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Prominent Russian Scientist: ‘We should fear a deep temperature drop — not catastrophic global warming’

Climate Depot
October 27, 2009

Total Solar Irradiance over time in watts per square Variation in the TSI during the period 1978 to 2008 (heavy line) and its bicentennial component (dash line), revealed by us. Distinct short-term upward excursions are caused by the passage of faculae on the solar disk, and downward excursions by the passage of sunspot groups.

Co2 is ‘not guilty’, climate change is a natural earthly occurrence that is controlled by solar cycles. We are currently in a dangerous cooling period as the sun is inactive and could last several decades.

(Habibullo Abdussamatov, Dr. Sc. – Head of Space research laboratory of the Pulkovo Observatory, Head of the Russian/Ukrainian joint project Astrometria – (translated from Russian by Lucy Hancock) Dr. Abdussamatov is featured on page 140 of the 2009 U.S. Senate Report of More Than 700 Dissenting Scientists Over Man-Made Global Warming. Also see “Related Links” below.)

Key Excerpts: Observations of the Sun show that as for the increase in temperature, carbon dioxide is “not guilty” and as for what lies ahead in the upcoming decades, it is not catastrophic warming, but a global, and very prolonged, temperature drop. [...] Over the past decade, global temperature on the Earth has not increased; global warming has ceased, and already there are signs of the future deep temperature drop. [...] It follows that warming had a natural origin, the contribution of CO2 to it was insignificant, anthropogenic increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide does not serve as an explanation for it, and in the foreseeable future CO2 will not be able to cause catastrophic warming. The so-called greenhouse effect will not avert the onset of the next deep temperature drop, the 19th in the last 7500 years, which without fail follows after natural warming. [...] We should fear a deep temperature drop — not catastrophic global warming. Humanity must survive the serious economic, social, demographic and political consequences of a global temperature drop, which will directly affect the national interests of almost all countries and more than 80% of the population of the Earth. A deep temperature drop is a considerably greater threat to humanity than warming. However, a reliable forecast of the time of the onset and of the depth of the global temperature drop will make it possible to adjust in advance the economic activity of humanity, to considerably weaken the crisis.

Excerpts: Experts of the United Nations in regular reports publish data said to show that the Earth is approaching a catastrophic global warming, caused by increasing emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. However, observations of the Sun show that as for the increase in temperature, carbon dioxide is “not guilty” and as for what lies ahead in the upcoming decades, it is not catastrophic warming, but a global, and very prolonged, temperature drop.

Life on earth completely depends on solar radiation, the ultimate source of energy for natural processes. For a long time it was thought that the luminosity of the Sun never changes, and for this reason the quantity of solar energy received per second over one square meter above the atmosphere at the distance of the Earth from the Sun (149 597 892 km), was named the solar constant.

Until 1978, precise measurements of the value of the total solar irradiance (TSI) were not available. But according to indirect data, namely the established major climate variations of the Earth in recent millennia, one must doubt the invariance of its value.

In the middle of the nineteenth century, German and Swiss astronomers Heinrich Schwabe and Rudolf Wolf established that the number of spots on the surface of the Sun periodically changes, diminishing from a maximum to a minimum, and then growing again, over a time frame on the order of 11 years. Wolf introduced an index (“W”) of the relative number of sunspots, computed as the sum of 10 times number of sunspot groups plus the total number of spots in all groups. This number has been regularly measured since 1849. Drawing on the work of professional astronomers and the observations of amateurs (which are of uncertain reliability) Wolf worked out a reconstruction of monthly values from 1749 as well as annual values from 1700. Today, the reconstruction of this time series stretches back to 1611. It has an eleven-year cycle of recurrence as well as other cycles related to onset and development of individual sunspot groups: changes in the fraction of the solar surface occupied by faculae, the frequency of prominences, and other phenomena in the solar chromosphere and corona.

Analyzing the long record of sunspot numbers, the English astronomer Walter Maunder in 1893 came to the conclusion that from 1645 to 1715 sunspots had been generally absent. Over the thirty-year period of the Maunder Minimum, astronomers of the time counted only about 50 spots. Usually, over that length of time, about 50,000 sunspots would appear. Today, it has been established that such minima have repeatedly occurred in the past. It is also known that the Maunder Minimum accompanied the coldest phase of a global temperature dip, physically measured in Europe and other regions, the most severe such dip for several millennia, which stretched from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries (now known as the Little Ice Age).

The search for a relationship between large climate variations and phenomena observed in the Sun led to an interest in finding a connection between periods of change in the terrestrial climate and corresponding significant changes in the level of observed solar activity, because the sunspot number is the only index that has been measured over a long period of time.

Determinative role of the Sun in variations in the climate of the Earth

The Earth, after receiving and storing over the twentieth century an anomalously large amount of heat energy, from the 1990’s began to return it gradually. The upper layers of the world ocean, completely unexpectedly to climatologists, began to cool in 2003. The heat accumulated by them unfortunately now is running out.

Over the past decade, global temperature on the Earth has not increased; global warming has ceased, and already there are signs of the future deep temperature drop (Fig. 7, 11). Meantime the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over these years has grown by more than 4%, and in 2006 many meteorologists predicted that 2007 would be the hottest of the last decade. This did not occur, although the global temperature of the Earth would have increased at least 0.1 degree if it depended on the concentration of carbon dioxide. It follows that warming had a natural origin, the contribution of CO2 to it was insignificant, anthropogenic increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide does not serve as an explanation for it, and in the foreseeable future CO2 will not be able to cause catastrophic warming. The so-called greenhouse effect will not avert the onset of the next deep temperature drop, the 19th in the last 7500 years, which without fail follows after natural warming.

The earth is no longer threatened by the catastrophic global warming forecast by some scientists; warming passed its peak in 1998-2005, while the value of the TSI by July – September of last year had already declined by 0.47 W/m2 (Fig. 1).

For several years until the beginning in 2013 of a steady temperature drop, in a phase of instability, temperature will oscillate around the maximum that has been reached, without further substantial rise. Changes in climatic conditions will occur unevenly, depending on latitude. A temperature decrease in the smallest degree would affect the equatorial regions and strongly influence the temperate climate zones. The changes will have very serious consequences, and it is necessary to begin preparations even now, since there is practically no time in reserve. The global temperature of the Earth has begun its decrease without limitations on the volume of greenhouse gas emissions by industrially developed countries; therefore the implementation of the Kyoto protocol aimed to rescue the planet from the greenhouse effect should be put off at least 150 years.

