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2016 Rio Olympic Rowing Regatta
Olympics, Rowing
With 11 days to go until the start of the 2016 Rio Olympic Rowing Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the World Rowing Federation, FISA, brings you the athlete entries by name as they were submitted at the entry deadline of 18 July 2016. From Algeria to Zimbabwe, there will be 69 nations competing at
GB second at World Rowing Cup in Poznan
Rowing, World Cup
The 2016 World Rowing Cup season wrapped up yesterday (Sunday) in Poznan, Poland with rowers racing for the last time internationally before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. New Zealand topped the overall medals table with gold medals in five of the Olympic boat classes and, at the end of the three World Cups, New Zealand had
Source: FISA
Olympic talents shine at World Rowing Cup in Lucerne
The second World Rowing Cup of the 2016 season wrapped up in Lucerne, Switzerland with rainy conditions and a win for New Zealand overall. Racing started three days ago and worked through to today's finals with New Zealand earning three gold, two silver and three bronze medals to put them at the top of the
Last Olympic Rowing spots determined
The FISA European Continental and Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland has brought the Rio 2016 Olympic qualification in rowing to completion with 25 countries adding boats to the Olympic roster. A plucky performance by Turkey's Huseyin Kandemir and Enes Kusku in the lightweight men's double sculls earned them a spot in Rio. Turkey
New Zealand's rowing twins win Thomas Keller Medal
The Thomas Keller Medal for an Outstanding Career in Rowing, the sport's most prestigious award, will be awarded to Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell of New Zealand. This is the first time that the award has gone to New Zealand and the first time since 1999 that it has been awarded to more than one person.
Source: World Rowing
World Rowing Cup heads to Lucerne
Rowing, World Championships
The 2016 World Rowing Cup heads to Lucerne, Switzerland for the second World Rowing Cup and entries have come in from 51 nations with more than 550 athletes ready to compete. This is an increase on the first World Rowing Cup as a number of nations from outside of Europe have chosen to compete at
GB flourish in challenging conditions at European Championships
The 2016 European Rowing Championships in Brandenburg, Germany began with over 500 athletes from 34 countries and ended with 23 nations earning medals. This is the widest medal spread ever at the European Rowing Championships which was first founded in 1893. The wind today on the Beetzsee lake regatta course made for challenging rowing conditions
Source: Peter Spurrier/Intersport Images
2016 European Rowing Championships test event for Olympics
Some of the top rowing nations in the world will test their Rio 2016 Olympic Games medal potential at the 2016 European Rowing Championships to be held in Brandenburg, Germany. Of the more than 500 athletes competing from 34 European nations, host nation Germany has entered in all 17 boat classes with a squad of
Source: © Detlev Seyb/MyRowingPhoto.com
Impressive television and video streaming results for World Rowing
The World Rowing Federation, FISA, has compiled statistics for TV and video over the 2015 year and a large increase has been recorded, especially in total airings of World Rowing events. This comes on the back of a successful television strategy change that was implemented in 2010. This strategy called for the creation of a
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Rowing's National Federation leaders discuss future of the sport
The series of National Federations' Conferences, organised by The World Rowing Federation, FISA, continued with the fifth edition taking place in London on, 6 March. More than 80 delegates representing 59 National Federations attended to discuss changes to the rules and governance of rowing which will be crucial to ensure the healthy future of the


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Zynga Decides to Withdraw from the US
Zynga, the prominent social gaming firm, announced in July that it is giving up its plans to expand in the US. Accordingly, the company took the required steps to request Nevada's regulatory body to withdraw its interactive gambling license and regulators have agreed to do so.
In an official statement, the company said: "Zynga believes its biggest opportunity is to focus on free to play social games. While the company continues to evaluate its real money gaming products in the United Kingdom test, Zynga is making the focused choice not to pursue a license for real money gaming in the United States. Zynga will continue to evaluate all of its priorities against the growing market opportunity in free, social gaming, including social casino offerings."
Initially, it was believed that Zynga would partner with Wynn Resorts to launch an online poker product in Nevada. But the deal never went through and Wynn ended up signing a partnership deal with 888 Holdings.
Wynn Resorts, a giant casino gaming company belonging to the Las Vegas based billionaire entrepreneur Steve Wynn, announced on Monday that it would partner with 888 Holdings. Previously, Avenue Capital Group had teamed up with 888 Holdings to develop the All American Poker Network (AAPN) and any online poker room launched by Wynn will belong to this brand new network.
According to the gambling laws in Nevada, only land casino companies based in Nevada can offer online gambling service, but offshore providers of Internet gambling software and online gambling companies can partner with Nevada-based gambling companies.
In an official statement, Brian Mattingley, chief executive officer for 888, said: "This is exactly the type of partnership we've envisioned when we formed AAPN with our partners in Avenue Capital. The challenge of establishing a robust, entertaining offering with ample player liquidity is one of our prime goals, in direct continuum to 888's success in other regulated markets such as Spain and Italy."
He further said: "Wynn's market footprint and reputation will allow it to leverage our technology and products as it did so successfully in the land-based world." 888 is currently supplying the software for Caesars Entertainment's WSOP.com, which was recently launched in Nevada. Besides, the company has also teamed up with Treasure Island Casino.
Although Zynga, which was launched in 2007 and has its headquarters in San Francisco, has decided to back out of the US, it will continue to offer its Facebook social poker games.
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Delta-catenin is a synaptic protein from the p120ctn family that has been found to play a role in various neurological disorders such as Autism and Alzheimer's disease. There has been research conducted in knocking down deltacatenin in mouse neurons, but little work has been done with human neurons. In order to investigate the functional roles of delta-catenin, we targeted 3 different sections of the delta-catenin gene and determined the section most effective in repressing the gene's mRNA in human induced Pluripotent Stem cell-derived neurons. Via CRISPRi repression, delta-catenin was knocked down and through quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction, the relative expression of the mRNA was determined. Results showed one guide RNA to be the most effective a halting the transcription of delta-catenin mRNA. The knockdown of delta-catenin was confirmed, marking the first step in the investigation into the functional role of delta-catenin in human neurons.


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Навалагамелья () — муніципалітет в Іспанії, у складі автономної спільноти Мадрид. Населення —  особи (2010).

Муніципалітет розташований на відстані близько 36 км на захід від Мадрида.

