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Man becomes best mates with jackdaw he nursed back to health
Mark Foden found the injured crow is his garden, and the friendship blossomed from there
John Bett
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A Devon man has developed a unique bond with a wild jackdaw after he nursed it back to health - and it still visits him every day to be fed by hand.
Kind-hearted Mark Foden, 57, found the injured crow in his garden with a damaged wing two months ago and took it in to help it recover.
Mark named the bird Jack and put it in a cage, taped up his wing, and lovingly tended to it for the next eight weeks.
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But when he went release the bird back into the wild he kept coming back - and now Jack visits Mark's home in Shaugh Prior every day.
Watch a video of the pair at play above
Mark Foden with his resident Jackdaw in his home near Plymouth, Devon. (Image: © SWNS.com)
Mark said: "A couple of months ago I was out in the garden and this Jackdaw sort of hopped around in the garden.
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"He was obviously injured - his wing was flapping down. It was a very young bird, just out the nest. It couldn't fly.
"I thought, 'oh, he won't last long', some predator is bound to get him so I scooped him up, put him in an old bird cage I had, and taped his wing up with some electrical tape.
Mark Foden being visited by his Jackdaw companion at his home (Image: © Mark Foden / SWNS)
"I didn't think it was broken because he wasn't in any pain.
"Over the next couple of weeks he stayed in there and I fed him and he improved, he was in the house at that stage.
"I let him out for little excursions and he would hop around and jump on the parrot cage - to the annoyance of the parrot."
Mark, a retired civil servant, is a self-confessed animal lover, and alongside Jack he looks after three chickens, a parrot, and a dog.
Mark nursed the crow back to health (Image: © Mark Foden / SWNS)
When Jack started to improve, Mark moved the bird to a bigger cage outside.
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He added: "I got a bigger cage and I put him outside, in the shed that sort of thing, then he could hop around.
"He was let out a lot, he would hop around the floor when I was out and I'd feed him by hand and that sort of thing.
"His wing looked better so I took the tape off and slowly but surely he improved and started flying - little bits here and there, shed to tree - that sort of thing.
"That turned into a wild bird that comes back every day and wants to interact."
Mark found the injured Jackdaw in his garden with a damaged winf (Image: © SWNS.com)
Mark, who lives with his wife, Jacqueline, 55, and has two grown up children, said that Jack returns at the same time every day, and will reply with the birds onomatopoeic call whenever shouted for.
Mark added: "He likes to play, I feed him dog food mostly but he'll eat the corn from the chickens and anything that Jackdaw's would scavenge.
"He normally comes back at about 10, I put food out in the mornings and I assume he gets that but I'm not certain.
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"He'll appear when I shout 'Jack' and he answers, and I know he's there and I'll hand feed him.
"He likes landing on my back and my head, one of his favourite things is nibbling my ear.
Mark Foden at his farm near Plymouth (Image: © SWNS.com)
"He won't fetch but he likes landing on my feet and sitting on my shoes, you can grab his beak with two fingers - he'll interact with that.
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"If you put your finger above his head he'll drop his head slightly so you can stroke him - he'll go half asleep when you do it.
"He also likes it when he lands on my shoulder and I'll walk him around the garden, he'll try and sit there as I walk around.
Mark named the bird Jack (Image: © Mark Foden / SWNS)
"It's not that normal, because he was from a nest he's obviously interacted with his parents, it's unusual that he has latched on like this.
"They're very intelligent, it's not just the food, it's more than that. He's got a rapport with me and a friendship, developed from the fact that I've saved him.
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"I'm surprised he's still here, I'm surprised he didn't go off.
"It's amazing, for a bird lover. He's half wild and I don't know - he must think he's half human. We've got a bond."


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Тони Драго (Tony Drago) е малтийски професионален играч на снукър и билярд, роден на 22 септември 1965 година.

Бързо печели симпатиите на публиката, след като се появява на професионалната снукър сцена с изключително бързата си игра. Колкото и бърз играч Тони е толкова и нервен и избухлив. Неговата импулсивност го принуждава доста често да се изнервя от своите грешки и това, в голяма степен му пречи да спечели ранкинг титла. Въпреки това той е най-успешния професионален играч от Малта, където снункъра е доста популярен. Драго има доста успешна кариера и в пула. Със своята бърза игра той държи няколко рекорда в снукъра, като – най-бърз сенчъри брейк за 3 мин и 31 сек; най-бърз фрейм за 3 мин. и най-бързи фреймове – (9 от 17) – 81 мин и (13 от 25) – 167 мин и 33 сек. През 2002 на B&H Championship той постига и максимален сенчъри брейк. В последните наколко сезона формата му значително пада и той изпада от топ 32.

Сезон 2009/10

Снукъристи
Снукър в Малта
Малтийци
Родени през 1965 година

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This is not a blog award post, per se, but the tag is the closest I can currently conceive to categorize it among similar get-to-know-you type posts. A Christmas tag is naturally limited in time to reply, so I will apologize in advance to one of the bloggers I tagged in this post for prioritizing it over a prior post of theirs. I will get to yours, too! I love get-to-know-you posts. I just want to beat the clock on the Christmas post first!
Before me, Crafts, Chronic Illness and Adulting was "it," and, before that, Chronically Hopeful. Before that…I've lost track. I don't think the post originated within the chronic illness/mental health blogging communities, specifically, but I'm keeping that recent trend alive with my tags. All nominees interested in participating are encouraged to use the hashtag #ChristmasCheer to keep related posts searchable together. Please don't feel obligated to take part. This post is just for some festive fun, and I'll be the first to understand if holiday posts aren't always "festive" or "fun." A clean copy of the questions for those who are interested is available at the end of the post.


