate measure of goodness of cryoprotection, with lower temperatures being better.
This is an important observation because one of the arguments that has been made against intermediate temperature storage is that Alcor routinely records fracturing events above the nominal glass transition temperature (Tg) of the vitrification solution. But if we recognize that such events can be (partly) attributed to ice formation due to ischemia-induced perfusion impairment it should be obvious that the recording of fracturing events above Tg as such cannot be an argument against ITS. After all, we also do not argue against the use of vitrification solutions because ice formation will still occur in ischemic patients that are perfused with vitrification solutions. Because cryonics patients almost invariably suffer some degree of ischemia prior to cryoprotective perfusion and cryopreservation, our knowledge about fracturing events in "ideal" human cases remains incomplete.
But even if ITS would only be successful in reducing fracturing events, instead of completely eliminating them, this should not be an argument against ITS. To argue that a technology should not be used because it does not completely eliminate a problem would constitute a sharp departure from the philosophy that has informed Alcor since its formation. In many areas, the evolution of Alcor's technologies has been one of incremental evidence-based progress towards better procedures and storage conditions, not one of radical change.
The worst argument against ITS is that mature repair technologies will be able to repair clean fractures. It is a poor argument because one could similarly argue that advanced cell repair technologies will also be able to reverse the biochemical effects of short periods of ischemia and moderate degrees of ice formation. What distinguishes Alcor from other cryonics organizations is that it aims to secure viability of the brain as far into its procedures as it practically can. In ideal cases, this currently means meeting the challenge of further reducing cryoprotectant toxicity during cryoprotectant perfusion and reducing/ eliminating fracturing.
Perhaps the biggest obstacle to offering ITS to the general Alcor membership is cost. An obvious solution would be to offer ITS in addition to conventional liquid nitrogen storage. An alternative would be to gradually phase out conventional liquid nitrogen storage by no longer offering it to new neuro members and to raise cryopreservation minimums accordingly. The (preliminary) cost estimates in the article indicate that this would bring the cost of ITS for neuros closer to that of conventional liquid nitrogen whole body cryopreservation. The article does not provide specific information on the "greater capital costs" of whole body ITS systems but the reported lower liquid nitrogen consumption per patient for whole body systems suggests that it might be possible to offer whole body ITS without putting it beyond the reach of most (new) members with adequate funding.
Basile J. Luyet on the instability of solidified solutions
Basile J. Luyet (1897-1974) can be considered the father of modern cryobiology. His book "Life and Death at Low Temperatures" is a classic in the field and his journal "Biodynamica" evolved into a publication solely dedicated to the study of low temperature biology. Luyet identified the possibility of solidification without crystallization at low temperatures (vitrification) of biological materials, an approach that was later worked out as a practical method for organ preservation by the cryobiologist Greg Fahy. Vitrification solutions are also used in human cryopreservation to prevent ice formation in patients during cooldown and storage at liquid nitrogen temperature.
In the following Biodynamica study (1966) Luyet investigates the issue of structural instability and molecular mobility in solidified aqueous solutions. In these initial investigations he anticipated the phenomena of re-crystallization and de-vitrification upon rewarming, which later would present formidable challenges during the early years of applied vitrification research in large organs. Although Luyet briefly mentions the possibility of molecular mobility as such at temperatures down to absolute zero, his main focus is on ice formation that can occur during the rewarming of solutions. Cryonics Institute President Ben Best has done some theoretical explorations into the issue of molecular mobility at low temperature, a topic that raises important questions about the desirability of intermediate temperature storage (ITS) of cryonics patients.
B. Luyet – The Problem of Structural Instability and Molecular Mobility in Aqueous Solutions "Solidified" at Low Temperatures (1966) PDF
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Applying to Elstree is very straightforward. The first step is to call our Registrar, Tish Gauci on 0118 971 3302 or email her on registrar@elstreeschool.org.uk : to request a prospectus, book a place on the next Open Morning, or alternatively to arrange a convenient date to visit, to check availability or to discuss any aspect of the admissions process.
We do suggest that you register your child, either before or after your visit, by completing and returning the Registration form together with the Registration fee of £100 to ensure that your child's name is on our Entry List. On completion of a successful taster day, we offer places based on a first come, first served basis to those who have registered and therefore it is advisable to do so as early as possible.
You will then be contacted in the year before your child is due to start – in order to confirm the place, you will need to complete an Entry Form and make a Deposit payment of £750 which will be credited to your final account.
The School welcomes pupils from all countries and reserves the right in the situation where a Tier 4 visa is required, to add an additional charge for the processing and administration work associated with the initial visa application and ongoing documentation. The one-off fee for this is £1000 which will be added to the first school invoice. Please see our Fees Policy for further details.
Where appropriate, a report will be requested from the Headteacher of the child's current school. All boys joining Elstree in Years 3 to 8 will be required to do a taster day to spend a day with their prospective class as part of the admissions process or attend a discovery day. During the day, informal assessments will take place in a minimum of English and Mathematics, and some Cognitive Ability Tests in order to gain a broad view of a child's ability and aptitude. This is not an entrance examination but an attempt to ensure that the School can most effectively gauge the suitable entry for that pupil into a particular form, set or stream. These tests may also be applied to pupils entering in Years 2 at the discretion of the school.
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Trump faces investigations, lawsuits as he weighs White House run
Former US President Donald Trump raises his fist while walking to a vehicle outside of Trump Tower in New York City on August 10, 2022.
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As Donald Trump considers whether to make a third run for the White House — and when to announce that decision — the former president faces a raft of official investigations and civil lawsuits.
Several of those probes put Trump at risk of criminal sanctions. Others threaten his pocketbook.
What also remains to be seen is whether they will hurt or help Trump, in what many supporters expect and hope will be his candidacy in 2024.
The Republican Trump has repeatedly called the legal probes "witch hunts" by Democratic officials and allies that are designed to hobble him politically. He has denied any wrongdoing.
Here are the top legal challenges for Trump at the moment.
Federal criminal investigation into White House records removal
The records probe on Monday vaulted to being potentially the biggest legal threat to Trump, after his stunning revelation that a team of FBI agents was raiding his residence at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
The raid was connected to a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., which is investigating Trump over the removal of records from the White House when he left office in January 2021.
The National Archives and Records Administration in January 2022 retrieved 15 boxes of White House records from Mar-a-Lago. That government agency said the documents should have been sent to NARA at the end of Trump's administration.
A month later, the National Archives revealed it had found documents marked as being "classified national security information" in the boxes. The Justice Department in May issued a subpoena for those documents to the National Archives.
On Monday, FBI agents carrying a search warrant went to Mar-a-Lago and seized about a dozen boxes from the residence, according to an attorney for Trump, who was staying in the New York area at the time. That lawyer, Christina Bobb, said agents were investigating possible violations of laws related to the Presidential Records Act and the handling of classified material.
The Justice Department on Thursday filed a motion to unseal the search warrant that the FBI used to raid Trump's home.
To obtain such a warrant, the FBI has to show a judge that there is probable cause that a crime has been committed and that the evidence they are searching for relates to that potential crime.
"Monday's unprecedented and absolutely unnecessary raid of President Trump's home was only the latest and most egregious action of hostility by the Biden Administration, whose Justice Department has been weaponized to harass President Trump, his supporters, and staff," Trump's spokesperson told NBC News on Thursday.
Georgia criminal investigation of Trump for interference in state's 2020 presidential election
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office is presenting evidence and testimony to a special grand jury in Atlanta impaneled to investigate Trump and a number of his allies in connection with their attempts to get officials in Georgia to undo President Joe Biden's election win there.
Before Monday's Mar-a-Lago raid by the FBI, some legal observers considered the Fulton County probe to be the most pressing threat of criminal prosecution to Trump. It still may be.
Willis, a Democrat, in particular is eyeing a Jan. 2, 2021, call Trump placed to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. During that conversation, the then-president asked Raffensperger to "find" Trump more than 11,700 votes to reverse his margin of defeat by Biden.