[...]

Consequently, we should fear a deep temperature drop — not catastrophic global warming. Humanity must survive the serious economic, social, demographic and political consequences of a global temperature drop, which will directly affect the national interests of almost all countries and more than 80% of the population of the Earth. A deep temperature drop is a considerably greater threat to humanity than warming. However, a reliable forecast of the time of the onset and of the depth of the global temperature drop will make it possible to adjust in advance the economic activity of humanity, to considerably weaken the crisis.

For complete paper see here:

Tsi Totale 59020

Tsi Medio 2270

Aumento Tsi +3630

Diminuzione Tsi -710

Forma Media 5,69

Aumento Forma +4

Diminuzione Forma -5

Scatti 2

La forma -nuovamente- cala, seppur di poco.

Tutto dovere e niente piacere: così ha potuto migliorare in regia, passando da buono a eccellente.

Tsi Totale 57190
Tsi Medio 2118
Aumento Tsi +1910
Diminuzione Tsi -840
Forma Media 5,74
Aumento Forma +3
Diminuzione Forma -4
Scatti 2

Finalmente un pò di stabilità con la forma, era ora.

Sendung vom 12. November 2009

Grundsätzlich neigen wir zur Nüchternheit. Dasselbe erwarten wir auch vom SF. Die allabendliche Sendung, dieser zwanghafte Versuch helvetische Steifheit als knackiges oder schwülstiges Infotainment-Paket an die schweizerischen «Hüüsholt» zu schicken, könnte von uns aus wie ein Kommandorapport aufgebaut sein (nachts, im Regen). Offenbar definiert der vormals bärtige Urs Leutert, den man auch ohne Bart dem Publikum nicht mehr vorführen darf (das SF ist offiziell keine freakshow), die Zielgruppe des immerhin einzigen Schweizer Landessenders so, dass genau diejenigen Zuschauer aussen vor bleiben müssen, die die urtümlich schweizerische Eigenart der Unaufgeregtheit auch dann noch kultivieren, wenn Rainer H.M. vor lauter Zappelphilippigkeit kaum noch stillzuhalten vermag (er versucht es natürlich, worauf sich seine Miene derart verfinstert, dass man unweigerlich an «Armaggedon» denken muss).

Ein Sieg ist ein Sieg ist ein Sieg. Punktum.

Wir leugnen nicht, dass nebst der reinen Resultateorientiertheit gerade in einer Sendung mit einem Anfang und einem Ende auch narrative Elemente einen Platz haben müssen (1977 hätte die Sendung den Charme eines DDR-Grenzpostens verströmt: Die TV-Legende Max Wolf mit einer Standardhornbrille aus dem Zeughaus verliest hinter einem spanplattenbraunen Pult die Resultate; «an der U17-WM in Nigeria schlägt die Schweiz im Halbfinal Kolumbien mit 4:0. Die Schweiz steht somit im Final. – Fechten: …») Auch wenn wir aufs hervorragendenste damit bedient wären, verstehen wir den Versuch, die Emotionalität, die einem Sportanlass per se innewohnt, darzustellen. Man mag nun kalauern, dass viele Wege nach Rom führen, und während die einen sie metaphorisch mit «Hamlet unter dem Kirschbaum» explizieren, greift das SF rein gewohnheitsmässig zur musikalischen Unterlegung. Verströmt die geflügelte Metaphorik den antiken und untrübbaren Glanz der Originalität, wirkt Letzteres oft nur noch platt (das liegt weniger am Sound/Image-Compositing als vielmehr an der Sterotypie am Leutschenbach: Bei Freestylesportarten greift das SF zur Stromgitarre, bei grossen Siegen zu Hymnischem, bei Rücktritten oder schmerzlichen Niederlagen zu irgendeinem Time-to-say-goodbye-Verschnitt).

Gestern war nun endlich wieder mal so ein Tag, und dem SF fiel nicht mehr ein, als zum Sendeschluss Aufnahmen der jubelnden Spieler der U17-Nati mit der Filmmusik aus Ridley Scotts «Gladiator» zu unterlegen.

Was geschähe mit Urs Leutert, träfe er in der Arena auf ihn?

Das alles wäre nicht mehr als gähnende Gewohnheit, hätte nicht gleichzeitig das Bakom verlautet, alle (genau: alle!) müssten TV-Gebühren zahlen, speziell diejenigen, die gar keinen TV besitzen (oder die Sendungen wie wir bei unserer Freundin Wilmaa schauen). Abgesehen davon, dass die tumben Riesen Bakom und Uvek mit ihren Hohlköpfen den Verstaatlichungsunsinn langsam aber sicher in Kölliken neben der Autobahn deponieren könnten, fragten wir uns, ob das SF eigentlich selber auch Gebühren bezahlt und Rechte einholt, bevor es den Soundtrack von «Gladiator» einfach so benutzt. Uns mit Billag-Werbung zu drohen, Gebühren für «Happy Day» und «G+G» zwangsmässig einzuziehen, ist das eine. Das andere, Urheber von verwendeter Musik auch zu entschädigen. Wir können uns, aller Einbildungskraft zum Trotz, nicht vorstellen, dass Hans Zimmer je einen roten Rappen für den gestrigen Beitrag erhält. Hans Zimmer? Hans Zimmer, Komponist: «Black Hawk Down». «Gladiator». «Madagascar». «Pirates of the Carribean». «Aramageddon». Bei Fragen, kann sich Urs Leuter hier melden: hans.zimmer@hollywood.com.

P.S.Worin besteht der Unterschied zwischen der Produktion des Schweizer Fernsehens mit Rainer H.M. von gestern abend und der zweiten und dritten Senderkette der SRG (TSR und TSI)? Beim zweiten und dritten braucht es keine Fremdsprachenkenntnisse. (L.T.)

Antti Korsu
Tutto dovere e niente piacere: così ha potuto migliorare in regia, passando da straordinario a splendido.

Lapo Abbati
Tutto dovere e niente piacere: così ha potuto migliorare in regia, passando da formidabile a straordinario.

Gabriele Minicucci
La sua abilità in regia è passata da accettabile a buono.