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Electrical Engineering and Systems Science > Audio and Speech Processing
arXiv:2110.04850v1 (eess)
[Submitted on 10 Oct 2021 (this version), latest version 22 Oct 2021 (v2)]
Title:Direct source and early reflections localization using deep deconvolution network under reverbrate environment
Authors:Shan Gao, Xihong Wu, Tianshu Qu
Abstract: This paper proposes a deconvolution-based network (DCNN) model for DOA estimation of direct source and early reflections under reverberate scenarios. Considering that the first-order reflections of the sound source also contain spatial directivity like the direct source, we treat both of them as the sources in the learning process. We use the covariance matrix of high order Ambisonics (HOA) signals in time domain as the input feature of the network, which is concise while contains precise spatial information under reverberate scenarios. Besides, we use the deconvolution-based network for the spatial pseudo-spectrum (SPS) reconstruction in the 2D polar space, based on which the spatial relationship between elevation and azimuth can be depicted. We have carried out a series of experiments based on simulated and measured data under different reverberate scenarios, which prove the robustness and accuracy of the proposed DCNN model.
Subjects: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS); Sound (cs.SD); Signal Processing (eess.SP)
Cite as: arXiv:2110.04850 [eess.AS]
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For more than 50 years, the mission of the non-profit Baltimore Youth Hockey Club has been to teach the youth of our community the sport of ice hockey and to develop team play and individual ice hockey skills through clinics and programs of ice hockey competition emphasizing sportsmanship, cooperation, self-discipline, self-confidence, individual responsibility and respect for others, while providing a great ice hockey experience. It's the stated goal of our club to offer this hockey experience on several levels: Solid AA, A and B-level travel hockey, an always-solid rec-hockey program, plus an all girls hockey programand the Patterson Park Stars community service program. For 16 years, the Patterson Park Stars have provided an ice hockey experience for dozens of less fortunate and at-risk boys and girls from Baltimore City. The Patterson Park Stars is a 16-week program of ice hockey instruction and team building for boys and girls, ages 6-14, in a safe, stable and fun environment. The all girls program, formerly the Rapids, offers girls the opportunity to play with and on all-girl teams. The program has been around for 10+ years teaching girls the fundamentals of hockey. For more information about our programs please visit our site at www.byhc.org.
Baltimore Area Special Hockey, Inc. offers an ice hockey program for both children and adults with a traumatic brain injury or intellectual disability such as Autism and Down Syndrome .
The program provides participants the opportunity to play ice hockey in an environment adapted to each of their ability. Special Hockey is not only recreational but therapeutic. It emphasizes social interaction, self reliance, concentration and willingness to adapt to new experiences with a sense of accomplishment and pride.
This program will be a six-month program running from October thru March. Anyone with an intellectual disability 5 years of age and older, male or female, is welcome to participate. Go to Baltimore Saints website for more information.
Consists of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. The team competes in the MIAA, as well as the MAPHL. Both leagues are extremely competitive and consists of some of the best players in the state of Maryland. The emphasis for the JV team is skill development and the preparation of players for the varsity level.


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Mix fennel seeds and salt, and use it with warm water. This remedy is 100% effective.
Grind an equal quantity of black pepper and dry ginger. Use half spoon of it with warm water in the morning, and also in the evening.
Grind guava leaves and use the paste with water.
Mix garlic juice and salt, and use it. This remedy greatly improves your stomach health.
Take radish juice, salt and black pepper, mix and use it. This remedy is also 100% working to get relief from stomach gas.
Mix cumin seeds and honey, and use it. The use of this remedy improves stomach functionality.
Use half tsp of black seeds with lukewarm water. It gives you instant relief from aches in your stomach.
Mix half spoon of cinnamon powder in water, and use the drink. It helps to keep your stomach healthy.
All of these remedies to get relief from stomach gas are very effective. Try these are stay healthy.


