Our first online wine tasting worked so well that we are going to make them monthly events until the pandemic is over. Our wine tastings are informal but we hope you will learn ...

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2020 aIVC AGM Special General Meeting - Sun 12 July 2020 - 14:00 - 18:00
The officers of clubs will be aware that the aIVC is constitutionally required to hold an AGM each year beween 15 March and 15 July. Unfortunately the current circumstances make it impossible to hold an in-person AGM for the aIVC this year ...

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Join London IVC for a bracing Pilates class. Once you join you will be able to see our teacher Joy Jewson demonstrating the pilates exercises and if you set up the camera on your PC, laptop, iPad, tablet or smart phone to point at yourself we will all be able to see you too (but it does not matter if this is not practicable). 

Ideally you should have a pillow and a pilates or yoga mat to lie on - but the floor will do.

The class starts at 17.30 but we will have the ...

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Join us online for a coffee evening and good chat using Zoom. This is a friendly video conferencing package which is easy to use and lets you share video and chat with your friends and colleagues.

Click on https://zoom.us/j/4689584830 using your PC (with video/microphone) or laptop or iPad or Tablet or Smart phone. Download the app and indicate your name  (first Zoom visit only). You will enter ...

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Sangita, of London IVC,  leads an informal Zoom chat on the topic of What's in the News. Bring along a drink and be ready to join a friendly debate. Zoom is an easy to use videoconferencing package with new security features incorporated that we make full use of. 

To join us you need a PC or laptop or IPad or ...

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Wednesday 15 July from 7.00pm - 9:00pm

The aIVC Committee are again hosting another aIVC Virtual Pub Night at the Lockdown Arms.

Members of all IVC Clubs are welcome to join us for a chat and a drink at the bar ...

So do come ...

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Online socialising is sweeping the world as folks find ways of combatting the isolation imposed on us by the fightback against the pandemic - so join the resistance! 

We can do this safely by getting together online for a coffee morning using Zoom. This is a friendly video conferencing package which is easy to use and lets you share video and chat with your friends and colleagues. It has new security features incorporated that we make full use ...

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Whatever the size of your garden, be it an indoor terrarium, a window box, or large enough for a lawn, if you love plants and nature then the gardening club is for you.

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The meeting of Highcliffe Cafe Sci for Thursday the 16th of July will be delivered virtually via Zoom video call at 7:00pm (instead of our usual 6:00pm start).

“Rosalind Franklin and the DNA double helix” presented by Professor Brian Sutton, King’s College London. 

The video call will be open from 6:45 pm, callers before this time will be placed in a virtual waiting room. Please also note that we are restricted to a maximum of 100 attendees so places are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

We will follow roughly our normal format with a presentation of approx 40 minutes  then questions.

To join the meeting please click on the following link (existing Zoom users, please make sure you have updated your Zoom App to version 5.0):

Link to Cafe Scientifique Highcliffe virtual meeting

Zoom offers a mechanism for participants to either type questions as “chat” or to “raise a hand” and ask a question directly. 

If you are unfamiliar with Zoom, more details on how to join meetings can be found here:  Joining a Zoom meeting. 

We would also welcome any donations to help cover out costs via our Just Giving page. As usual, any surplus at the end of the year will be donated to a local charity.

Cafe Scientifique Highcliffe Donations.

For more information:

Follow us on Facebook:  cafe scientifique highcliffe

Email: info@cafescientifiquehighcliffe.org.uk

Or phone 01425 275959

  If you would like to practise using Zoom before taking the plunge into joining one of our growing programme of online events this is your chance. 

You will need a PC with a video camera and a microphone (this may mean buying a Webcam which costs from £20 on Amazon – you plug it into your PC) or a Laptop or an iPad or a Tablet PC or a Smartphone. Laptops, iPads, Tablets and Smartphones will normally have a camera/microphone incorporated. 

To try out Zoom click here https://zoom.us/j/4689584830  This will take you to Zoom. The first time you do this you will be asked to download Zoom software and this will set up a Zoom link on your computer. You will also be asked to type the name you want ...

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Expect a pub quiz, some singalong fun, some live entertainment, music videos and friendly chat with a separate Snug Bar if you prefer a quiet time. See you there for a great evening's sociable fun with your IVC friends around the country - plus a few guests from Meetup.

Click here https://zoom.us/j/4689584830  First time you download a small app and indicate your name. You will be invited into ...

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Its Disco time! I will set up the disco lights in my flat and play you plenty of danceable music. All you have to do is put on your dancing gear, log in, pour yourself a drink, turn down the lights and join in the dancing. There will be separate quiet lounges to move to for a chat. Our first online disco was a great success.