The DA also is investigating contacts Trump allies had with the state's attorney general, and the top federal prosecutor for the Northern District of Georgia.
Willis last month had the grand jury issue subpoenas to lawyers on the Trump campaign legal team, among them former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, as well as to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and a dozen so-called fake electors for Trump in Georgia.
Those electors were assembled with the goal of setting up a legal dispute in which Trump's slate would challenge the legitimacy of the Electoral College delegates awarded Biden for his popular vote win in Georgia.
Federal criminal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot
Another grand jury in Washington is collecting evidence and testimony related to Trump's actions leading up to the insurrection at the Capitol by a mob of his supporters, who swarmed through the halls of Congress, disrupting the confirmation of Biden's election.
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Trump, who for weeks before the riot falsely claimed that widespread ballot fraud was responsible for his loss in the election, is not personally under criminal investigation in this case, NBC News reported last week, citing a federal official.
But the grand jury has subpoenaed Trump's former White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify in the probe, along with two top aides to former Vice President Mike Pence.
Select House Committee investigating Jan. 6 riot
The House panel, which has interviewed more than 1,000 people in connection with its probe into the riot, has begun holding a series of public hearings that have laid out Trump's actions leading up to and during the attack on the Capitol.
Witnesses have testified that Trump, after holding a rally for supporters outside the White House early that day, wanted to join the crowd outside the Capitol as they protested Biden's election.
After being rebuffed in that attempt, Trump then spent hours watching the attack on Congress unfold on television without taking steps to call off the mob, witnesses said.
"Donald Trump's conduct on Jan. 6 … is a stain on our history," Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. said during the panel's July 22 hearing.
The committee cannot bring criminal or civil charges against Trump but is expected to present its findings in a damning final report.
Federal criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election
Trump and his allies, including a team of lawyers led by Giuliani, engaged in a wide-ranging effort to reverse Trump's losses to Biden in seven swing states.
The Justice Department is eyeing those efforts, which included a campaign to pressure Pence to refuse to certify Biden's win at a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. Pence did not go along with that plan, and certified Biden's victory in the Electoral College, guaranteeing that he would become president.
Federal agents have seized phones from three men who had discussions with Trump at the time they were involved in the effort to undo Biden's victory.
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., had his phone taken this week. The lawyer John Eastman, who was one of the leading architects of a plan to submit slates of fake electors for Trump, previously had his phone seized, as did former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark.
Trump had sought to make Clark the attorney general of the United States, where he would have been in a position to get the Justice Department to back Trump in the election reversal effort.
Eric Holder, who served as attorney general in the Obama administration, during a radio interview last week said Trump "probably" will be indicted on criminal charges with officials from his White House in connection with that effort.
"But I think before that, I expect something coming of that prosecutor in Atlanta," Holder said, referring to the Georgia state election interference probe being conducted by DA Willis.
New York Attorney General Office civil investigation of Trump Organization business practices
Trump on Wednesday appeared for an hours-long deposition at the offices of New York state Attorney General Letitia James, who is eyeing allegations that Trump's company improperly manipulated the stated valuations of real estate assets to obtain millions of dollars worth of financial benefits.
Trump refused to answer questions under oath by James' lawyer, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 440 times.
Trump's son Eric Trump, who runs the Trump Organization with his older brother Donald Trump Jr., in 2020 cited the Fifth Amendment more than 500 times when he refused to answer questions at his own deposition in the probe.
The Democrat James has indicated her probe is focused on claims that Trump properties were tweaked in order to obtain better terms on loans and insurance and to obtain tax breaks. Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen testified to that practice during an appearance before Congress.
The attorney general at the end of that investigation could seek to impose civil sanctions, including monetary penalties, on the Trump Organization.
Manhattan District Attorney criminal case against Trump Organization
The Trump Organization and its longtime Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg are awaiting trial on criminal charges in a 15-count indictment related to an alleged scheme to avoid taxes on compensation to the CFO and other executives since 2005. The defendants have pleaded not guilty.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg also was known to be investigating Trump and his company for possible crimes related to the asset valuation manipulation being eyed in AG James' civil case.
Earlier this year, two top prosecutors in Bragg's office handling that probe quit after Bragg declined to file criminal charges against Trump.
"I believe that Donald Trump, in fact, was guilty and, second, that there was sufficient evidence as a matter of law to have sustained a guilty verdict if we went forward," Mark Pomerantz, the former special prosecutor in Bragg's office, said last month in a podcast interview.
If Trump "had been Joe Blow from Kokomo, we would have indicted," Pomerantz said.
Bragg's office has said the investigation is ongoing.
But there is a widespread belief that the Democratic DA will not seek to indict Trump in the absence of a cooperating witness who could give evidence against him.
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IPCC, the world's top authority on climate science
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which compiles comprehensive reviews of climate science, meets this week to vet and validate a report on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).
Here's a thumbnail profile of the panel.
The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and Environment Programme (UNEP).
Its mandate is to give policymakers neutral, science-based updates about global warming—its impacts, and scenarios for bringing the problem under control.
An intergovernmental body, the IPCC currently counts 195 nations as members.
Based in Geneva, the panel is chaired by South Korea's Hoesung Lee, an expert on the economics of climate change.
Its reports are compiled by thousands of atmospheric scientists, climate modellers, oceanographers, ice specialists, economists and public health experts, mostly drawn from universities and research institutes. They work on a volunteer basis.
The IPCC does not conduct new research but trawls through thousands of published studies and summarises key findings, indicating degrees of likelihood and confidence.
"You can think of it as the biggest peer-review exercise in the world," said Jonathan Lynn, IPCC's head of communications.
Every five or six years the IPCC produces vast overviews—typically 1,500 pages long—of published climate science. The first came out in 1990, the most recent in 2014.
The next is due in early 2022, ahead of a crucial reevaluation by governments of their greenhouse gas reduction efforts.
Three separate teams, or "working groups", look at the physical science of global warming; climate change impacts; and options for tackling the problem.
The IPCC concludes each review with a crucial Summary for Policymakers that undergoes multiple rounds of editing, first by scientists and then by government officials.
The last draft is submitted to an IPCC plenary, which vets it line-by-line before approval by consensus.
Governments can seek amendments to the summary, which are approved if the argument is supported by what is in the underlying report written by the scientists.
Beside the special report on 1.5C, the IPCC has two others in the pipeline, both scheduled for completion by September 2019.
The first examines changes in oceans and Earth's frozen regions, known as the cryosphere; and the other looks at deserts, forests, land use and food security.
FAME AND DAMAGED IMAGE
Defenders of the IPCC say that its exhaustive work, and a summary for policymakers endorsed by the world's governments, give it exceptional clout.
Its Fifth Assessment Report, published in 2014, issued the most emphatic warning on global warming yet, and provided the scientific underpinning for the landmark Paris Agreement, inked outside the French capital in 2015.
The previous report earned the IPCC a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, alongside former US vice president and climate campaigner Al Gore.
The IPCC's image was later dented by several minor errors uncovered in the report that providing ammunition for skeptics who claim the IPCC is flawed or biased.
Some scientists say the panel is too conservative, leading it to underestimate the climate change threat.
The last published report, for example, did not factor in potential sea level rise—widely recognised today—from melting ice sheets in West Antarctica and Greenland.
Before Donald Trump gained the White House, the United States consistently covered two-fifths of the IPCC's annual operating budget of about $5 million (4.3 million euros).
Without that money, the panel has had to go cap in hand to other countries, which—led by Norway and France—have covered most of the shortfall.
UN panel issues corrections for climate report
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Use this link to buy tickets to any of our formal evening concerts, scheduled for June 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25.
PLEASE NOTE: The concert on Friday, June 24, will be held in the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi community house, 200 Katlian St. All other Fri/Sat concerts will be at the Sitka Performing Arts Center, 1000 Lake St.
There will be an optional 30 minute pre-concert discussion and interview with the artists at 6:45 p.m.