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#reactflix Final Cut: #IEatYourSkin (1964)
May 23, 2016 Wario Van Peebles	Leave a comment
I Eat Your Skin starts off exactly like the kind of movie you'd think it is and then immediately after the opening credits takes you on an entirely different journey. There is a bizarre vacation comedy feel at times that creeps in to the movie that confuses an already very busy plot. If you are looking for a gorefest or even a freak out kind of movie, you will not be getting that from this film.
This movie combines a lot of different elements together, while it does a lot of things unconventionally that leaves it hard to follow at times. The music in this film is pretty standard low budget affair, I feel it didn't take away from the movie and added enough to credit it for being there. I think where this movie carries itself best is in the islands "zombies". I enjoy the creative makeup work done to bring life to these monsters, even in black and white they really stand out on screen.
This film is probably best left for the 60s Horror buffs who've seen everything else before this. There are just too many more important exploitation movies to get checked off your list.
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#reactflix Final Cut: #Medusa (1973)
I first struggled to find the right genre to place Medusa, I realized it's probably best left in the Action/Drama section of mostly extinct video stores. The two standout characters in this movie are played by George Hamilton and Cameron Mitchell, both characters are barrels full of tough guy crazy!
To me the dialog and the "casual, happy, singing mob family" setting were the strongest points of the movie. The music rarely drove the movie and to me was lacking,. I don't know if this is the best transfer you can find of this, but more than likely is, if you can overlook the dubbing issues and other production flaws this is still a very fun movie if you are just looking for something different.
While this movie is named Medusa they only ever seem to slip in different mentions of Greece through the movie to remind the viewers of the setting the movie takes place in, overall I think this movie would have done much better being marketed around the exploits of Hamilton's psychotic playboy mafioso character "Jeff".
I don't think I could safely recommend this movie to anyone but if this has intrigued you, I think it's safe to say you'll know with in the first 15 minutes if you can handle the pace.
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#reactflix Final Cut: Memorial Valley Massacre (1988)
While writing these reviews I will still not try to spoil too many major plot points even if I may have done so during the live tweets. I thought there was a good chance I'd find a movie in this box set that would become a new favorite with me. Look no further than Disc1 SideA for Memorial Valley Massacre.
The story that unfolds in this movie is pure insanity, the characters actions and dialog left me laughing and rooting for the chaos that unraveled. About half way through I had completely stopped caring what direction this film has, and yet was still engrossed in the story. The films terrible characters really make you dislike them, and the likable characters I found myself wanting to see avoid harm because of how they fit in to the story. This movie would fit well in between a triple feature of Summer Camp Nightmare (1987) and Sleepaway Camp (1983).
While this movie might not work for everyone, it left me fully entertained. I have my crowd of friends who enjoy the more strange horror movies, this will be one burned in to my memory to recommend. If you don't take your horror movies seriously or like the feel of a movie that feels like a banned After School Special at times (especially with the music) I would highly recommend checking this movie out!
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#reactflix Final Cut: Death Rage (1976)
While I am familiar with several of Yul Brynner's films, this movie I had never heard of or seen before. It's a strange tale of an ex-mob hitman who finds out the identity of the man who killed his brother and travels from the US to Italy to avenge him. The majority of the story is Brynner's character infiltrating a group of influential mobsters with a horse racing backdrop instead of other more typical "mob mansion" scenarios. This movie has a lot of the typical things you'd expect from a film in that era. The film is very vibrant, even when it was slow at times I still found myself enjoying the backgrounds and wardrobes of the era. The music is fun and helps provide a layer to the psychedelic tones of the film. While the action can be just as humorous as the dialog at times, the easy to follow revenge storyline made it easy to just kick back and enjoy.
If you are a fan of Yul Brynner or a 70s action/exploitation fan I'd say add it to your watch list.
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#reactflix is a live reaction movie review hashtag created by myself, I will be watching movies and reacting to them live via Twitter. I will post a short review here on the site called #reactflix: Final Cut.
The first two movies are Death Rage (1976) and Memorial Valley Massacre (1988), both of these are part of a 50 movie box set I was gifted several years ago. In this set are some movies I've seen, and some I haven't. My plan is to try doing all 50 of these movies and see how things are from there. If no one seems to care about this I may never reach all 50 movies reviewed in this format.
I will be tweeting about the #reactflix days before they happen and look forward to anyone who wants to watch their own copies and tweet along or anyone who has seen the movie I'm watching to join along! Just please remember no spoilers, I am watching these movies without researching them (unless I have seen them before) and will be trying to give you the purest reaction I can to the movies I haven't seen.
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Garbage Day Reviews #2: Ready To Rumble
September 25, 2015 Wario Van Peebles	Leave a comment
Where cinema trash, is cinema treasure.
Ready To Rumble (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes: 23% IMDB: 5.3/10
Written By: Steven Brill
Directed By: Brian Robbins
A movie that only could have only been made at the height of wrestling's popularity in the late 90s.
The buddy road trip movie, two lifelong friends throw everything aside and embark on a journey to save their favorite wrestler in his darkest hour.
The cult status of this movie is undoubtedly in question at the time this article was written and even in the pro wrestling community this movie is considered insulting in the portrayal of wrestling fans.
My Aside to this –
What I feel is an attempt to make fun/goofy characters look like total underdogs living out their wildest dream comes off instead like two goofy guys with crappy lives that are made to look stupid. Also committing the most foul adult pro wrestling fan thing to do: they think pro wrestling is real. That is where the movie can lose the prospective wrestling fan who wants to put themselves in the shoes of these characters. Perhaps this movie would be better suited for people who don't care as much about the world of pro wrestling as the fans who are vested in it, but instead people who aren't overwhelmed by the pro wrestling overtones to get to a goofy road trip comedy with a lot of funny moments. I will make my case for the humor below.
Reasons to check this film out!
– The CAST! Oliver Platt as "Jimmy King" shades of Jerry "The King" Lawler (pro wrestling legend), Dusty Rhodes (pro wrestling legend) and the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder's "Jim" in Blazing Saddles), Joe Pantoliano as "Titus Sinclair" the promoter, Martin Landau as "Sal Bandini" and many other interesting casting choices outside of David Arquette and Scott Caan as the main characters.
– An easy to follow story with an over the top "National Lampoons" style that would have probably been more popular in the late 80s/early 90s than a decade later with the wrestling fans.
– Writer Steven Brill also wrote characters for D2 and characters/screenplay for D3 The Mighty Ducks sequels, Heavy Weights (1995) with Judd Apatow and a movie that has nearly the same ratings on IMDB (5.3) and Rotten Tomatoes (22%): Little Nicky (2000) and his latest effort Walk of Shame (2014) hit right above the same zone with IMDB (6.0) and Rotten Tomatoes (25%). His IMDB is proof of movies that have a lot of the same kind of over the top scenes and ridiculous character types as you see in this movie.
– Although I have never seen anyone write contrary, this is a very well shot movie by Director Brian Robbins who also directed Varsity Blues (1999). It adds to the easy digestion of this film, great driving shots and well done action scenes, not just the wrestling ones.
– A soundtrack that fit not only the movie but the a great time capsule of songs from the era.
– Sports comedy fans might give this one a try, it doesn't try to outsmart you for not being a wrestling fan. In a genre that doesn't get much love anymore, what do you have to lose?
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Retro Sports Report #2 Ice Hockey NES
The Retro Sports Report is about highlighting the sports games that still hold up!
Ice Hockey NES (1988)
A simple sports game at its finest. Ice Hockey has effective strategy by allowing you to customize your lineup of 4 players with small, medium and large sized players to choose from. Small guys are the fastest but get knocked down the easiest, large guys are the exact opposite, and of course medium guys are exactly in between. It may take you time to find which combination works best for you and that also may change over time or depend on who you are playing against.
The other part of the game that allows you to control the difficulty is the Speed setting of 1 – 5 , at the highest setting (5) it makes even the large players move very quickly.
This came is great for highly competitive people who enjoy their retro gaming. The challenge of being able to control your goalie and the skaters at the same time provides fun gameplay for all ages and as everyone gets better raise the speed up and enjoy improving at a whole new pace.
This game is best played 1v1 but can be enjoyed solo, but hopefully only to practice for the next time you have a group around to play!
I rank games on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the game that is so great it will never actually be made.
Ice Hockey 7.5/10
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Garbage Day Reviews #1: Maximum Overdrive
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Written and Directed by Stephen King (yes that Stephen King)
A cult classic that feels right at home as my first review. A film that even the writer/director himself discredits, citing it as the worst of his film adaptations.
I still wonder what made Stephen King choose "Trucks" to be his first directorial effort. With so many other stories he has written that would have been far easier to adapt and direct, maybe his career as a director would have been different had he started with a less ambitious project.
– If over the top action, strange dialog choices and an offbeat plot are things you look for in a movie, this has it all in strong doses.
– Fans of movies with heavy stunt work, at the time CGI wasn't developed to a point that you could use it to shoot a movie like this. A few notable accidents happened on set, including one that caused the Director of Photography to lose his eye.
– The AC/DC soundtrack that drives this movie picks the pace up nicely even after the parts of the movie that drag the most.
– Not for Shushers! Great film to watch in a group of horror fans. Plenty of moments ripe for commentary and fun with a mix of people who've both seen the film and are seeing it for the first time.
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Retro Sports Report #1: NBA Give 'N Go
April 22, 2015 Wario Van Peebles	Leave a comment
NBA Give 'N Go (1995)
Konami's NBA licensed home version of the non-licensed basketball arcade game Run and Gun. There are many good things to be said about NBA Give 'N Go, the graphics are easy on the eyes , the gameplay is very solid and the presentation is top notch. The versatility of gameplay options is great for both casual and hardcore gamer alike, anyone looking for a great arcade gameplay experience with all the features you'd only expect to get out of a console developed sports game.
With a standard exhibition mode it also features a full 82 game season, or choose a shortened season mode with only 6, 28 or 52 games. It does not have a save battery, but it does have a password save system for continuing your season. The biggest setback to this game really is the lack of a save battery, having to use a save code for this game leaves it up to you to find a good way to store your password.
Roster edit mode is available to trade players and edit the NBA All-Star Teams. This is also where the two "original teams" the Shooting Stars and the Supreme Team are edited, which allow you to build your own dream team without altering the game roster to use in exhibition.
A great game solo, this game also caters up to four players in either co-op or competitive play. There is also an option of playing through season mode with up to 4 teams controlled by 4 human players.
In Arcade mode you select a team and play through 1995 NBA Playoffs, the only setback to historical lineup accuracy is the absence of Shaquille O'Neil and Charles Barkley because of their conflicting video game deals at the time.
The audio in this game is a constant reminder of its arcade roots, from the background music to the buzzer marking the end of a quarter. The energetic play by play announcer is another great part of the presentation that adds personality in the game with an array of quotable soundbites that you'll be repeating alone or with friends after playing a few games.
NBA Give 'N Go 7/10
TLDR reasons:
+ Fun Arcade basketball for 1-4 players with home console perks!
– Lack of save battery, find a good place to keep those passwords!
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TAUNTON – It was more than 50 years ago when local citizens got the idea to construct a memorial fountain on Church Green in memory of Army Lt. William Murphy of Taunton, who was killed in Vietnam in 1965.
By the time the Taunton Vietnam Memorial Fountain was dedicated in 1968, another 11 men from Taunton had died in Vietnam. A 13th and final soldier died there in 1969.
Saturday's 50th anniversary of the dedication of the fountain drew a large crowd, including family members of those killed in Vietnam, as well as Gov. Charlie Baker and other elected officials.
Baker offered his sympathy and appreciation of the Gold Star families whose sons were killed in Vietnam.
"We will never forget and will never be able to repay the terrible sacrifice" endured by those Taunton families, he said, whose sons died in Vietnam.
Baker noted that a distinction must always be drawn between a government's decision to enter into a military conflict and the soldiers who are deployed to serve in combat.
"The biggest lesson of Vietnam was that we must separate the war from the warrior," he said.
By 1968 protests throughout the country in opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War -- during which 58,000 American soldiers died -- were commonplace.
Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. praised the Taunton Area Vietnam Veterans Association for organizing the event.
He also recognized the TAVVA and its members for their tireless dedication through the decades to remind the public that there are still soldiers missing in action from various wars and conflicts.
Proulx said that the physical remains of all 13 Tauntonians who died in Vietnam have been returned to the United States for burial.
Hoye pointed out that Taunton's Vietnam fountain was one of the first, if not the first, of its kind in the country ever to have been built and dedicated.
The late, former Taunton Mayor Benjamin Friedman was lauded for having taken an active role in establishing the fountain, which was made possible as result of nearly 900 private donations.
"It was a controversial time for our country, but (Friedman) had the foresight, courage and leadership to decide to dedicate this memorial to the men who made the ultimate sacrifice in that war," said state Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton.
The TAVVA also notes that John Bobola, who at the time was the city's police chief, assisted the mayor in setting the idea in motion.
The sister of Lt. Murphy, Patricia Latimer, said she and her parents never truly recovered from the shock of losing her only sibling in Vietnam.
Latimer, 74, said her brother enlisted in the Army after graduation in 1963 from Stonehill College. He enrolled in officer's training school before being sent to Vietnam.
He'd been in Vietnam less than three months when the unit he was leading, she said, was ambushed.
"He was shot in the chest, and it was over," she said.
Latimer said her brother, who was three years her senior, would write letters expressing his sympathy for younger soldiers who said they weren't receiving letters.
"He said, 'These poor kids aren't getting letters from home,'" which she surmises most likely resulted at the time from glitches in the postal service.
Latimer said her brother Bill, who at the time was 24, made it clear in his own letters that he had had his fill of combat in Vietnam.
"He couldn't wait to get out and get home," she said.
Latimer said she's always been grateful for the fact that Stonehill College years ago established a scholarship program in her brother's name.
She said her brother, who graduated from Coyle High School, had wanted to become a lawyer.
Linda Mello and her sister Mary Donovan recalled the loss of their brother Edward Dull, who was 20 when he went missing in action. A week later, they said, the Army confirmed he was dead.
"He was a forward observer," or scout, said Mello.
The two sisters said there was always a feeling of tension and apprehension during the time their brother was in Vietnam.
"We always thought, 'What are the odds that something bad will happen?'" Mello, 66, said.
Donovan, 72, said her father, who served in World War II, always kept track of the body counts reported by news outlets of American soldiers killed in action.
"We would check and think to ourselves we made it through another day," without getting bad news about their brother, she said.
Madeline Pina of Southbridge was the sister of Edward Andrade, who was 20 when he died in action in 1967 in Da Nang.
"He was just a baby," Pina, 83, said.
Pina said her brother, who enlisted as a Marine in 1966, had been home on leave and died a month later after returning to Vietnam. She said it took 26 days for his body to be returned.
Pina said the official cause of death was a heart attack.
Taunton resident Dominga "Pinky" Pina, no relation, was also at Saturday's memorial fountain rededication.
Pina's son Ronald, a Marine corporal, was 20 when he was killed in action in Thua Thien.
"I'm very, very happy about this, and I appreciate that the governor and mayor are here," said Pina, 92.
Hanna also noted that Army Staff Sgt. John Raymond, who was killed in 1967, was a WWII vet who reenlisted to serve in Vietnam.
Proulx said Raymond was 47 when he died in the infantry.
Father Phillip Salois delivered the blessing of the fountain and anointed the fountain with holy water.
Salois, who was awarded a Silver Star for his military service, recalled how water was a precious commodity to soldiers in Vietnam.
"It was more precious than gold," he said, recalling airdrops of water containers.
"It saved our lives in the war," he added.
Other speakers included state Reps. Keiko Orrall and Shaunna O'Connell, as well as state Secretary of Veterans Affairs Francisco Urena.
Gabriel Blanchard, a Junior ROTC Taunton High student, was called upon to sing the national anthem after the person who originally was scheduled to perform the honors did not show up.
He sang it with conviction despite some nervousness.
There was also a 21-gun salute by members of the Marine Corps League and a reading by TAVVA secretary Hank Mello of the names of the 13 soldiers killed.
During the reading -- which included the laying of 13 flowers in front of a granite monument bearing the names of the Taunton soldiers killed in Vietnam -- the sound system played a recording of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.
That piece of classical music was prominently featured in the 1986 movie "Platoon," which depicted a U.S. infantry platoon in Vietnam.
Attendees of the memorial fountain event were invited to walk across the street after its conclusion to Old Colony History Museum -- where a digital photo gallery assembled by Proulx showed the images and military records of all 13 Taunton men on a screen.