Tsi Totale 57700
Tsi Medio 2060
Aumenti Tsi +2310
Cali Tsi -790
Forma Media 5,82
Aumenti Forma +9
Cali Forma -8
Scatti 3

un nuovo, piccolo, aumento della forma generale. Speriamo si continui così.

Kurt Jaroš Tutto dovere e niente piacere: così ha potuto migliorare in regia, passando da tremendo a scarso.

Tsi Totale 52470
Tsi Medio 2018
Aumento Tsi +2790
Diminuzione Tsi -690
Forma Media 5,77
Aumento Forma +9
Diminuzione Forma -4
Scatti 1

finalmente un nuovo miglioramento di forma, speriamo si continui così.

After many months of working on this project I finally finished. It took forever and I got about 2.5 hours of full use out of it. I wore this as I checked ID’s at the bar I worked at.

As the drunken crowd of people continued to slap the helmet (out of excitement that they thought I was RoboCop) they screwed up some of the electronics, and due to the wonderful weather of Jacksonville that doesn’t like jackets….I had to take it off, but I’m proud that I actually finished it.

This was started with Pepakura, fiberglassed and then bondo. I used a chrome spray paint, but I suggest to try something else because it didn’t hold up at all.

Thomas Bangalter – Pepakura Files

*THIS POSITION HAS CLOSED.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!*

MindSource specializes in placing technology professionals with companies in the Silicon Valley Region and beyond. We have an immediate need for a SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER with our client in PALO ALTO, CA. This is a contract opportunity for 1 year.

We are looking for an experienced operational Program Manager to drive ongoing process and service improvements leveraging data created by these processes. This individual will drive the continual improvement of the business in leveraging opportunities designed or described by a variety of frameworks (ITIL/MOF/CoBIT), methodologies (SDL, Agile, Six Sigma, MSF), initiatives (ROQ, TSI, etc.), and organizational requirements (e.g. Security and compliance).

This program manager will deliver against the commitments of Change and Release, including the following activities:

• Ongoing assessment and analytics of anecdotal, qualitative, and quantitative data produced by C&R processes
• Development and socialization of corrective action plans (CAPs) to address issues or exploit opportunities.
• Establishment of influential cross-group relationships that amplify messaging and ensure recommendations are instituted.
• Negotiation and planning/scheduling of process/content adjustments necessary to realize benefits of recommended improvements.
• Ownership and delivery of program KPI*s, metrics, scorecard format and continual improvement measures that improve capabilities, service quality, efficiency, scalability, security, contractual compliance, innovation and agility.
• A data-driven approach to communicating, prioritizing and realizing continual service improvement plans (CSIPs) to functional and organizational leadership.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Establish a masterful understanding of current processes, tools, organizational assets and capabilities.
• Work with Security, Incident, Service Desk, Engineering, Problem Management, Partner/Client/Service management teams and others to ensure that process efficacy is effectively measured.
• Ensure that CSIP feedback mechanisms are defined and instituted.
• Actively drive and participate in perennial planning of C&R program.
• Identify, analyze and prioritize process and tooling changes necessary to deliver decision support
• Ownership of program customer/partner satisfaction assessment and analysis.
• Identify and develop reporting automation opportunities and requirements for tools.
• Evangelize and help develop organizational change management self-sustaining capability.
• Contribute leadership to the industry and our client’s customer ecosystem through best practices, white papers, and showcase collateral.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 8 – 10 years related experience in process, with a focus on Business intelligence or continual improvement.
• ITIL Manager Certification preferred, Foundations required.
• SixSigma Black Belt certification is preferred, *green belt* or equivalent required
• Demonstrated experience in driving cross-group continual improvement initiatives.
• Deep exposure and significant experience in business intelligence and/or CSIPs
• Profound understanding of defect-prevention and root-cause analysis for technical systems.
• Contextual awareness of multi-dimensional interfaces between business trajectory, cultural readiness, process implementation, automation and business intelligence.
• Demonstrated experience executing analytics and tactfully delivering CAPs/CSIPs in real-life projects with tangible benefits.
• Hunger to work independently and demonstrate success leveraging a shared prioritization framework.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills – esp. egoless cross-teaming, empathy, listening, prescriptive planning interactions, presentation skills, corrective action plans, CSIPs, etc.
• Mastery of business requirements documentation required, feature specification experiences a plus.
• Occasional travel to Mountain View location is required.

If you are interested, please send your resume to raj@mindsource.com.

La sua abilità in regia è passata da accettabile a buono.

Tsi Totale 50110
Tsi Medio 1927
Aumento Tsi +1870
Diminuzione Tsi -950
Forma Media 5,58
Aumento Forma +6
Diminuzione Forma -9
Scatti 2
Scatti Esperienza 1

Forma nuovamente calante, uno scatto per osmosi, uno del giovincello appena promosso e un bellissimo scatto in esperienza, bene così anche se la forma perennemente in negativo è una costante di questa stagione…

Tsi Totale 48590
Tsi Medio    1943
Aumento Tsi +1730
Diminuzione Tsi -1700
Forma Generale 5,68
Aumento Forma +7
Diminuzione Forma -4
Scatti 0

Finalmente un piccolo aumento di forma, ci voleva.

Hannes Anderle

Ha migliorato la sua abilità in regia da insufficiente a accettabile.

Tsi Totale 49360
Tsi Medio 1828
Aumento Tsi +2370
Diminuzione Tsi -920
Forma Media 5,52
Aumento Forma +5
Diminuzione Forma -7

forma ancora calante, incredibile.

A Volkswagen anunciou nesta semana o início das vendas do Polo com o novo motor 1.2 TSI de 105 cv no mercado alemão. Ele passa a ser o propulsor mais potente do hatch alemão movido a gasolina – ao menos até a chegada de outras opções, o que deve ocorrer antes do fim do ano. A novidade também será utilizada na linha Seat Ibiza.

O Polo 1.2 TSI acelera de 0 a 100 km/h em 9,7 segundos, alcançado 190 km/h, de acordo com a Volkswagen. Como opção, o modeo tem o câmbio automatizado DSG de sete velocidades. De início, terá apenas a transmissão manual, com seis marchas. O consumo médio fica em 19 km/l, com emissões de 124 gramas de CO2 por km.

Seus preços partem de 16.245 euros.

