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LEGO Group recreate the Lamborghini Sián FKP 3750.
Automobili Lamborghini and the LEGO Group recreate the Lamborghini Sián FKP 37: the most powerful Lamborghini produced, in LEGO® Technic™
Sant’Agata Bolognese, 28 May 2020 – Automobili Lamborghini and the LEGO Group have partnered to produce the LEGO® Technic™ Lamborghini Sián FKP 37: a 3,696 piece, 1:8 scale model that embodies the unmistakable power and stunning looks of the hybrid Lamborghini super sports car.
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Originally revealed at Frankfurt Auto Show 2019, the Lamborghini Sián’s futuristic features are authentically recreated in the LEGO Technic model, including a replica of the V12 engine; a moveable rear spoiler; front and rear suspension; and steering powered by a wheel complete with the Automobili Lamborghini badge. The model boasts scissor doors, which open to reveal the intricately recreated cockpit, with a fully-functioning eightspeed sequential gearbox controlled by a movable paddle gearshift. The vivid lime-green colour and elegant golden rims of the LEGO Technic replica are available as colour and trim on the real Sián, with the model measuring over 5” (13 cm) high, 23” (60 cm) long and 9” (25 cm) wide.
“The LEGO brick is an icon in the same way as a Lamborghini super sports car”, said Stefano Domenicali, Chairman and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini. “They both embody the pursuit of design perfection through constant research and development, create different emotions with every interaction, and are valued by generations. Each Lamborghini super sports car can be unique thanks to our Ad Personam personalization program and the specific driving style of each owner, just as LEGO bricks provide builders of all ages with endless possibilities for creation. This outstanding replica of the Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 from the LEGO Group presents a brilliant new building experience for both super sports car fans and LEGO enthusiasts and Lamborghini is privileged to share this opportunity with the LEGO Group.”
Speaking about the visionary design, Niels. B. Christiansen, LEGO Group CEO, said: “This new model truly encapsulates the pursuit of excellence embedded in the DNA of both Automobili Lamborghini and the LEGO Group. Both the 1:8 model and the reveal itself are feats of engineering innovation, pulled off by incredibly talented teams from across our two businesses. The LEGO Technic Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 is a true testament that with LEGO Technic, you can build anything your heart desires. I can’t wait to build this authentic replica of this futuristic super sportscar for real.”
Model owners can open the front hood of their LEGO Technic Lamborghini Sián to find a Lamborghini overnight bag, together with a unique serial number that unlocks special con-
tent. Proud owners can also scan a QR code in the building instructions to access an exclusive series of videocasts by Automobili Lamborghini and LEGO experts, exploring the inspiration behind the design of the original car and the LEGO Technic model. The LEGO Technic Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 comes in a unique box inspired by the iconic lines, signature headlight silhouette and eye-catching colour of the original Sián.
The LEGO Technic Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 will be available directly from LEGO stores* and LEGO.com/Technic-Lamborghini-Sian from 1 June, then in many retailers globally from 1 August 2020.
Information on Automobili Lamborghini: www.lamborghini.com
HOW TO MASTER THE ART OF TIE-DYE WITH
There are tons of fun activities out there—but only one that leaves you with something you’ll want to wear. Here’s how to master the art of tie-dye:
Step 1: Get Your Kit Together Most craft stores sell dye kits with everything you need to get going—including cotton shirts (check to see if your local one offers curbside pickup). Or, if you’re looking for a more natural alternative, the US Forest Service has great information about creating your own natural dyes from local plant life.
Either way, here’s what you’ll need: • Colored dyes • Squeeze bottles • Rubber bands • Rubber gloves • Soda ash and dye fixative, for better color saturation (optional) • Something to dye!
Step 2: Choose Your Canvas Go with garments made entirely—or at least mostly—from natural fibers like cotton, linen, and wool. Try it on socks, T-shirts, oxford shirts, sweatpants, or hoodies for relaxing at home—and, of course, you can’t go wrong with a cotton mesh Polo shirt.
Step 3: The Setup Prepare your dyes (each brand will have its own instructions), then soak your garments in warm water (with soda ash, if using) and gently wring them out — tie-dye works best when the fabric is damp, but not soaking wet. Put on your gloves and find a good space to work, like a bathtub, a large sink, or somewhere outside, and you’re ready to go.
Tip: If you have one, setting down a wire rack is helpful — it allows excess dye to neatly drip off your garment rather than pooling together on your work surface.
Step 4: Tie It Together Grab your rubber bands and get to work!
