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«Ви́лия-а́вто» — советский шкальный малоформатный фотоаппарат с автоматическим управлением экспозицией.

Выпускался в 1973—1985 годах Белорусским оптико-механическим объединением.

Первая модель из унифицированного семейства «Вилия». Выпускались четыре модели («Вилия-авто», «Вилия», «Силуэт-электро», «Орион-ЕЕ»), имевшие одинаковый корпус и объектив, отличавшиеся только способом установки экспозиции.

Фотоаппаратов «Вилия-авто» и «Вилия» выпущено около 3 млн экз.

Технические характеристики
 Тип — шкальный малоформатный фотоаппарат.
 Тип применяемого фотоматериала — плёнка типа 135 в стандартных кассетах.
 Размер кадра — 24×36 мм.
 Корпус — пластмассовый, с откидной задней пластмассовой крышкой. На крышке находится шкала-памятка светочувствительности заряженной фотоплёнки.
 Курковый взвод затвора и перемотка плёнки.
 Приёмная катушка несъёмная.
 Счётчик кадров самосбрасывающийся при открывании задней крышки.
 Объектив — Триплет «Т-69-3» 4/40, несъёмный. Резьба для крепления светофильтров — М46×0,75 мм. Диафрагма четырёхлепестковая залинзовая (за центральным затвором).
 Наводка на резкость по шкале символов и расстояний.
 Видоискатель оптический телескопический с увеличением 0,6×, с подсвеченными кадроограничительными рамками (внутренняя — для коррекции параллакса при съёмке с расстояния менее 3 метров).
 Фотографический затвор — центральный залинзовый, двухлепестковый, значения выдержек от 1/30 до 1/250 с, выдержка от руки отсутствует.
 Фотоаппарат «Вилия-авто» — программный автомат. Экспонометрическое устройство с расположенным вокруг объектива селеновым фотоэлементом при максимальной освещённости отрабатывает выдержку 1/250 при диафрагме f/16, а при минимальной — выдержку 1/30 и диафрагму f/4, изменить сочетание выдержка — диафрагма невозможно. Установка светочувствительности фотоплёнки от 16 до 250 ед. ГОСТ, экспокоррекция возможна только изменением значения светочувствительности. В поле зрения видоискателя стрелочным индикатором отображается отрабатываемое значение выдержка-диафрагма. При применении светофильтров автоматически устанавливается поправка на их плотность.
 В ручном режиме и при съёмке с фотовспышкой отрабатывается выдержка 1/30 сек (она же выдержка синхронизации), диафрагма устанавливается от f/4 до f/16.
 Синхроконтакт и центральный синхроконтакт «X», обойма для крепления фотовспышки.
 Резьба штативного гнезда 1/4 дюйма.
 Резьба под спусковой тросик отсутствует.
 Стоимость фотоаппарата «Вилия-авто» составляла 40 или 42 рубля, в зависимости от футляра (жёсткий или мягкий).

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 Этапы развития отечественного фотоаппаратостроения. «Вилия» и «Вилия-авто»
 Инструкция на фотоаппарат «Вилия-авто»

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Шкальные фотоаппараты
35-мм фотоаппараты
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Dianne Arcangel is a former hospice chaplain, psychiatric hospital therapist, and Director of the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center of Houston. She served on the board of directors at the Rhine Research Center and the National Institute for Discovery Science, where she also lead trainings and conducted research. She is the author of Afterlife Encounters: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Experiences, Life After Loss. Dianne currently conducts survival research with the University of Virginia.
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In the first hour, George spoke with researcher Dianne Arcangel about afterlife encounters. Arcangel shared results from a past internet-based survey. That survey asked participants if they had experienced ecstacy either during or after an afterlife encounter. According to Arcangel, 1,075 out of 1,200 Coast listeners answered in the affirmative.Arcangel also explained why some people... More »
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Former hospice chaplain turned researcher Dianne Arcangel spoke about people's communication with the dead-- typically encounters are with deceased relatives or loved ones. Often the deceased return to convey specific messages. In one example she cited, a woman named Beverly was visited by her murdered son who told her where blood evidence could be found to lead to his killer (Beverly later... More »
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Author Dianne Arcangel discussed life (consciousness) after death and shared several stories from her book Afterlife Encounters. Arcangel said she wrote the book to help her deal with the loss of her husband as well as to change the world's skeptical view of after death communications.According to Arcangel, afterlife encounters bring comfort to the bereaved and occur when a person feels... More »
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Many young people choose third-party, fire and theft car insurance to save money. Find out if comprehensive or third-party only policies are better value.
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Given that the lifecycle GHG emissions represent the most significant determinant of the various categories, the EPA's approach to GHG analysis is central to understanding the proposed system. The EPA provides detailed information regarding its approach to this analysis. Overall, biofuel is assessed based on the feedstock and the production technology utilized. For instance, ethanol produced from cornstarch using the same production technology receives the same GHG lifecycle assessment regardless of where the corn was grown or at what facility the fuel was produced.
The EPA's analysis includes direct and "significant indirect" emissions. Direct emissions are classified as those that are emitted from each stage of the full fuel lifecycle, including the growing of the feedstock, the distribution of the feedstock, the production of the fuel, the distribution of the fuel, and the use of the fuel in a transportation application. Indirect emissions include other emissions impacts that result from fuel production or use, such as shifts in acreage between different crop types or land uses. Indirect land use changes include changes in the usage of land, such as from forest to crop use. NPRM at 275. The EPA asserts that it is legally required to include the international indirect emissions that it determines are significant. NPRM at 276.
The GHG lifecycle analysis provides the basis for determining the feedstock, production technologies, and fuels that qualify for the various RFS 2 categories. The EPA refers to these combinations as "fuel pathways." For each of the four categories of renewable fuel, the specific requirements imposed by EISA establish additional requirements for qualification.
In the category of Cellulosic Biofuel, the EPA has determined that cellulosic ethanol produced through an enzymatic hydrolysis process followed by fermentation using any eligible waste cellulosic feedstock will meet the 60 percent GHG threshold for Cellulosic Biofuel. The EPA utilized switchgrass to arrive at this determination. It invites comment as to whether this pathway should also include the feedstocks of miscanthus and planted trees. Utilizing this methodology, the EPA developed the following fuel pathway chart that establishes which fuels will qualify for the various RFS 2 categories. This same methodology will likely be utilized to determine whether biofuels produced from algae meet the specific category requirements.
For fuels that have not yet been assigned a pathway, the EPA proposes a regulatory mechanism whereby a producer can temporarily assign its renewable fuel to a category if it meets certain requirements. This is referred to as utilizing default D codes. The producer would utilize the D code that best represents its combination of fuel type, feedstock, and production process.


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Arthur Miller, dubbed a colossus of twentieth century literature wrote plays that defined an American generation, most notably All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and A View from the Bridge. Ahead of MTC's Season 2019 production of A View from the Bridge we looked back on Arthur Miller's career and MTC's many renditions of his work.
Arthur Miller was born on 17 October 1915 in New York, but his birth as a playwright might be traced to 24 October 1929, Black Thursday, when the stock market crashed, throwing his wealthy father into bankruptcy. The life of the rather pampered thirteen-year-old changed virtually overnight: the large apartment overlooking Central Park was exchanged for a 'chicken coop house' on the outskirts of Brooklyn and the settled home life of his doting parents replaced by a desperate atmosphere centred on acrimonious squabbles over money. The shock of it radicalised the adolescent Miller, destroying his faith in free enterprise, and long before he arrived at the University of Michigan in 1934 he was a professing Marxist.
Having failed to earn a scholarship, Miller worked for a year in a warehouse to scrape up enough for a few term's tuition and board. When the savings dwindled he set his sights on winning the University's playwriting competition, a rather pie-in-the-sky scheme considering he had no previous interest in drama, had only once or twice been to the theatre, and had to ask another student how long an act was supposed to run. To his relief, the play, No Villain, an earnest autobiographical tale of a radicalised college student who takes the side of the workers during a strike at his father's factory, won one of the two $250 prizes. Having come across an unsuspected talent that was also an outlet for his leftist politics, Miller switched majors from Journalism to English, and by the time he graduated in 1938, having paid for his education mainly through playwriting awards, his career course was set.
Over the next few years, Miller had only enough success as a writer to keep him from giving up. A number of his radio plays were broadcast; his novel, Focus, was published and sold respectably; and he wrote the initial screenplay for The Story of GI Joe that was later rewritten by other hands. One play, The Man Who Had All the Luck (1944), made it as far as Broadway only to close quickly after universally bad reviews. As the war drew to an end, approaching thirty, married with a young family, Miller felt he was reaching the point of break or break through. He decided to make a direct appeal to the taste of the mass Broadway audience by crafting a solid, realistic, family drama. Directed by Elia Kazan, All My Sons was the hit of 1947, ran for a year, and won the Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. With his immediate financial state secure, Miller began making notes for the follow-up play, more daring in form, more elliptical in meaning, a drama with a mythic undertow: Death of a Salesman. Produced in 1949, it was immediately hailed as an American classic, won the Pulitzer Prize and most of the major drama awards, and placed Miller at the forefront of American culture as drama's liberal conscience.
His next two plays, an adaptation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People (1950) and The Crucible (1953) responded to the climate of fear created by McCarthyist red-baiting. Miller himself was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1956 and, refusing to name names, was sentenced to a year's gaol for contempt of Congress, although it was later overturned on appeal. His next significant work, A View from the Bridge (1955), lost money on Broadway when it was a one-act poetic drama in a double bill with the now forgotten A Memory of Two Mondays. And although it was to triumph in London the following year in a full-length prose version, the New York failure marked a turning point in Miller's influence in American stage. Increasingly over the next decade critics compared his plays unfavourably with the apolitical, existential tragi-comedies coming out of Europe, while audiences felt that they had absorbed his message about the individual's responsibility to society and wanted to hear something else. Ironically, having recently wed the actress Marilyn Monroe, he had never been more famous.
A shallow period in Miller's career, caused in part by the short yet tumultuous marriage to Monroe, is another reason why Miller's American reputation began to slip. Between 1956 and 1963 he produced no plays, only one short-story, The Misfits (1957), and its screen adaptation. It's filming in 1961, with Monroe as star, was virtually the last act in their deteriorating marriage. In 1964, his first play for eight years, After the Fall, appeared to draw heavily from their life together, although he has always claimed that any resemblance is superficial. His depiction of the troubled and suicidal Maggie was widely thought to be exploitative and callous, coming a mere two years after Monroe's own suicide, and may have been another reason for the decline of his reputation in America.
However, Miller's standing in Britain and throughout Europe remained firm throughout the next four decades as he turned out play after play. Two from this later period, The Price (1968) and The Ride Down Mount Morgan (1991) can be listed among his best, while a handful of others, The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977), The American Clock (1980), The Last Yankee (1991) and Broken Glass (1994), deserve their regular revivals. He enjoyed an impressively productive old age: apart from the full-length plays, there was a volume of autobiography Timebends (1987), a book on his experience directing Death of a Salesman in Beijing, and collections of short stories and essays. He found late success as a screenwriter: his adaptation of holocaust survivor Fania Fenalon's memoir Playing for Time (1980) became a multi-award winning telemovie starring Vanessa Redgrave, while his 1996 screen adaptation of his own play The Crucible earned him an Academy Award nomination at the age of eighty-one. His final play, Resurrection Blues, was produced in 2002, a little more than two years before his death, on 10 February 2005.
Arthur Miller lived long enough to see his American reputation rise to greet him. During the eighties and nineties a number of important New York revivals of his early work, perhaps most notably the 1984 production of Death of a Salesman with Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman, led to a reassessment of his artistic legacy. He was deluged with awards and honours in his final years, and it became customary, as well as right, to introduce him as America's Greatest Living Playwright.
All My Sons photography by Newton & Talbot and other archive photography Jeff Busby. Arthur Miller biography written by Paul Galloway for MTC's 2013 production programme of The Crucible.
A View from the Bridge is playing at Southbank Theatre from 9 March 2019.