Un billet pour vous signaler que le système In Camina  composé du casque  Percipio développé par la société Eskhar et pour lequel nous fournissons le contenu est actuellement en test sur la ville de Montpellier.

Ce système est capable en autre,  d’analyser les centres d’intérêt du visiteur  ors de son déplacement dans un site par sa position dans le lieu, ce qu’il regarde, combien de fois, et combien de temps.

Percipio fonctionne sans intervention manuelle,  il est totalement mains libres !

C’est le seul système réellement adapté aux publics handicapés et qui plus est qui fonctionne indifféremment à l’intérieur ou à l’extérieur. Il est parfaitement multimédia et naturellement interconnecté: wi-fi, bluetooth, GSM, 802 etc.

Plus d’images et d’informations dès lundi où nous vous présenterons le système en action à l’occasion de la démonstration que nous organisons aux Rencontres Nationales du Tourisme, à la Bourse aux Opportunitées, Espace Bougainville.

Je vous propose de découvrir aujourd’hui les histoires sonores . Il s’agit d’un produit véritablement innovant basé sur le concept de réalité sonore descriptive ou TSI

En fait, c’est un mélange entre la série TV, le livre audio, le roman radiophonique et de cinéma. En quelque sorte, des histoires habillées avec des images sonores réalistes, un mélange d’astuces d’écritures sur des scénarios originaux. La TSI est réalisée avec des bruitages et des mixages de type cinéma, de la musique illustrative et surtout des acteurs au lieu de narrateurs.

Pour en profiter pleinement, n’hésitez pas à fermer les yeux et laissez les images envahir votre esprit !!

Mais assez de discours, laissons la place au son …..

Aujourd’hui il existe 2 épisodes des Carnets d’alaskand, la première série TSI diffusée sur des plate-forme de téléchargements ou bien sur des sites de livre audio.

Joaquín Oriol López

I suoi duri sforzi portano i risultati sperati con il miglioramento dell’abilità in regia da buono a eccellente.

Tsi Totale 50080
Tsi Medio 1788
Aumento Tsi +1040
Diminuzione Tsi -670
Forma Media 5,57
Aumento Forma +5
Diminuzione Forma -13
Scatti 1

che sia maledetta la forma, 13 scatti negativi in un momento cruciale del campionato.

On the 27th of this September 2009, I was returning to my College. From my home to my college located at Nagarcoil it is quiet long journey of almost five hours and journey is boring as well. I used to read magazines during my journeys in order to kill time.
That day I came across a magazine ‘The Sunday Indian’ AKA ‘TSI’. I was literally terrified and stunned as I went through an exclusive in that magazine. The exclusive’s title was “Terrorists in the System”. This exclusive vividly illustrates us about how a terrorist could easily access PAN Card, SIM Card, Driving Licence, Bank Accounts, Ration Card etc.
It was not just merely words composed of letters to excite and entertain the readers but the writers used solid evidences to substantiate their subject. In the exclusive the writers proved with evidences that the Mumbai Attacks’ culprit ‘Kasab’ and ‘Abu Salim,’ Lusifer ‘Kasab’ and Devil ‘Abu Salim’ as they refer had all the above mentioned privileges and services. The writers got valid information from the agents.
How incredible the terrorists who intend to ruin our land into pieces enjoy all the benefits and grants of both the nation and the state.
This clearly depicts the extent of corruption that or country is facing. I strongly believe that it’s high time that we should ponder hard about our deeds. Out of our selfishness and monetary greed are we selling our mother land even to these savage terrorists who plunder our land
TSI clearly demonstrate how terrorist groups can easily access India and moreover how the corruption destroys India.
Thanks TSI…

Pagi itu, fajar masih menggantung di ufuk timur. Hawa sejuk langsung menusuk kulit ketika kami mengawali perjalanan. Waktu masih menunjukkan pukul 06.15. Tujuan kami adalah Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI).

Awal Perjalanan

Kesunyian pagi menarik kami untuk melakukan sedikit pemanasan. Dengan celana pendek dan kaos yang diselimuti jaket, kami memulai petualangan tepat di depan Universitas Pakuan. Untuk menghindari angkot yang ngetem, kami berjalan kaki sampai jembatan tol, lalu menumpang angkot 06 dan disambung angkot 01 menuju Ciawi, masing-masing bertarif Rp 2000. Sampai di Ciawi, suasana lalu-lintas sudah cukup ramai, padahal baru pukul tujuh kurang.

Dengan kekhawatiran terjebak macet, kami menyetop angkot 05 jurusan Ciawi-Cisarua. Ternyata kekhawatiran kami tidak terbukti, kecuali beberapa kemacetan kecil di beberapa titik. Perjalanan kami terasa menyenangkan walaupun jalan yang kami hadapi menanjak. Lebih dari setengah jam kami menunngu untuk sampai di Cisarua. Waktu itu tidak terasa karena sepanjang perjalanan kami mengobrol, bercanda, dan terkadang ‘memuji’ orang-orang yang kami temui. Akhirnya kami sampai di pertigaan menuju  TSI. Kami merogoh kocek Rp 5000 sebagai jasa angkot tersebut.

Untuk mencapai TSI kami kemudian memilih omprengan daripada ojeg yang tarifnya memang lebih mahal. Setelah membeli sedikit makanan dan minuman kami menumpang omprengan merah. Tidak lama kami menunggu karena  mobil itu segera dipenuhi penumpang, sebagian adalah pegawai TSI. Pukul delapan kurang kami sampai di depan TSI. Alangkah terkejutnya kami karena puluhan mobil sudah terparkir rapi menunggu pintu gerbang TSI dibuka. Kami segera menuju pusat informasi untuk menanyakan beberapa hal sambil melihat berbagai cenderamata yang dipajang di sana. Sekitar setengah jam kami menunggu sambil berfoto sejenak dan mempelajari peta TSI. Akhirnya tepat pukul 08.30 pintu gerbang TSI dibuka. Tiket dewasa dijual seharga Rp 75.000. Kami pun segera membayar dan menuju halte bus. Lima menit kemudian bus pertama pun tampak. Kami langsung naik dan memilih bangku paling belakang.