На території муніципалітету розташовані такі населені пункти: (дані про населення за 2010 рік)
 Навалагамелья: 2281 особа
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Since planning this project, I've lost my developer, Zbigniew Lukasiak, who returned to Poland to work for Opera. JISC didn't give me much headway to hire someone else, so now I'm scrambling to find a developer at the last minute. There's a risk that this will take longer than it should, especially since in the current climate the University of London does not like to hire, even using external funds.
The good news is that the process is well on its way, we're able to pay a competitive rate even for the City, and we're able to hire for more than the project's duration thanks to the funds we've got from SAS. In the worst case the project will only have been 'shifted right' by two weeks on the calendar because of this.
Hiring difficulties are just one way that a software project can be delayed. Anything else from corrupt data to bugs in third-party software to bad design decisions can delay a project massively. We're managing the general risk of delay by breaking down our outputs into small and prioritized packages, which is really the core idea behind Agile.
The other big problem Agile tries to address is lack of output take-up. How can we make sure that PhilEvents and xEvents are big successes? First, we'll focus on PhilEvents, because that's our main output, and its success is going to bring the success of xEvents in its wake. The general strategy to insure that PhilEvents is a success is a) to make sure our target users like it and b) to make sure our target users get to try it. The art of achieving (a) is the art of software development in general - I won't delve into that. Let us say simply that it's a matter of knowing what the user needs and wants the most, and of translating that into a working piece of software. Obviously, the Devil's in the details. As for (b), we're lucky that we can rely on the fact that almost all our target users are already users of PhilPapers, and on top of that we already have a proven marketing formula to reach these people (it worked with PhilPapers after all).
My title for this post alludes to 'Good' risks. That's mainly the risk of excessive success - remember Twitter's serious technical problems about a year ago. We're not very worried about that because we're not really targeting the general public. At least as far as PhilEvents goes, we know the size of the target community (in the order of 100,000 people worldwide), and we know that we can serve a community of that size with relatively modest means. The only worry is if some much larger community started using xEvents, or lots of small communities.
PhilPapers' entry listings perfectly illustrate the challenge here. Whenever a paper is displayed, information from about 5-6 other database tables is displayed as well. This makes each entry expensive to render, which makes it natural to try to cache the HTML rendering of each entry. The problem is that a little bookmark checkbox sits squat into the middle of each record. This is user-specific, so can't be cached.
The best solution to that problem is what I call the 2nd Order Template pattern: the output of your template that generates a record is not HTML but another template to which you apply user-specific data. This way the output of the first template can be cached. Sometimes of course it's easier to segregate generic and user-specific content than to use 2nd order templates. Another way to preserve cacheability is to inject user-specific content through Ajax, which is typically the best choice when the content is not visible by default (the 'My bibliography' menu on PP works like that). Either way, one has to think about keeping the expensive content cacheable.
It's tempting to prefer a local in-memory cache (like the one provided by the Cache::FastMmap module in Perl) because that's more performant and easier to set up in a one-machine configuration. But this kind of caching makes it very hard to scale to several servers. Best to go with a caching solution that scales seamlessly to a multi-server set up.
It's a lot easier to scale to a multi-server setup (including multiple database servers) when you can restrict writes to a subset of your users small enough to be handled by one server. This could simply mean restricting writes to people who are signed in (as on PhilPapers). Provided your app meets that condition, you can use session affinity to make sure signed in users are routed to the master server, and you can multiply slave servers as needed to handle the large amount of anonymous traffic you get.
Ah, hiring risk is often listed as unlikely but high consequences. We can see that it does happen though, and I'm glad you seem to have it under control.
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Q: Mongoid embeds_many Type Constraints I am trying to create an embeds_many relationship in mongoid and it appears to not be enforcing type constraints on the objects I add to the collection. Am I doing something incorrect here or is this by design?
class Item
  include Mongoid::Document
  embeds_many :extra_fields, class_name: "ItemType"
end

class ItemType
  include Mongoid::Document
  embedded_in :item
  field :type_name
end

class Category
  include Mongoid::Document
  embeds_many :schema_fields
  field :rabble
end

ruby > Item.delete_all
 => 1

ruby > item = Item.new
 => #<Item _id: 4e20a60a401b3e47d2000004, _type: nil>

ruby > item.extra_fields << Category.new(:rabble => 'derp')
 => [#<Category _id: 4e20a619401b3e47d2000005, _type: nil, rabble: "derp">]

ruby > item.save
 => true

ruby > item = Item.first
 => #<Item _id: 4e20a60a401b3e47d2000004, _type: nil>

ruby > item.extra_fields[0].rabble
 => "derp"

A: As MongoDB is schemaless, it's not strictly necessary for Mongoid to enforce the type of class added.  In your example you're only dumping item.extra_fields[0].rabble, it's set to derp. Since it's schemaless, it's not a critical failure in MongoDB that you're saving a field that exists in one model but not the other. If you do item.extra_fields[0].class you should see ItemType because it's using the class_name you set to determine the class used.
It could also simply be an oversight, I don't see any bugs posted along those lines on GitHub for Mongoid. You should post it over at https://github.com/mongoid/mongoid/issues and let them know in case it is just a simple oversight.

A: think class_name is not meant to validate, just an override that
indicates to mongoid that Item should look in ItemType class for the reverse relation
and not a class called ExtraField
yes Mongo doesn't innately have validation, but ActiveRecord doesn't truly add constraints to the underlying database either
like all things Ruby, deal with the power we're given

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/* ******************************
 * Copyleft 2014 Verbalsaint
 * ******************************/

#ifndef _CHILD_GFLAGS_HPP
#define _CHILD_GFLAGS_HPP
#include "child_include.hpp"

//#define STRIP_FLAG_HELP 1    // Remove GFlag Help String in binary
#include <gflags/gflags.h>

/*
 * Define GFlag here
 */
DEFINE_uint64(vsdSessionid, 0, "SessionID of vsD");
DEFINE_string(soname, "none", ".so file name");
DEFINE_int32(sonameHash, 0, ".so file name hash");
DEFINE_string(sonameVersion, "none", ".so file version");
DEFINE_int32(status, 0, "Standalone:0, Report:1, Heartbeat:2");
DEFINE_int32(lease, 0, "Unlimit:0, minimum: 1sec, maximum: (2^31)-1sec");
DEFINE_int32(preserved, 0, "Preserved argument");