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Shiv N Khanna
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Theoretical condensed matter, Theoretical nanoscience
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Shiv N. Khanna is a Commonwealth Professor of Physics at Virginia Commonwealth University, having been a visiting associate professor at the Northeastern University (1983−84) and a scientific collaborator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland (1980−1983). He is Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Physical Society. He has been the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Virginia Commonwealth University and has been twice the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the College of Humanities and Sciences at VCU. He has co-authored more than 250 research publications in refereed journals, has edited six monographs, has given more than 100 invited talks including two plenary talks, and chaired/co-chaired several International Conferences.
Dr. Khanna and his group are involved in theoretical studies of the electronic structure, magnetic properties, and catalytic properties of atomic clusters, cluster assemblies, and nanoscale materials. He (with colleagues) proposed the concept of "superatoms" that extend the "Periodic Chart" to a third dimension and could lead to novel materials with tunable properties and potential for applications in numerous areas.
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The only information I found was 900 million CFU's per capsule. Since this number is just under one billion, it's barely a drop in the bucket when you consider the number of CFU's that are needed.
That's what I was going to say…too low of a count. However, they contain DDS….any thoughts on DDS probiotics in general?


A demi-savage brandishing in his dexter a broad sword Proper and pointing with his sinister to an Imperial Crown Or standing by him on the wreath.
MacFarlane comes into being because Gaelic grammar requires changes within a word to show possession. A "P" is softened to a "Ph", and an "i" is added to the last syllable. In this way, "son of Parlan" becomes "Mac" (son) "Pharlain" (of Parlan). All the variant spellings came about when scribes (usually not Gaelic speaking) tried to write the name as they heard it.
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Craniella polyura är en svampdjursart som beskrevs av Schmidt 1870. Craniella polyura ingår i släktet Craniella och familjen Tetillidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Fu presidente della Cour des monnaies e componente dell'Académie française, nella quale occupò il seggio numero 3 a partire dal 1697.

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Histoire de Constantinople depuis le règne de Justin jusqu'à la fin de l'Empire, traduite sur les originaux grecs par Cousin (8 volumi, 1672-1685)
Histoire de l'Église, écrite par Eusèbe, traduite par M. Cousin (4 volumi, 1675-1676)
Les Principes et les règles de la vie chrétienne, traité composé en latin par M. le cardinal Bona et traduit en françois par M. Cousin (1675)
Histoire romaine, écrite par Xiphilin, par Zonare et par Zosime, traduite sur les originaux grecs par M. Cousin (1678)
Histoire de l'Empire d'Occident de Xiphilin, traduite par le président Cousin (2 volumes, 1683)
Discours de Clément Alexandrin pour exhorter les payens à embrasser la religion chrétienne, traduit par Mr Cousin (1684)
Discours d'Eusèbe, touchant les miracles attribués par les payens à Apollonius de Thyane, traduit par M. Cousin (1684)
La Morale de Confucius, philosophe de la Chine (1688, attribuita)
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Non-existent roads make it to Bengaluru master plan
PROBLEMS IN REVISED MASTER PLAN FOR BENGALURU
February 27, 2018 Vimal Simha
The Bengaluru Master Plan for 2031 promises to equip the city to deal with the challenges that will come its way by 2031 – principally more people, causing more demand for living space and transport. There are plans for development of new mass transport options like LRT (Light Rail Transit), BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) and Monorail along several major corridors alongside road and junction improvements.
But in this article, I want to step back from the issues concerning the city at large, and focus on the impact of the master plan on my own area of J.P. Nagar.
The strange case of missing road
The existing land use map produced by the Bengaluru Development Authority shows a road at the heart of J.P. Nagar that does not exist anymore!
The above figure, from BDA's "Existing Land Use" maps shows a road circled in purple. It is meant to connect Marenhalli Road, close to Sangam Circle, to Kanakapura Road and onwards to the Outer Ring Road. Clearly, an important road, connecting several arterial roads, and meant to carry large volumes of traffic.
This figure shows a google map of the same area with the same road circled in purple. Interestingly, the road does not exist as shown in the BDA map. Firstly, a major chunk of the road is missing. Secondly, it does not connect to Kanakapura Road at all.
Just to make sure, I carried out a spot inspection of the area which confirmed the google maps' version. I started at the point marked by the green circle. After verifying that the road did not in fact connect to Kanakapura Road, I headed towards Sangam Circle in the direction indicated by the arrow mark. As the photographs below show, a few hundred meters later, the road turns into a gravel road and construction site. Further along, it ends at a gate visible in the second photograph in the distance behind which a blue car is parked. Clearly, someone has fenced it off as private property, although it must form part of a road according to the plan. There is no access to Marenhalli Road or Sangam Circle, even for pedestrians, let alone vehicles.
In the absence of this road, the narrow Sarakki Main Road, which is barely wide enough for one lane in either direction, and moreover has extensive commercial development on both sides, is forced to carry most of the traffic
Firstly, the existence of this road in the "Existing Land Use" maps raises questions about the competence of the survey that BDA carried out to make these maps, and raises serious questions about the basis that BDA is using to make future plans. In addition to this, there were a few other lapses that I identified by comparing this map to google maps, which I was then able to verify by spot inspections.
More importantly, since the road continues to exist in the "Proposed Land Use" maps, one hopes that action will be taken to build the road by evicting those who have encroached on it in violation of the plan.
Mis-zoning in J.P. Nagar?
Zoning is meant to separate polluting industrial areas from residential and commercial areas, and to ensure optimum distribution of commercial, public utility and residential areas so that commercial areas and public services are accessible to residents, at the same time not causing undue noise and nuisance to residents.
The two figures show the existing land use (above) and the proposed land use (below) respectively. If you turn your attention to 9th Cross Road marked in purple, you will notice that in the existing land use map, the buildings on it are predominantly blue, indicating commercial use. In fact, there are several new commercial buildings coming up there this very moment. However, BDA has other ideas. They would like to rezone 9th Cross road, marked in purple, from a predominantly commercial street to a residential street. Notice that in the proposed land use map, the buildings around 9th Cross Road are predominantly yellow, indicating residential use.
For comparison, the figure below shows a google map image of the same area. The road in question, 9th Cross Road, is marked in purple. Existing and planned metro lines are shown in red.
The presence of multiple metro lines that can rapidly take passengers to all corners of the city creates the immense potential of helping this area move towards a car-free lifestyle which comes with concomitant environmental and health benefits. But for that to happen, it is essential for people to have shops in walkable distances, and walking facility to reach shops and stations. At present, 9th Cross Road serves this useful function.
Notice that unlike the major arterial roads around this area, 9th Cross Road is well-connected to the grid of local residential streets making it an ideal location for a pedestrian oriented commercial street. Moreover, the density of housing in this area is quite high. There are a few single houses, but increasingly most plots contain buildings with multiple dwelling units that end up having a higher density than even apartment tower blocks. For instance, next door to where I live is a 110 square metre (1100 square feet) plot with 4 units giving a density of nearly 364 units per hectare. In contrast, a new 25 floor skyscraper apartment tower right next to the Banashankari metro station only contains 94 units on a half hectare (1.22 acre) plot, a density of only 188 units per hectare.
That brings me to my final point – one of the important things missing in the plan for this area is improvement of the pedestrian environment. There is a lot of talk about road junctions, but sadly it appears as if the pedestrian is a lower priority for the planners than the automobile. At present, there are no facilities for crossing major roads.
Signalised road crossings must be provided every four hundred or so metres. Footpath surfaces are often uneven with missing tiles and blocks increasing the risk of injury. Wires can be found hanging from electric poles increasing the risk of serious injury for pedestrians, and more often than not, footpaths are taken over by hawkers or used as rubbish dumps. The authorities must take steps to address these issues and create a welcoming environment for pedestrians.
The benefits will be clear for all to see, namely the ability to support a higher density Bengaluru, but with fewer vehicles, fewer traffic jams and less pollution.
Citizens deliberate on a people's vision for Bengaluru
February 2, 2017 Leo Saldanha
An informal citizen meeting explored the possibilities of a proactive engagement with planning/governance of Bengaluru, in view of preparation of revised master plan for the city.
BDA's Revised Master Plan for Bengaluru: Citizens bat for limiting the growth
January 19, 2017 Akshatha M
Lack of social infrastructure, transport, not considering the non-adherence to old master plan and many other issues came to fore during BDA's consultation for master plan.
HC asks State govt to defend diluted planning rules or withdraw
February 18, 2015 Akshatha M
State govt admits to having amended the master plan, in the hearing of the writ petition filed by Citizen Action Forum asking the High Court to quash the amendment.
Supreet says:
One more land mafia? Don't know how many are missing like this.
There is a very simple explanation for that "missing road". It happens to be the road beneath which are the huge BWSSB pipes carrying Cauvery water. It has always been closed for traffic
NHN says:
Wow! Great catch! This looks like another case of illegally occupying land. The authorities, as usual, are sleeping. Some builder would probably build an apartment on this land and sell it to multiple unsuspecting common folks and then they have to run behind authorities when they wake up and decide to demolish it! Pathetic!