Try the standard swirl pattern by inching the center of a T-shirt or Polo and spiraling it tight, then rubber-banding it together to form triangular cross-sections. Pinch small sections and wrap rubber bands tightly around them
Or, bunch your garment together and apply your bands randomly to create an abstract design. Grab a few old tees—maybe even a sheet—and try just about anything else that comes to mind, and try to guess what the resulting pattern will be. Creativity is encouraged!
Step 5: Add the Dye With your gloves on, grab your dye bottles and have at it!
Try mixing and matching different colors onto the different sections that your rubber-band pattern has created. Repeat on all sides of your garment.
Tip: A little bit of color blending is encouraged, but be careful—too much can muddy the overall result.
Step 6: All Set … Place your garments into individual plastic bags and let rest according to your dye’s Then remove the rubber bands, unfold, and voilà—your new tie-dye!
Tip: Be sure to rinse each piece of tie-dye thoroughly, then machine wash individually at least once to wash out any excess dye and prevent it from spreading onto the rest of your laundry.
acquires internationally approved standard for managing soil quality monitoring programmes
It is the first organisation in the Middle East and Africa to acquire this certification.
EAD obtained compliance to ISO 16133: 2018 standard from the British Standards Institution (BSI) in the Middle East and Africa, after a successful audit of the agency’s soil quality monitoring programme and its soil database of Abu Dhabi.
This achievement reflects the commitment of the EAD to maintaining international standards while serving the environmental sector in Abu Dhabi. It is also an example of the agency’s leading role in enhancing environmental protection and sustainability, preserving the well-being of all human beings and ensuring a better quality of life for all.
Speaking about the certification, Her Excellency Dr. Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, EAD’s Secretary-General said: “We are very proud of this achievement and the ISO 16133: 2018 certification is an important addition to the list of ISO certifications that EAD has received in recent years. According to BSI, we are the first institution in the MEA region to receive this international certification, and be recognised for our specialisation in the field of implementing soil quality monitoring programmes.”
She added: “One of our major priorities at EAD is focusing on offering the highest work standards in our pursuit for excellence. This is always reflected in the outcome and accuracy of the output of the environmental monitoring programmes that we implement.”
Eng. Shaikha Al Hosani, Executive Director of the Environmental Quality Sector at EAD said: “In 2016, we prioritised soil and land protection within our institutional strategy. We also aimed to provide sustainable and integrated solutions to conserve the valuable natural resources of Abu Dhabi.”
She added: “One of EAD’s significant strategic goals is the focus on strengthening policies and developing legislative frameworks for soil quality protection.”
Al Hosani noted: “Soil quality monitoring programmes are the first step in Abu Dhabi to protecting land and soil from deterioration. They also serve to provide accurate data that sheds light on the changes in soil quality over time, determine the impact of human activities and measure the risk level of pollution. Without these programmes, we will not be able to provide a timely response to mitigate change and measure the effect on human health and the environment.”
Eng. Bayan Athamneh, Manager of the Soil Quality Section of EAD said: “Since 2018, we began the implementation of a program to monitor and assess soil quality in Abu Dhabi. We especially measured
changes that occur as a result of residential, industrial and agricultural activities.
We monitored more than 270 sites throughout the emirate, and more than 570 soil samples per year were collected and evaluated to identify potential pollutants that are caused by different types of land use.
Athamneh added: “We are always pioneering various leading initiatives, which asserts our role in protecting land and soil. Our work sets a precedent not only on a regional level, but also globally.”
She added: “The results of this project will pave the way for a wealth of specialised research to enhance soil quality monitoring methodologies and rehabilitation solutions.
Moreover, the results will provide a basis for additional research and be a main resource for a database that can utilise the remote sensing data and artificial intelligence techniques.”
German National Tourist Board is expanding its successful Empathy Campaign
#DiscoverGermanyFromHome
The international communication campaign #DiscoverGermanyFromHome of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) has been accepted with an unusually strong performance in the 50 source markets of German Incoming tourism worldwide. Since the ‘go-live’ on March 16, it has reached 9.6 million users via the GNTB’s channels and generated more than a million interactions. There are also 19,000 contributions about the campaign on external channels, which in turn triggered 210,000 interactions. The sentiment for the campaign is outstanding, with 94.4 percent positive reactions.
In order to maintain the dialogue with the customers of tomorrow during the phase of the lockdown, the campaign initially aimed to provide inspiring, empathetic, and informative content, which could be played out interactive via the GNTB’s more than 30 social media channels. Since midApril, a microsite has been supplementing the digital information offering with virtual experience formats for destinations in all 16 federal states, Spotify playlists, an interactive map, quizzes, and recipes - in short: everything that makes you want to travel to Germany.