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More than 20 percent of new teachers in Baltimore City for the coming school year are from Teach for America, and many will earn their education degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Education. The 2009–2010 TFA class is double the previous year's total and represents Baltimore City School CEO Andres Alonso's commitment to the program.
Teach for America has partnered with Johns Hopkins for the past 10 years. School of Education faculty members coordinate support with the TFA Baltimore office to help new teachers become effective classroom instructors and be prepared for the urban school environment. According to Alonso, middle and high school students taught by TFA participants outperformed students in the rest of the district even though the teachers worked in some of the most challenging schools.
"I think of Teach for America as almost an instrument of reform in the district, in that the mission and commitment of the partners is very much in line with the reforms we are putting in place," Alonso said.
TFA draws from a national corps of recent college graduates who commit to at least two years of teaching, during which they must complete a master's degree in education. For this year, the organization experienced a 45 percent increase in applications, which included those from 5 percent of Johns Hopkins seniors.


Inspiration can be a beautiful thing. It can take you from the depths of sadness to the joyfulness that hope brings to the soul. With that in mind, we wanted to share some tried and tested ways to inspire not only yourself, but those around you. By consciously choosing to inspire others, you can have a great effect on your community.
Self-Improvement: People often try to change others before changing themselves. This can be a mistake, as the first step towards change must be with yourself. Therefore, if you want someone to start doing something, set an example and start doing it yourself! Your actions will definitely rub off on those around you.
Listen: It's hard to inspire others when you aren't listening to what they're saying. Be sure to listen to what people are telling you if you want to help them in any way. In fact, sometimes listening alone can be a huge help to people. Most of the time people just want a sympathetic ear, someone that will listen to what they're going through. A kind word of encouragement can inspire others to take control of the problems in their lives.
Share Knowledge: A great way to inspire others is to share knowledge with them. As the old saying goes, knowledge truly is power, and when you increase someones knowledge you are definitely giving them inspiration and tools to improve their lives. Great leaders know this, and consistently share their powerful insights with those that listen.
Positive Energy: Nothing is more powerful than bringing positive energy into a room. Energy can change the dynamics of any situation! By bringing a smile and a positive attitude with you, you can inspire other people to be happy and positive too. Once they assume this attitude, they will be more likely to succeed and do well at whatever they are interested in.
So in conclusion, there are many ways to inspire the people around you. Set a good example and bring positivity into any situation. Keep increasing your knowledge and share helpful information that could inspire other people to improve their lives. Encourage others by believing in them and pointing out their gifts and strengths. It's amazing how much of an effect this can have on the lives of other people.
And of course, pay attention to the needs and concerns of those around you so they know that someone cares about them. If you do all of the above, you will DEFINITELY make a difference and inspire many many people. Enjoy making a difference in your community and go inspire someone today!


In this article I want to focus on mechanical Action Camera Stabilizer. If your are looking for electronic stabilizers – gimbals – check out my Gimbal Overview, where I put together an Overview with some of the gimbals reviewed.
Steadicam is a well known and award winning company for camera stabilization systems. They have been providing the industry with different solutions from broadcast to small cameras. So it seems a logical step for them to offer a GoPro Stabilizer – Steadicam Curve. It's lightweight and made of a durable aluminum frame. On top it uses the GoPro quick connecter system to easily attach/detach the camera. On the back there is a fine-tune knob for precise forward/back balance adjustment. The counterweight on the bottom is used for left/right balance adjustment.
Steadicam Curve is available in black, blue, red & silver.
Compatible: Specifically designed and engineered for the GoPro Hero, Hero2, Hero3, Hero3+, Hero4 Black, and Hero4 Silver. It requires the LCD BacPac for proper balance and monitoring. I assume due to the design and the calibration options it will work with similar sized cameras, I will try.
Since the copies of Steadicam Curve are not much cheaper I got an original Steadicam, a review will follow soon!
Seems like this design showed good results, as there are many similar looking stabilizers available. They are offered with different brand names, but the design looks the same. The Fantaseal model even got a remote control clamp on the handlebar, which the Steadicam does not have. The functions seem to be the same for all of them. A knob to fine-tune forward/back balance and a counterweight to balance left/right. So check the details of each product description what is actually included in specific package.
Compatible: Similar to Curve it is compatible with GoPro, GoPro Hero 3+, Gopro Hero 4 & a LCD bacpack is recommended, I'll test it.
Stabylizr is a mechanical stabilization system that damps and minimizes your body movements so they don't get transferred to your action camera. You can use it either with the included grip or with any GoPro mount instead! Stabylizr is 100% waterproof, needs no battery and even floats when using with the basic grip. You can also get it with a power grip that holds a battery to power or charge your camera.
Compatible: works with GoPro Hero and Hero [2,3,3+,4,Session] and GoPro sized cameras. The max. camera size you can use with the Stabylizr is the GoPro Hero3 with the old big housing plus BackPac (78 x 69 x 48mm). YI Action Camera can only be used in the frame not the housing.
Their Indiegogo was funded, the first batch will be shipped soon. Check the details on their campaign site.
I like the idea of using different mounts with Stabylizer, so I ordered one, a review will follow!
Smoovie is a very small stabilizer, not only for action cameras, but also for smart phones. It's easy to set up, just pull out the telescopic counterweight balance to the marker for smartphone or GoPro, and Smoovie calibrates itself. A patent-pending gimbal design uses two lightweight but super strong neodymium magnets. This magnetic attraction is what keeps shots steady by reducing the shaking created when you walk or move. Be sure to get Smoovie Plus, which comes with the GoPro Adapter.
Compatible: Holds smartphones up to 86mm in width and 225 grams in weight. All GoPro models work with Smoovie Plus, due to the design I expect all similar shaped cameras to work with that stabilizer.
Their Indiegogo campaign is already funded, check out more details on their campaign site.
This stabilizer is made for larger cameras, but also shown with smartphones in the product description. You might want to consider this one, if you don't want to limit yourself to action cameras only. You can balance the camera by using several threads on top of the stabilizer and by varying the counterweight at the bottom. Be aware that it might be tricky to balance the camera accordingly. Please check the product description for each offer, as the stabilizers might vary.
Compatible: Holds smartphones, action cameras, small DSLRs up to 1kg.
Many People use a handlebar (C Handle Grip, Scorpion) to stabilize their videos. Be aware you video will be smoother, but thats more related to the way you hold your camera with the handle bar, than from the device itself. The grip has no mechanical parts which will stabilize the camera and the video! But you can also benefit from the form factor and mount additional gear like external microphone, lights or a power bank. In general you video will get smoother, the heavier the device you are holding.
Compatible: Holds smartphones, all types of action cameras and DSLRs.
I hope you got an overview of the available GoPro stabilizers. I'll update this blog when I find new interesting products. If I missed one, please let me know in the comment section.
Check out my Action Camera Gimbal Overview and compare with the mechanical stabilizers.