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Accountants: the PII implication of providing legal services
Mills & Reeve LLP
United Kingdom March 4 2014
On 11 December 2013 the Legal Services Board (LSB) approved the application of the Institute of Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) to become a regulator of legal services. As the accountancy body with the largest UK membership, this represents a significant step forward for the profession as a whole. But what sort of PII issues are likely to face practitioners contemplating accreditation and their insurers?
Early ambition
A foothold in the legal services sector is neither a new nor a surprising aspiration for accountants. Not only is the legal sector estimated to be worth some £23 billion, but the services it provides frequently overlap with those of accountants.
Realising this in the 1990s, it was the big accountancy firms who set about establishing affiliated legal practices. Subsequently however and with the exception of PwC Legal LLP (the only "big four" branded law firm still operating in the UK), most of these died out.
Legal Services Act 2007
With its aim of delivering increased competition for the consumer, the 2007 Act has opened the gateway to the legal services sector for non-solicitors.
Under the 2007 Act, the LSB may receive applications from governing bodies wishing to become approved regulators of those reserved legal services currently prescribed by the 2007 Act. Simultaneously, those same bodies may also apply to become licensing authorities, in order to regulate the creation of Alternative Business Structures (ABSs).
There are currently six reserved legal services, which include the conduct of litigation, exercising rights of audience and probate services.
Applications by accountants
While the applications by the ICAEW for approved regulator and licensing authority status are likely to be the most significant, they are not the first. As long ago as 1 August 2008, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland became an approved regulator, followed by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants on 1 August 2009. However, in neither case does it appear that any members have been accredited to undertake legal services.
While the ICAEW's applications must now await approval from the Lord Chancellor, this is widely regarded as a rubber-stamping exercise. In each case and once granted, accredited ICAEW members will then be able to provide probate service, although not, at this stage, any of the other reserved services.
According to research by the ICAEW, approximately 250 firms of accountants are expected to seek authorisation to provide probate services, the majority without creating an ABS. Although these numbers might seem low, they may well represent just the front runners. Moreover, the majority of these firms have expressed a desire to offer probate-related services, such as will writing and estate administration.
The ICAEW has additionally expressed an interest in extending the scope of its authority to include the regulation of litigation services, which has been welcomed by the LSB and is likely to broaden appeal. Further, interested parties could include heavyweights such as KPMG, who is reported to be considering an ABS application.
PII implications of providing legal services
The commercial opportunity on entering the legal market will, no doubt, be the primary focus for many. But there are important PII implications that should also be considered. These should include:
Scope of cover – is a wider policy required to cover legal work and complaints?
Happily the cover provided by the minimum terms for "professional business" is already widely defined so as to include advice given or services provided of "whatsoever nature". Further, and as a result of amendments made to the minimum terms, from 1 January 2014 cover will also now include awards made against accountants by the Legal Ombudsman Service, as well as the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Limit of indemnity - is a greater amount of cover likely to be required?
For those carrying the current minimum of £100,000, an increase will be required. Under the PII regulations a minimum indemnity limit of £500,000 will be needed by those providing probate service. However, this still falls far short of the minimum requirement of £2 million to £3 million for solicitors. A greater amount of cover may therefore be prudent.
Level of premiums – will the cost of obtaining PII cover increase?
This will depend on a very large range of factors. It should be noted that probate (and litigation) work generates a significant proportion of the claims against solicitors and engaging in it may well adversely affect risk profile and in turn, premiums.
Run off – will an extended period of cover be required?
Under the ICAEW PII regulations, the minimum period of run off cover for accountants remains two years. However, more is recommended and sensible, given the propensity for claims in connection with legal work. The minimum run off cover for solicitors is six years, which all accountants may do well to adopt.
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list, but one that will hopefully promote further thinking.
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When I click on the memory header from the main screen; on the right half of the window it says "Total Memory Size: 73718MB" under "General Information".
That's 24576MB. What am I missing?
Can you please attach a screenshot showing the problem ?
Also, it would be helpful if you would attach the HWiNFO Report and Debug File for analysis.


It's always good to see success rewarded!
Last Week, Carrylift held there quarterly Sales Meeting which gave us the opportunity to recognise some of our hardworking team members for their successes.
Mizzy Jordan in our North West region joined the sales team in January 2019 and has made a fantastic start, keep up the excellent work Supergirl and take care of the flowers.
Tony Forrester from our North East region was presented with an individual award by our Sales Director Mark Brown, recognising the great work he did last year earning him Carrylift's Salesperson of the Year for Combilift product.
Finally, Our North West Regional Sales Team holding the Northern Dealer of the Year Award they received from Combilift for 2018 successes.
We've made a fantastic start to 2019 and are looking forward to celebrating more successes in the months to come.
Joined the sales team in January and has made a fantastic start, keep up the excellent work supergirl and take care of the flowers.
Being presented with an individual award from Sales Director Mark Brown recognising the great work he did last year earning him Carrylift's Salesperson of the Year for Combilift product.
Holding the Northern Dealer of the Year Award they received from Combilift for 2018 successes.