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Konzulat Republike Armenije v Sloveniji
Mestni trg 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana
info@armeniaconsulate.si
386 (0) 1 41 696 784
Sara Stepanjan, Honorary Consul
The Consulate of the Republic of Armenia in Slovenia is subordinated to the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Rome that provides consular, economical and cultural services.
1 Bilateral cooperation in the field of culture
1.1 Cultural cooperation
Bilateral cooperation in the field of culture
The Agreement between the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Armenia on Cooperation in the Fields of Education, Science and Culture was signed in Yerevan in Armenia on 11 October 2010.
The Agreement stipulates the promotion of mutual cooperation of institutions and organisations working in the fields of culture, education, science, and art, as well as the exchange of art-related, scientific and educational literature. It also promotes the cooperation of state radio and television networks, cinema, press, and electronic media. Both parties will promote the teaching and studying of the language and literature of the other country as well as cooperation between sports institutions and youth organisations.
In 2010, in the framework of the Armenia Close Up Festival and in cooperation with Armenia's State History Museum exhibition Armenian Tradition Between the Secular and the Sacred about the Armenian cultural history of early Christianity was held at Cankarjev dom. With its focus on Armenia's music, literature, art, and cinema, the programme gained much attention from experts and the general public.
Intensive cooperation, established in 2006 between the SCCA-Ljubljana Centre for Contemporary Arts, its school World of Art: School for Contemporary Arts, and the Armenian National Association of Art Critics (NAAC), resulted in an annual international seminar for art curators, held at various venues in Armenia. Over a period of five years, more than 100 international participants attended the seminars in Armenia in which numerous guest experts, curators, and researchers in the field of curatorial contemporary art practices spoke and shared their knowledge.
Consulate of Slovenia in Yerevan
Useful information about Armenia on the Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
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"The human heart... it's curved like a road through the mountains"
Melanie Luckman
Jaded Southern belle Blanche DuBois arrives in a sultry New Orleans, desperate for a place to stay.
Her little sister Stella takes her in, but tensions soon flare as Stella's brutish husband, Stanley, keeps a brooding eye on his new sister-in-law…
Heralded as one of the finest plays of the 20th Century, this Pulitzer Prize winning drama is a devastating masterpiece that promises a riveting and dangerous night out at the theatre.
Why we love this play
"This, simply put, is one of the greatest plays ever written. Its exploration of family and isolation has never really been surpassed. It's a theatrical tour-de-force that we can't wait to bring to our Court audience."
Artistic Director, Ross Gumbley
Some of the content in A Streetcar Named Desire may be triggering for some viewers. This production contains adult themes and controversial elements, such as strong physical and sexual violence, rape, domestic abuse and alcoholism.
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Earlybird tickets for A Streetcar Named Desire are on sale now! Earlybird ticket prices are available for Mon-Thu and matinee performances in the first two weeks of the season.
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Warnings: contains adult themes and controversial elements, such as strong physical and sexual violence, rape, domestic abuse and alcoholism.
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The transformation of Manhattan's Lower East Side is being spearheaded by the Essex Crossing development. The project, which is led by Taconic Investment Partners LLC, encompasses six acres and will produce a collection of mixed-use structures, including 242 Broome, the project's first residential building. 242 Broome is home to 55 one- to three-bedroom luxury Lower East Side condos, as well as a host of amenities for residents and space for businesses and cultural institutions. The residences feature modern design touches like open floor plans, high-end appliances, and oversized windows that provide breathtaking views of the skyline over the surrounding low-lying buildings.


