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Saturday 23 April 2016

National Lost Dog Awareness Day



Today is National Lost Dog Awareness Day. This awareness day brings attention to all lost dogs each year and celebrates the thousands of dogs that have been successfully reunited with their families.

Not all stray dogs are lost, some are missing, with loving families that are searching for them. But getting the word out about a missing dog can be difficult. That’s why we strive to spread awareness about lost dogs.

If you find a dog who looks lost, contact your local humane society officer or Lost Dogs of America. Sharing the dog’s information on social media channels, such as facebook, has also been very effective in reuniting dogs with their families.

Search facebook to find out if your location has a “lost dogs” page, many communities have special facebook pages to share information about lost and found animals in your area.

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International Marconi Day



Amateur radios, point-to-point contacts, high- frequency wave transfers, a mysterious yet attractive prize which are more connected stations… All this seems like the start of a cool yet adorable B-movie. The truth is, it's the essence of International Marconi Day, a 24- hour amateur radio event which remembers the job of Italian wireless communications pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. The big event happens yearly around the Saturday nearest to his birthday (April 25, 1874).To commemorate the Nobel laureate’s accomplishments, fans use HF radio to create direct point-to-point contact between stations, depending on a single technology Marconi developed and found in his time. Although nowadays the web may be the medium of preference for global communications, the concept behind International Marconi Day would be to keep your spirit of invention alive. The big event offers a thrilling throwback towards the days whenever a connected the world was but a bold dream and just a couple of exceptional people, for example Marconi, saw the worth inside it.



On Sunday night, November 25, the tests began with the English broadcasts. All around the United States people tuned their sets, straining to hear the transatlantic signals. Radio Broadcast had special six-tube receivers at their headquarters in Garden City, Long Island, and many other publications, radio stations, and manufacturers set up listening posts. Radio Broadcast wrote about its experiences during the first week. For the first fifteen minutes nothing was heard. Then faint, unintelligible speech was heard. A cable, using a special direct line installed at Garden City, was sent to the BBC asking for a piano solo. Three minutes later the notes of a piano were heard, followed by the words "Hello, America". " Peace..................."