Rubbing alcohol is a cheap surgical spirit solution that is commonly used to treat minor scrapes. It can be found in most pharmacies and is also available on Amazon for as little as £3 for 250ml.
Caring for cuts aside, there are many other miscellaneous uses for rubbing alcohol too. Discover the mysterious ways to use it in your cleaning routine, beauty regime and more today.
Editor's Note: This post was originally posted in June 2015 and has been completely revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness in November 2018.
You know when you haven't lit them for a while and they look old and dusty?
Give them a good clean with a cloth dipped in rubbing alcohol and they'll be good as new.
Stickiness left behind from price tags, plasters and stickers is easy to remove when you know this clever tip.
Soak the area with rubbing alcohol or dab lightly onto skin then wipe clean. There's nothing more frustrating than getting that shiny new item home and removing the sticker only to have a horrible layer of sticky stuff left on it.
Clean and disinfect your glasses with rubbing alcohol.
Simply dabbing some rubbing alcohol onto a clean cloth and rubbing onto your glasses will leave them looking spotless. It will have a deep clean effect and get rid of any germs. Eyes are sensitive and susceptible to infection so ensure you're regularly getting rid of dirt.
Cover a flat tool – like a spatula – with a clean cloth and secure with a rubber band. Dip in rubbing alcohol then clean each slat. It works a treat!
Surgical spirit is great on everything from greasy stovetops to sinks and even teapots. It dissolves almost instantly so there's minimal rinsing required. No fuss cleaning at it's best!
6. Make your mirrors shine like they've never shined before!
Squirt some onto a clean cloth and buff your mirrors using circular movements. You can also use this solution to make your sink and taps super sparkly.
Cleaning gardening tools couldn't be easier with rubbing alcohol. It will remove any nasties from dead, diseased and rotting plants that can harm your healthy plants.
Firstly, clean the tools with soap and water then let some rubbing alcohol soak in for 1-2 minutes. Wipe clean with a clean rag and they'll be clean and ready to use.
Chopped onion and garlic can really make hands smell!
Banish lingering smells by rubbing surgical spirit onto your hands, much like a hand gel sanitiser.
Remove marker from non-permeable materials like plastic laminate and marble by applying some rubbing alcohol onto the area. It will dissolve the marker back to its liquid state again making it easy to wipe off.
Keep both your feet and shoes as fresh as a daisies.
You can deodorise your shoes by spraying rubbing alcohol into the inside of your footwear then leaving them to dry, preferably in a sunny spot. The rubbing alcohol will soak up any whiffs and will also have a deodorising effect on the material so your feet shouldn't be as stinky or wet on your next wear.
Another one of our top uses for rubbing alcohol is to stretch small shoes.
Use the same process for deodorising shoes, and it will cause the leather to give a little.
Wipe some rubbing alcohol on your neck each morning. It'll help prevent your collar from staining and acts a mild antiperspirant, too. A heaven-sent tip during those sticky Summer days.
You can also use this little trick anywhere you get sweat stains - knees, underarms and inner elbows for example.
Our favourite way to clean makeup brushes and tools is by soaking them in rubbing alcohol for 30 minutes and allowing them to air dry. Do this every month to keep germs at bay and your brushes in tip-top condition.
Cold sores are pretty common, so there's no need to fret. To help heal them quickly, dab a cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol onto the area every night.
This is one of our favourite beauty hacks of all time!
Spray broken sections of makeup with rubbing alcohol and gently pushing the pieces together. Leave to set for a few hours and they'll be as good as new.
Run out of nail polish remover? No problem - rubbing alcohol is a great substitute. It will take a lot of rubbing but it will shift!
Mix 1 part surgical spirit with 3 parts water in a sealable plastic bag. Next time you have a sore area or injury just get your ice pack out – it moulds to your body too!
Applying some rubbing alcohol directly onto the area. It will help bring blood to the area and calm down the swelling.
Dab a small amount of surgical spirit onto your dog's tick. They hate the taste of rubbing alcohol and loosen their grip slightly making it easier for you to pull them off. Grab the critter as close to the skin as possible and pull it off then dab again with rubbing alcohol to disinfect the wound.
Don't let fruit flies ruin your fun in the sun!
Mix equal parts rubbing alcohol and water in a spray bottle and spray them. They'll soon drop so you can clean them away.
Mix a solution of 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol and 1/4 cup water. Take a sponge and wash your windows with this anti-frost solution and the next time the temperature drops you should have less frost to scrape away.
Frosty windows? Surgical spirit will help speed things up.
Pour some into a mini spray bottle and give windows a good squirt. It helps dissolve frost so you should be able to remove it with just a quick wipe with the wiper blades.
Keep your room smelling fresh!
Mixing 1 cup of rubbing alcohol with 10-15 drops of your favourite essentials oils in a spray bottle. I love lemon and peppermint for the bathroom and relaxing lavender in the bedroom.
Thanks for reading! If you have any more rubbing alcohol uses, please let us know.
Please also feel free to share this article if you found it useful!
Hi Shekar surgical spirit can help kill bacteria so yes you could use it for the purposed you listed. I would be careful of using it in public places as they come with a caution to jeep it out of reach of children and to avoid broken skin.
Excellent tips. ? Thank you so much Anushka.. Add some surgical usage if possible..
Really superb Pls let me know some more tips to maintain wash rooms n kitchen clean n hygiene. Thanks in advance.
Used daily between toes I have found it heals and prevents the return of athletes foot!
My podologist suggested wiping the feet with surgical spirit to minimise sweating and stinky feet. I also use it to dry out mosquito bites.
Can I clean toilet seat with surgical spirit?
Hi Anita. Yes you can! Surgical spirit is an excellent disinfectant. I would, however, recommend wearing gloves and spraying it onto the surface using a spray bottle.
Hello Anushka, When I was hoping to become a ballerina and it was forbidden to use any padding for comfort when wearing pointe shoes I used surgical spirit on my toes twice a day to prevent blisters. It worked.
Hi, can I use surgical spirit to remove spots of paint on my black aluminium doors?
Hi Lorraine, it sounds like it could work. We would suggest doing a very small patch test to check if the surgical spirit reacts to the aluminium.
Long term use of isopropyl alcohol on plastic products is a bad idea as it leeches the plasticiser from the plastic and makes it brittle, it is widely used to clean glass as pure isopropyl alcohol leaves little residue just ensure you don't use an excess if there is plastic near and refrain from using it near any painted surfaces as it acts as a solvent for most paints.
Thanks for the tip Massiveffect!
can I use this to clean my canon printer print head?
Hi George! Be careful because alcohols can damage plastic and dry out rubber!
I used alcohol as a precaution to avoid blisters when walking the Coast to Coast (St Bee's Head to Robin Hood's Bay) a few years' ago. It worked amazingly well for that, but I was peeling off layers of dead skin for weeks afterwards. Worth it to avoid painful feet and the long healing process.
That would certainly help to reduce the swelling!


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Long Way to Go may refer to:

"Long Way to Go" (Alan Jackson song), 2011
"Long Way to Go" (Andrew Stockdale song), 2013
"Long Way to Go" (Gwen Stefani and André 3000 song), 2004
"Long Way to Go" (Stevie Nicks song), 1989
"Long Way 2 Go", a song by Cassie, 2006
"Long Way to Go", a song by Alice Cooper from Love It to Death, 1971
"Long Way to Go", a song by Ben Folds from So There, 2015
"Long Way to Go", a song by Josh Gracin from Redemption, 2011

See also
"Long, Long Way to Go", a 2003 song by Def Leppard


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.class Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$NotificationCompatApi21Impl;
.super Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$NotificationCompatApi20Impl;
.source "NotificationCompat.java"

# annotations
.annotation build Landroid/support/annotation/RequiresApi;
    value = 0x15
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingClass;
    value = Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat;
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x8
    name = "NotificationCompatApi21Impl"
.end annotation

# direct methods
.method constructor <init>()V
    .registers 1

    .prologue
    .line 874
    invoke-direct {p0}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$NotificationCompatApi20Impl;-><init>()V

    return-void
.end method

# virtual methods
.method public build(Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$BuilderExtender;)Landroid/app/Notification;
    .registers 37
    .param p1, "b"    # Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;
    .param p2, "extender"    # Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$BuilderExtender;

    .prologue
    .line 877
    new-instance v2, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatApi21$Builder;

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v3, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mContext:Landroid/content/Context;

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v4, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mNotification:Landroid/app/Notification;

    .line 878
    invoke-virtual/range {p1 .. p1}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->resolveTitle()Ljava/lang/CharSequence;

    move-result-object v5

    invoke-virtual/range {p1 .. p1}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->resolveText()Ljava/lang/CharSequence;

    move-result-object v6

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v7, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mContentInfo:Ljava/lang/CharSequence;

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v8, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mTickerView:Landroid/widget/RemoteViews;

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget v9, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mNumber:I

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v10, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mContentIntent:Landroid/app/PendingIntent;

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v11, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mFullScreenIntent:Landroid/app/PendingIntent;

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v12, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mLargeIcon:Landroid/graphics/Bitmap;

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget v13, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mProgressMax:I

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget v14, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mProgress:I

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-boolean v15, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mProgressIndeterminate:Z

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-boolean v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mShowWhen:Z

    move/from16 v16, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-boolean v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mUseChronometer:Z

    move/from16 v17, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mPriority:I

    move/from16 v18, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mSubText:Ljava/lang/CharSequence;

    move-object/from16 v19, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-boolean v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mLocalOnly:Z

    move/from16 v20, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mCategory:Ljava/lang/String;

    move-object/from16 v21, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mPeople:Ljava/util/ArrayList;

    move-object/from16 v22, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mExtras:Landroid/os/Bundle;

    move-object/from16 v23, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mColor:I

    move/from16 v24, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mVisibility:I

    move/from16 v25, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mPublicVersion:Landroid/app/Notification;

    move-object/from16 v26, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mGroupKey:Ljava/lang/String;

    move-object/from16 v27, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-boolean v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mGroupSummary:Z

    move/from16 v28, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mSortKey:Ljava/lang/String;

    move-object/from16 v29, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mContentView:Landroid/widget/RemoteViews;

    move-object/from16 v30, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mBigContentView:Landroid/widget/RemoteViews;

    move-object/from16 v31, v0

    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mHeadsUpContentView:Landroid/widget/RemoteViews;

    move-object/from16 v32, v0

    invoke-direct/range {v2 .. v32}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatApi21$Builder;-><init>(Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/app/Notification;Ljava/lang/CharSequence;Ljava/lang/CharSequence;Ljava/lang/CharSequence;Landroid/widget/RemoteViews;ILandroid/app/PendingIntent;Landroid/app/PendingIntent;Landroid/graphics/Bitmap;IIZZZILjava/lang/CharSequence;ZLjava/lang/String;Ljava/util/ArrayList;Landroid/os/Bundle;IILandroid/app/Notification;Ljava/lang/String;ZLjava/lang/String;Landroid/widget/RemoteViews;Landroid/widget/RemoteViews;Landroid/widget/RemoteViews;)V

    .line 885
    .local v2, "builder":Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatApi21$Builder;
    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v3, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mActions:Ljava/util/ArrayList;

    invoke-static {v2, v3}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat;->addActionsToBuilder(Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationBuilderWithActions;Ljava/util/ArrayList;)V

    .line 886
    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v3, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mStyle:Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Style;

    invoke-static {v2, v3}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat;->addStyleToBuilderJellybean(Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationBuilderWithBuilderAccessor;Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Style;)V