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RDCK introduces regional wellness pass
The pass allows attendance at any fitness centre in the region.
Bill Metcalfe
Jan. 6, 2016 12:00 p.m.
The regional fitness pass will be available January 15.
West Kootenay residents can now visit the community complexes in Nelson, Castlegar, and Creston as well as the fitness centre in Salmo with one pass for a unified price.
Individually those centres each have their own pricing structure, says RDCK community services manager Joe Chirico, but having the same price for a pass at all centres is in demand.
"We have been hearing from people who want this," he says.
Chirico says it will especially suit people who live more or less equidistant mfrom two of the centres, such as Slocan Valley residents.
The pass will also come in handy during the period that the Nelson pool is under renovation.
"There are people who carpool once or twice a week from Nelson to swim in Castlegar," he said.
There are separate adult, youth, and child rates. The pass will come into effect on January 15.
Byelections set for two vacant B.C. seats
Fatal crashes down, impaired driving up on West Kootenay roads


It was only a few weeks ago when the world found out that after 19 years, the beloved Jon Stewart would be stepping down as host of The Daily Show. There's only one Jon Stewart, but there are a number of smart ladies out there who could bring their own special charm to the role. After all, women are great at comedy, and we're especially great at reporting fake news. Plus, let's not forget that The Daily Show was created by two women, Lizz Winstead and Madeleine Smithberg. So let's get a woman behind that desk already! Here are a few hilarious gals we think should be considered.
Who's your pick for the next Daily Show host? Tell us a little bit about who'd you'd like to see behind the desk in the comments below.
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The Peruvian capital will host the largest Paralympic sporting event in the continent, in which 33 countries and delegations will participate.
The opening of the Parapan Am Games will take place on August 23, 2019, at the National Stadium.
The Parapan American Games will host 1,890 para-athletes from 33 countries and delegations, who will participate in 17 para-sports and 18 disciplines. The competitions will take place between August 23 and September 1, 2019. These will take place 12 days after the end of the Pan American Games, which will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
The ceremony took place in a festive atmosphere with the presence of para-athletes who dream of representing the country in the continental tournament. The president of Lima 2019, Carlos Neuhaus Tudela, the president of the National Paralympic Association of Peru, Lucha Villar; and the president of the Peruvian Olympic Committee, Pedro del Rosario all participated in the event as well.
In addition, the Ambassadors of Lima 2019, Pilar Jáuregui, Dunia Felices, Pedro Pablo de Vinatea, Efraín Sotacuro, Percy Rojas and Jorge Arriola all attended, as well as Ricardo Duarte of the Association of Olympic Athletes.
In this activity, Carlos Neuhaus, highlighted the advances in the works that are developed in the different venues of Lima 2019 and the accessibility benefits that the Games will leave. "Realizing the Parapan American Games is a bigger challenge, because we must make them accessible to everyone. We are advancing because this game is one we all are a part of, the Games of Peru. And I only ask the athletes to give everything they've got for the country, because we are working to give the best conditions to compete, "he said.
Meanwhile, Pedro del Rosario stressed the value of athletes to defend the country in all competitions. While the Ambassadors of Lima 2019, affirmed that "Lima 2019 is an opportunity to continue growing". Efraín Sotacuro said he was excited to know how the works are progressing.
After the ceremony, a series of exhibitions of Para sports that will be part of Lima 2019, such as Wheelchair Basketball, Golbol, Footbol 5, Seated Volleyball and Taekwondo took place. Where the authorities, Ambassadors and the people who arrived at the Videna Sports Center 1, were able to enjoy this experience of being part of the Peruvian teams.


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Have a musical summer picnic, in Southport
The RLPO with Vasily, Magic of Motown and more....see them live in Victoria Park in our competition
Published on July 15th 2009.
The Southport Summer Classics – Music in the Park returns to the resort this summer with a two-day music extravaganza.
The event on Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25 in England's Classic Resort will see the incredible Magic of Motown tribute concert with Mamma Mia! The Abba Magic concert show and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra take to the stage in the beautiful surroundings of Victoria Park.
The Magic of Motown and Mamma Mia on the Friday will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tamla record company, which later became Motown Records. It will feature an incredible cast, dazzling costume changes and superb choreography.
The talented cast of 15 will bring to life hits like: Get Ready; Stop in the Name of Love; My Girl; Dancing in the Street; Reach Out and I'll Be There; What Becomes of the Broken Hearted; Tears of a Clown and Ain't Too Proud to Beg.
On Saturday the RLPO will once again bring its unique, elegant style of entertainment to Victoria Park with
Proms classical favourites including Rule Britannia and I Feel Pretty from West Side Story.
The outdoor picnic-style concerts are hugely popular events and with this year's line-up they will again appeal to many different music lovers.
Carolyn Lowry, Sefton Council's Events Manager, said: "These will be incredible shows. We are delighted to have been able to secure The Magic of Motown and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is always very popular.
"The Summer Classics – Music in the Park is one of the highlights of the events programme so we have made the tickets available straight away so that people can have the peace of mind of knowing they will not miss out on these amazing concerts."
Tickets for The Magic of Motown on Friday July 24 cost £17 in advance and £20 on the gate and for the RLPO they are £20 in advance and £23 on the gate.
They can be obtained by telephoning 01704 540011 or by logging on to this
BUT BUT...we have two pairs of tickets for each night to give away to the lucky winners of our competition. Just tell us in the box below, which ones you'd like and make sure you know what you are entering and what the prize is before you hit the send button. Yes, we know, but honestly, some people...
This competition has now closed. Congratulations to our winners