You have decided to get started on Youtube and now you are wondering how to develop a Youtube channel quickly. It is true that to stand out on youtube, there are many techniques to learn. To put its chain in value, it is expected to provide a lot of effort and spend a lot of time in his chain, whatever the theme you have chosen.
Why is it so important to develop your channel? What should not be done if you want to create a Youtube channel that works? How to boost your Youtube channel? How to develop your audience? I will deliver 5 effective tips approved by several successful youtubers.
Do you want to know how to develop your Youtube channel quickly? So do not wait for people to come on your channel, but look for them. You should always keep in mind that you are not the only one talking about a topic that may interest Youtube users. To develop your channel, you must be willing to deploy all possible means to bring people on your channel.
If you are among those people who are looking for tips to start a Youtube channel quickly, forget about the idea of succeeding without doing anything. If you really want to boost your subscribers or if you want to create a Youtube channel that works, you have to be ready to work hard. Search for topics to process, shoot a video, attract subscribers … all these operations require work.
Working on many topics at once is also a mistake made by most desperate people, who finally decide to seek advice on how to develop a youtube channel quickly. If you want to create an effective Youtube channel, you must first focus on a single topic that you really love.
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Many online discussion groups can help you if you are today looking for better tips for creating an effective youtube channel or developing your channel quickly. There are indeed many people who want to achieve the same goals as you, reach the same target as you and who want by all means find collaborations to optimize audience development. Skype Group Chat, Facebook Chat, Discord group Chat, Twitter Chat, Facebook Chat Room … there are many. Just make your choice.
Your presence on social networks such as Twitter, Instagram or Facebook is important if you want to develop your channel or create an effective youtube channel. If you're looking for how to get on YouTube, your social media responsiveness will be in your favor.
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You have to show those who follow you on social networks that you give them importance. It's a way to attract them to your videos and push them to subscribe to your channel, which will help you develop your channel quickly. You can also use social networks to find people with whom to collaborate to start a youtube channel quickly.
Among the good tips to start a youtube channel quickly that I would like to share, there is also consistency. To develop your channel, you will need to pay attention to the frequency of your downloads. Your faithful spectators will necessarily see elsewhere if they find nothing new on your channel each time they consult. Moreover, if you are looking for ways to make yourself known on YouTube, publishing new content on a regular basis will greatly help you.
A youtubeur that downloads more videos is more likely to receive more fans and more followers. If you are not regular, you will not have the chance he has. Your channel will remain ignored by your target. But regularity is not the only important thing if you want to develop your channel quickly, you must also look after the quality of your videos. It's easier to create tutorial videos. You can complete your chain with, if you happen to lack inspiration.
You do not know how to make yourself known on youtube and yet you want to develop your channel? Avoid the mistake of wanting to do everything to hope to reach a wide audience. To develop your presence on youtube, it is better to work on a single theme.
Do not measure yourself with the big youtubeurs who manage several themes and who already have a good ranking on Youtube. If you are currently in the beginner stage who still wants to know how to develop your brand, first try to stand out with a theme that you master perfectly. If you already have an audience on a particular subject and you decide to deal with another topic totally different from it, you risk losing the audience you have already won.
For the beginner youtubeur who wants today to put his chain in value, the development of the mark is something he must learn beforehand. Before asking how to develop a community, you have to know how to first attract people to their videos. Make it easy for people to recognize your channel and videos They must find your banner, logo, thumbnails. Regarding the content of your video, it must be unique. This is the rule of thumb if you want to create an effective youtube channel.
Developing a youtube channel quickly requires a certain technique and a good dose of motivation. It is important to collaborate with others, to join and interact with your community on social networks, to focus on one theme to begin with, to be consistent with your downloads, and finally to develop your brand. If you follow these tips, you will know how to give advice to other users who are looking to start a youtube channel quickly.
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THE CLOCK strikes 11, the charming Rajeev Khandelwal warmly welcomes you on the game show 'Sach Ka Saamna'! After about a few grilling round of questions you are left wondering about the repercussions of the same on the family members. But what you do realise is that the family members are not reacting the way you would react after shocking revelations by your near and dear ones. They are strangely calm and quiet and answer only if asked to do so by the host. You are then left wondering, why would a mother or a father, a sister, a brother or the girlfriend/boyfriend not be shocked by statements like 'Yes I had a child out of wedlock or yes I did feel attracted to someone else in spite of being married'.
It is quite strange that the family members react very normally, blank mind and face. This raises obvious thoughts of whether the show is truly genuine or is it completely scripted. If the show is scripted, are the reactions of the relatives of the participants also scripted? It is just not the reactions but also the kind of personal questions asked to the contestants raises several doubts regarding the authenticity of the show. Would someone actually take the risk of spilling out the beans just to earn quick bucks is one of the major arguments raised against the show. The arguments that fall in favour of the show lies in the fact that in today's world when everything is so commercialised, increasing competition forces people to go to the extent of taking the risk of entering such a show and revealing their secrets openly. In the case of a famous TV actor Yusuf Hussain, he took part in the game show because he felt it was high time he revealed the hidden secrets of his life to his family and to the entire world. This gives rise to confusing and conflicting thoughts about the 'truthfulness' of the show.
Despite a lot of debate one cannot deny the fact that SKS has managed to attract quite a few eyeballs since the time it has gone on air. The unique concept and format of the game show has shaken the grounds of many families and not to forget the MP's. It is thus rightly said, love it or hate it, but you definitely can't ignore it!