If you can please attach your device to your wide screen TV to get a better feel for the frivolity.

Click on 
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Join London IVC for a bracing Pilates class. Once you join you will be able to see our teacher Joy Jewson demonstrating the pilates exercises and if you set up the camera on your PC, laptop, iPad, tablet or smart phone to point at yourself we will all be able to see you too (but it does not matter if this is not practicable). 

Ideally you should have a pillow and a pilates or yoga mat to lie on - but the floor will do.

The class starts at 17.30 but we will have the ...

Further details visible to members    

Join us online for a coffee evening and good chat using Zoom. This is a friendly video conferencing package which is easy to use and lets you share video and chat with your friends and colleagues.

Click on https://zoom.us/j/4689584830 using your PC (with video/microphone) or laptop or iPad or Tablet or Smart phone. Download the app and indicate your name  (first Zoom visit only). You will enter ...

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Basingstoke IVC science enthusiasts invite you to this extra event on a very topical subject by Alan Ratner. The subject of this evenings talk is "Languages of the World: Identifying the Language of Text”.

Regrettably, the public health situation still means it is likely to be some time before we can resume live meetings. We have decided to try out some online events, using Zoom, a popular and well tested platform for online meetings, https://www.zoom.us/ , which many of you may be familiar with by now.

SUMMARY

This talk is in the field of Computational Linguistics which analyzes the bit patterns of human language. It is at the intersection of Computer Science and Linguistics and is closely related to Information Theory.

There are 3 kinds of language: spoken (sequences of phonemes), written (sequences of graphical characters), and text (sequences of characters encoded for computers). This talk will focus on the languages of the world, especially in the form of text. Say you have some text such as a web page or email in a language you do not recognize. Of the many thousands of languages which one is it?

Identifying the language may allow you to forward it to someone who knows the language or to the appropriate automatic translator. Difficulties include: a) some text will contain few words or may be contain more than one language, b) the ratio of linguistic information to web formatting may be quite small making everything look like English, and c) speed requirements may limit you to extremely simple algorithms (if you wish to perform this task on billions or trillions of web pages or real-time on rapidly streaming text) .

This talk will provide a brief introduction to the world’s scripts (alphabets, etc.) and the languages encoded using those scripts and how languages can be identified.

SPEAKER
Alan graduated from the Massachusetts Insititute of Technolgy and Yale University. Specializing in radio propagation in plasmas, Alan responded to a job ad placed by the US National Security Agency looking for someone to study radio propagation in the ionosphere and worked there for 35 years as a communications engineer, with 7 of those years stationed in England. As analogue communications were replaced by digital communications his interest in the physics and engineering of communications was repaced by the linguistics and computation of communications.

After Alan retired from the government he became Chief Knowledge Engineer at Northrop Grumman Information Systems using parallel computing to make sense of vast data sets including text, images, audio, video, network traffic, network security and financial transactions. He retired to England in 2017.

You will need the Zoom client installed on your computer, tablet or phone. Short video on using Zoom here:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/hIkCmbvAHQQ?rel=0&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=1

Only one ticket needed per screen. If you are sharing with someone, they don’t need a separate ticket.

We will open the meeting from 7pm so people can settle in, chat etc. There will be a break between talk and Q&A when people can chat etc. It's not the same as live but closer than I thought

A recording will be available after the event on YouTube.

Our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/wincafesci/?source_id=1457090591178602 provides an opportunity to share ideas and keep in touch. You are encouraged to post interesting science links and to comment or discuss.

Sangita, of London IVC,  leads an informal Zoom chat on the topic of What's in the News. Bring along a drink and be ready to join a friendly debate. Zoom is an easy to use videoconferencing package with new security features incorporated that we make full use of. 

To join us you need a PC or laptop or IPad or ...

Further details visible to members    

Online socialising is sweeping the world as folks find ways of combatting the isolation imposed on us by the fightback against the pandemic - so join the resistance! 

We can do this safely by getting together online for a coffee morning using Zoom. This is a friendly video conferencing package which is easy to use and lets you share video and chat with your friends and colleagues. It has new security features incorporated that we make full use ...

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Science enthusiasts in IVC are invited by the Royal Society of Biology to link with businesses on Norwich Research Park in particular with early career scientists, students, and potential mentors.

This online event is open to everyone, and anyone can register for the event using the following link:

www.rsb.org.uk/enterprisingbiology

Event outline
Come join us at the Norwich Research Park to hear from two enterprises, Colorifix and Leaf Expression Systems Ltd, utilising cutting edge biological techniques and knowledge to change lives and rethink society. Learn about the exciting opportunities to support student enterprise at the University of East Anglia, as well as the existing commercial activities on the Norwich Research Park and how to collaborate with us. This event will allow networking between businesses, scientists, students, potential mentors, and RSB members.