Memulai Petualangan

Bus itu masih baru, ber-AC, dan memiliki dua LCD  TV yang menayangkan iklan taman safari baru di Bali sepanjang perjalanan. Seperti biasa, kami diajak mengelilingi kandang-kandang,yang dibuat seolah-olah alami, untuk melihat kehidupan beberapa jenis hewan. Kami agak terkejut melihat keadaan binatang yang terawat baik dan dengan asupan makanan yang cukup. Ekologi habitat para satwa pun cukup terpelihara. Hampir satu jam kami menikmati suguhan itu, sambil mengobrol, menguyah makanan ringan, mengabadikan gambar satwa. Akhirnya kami pun sampai halte perhentian bus. Kami turun tepat di sebelah wahana Gajah. Setelah berjalan beberapa meter, kami memutuskan beristirahat sejenak sambil merencanakan akan mengunjungi beberapa wahana yang tersedia di sana.. Kami bersepakat bahwa destinasi utama di TSI  adalah sebuah air terjun, Curug Jaksa, yang letaknya paling jauh dan menanjak, sekitar 1,5 km dari pintu masuk.

Sekilas tidak banyak perubahan yang terjadi di TSI. Dalam ingatan kanak-kanak kami, bagian dalam TSI berisi wahana permainan, seperti taman hiburan di Jakarta.  Kami baru tersadar ketika ketika mulai beranjak dari istirahat kami. Tempat yang pertama kami kunjungi adalah beberapa kandang singa dan macan yang terbuka. Seperti biasa, banyak orang yang berfoto di dekat binatang-binatang itu. Akan tetapi, ironisnya, hanya kami yang sadar bahwa binatang-binatang itu merasa tertekan bila dikelilingi segerombolan manusia. Selanjutnya kami menyempatkan diri mengunjungi saudara tua manusia , orangutan, kuda nil, rakun, dan kuda nil. Kemudian kami bergegas ke rumah hantu. Setelah membeli tiket masuk seharga sepuluh ribu rupiah, kami menaiki kereta yang mengantarkan kami ke dunia misteri. Saya duduk di gerbong paling depan, sendirian. Sedangkan kedua teman saya, duduk di belakang Saya. Kembali kami hanya ingin bernostalgia dengan ingatan masa kanak-kanak kami. Setelah keluar, kami bertanya-tanya, mengapa kami dulu ketakutan setengah mati? Padahal tidak ada yang pantas ditakutkan di dalam sana.

Perjalanan kami lanjutkan ke kandang burung. Di sana terdapat beragam jenis burung yang dilepas bebas. Mereka dengan bebas hinggap dari satu dahan ke dahan yang lain sambil menikmati makanan yang telah disediakan. Namun,  ada juga beberapa burung yang dikunci di dalam sangkar. Kami berjalan terus. Ada beberapa wahana yang akan kami kunjungi. Setelah melangkah beberapa lama, kami sampai di Taman Buaya. Sesuai dengan namanya, ada beberapa jenis buaya yang dipamerkan secara bebas. Tampak oleh kami, ada seorang petugas yang sedang membersihkan kandang buaya. Ia terlihat waspada ketika membersihkan kandang itu, walaupun pada saat itu sang buaya sedang tertidur pulas.

Kami juga singgah di sebuah wahana yang memamerkan binatang-binatang khas Papua. Ada beberapa binatang yang menarik untuk dilihat, seperti Burung Kasuari, kura-kura, kus-kus dan kanguru. Tidak lama kami di tempat itu. Kami bergegas ke persinggahan kami selanjutnya. Wahana Pingguin menarik minat kami. Ternyata cukup sulit untuk membedakan pingguin yang satu dengan pingguin yang lainnya. Untuk menyiasatinya, para petugas kemudian menempelkan cincin-cincin beranekawarna di dua kami bagian depan. Seorang teman juga sempat mengabadikan aktivitas menyelam pingguin di dalam air. Matahari semakin terik, medan yang kami lalui semakin menanjak. Dalam perjalanan itu, kami singgah di wahana yang memamerkan binatang-binatang malam. Ada beragam jenis reptil, seperti ular, kadal, burung dan lain-lain yang dipamerkan di tempat yang didesain berbentuk lorong gelap itu.

Perjalanan kami lanjutkan ke arah utara. Dulu daerah ini belum ada . Kami berjalan terenggah-enggah. Dalam hati, tekad untuk mencapai Curug Jaksa harus tercapai. Beberapa mobil dan kereta yang tersendat-sendat melewati kami. Sebuah tanda yang menunjukkan jarak satu sepertiga kilometer menuju air terjun itu membuat perjalanan terasa berat di tengah kondisi fisik yang mulai menurun. Tanjakan demi tanjakan yang kami lewati semakin menaik. Puluhan anak tangga kami lalui. Medan sama sekali tidak ada di benak kami sejak awal.

Di tengah keputusasaan, akhirnya kami sampai di Curug Jaksa, sebuah air terjun yang yang tidak besar, namun masih terpelihara dengan baik. Beruntung, tidak terlalu banyak orang yang singgah di tempat itu. Seorang teman, tanpa basa-basi menanggalkan ranselnya dan bergegas menuju air terjun itu. Tujuannya cuma satu, membuktikan kamera sakunya tahan air. Konyolnya, kamera itu memang tahan air, tetapi tidak bertahan lama karena rupanya teman saya itu lupa mengisi ulang baterainya. Karena malas melepaskan sepatu, saya tidak ikut bergabung dengan kedua teman saya. Tugas saya hanya mengabadikan foto teman-teman yang kadung bercengkrama di air terjun itu. Beruntung, sebelum meninggalkan curug itu, seorang ibu bersedia mengabadikan gambar kami bertiga dengan latar belakang air terjun itu.

Karena perut kami mulai keroncongan, kami singgah di sebuat tempat makanan ringan. Kami memesan mi instan. Dengan lahap dan dalam tempo singkat, kami menghabiskan makanan ringan itu. Lalu kami bergegas melanjutkan perjalanan. Destinasi kami adalah Wahana Wild Wild West, yang menampilkan cerita koboi dari Negeri Paman Sam. Cukup panjang antrian itu. Waktu tunggu sekitar tigapuluh menit pun terasa karena matahari begitu terik membakan para pengantri. Baru pukul satu pintu gerbang itu dibuka dan kami duduk di kursi panjang baggia depan. Karena kelelahan, pada awalnya saya terkantuk-kantuk menyaksikan pertunjukan itu. Akan tetapi lama-kelamaan, karena adegan demi adegan yang ditampilkan cukup menarik dan menegangkan, mata saya terbelalak. Saya pun mulai menikmati pertunjukkan itu bersama kedua teman saya. Selama setengah jam, kami cukup terhibur dan memberikan salut kepada para pemain pertunjukkan itu.