For example; when the buyers went to the Loans Officer at CUB to apply for a mortgage in December she told them they don't usually do mortgages in December, only car loans. And this certainly seemed to be the case when they returned in mid-January some five weeks later only to discover their application hadn't even been presented. They actually missed TWO – not just one but TWO – completion deadlines. Said Loans Officer was twice out of office even though the buyers had an appointment to see her and when her stand-in picked up the file they could see it was incomplete. She seemed to think the buyers had some sort of ESP which enabled them to know which documents they needed to prepare/sign/present without ever telling them. Documents such as the confirmation that they lived together. 😂 They're a married couple. And proof that his salary would be paid into his bank account. It has been paid in every month for the last eight and a half years. and the attitude of CUB towards their customers leaves much to be desired. I'm afraid, from what I heard, they wouldn't know customer service if it jumped up and bit them on the backside.
Not that everything was plain sailing on my side. My wonderful attorney Ms Lisa John-Weste worked so hard to complete on my behalf. Lisa is the wife of the no-less wonderful Loy Weste, the attorney who represented me in the High Court to obtain payment for my work on Paradise View when HAMA Film and TV wouldn't pay up.
Lisa had presented the paperwork for my Certificate of Compliance to the Attorney General's Office. Unfortunately, Gaston Browne in his wisdom then called a General Election so the AG was on the campaign trail for three weeks and was out of office.
As soon as the Election was over Lisa called the office daily until they finally admitted to her they had "mislaid" the paperwork. They couldn't have said that a bit sooner? So, she immediately emailed the paperwork to them again, only for the server to crash. In the end she physically took the paperwork herself. And once we had completed she promised me she would process the money as quickly as possible and she did. I find it hard to believe that a bank like CUB, which prides itself on being a 'young and modern bank' according to its Mission Statement, would actually issue a cheque and not transfer the money electronically, nah? Anyway, Lisa was as good as her word and she instructed her chambers' bank to process my money as a priorty, which they did.
And so – I no longer own Avocado Cottage.
But – I do not think with sadness that it is no more but rather with gladness that it was. I owned it for ten wonderful years. It brought me a lot of problems, but it gave me a lot of pleasure and wonderful memories which nobody can take away. As they say in Spain, ¿Quién te quita lo bailado? The literal translation is Who can take away what you've danced? Meaning, what you've lived and experienced is yours forever. But owning a house in Antigua was Then. And this is Now. Your life changes; things move on and nothing is cast in stone for ever.
And I can hear you all asking – What about the Fella Who's Far Away? Well, we will always love each other. We're not sixteen with rose-coloured glasses; we're big people. I tried living in Antigua, but it wasn't for me to live there full-time. I love the place and will always go back for holidays, but I can't live there permanently. And he is far too West Indian to move to England. So, we'll keep in touch – thank God for WhatsApp which enables us to speak and message daily – and see each other whenever we can. And we'll always remain friends.
And to celebrate the sale I had a wonderful long weekend in Ibiza with the Daughter, which was just what the doctor ordered. Four heavenly days together – magic!
And now to sort out the disgusting mess that my house in Dagenham was left in. The laughingly-called management agents, Anisten Homes, must have done the inspections with their eyes closed and a peg on their noses. I want to make it 'home' again. And that together with the next chapter of my life starts NOW!
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This is a two year project leading up to the opening of the 2012 Games in London working with the Burnham Cluster of Schools and the Transformers Youth Group. We began the arts workshops in Autumn 2010 with St Peter's C of E School, Lent Rise Combined School and Dropmore Primary School working with artists Rhonda Fenwick, Gina Martin, Dawn Carroll and Suzanne O'Donnell. In Spring 2011 we carried out further workshops in St Nicolas's C of E Combined School,Dorney Primary School and with the Transformers Youth Group. The work so far includes two sculptures, two installations, short film, photography and Wishes Books which will be exhibited in Burnham Park Hall in April 2011 as part of the planned interim exhibitions leading up to 2012. These workshops and artists works will be exhibited in various locations around the villages of Burnham,Taplow and Dorney culminating in an exhibition at Taplow Court and in the Flux Gallery to coincide with the opening of the Games and the Olympic Torch coming to Taplow Court. MONA LISA Arts & Media are also working in partnership with More Than Gold a charity that brings together the Churches and Church organisations around the UK to be part of the 2012 Olympics celebrations.
encourage and welcome involvement from communities working with the three villages of Burnham, Taplow and Dorney.
leave a lasting legacy that improves cultural life final pieces of artworks to be installed in various locations in the villages where they can be seen by the local community and visitors for many years to come.
showcase excellence in the creative industries and artists from the UK this project has brought together a variety of talented artists from around the south east region and UK from different disciplines to showcase their work.
introduce young people to the artistic communities in the local area and in the UK the project is working with eight schools in South Bucks area and will give the children and young people the opportunity to work with eight different artists. This will help to give then an insight into what is happening in their local area and what can be achieved in artistic communities.
heighten economic regeneration and encourage tourism in the local area through the work of the creative industries it is anticipated that the project will help towards making a contribution to the economic regeneration and encourage tourism by offering final pieces of artworks to be installed in the villages which can be used to promote the area and visitor attractions etc.
Windows Walls & Wishes 2012 Visual Arts Project Phase 1 2009 - 2011 The project began in 2009 facilitating arts workshops in the Burnham Cluster of Schools after school hours. MONA LISA Arts & Media engaged professional artists to carry out the workshops in response to the rowing events taking place at Dorney Lake Rowing Centre.
Dawn Carroll: Artist/Sculptor worked in Dropmore Infant School Burnham and St Nicholas s Church of England School Taplow. Dawn worked with groups of ten – 15 children aged 5 – 11 yrs in each school enabling the children to make two sculptures. Dropmore School made Mark The Rower, named after Mark Hunter Olympic Gold Medallist for Rowing Beijing 2008. The sculpture is now installed in front of Dropmore School which can be viewed by the general public. In St Nicholas's School Taplow Dawn and the children made a sculpture of an athlete which they proudly called Sebastian. This is also located at the front of the school and can be viewed by the general public.
Rhonda Fenwick: Artist/Film-maker worked in Lent Rise Combined School Burnham with a group of ten children in Yr 4. Together they produced a short film, Beany Potter Goes to the Olympics which was filmed at Dorney Lake Rowing Centre. The children worked through their ideas around the theme of Beany Potter wanting to learn to row and take part in the 2012 rowing events. Beany Potter would be helped by his super-hero friends but at the same time a few monsters would try to prevent him. The character of Beany Potter was born a cross between Mr Bean and Harry Potter in a story with an age-old theme of good overcoming evil with a modern twist. A group of twenty students aged 14 – 15 yrs from Burnham Grammar School were also involved with Rhonda in a taster session before the end of the Spring term. They did some preliminary work around the Wishes part of the project. Inspired by the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy, and a poem by W B Yeats He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven. BGS will resume their work in the Autumn term 2011.
Gina Martin: Sculptor working in St Peter's Church of England School Burnham and Dorney County Combined School. Groups of between 10 – 15 aged 8 – 11yrs worked with Gina in both schools. In St Peter's School the children concentrated on the Wishes element of the project and the natural world, the London 2012 Olympics is being regarded as the first "green" Olympics. Gina organised a trip to the ancient woodland of Burnham Beeches for the children, after which they were brimming with ideas. They made Wish Boxes and filled them full of found objects from the natural world, text and drawings. These all reflected their wishes for a greener, safer world. The Wish Boxes are installed in the entrance lobby of the St Peter s school. This work can be viewed by anyone visiting the school.
Children from Dorney School worked with Gina to make their Dreaming Space out of willow. It is a large installation piece located at the back of their school and can be viewed by the general public over the fence located next to a public footpath. The school emblem of a pineapple inspired the ideas for this work. The first pineapple to be raised in England was grown at Dorney Court and presented to Charles II in 1661. Dorney School is located close to Dorney Court and the Dorney Lake Rowing Centre. Being so close to an Olympic venue the children thought it appropriate to include a canoe made from willow placed on top of their willow sculpture.
Suzanne O Donnell: Textile Artist worked with young people aged 11 – 15 yrs from the Transformers Youth Group. This group is made up of young people from the Burnham area who all attend local schools. Together they worked on ideas and designs for the Burnham Olympic Flag. Over a number of weeks Transformers worked with Suzanne to work out their designs and ideas of what the flag should look like and eventually came up with their own Olympic symbols. The flag will be flown from St Peter's Church Burnham during the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012.
A short film written and directed by children in Year 4 at Lent Rise Combined School filmed on location at Eton College Rowing Centre. This short film is part of the Windows Walls & Wishes 2012 Visual Arts Project being carried out by MONA LISA Arts & Media working with professional artists in the Burnham Cluster of Schools.
The children worked with artist and film-maker Rhonda Fenwick together they discussed ideas for the film and came up with the storyline of a spoof based upon the two characters of Mr Bean and Harry Potter. Windows Walls & Wishes 2012 Visual Arts Project continues to work with the Burnham Cluster of Schools carrying out arts workshops currently with Dorney School and St Nicolas's C of E Combined School Taplow. Artists Gina Martin and Dawn Carroll have worked with approximately 30 children in the two schools over the last 6 weeks. In St Nicolas's school they made a sculpture of an athlete out of metal, and, transparent tubing filled with coloured sand, children's skipping ropes, sequins, beads, feathers and so on. The tubes also contain the children's hopes, dreams and wishes for the future and what the Olympics/Paralympics means to them. The children decided to call their sculpture Sebastian. In Dorney School they decided upon making an installation piece made out of willow to be their very own dreaming space. Taking on board the locality of the school being where the first pineapples were grown, where bees were kept in beehives. Being close to Dorney Lake, where the rowing events are taking place in 2012, there will be a rower included in the construction.