/*
 * Register validator
 */
class vsDGFlag
{
public:
   vsDGFlag();
public:
   static bool ValidateSession(const char* flagname, ::google::uint64 value) {
      UNUSED(flagname);
      UNUSED(value);
      return true;
      //printf("Invalid value for --%s: %d\n", flagname, (int)value);
   }

   static bool ValidateSoname(const char* flagname, const std::string& value) {
      UNUSED(flagname);
      UNUSED(value);
      return true;
      //printf("Invalid value for --%s: %d\n", flagname, (int)value);
   }

   static bool ValidateSonameHash(const char* flagname, ::google::int32 value) {
      UNUSED(flagname);
      UNUSED(value);
      return true;
      //printf("Invalid value for --%s: %d\n", flagname, (int)value);
   }

   static bool ValidateSonameVersion(const char* flagname, const std::string& value) {
      UNUSED(flagname);
      UNUSED(value);
      return true;
      //printf("Invalid value for --%s: %d\n", flagname, (int)value);
   }

   static bool ValidateStatus(const char* flagname, ::google::int32 value) {
      UNUSED(flagname);
      UNUSED(value);
      return true;
      //printf("Invalid value for --%s: %d\n", flagname, (int)value);
   }

   static bool ValidateLease(const char* flagname, ::google::int32 value) {
      UNUSED(flagname);
      UNUSED(value);
      return true;
      //printf("Invalid value for --%s: %d\n", flagname, (int)value);
   }

   static bool ValidatePreserved(const char* flagname, ::google::int32 value) {
      UNUSED(flagname);
      UNUSED(value);
      return true;
   }

private:
};

vsDGFlag::vsDGFlag()
{
   using namespace google;
   RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_vsdSessionid, &vsDGFlag::ValidateSession);
   RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_soname, &vsDGFlag::ValidateSoname);
   RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_sonameHash, &vsDGFlag::ValidateSonameHash);
   RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_sonameVersion, &vsDGFlag::ValidateSonameVersion);
   RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_status, &vsDGFlag::ValidateStatus);
   RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_lease, &vsDGFlag::ValidateLease);
   RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_preserved, &vsDGFlag::ValidatePreserved);
}

#endif // for #ifndef _CHILD_GFLAGS_HPP

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Flying high: Panthers' big shot at Immortality
The Panthers celebrate another try during their club record-breaking winning streak. Picture: Getty Images
by Nick Campton
Penrith's seemingly unstoppable season is poised to have it in Immortal company.
In 1959, a St George Dragons side boasting three future Immortals in Johnny Raper, Norm Provan and Reg Gasnier, went through the season undefeated, with one draw the only blight on an 18-game season.
The Panthers currently sit atop the NRL table with 13 wins, a draw and just one loss.
And with games against Wests Tigers (home), Brisbane (away), Parramatta (home), North Queensland and Canterbury (both away), Penrith is $2.60 with the TAB to win its remaining matches and earn a place in the record books just behind the Dragons.
It will be some feat, given that would make them the first side since the Dragons 61 years to enter the finals with fewer than two losses. And that 1959 outfit was arguably the best of the Red V's 11 consecutive premiership sides as they completed the last unbeaten season in first grade history.
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Penrith are chasing the likes of the 1959 Dragons.
Unheralded at the start of the year, Penrith has stormed into outright premiership favouritism for the first time since 2004.
"It's hard sometimes, you get ahead of yourself," Panthers backrower Liam Martin said. "But a lot of the coaching staff bring us back to earth, we might play well but there's always things to improve on.
"There's still improvement in us. We're building on something, and aiming for something bigger, so we're trying to not get complacent."
Even if the Panthers drop a game between now and then, they'll join some historically dominant regular season teams.
The 1975 Roosters, led by another Immortal in Arthur Beetson, and the 1995 Manly and Canberra outfits are the only teams to go through a regular season with two losses since grand finals became mandatory in 1955.
Given the upheaval the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on the season it's a remarkable feat of consistency by the Panthers.
If they can finish it off, they'll join the above five teams as the only sides of the grand final era to win 90 per cent or more of their regular season games.
"All the boys drive it, there's a lot of boys with a lot of experience," Martin said. "They lead the way, telling us they've seen this same thing happen and to stay hungry.
Could the Panthers match the feats of Arthur Beetson's legendary Roosters sides?
"Blokes like Jimmy Tamou, he's won a premiership and he's been around for many years.
"He's a great role model for us young boys, we've just got to keep building on what we've built so far and it doesn't matter what you've done the week before, you just have to put it behind you and go out and play your best footy."
Of course, the Panthers would happily lose their shot at history if it helped them towards a premiership, and their regular-season domination is no guarantee of glory on grand final day.
Beetson's team of 1975 stormed to a then-record 38-0 grand final smashing of the Dragons, but only after losing the major-semi final 8-5 to the same club two weeks before.
Those Raiders and Manly teams of 1995 who flew into the finals with a similarly historic dominance?
Neither of them won it all - the Raiders didn't even make the decider, while Manly lost the big one to a Canterbury team who clawed their way up from sixth.
The last team to only lose one match in the regular season, the 1954 Newtown Jets, couldn't do it either and lost the grand final to South Sydney.
It's only natural for the young Panthers to start dreaming big given what they've achieved this year, but Martin said the team will refuse to rest on their laurels.
"It's hard sometimes, you get ahead of yourself," Martin said.
Martin has enjoyed a tremendous season on the right edge. Picture by Phil Hillyard.
"But a lot of the coaching staff bring us back to earth, we might play well but there's always things to improve on.
"You don't brush it aside just because you got the win. There's still improvement in us.
"We're building on something, and aiming for something bigger, so we're trying to not get complacent."
Five more wins would take Penrith's current streak to 16, equalling the third-longest run of victories in first grade history.
If they don't lose a match between now and the end of the season, including the grand final, they'll match the all time record of 19 - which is also held by the 1975 Roosters.
Suffocating early defence has been the key to the club's rise - they've gone 14 games in a row without conceding a point in the first 20 minutes.
"It's the mentality we've had all pre-season, and all season," Martin said.
"To use a boxing analogy - throw the first punch, start fast, go out hard and set the platform early and build off that. I think we've been doing that well, and now the piece of the puzzle is to get it right at the end of halves."
The high-flying Panthers have notched a club record 10 straight wins this season. Picture: Getty Images
THE BENCHMARK
Season - Team - P W D L
1959 St George - 18 17 1 0
1975 Sydney Roosters - 22 20 0 2
1995 Canberra - 22 20 0 2
1995 Manly - 22 20 0 2
2007 Melbourne - 24 21 0 3
2020 Penrith - 15 13 1 1
1977 Parramatta - 22 19 0 3
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Lotus LMP1 Being Unveiled at Le Mans Despite Not Racing
The Kodewa racing team has confirmed that despite not participating in this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, its Lotus LMP1 racer will still make its public debut at the famous race.
Dubbed the Lotus T129 LMP1, the car was originally expected to make its racing debut at the season opener for the 2014 World Endurance Championship. However, the vehicle's racing debut has been delayed multiple times with it ditching the original Audi engine in favour of a twin-turbocharged V6 courtesy of engine manufacturer AER.
Back in April, it was announced that the T129 would miss the first race of the season but enter the second round of the championship at Spa on May 3rd. However that never eventuated and now the car's racing debut has been pushed back to September's race at the Circuit of the Americas. As it stands, the only driver for the Lotus LMP1 entrant has been confirmed as Christijan Albers.
It remains unclear if specific details about the Lotus T129 LMP1 will be announced alongside the car's debut at Le Mans this weekend. Either way, it'll be nice to see it in the flesh for the first time.
While the car has missed out on Le Mans this year, it will likely make the starting grid next year. Consequently, the LMP1 field could consist of five manufacturers with the addition of Nissan and its GT-R LM Nismo next year.
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Multitasking on an iPod touch is roughly the same: doing multiple things at once. In this case, you are running multiple apps at once — or at least it seems that way.
With fourth-generation and newer iPod touch models, you can quickly switch to another app you were running previously without having to relaunch the app. When you first run an app, it runs in the foreground where the action with your fingers occurs, and the other apps you were just running hang out in the background.
For example, after launching the Pandora app, it continues to work in the background to keep playing music from the web while you run another app in the foreground. Other examples are voice-prompted navigation apps, Internet-calling apps, and apps that perform long downloads — they keep working while you're using another app in the foreground.
You can quickly move the currently running app to the background and switch to another background app by double-clicking the Home button.
The four most recently used background apps appear in the bottom row of the screen. Tap any app on this row to immediately switch to that app and move it to the foreground. You can also flick left to see more apps that are running in the background and tap any one of them.
While running any app, or while viewing any Home screen, you can double-click the Home button to see the bottom row of apps in the background.
You can also remove an app from the bottom row, terminating the app so it no longer runs in the background — touch and hold the app icon until all the icons in the bottom row start wiggling as if they were doing the jailhouse rock, with a circled minus (–) sign in the top-left corner of each app's icon.