Kami pun melanjutkan perjalanan. Karena sudah kelaparan, kami pun turun untuk mencari tempat makan dan ATM.  Setelah beberapa lama berjalan, kami mendapati sebuah wahana yang cukup menarik. Kami memutuskan untuk singgah di wahana itu. Tiket seharga sepuluh ribu kami tebus. Dalam benak kami, wahana flame ride, sebuah perahu air yang ditarik dan kemudian diterjunkan , tidak akan membasahi kami secara serius. Ternyata dalam praktiknya, dugaan itu salah. Setelah terjun, air yang tidak jelas dari mana sumbernya membasahi kami dengan sangat kuyupnya. Kami pun menjadi tontonan banyak orang karena saat itu matahari sedang teriknya.

Akhirnya, kami sampai juga di tempat makan. Kali ini, kami memutuskan untuk memesan makanan berat. Kami memilih masakan Sunda. Sepiring nasi, sepotong ayam, lalab, dan sambal saya habiskan dalam sekejap. Walaupun rasanya tidak terlalu seimbang dengan harganya, namun karena perut kami lapar, kami cukup menikmati makanan itu. Setelah setengah jam kami makan, kami memutuskan untuk meninggalkan TSI karena ada tujuan lain yang akan kami singgahi.

Perjalanan Pulang

Rencana itu tampaknya akan berjalan mulus sebelum angkot yang kami tumpanggi mengetem hampir empat puluh lima menit. Dalam jangka waktu itu, bolak-balik kami ditawari oleh calo untuk membayar ongkos lebih mahal agar omprengan itu segera berjalan. Secara perlahan tapi pasti, satu per satu penumpang mulai memadati kedaraan itu. Tinggal dua kursi yang tersisa. Calo itu datang lagi dan menawarkan membayar ongkos sebesar lima ribu rupiah, lebih mahal seribu rupiah dari harga normal. Para penumpang pun mengiyakan tanda setuju. Kendaraan itu segera meluncur. Kami pun segera sampai di pertigaan  TSI dan memutuskan untuk pulang ke Bogor karena hari sudah mulai gelap.

Beruntung, ada angkutan umum yang bersedia mengantarkan kami ke Sukasari. Jadi, kami dapat menghemat waktu dan ongkos. Lalu lintas di sepanjang jalan sangat padat. Lebih dari satu jam kami menumpang angkot tersebut. Perasaan kami cukup puas. Petualangan hari ini bukan saja membuat kami bernostalgia dengan ingataan masa lalu kami tentang TSI, tetapi juga membuat kami bersemangat kembali untuk melakukan berbagai rutinitas  melelahkan yang telah menunggu kami.

Primo: bisogna trovare una vera erede mk6 della sempreverde R32. Secondo: non è possibile che la Ford Focus RS sia sempre cosi avanti anni luce da tutte le altre (o quasi), bisogna trovare un modo di avvicinarsi alla concorrenza. Probabilmente questa può essere la volta buona, in Volkswagen sembra abbiano pensato davvero a tutto nella creazione di questa Gof R.

Siouxland,

I could not sleep last night because my head was spinning with all the ideas I had today for our special series ‘101 Ways to Take Advantage of the Chamber.’ Which do I leave out this week and what do I put in?  The list is long and distinguished, but hopefully I chose the right ten for this week…

31) The Siouxland Initiative (TSI) Alongside the Chamber, TSI not only helps build new business, but they can assist when its time to expand your current business by helping you start up or sustain growth.

32) Call Nicole- Nicole Thompson at the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce is an integral part in coordinating all our events.  Find out how you can host a Business After Hours, become a Chamber Ambassador, or get involved in the Chamber Golf Classic.

33) Technology Friendly Environment-  Let’s face it, business has changed.  A good idea can plummet without the right technology & this can deter a lot of potential entrepreneurs.  Use the resources we have at the Chamber to make sure you have the right technology to compete in a 21st century environment.

34) Want to start A Restaurant Franchise? Being a member of the Chamber will help you do business.  Statistics by The Schapiro Group show when consumers know that a restaurant franchise is a member of the chamber of commerce they are 40% more likely to eat at that franchise in the next few months.

35)  Don’t hold anything back- Starting a business is a big decision and one that shouldn’t be handled entirely alone.  Maximize all your opportunities and allow us to be one of your resources.

36)  We work for Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota…- Providing businessmen and women alike with the tools to do business in their state is crucial.  From supporting more cell phone towers so a signal is never lost, to trying to reduce regulations and taxes on start up businesses.  These details are crucial factors when someone decides where to start up business.  The Chamber lobbys to make sure our state is business friendly.

37)  Transportation- We improve transportation connections within Siouxland and lobby for trade corridors needed in economic development.

38) Friendship-  Of course we will be your friend, but that’s not all of it.  The Chamber sets up events to promote business interaction and they also serve the function as making friends within the community.

39)  Quality of Life- It is our job to recognize that Siouxland has a responisbility in providing quality of life.  We push towards promoting events that will do just that, such as: Fridays on the Promenade, Artsplash, Saturday in the Park or Go Fest 2009…just to name a few.

40) Be Seen! Being a member of the chamber gives others online access directly to your website via our online business directory.

Stay tuned for next week’s 101 Ways to make sure you are getting the most out of the Siouxland Chamber.

- Ian, Siouxland Chamber Intern

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Olá pessoal!

O blog do Sesc está apenas começando e será melhorado de forma continua, mas precisamos da sua colaboração visitando e deixando comentários, opiniões e perguntas. Assim, construiremos juntos o blog, certo?!

No decorrer de 2009 o SESC/AP já realizou inúmeras atividades e planejamos fazer uma retrospectiva dos eventos no final do ano. Vai que você se acha perdido numa fotinho por aqui? =)

Agora falemos do Baile da Primavera. Dia 25 de setembro às 20h no Salão de Eventos do Sesc Araxá o Trabalho de Valorização dos Idosos (TSI) realizará o Baile da Primavera com a escolha da Rainha da Primavera 2009. 

