©MHS exposition 2023 Par la Force des Choses
Catching your feet in the carpet, losing your balance, trying to catch yourself and, finally, falling and rolling on the floor. It's probably happened to you. But do you know what causes it, apart from clumsiness? Well, a physical phenomenon that's omnipresent in our lives: the force of gravity.
How can we explain the cause of falling bodies? Our understanding of gravity has evolved since Antiquity, under the guidance of the great names in the history of science, from Aristotle to Einstein. These scientists have accompanied their thinking with famous experiments: Galileo and his inclined plane, Newton and his apple, Foucault and his pendulum, and it's through these that the exhibition invites you to explore.
The exhibition offers visitors the chance to explore the history of gravitation through the notion of force: a force applied to an object causes it to react.
Visitors are invited to engage in a fascinating interaction between movement and illustrative models. Inclined planes, pendulums, gyroscopes and spinning tops are at the heart of the exhibition, illustrating the forces that make people fall, turn or roll.
If you are looking for something to do during the upcoming October holiday, then make sure to put Vallorbe and nearby Sainte Croix on your map. Juraparc is a wildlife park boasting bears and wolves in cohabitation, which replicates the most exacting conditions found in nature.
The wildlife park where brown bears and wolves live side by side, in the Jura vaudois, between Le Pont and Vallorbe, at the Mt d'Orzeires pass situated at 1000m.
Juraparc is not only a wildlife park with bears, wolves and bison, it's also an entertainment and leisure park for children, with a large playground and direct contact with goats, ponies, donkeys and Alpacas! The restaurant that sets itself apart from the alpine inn with its refined cuisine and many specialities and a large sunny terrace.
In fact, under natural conditions, wolves and bears have large territories that they share with other species. Mont d'Orzeires have reproduced conditions similar to and proportional to the natural territories of these 2 species.
The park also leave stumps, fallen trees, clumps of bushes, pebbles etc. for this purpose. The aim of the park is to offer the animals a space similar to freedom.
The park is bounded on one side by the visitor footbridge (over 3m50 high) and on the other by nature with an imposing rock face.
Are you, or do you know, a director with a flair for storytelling on stage? The Village Players of Lausanne are seeking experienced directors to present their vision to Lausanne audiences!
If you have a play in mind, they invite you to submit it for consideration for the 2024 season. Email the VPI committee and briefly share your experience and an overview of the play you have in mind.
Not a director? But have a play you’d like to see on the VPI stage? Drop them a line with your recommendation.
About The Village Players of Lausanne
The Village Players was founded on 11 November 1981 in La Conversion by a group of enthusiasts of English language theatre led by Zelda and John McKillop. The group’s first event was a theatre workshop held in December 1981 and the first “production” was a play reading of “Lovers” by Brian Friel in February 1982.
The society’s first full-length production was “The Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder, staged in Lutry in May 1982. The society was formally established with a written Constitution in June 1982.
Since that start The Village Players have produced a wide range of shows in various theaters and halls in and around Lausanne and elsewhere in Europe.
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Have you ever heard the expression, "A Black Swan Event"? It signifies an unpredictable or unforeseen event, typically one with extreme consequences. The black swan theory is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a significant impact, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
In the 16th century, the expression "black swan" was part of everyday language, referring to an impossible event, since all swans are white. Thus, looking for a black swan was as futile as going on a wild goose chase or looking for a needle in a haystack. At that time, all swans were indeed white in Europe.
The catching of black swans in Europe in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries brought the birds into contact with another aspect of European mythology: the attribution of sinister relationships between the devil and black-colored animals, such as a black cat. Black swans were considered familiar to witches and often hunted or killed by superstitious people. This may explain why black swans never established a significant presence as wild animals in Europe or North America.
Black swans do exist and you may have even seen one yourself. They originally come from Australia and Tasmania, but many parks and zoos around the world have introduced these beautiful creatures to their fauna. Here are a few places where you might see one or two!
If you've got kids that dream about becoming a fireman or you have visitors coming and you have already taken them to countless other locations, then why not visit one of these fire-fighter museums in the area?
Musée des Sapeurs-Pompiers de la Ville de Genève
1bis, rue du Stand
1204 Genève
022 418 71 81
https://mspg.ch
The history of Geneva Fire Fighters since 1840. Fire trucks and artifacts over 1,000m2 of exhibits on 3 levels. Open Wednesday and Sunday 10h-12h and 13h30-16h. Note: Closed during holidays, the end-of-year holiday, and July and August. Free entry. Click here to load their brochure.
