 concurrently with the Paralympic games, events involve deaf and disabled performers in the UK. Exciting partnerships between South African and other international performers include the Dean Rodney Singers, lead by autistic performer Dean Rodney.
‘The Impending Storm’, including David Toole and the Remix Dance Company from South Africa, will create an integrated dance work that will reflect their cultures and result in an eight-week residency of disabled and non-disabled performers.
Unlimited Global Alchemy, featuring Rachel Gadsden (UK), Nondumiso Hlwele and the Bambanani Women’s Group from South Africa will create an exhibition of large-scale visual artworks and a performance.
London 2012 Festival / Cultural Olympiad – Unlimited from British Council on Vimeo.
Any more events you think we should add to our calendar? Comment below.Tropical storm Nate passed close to the Caymans and Cozumel, generating seas massive enough to flip Grand Cayman�s wreck of the Kittiwake on her side. See here.
A disappointed Stuart Cove had to dismiss one of his shark feeders after the young man was seen pummelling a small nurse shark that had forced access to the bait box during a shark feeding dive in the Bahamas. Gnarly Neal, the dive guide in question, had the misfortune to be video taped by one of the watching divers and the clip later went viral on social media with predictable reactions. The shark appeared not the worst for the experience. We wrote about it in our October issue.
Amazon is offering a three-day Kindle promotion, ending Saturday, October 14.
Written by Undercurrent editor Ben Davison, under the name KL Smith, it�s received great reviews from divers everywhere and is highly rated on Amazon. Get your copy now!
Do you have one of those Aqua Lung regulators with that Auto Closure Device or ACD? That�s the feature that allows you to rinse your first-stage without the blanking cap in place and without getting water in the works. Well, Aqua Lung is concerned that a component may not have been properly tightened resulting in a possible gas-flow failure during a dive. Aqua Lung is conducting a voluntary product check of regulators with the ACD yoke systems. Models affected are the Titan LX with serial numbers prefixed E or F, the Core ACD with serial numbers prefixed E � H, and the Legend ACD or Legend LX ACD. If you have one of these regulators, best get it checked out by a qualified Aqua Lung service technician. For additional assistance, please call 800-775-3483 or visit www.aqualung.com and click on the Safety Notice.
In October, first hand, undercover received reports on the Okeanos Aggressor and Cocos Island hammerhead diving � on Lady Elliot Island and the best of the Great Barrier Reef, and why you should dive it now... How you may use Snapchat while diving... How diving-caused pulmonary edema might be defeated by those little blue pills... Important updates on hurricane-affected dive destinations and what destinations to switch to... An Aggressor trip advertised as tax-deductible that may not be; and other great dive trips that are tax-deductible... Serious research about when it is time to hang up your fins... Why some believe that those snorkel masks are death traps... And much, much more.
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Looking for a spot to dive not totally hurricane-torn? There are plenty. Bonaire, Aruba, Curacao, Tobago, Belize, Honduras, Cozumel, the Cayman Islands, Grenada & Carriacou, Tobago, Barbados, Providencia (Nicaragua), St Lucia and the Caribbean coast of Cuba are among the destinations unaffected and ready for your visit � or even the northern Bahamas. And most operations in Florida are up and running.
Going to dive in Bali? While scientist think the volcano Mount Agung is due to erupt, truth is the situation is as fluid as the magma that�s expected to roll down its slopes. While most tourist areas are safe, resorts in the Tulamben and Amed areas have closed for the time being, while other areas are still operating. If you are just hubbing at the Denspasar Airport, you ought to give yourself an extra 24 hours if your flight needs to find an alternative airport. A good overview of the situation (at least prior to an eruption) is here.
To get the current status, best to check with your agent or resort before going. An unofficial Facebook status report is here.
We published a first-hand review by our undercover reporter aboard the Okeanos Aggressor II to dive Cocos Island in Costa Rica. You can read the story for free here. Or, discover which regulator passed the US Navy Experimental Diving Unit�s cold-water regulator tests in the freezing waters of Antarctica. Their results were contrary to expectations. Read it here.
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Final Fantasy Tactics is the first game produced for ‘Ivalice Alliance’.
It’s a tactical-based RPG for PSX, released by Squaresoft on 1997 and directed by Yasumi Matsuno (Tactics Ogre, Vagrant Story).
On 2007 a PSP version was released by SQUARE ENIX, including pre-rendered cutcsenes and new playable characters (The War of The Lions).
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Setting (from Wiki):.A chart shared by NetBlocks, which shows real-time internet traffic data in Canada, indicates that Rogers started to restore connectivity around 12AM ET Saturday morning. Internet traffic data from Cloudflare, a company that specializes in content delivery and DDoS mitigation, exhibits a similar pattern, with internet traffic beginning to pick up again at midnight and rising to nearly normal levels.
ℹ️ Update: Metrics show internet service is being gradually restored in #Canada after an outage at operator Rogers that knocked out a quarter of the country’s observable connectivity.
Rogers hasn’t yet provided a reason for the outage, but CBC reports that Canada’s Communications Security Establishment says there’s “no indication” of a cyberattack. Experts from Cloudflare also said that the outage was likely caused by “an internal error, not a cyber attack.” They speculate that it may have been due to an issue with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), a system that controls the flow of traffic on the internet. BGP also played a role in an outage that brought down Facebook’s services last year.
Data from Cloudflare shows internet traffic slowly returning to normal levels.
The cucumber is a creeping vine that roots in the ground and grows up trellises or other supporting frames, wrapping around ribbing with thin, spiraling tendrils. The plant has large leaves that form a canopy over the fruit.
The fruit is roughly cylindrical, elongated, with tapered ends, and may be as large as 60 cm long and 10 cm in diameter. Cucumbers grown to be eaten fresh (called slicers) and those intended for pickling (called picklers) are similar. Cucumbers are mainly eaten in the unripe green form. The ripe yellow form normally becomes too bitter and sour.
Aal (Ger.) Eel.
abaissage (Fr.) Rolling out pastry dough.
feet; sometimes used interchangeably with abets for giblets.
used interchangeably with abatis.
abbacchio (It.) A very young suckling lamb.
abricot (Fr.) Apricot.
highly intoxicating and therefore outlawed in many countries. Associated with many of the artists of the early 1900's including the "Impressionists"
abura (yap. ) Oil.
aburage (Jap.) Deep-fried tofu.
acciuga (It.) Anchovy.
aceite (Sp.) Oil.
aceituna (Sp.) Olive.
of wine, beer, or cider.
Modena, Italy, aged in special casks for a dark, mellow, subtle flavor.
used in Italy as an antipasto.
acidophilus milk Milk slightly soured with the lactobacillus acidophilus bacteria, which converts the lactose in milk to lactic acid, making it both easy to digest and healthful.
discoloring and to blanch certain foods, such as sweetbreads.
cookbook, Modern Cookery for Private Families (1845), is notable for its clear and well-organized directions to the middle-class housewife in pre-industrial England.