Please note that this event will take place virtually.

The event will be of interest to those who are interested in enterprise, and those who would be interested in staying abreast of the research and commercialisation developments at the Norwich Research Park.

Programme
11:00 Welcome from the Chair, Dr Liliya Serazetdinova FRSB, Head of Business Development and Impact, Earlham Institute
11:05 Introduction to the Norwich Research Park, David Parfrey, Executive Chair of Anglia Innovation Partnership LLP Board
11:10 Bringing Life to Colour and Colour to Life, Dr Orr Yarkoni, CEO of Colorifix Ltd
11:30 Growing a plant-based biotech from seed - challenges, successe and future perspectives, Dr Ross Overman, Principal Scientist Process Development, Leaf Expression Systems Ltd
11:50 Opportunities to work with UEA students and scientists, Dr Richard Bowater, Associate Dean for Employability, UEA Faculty of Sciences and Sophia Weber, Biological Sciences Graduate, University of East Anglia
12:10 Q&A and networking
12:30 End

For further information on speakers, please download speaker biographies.

Cost and booking
This event is free to attend and advance booking is essential. Advance registration is essential through the link at the top of the page, in order to be sent the meeting joining link ahead of the event.

Contact
For event enquiries, please contact Liliya Serazetdinova at liliya.serazetdinova@earlham.ac.uk
For booking or website queries, contact Beth Morgan at regions@rsb.org.uk or on 020 3925 3444.

  If you would like to practise using Zoom before taking the plunge into joining one of our growing programme of online events this is your chance. 

You will need a PC with a video camera and a microphone (this may mean buying a Webcam which costs from £20 on Amazon – you plug it into your PC) or a Laptop or an iPad or a Tablet PC or a Smartphone. Laptops, iPads, Tablets and Smartphones will normally have a camera/microphone incorporated. 

To try out Zoom click here https://zoom.us/j/4689584830  This will take you to Zoom. The first time you do this you will be asked to download Zoom software and this will set up a Zoom link on your computer. You will also be asked to type the name you want ...

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Expect a pub quiz, some singalong fun, some live entertainment, music videos and friendly chat with a separate Snug Bar if you prefer a quiet time. See you there for a great evening's sociable fun with your IVC friends around the country - plus a few guests from Meetup.

Click here https://zoom.us/j/4689584830  First time you download a small app and indicate your name. You will be invited into ...

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Saturday Night is Music Night! We will watch music videos together and maybe even discuss them. Dave will have a selection of some of his favourites to share but you are also invited to make requests on the evening. Any style of music is welcome - lets make it a chance to share our musical tastes.

So settle back with a drink and enjoy a great musical evening.

Click on https://zoom.us/j/4689584830 using ...

Further details visible to members    

Join London IVC for a bracing Pilates class. Once you join you will be able to see our teacher Joy Jewson demonstrating the pilates exercises and if you set up the camera on your PC, laptop, iPad, tablet or smart phone to point at yourself we will all be able to see you too (but it does not matter if this is not practicable). 

Ideally you should have a pillow and a pilates or yoga mat to lie on - but the floor will do.

The class starts at 17.30 but we will have the ...

Further details visible to members    

Join us online for a coffee evening and good chat using Zoom. This is a friendly video conferencing package which is easy to use and lets you share video and chat with your friends and colleagues.

Click on https://zoom.us/j/4689584830 using your PC (with video/microphone) or laptop or iPad or Tablet or Smart phone. Download the app and indicate your name  (first Zoom visit only). You will enter ...

Further details visible to members    

Sangita, of London IVC,  leads an informal Zoom chat on the topic of What's in the News. Bring along a drink and be ready to join a friendly debate. Zoom is an easy to use videoconferencing package with new security features incorporated that we make full use of. 

To join us you need a PC or laptop or IPad or ...

Further details visible to members    

Online socialising is sweeping the world as folks find ways of combatting the isolation imposed on us by the fightback against the pandemic - so join the resistance! 

We can do this safely by getting together online for a coffee morning using Zoom. This is a friendly video conferencing package which is easy to use and lets you share video and chat with your friends and colleagues. It has new security features incorporated that we make full use ...

Further details visible to members    

  If you would like to practise using Zoom before taking the plunge into joining one of our growing programme of online events this is your chance. 

You will need a PC with a video camera and a microphone (this may mean buying a Webcam which costs from £20 on Amazon – you plug it into your PC) or a Laptop or an iPad or a Tablet PC or a Smartphone. Laptops, iPads, Tablets and Smartphones will normally have a camera/microphone incorporated. 