At this point, various 45.sec films complement the campaign covering nature, culture and more. The dreams of the diverse offerings of Germany as a travel destination can be seen on the GNTB’s YouTube channel and the microsite.
In the next step, the GNTB expands the microsite with an AI chatbot. Potential visitors to Germany receive the most current information on travel planning, travel modalities, legal aspects, and tourism offers.
“The established appeal of our ‘Destination Germany’ brand, combined with high flexibility in creating and implementing the campaign, as well as the multi-layered use of digital possibilities keeps the interest in the product alive - even in times of lockdown,” explains Petra Hedorfer, CEO of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB). “With inspiration and information, we maintain active customer dia-
logue and contacts in the international travel industry. We are creating the basis today for launching successful recovery programs in the future.”
In line with the current development in the various source markets, recovery measures could start in the second half of the year. Campaigns are rescheduled, and content could be rolled out quickly in accordance with the market.
In addition to the empathy campaign for customers, the GNTB informs its partners in the international travel industry and Germany tourism with continuously updated information on the Corona crisis, the GNTB’s global activities, and the current situation in the 15 most essential source markets on the trade pages of its online portal.
VISIT https://www. WEBSITE tourismthailand. org/Articles/ virtual-tours-thailand
We hope this finds you and your family safe and well. We wanted to touch base and give you a brief update on what’s going on with The Club. At this point, like everyone else, we are in a holding pattern. We are awaiting direction from the government and local authorities as to when they feel we will be able to safely open our club. When we know more we will share it with you promptly. In the meantime our Club leadership team is focusing on maintaining the facilities and diligently working on on a detailed opening plan that focuses on keeping our members and guests safe.
We wish you and your family health and happiness during this trying time and we so look forward to seeing you all this Summer at Al Ain Amblers Rugby Club. Remember,
Thank You. Stay Well.
Al Ain Zoo intensifies its precautionary efforts to protect wildlife
Al Ain Zoo recently implemented precautions for its animals according to international best practices, including activating an early epidemiological monitoring system and business continuity plans in the veterinary department for emergency cases. However, now that the region is passing through the situation of the COVID-19 emergency, the Zoo is beginning to lift biosecurity measures.
The Zoo was keen to activate the preventive plans and procedures in line with government guidelines and the advice offered by scientific experts to prevent the virus. Procedures included special, around-theclock care for wildlife and animals while continuing to provide full feeding and working to enhance their behavior and continue training. Ensuring their safety while maintaining the usual high standard of care was critical during the COVID-19 situation. Additionally, the Zoo’s veterinary team continues to provide comprehensive care for various types of animals around the clock by constantly examining them and providing sufficient quantities of viral antiseptics. A strategic stock of veterinary medical supplies for emergencies and equipment for Zoo personnel – along with providing them with continuing awareness, instructions and taking all necessary precautions – has avoided the transmission of the disease from human to animal or from animal to human.
It is worth noting that the Zoo continues to implement major projects at the Elephant Safari, Elephant Exhibit, Gorilla Sanctuary, Reptile Park, Koala Land, Chimpanzee Forest, Al Ain Nature Reserve, Sand Cat Conservation Center, Rescue Center, Event Pavilion and Penguin Beach.
In these unusual circumstances, Al Ain Zoo strives to protect and preserve wildlife by providing comprehensive care using the best international practices under the supervision of top doctors and specialists in natural wildlife care.
Al Ain Zoo celebrates World Turtle Day
On May 20th, Al Ain Zoo celebrated the International Day of the Oldest Creatures on Earth, which is also known as “World Turtle Day,” to encourage international humanitarian action to conserve and protect turtles and draw attention to the vulnerability of certain species.
World Turtle Day is an annual event that has been taking place since 2000 and was founded by American Tortoise Rescue.
The purpose of World Turtle Day is to educate people about how to protect turtle and tortoise habitats.
Despite the prevailing belief that turtles are slow, while they can indeed only crawl between 0.21 and 0.48 km per hour, they can swim in water at speeds of up to 35 km per hour.
The Al Ain Zoo includes 10 types of turtles, including Aldabra Giant, African Stirred tortoise, Red Ear Slider and Indian Star tortoise. 35 of African Spurred tortoise (Centrochelys Sulcate) turtles that are the third-largest species of tortoise in the world and the largest species of mainland tortoise, were added to the Al Ain Safari, the largest man-made safari in the world. They live in an environment similar to their natural one, with more than 400 free African animals without restrictions or cages in an area of 217 hectares.
The Al Ain Zoo seeks with many local and international strategic partners to develop effective programs for the conservation and preservation of nature by following international best practices for protecting wildlife, particularly endangered animals.