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Last time Alan and Donna were in Hawaii, they explored beautiful Lanai by jeep. Great way to see this incredible destination!
We enjoyed the best, most hassle-free disembarkation ever to find our checked luggage neatly grouped together on the pier. How great is that?
Unfortunately for our waistlines, the food on Crystal Serenity is the best we've experienced on a cruise, and we've enjoyed plenty of tasty meals on luxurious cruise ships.
Flying business class on Air New Zealand out of Auckland is truly civilized. From the business center atmosphere of premium class check-in to a spacious lounge with copious amounts of food, we thoroughly enjoyed our Air New Zealand experience.
I'll be writing a detailed review about Crystal Serenity in the coming weeks so stay tuned.
And we're home! No matter how much fun Alan and I have traveling, it's always a joy to return home, even if there is 10″ of snow on the ground with temperatures in the single digits.
Need to warm up with a trip? The February newsletter is for you. Check it out here!
This month, we're talking warm winter travel destinations. Although the South Pacific and other destinations on the other side of the world can be breathtakingly incredible, you don't have to leave home to enjoy some good sunshine this time of year.
US destinations such as Key West offers maximum temperatures between 74 and 78 degrees this time of year, so it's always a good choice. Check out Donna's tips to enjoying this little gem. Another option would be a road trip through the American Southwest. We love a good road trip adventure and Donna has collected some great resources for visiting this area.
Looking for a warm winter escape? Well, this week, Brette Sember takes us to beautiful Grand Cayman. Filled with amazing beaches, and fun active travel options like swimming with sting rays, this is a great place to escape the wintertime blues.
Looking for some more options for warm winter travel destinations? US News has a great list of 50 Warm Weather Getaways.
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Hilton Head's Sea Pine Resort is offering 15% off on select homes and villas. The offer is good from March 2, 2019 through September 7, 2019, so its a great deal for early spring to late summer stays.
The Reefs in beautiful Bermuda is offering a fifth night free when booking four nights. Reservations must be made for stays before April 30th.
In March, we'll be featuring spring in Europe. Get a head start with this 3-day itinerary to Valencia, Spain.
According to this photo report by National Geographic, an early visitor to Chile's Torres del Paine called it "one of the most … spectacular sights that human imagination can conceive." And yes, by the looks of these photos, this is one incredible place.
Thinking about a Hawaiian cruise? Check out the Hawaii cruise tips at Cruise Critic.
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Matthew Stogdon 25th July 2011
Enlist To Fight
Up until six months ago, I hated the Captain America character. I detested the concept of an unyielding, flag-waving pillar of patriotism and refused to believe he could be anything else. Of course, that completely changed once I read Brubaker's entire run from Winter Soldier to Two Americas (around 50+ issues) in just over four weeks. The only reason I mention this is because, outside of the States, the notion of such a die-hard patriotic character is a hard pill to swallow – akin to Mickey Mouse singing The Star Spangled Banner at you for two hours while Ronald McDonald whispers the entire US constitution in your ear (I was going to go with a Statue of Liberty fellatio thing but that would probably be too far). Thankfully this film embodies the true message behind Cap, the concept that even the weakest of men can possess the courage to stand up for what is right.
After briefly discovering a wrecked aircraft, the narrative leaps back to 1942. Here we are introduced to the film's central antagonist, Johann Schmidt [Weaving] – Hitler's head of occult and mysticism research, who suffered unfortunate side-effects due to a yet unfinished super-soldier serum, earning him the nickname Red Skull. Commanding a legion of Nazi soldiers, Schmidt sacks a small village in Norway, looking for a tesseract that he believes to be the jewel of Odin's treasure room, a device powerful enough to completely change the world. On the other side of the Atlantic, Steve Rogers [Evans] – an incredibly honest and patriotic man, who simply wants a chance to enlist alongside his fellow countrymen – is turned away from yet another recruiting office due to his petite build and various ailments. During one such try-out, Rogers' determination impresses an expatriated German scientist, Dr. Erskine [Stanley Tucci], who recommends him for a secret super soldier program. After the experiment is a success, transforming Steve into an uber-mensch, Erskine is assassinated and the secrets of his serum die with him. Seen as little more than a lab rat, Rogers is subjected to a life of war bonds sales and propaganda appearances – outfitted in a typically cheesy costume. After appearing before frontline troops, Rogers discovers that his childhood friend, Bucky Barnes [Stan] has been taken hostage and mounts a one-man rescue operation, disobeying a direct order in the process. Following the grand success of his operation, the Captain America persona is welcomed as more than just a propaganda symbol and finally utilised as a secret weapon.
As with The Rocketeer, Johnston has managed to harness both the gritty realism of a period drama and the cheesy clichés found in serials of the 40's and 50's; the overall effect is a bit of a nostalgia run, both in a sense of visual treatment and the creation of a genuinely fun action blockbuster. From the dialogue, costumes, set pieces and locations to the faceless henchmen, CGI effects and cackling maniacal lead villain, Captain America does a certain amount of justice to that golden age comic feel. Of course, this may also piss a lot of people off but I'll get more into that later. In addition to the pleasant cinematography and keen direction, the visual effects are pretty stellar; there are a handful of shots that look somewhat suspect but when you take into account that 'Skinny Steve' isn't a body double but a seamless digital alteration, it's a pretty amazing achievement. On top of that, the personification of beloved characters and overall engrossing performances ensure that the action takes a back-seat to personality development – something quite prevalent in the majority of Marvel's recent releases. Speaking of Marvel, there are also several nice nods to their back catalogue, referencing individuals, events to come and (curiously) sound effects. The success of Iron Man and Thor meant that Captain America had a great deal to live up to. Not only would this film need to work for any following Marvel films to succeed, it would also be required to survive scrutiny and comparison with two incredibly well-received movies. But in the same way that you can't really compare Marvel characters, you cannot compare Marvel films. It's not a case of which is better (as they're very different characters) it's more an example of on par excellence and personal preference.
**Spoiler in the last few sentences**
Of course, it's not a perfect release and there are several glaring flaws. The first being the completely underwhelming score by Alan Silvestri. Despite the atypical rising brass and strings, there is almost nothing stirring or memorable about it and although it seems to fit the on-screen events, it happily fades into obscurity without a fight. I'm not saying Cap needed a catchy theme but without a resounding presence, we're left with a flimsy phone-in from an exceedingly well accomplished composer. Additionally, the editing is incredibly sloppy in places, I understand there was a vast amount to cover in two hours (how much of which would be included was a personal point of contention before the screening) but after several decent acts we're rushed through a half-hearted montage which fell flat on its face visually and structurally. Finally, there's the ending – to put it bluntly, a bigger finale would have been nice. I appreciated how the final events unfolded but your average cinemagoer is probably not going to accept Red Skull's 'demise' and may feel a little cheated by the whole confrontation.
Looking ahead to The Avengers, Marvel have created an incredibly strong foundation of characters and stand alone films. Granted they're working themselves into a corner which implies that eventually you will have to watch all their releases in order to follow what the hell is going on in their latest release – a mindset which has continually hindered the comic industry for decades: with such in-depth, intertwining plot threads, where does a newcomer jump in? Either way, their actions to date have been more than commendable and Captain America is a genuinely fun addition to the stable, without being bogged down by the necessity of taking itself too seriously. For you DC people, that means it's not trying to be The Dark Knight but still doesn't feel as stupid as Green Lantern.
Before his transformation, Rogers undergoes extensive training with the other hopeful applicants. In each scene Rogers displays unprecedented determination, only to be failed by his body. Despite this, there are a few key moments that demonstrate his ingenuity and selflessness. I have no intention of listing them and breaking down the scenes, suffice to say, they're exemplary.
Nailing Steve Rogers without coming off as a lantern-jawed, propaganda patsy is a difficult task. Not only has Chris Evans proved his maturity as an actor (first seen in his outstanding performance in Sunshine), he has managed to bring a credible realism to the character's unwavering drive. Equally, Hugo Weaving's performance as the Red Skull – a character which should be completely laughable – is greatly impressive, reminding us that he is quickly becoming the go-to actor for villainous roles. Furthermore, the background support are also equally engrossing, no matter how long or short they remain on-screen.
"I don't want to kill anybody. I don't like bullies.. I don't care where they're from"
"Upbeat, funny, entertaining and corny (in a surprisingly good way), Captain America is a very strong release that should strike a chord with fans of the Marvel universe and 40's pulp"
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Q: Swift 3 - How to convert an array of structs that contain structs to JSON? I have an array of Field structs that I want to convert to a JSON string.
Field is defined as:
struct Field{