Este ano já estão inscritas 7 (sete) candidatas que desfilarão mostrando todo o charme, beleza e graça da maturidade. A atração musical da festa será o cantor Dedé Mossoró, embalando as melhores lembranças dos nossos homenageados da noite, os idosos.

O Baile encerrará a Semana de Valorização do Idoso que começou dia 21 e irá até 25 de setembro no Sesc Araxá. A semana é alusiva ao dia do Idoso, cito 1° de outubro.

Leve o papai, a mamãe, a titia e todos que puder e participe VOCÊ também dessa festa. Prestigiar os idosos é mostrar que você valoriza e respeita esta fase da vida. Te encontro lá! Ah! As nossas candidatas a Rainha da Primavera estarão participando HOJE do programa JANETE SILVA SHOW na TV Tucuju. Não perca!!!!

Saiba mais:

O Trabalho Social com Idosos (TSI) tem possibilitado ao SESC colaborar no resgate do valor social do idoso, enquanto cidadão participante de sua comunidade.

Área de atuação:

Criando Laços: Grupo Alegria de Viver e Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA).

Atividades desenvolvidas:

- Atividades físicas (hidroginástica, natação, atividades para idosos e musculação)

- Reuniões

- Bailes

- Cinema

- Oficina de memória

Técnica Responsável pelo TSI: Adriana Cláudia       Contato: 3242-4440    ramal: 239

Noul Polo nu are nici extravaganta lui Fiesta si nici appeal-ul lui C3, insa-I va depasi, cu siguranta, notorietatea lui Corsa. Nu te minte nici in fata, nici frumos, de fapt, nu te minte deloc. E exact neamtul despre care Dan Negru imi vorbea acu` ceva vreme… e omul ala al carui cuvant si mestesug graiesc mai multe despre el decat insasi limba. Nu are urma de extravaganta in design sau tehnica si pare taiat cu toporul, insa se afiseaza cu nonsalanta in detalii parca specifice unei clase superioare. Iar despre motorizari, nici nu ai ce comenta. Avem patru pe benzina si tot atatea diesel-uri, dar parca cireasa de pe tort e TSI-ul de 1.2 litri si 102 cai, ce poate fi dotat inclusiv cu DSG in sapte trepte (imi lasa gura apa numai cand ma gandesc la raportul performante/consum). In rest, avem de ales dintre doua benzine de 1.2 de 60 si 70 de cai si un 1.4 de 85. In ceea ce priveste gama diesel, avem trei variante de putere pentru acelasi 1.6 TDI plus un pachet BlueMotion, care-i asigura lui 1.6 TDI 90 CP un consum de doar 3.6 litri la suta. Pe langa acesta, mai sunt disponibile un 75 de cai, un 90 fara BlueMotion si un 105.

Dintre acestea, am testat cea mai puternica motorizare pe benzina disponibila la ora actuala, cea de 95 de cai, si pot sa spun ca am ramas placut impresionat. Aceasta este disponibila cu un nou sistem electronic de control al motorului si un nou sistem de injectie. Motorul de patru cilindri din aluminiu dezvolta o putere de 85 CP (la 5.000 rotatii/minut) si un cuplu motor maxim de 3.800 rotatii/minut la 132 newton-metri. Optional, pe termen mediu, acest motor va fi disponibil pentru prima data la modelul Polo cu o cutie de viteze cu 7 trepte cu dublu ambreiaj. Mai mult decat atat, cantareste numai 95 kilograme, e disponibil in serie cu o cutie de viteze cu 5 trepte si consuma cam 5,9-6,5 litri de carburant la 100 kilometri – cu patru pasageri, bagaje si aer conditionat pornit. De fapt, noul Polo este ceva mai frugal si mai atent cu mediul decat versiunea anterioara: minus 0,4 litri si 11 g/km CO2, pana la 139 de grame. La fel ca in cazul propulsorului de trei cilindri, si catalizatorul cu trei cai al motorului cu patru cilindri este prevazut cu un strat de acoperire din metal nobil pentru a asigura respectarea valorilor limita impuse de standardul Euro-5. Cat despre viteza maxima, aceasta este anuntata la 177 km/h. Drumurile parcurse nu mi-au permis sa o testez, insa pana la nivelul la care am ajuns (uneori chiar si 140) masina a stat foarte bine pe sosea, iar zgomotele de rulare au fost foarte bine inhibate. Acceleratia cu start de pe loc, de la 0 la 100 km/h, ar trebui sa se faca in 12,1 secunde. Ce va pot spune cu adevarat este ca masina se remarca prin agilitate. Motorul de 1.4 litri este disponibil pentru liniile de echipare „Comfortline“ si „Highline“.

Va propun sa revenim la confort. Masina este foarte silentioasa. Am intalnit putine masini in clasa B care sa te induca in eroare atunci cand stau pe loc, la relanti. Motorul nu se aude deloc si iti poti da seama ca functioneaza doar daca te uiti la pozitia cheii sau deca urmaresti cu foarte mare atentie oscilatiile acului turometrului. La rulare interiorul este cufundat in liniste, atat de multa liniste incat un pasager ce sta pe bancheta din spate poate lua fara probleme laptopul in brate si scoate un interviu de pe un reportofon folosind casti, fara a fi deranjat de rulare. In plus, masina sta lipita de sosea de parca merge pe sine, iar directia mi s-a parut ideala, nici prea moale, nici prea tare. Nu m-a deranjat nici in oras, unde am ajuns sa apreciez viteza cu care poti manui o servodirectie frantuzeasca – moale ca o mamaliga proaspat scoasa de pe vatra. Prin precizie si usurinta m-a impresionat si cutia de viteze. Se manuieste foarte usor si trebuie sa fii mult prea ametit ca sa nu nimeresti treptele, chiar si in graba – nu radeti, unora li se intampla, ganditi-va numai cine este publicul tinta pentru astfel de masini.