    .line 887
    move-object/from16 v0, p2

    move-object/from16 v1, p1

    invoke-virtual {v0, v1, v2}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$BuilderExtender;->build(Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationBuilderWithBuilderAccessor;)Landroid/app/Notification;

    move-result-object v33

    .line 888
    .local v33, "notification":Landroid/app/Notification;
    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v3, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mStyle:Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Style;

    if-eqz v3, :cond_ca

    .line 889
    move-object/from16 v0, p1

    iget-object v3, v0, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Builder;->mStyle:Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Style;

    move-object/from16 v0, p0

    move-object/from16 v1, v33

    invoke-virtual {v0, v1}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$NotificationCompatApi21Impl;->getExtras(Landroid/app/Notification;)Landroid/os/Bundle;

    move-result-object v4

    invoke-virtual {v3, v4}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompat$Style;->addCompatExtras(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V

    .line 891
    :cond_ca
    return-object v33
.end method

.method public getBundleForUnreadConversation(Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatBase$UnreadConversation;)Landroid/os/Bundle;
    .registers 3
    .param p1, "uc"    # Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatBase$UnreadConversation;

    .prologue
    .line 901
    invoke-static {p1}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatApi21;->getBundleForUnreadConversation(Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatBase$UnreadConversation;)Landroid/os/Bundle;

    move-result-object v0

    return-object v0
.end method

.method public getCategory(Landroid/app/Notification;)Ljava/lang/String;
    .registers 3
    .param p1, "notification"    # Landroid/app/Notification;

    .prologue
    .line 896
    invoke-static {p1}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatApi21;->getCategory(Landroid/app/Notification;)Ljava/lang/String;

    move-result-object v0

    return-object v0
.end method

.method public getUnreadConversationFromBundle(Landroid/os/Bundle;Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatBase$UnreadConversation$Factory;Landroid/support/v4/app/RemoteInputCompatBase$RemoteInput$Factory;)Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatBase$UnreadConversation;
    .registers 5
    .param p1, "b"    # Landroid/os/Bundle;
    .param p2, "factory"    # Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatBase$UnreadConversation$Factory;
    .param p3, "remoteInputFactory"    # Landroid/support/v4/app/RemoteInputCompatBase$RemoteInput$Factory;

    .prologue
    .line 908
    invoke-static {p1, p2, p3}, Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatApi21;->getUnreadConversationFromBundle(Landroid/os/Bundle;Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatBase$UnreadConversation$Factory;Landroid/support/v4/app/RemoteInputCompatBase$RemoteInput$Factory;)Landroid/support/v4/app/NotificationCompatBase$UnreadConversation;

    move-result-object v0

    return-object v0
.end method

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2016 Elections - Archive >
This is an archived endorsement from the 2016 elections.
RE-ELECT Mayor Lioneld Jordan
While it's possible to disagree with him on policy (we don't), you can't question Mayor Jordan's love for Fayetteville. He eats and breathes this town and everything he does is in passionate pursuit of Fayetteville's success and quality of life. And he operates the city with a transparency that welcomes citizens to participate and every step of the process.
Jordan's opponents, Tom Terminella and Ron Baucom, did not respond to our questionnaire. Baucom hasn't made much of a showing this election, but Terminella's comments to the Fayetteville Flyer, and his history, show a disconnect from the reality of Fayetteville's recent successes.
Lioneld Jordan and his staff have worked hard to establish research-based long-range plans for transportation, waste management, and economic development. His administration has invested heavily in our brick-and-mortar infrastructure with the Van Asche, Rupple Road, and Crossover expansions, the fly-over by the mall, the Fayetteville Public Library, the new regional park at Mt. Kessler, and many miles of new trails. Mayor Jordan's record over the past 8 years has more than earned him a chance to continue his good work; in fact, Fayetteville deserves nothing less than Mayor Lioneld Jordan.
Don't let the signs all over town distract you from the stark contrast in the vision the candidates hold for Fayetteville:
Mayor Jordan was the Alderman for Ward 4 before twice being elected as Mayor. Mr. Terminella has no political experience.
Mayor Jordan's policies have Fayetteville is on track this year to issue a record number of building permits. Mr. Terminella thinks we are "behind the curve" in growth and development.
Mayor Jordan's leadership has created a strong retail climate. Mr. Terminella talks about businesses having to close shop, but new local businesses open every month and sales taxes have consistently surpassed projections.
Mayor Jordan manages the city's $147 million budget and successfully guided Fayetteville through the recession of 2008, cleaned up the 2009 ice storm, and completed numerous on- or under-budget infrastructure improvements. Mr. Terminella is Fayetteville's largest landowner (as you can tell from the signs), but his real estate dealings have included failed projects, an $8 million default, and subsequent legal acrobatics to avoid paying his debts.
Mayor Jordan has been a persistent champion for diversity and equality in our community. Mr. Terminella spent $5300 to oppose the fair treatment of Fayetteville residents and workers during the two non-discrimination ordinance elections.
Read more about Mayor Jordan's detailed list of accomplishments and goals in his own words at http://jordan.forfayetteville.com.
www.lioneldjordanmayor.com.
https://www.facebook.com/LioneldJordanForMayor/


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Titleist TSR1 metalwoods: What you need to know
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Titleist TSR1 lineup of metalwoods is the company's latest versions of a lighter weight driver, fairway wood and hybrid with the driving purpose of creating easier launch through both head design and shaft weight. But while they clearly were designed with moderate swing speeds in mind, the company is finding some not-so-moderate swingers might want to consider these as an option, too.
PRICE: Driver, $600 (9, 10, 12 degrees, adjustable); Fairway woods, $350 (15, 18, 20, 23, adjustable); Hybrids, $300 (20, 23, 26, 29 degrees). Available for pre-sale on Feb. 2 and in shops Feb. 23.
1. The fastest driver in Titleist's line is for the slowest swingers. No, really. The TSR1, the followup to the TSi1, continues the theme of serving the needs of players who swing less than 90 miles per hour with the driver. The new TSR1 driver is about 40 grams lighter than the standard TSR2 driver, thanks to its lighter grip and 40-gram shaft. It uses a multi-thickness face design to provide better flexing on off-center hits, as well.
While the main drivers in Titleist's TSR lineup have touted improvements in shaping that led to aerodynamic efficiency, will the TSR1 be able to improve slower swingers in the same way? Well, yes and no, which in the end means a big yes. "We're able to give them the lowest drag shape," said Stephanie Luttrell, Titleist's director of metalwood development. "Now because they're not moving the head through the air as quickly, their gains won't be as high, but we're hitting on all cylinders for this player trying to deliver and to turn the dials and the knobs to generate speed in every way we can for them."
Luttrell said she sees in Titleist's testing some players gaining 4-5 miles per hour in swing speed compared to the standard TSR2, but because the TSR1 head is eight grams lighter, the shots result in maybe only two miles per hour more ball speed. Still, more is more. "That still ends up benefiting them, so it's still better for that player" she said. "So it's definitely an interesting product."
Even moreso, while the TSR1's aerodynamic shaping would lead to a driver that spun too much for a faster swinger (and thus wouldn't fly as far) "for this player, a lot of the aerodynamic features in the head work to our benefit even more than they do for a higher speed player," Luttrell said, saying that a slight increase in spin actually can help moderate swing speeds maximize their distance.
2. Light meets right. The TSR1 fairways and hybrids approach the lighter weight proposition more judiciously. In fact, both the fairway wood and hybrid are technically a little heavier than before, but the result hasn't suffered (the TSR1 fairway wood is about 20 grams lighter than the current standard model, while its predecessor was closer to 50 grams lighter than the standard). The main goal of these clubs is to get the ball in the air, and the larger size of both the TSR1 fairway wood and hybrid help by getting the center of gravity much lower and farther back for higher launch and better off-center his performance than the comparative models, said Tom Bennett, Titleist's principal product manager for fairway woods and hybrids.
"We saw that one way to improve these was to add a little bit of weight to the head that can give me speed, a better center of gravity and higher moment of inertia [stability on off-center hits]," Bennett said, adding that by making slight weight changes to the shaft and grip, the swingweight remained at D-O and the combination of a lighter shaft and slightly heavier head helps the shaft provide more added kick for a higher launch. "Not one of the players in our test said this version felt heavier."
The TSR1 hybrid might be the most distinctive addition to the line. It's taken on the shape of mini-fairway wood, uses a half-inch longer but softer fairway wood shaft but maintains the same swing weight. That means more opportunity for higher launch with the same control players have with a hybrid. Bennett thinks the club itself also could be fit to some faster swing speed players. "As this thing takes off, I think we're going to learn a lot and have a lot of fun with it," he said.
TSR1 hybrid
3. Is it for me? While the mantra for the TSi1 family is a focus on players with driver swing speeds under 90 miles per hour, that number might be too easily dismissed by average golfers. Fact is, according to Trackman, the average driver swing speed on the LPGA Tour is 94 miles per hour. The average male golfer swings at 93 miles per hour, and nearly third of all male golfers swing less than 90 miles per hour. Meanwhile, the average 15-handicap female player's swing speed is 79 miles per hour. (For perspective, the average handicap for a woman is nearly twice that, according to the USGA, and the majority of women golfers have a handicap between 20 and 30.)
Bottom line: If you're not already driving it 230, maybe it's worth talking to a qualified fitter and looking at some kind of a lightweight option for your metalwoods. The numbers on a launch monitor will tell the story.