    var name: String
    var center: LatLng
    var perimeter: [LatLng]

    func toDictionary() -> [String : Any]{
        let dict: [String : Any] = ["name":self.name,
                                    "center":self.center.toDictionary(),
                                    "perimeter": ppsToDictArray()]
        return dict
    }

    fileprivate func ppsToDictArray() -> [Any]{
        var data = [Any]()
        for pp in perimeterPoints{
            data.append(pp.toDictionary())
        }
        return data
    }

}

and LatLng is defined as:
struct LatLng{

    let latitude: Double
    let longitude: Double

    func toDictionary() -> [String : Any]{
        let dict: [String : Any] = ["latitude": self.latitude,
                                    "longitude": self.longitude]
        return dict
    }

}

Here's where I'm trying to convert my array to JSON:
    //selectedFields is a [Field] populated with some Fields
    let dicArray = selectedFields.map{$0.toDictionary()}
    if let data = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: dicArray, options: .prettyPrinted){
        let str = String(bytes: data, encoding: .utf8)
        print(str) //Prints a string of "\n\n"
    }

How can I convert such and array to a JSON string? I attempted something along the lines of this answer, but it prints as Optional("[\n\n]")" (I understand why it says "Optional" when printing). I can't seem to get it to work after extrapolating for my structs-within-structs situation. I'm also only about a month into Swift.
EDIT:
I edited the above code to represent a more complete example of what I was working on in response to a request to see more work. I didn't include all of that originally because I wasn't asking how to fix my existing code, but more for an example of how to go about the process with nested structs.