I just started working on the general-purpose function graphing engine. One of the desirable modes of operation is to be able to graph freeform functions, or functions specified in a calculator-like syntax (sometimes called infix notation).
This requires a special parser, which is now available in the new library as a standalone module. Usage is rather simple. Define the list of independent variables, then parse a specific function one time. The function may be evaluated at specific values of the independent variables as many times as desired after parsing.
The variable named 'value' contains the function evaluated at x=4 and y=0.5.
I'm still on track to announce the library project this coming Friday.


For the CrossFit athlete, Olympic weightlifter, and fitness enthusiast, bumper plates offer a safer and more durable option for your home gym or facility.
Unlike metal plates, you can drop them from overhead or the front rack position without damaging the floor, barbell, or plates.
Power cleans, deadlifts, and snatches are just a few of the lifts that become more enjoyable with a good set of bumpers.
In this article, you'll learn what to look for when purchasing bumper plates and the benefits of training with bumpers instead of metal plates.
Also check out the 4 reviews for the top bumper plates available for home gyms and fitness facilities.
Bumper plates, also called "bumpers", are Olympic sized weighted plates made with thick rubber. The material of the plate makes dropping and bouncing your barbell on the floor safe.
Durability- Read reviews and compare materials. If they don't rate well or wear down quickly, get a different set.
Density– Also known as the "durometer rating", this measures the density of the rubber and how it will come in contact with the floor. The more expensive sets will be denser.
Warranty- How long does the company guarantee the equipment for? Can you get a new set if yours don't hold up? They should come with at least a one year warranty.
If you find a set of bumper plates "secondhand", ask the previous owner how long they have had them and how much they were used.
For safety reasons, you don't want a set that's too worn down.
You can drop the bar- This is the obvious and biggest benefit. They can be dropped and bounced off the floor, making CrossFit workouts, Olympic lifts, and powerlifts all safer and easier to perform.
Noise level– Bumpers are quieter when they come in contact with the floor. This benefits home gym owners and facility owners alike.
Less movement on the bar– Bumpers tend to hold snug and rattle around less on a barbell better than metal plates do.
You can stack more weight on– The biggest knock on bumper plates is that strong athletes can't put enough weight on the bar. A typical Olympic-sized bar can hold 4-45 lb bumper plates on each end, maxing the bar out at 405 lbs. For some lifts, this is fine. But if you are a powerlifter, you may want to have some metal plates on hand, too.
Easier to buy second hand– If you're in the market for plates for a home gym, check Craigslist and other similar sites. Very often, someone getting rid of metal plates, which will save you a ton of money.
Cheaper- Unless you buy them used, you will likely pay less for a set of metal plates.
The featured bumper plates used at the CrossFit Games, Rogue makes a sleek design that is battle tested and proven to hold up.
Visit your local CrossFit affiliate and you'll probably find sets of these in their gym.
For what it's worth, Rogue's set offers a score an 88 on the durometer scale. 70 or higher is usually considered very good.
For 160lbs of plates, you'll pay $275.
OneFitWonder makes their set out of "virgin rubber", known to score well in the 2 categories we looked at earlier- durability and density.
Customer reviews boast about the customer service if something goes wrong, so at least this set checks off the "find a set with a good warranty" box, too.
Their 160lb set is nearly identical in price to Rogue's variation.
Rep Fitness boasts that the core concept of their design- inserting stainless steel molded hooks on the inside- blows their competitors out of the water in terms of durability.
While a few customers commented that the set smells strongly of rubber, generally speaking, reviews are solid and people boast about how they hold up.
Their 160lb set will cost you slightly more than Rogue and OneFit Wonder.
XMark is newer on the scene than the other options, but their plates grade as durable and dense like the others.
This particular bumper plate is designed to have a particularly lower bounce, which will keep you and the floor safe when training.
Bumper plates make the training experience safer and make lifts like deadlifts, power cleans and snatches more enjoyable.
Durability, density (durometer rating) and a good warranty are 3 things to look for. They should be covered for at least a year after purchase.
The 4 sets we reviewed all rated high, which means there are a lot of good, safe options available to you.
The right set will be a great addition to your box or home gym. Good luck!


