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First full day for Fun Scale F/A-18C Build
I got a fair bit of work done on the Bug today, and I made my first trip to the LHS to pickup the Power 25, navigation and position light components, some paint, 5-min epoxy, some light ply and birch, X-acto blades and the pushrod and sleeves I will use for the rudders.
I got the flaps and slats cut into both wings, and rehinged - trim paint remains.
This was interesting as I found there is a 3rd carbon spar in the wing that stretches from an unknown place inboard on the wing to very far outboard.
I elected to go for full span taped hinges for the slats and flaps as I have never had an issue with this approach. Tomorrow I will trim out the flap and slat coves with red paint - not true to scale but my preferred appearance, same as I did on my PZ T-28C.
I detailed the AIM-9L Sidewinders on the wingtip rails except for cutting in the new fins and am very pleased with the results.
I painted a dark gray detail on the LEX/Strakes I have seen on a number of Hornets and dry fitted the vortex generators.
I detailed out the speedbrake, engine vents and turkey feathers.
And I painted the nose cone, it really needed a little something.
All in all, a pretty good day - got to watch Wrath of Khan and work on my Bug, hard to beat.
|May 29, 2011, 11:17 AM
Pretty cool. I'm curious how much performance those slats add.
|Jun 08, 2011, 03:04 PM
Dora, I did the slats more for scale than anything.
That said, my expectation is that they will allow me to droop the ailerons pretty heavily without tip stalling, and should let me slow the Bug down a lot when combined with the flaps and drooped ailerons.
The slats will deploy with the flaps (somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 as much slat deployment compared to flaps) - activating flaps will mix in aileron droop, so collectively it should be pretty impressive in terms of looks as well as high-alpha slow flight and hopefully on landing.
|Aug 23, 2011, 01:20 PM
Hey Dora, no flight report yet - the project was sidelined by issues with my Jeep and then an overhaul effort on one of my mtorcycles.
Curerntly waiting on replacement Power 25 (LHS gave me the 870 kVa and I need the 1250 kVa) and receiver purchase which may be delayed a bit due to some unforeseen budgetary issues.
Build should resume in the next week or so - mostly servo install, flying tail completion, retracts final install and so on.
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Rather you are hunting coon hounds in competition coon hunts or hunting for fun you will probably be using a coon squaller at some point during the night hunt. However, some people never carry this important tool with them when coon hunting. I'm going to discuss a few reasons why you should start using a coon squaller every time you go coon hunting.
First, lets begin with talking about what a coon squaller actually is. A coon squaller is a small tool that uses a diaphragm to mimic the natural sound of a coon squall. There are many types of coon squallers made from various materials such as metal, wood, or a combination of the two.
Now, for those who don't know; what is a coon squall? A squall is the sound a raccoon makes when it is in stressful situations. Normally, you will hear racoons making this sound when they are fighting with each other.
This is similar to a human hollering for help. So with this analogy in mind you can see how some coons react differently just like humans would. I have seen some raccoons come completely out of the tree either by leaping or running right down the trunk.
However, this is the exception to the rule but it can be very handy when trying to find a raccoon as they will often "look" and you will be able to see their eyes.
A coon squaller can be very useful when competition coon hunting for the reasons I just stated. I have been able to finds lots of coons, especially during the summer by having them look at me after using a coon squaller.
This has helped me in several competition coon hunts. A raccoon may even come out of a hollow tree and this really helps find your coon and get some plus points during the winter hunting season when many coons are spending time in their hollow den trees.
Now you may be wondering how do I get the coon squaller to sound right? If you have used one before you know there can be a trick to it. This will depend on the coon squaller you purchase, as each brand is different.
Usually you will have to "hum" or "roll your tongue" in order to produce the right pitch. Some people are masters at coon squalling, while others really struggle with this. For those of you who can't get a coon squaller to sound close enough to make the coons look don't worry.
Technology has allowed us to be able to mimic this sound electronically. Many companies now make "electric" coon squallers. These allow you to simply push a button to get that real coon squall sound.
So the next time you are planning on hunting coon hounds, rather for competition or pleasure, be sure to take along the all-important coon squaller. If you can't master the manual one's then try an electric one and you'll be sure to start seeing more coons and racking up more plus points.