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The Mandarins - Simone de Beauvoir
In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally relating the stories of those around her — Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler, Nelson Algren — de Beauvoir dissects the emotional and philosophical currents of her time. At once an engrossing drama and an intriguing political tale, The Mandarins is the emotional odyssey of a woman torn between her inner desires and her public life. "Much more than a roman a clef . . . a moving and engrossing novel." — New York Times


Sometimes, the process of clumsily promoting your business through social media is referred to pejoratively as "interruption marketing" – butting in on whatever a user is doing, or intending to do, and asking them to pay attention to your message instead. The extent to which this "interruption" label is fair or correct continues to be debated. However, it seems hard to refute that at least some gentle redirection of a customer's attention plays some part in business promotional activities.
However, the ways in which content providers attract the attention of readers can make all the difference. The key, surely, is to do so in ways that genuinely help customers.
One way of doing this is to become a source of hot news and information within your particular industry. Consider, for example, the Twitter feed from the Adobe education team. Promotional tweets are inevitably posted, highlighting the customer benefits. For example, a recent tweet touted a saving of 65% on Creative Cloud for students and teachers. The feed also constructively looks beyond just the Adobe project range to the wider industry.
Another way your business could help out your target audience is to appeal to those with a professional interest in your area, through regular posts to LinkedIn. Providing news about companies looking to hire could be of value to job seekers, for instance.
Finally, there's a lot to be gained from bringing a smile to readers' faces. If your company can link to – or better still, create – video which has viral potential, then this is a great way to raise the profile of your business in an unimposing, truly entertaining manner. Look no further than the T-Mobile flash-mob advertising campaign for an example of the remarkable impact of well thought out viral videos.


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Case on criminalization of marital rape: Supreme Court directs Center to respond
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered the central government to respond to the petitions filed regarding the declaration of marital rape, where the husband engages in sexual intercourse against the wife's consent as a crime.
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, comprising Justices PS Narasimha and JP Pardiwala said that the central government should respond to the petitions by February 15, and the final hearing on these petitions would be on March 21. It has been ordered to commence from the date
One of the petitioners in the case, Khushboo Saifi, had filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the different judgment passed by a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court in the case related to the decriminalization of marital rape.
Earlier, the Delhi High Court had given a different verdict in a related case in May last year. The case in this regard came up for hearing in a Divisional Bench headed by Justice Shaktek. A bench comprising Justices Rajiv Sakdev and Hari Shankar heard the case. The two judges had given a different verdict. However, they accepted that there were various legal questions that needed to be heard by the Supreme Court and allowed the case to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
"It is unfortunate that even after 162 years of the Indian Penal Code being unconstitutional, the voice of a married woman remains unheeded. This exception under the Sexual Rape Act is not against the political system and needs to be understood a little more clearly," Justice Shaktek had mentioned in his judgment.
In one such case, the Karnataka High Court had ruled on March 23 last year that granting immunity to a husband on charges of having sexual relations against his wife against her will and against nature is against Article 14 (all are equal before the law) of the Constitution. The aggrieved husband has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against this. Similarly, some more petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court regarding this issue.
Some of them have argued that providing an exception for marital rape under Section 375 (sexual assault) of the IPC is discriminatory against married women who are sexually assaulted by their husbands.
Section 375 of the IPC makes an exception that sexual intercourse by a husband with his wife does not amount to rape if the wife is not a minor.
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Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings last night posted a story on an internal DHS report entitled "SPECIAL COVERAGE: Occupy Wall Street," dated October of last year. The five-page report, part of five million newly leaked documents obtained by Wikileaks, sums up the history of the movement and assesses its "impact" on the financial services and government facilities.
In an interview on Citizen Radio, Hastings talked about the monitoring by DHS and also the leaked emails from Stratfor, a leading private intelligence firm Hastings describes as the "shadow CIA."
The process of combing through the huge amount of leaked documents has only just begun, but Hastings considers the revelation that the government was keeping tabs on OWS to be the biggest news so far to come out of the latest dump.
The monitoring, or spying (depending on how generous one is feeling), process included DHS scouring OWS-related Twitter feeds.
"[DHS] was following all of the social networking activity that was going on among Occupy Wall Street," says Hastings. "Now, I'm sure this is going to be spun tomorrow as this continues to grow that, oh, it's just benign, DHS just used open source material to do this, and that's true, but the question is: why is a large government bureaucracy who's mandated to protect the homeland…monitoring very closely a peaceful political protest movement? They're not monitoring the Democratic National Committee, they're not monitoring Young Republican meetings. They're monitoring Occupy Wall Street."
The report emphasizes the need to "control protesters," terminology Hastings finds troubling, along with DHS's assertion that OWS will likely become more violent. Hastings calls that prediction "quite a leap," as there is no evidence so far that the overwhelmingly peaceful movement is prone to become violent.
"[The report] names all the sort of groups [DHS is] worried about, one being Anonymous, this hacktivist group, but it also names the other people in Occupy Wall Street: labor unions, student groups," Hastings says.
One might expect to read some hand-wringing over public safety concerns in a government document, and yet the DHS document appears to be more concerned with protecting the mechanisms of the financial sector than in ensuring the safety of citizens who are exercising their First Amendment rights.
"They talk about threats to 'critical infrastructure' and this fear that these protests are going to…make commerce difficult and people are going to start losing money. There is a kind of bottom line in analysis to what they're talking about. There isn't an emphasis on public safety in a way one would expect from a department that's supposed to protect the homeland. It's this sort of sense that they're protecting somebody's homeland, and they're the folks who generally make all the money."
This same business-over-people bias is present in the second major leak involving the Stratfor emails. "When you go look at the back-and-forth, it's all about, well, we have to protect lower Manhattan so the bankers can get to work on time."
Hastings talks about two troubling tracks: In the DHS case, the U.S. government monitoring activist groups, and in the Stratfor case, large corporations paying a private intelligence firm to monitor other activist groups.
Dow Chemicals had Stratfor analyze the activities of Bhopal activists such as the Yes Men, who famously pranked the company by impersonating a Dow Chemical executive and publicly apologizing on the BBC for the Bhopal disaster that killed 8,000 people.
The list of Stratfor's corporate clients is an impressive one, including Dow Chemicals and Coca-Cola. Clients are willing to pay the firm $40,000 for a subscription to Stratfor's services (and additional huge sums of money for more services,) because the company bills itself as a private CIA, privy to high-level intelligence access.
"You have the DOW Chemicals situation, you have Coca-Cola hiring Stratfor to go after animal rights activists, to sort of keep tabs on them, and then also the question is: why would Stratfor have this Department of Homeland Security document, right? And the answer to that is Stratfor's clients, or clearly Stratfor saw a business opportunity in keeping track, and figuring out how to handle protesters. In fact, in the email record…they're talking about different tactics in lower Manhattan about, well, the streets are narrow down there, so if they push the protesters this way, or that way, that's a better way to catch them. They're drilling down into the best ways to kind of protect the financial services who are some of their clients."
On Jan. 26, 2011, Fred Burton, the vice president of Stratfor, fired off an excited email to his colleagues: "Text Not for Pub. We have a sealed indictment on Assange. Pls protect."
The question was: who did Burton mean by "we"?
"It's like the Big Lebowski, right? The royal We," says Hastings.
What Burton meant by "we" was the U.S. government.
"We know that the Department of Justice had been investigating Assange, and playing this game of oftentimes not explicitly saying what they were doing, but sort of threatening they would be doing this espionage investigation. We know that they've interviewed people in a grand jury, and then a few weeks ago with the Bradley Manning pre-trial that they were actually trying to make this espionage case against Assange," says Hastings. "Burton claims that there in fact a secret U.S. indictment against Assange related, essentially, to espionage. That's pretty big news."
Hastings is braced for all of the typically condescending and dismissive remarks to come rolling in from the beltway in the wake of these latest leaks. In fact, the derision has already begun. One editor at The Atlantic called Wikileaks "a joke," and dismissed the Stratfor emails out of hand.
Hastings expects others to say there's no difference between a private intelligence firm and a newspaper or news bureau.
"I think that's totally wrong. Journalists have sources and informants, but also our mission is to share that information with the public so the citizenry can make more informed decisions. Stratfor's mission is to gather information so it can sell it to the highest bidder so corporations can essentially make more profit and get a competitive edge on their opponents," he says.
That kind of knee-jerk dismissiveness strikes of bad journalism, according to Hastings. While no cheerleader for Wikileaks – during the interview, Hastings admitted there's a lot of stuff one can criticize Wikileaks about, particularly the practice of releasing large amounts of data that hasn't been reviewed very carefully – he still finds the overall work done by the group extremely newsworthy.
"What news organization has had a bigger impact than Wikileaks? Iraq war logs, Afghan war logs, the Cablegate. These are important stories. This is news. DHS was monitoring Occupy Wall Street. That's a story, and it's a significant story. We're talking about Occupy Wall Street: one of the biggest grassroots, political movements that we've seen in a generation and the government's response to that."
One of the most worrying aspects to the Stratfor story is the privatizing of yet another typically goverment-only function. Like Blackwater, here is another shadowy private agency doing the work usually done by the U.S. government, a recipe, as we've learned time and time again, for unaccountability and disaster.
Also, Stratfor is ripe for the revolving door effect.
"It's a chance for people who worked in government in these various intelligence agencies to, once they leave, to have lucrative positions where they're able to -- in the same way some politicians become lobbyists to ply off their old contacts -- to have these great, well-paying positions where they can use their former intelligence contacts and sell their services in the corporate world," says Hastings.
To naysayers claiming there's nothing wrong with former government officials capitalizing on their particular skill sets, Hastings responds, "Once you start spying on activists, and peaceful protesters, then I would say that's very troubling."