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Katastrofa lotu One-Two-GO Airlines 269 – katastrofa lotnicza z 16 września 2007 samolotu typu McDonnell Douglas MD-82, rejsu nr 269 tajskich tanich linii lotniczych One-Two-GO Airlines, lecącego z portu lotniczego Don Muang w Bangkoku do portu lotniczego Phuket na wyspie-kurorcie Phuket w Tajlandii.

Katastrofa
Samolot (nr rejestracji HS-OMG) rozbił się podczas lądowania po mocnym przyziemieniu na drodze startowej przy silnym wietrze podczas ulewy tropikalnej. Samolot wpadł w poślizg i opuścił pole wzlotów, wpadając pomiędzy drzewa pobliskiej dżungli, rozbijając się na dwie części i stając w płomieniach. Ze 130 osób na pokładzie (123 pasażerów i 7 członków załogi) 90 zginęło i 40 zostało rannych.

Była to trzecia pod względem skali katastrofa lotnicza w historii Tajlandii, po katastrofie lotu Thai Airways 261 z 1998 (101 ofiar śmiertelnych) i katastrofie lotu Lauda Air 004 z 1991 (223 ofiary śmiertelne).

Ofiary

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Katastrofa lotu 269 w bazie danych Aviation Safety Network

Linki zewnętrzne
 Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee, Ministry of Transport of Thailand:
 Final report (Archive)
 "INTERIM REPORT ONE TWO GO AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 (MD-82) HS-OMG PHUKET INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THAILAND 16 SEPTEMBER 2007." AAIC ()

Katastrofy lotnicze w 2007
Katastrofy lotnicze w Tajlandii
Katastrofy lotnicze z udziałem samolotu McDonnell Douglas MD-82
2007 w Tajlandii


