With Christmas 2011 passed, there are still the Winter Festivals of News Years and Up HellyAa to enjoy before the hard slog that 2012 promises.
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Christmas Greetings from the FIRE Project
STCW Manila seafarer training amendments enter into force on 1 January 2012
Major revisions to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (the STCW Convention), and its associated Code enter into force on 1 January 2012, with a five-year transitional period until 1 January 2017.
Merry Christmas from Kos Pictures
Olla-Podrida: Julian Stockwin Newsletter, January 2012
January 2012
[Olla-podrida: an affectionate 18th century term for a colourful medley of items]
We’re coming to you a few days earlier with a reminder that you can still enter some great competitions – but don’t delay if you want to have a chance to win! Full details in CONTESTS
1 DISPATCHES
2 AHOY, SHIPMATES!
3 HAVE SOME MADEIRA, M’DEAR
4 JOTTINGS FROM JULIAN
5 OLD SHIPS, 2
6 EDITOR’S CHOICE
7 CONTESTS
The Official Formula 1 Season Review 2011
This is an amazingly fast production and launch for any printed paper book. Less than two weeks after the last Formula 1 race of the season and Haynes Publishing are shipping a high quality season review for 2011…….coverage is comprehensive, the images stunning, the text uniquely informative, the reader can smell the tyres and the race fuel, there really is nothing left to say about an astounding season review, delivered to bookshops at a speed worthy of the topic
MEDAL RACE CONTENDERS AND OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION NATIONS DETERMINED IN PERTH
Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, 3-18 December 2011, Perth Australia
Under a blue sky and one of the hottest days of the Championships so far, the 2011 470 World Championship title contenders, Medal Race teams and nineteen Olympic qualifying nations were confirmed. Perfect sailing conditions ranging between 12-17 knots were delivered by the Fremantle Doctor out on Success Course for the 80 boats from thirty-nine nations in the 470 Men fleets. The temperature which had heated up a notch or two was matched by the intensity of racing amongst the teams in the concluding two races of the final series.
Sail Racing Magazine – FREE December Issue Out Now
In the FREE December Issue:
The December 2011 Issue of Sail Racing Magazine is crammed full of exciting and exclusive content and now available for download via the iPad/iPhone Apple Newsstand or to view online in our browser version.
Germany at War, Attack & Defence
Film 1 concentrates on the very heavy artillery employed against Sewastopol. Film 2 covers the Wehrmacht on several fronts and together the film provide film footage not seen since the war when it was used for propaganda and training. An interesting DVD that will be a much valued addition to any DVD war film collection.
Germany at War, Prussia & Berlin up to 1945
The topics covered in this DVD are given little coverage in general reviews of the period, with most concentration being on warfare and military technology, but it is impossible to fully grasp the essence of the period without seeing the German perspective. The film footage is of high quality