Interiorul classic contrasteaza exteriorul ce mie mi se pare furat de pe viitoarea generatie de A2 – forma farurilor, mai precis sculptura lor, si unele accente ale caroseriei sunt parca preluate de la Audi… Acceasi senzatie, de upper class, este sesizabila si la interior, multe elemente fiind preluate de la Golf, Scirocco sau Passat – butonul pentru lumini, baghetele de semnalizare, comenzile pentru geamuri sau climatizare. Oglinzile sunt suficient de mari, desi reglajul lor se face cel putin ciudat, avand in vedere ca joystick-ul este aszat in pozitie verticala pe usa soferului. Trecand peste asta, ergonomia se prezinta in rest exemplar. Avem spatii de depozitare peste tot in masina, la nivelul consolei centrale gasindu-se cel putin patru astfel de locuri. Desi iti vine greu sa treci peste ergonomia evidenta si peste materialele de foarte buna calitate, peste unii concurenti, cand o faci te trezesti in fata unei planse de bord anoste. Preluarea frenetica de elemente de la diferite alte modele a salvat din costuri, insa a si sters urmerele de indivudialitate ale micului Polo. In schimb pozitia la condus este foarte buna. Volanul si scaunul beneficiaza de o multitudine de reglaje, iar spatiul pentru cap si genunchi este indestulator. Acelasi lucru se poate spune si despre bancheta din spate. Desi pasagerul din mijloc ar putea fi stingherit de tunelul median, cei ce stau pe exterior beneficiaza de suficient loc pentru a trage un pui de somn sau a lucra la calculator. Tot de la Golf este preluat si sistemul de deschidere al portbagajului, prin rabatarea stemei de pe haion. Pe cat de simpla este solutia, pe atat de murdara este atunci cand praful sau mizeria pun  stapanire pe caroserie. Iar asta se intampla foarte des, din pricina aerodinamicii foarte bune a caroseriei.

Robustetea design-ului este sustinuta si de parametri de siguranta. Pe 85% din pietele unde este comercializat, Polo este disponibil cu ESP in standard, iar in ceea ce priveste protectia la impact, numai in zona spatiului pentru picioare a fost posibila reducerea cu 50 de procente a intruziunii, ceea ce imbunatateste rezistenta la deformare in cazul unui impact frontal! In cazul unui impact lateral, valoarea intruziunii a fost imbunatatita cu 20 de procente. Avand in vedere ca in proportie de 90% masina va fi condusa de tineri sau femei si in tot atatea cazuri in mediul urban, masurile de protectie implementate in cazul lui Polo au vizat scorul maxim posibil in testele EuroNCAP. In cazul unui impact frontal – de exemplu in Offsetcrash (coliziune pe jumatate a sectiunii frontale) care se produce frecvent – celula foarte rigida a pasagerilor asigura spatiul de supravietuire pentru sofer si pasageri. In fata, un suport foarte rezistent pentru bara de protectie transferarea energiei de impact si catre zona care nu este afectata direct de accident. Consecinta: ambele sectiuni ale lonjeroanelor pot absorbi energia. Prin optimizarea lonjeroanelor, curba de deceleratie in cazul unui impact frontal se desfasoara astfel incat sa se reduca semnificativ sarcina la care sunt expusi pasagerii. In plus, lonjeronul inferior din zona pentru picioare este realizat sub forma unei componente cu forma rigidizata. Astfel s-a obtinut pe de-o parte reducerea la jumatate a greutatii, iar pe de alta parte a fost asigurat un nivel foarte mare de rezistenta. Prin aceasta modficare a fost posibila reducerea intruziunilor in zona pentru picioare cu o pana la 50% in comparatie cu versiunea anterioara. Sarcinile biomecanice la nivelul picioarelor si al gambelor sunt reduse semnificativ in acest mod. Protectia pasiva este oferita de pedalele modelului Polo, deoarece acestea nu patrund in spatiul destinat picioarelor, respectiv gambelor in caz de accident, prevenind astfel in situatia ideala ranirea persoanelor. Sectiunea laterala a caroseriei realizata sub forma unei structuri inelare, impreuna cu portiera care se sprijina la nivelul acesteia, asigura un grad redus de suprapunere a elementelor chiar si in cazul unui impact frontal, oferind astfel un plus semnificativ de stabilitate a formei. In asa-numitele directii de sarcina – montantul frontal, marginea portierei sprijinita catre montantul central, cadrul plafonului – si in praguri sunt utilizate din nou elemente de rigidizare de tabla foarte rezistente, in parte cu forma rigidizata.

O atentie deosebita a fost acordata de echipa care a proiectat modelul Polo asupra unei protectii laterale eficiente, deoarece zona de deformare la nivelul portierelor este redusa prin natura sa. In cazul unui impact lateral cu noul Polo, energia este deviata prin intermediul montantului central cu o forma speciala rigidizata si barele profilate de impact dispuse in diagonala in portiere. O rigidizare superioara semnificativa in comparatie cu versiunea anterioara se remarca si pentru lonjeroanele scaunelor si pragurile laterale. In acest mod, in cazul unui impact lateral, este redusa atat viteza obstacolului care patrunde in interior, respectiv a celuilalt autovehicul, cat si intruziunea in sine, asa cum am aratat, cu 20 de procente. Consecinte foarte grave sunt produse de regula de accidentele cu impact lateral al autovehiculului cu un copac. Acest caz este simulate la testele de impact prin impactul cu stalpul. In cazul acestui tip de impact, caroseria modelului Polo ofera un nivel ridicat de siguranta, gratie unui cadru al plafonului prelucrat la cald, ceea ce ii confera o stabilitate deosebita, precum si pragurilor laterale rigide. In comparatie cu versiunea anterioara, intruziunea a fost redusa semnificativ si la acest capitol cu 15 procente. Impact posterior Sectiunea posterioara a noului Polo a fost rigidizata in special prin intermediul lonjeroanelor rezistente. In mod suplimentar, sistemul de alimentare cu carburant beneficiaza de protectie prin montaj. Impreuna cu celula pasagerilor cu o stabilitate remarcabila, asa cum am aratat anterior, Volkswagen face fata celor mai ridicate exigente si in cazul impactului in sectiunea posterioara a caroseriei.

Concluzia este relativ simpla… Daca esti snob cu siguranta Polo nu este pentru tine, dar daca esti o persoana calculata, care tine la calitate si stie ce inseamna o masina nemteasca, micul Golf este masina ideala. In plus, nu e pretentioasa in ceea ce priveste costurile de exploatare, e iertatoare cu mediul si-ti poate transporta prietenii la mare sau munte in deplina siguranta. Pe langa astea, motorul ii confera suficienta agilitate pentru a combate mitocania din trafic si ideile preconcepute despre masinile mici.