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By Jeffrey Freedman | January 02, 2001
[Ottawa, ONTARIO] InterNetivity Inc. became one of the first Canadian Internet companies to receive major funding in 2001 when U.S. investors pumped $10 million (CDN) into the company's Web-based data analysis software, databeacon.
Databeacon allows users to add interactive analysis and reporting capabilities to any Web site containing HTML data tables without software installation. A Web server allows users to transform source date into a date cube: a format usable by the databeacon viewer. The server stores a profile for each registered databeacon.com user.
The primary source of funding is from Boston-based Venture Investment Management Company LLC (VIMAC), for $3.8 million (CDN). Based in Boston, VIMAC is the successor to VIMAC Corp. and VIMAC LP, which began funding start-up companies in 1982. VIMAC primarily seeks to originate or lead start-up investment rounds, and focuses on investments in three segments of the technology industry: software and information technology; Internet infrastructure and services; and communications.
In addition to VIMAC, investors include The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), investing $1.1 million; and Actuate Corp., a San Francisco-based e-business software company and a databeacon Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) partner, which added $750,000. Existing investors McLean Watson Capital Inc., Sussex Capital Inc. and Ventures West Inc. also contributed to the capital infusion. The funds will be used to increase staff from 60 to 100, promote product and brand recognition, and lease new facilities.
Founded in 1995, InterNetivity Inc. focuses on research and development of information outreach applications and in the development of solutions for Web-based analysis and reporting. Customers around the globe use databeacon (formerly called dbProbe) to deploy personalized, interactive information and analysis capabilities to large Web-based user audiences. Databeacon 5.0 and an Application Service Provider (ASP) version, databeacon.com, allow Web site visitors to graphically analyze online bills, stock prices, sports statistics, sales information and more, bringing new depth to knowledge-based Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) relationships.
Surfers enabled with databeacon software can capture static data from HTML tables anywhere on the Web and transform the information into multi- dimensional color charts that can be sorted and analyzed to report on past performance or spot emerging trends. Unlike other data reporting and analysis tools, databeacon requires no software installation and training and simply loads into a user's browser as a compact JAVA applet.
InterNetivity is based in Ottawa, Canada, with sales offices throughout North America. The company is privately held and backed by venture capital investors.


le cadre est superbe, M. Palmerini est un hôte parfait, ses produits huile d'olive, vin, et potager sont extraordinaires et sa cuisine un régal.
Bien placé, propre, très calme.
Route d'accès un peu difficile.
Le village de Rapolano n'était pas indiqué sur notre guide, mais nous l'avons trouvé charmant.
Beautiful surroundings - in the middle of Tuscan hills. Great starting points to discover the heart of Tuscany. Absolute peace. Nice restaurant - 10 min walk. Friendly owner family. Nice swimming pool. Cleaning 2x a week.
Poor road about 1,5km - might be difficult for cars with a low chassis.
Don't miss the nice restaurant Vila dei Bosci, it is only 10 min walk, they have great pasta a nad beatiful view.
Comfortable, quiet, relaxing, a real holiday in the nature. Perfect place for young couples who want to spent time together alone. Close to a nearby village with tank station and super market (7km). Close to a lot of beautiful places.
Difficult internet and telephone connection.
Dinner at the place (real nice owner, very good service, great food, quiet atmosphere). The owner can give you good advices about sightseeing.
Sehr schön gelegen, abseits der Straße, ruhig. Zahlreiche Orte/Sehenswürdigkeiten sind leicht zu erreichen.
Keine; die Ruhe ist natürlich abhängig davon, ob und welche Nachbarn man hat.
Das Öl und der Rotwein, die dort produziert werden, sind hervorragend!
A part of the equipment in the house was not anymore in good state. The owner family is very interesting, friendly and probably typical, but can be very rough with people. We hadn\'t any problem, but some other tourists had.
I Advice the place for who is looking for a typical, quite, traditional station in Toscana nature as base to visit Toscana. Waterpool very useful for the chidren and to meet the other families. The traditional pizza oven can be utilized and is also a way to meet the owner the other families or to have a funny evening.
Sehr nette Gastgeber, eine sehr schöne Umgebung und die relative Nähe zu vielen Sehenswürdigkeiten der Toskana haben uns gut gefallen.
Die stille Abgelegenheit fordert ihren Tribut mit einer etwas gewagten Anfahrt, die ab er niemanden abschrecken sollte.
Lasst die Fahrräder zu Hause, da die "sanften" Hügel der Toskana für den Normalradfahrer so sanft nicht sind. Aber sonst: unbedingt hinfahren!