A: struct LatLng {
    let latitude: Double
    let longitude: Double

    func getJSON() -> NSMutableDictionary {
        let dict = NSMutableDictionary()
        dict.setValue(latitude, forKey: "latitude")
        dict.setValue(longitude, forKey: "longitude")
        return dict
    }
}

struct Field {
    var name: String
    var center: LatLng
    var perimeter: [LatLng]

    func getJSON() -> NSMutableDictionary {
        let values = NSMutableDictionary()

        var perimeterArray = Array<NSMutableDictionary>()
        for item in perimeter {
            perimeterArray.append(item.getJSON())
        }

        values.setValue(name, forKey: "name")
        values.setValue(center.getJSON(), forKey: "center")
        values.setValue(perimeterArray, forKey: "perimeter")

        return values

    }
}

let peri = [LatLng(latitude: 10.0, longitude: 10.0), LatLng(latitude: 20.0, longitude: 20.0)]
let center = LatLng(latitude: 15.0, longitude: 15.0)

let field = Field(name: "test", center: center, perimeter: peri)

let json = try NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(field.getJSON(), options: .PrettyPrinted)
let jsonString = NSString(data: json, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
print(jsonString)

//PRINTS THE FOLLOWING OUTPUT
Optional({
    "name" : "test",
    "center" : {
        "longitude" : 15,
        "latitude" : 15
    },
    "perimeter" : [{
        "longitude" : 10,
        "latitude" : 10
    },
    {
        "longitude" : 20,
        "latitude" : 20
    }]
})

UPDATE
In order to serialise an array of Field objects, you can do something like this.
let field1 = Field(name: "value1", center: center, perimeter: peri)
let field2 = Field(name: "value2", center: center, perimeter: peri)
let field3 = Field(name: "value3", center: center, perimeter: peri)

let fieldArray = [field1.getJSON(), field2.getJSON(), field3.getJSON()]

let json = try NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(fieldArray, options: .PrettyPrinted)
let jsonString = NSString(data: json, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)

Please note that this is just a quick solution, not the best one. This is just to give you an idea of how it will go. I'm sure you'll be able to improve on it.


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Usage: She had always found him to be bellicose and was not surprised when he was expelled from the military academy for his belligerent and violent behavior.
In 1325, Ibn Battuta embarked on an extraordinary 75,000-mile (120,675-km) journey via Mecca to Egypt, East Africa, India, and China. He set out at age 21 and returned home some 30 years later. No other medieval traveler is known to have journeyed so extensively. The details of his travels are recorded in a narrative titled The Adventures of Ibn Battuta. His inventions and academic work are also renowned. What nearly cost Ibn Battuta his life en route to China?	More...
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Located in the Pacific Ocean some 1,250 miles north of New Zealand, the island nation of Tonga consists of about 150 islands, 36 of which are inhabited. With a population of about 120,000, Tonga is ruled by a royal family that goes back to 1831. On November 4, 1875, King George Tupou I gave his consent to the constitution of the new nation of Tonga. Celebrated for many years as Tonga Constitution Day, the holiday was renamed by the government in 2006 as Tonga National Day and pronounced as an occasion to celebrate the country's heritage as a whole. More...


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Dilbert and Dogbert stand in a parking lot. A man approaches their car and says, "Hey! Dilbert! Is that your nerdmobile?" The man laughs. Dilbert thinks, "It's my old high school nemesis, Chuck." Chuck says, "Maybe you'd like to race me in my Corvette." He laughs. Dilbert points to his car and says, "Actually, Chuck, if you had taken a science class you'd know this a 'Seebeck effect' power plant capable of 600 miles per hour." Dilbert continues, "Any idiot knows you can get massive power simply by using the sun to heat the junction of two dissimilar wires joined at both ends." Dilbert continues, "Apparently I'm faster AND smarter than you. And these tax forms show that I also earn more than you." Dogbert holds up the forms. Chuck says, "Here's a picture of my new girlfriend. She teaches aerobics." Dilbert says, "He's winning. Help me out here, Dogbert." Dogbert waves his paw and says, "Step aside." Dogbert tells Chuck, "I notice that your girlfriend has unusually large hands and a very pronounced Adam's apple." Chuck asks, "So?"
Dilbert: "I've got my 3-D stereo for life-like sound..." "I've got hgh definition television for life-like video..." "Do you have a life yet?" "No, but I'm darn close."
The Boss: As the leader of this organization it's my job to set priorities. Carol: Heres your calendar, I booked you through next year with every yahoo who could dial your number. The Boss: Maybe I'll call this a priority.
- How to reorganize for success Put All your deadbeats and whiners in one sub group. Deadbeats: we don't want to be a subgroup. -Give them a project that duplicates work being done by more competent people elsewhere in the company.- Soon, the manager of the competent people will find out you're duplicating his work. Man: You're on my turf Dogbert: Boo hoo - He'll make a play to get your project under his control.- Man: They should be transferred to my control. - Before you transfer the deadbeats. Give them high performance reviews to conceal your treachery Deadbeat: Godlike ? wow! Dogbert: I'll miss you. - In time, the manager who took your losers will fail, this decreasing competition for promotions. AAIIII!! Dogbert: Next week I'll discuss teamwork - the managers obstacle to success.
"This year, instead of raises we're giving appliances." "What?!" "High performers could get a color television or a new 'fridge." "He called it a 'lava lamp'." "I call it a jar of old mayonnaise."
"What are you drawing, Dogbert? "I'm creating a comic book called, 'The Adventures of Boron'." "'The most boring man in the entire Universe'." "Boron looks like me." "Geez, what an ego you have." "In chapter one, Boron slays the entire marketing department by explaining asynchronous protocols." "I think it's high time we engineers got a little respect in this society!" "Furthermore, there are many advantages to asynchronous transfer mode switch technology!" "First, there's bandwidth..."
"I'd like a job where I can telecommute every day." "It should be high-paying yet have goals which can't be measured." "So, you'd stay home and we'd mail you checks?" "I was hoping for direct deposit."
"I invited Saint Dogbert to bludgeon anybody who strays from the agenda into something stupid." "That reminds me of the productization of our Tiger Team's priority matrix." "Actually, that was on the agenda." "Oops. Carry on."
"Dogbert: Ethics Advisor" "We mail our product to people and tell them it's free for one year." "Then we start nailing them with high fees because they'll forget the procedure for returning the product. They're trapped." "So, did you have some ethics advice?" "No. I asked you here so I can return your stupid product."


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Liam Heath (Guildford, 17 de agosto de 1984) es un deportista británico que compitió en piragüismo en la modalidad de aguas tranquilas.

Participó en tres Juegos Olímpicos de Verano, obteniendo en total cuatro medallas, oro y plata en Río de Janeiro 2016 (K1 200 m y K2 200 m), bronce en Londres 2012 (K2 200 m) y bronce en Tokio 2020 (K1 200 m).

Ganó siete medallas en el Campeonato Mundial de Piragüismo entre los años 2010 y 2019, y siete medallas en el Campeonato Europeo de Piragüismo entre los años 2010 y 2021.

Fue nombrado miembro de la Orden del Imperio Británico (MBE) en el año 2016 por sus éxitos deportivos.