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Medal Presentations
Jim, at Treasures and Trophies came through as he always does and had the medals ready in record time.
The Chowder Bowl presentations were made official -- well, except for the Muskoka Music Men. We'll have to make special arrangements for them to receive their medal...
Gold medal: Charles, with Mussel Man, 6'
Bronze medal: Anne and Fred Kallin, also proudly displaying Fred's new doctorate in Clamology... for the performance of Clammarama Ding Dong.
And thrilled to be in the 'platinum' 4th place medal position, Astrid, from Amsterdam, with Clambrandt. She's sure she's the only person in Holland with such an award. She's probably right...
Otters on the Ice versus Bears in the Dark
John was demonstrating some of the training exercises he's going through right now with the Team Trainer.
No, it's not just so he's fit enough to outrun the bear during a late night game of Manhunt...
He's got fingers crossed that he'll make the cut for the Huntsville Otters, the local OJHL team. That would be a big deal...actually, that would be a huge deal, because the slots on this team are hotly contested. We're pulling for him...
All the same, being able to take out the bear during Manhunt, well, that would be a big deal too...
The Slithergardee
Oh the Slithergardee has come out of the sea...
He may catch all the others, but he won't catch me!
No, you won't catch me, you old Slithergardee...
You may catch all the others, but you won't (chomp)
Good thing this chap didn't show up on Thursday when we had eleven swimmers on the Island swim, and a host of support boats!
Mermaids, forts, and monsters all suddenly appeared on the beach... with a little assistance from Bre, Zach, Bryce, Hugh, Eamon, Sasha and no doubt a few others. I'd name Lloyd, but he tells me that while he started one, the kids soon shifted him off to one side, so he settled into a deck chair and just let them get on.
We always emphasize that the Marathon Swim is NOT a race, that people should swim at their own pace.
Jane, in one of the support canoes, commented that her brother can 'swim forever' -- All the same, we're wondering if the sea monster had put in an appearance, would any of the swimmers have picked up the pace???
Bear!
The M.N.R. have issued an official Bear Alert for all of this area, which means exactly that -- people should be alert. We have bears in the area.
This one was trying to get up to a bird feeder at the Oxtongue Craft Cabin. Good idea to stop feeding the birds just now, because it does attract bears and that's not a great plan. This feeder was already empty, but the bear was still hopeful.
The Oxtongue Craft Cabin is a fabulous place to drop by. You can strike off all your Christmas shopping, any wedding or anniversary or special occasion gifts all in one place. Jim's got a wonderful selection of area artisans and artists that ensures you'll find items here that you won't find in every craft shop across the country, and that is special. There is even a line of jewellery that is unique to the Craft Cabin.
The bear trotted across the road in front of my car as I drove past the Craft Cabin this week. He's not as big as the bear Bryce and Zach captured on film here at Bondi -- a slightly shaky video (we can excuse the photographer, who was a bit excited at the time!)
Our bear left his calling card, and then took the supposedly bear-proof dumpster, rolled it on its side, and pried the corner of the lid up with his teeth. If CSI Dwight ever needs his dental records, we've got 'em.
We've handed out information on Bear Awareness, What to Do and how not to attract one, and we've fixed the dumpster so it is even more bear-proof (we think). He didn't come back last night, and if he does return, he won't find anything -- we are in serious Garbage Lock Down Mode!
Anyway, he's got over 300 hectares of our wilderness area to go off in, hunting down mushrooms, and berries, and things bears are SUPPOSED to eat!
Chowder Bowl Results
A loon joined us this morning to supervise the official measuring of the Clams. The ducks had done good work, however -- the course was undisturbed and all clams were present and accounted for.
With Brian away jet-boating in Niagara, Fred added to his engineer's degree with certification in Clamology, gradually taking over the measuring task.
And the winner? The very small, sleek and trim clam Mussel Man, Charles' entry. This young man was delighted with the showing of his first ever racing Clam. A credible distance, too, at 6'!
And in second? Well... now... For several years now the Muskoka Music Men have come to the Clam Race, quite literally through the worst the weather could throw. They've sung through high winds, torrential downpours and power outages (not necessarily all at once, but sometimes the fates collided) This year, for the first time, their entry, Wild Racing Clam, scooted off the start line and made a serious run for the roses. At 5'9 it was good enough for the Silver Medal position.
We give the credit to Roy, who lovingly held the clam up to the microphone for the quartet to serenade before it went to the start line. (We think we saw the Clam lip-synching...) Whatever, the music must have inspired this clam to great effort.
In third place was Clammarama Ding Dong, closely followed by the Dutch entry, Clambrandt.
46 Clams ran. Some of our favourite names? Percy Bisque Shelley. Coquille Monster. Hippopus Hippopus (which means Bear Claw Clam)(in Latin)(you knew that), Claminigans, Hanna MontClamma... People are so creative!
Now it's all up to Jim, at Treasures and Trophies, to get the medals engraved. (We can't give him much notice, and he does just a wonderful job for us -- probably missing his dinner to get the awards done, for which we thank him!)
Pirates, Ahoy!
With Tim providing the energy, and Nathan in the bow keeping a lookout, the boys were off to Sweep the Spanish Main.
Or at least claim Bondi Bay for their very own!
The Chowder Bowl
Clams are at the Post. The race is underway.
It was very hands-on this year, since Brian, Dave and Mike were away jet boating at Niagara, but we had plenty of experienced help getting clams to the start line.
Ben Boivin represented the District of Muskoka. Kerri MacDonald came as our token papparazzi. And the Muskoka Music Men, in the quartet form of Ken, Mans, Roy and Bob showed up in fine voice to entertain. This was the first year the weather was really wonderful for this quartet -- god bless 'em, they've sung for us through hurricane winds, torrential storms that shut off the lights, and scattered showers. Undaunted, and always in tune, they truly help make this a great occasion.
This year, they are racing "My Wild Racing Clam", in the #38 Post Position.
Everybody gets into the act, with almost 50 Clams coming to the start for our 25th Anniversary Race.
Achmed the cat has an entry... a wild card, 'Leader of IsClam'
The grand finale is tomorrow morning, 8.30, just before we hit the lake for the Marathon Swim.
Labels: Muskoka Music Men. Clam Race. Bondi Village Resort.
Squeegee's Fan Club
It's been good news and bad news for Squeegee the pony this week.
The bad news was that a bear came down to the dumpster who was almost twice the pony's size! Pony is kept in a very safe place, but he was still not impressed with the news bulletin. He expects better from his staff...
Good news -- he had lots of little people to brush him and feed him carrots and apples. He got so much attention he thought for a while there that his coat would all get brushed away... but all it did was shine up like a new penny instead. He even got to wear a fancy hair scrunchy in his forelock. He did gently suggest however, that while he is very careful with his feet, sandals might not be the best footwear for his freinds.
And once he'd got Dave trained about how to lead him, Squeegee was more than happy to take the whole gang along...
Nature's Pantry now Open
Chanterelle mushrooms are among the most highly prized of all the mushrooms. Known to the Italians as Girolle, and in German as Pfifferling, they are known to Fred as his Favourite Mushroom, and he knows how to recognize them... has the patience to track them down... and jealously guards his knowledge.
I had to be sworn to secrecy after taking this photo of them growing in the wild. They only grow in the wild. All efforts to cultivate them have been less than successful.
It is imperative that anyone collecting wild mushrooms educate themselves, and be sure that the mushroom you have is indeed the mushroom you think it is.
Chanterelles have thick stalks, with flutes on the underside, and a delightfully apricot scent to them.
Fred also harvested some Bolette -- both King Bolete and Birch Bolete. These are also popular with mushroom hunters. The Italians call them Porcini mushrooms, because you have to get to them before the pigs find them. The pigs like them even more than you do.
Boletes are different from other mushrooms, with pores rather than gills on the underside of the cap. Spores are released by the thousands from the inner walls of hundreds of tiny round tubes, making up the lower cap surface. This spore-bearing area resembles and acts like a sponge. They look like small hamburger buns, to be unromantic about the whole thing. Avoid any that have red spores on the underside, however. And be sure you've got someone along who -- like Fred our resident Hunter/Gatherer KNOWS mushrooms.
Labels: chanterelle mushrooms. Porcini. Bolete Mushrooms. Lake of Bays. Bondi Village
Everybody, SING!
Our second pair of nesting barn swallows now have their nestlings -- FIVE hungry mouths to fill! The swallows are hunting hard, storming through the stable in a figure eight flight pattern that is as fast and intricate as anything the Snowbirds perform.
On some of her passes by, the swallow just about cuts you off at the knees, so low and so fast is she travelling!
The first pair have their babies out flying, learning how to catch their own mosquitoes and insects. When everybody comes back into the barn, it's a happy, noisy place.
Until the cats show up -- there is a very distinct swallow word for CAT!!!!!! which cannot be translated in a family friendly forum. The adult birds practically strike the cat with their wings as they swoop and dive to drive them away.
Above them, crowding in the nest, with their beautiful yellow beaks held wide, our nestlings look like they are about to burst into a Broadway musical production of The Sound of Music.
Labels: barn swallows. Lake of Bays. Bondi.
Taking a break from the lake, Breanna, Maddy and Alex joined Shahira in the shade to recycle old soap into soap cakes.
All you need are slivers of soap that can be melted together and stirred to mix up the colours, then cooled and packed into old muffin tins, and suddenly you've got very useful soap again!
Stopping by to say Hello
Many of our guests have spotted the twin fawns this summer. Lloyd, having coffee in the living room, saw them come tiptoeing down to the lake for a drink of their own...
And they stopped to say hello to Nancy right at the driveway, posing for this picture.
They are getting bigger, stronger, faster... and they remain breathtakingly lovely.
Spittin' for Science
Shelley, who scoops up all our seed spitting data each summer and sweeps it off to use in her Statistics Course at University, ran a little experiment at the Wiener Roast...
What flies farther? A watermelon seed, or a popcorn kernel?
Since genetics took most of the seeds out of the watermelon, for convenience sake, thereby depriving countless children the classic opportunity to spit the seeds, we've been struggling with keeping tradition alive. We tried other seeds, but all failed the criteria... popcorn kernels finally made the cut, being clean, easily available and rarely allergenic.
True aficionados seek distance from a seed...
So Shelley spat three watermelon seeds, three popcorn kernels. A controlled experiment, as Science would demand -- same mouth, same wind direction and weather conditions, etc. etc.
And the result? Well, that would be telling... but since that's what we're here for:
Watermelon seed: 21'7"
Popcorn kernel: 19'8
Labels: watermelon seed spitting
Tiny Little Turtle
Back in May, we enjoyed a close encounter with Mama Snapping Turtle, en route to dig her nest and lay her eggs. She was just the vanguard of the snapping turtle expeditionary forces seeking soft places to dig their nests.
The fruits of those labours -- so to speak -- showed up at the Wiener Roast on Tuesday. No, calm down... we weren't serving up Turtle Soup!!! Far from it!
The Martin/Suits Collective found a tiny baby snapping turtle working his way across the hill above the cookout beach. Glad to be saved the long walk, he hitch-hiked down with the family, and was much admired by all at the beach.
After we'd all made our introductions to young Wilberforce the Snapping Turtle, explaining about how old and unchanged these turtles are (they date back to the dinosaurs, but are FAR more fun than a T-Rex), how cars are one of their greatest 'predators', and how their sex is determined by the temperature in the nest. Given it's been a cool start to the summer, we're guessing he's a young male turtle.
The mortality rate is huge for these little guys. Up to 40 eggs are laid by the female, who then just goes away and does whatever adult turtles do. About 100 days later, the tiny turtles chip their way out of the egg, using a little knob on their beaks, and try to figure out the shortest path to water. On the way, they need to dodge lots of other animals that would like to add turtle soup to their own menu: crows, hawks, herons, bullfrogs, large fish and snakes.
We released Wilberforce into the security of the stand of bullrushes and cattails at the water's edge, giving him the best shot we could, and wishing him lots of luck.
Turtle Fact: When the turtle catches a cold it floats at an angle and cannot dive!
Why? In the turtle, because the ribs are fused to the carapace, the lungs cannot be expanded by rib muscles. Instead, turtles have special paired lung muscles, attached to a "diaphragm", which force the air out of the lungs when they contract. In the relaxed state, the lungs of turtles - in contrast to other animals - are maximally filled with air. Turtles can shift air from one lung to another, thereby displacing their centre of gravity at will, so that the lungs act like the swim bladder of a fish. When the lung is diseased, this ability is impaired.
Labels: snapping turtles. Bondi Village Resort.
Team Bondi Rocks the Paintball Range
It isn't whether you win or lose... oh, wait, yes it is... this is Paintball we're talking here...
Despite coming home with some bruises, and a slightly sketchy record of wins and losses, TEAM BONDI had a rockin' day at MJD Paintball last week.
Located on the airstrip at Deerhurst Resort, this course is rapidly developing into quite the scene for the Paintball team. You can drop in for a game, mix-and-match team members, and find a scenario for everyone from the timid newbie to the seasoned commando.
Rob, Alex, Kyle, Scott, Mark, Laura, Mike, Shahira and Dave had a blast, upheld TEAM BONDI's honour. Won a game... and most certainly looked the part.