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Public union membership not down significantly since Janus
Doug Finke The State Journal-Register @DougFinkeSJR
Jul 12, 2019 at 6:21 PM Jul 12, 2019 at 6:21 PM
While public union membership has decreased in Illinois since the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus decision a year ago, at least one union says it hasn't been affected as much as some anti-union organizations thought it would.
That appears to be in line with an analysis of public sector union membership conducted by The Associated Press that found union membership has dropped only slightly since the Court ruled June 27, 2018, that public sector workers cannot be compelled to pay fair share fees if they choose not to belong to a union.
Before and after the ruling, there were predictions that a decision against organized labor could result in significant numbers of workers opting to drop out of their unions if they could still get union representation for free.
In Illinois, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 represents about 40,000 state employees. It was the focus of the lawsuit brought by former state employee Mark Janus which was the basis of the Supreme Court decision.
Because of the decision, the union lost fees from 7,000 fair share workers, people who are represented by the union, but who do not pay full union dues. However, AFSCME spokesman Anders Lindall said the union also gained 2,000 full members since the ruling.
"We're stronger than we were a year ago," he said.
That came, he said, despite ongoing efforts by anti-union organizations who send materials to union members urging them to quit in order to save dues money.
"The measuring stick that the Illinois Policy Institute and (former governor) Bruce Rauner set for this lawsuit was that thousands of members would quit the union if they only could," Lindall said. "That did not happen. By their own measure, their political attack on our union has failed."
Janus was represented by the Liberty Justice Center which is connected with the Policy Institute. Spokeswoman Diana Rickert said the Justice Center made no claims about union membership dropping if Janus prevailed.
"For Mark Janus and the people who are involved in this case, it wasn't about any particular numbers," Rickert said. "This case was about an individual's First Amendment right to choose who gets the money they earn at their job and where that choice lies. We believe that choice belongs to individual workers, not politicians and government unions."
Rickert also said the Justice Center is hearing from people who want to quit their unions but are being blocked from doing so.
"What we're seeing across the country is there many, many government workers who cannot exercise their Janus rights," she said. "Liberty Justice Center is hearing from workers every single day since the ruling who are trying to get out of the union or stop paying dues and cannot because some government official or union official is standing in their way."
Rickert said the center has resolved some of the issues just by making inquiries. However, it has also filed 12 lawsuits in six states over people claiming they have been blocked from getting out of unions. Two of those cases were filed in Illinois.
"There are a lot of unions across the country who are acting as though the Janus ruling never happened," Rickert said.
Elsewhere in the country
Anticipating that the U.S. Supreme Court might end mandatory union fees for public employees, some labor-friendly states enacted laws last year to protect membership rolls while unions redoubled their recruitment efforts.
Those steps appear to have paid off, at least initially.
Union membership among public employees has fallen only slightly in the nation's most unionized states since the Supreme Court ruled a year ago that government workers no longer could be required to pay union fees, according to an analysis of federal data conducted for The Associated Press.
The decline in union membership rates has been larger in states that had previously allowed mandatory fees to be deducted from the paychecks of public school teachers, police and other government workers than in states that had not. Yet the drop has been less than what some labor leaders had feared following the high court decision, which reversed a 41-year-old legal precedent.
"People were saying that we were going to be buried, that this was going to be our death knell, that this was going to destroy public-sector unions in this country. And it did not do that," said Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. "As a matter of fact, I believe that we have a much more engaged membership."
Reinvigorated union membership drives may have staved off some of the anticipated losses. The court ruling came amid a multi-year effort by AFSCME to improve one-on-one communication with current and potential members to build a stronger, more loyal membership. Other public-sector unions undertook similar efforts.
"We went back to basics, re-creating community, engaging with our members," said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. "By and large, they stayed with the union."
The Court ruled last year that AFSCME could no longer deduct mandatory fees from Janus, who had declined to join the local union when he worked for the state. More broadly, the high court said it violated the First Amendment free-speech rights of public employees to force them to subsidize unions that might push policies they disagree with during contract negotiations.
The ruling struck down what were known as public union "agency fees," which were levied on non-members at rates of around three-quarters of full union dues.
Those fees were required of at least some public employees in about half of all states and the District of Columbia. They were intended to compensate unions for their collective bargaining representation, not their political activities.
Reports filed with the U.S. Department of Labor show AFSCME and the Service Employees International Union lost a combined 209,000 agency fee payers after the Supreme Court ruling. Teachers unions also lost tens of thousands of agency fee payers.
The big question was whether the court ruling also would lead to an exodus of regular union members.
Checking the data
At the request of the AP, economist David Macpherson analyzed state-by-state labor force data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau's monthly Current Population Survey. He compared average public-sector union membership rates after the Supreme Court ruling, from July 2018 through May of this year, to the same 11-month period before the ruling.
States that previously allowed mandatory agency fees for at least some public employees had a significantly higher union membership rate — about 53 percent — before the ruling, compared to a 16.6 percent unionization rate in states that did not allow such fees. Since the high court's decision, that average membership rate fell by about 1 percentage point in agency-fees states while dropping just a quarter of a percentage point in the other states.
The decline in the agency-fee states might have been larger except that "some states made it very hard to drop union membership," said Macpherson, chairman of the Department of Economics at Trinity University in San Antonio and co-creator of the website unionstats.com.
In anticipation of the Supreme Court's ruling, Hawaii repealed the ability of union members to halt dues deductions at any time — instead limiting them to a 30-day window before the anniversary of when they signed up.
A New Jersey law narrowed its wide-open revocation window to 10 days each year while also guaranteeing that unions could get the home addresses and personal cellphone numbers of new government employees.
Hawaii's public-sector union membership rate rose almost 2 percentage points since the court ruling while New Jersey's remained relatively flat, declining by less than 0.2 percentage points.
"When Janus was first coming out, people were projecting enormous losses of membership, especially for the public sector. We wanted to make sure that unions had equal footing and access to membership, and obviously it's worked," said New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, a vice president of the international ironworkers union, which does not represent public-sector workers.
New York also acted preemptively with a law increasing unions' access to public employees. On the same day as the Supreme Court ruling, California's then-governor, Democrat Jerry Brown, signed a law requiring public employees to follow the terms of their union agreements when seeking to revoke their membership.
That means Cara O'Callaghan, a University of California, Santa Barbara, employee who joined a union less than a month before the Janus ruling, will have to wait until 2022 to stop her automatic dues deductions.
"I don't think that's fair," she said. "I think anybody should have the choice to be able to join and pay if you wish, and then if you feel at another point that they're not working for you, I think you should be able to quit and not have to pay at any time."
O'Callaghan had been paying agency fees before she said the union enticed her into full membership by explaining that the costs weren't significantly different and that she would also get a life insurance policy. She regretted the move after the Supreme Court decision and has since filed a federal lawsuit seeking to immediately halt her membership dues. It's backed by the Chicago-based Liberty Justice Center, the same group that represented Janus.
The Janus ruling specifically applied to union fees paid by non-members. But O'Callaghan's case is one of several citing the ruling while contending that regular public-sector union members also should be able to immediately quit paying dues, despite signing membership agreements that limited their revocation window.
"We've got people all across the country that are in the process of trying to resign from the unions, and the unions are not allowing that to happen," said Janus, who now works for the Liberty Justice Center.
In Illinois, Janus' home state, union membership rates have fallen from roughly half of the public-sector workforce to about 43 percent since the Supreme Court ruling, according to the analysis done for the AP.
Contact Doug Finke: 788-1527, doug.finke@sj-r.com, twitter.com/dougfinkeSJR. David A. Lieb reported from Jefferson City, Missouri.
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Adventureland est un parc d'attractions à Altoona, juste au nord de Des Moines, dans l'Iowa. Il propose plus de cent spectacles et attractions.

Histoire
La construction d'Adventureland Park commence au printemps 1973. Le parc devait ouvrir en juillet 1974, mais les dommages causés par l'extrémité de la queue d'une tornade retarde l'ouverture jusqu'au .

Des années plus tard, Adventureland donne des conseils à l'exploitant du parc Far West à Wichita dans l'État du Kansas et leur permet d'utiliser des photos prises à Adventureland dans le matériel promotionnel.

Des attractions comme la télécabine Skyride de l'exposition spécialisée de 1974 à Spokane ainsi que plusieurs autres sont ajoutées.

Le , le parc est racheté par Palace Entertainment (filiale de Parques Reunidos).

Attractions

Montagnes russes

Attractions aquatiques
 Raging River - Parcours de bouées / Rapids Ride, Intamin (1983)
 Saw Mill Splash - Parcours de bouées / Spinning Raft, WhiteWater West (2002)

Références

Liens externes

Parc de loisirs aux États-Unis
Parc d'attractions
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Parc aquatique aux États-Unis
Parc de Parques Reunidos

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