In addition, VirtueMart 3.2.14 includes new invoice handling enhancement that related to the new French financial law. And it also comes with some fixes for PHP 7.1 - 7.2 compatibility.
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Shaab Maksour lies alone on the northeastern border of the Fury Shoals, 17 km off the mainland. The narrow 1500 m long reef is entirely surrounded by steep walls, which meet the seafloor at a depth of 100 m. This fact, combined with the reef's exposed location, often leads to strong currents and demanding diving conditions making it unsuitable for beginners. It is also only possible to moor at the southern tip, which has just enough space for a few boats. Nevertheless, Shaab Maksour is often frequented with several divers often found underwater at the same time.
The reef is far too large to fully explore in a single dive. You must enter the water more than once to do so. The most popular site on the reef is directly below the moorings 1, where the walls plummet to 18 m before giving way to an abundantly overgrown plateau A that stretches to the south at a depth of up to 40 m before plunging almost vertically to 100 m. Its edge is ideal for shark sightings since they often patrol there. Two large arouks A rise from the plateau to a depth of 9 m (as seen in photo A in the background). The plateau itself is, however, often swept by strong currents, so take care not to get carried out into the open sea A. Over the plateau at a depth of 8 m lies cave-like openings A in the reef, which can be observed in more detail during the safety stop.
At the northern tip, the sloping reef walls form an elongated plateau starting at 25 m that drops into the depths at 40 m. There too, there is a chance to encounter sharks, especially early in the morning. To the east, a beautifully covered wall A extends along the entire reef, whereas the west side is rather uninteresting.
Dive Routes Route A: southern plateau (all day)
Duration: about 45 min. Difficulty: Dive directly from the liveaboard 1 using the easily visible two arouks A that rise from the deep as a reference when descending. The southern plateau A starts here at a depth of 20 m. Dive along the edge of the drop-off to the southern tip, while keeping an eye out for big fish in the blue. Turn around at the southern tip at 40 m and dive back to the reef across the plateau. Ascend along the reef wall and make the safety stop near the cave openings A.
Route B: northern tip – eastern wall
Duration: about 60 min. Difficulty: *** Go by RIB to the northern tip .and watch the current as you descend to avoid being carried to the western side. Keep an eye out for sharks on the northern plateau at 30 to 40 m and then dive to the south along the eastern wall A, keeping the reef on your right shoulder. Finally, surface and return to your boat by RIB.
Route C: eastern wall (morning)
Duration: about 60 min. Difficulty: ** Go by RIB to the entry point and dive along the dropoff A, keeping the reef on your right shoulder. Depending on where you entered the water, you may be able to dive with the current back to the moorings to the south. If it is not possible, surface and return by RIB.
Tips / Hazards • Beautiful but challenging dive site
Interesting and varied southern plateau A Strong currents possible always stay close to the reef Big fish are most likely in the south and north Steep walls—watch your depth
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Tonneson staff will be attending the 37th Annual JDRF Boston Gala on May 11. The event raises funds in support of research for type 1 diabetes (T1D). The evening features a silent auction, live auction, dinner and much more. We are proud to be part of this wonderful event for such a great cause!


There's no better way to get a feel for a university than going to a university open day. It gives you a chance to meet current students, find out more about courses, and ask questions that you want the answers to. Questions to ask at university open days might include questions about halls of residence, housing, and nightlife, for example. After all you'll be living there for at least three years. You want it to be the best three years, right?
So take your chance to dig a little deeper and ask some smart questions that a prospectus or university website won't answer. To help you make the most of your visit, here's a list of the best questions to ask at university open days. You can find open day dates for any of the universities by visiting this university open days calendar.
These questions are also useful for any kind of higher education event.
What is the best thing about the university?
What is the worst thing about the university, or what would they like to see improved? This is the stuff they hide and don't put in the glossy brochures. For example, is the last bus back to campus at 9pm, which means you'll have to pay a taxi fare if you're out late at night.
What is the most frustrating thing? For example, is there never enough time to get to the photocopier in the library after lectures or are there not many resources on campus?
What added benefits are there (that only a student at the university would know)?
How easy is it to find accommodation?
What experience do the lecturers have?
What's the surrounding area like?
Are there plenty of job opportunities available if you want to work whilst studying? For example, part time and casual work.
What is public transport like in the area?
Is there anything I should bring in particular that would help me settle in?
What support services are there? You could ask specifically about careers advice; pastoral support; library facilities; counselling; sports facilities; as well as music studios, rehearsal/studio spaces which are open all the time for creative students.
What clubs and societies are there?
Are there good industry links? What events do they put on to help students progress?
Typically, what do graduates of that course go on to do afterwards?
CXK provides careers information, advice and guidance services to schools and colleges, and to young people wishing to access the service independently. To find out more, just click on the links or call 01233 224244.


