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Veteran From Inola, Oklahoma Helps Restore Helicopter Used In Vietnam War

An Oklahoma veteran from Inola is using a restored helicopter to help honour those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Continue reading →

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How ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ predicted the future more than 50 years ago

More than 50 years ago, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke joined forces to create the sci-fi cult movie ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’ The movie, directed by Kubrick, predicted many of the technological advances that we have today. Continue reading →

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The Maltese Territorial Regiments of the British Army

The Territorial Army in Malta: an interview with Dr. John Consiglio Former 3/11th Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery (Territorials) member. Dr. John Consiglio, sits down to explain the benefits to Maltese society that the part-time soldiers brought to the Island nation’s … Continue reading →

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Carmakers are spying on you — here’s how to stop them

Privacy? Not if your car has a say. Modern cars are computers on wheels, giving manufacturers plenty of opportunities to track you. Continue reading →

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Plato’s Advice

Wisdom from Plato: Whatever issues US residents currently have with their elected representatives, they alone are to blame.
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THE MANDALORIAN’S STAR ACTOR SET TO JOIN GLADIATOR 2’S CAST

THE MANDALORIAN’s Pedro Pascal is in final negotiations to join Paramount’s upcoming sequel to Gladiator. Continue reading →

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700 drones give a spectacle of light over Grand Harbour

Malta-themed night-time lit-up drone formations over Grand Harbour in Valletta. Uncertain if this was a first for our Islands or not, but the rave reviews of images as shared on social media by many, have nothing but praise for the initiative… Continue reading →

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“No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily or being forced to peer through.” – Steven #Spielberg

Spielberg blasts revising old films for modern audiences, admits ‘mistake’ in editing guns from ‘E.T.’ | Fox News “E.T.” director Steven Spielberg denied that any film should be updated for modern audiences’ sensibilities, and admitting he made a mistake in … Continue reading →

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100 kilos of explosives under the bridge between Latina and Cisterna discovered after 79 years

One hundred kilos of explosives, dating back to the Second World War, a quantity of dynamite capable of blowing up the Mascarello bridge, between Latina and Cisterna, in case of need. Continue reading →

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‘Consuming happiness’ 

Given the discontent that we have seen to be inherent in a market-led, sensation-driven, pleasure-seeking approach to happiness, what is  there to be said for a recovery of the older Philosophical and religious tradition that sees happiness in terms of a life well led?  Continue reading →

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