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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 11 APRIL 2021 9 ALMANAC Nature Notebook 757. Stonecrop IT cannot be fun for a plant to live exposed and unprotected in the blistering heat and glare of the sun. Indeed, many plants use various devious ways to avoid this, some dry out their exposed parts and sleep off the summer as a bulb, others live in the shade, and others still just seed and wither before the mercury starts creeping up. Not the stonecrop! This hardy plant of rocky places braves it all, and to prove it, it basks in the sun in full flower too. Its secret is in its succu- lence, that is, it stores rainwater in its leaves during the wet season, and then slowly uses up the store over the dry period – in camel fashion, if you like. Stonecrops (M. sedum) produce a lovely splash of lemon yellow flowers on tallish stalks. Victor Falzon, Desirée Falzon www.birdlifemalta.org Green idea of the week 648 Find out more about Maltese nature on our blog: Deaf Volunteer for Erasmus+ project FRIENDS of the Earth Malta, together with Deaf People Associa- tion Malta, is looking for a Deaf volunteer to be part of the excit- ing Erasmus+ project "Plants And Nature Conveying Augmented Knowledge for Everyone" (PANCAKE). This project includes the creation of sign language in Maltese, Italian, British English and Spanish, to make nature and wild plant accessible to people part of the Deaf Community. The candidate will participate in the creation of new signs and videos for 20 species of plants selected for Malta as part of the project. The candidate will also participate in some of the meetings, overseeing the work of the Deaf people organisations, helping to deliver the project outputs in line with the Deaf commu- nity needs. The time required is a few hours per month for a period of 6 months to 2 year VISIT Friends of the Earth's website for more information about our work, as well as information about how to join us. You can also support us by sending us a donation – www.foe- malta.org/donate www.foemalta.org/plantofthemonth Appster Smartphone fun and smarter work Binderr Free Apple, Android Binderr, Malta's first accounting app, makes accounting easy. While tax time might never really be fun, this accounting software eliminates the stress involved. This application is the brainchild of the people who brought Bolt to Malta and created Time to Eat, Malta's first e-commerce success. TECH RETAILERS contact afarrugia@ mediatoday.com.mt A GOOD WEEK FOR Good Week/Bad Week Don't miss this A BAD WEEK FOR A series of online productions from Atturi Salesjani's archive Date: 16 April - 14 May Kwazi Teatru is going online with a series of productions that were held at Teatru Salesjan over the last decades. Every other weekend, performances will be made available online for all to enjoy, every other Friday at 19:15. All productions are in Maltese. Next productions 16th April – Il-Guri tal-Imhallfin f'Nurimberga 30th April – Alibi 14th May – Il-Giddieb Ghomru Twil For gamers. It's been confirmed that E3, the biggest video game event in the world, is set to go ahead this year. Instead of its usual Los Angeles location it will be held digitally and free for everyone to attend due to the pandemic. For British television. Actor Paul Ritter, who played dad Martin Goodman in the popular Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner, has died after a brain tumour at the age of 54. Fans will be expecting to see lots of trailers, game demonstrations and pre-filmed interviews He also starred in Sky drama Chernobyl Give nature a voice. Become a BirdLife member