Labels: MJD Paintball. Bondi Village. Deerhurst.
Iridium Flare
Fred always arrives armed with sheets of paper from Heavens Above detailing when and where we can have the chance to see both Iridium Flares and the International Space Station overhead.
Iridium Flares are produced by the sun reflecting off the panels of the Iridium Communications Satellites. No, they are not made of iridium, but take their name from the company that makes them, much as the Saturn rocket had little to do with Saturn.
When the sun hits them just right, if you are in just the right place, and your timing is just right -- this is, after all one of those events that require rocket science to produce and so demands precision from its followers -- you will get to see one of these phenomena.
We gathered on the lawn, in the dark, at the ready with Fred's co-ordinates and times, we argued over what 51 degrees would really look like without a protractor, and Stuart started the countdown when the minute hand hit 12... For many of our group, this was their first glimpse of one of these flares. Doubt was tangible.
But not for Fred, who knows about these things... Bang on the appointed time, and heaven knows bang at the appointed elevation (so THAT's 51 degrees!) there was the most amazing point of light, starting small, then opening up into by far the brightest object up there. Way brighter than Venus, or Jupiter... we're talking BRIGHT!
It is exactly as described -- a flare. They don't last long. It's essentially like catching the sun's rays with a mirror to send a signal, one bright flash.
Worth staying up late to see, however. Definitely. It certainly made believers out of us!
Labels: iridium flares. heavens above. sky phenemena. Sky watching. Lake of Bays.
There's nothing quite like Happy Hour at Lantern cottage when Walter is in residence.
Seems like ALL the beautiful people show up...
She Floats! (sort of)
Late in the day, the intrepid BBQ BARGE was ceremoniously carried to the lake for her first Sea Trial. This is the Huck Finn creation of Mike and Dave, patched together from an old catamaran with leaky pontoons. The leaky pontoon issue was addressed by lovingly filling the pontoons with empty plastic bottles. The rotted fabric was replaced with manly planks of wood, sufficient to support the planned BBQ and lawn chairs. Bets were taken over whether she'd be a SINKER or a FLOATER when she took to the water... so there was a bit of a crowd on hand at the main dock for the maiden voyage. And SHE FLOATS! Well, low in the water, with the pontoons awash, but floating all the same, with the BBQ deck high and dry. Seems there were some issues with the rudder system, (which Brian did his best to master) and there are design specs still to be completed, so stay tuned, but we are drawing closer to the dream of Dave and Mike, floating in mid-bay, kickin' back, flipping burgers... And -- enterprising as they are -- probably selling them to passing boaters. Perhaps the Lake version of a hot-dog cart?
Labels: Bondi Village. Huck Finn. Lake of Bays.
Move over Lance Armstrong
Maddelin got taken for her first bike ride, along with her buddy Nico. John and Garth provided the pedal power, and away they went across the lawns.
It seemed like such an excellent idea, until it was discovered that Maddelin enjoyed it so much she wouldn't get out. The drivers changed... and changed again... and still she was cruisin', a smile a mile wide, with both Bina and Garth beginning to look like they could use a tiny rest!
Resistance is Futile... the Collective is arriving!
Our blog didn't permit the comment to be logged on, so these guests sent us an email instead, and we're delighted to add it to the Posts We, too, are waiting for their arrival, with smiles.
The Heron/Suits Collective is breathlessly looking forward to our second
year at Bondi. Our girls Naedine, Alex and Breanna will be joined by their
cousin Madison this year. Thanks for blogging us into Bondi current events.
We look forward to seeing all of you soon. We hope the girls can help Nancy
collect eggs again this year so we can eat them for breakfast. Take care
and see you this Saturday. WooooHoooo
Quiet Chicken
Brooke and Samantha love the chickens, especially the quiet, older chicken. They didn't want her to be uncomfortable in the rain, so the girls got their umbrella, and made sure Quiet the Chicken wasn't as mad as a wet hen.
Flying in the Rain
Shahira has swum competitively for eleven years, and in her family's travels has represented Saudi nationally, Belgium and England at her school levels. All that was merely prelude... This fall, she's tackling Queen's University, and angling for a spot on the swim team.
Her father gently reminds us of this fact every time we chat. Phrases like "training program" and "be sure she keeps working at her swimming" keep popping up.
Sam has nothing to fear. Even in the rain this morning the Marathon Swim left the dock. Because of the weather, we stayed within the bay, swimming to the Point and back. Twice for those who wanted more distance (that's 2 km) Shahira had no choice, she had to go the distance...
And go is the operative word. A medley of strokes were on display, breast stroke, crawl and -- the one she's been trying to teach to David (who can now do 6 in a row before sinking), BUTTERFLY! (that's her, right in the middle of that beautiful splash!)
Nor did the rain deter the folks who came out to be support boats -- Kyle, making a definite fashion statement in a garbage bag with matching lifejacket, stayed on point with Shahira the whole distance, and she made sure he had to keep paddling!
Smokin' with the bow
While Nancy was struggling with knowledge gap at the Trivia Night, Brian and Carol were kicked back at the SOLD OUT concert at the Algonquin Theatre in Huntsville.
On stage? Natalie MacMaster, and her husband Donnel Leahy. Oh... and we should mention it was the debut performance of their three year old daughter on stage as well.
And what a performance they gave. Brian is still shaking his head over the fiddle performances, particularly when Donnell Leahy gets into high gear. With the light behind him, you could see smoke coming off the bow... strings breaking and flapping about. From time to time he'd pause to snap those broken strings away before diving right back in.
Natalie is always a joy as an entertainer, and there is something completely endearing about the fact that she would occasionally leave the stage to care for their new baby.
Between them, this couple has two children and fifteen fiddles. We're told there is a story behind each one of them.
If you've been living out past Jupiter lately, and have not been privileged to listen to their music, be sure to drop by both Natalie's website, and the Leahy family site, and give a little listen.
These musicians are smokin'
Labels: Natalie MacMaster. Donnel Leahy. Algonquin Theatre. Muskoka.
I am told that as a general rule 90% of the fish are in 10% of the lake, and 90% of the fishermen are in the other part...
That didn't damp the enthusiasm when Ben took his grandson Ethan out in the rowboat to try their luck along the far shore. Perhaps the other corner of the bay, with more lily pads and cat tails would have been the water of choice, or perhaps the fish were -- like Stuart -- just floating and chilling out on this spectacular summer day.
Either way, even when the fishing is better than the catching, time spent with your grandson fishing is better than time spent just about any other way we can imagine.
The dip of the oars into the still waters, the sun sparkling on the surface, the worms -- and putting them on the hook by yourself, the chance (always that hopeful excitement) that there MIGHT be a big one down there, just under the boat, where the lake bottom suddenly drops into deep water...
This is how you build memories.
Can't get that from a video game...
Labels: fishing. Lake of Bays. Bondi Village Resort.
Trivia Night -- We Came 3rd!
Bondi had two teams at the Dwight Library Trivia Night fundraiser. Pizza, popcorn, unanswerable questions... it's all good!
We knew some, we guessed some, and some (what DO you call a baby cod?) we just let float right by us.
One team finished 5th, one finished 3rd, just a few points ahead. Competition in the five round competition was fierce.
This year, the coveted Cup went to a new team, beating back the powerhouse MasterMinds who have 'owned' Trivia night for the past few years. Congratulations to the 2009 winners, the Mint Patties, from Sunset Bay, Lake of Bays. They proved a formidable force, and we'll all need to pull up our socks to take them on next summer!
These are the folks who actually knew what 'google' meant; were confident in naming Shakespeare's first play; scoffed at how long it takes blood to circulate in the human body; what does M&M stand for; and knew what you call a collection of owls (a parliament - we got that one!!!).
It's a great evening out, lots of fun, with 6 players to a team, so plenty of opportunity to confer, disagree, scribble down an answer with fingers crossed.
While there may be the occasional disagreement on the answers -- for example, is it true that eagles mate in flight, or in the back of a classic corvette? -- but it's all in fun, and good spirits, and it goes toward the library. Could there be a better cause?
Great job, Ron, Peggy and all the Friends of the Library for putting on such an excellent evening. Three cheers for the Bondi Trivialities, and the Bondi Google-ites (who, yes, did know the meaning of the word google)
And kudos to the Mint Patties. Enjoy the trophy. We're coming after it next summer...
Labels: Dwight Library Trivia Night. Sunset Bay Lake of Bays. Bondi Village Resort.
Shahira Soars
The weather has not always be conducive to getting the Piper Cub airborne so far this summer, but Brian finally found a window of opportunity this week.
And a passenger!
Shahira jumped at the chance to be our Spy in the Sky, equipped with Brian's camera. The plane is Piper PA-11 float plane, a classic of the northern Canadian wilderness. They were built in the late 1940's, replacing the Piper J-3 (we had one of those, not much larger than a dragonfly, but the most delightful little plane) Only 1500 PA-11s were produced before Piper moved on to the larger, faster SuperCub.
The colour is known as Cub Yellow, and it, too is a classic.
But then, Shahira deserves to fly in the best planes in the sky!! And Brian is happy with any excuse to get airborne.
Labels: Piper Cub PA-11.
Marathon Float!
One thing about Stuart's choice of flotation device -- it's easy to spot! He's been drifting about the bay, working up to the Big One... his devilish plan is to float around the Island.
We think he'll want a certificate...
We just want to know if he's got another one of those chairs, so we can do the same thing!
Last November, one of the fawns who grew up on Bondi's lawn was left an orphan. Mom got swiped by a car near the Firehall. Nancy and her friend Sue were the next car in line, bearing witness to the event. The car was fine. The doe, not so good. And the fawn stood on the shoulder of the road, waiting for Mom to get up.
Enough to break your heart. There are a lot of deer in this area -- one of our guests, Jason, counted 30 while biking this week, just on one ride! It's a huge reminder to the folks that are in such a hurry to get to their cottages to SLOW DOWN. These are country roads, and deer (despite everything we do to educate them) don't look both ways. Hitting wildlife with a car is no joke, for either party. They move fast, and once they commit, they often don't or can't change their direction, and -- regretably -- they don't understand trajectory and velocity when it comes to cars.
The orphan showed up at the stable a day later, looking little, and lost. She stole the chicken feed, and she came into the paddock to eat the horses' hay. They didn't seem to mind, so she stayed, and hung out with the horses all winter. She'd be found in the morning, curled up in the round bale of hay, sound asleep.
She's made some deer friends now, and is hanging out mostly with the mother of the single fawn. She still shows up at the stable every day. And she traverses the lawn, chatting up our guests.
Manon sent us this charming photo of little 'Sweetie' by her cottage last week, enjoying the after-taste of a slice of apple.
Labels: whitetail deer. Bondi Village Resort. Lake of Bays.
All Aboard! The Steamer's Here!
Once upon a time, not so long ago, Paul Tapley would go to Huntsville by lake steamer. The trip began with getting over to Thompson's Portage, near Haystack Bay Marina now. You could go by rowboat, or on foot. Once there, you crossed to the Dwight Bay side of the Portage, and ran up the flag on Clinton's Dock.
As the Steamship passed in the main bay, she'd see the flag, and toot the whistle. On her return pass, she'd come into the narrow bay, and collect passengers.
Cows, Paul used to point out, had to ride on the deck. Passengers had it softer -- they could go inside, out of the rain, listen to the piano (or play it, as my grandfather enjoyed doing), have a cup of tea, maybe a sandwich... Rain or shine, it was a fabulous, restful and highly civilized way to travel.
When the steamer arrived at the South Portage terminal of the Portage Flyer Railway, it was everybody off the boat... onto the train... and then one short mile later... onto the waiting steamship S.S. Algonquin to complete the trip into town. More tea. Another sandwich. Watch the shore go by, pass through the Canal...
Now we drive, and it's all kind of hectic.
But... you CAN go back again. At least briefly.
Sunday Nancy got to go on the Royal Mail Ship SEGWUN, the last of the original steamers still plying Muskoka's waters. Built in 1887, and starting her life as a paddlewheeler, the Segwun will take you on a variety of cruises around the South Muskoka lakes.
Nancy can highly recommend the dinner cruise, from 6.30 to 9.30, watching the sun set on Lake Muskoka while enjoying an excellent meal and the beautiful backdrop of the old steamship. Easy to see why this ship, and her sister vessel The Wenonah were voted Ontario's best large outdoor attraction.
Don't think the kids would be interested in a dinner cruise? Well, on Sunday's, The Pirate Captain Corbin takes the Wenonah... and cordially invites pirates of all ages on board.
And you never know who you'll meet on board! Lou-Ann and Bratislav cottage just down Fox Point Road, past Bondi. Having dropped the kids at camp, they were enjoying a little 'together' time before heading back to the city.
Vic scanned the shoreline for his friend's cottage, and Nancy found herself in deep conversation with Jamie, who usually vacations at Nor'Loch Lodge! And no cruise on Muskoka Lake could be complete without the obligatory appearance of one of the classic wooden boats that wrote their own histories on these waters.
And the sun? Well, yes, indeed, it most obligingly set, putting on quite a display. And Captain Phil set that boat back at the dock with less commotion than it takes us to get the canoes out for the Marathon Swim!
Labels: R.M.S. Segwun. Real Muskoka. Boat Cruises. Pirate Cruise. Muskoka Lakes. Classic and Antique Boats.
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