To try out Zoom click here https://zoom.us/j/4689584830  This will take you to Zoom. The first time you do this you will be asked to download Zoom software and this will set up a Zoom link on your computer. You will also be asked to type the name you want ...

Further details visible to members    

Expect a pub quiz, some singalong fun, some live entertainment, music videos and friendly chat with a separate Snug Bar if you prefer a quiet time. See you there for a great evening's sociable fun with your IVC friends around the country - plus a few guests from Meetup.

Click here https://zoom.us/j/4689584830  First time you download a small app and indicate your name. You will be invited into ...

Further details visible to members    
SHARED BY:     Association of IVCs (AIVC) (& All AIVC Groups)

 London IVC has a strong Open Mic presence so we have established our own Virtual Open Mic club. During the course of the evening we will enjoy entertainment - mostly musical - from IVC and Meetup members and friends from the Open Mic circuit.

The club will open at 7pm to give folks time to check in, have a chat and maybe rehearse a little – there are a few tweaks musicians will need to make to get live music to work on Zoom and we will talk you through ...

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Basingstoke IVC Science Cafe invite you to this extra event from Winchester Science Cafe on a very interesting subject by Dr Heidi Dawson-Hobbis. The subject of this evenings talk is "Reading the human skeleton”.

Regrettably, the public health situation still means it is likely to be some time before we can resume live meetings. We have decided to try out some online events, using Zoom, a popular and well tested platform for online meetings, https://www.zoom.us/ , which many of you may be familiar with by now.

SUMMARY
This talk will discuss the techniques that can be used to gain an insight into individuals and populations from the past by analysing their skeletal remains. Using examples from her research Dr Dawson-Hobbis will discuss how biological anthropologists interpret information from the skeleton to determine identity information such as sex and age-at-death, as well as details of the lived experience including pathological lesions. How the discipline utilises evidence from scientific sampling to aid in determining how long ago an individual died (radiocarbon dating), and evidence for migration and diet (stable isotope analysis) will also be discussed.

Case studies will be drawn from her recent work on the Winchester Cathedral project ‘Kings and Scribes: the birth of a nation’, her appearance on the Channel Four programme ‘The Bone Detectives’ detailing some of her work on nineteenth century skeletal collections from Bristol, and research on medieval collections from Somerset and Winchester.

SPEAKER
Dr Heidi Dawson-Hobbis is a Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the University of Winchester and an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Bristol where she completed her PhD titled ‘Unearthing Late Medieval Children: health, status and burial practice in southern England’. She has published papers in International Journal of Paleopathology, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and Trends in Biological Anthropology.

You will need the Zoom client installed on your computer, tablet or phone. Short video on using Zoom here:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/hIkCmbvAHQQ?rel=0&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=1

Only one ticket needed per screen. If you are sharing with someone, they don’t need a separate ticket.

We will open the meeting from 7pm so people can settle in, chat etc. There will be a break between talk and Q&A when people can chat etc. It's not the same as live but closer than I thought

A recording will be available after the event on YouTube.

Our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/wincafesci/?source_id=1457090591178602 provides an opportunity to share ideas and keep in touch. You are encouraged to post interesting science links and to comment or discuss.

Our first online wine tasting worked so well that we are going to make them monthly events until the pandemic is over. Our wine tastings are informal but we hope you will learn ...

Further details visible to members    
SHARED BY:     Association of IVCs (AIVC) (& All AIVC Groups)

Its Disco time! I will set up the disco lights in my flat and play you plenty of danceable music. All you have to do is put on your dancing gear, log in, pour yourself a drink, turn down the lights and join in the dancing. There will be separate quiet lounges to move to for a chat. Our first online disco was a great success.

If you can please attach your device to your wide screen TV to get a better feel for the frivolity.

Click on 
Further details visible to members    

Saturday Night is Music Night! We will watch music videos together and maybe even discuss them. Dave will have a selection of some of his favourites to share but you are also invited to make requests on the evening. Any style of music is welcome - lets make it a chance to share our musical tastes.

So settle back with a drink and enjoy a great musical evening.

Click on https://zoom.us/j/4689584830 using ...

Further details visible to members    

 London IVC has a strong Open Mic presence so we have established our own Virtual Open Mic club. During the course of the evening we will enjoy entertainment - mostly musical - from IVC and Meetup members and friends from the Open Mic circuit.

The club will open at 7pm to give folks time to check in, have a chat and maybe rehearse a little – there are a few tweaks musicians will need to make to get live music to work on Zoom and we will talk you through ...

Further details visible to members