BSFF 2021: Submit your film (Short film competition)

  Since 2019, the winner of the Audience Award of the National Competition is selected for the European Short Film Audience Award (ESFAA): a tour of Audience Awards from 10 European short film festivals (Brussels Short Film Festival, Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz Art, Encounters Short Film … Read more

New discovery about parrot life

  Parrots are clever because their brains evolved the same way as ours Parrots are intelligent birds capable of complex cognition, and it turns out that the genes that play a role in their brain development are similar to those that evolved to give humans large brains. “It’s a surprise in the sense that these … Read more

VIKINGS STAR ALEXANDER LUDWIG AND CREATOR MICHAEL HIRST LOOK BACK ON BJORN’S PLIGHT AND PATH

  In the Vikings Season 6 midseason finale earlier this year, brothers Ivar and Bjorn shared a dream-like sequence on the beach while the battle between their respective armies raged around them. Ivar, who at that point had the upper hand, calmly and cloyingly assured Bjorn that he lost favor with the gods long ago, … Read more

THE WATCH’S RICHARD DORMER ON HIS NEW SHOW AND THE DEATH OF HIS GAME OF THRONES CHARACTER

  THE WATCH’S RICHARD DORMER ON HIS NEW SHOW AND THE DEATH OF HIS GAME OF THRONES CHARACTER The Watch star Richard Dormer grew up reading the work of author Terry Pratchett, whose Discworld books form the basis for the series. Although, as he told Rotten Tomatoes during a recent interview, his regular diet was interrupted, ironically enough, just after the first … Read more

parrot and friends

Leave the birds alone so that they will breed. Don’t check on your birds too often or constantly open their cage. Give them time to get comfortable with each other so they’ll want to mate. Don’t let loud sounds disturb your birds, either. Do your best to create a calm, relaxing environment.How to Breed BudgiesBudgies, … Read more

Ask the Experts: How Do You Set Your Drag Before Fishing?

Patrick Fulkrod, The South Holston River Company (Bristol, Virginia):A super loaded question considering circumstances and variables. On an initial evaluation of my drag setting, I will always fish with it set a little on the lighter side: loose enough, but not so it will backlash. If or when I hook a good fish, I will tighten as needed. … Read more