Palmarés internacional

Referencias

Piragüistas del Reino Unido
Piragüistas del Reino Unido en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012
Piragüistas del Reino Unido en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016
Piragüistas del Reino Unido en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020
Medallistas olímpicos de oro del Reino Unido
Medallistas olímpicos de plata del Reino Unido
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce del Reino Unido
Medallistas olímpicos de oro de piragüismo
Medallistas olímpicos de plata de piragüismo
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de piragüismo
Medallistas olímpicos de oro de Río de Janeiro 2016
Medallistas olímpicos de plata de Río de Janeiro 2016
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de Londres 2012
Medallistas olímpicos de bronce de Tokio 2020
Campeones mundiales de piragüismo
Alumnado de la Universidad de Loughborough
Miembros de la Orden del Imperio Británico
Personas de Surrey


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What is Moving for Climate Now?
Moving for Climate NOW is an initiative to create awareness at the international level on the importance of acting now against climate change. It is also the story of a journey: one undertaken by a group of experts, on electric bicycles, to deliver a message on the urgency of uniting to combat climate change to the Climate Summits (COP). In 2019 it completed its 5th edition, arriving to the COP25 held in Madrid under the Presidency of Chile. In 2020, the initiative has supported the global agenda by commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, presenting once more its Manifesto, this year virtually at the UNFCCC Climate Change Dialogues 2020, as a preview of the one to be presented to COP26, which will be hosted in Glasgow by the UK in partnership with Italy, on 1-12 November 2021.
We present the people from different organisations and countries who form the committed team of cyclists that have pedalled for the climate.
Víctor Viñuales Edo
UN Global Compact Network Spain
Carlos Sallé Alonso
Ana Barreira
Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente (IIDMA)
Ana Hajduka
Ángel Cano
Asociación Despierta
Carlos Calvo Ambel
Transport & Environment
Chema Sarri
Peace Boat
Elisabeth Press
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Eyal Ben-Zwi
SEforALL
Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera
Ibon Galarraga
Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
Isabel Rico Vazquez
Spanish National Rugby Team
Isabel Moreno
Televisión Española (TVE)
Iván Martínez Castro
Spanish Office for Climate Change
Jacopo Tattini
Jorge Cattaneo
Ayuda en Acción
Juan Luis Cano
K.C. Michaels
Kevin Knosala
Laura Merrill
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Luke Mills
Bloomberg NEF
María de la Fuente
Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS)
Mercedes Martín
Antena 3 TV
Marine Gorner
Olivia Chen
Patricia Peiró
Pedro Linares
Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid
Robyn McGuckin
P4G (Partnerships for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030)
Sameer Ahmad
Santiago Martinez
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Solange Maria Pinto Ribeiro
Sonia Castañeda
Ministry for Ecological Transition
Suzana Kahn Ribeiro
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
5 years building momentum together for the Paris Agreement
2020 marked the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. It has also been a year marked by a worldwide pandemic whose sanitary, social and economic consequences are making all Governments across the globe define new stimulus and recovery mechanisms. In this context, there is a key need to align climate goals with sustainable recovery measures from Covid-19.
The initiative Moving for Climate NOW (M4CN), which started its journeys to COPs also in 2015, also wanted to contribute and support the global climate agenda events, from the Race to Zero Campaign, targeting to mobilise all actors towards net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, to the Climate Dialogues, capitalising on the experience from the June Momentum for Climate Change. And lastly to the Paris Agreement anniversary on 12 December, which sets the final milestone for the call for action to set the world on a more consistent path towards the system transformations required for a greener, better and climate-resilient future.
In 2020 Moving for Climate NOW could not take place in its usual format due to travelling and sanitary recommendations, however it will continue to showcase its unconditional support to ambitious and urgent climate action, by presenting once more its Manifesto, this time virtually, as a preview of the one to be presented to COP26.
The presentation of our manifesto to UNFCCC took place on 3rd December 2020, in a Special Event during the UN Climate Change Dialogues 2020. It also included a high-level dialogue including interventions from the HL Climate Champions of COP25 and COP26 and Moving for Climate NOW participants to showcase progress and transformations over these years, and reflect on the needed levers going forward to meet 2050 climate neutrality targets and implement sustainable recovery from COVID-19.
Participants from all editions have also showcased in a set of videos, progress achieved over these 5 years and their support for further climate engagement and ambition.
After completing our cycling route and the conclusion of COP24, we are proud to have delivered our message on the urgency to act together against climate change, showing the importance of building alliances to reach our objectives. If you have missed the details of this exciting adventure, we encourage you to check our Route Diary.
Route Diary
Check out what happened during our expedition.
Stage 7. Krakow – Katowice. Our message arrives to Katowice!!
Stage 6. Bielsko Biala – Krakow. Climate policies
Stage 5. Ostrava – Bielsko Biala. Corporate and private action
Moving for Climate Now: Previous Editions
Moving for Climate NOW has completed its fifth edition, with the cycling team having already travelled more than 4,200 kilometres since the first one, which took them from Bilbao to COP21 in Paris in an initiative organized by employees of Iberdrola (Just2Challenge). After then, under the motto Moving for Climate NOW, they have reached the COP22 in Marrakech from Seville, the COP23 in Bonn from Paris and the COP24 in Katowice, Poland, from Vienna. In 2019 it was the turn of the COP25 in Madrid from Salamanca.
Voices Against Climate Change
We need to change the narrative and explain to citizens that decarbonizing the economy is less costly than non-decarbonizing it, because we are already dealing with the costly problems derived from burning fossil fuels through governments' health and infrastructure budgets.Carlos Sallé - Iberdrola
Many of us don't realise that the 1.5° rise isn't when things go wrong and the planet gets on fire. Earth is already on fire, but we can still save some of it. Beyond the 1.5° goal, there is no looking back.Anurag Saha Roy -Wikilimo; United Nations Competition Summer of Solutions Winner
"We need to change narratives and explain to citizens that decarbonizing the economy is less costly than non-decarbonizing, because we are already paying huge costs included in our health, agriculture and infrastructures budgets to deal with the climate change and air quality problems produced due to the burning of fossil fuels".Carlos Sallé Alonso - Iberdrola
A significant acceleration of the global energy transformation is needed as energy-related CO2 emissions are rising. Policymakers must take swift and decisive action.Claire Kiss - International Renewable Energy (IRENA)
The future will be what we decide to do with it. Nothing is already written.Álvaro Rodríguez - Climate Reality Project General Coordinator in Spain
I think those at COP25 would do well in having children in mind when overwhelmed by the complexity of the solution. When I explained my 5-year-old twins why the planet is warming up, they had no doubt: "if we know it is because we are polluting, let's just stop polluting.Adela Conchado - Far&Sound
The population is aware of climate change, but does not know how to act. We urgently need to change habits in our everyday life. As leaders, we must provide citizens with tools and example to help them in this challenge. Each gesture, however small, counts.Elena Moreno Zaldibar - Basque Government