Sterling silver, real Turquoise, Malachite, Mother of Pearl, along with Orange and Red Oyster Shell.
Ring is size 11-1/2, it measures approximately 5/8" long and 1" wide.
This ring is a Navajo classic! This piece of Native American jewelry is Navajo hand crafted by artist Ray Jack, out of genuine sterling silver and real multicolor inlay. The inlay consists of: Turquoise, Malachite, Mother of Pearl, along with Orange and Red Oyster Shell. The inlay is carefully set, while thin silver lines and imprinted designs can be seen accenting for a lovely look.


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Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
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The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London is part of University College London Museums and Collections. The museum contains over 80,000 objects and ranks among some of the world's leading collections of Egyptian and Sudanese material.
The museum was established as a teaching resource for the Department of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology at University College at the same time as the department was established in 1892. The initial collection was donated by the writer Amelia Edwards. The first Edwards Professor, William Matthew Flinders Petrie, conducted many important excavations, and in 1913 he sold his collections of Egyptian antiquities to University College, creating the Flinders Petrie Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, and transforming the museum into one of the leading collections outside Egypt. Petrie excavated dozens of major sites in the course of his career, including the Roman Period cemeteries at Hawara, famous for the beautiful mummy portraits in classical Roman style; Amarna, the city of king Akhenaten; and the first true pyramid, at Meydum, where he uncovered some of the earliest evidence for mummification.
The collection and library were arranged in galleries within the university and a guidebook published in 1915. Initially, the collection's visitors were students and academics; it was not then open to the general public. Petrie retired from University College London (UCL) in 1933, though his successors continued to add to the collections, excavating in other parts of Egypt and the Sudan. During the Second World War (1939–1945) the collection was packed up and moved out of London for safekeeping. In the early 1950s it was moved into a former stable, where it remains adjacent to the science library of UCL.
By using our London day trip site , you can arrange your visit to Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and other attractions in London.
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You need to navigate your way around UCL to find this little museum. It is a little treasure and is crammed with small exhibits from ancient Egypt. The story about the museum and Mr Petrie is fascinat... more »
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The Petrie Museum is part of the University College of London museums and collections, exhibiting artefacts from ancient Egypt. The entrance is a little awkward to find as it's not on the main road, b... more »
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amazing so much in such a small museum. very friendly staff. If you are visiting the British museum make sure you visit the Petri.
Mummified mice, bead dresses and other rarities await you at this prolific Egyptian university collection at UCL.
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) led a group of Senators in introducing the Protect and Serve Act, legislation that would create federal penalties for individuals who deliberately target local, state, or federal law enforcement officers with violence.
North Carolina senator says defense budget provides 3% raise, addresses housing
Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act calls for a 3% pay raise for service members and money to research a vaccine for the coronavirus
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Senators included the 3 percent pay raise in the personnel section of the Senate Armed Services Committee's annual defense authorization bill draft.
Senate panel supports 3% pay boost for troops in 2021
The 3% pay raise, which if approved would go into effect in January, matches what the White House proposed in its budget recommendation submitted in February. Troops received a 3.1% boost in pay last year.
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We study two-dimensional hexagonal photonic lattices of silicon Mie resonators with a topological optical bandstructure in the visible spectral range. We use 30 keV electrons focused to nanoscale spots to map the local optical density of states in topological photonic lattices for the first time with deeply subwavelength resolution. By slightly shrinking or expanding the unit cell, we form hexagonal superstructures and observe the opening of a bandgap and a splitting of the double-degenerate Dirac cones, which correspond to topologically trivial and non-trivial phases. Optical transmission spectroscopy shows evidence of topological edge states at the domain walls between topological and trivial lattices.


New high-speed barriers have been implemented at Formula One circuits in 2017, following tests by the Global Institute for Motor Sport Safety.
F1 medics were hampered in accessing Sainz after his 2015 Sochi crash when the barrier landed on top of his Toro Rosso.
The trolley is embedded in the barrier after one of the full scale impact tests.
Tests carried out by the Global Institute led to a design update for the TecPro elements.
For Carlos Sainz Jr, it was all over in a few seconds. The Spaniard lost control of his Toro Rosso at Turn 13 during the third practice session of the 2015 Russian Grand Prix, glanced off the nearside wall damaging his brakes and slammed nose-first at high speed into the barrier at the far end.
He hit that barrier headon at 153km/h, one of the highest impact speeds measured in Formula One in the last few years, and came to a complete stop in about four metres. The Accident Data Recorder on his car registered a deceleration peak of 42G, but thanks to the absorption properties of the barrier Sainz Jr was unhurt.
The only problem was that it was difficult for the F1 medical team to know this as the first row of the barrier came to rest on top of the front of the car and driver during the impact.
This is a situation the FIA wants to avoid in future as it could cause problems in cases where a driver has to be removed from a car in short time because of fire or serious injury. So this is why it tasked its research partner, the Global Institute for Motor Sport Safety, with investigating solutions. The research programme of the Global Institute is co-funded by the FIA Foundation.
The first thing the Global Institute had to do was understand why the barrier behaved in that way. Did the car 'submarine' under the barrier or was there another reason for it to end up on top of the driver?
"It looked like the barrier had worked well so we were confused by what had happened and why it was looking like the car went under the barrier," says Global Institute General Manager Research, Laurent Mekies.
After conducting a full analysis of the crash using data recorded from the car, Global Institute Senior Research Engineer Andy Mellor studied additional videos of the impact to understand more. By going through the footage framebyframe, he found that the barrier started to go up a couple of tenths of a second after the first contact with the car.
"This was a huge finding because this proved that the car could not have simply submarined the barrier, something else had happened," says Mekies.
In fact, it revealed that the lifting occurred at very low energy levels, especially during the rebound phase, which was mainly introduced by the bending of the metal Armco behind the barrier in the last part of the impact. This led to an intense five weeks of testing, involving fully recreating the accident at Dekra's test facility in Eggebek, Germany, to find a solution.
Global Institute's researchers undertook five test sessions - one recreating the accident and the rest testing the theories behind the barrier development. These took place over the course of five weeks, spread throughout 2016, with the stated aim of having the updated solution ready in time for the 2017 season. Simulations had already shown that 2017 cornering speeds would be up to 40km/h faster in highspeed corners, so barrier protection would be even more important.
This meant using the same specification of Armco at the back and the same barrier setup with the same TecPro elements. Every detail of the configuration had to be accurate.
This was achieved using a pulley system, which fired the trolley at the barrier. The trolley was fully equipped with sensors, which were synchronized with highspeed cameras placed around the test area to ensure the correlation between data analysis and video.
Having successfully recreated the accident with a comparable level of deceleration peak, Piraccini soon discovered that to mitigate the liftup tendency of the barrier during the rebound phase the main area to develop was not only the barrier configuration, but also the TecPro elements themselves. The solution was to give each element a lower centre of gravity, increased weight and a stronger internal structure, all of which would help to prevent the element from leaving the ground.
To achieve this, Piraccini worked with TecPro to develop the internal structure of the element. The new solution is heavier than before meaning that the element's centre of gravity is now lower. At the same time, the new layout increases the strength of the full internal structure, while improving the element's antipenetration capability.
For the 2017 F1 season it has been important that those circuits with highspeed corners implement these new barriers.
With faster cars and wider tyres, the 2017 F1 season is set to be an exciting one. And with the implementation of new barriers in the highest speed corners it is set to be safer too.