Times have changed: society and youth worry about climate change and are asking governments to act. But finding solutions is not always easy. We, experts, are best placed to help bridging gaps and finding solutions.Lourdes Sanchez - IISD
Education is the start of the conversion to a civilization more respectful with the people and with the planet. And education starts in childhood, but does not end until the end of our lives.Susana Lagüera López - University of Salamanca
The best solutions of adaptation strategies to climate change will be born from the scientific endeavor to better understand the climate and social system. However, collaboration among scientists, decision-makers and stakeholders will be mandatory to properly focus the efforts of the former, and to successfully implement the strategies constructed among all of them.Manuel del Jesus - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria (IHCantabria)
Even if the best possible implementation of mitigation actions is achieved, adaptation will be an essential tool to cope with climate change impacts in the short- and the medium term.Manuel del Jesus - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria (IHCantabria)
We need to focus on Inclusion and accessibility when developing climate resilience. Remote, rural and poverty-laden communities are the most vulnerable to climate change but often have the least amount of access to technological advances.Anurag Saha Roy - Wikilimo; United Nations Competition Summer of Solutions Winner
Moving towards a greener economy is creating opportunities for new technologies, investment and jobs. At the same time, environmental change and in particular climate change has detrimental effects on certain economic sectors and can cause job losses. Identifying and providing the right skills for new and existing jobs can smooth transitions to greener economies and ensure that new opportunities benefit a broader share of society.Jorge Cattaneo - Ayuda en Acción
Climate change & inequities are linked: 1)most vulnerable people are experiencing the worst impacts of climate change 2)climate change is affecting the most in Global South countries, the poorer 3)inequity is intergenerational, our youth will be the most affected by our NO action.Fernando Mudarra - Ayuda en Acción
The transition to a low carbon economy has a big potential for job creation. A paradigmatic example can be found in naval shipyards that have managed to reinvent themselves by constructing different components of offshore wind power plants. This search for novel, imaginative and synergistic solutions is crucial.Carlos Sallé Alonso - Iberdrola
When we look at what is needed to meet climate and other sustainable energy goals, energy efficiency and renewables are among the central pillars. But we also need many other technologies to play a part in decarbonising different sectors of the economy. There is no single or simple way to transform global energy systems.Paul Simons, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Decoupling economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions has never been more urgent if the world is to meet the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement. This requires concerted action on clean energy transitions. Governments are more and more interested in designing and implementing ambitious climate mitigation policies and carbon pricing instruments to steer their economies onto low-carbon paths. I'm proud to be part of the IEA's work supporting these governments by providing data, analysis and technical solutions.Luca Lo Re - International Energy Agency (IEA)
Subsidizing fossil fuels means using hundreds of billions USD of tax-payers' money to fund climate change and air pollution. This money could be re-invested in the energy transition. This needs to be addressed in climate negotiations.Lourdes Sanchez - IISD
A large-scale shift to renewable energy and electrification could deliver three-quarters of the needed reduction, or as much as 90% with ramped-up energy efficiency. This transition to a climate-proof energy system will not only provide a solution to climate change, but also provide socio-economic benefits, such as increased GDP, jobs, and human health.Claire Kiss - International Renewable Energy (IRENA)
Tackling climate change will require a laser-like focus on reducing global emissions. For this, we think the world needs a grand coalition that covers governments, investors, energy companies and everyone who is genuinely committed to taking on this challenge.Paul Simons - International Energy Agency (IEA)
Many countries are interested in how international carbon markets can help them achieve and enhance their climate mitigation goals. The IEA and the OECD, help governments advance the discussions on markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement through technical analysis and by promoting dialogue to enhance understanding of key issues. An agreement on this at COP25 is important to complete the Paris Agreement implementation rulebook.Luca Lo Re - International Energy Agency (IEA)
We come from a world of transactional relationships between agents ("I give, you give me"), and we have to evolve into truly transformative relationships, where we all put, we all take risks, we share benefits, and we all aim at a higher goal, the transformation. Alliances are the new institutional infrastructures that we need to address complex problems that, today, do not have a possible technical solution through conventional projects.Carlos Mataix, Polytechnic University of Madrid
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A new approach to flood risk management is taking hold, with some changes to roles and responsibilities having occurred and others under consideration. What might that mean for Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) and owners/operators of levees and drainage facilities? Consultants and others who work to protect communities from flooding? What lies ahead for federal agencies? Private property owners? Land developers?
Join Husch Blackwell and Nebraska''s Natural Resources Districts for a discussion on reducing flood risk, resources to do so, the evolving federal regulatory framework and its implications, and tools to help navigate current and future change.
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Album Review: Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas Las Flores
In her first album of new music since the career defining exploration of her musical heritage that was Musas Vol 1 & 2 and her passion project Un Canto Por Mexico Vol 1 & Volume 2, Natalia Lafourcade cements her status as one of the most vital voices in Latin roots music.
Across De Todas Las Flores she takes the folk traditions she's learned from and spins them in intricate and intimate new ways, adding orchestral flourishes to create an elegant and understated sound.
'Vine Solita' is an acceptance of loneliness, a reminder we are all alone one way or another.
'El Lugar Correcto' and 'Maria the Healer' are songs about recovery, taking your time to connect with nature.
'PAJARITO COLIBRÍ' is the song for a hummingbird, the instruments made to sound like the beating wings of the tiny, fragile bird.
'Muerte' is joy, almost spoken word at times before becoming a celebration of life. David Byrne joined her on stage recently to sing and dance along with this one.
'Canta le arena' is a soothing instrumental swoon. Final track 'Nicolas' is a sweet strum of beauty, a quiet celebration of the life of her nephew who died. She said of the song:
"It is a hymn to life and a reminder of how finite it is and how important it is to take care of ourselves in the nest while remembering and celebrating those who are no longer here."
In her past work her muses were the musicians of Latin America, her roots in sound. Here her muses are in the world around her, the pandemic allowing her time to slow down and find the melodies in Mother Nature herself.
DE TODAS LAS FLORES is a beautiful and timeless masterclass in Mexican music.
Interview: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/natalia-lafourcade-de-todas-las-flores-carnegie-hall-1234620545/amp/
folk, Natalia Lafourcade
Dolly Parton's Discography – Backwoods Barbie (2007)