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Borst is the Director, Industry Initiatives at the IAB focusing on
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• The two main categories of games that can be played across multiple devices
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• The most common revenue models
• The future evolution of game advertising
On the importance of this guide, Sandro Camarao of MediaBrix, who led the Game Advertising Ecosystem Guide working group said: It is important for buyers to understand how to leverage gaming content for maximum brand impact. Gaming has grown exponentially, and with its growth, new opportunities for brands to forge emotional connections with key audiences. The IAB Games Ecosystem Guide comes at a critical time for buyers who are determining how best to integrate gaming into their media plan.
IAB Game Committee co-chairs added:
In looking forward to 2015, the IAB Games Committee will take deeper dives into each of the three main types of advertising formats to provide more guidance for marketers and agencies who seek to deploy game advertising in their content marketing strategy and media mix.
On a related note: Be sure to check out the IAB's recent (11/14) research study "Mobile Gamers: Who They Are, How They Shop, and How to Reach Them." This report examines the behaviors and economic outlook of mobile phone owners who use their smartphone for all of its functions as compared to the general US Adult 18 and over population.
About the Author
Susan Borst
Borst is the Director, Industry Initiatives at the IAB focusing on
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She can be reached on Twitter @susanborst
About the Author
Susan Borst
Borst is the Director, Industry Initiatives at the IAB focusing on
Social Media, B2B, Games, Content Marketing and Native Advertising.
She can be reached on Twitter @susanborst
About the Author
Susan Borst
Borst is the Director, Industry Initiatives at the IAB focusing on
Social Media, B2B, Games, Content Marketing and Native Advertising.
She can be reached on Twitter @susanborst
About the Author
Susan Borst
Borst is the Director, Industry Initiatives at the IAB focusing on
Social Media, B2B, Games, Content Marketing and Native Advertising.
She can be reached on Twitter @susanborst
Nicole Horsford
Nicole Horsford is the Member Services Director at IAB.
Now that buyers and sellers have become more familiar with cookie-replacement technologies, and many are choosing to create their own proprietary solutions, a larger business and process discussion about audience engagement and the usage of audience data has emerged. Where the need was previously to understand the available technology choices, now many in the market are focused on gaining clarity around the new techniques, and best practices, for use and control of audience data in this developing cross-platform landscape. Including, but not limited to, the use of audience identifiers - the IAB's Data Council will be home to continued discussions and guidance for how we can all be good data stewards. This will undoubtedly include timely issues such as data quality, protection, control and using data to inform an overall digital strategy.
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Anna Bager is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence at the IAB. You can tweet her @AnnaBager.
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Scott Cunningham is Vice President of Technology and Ad Operations at the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
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Belinda J. Smith
Belinda J. Smith is Senior Manager of the Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence at the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
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Kristina Sruoginis is the Research Director at IAB.
Today we released "Hispanic Millennials and Mobile," which looks at younger US Hispanic consumers through the lens of mobile—not just what they do with their devices but how they feel about them and how their smartphones impact their wider lives.
Pacific Ethnography conducted the research for us, which consisted of two phases: a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews and home visits with Hispanic Millennials from across the country, followed by a survey to explore and quantify some of the findings.
Young Latino Americans are interesting not just because they are an increasingly important demographic group, but also because they serve as a leading indicator for mobile attitudes and behaviors that will become more widespread in the future. The mobile-first lives this group leads today reflect the lives we all will be living in the very near future, as mobile-savviness diffuses ever more widely though the entire U.S. population.
For the IAB audience, the key finding was that Hispanic Millennials sometimes like and even welcome ads, as long as they are on their terms and their preferred timing—66% say they pay attention to at least some ads on their phone. Moreover, email marketing communication is often seen as real communication, not as junk mail. And 21% of Hispanic Millennials say they've followed a brand on social media after seeing an ad (27% have done a search, and 23% have tapped/clicked on a mobile ad).
As with other Millennials, Hispanic Millennials are extremely diverse, and take on different roles and personas depending on time and situation. So it's not enough for marketers to simply include Latinos in creative or run ads in Spanish to attract them—they have to be more sensitive and relevant than that to reach this media-savvy segment successfully.
In my early 20s, the Internet was still dial-up, and being "offline" was the usual way to be. For this population segment, the mobile internet means the reverse is true—they are always online, unless they are asleep, visiting relatives outside the US without international roaming, or deliberately hiding.
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Joe Laszlo is Senior Director, Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, at the IAB.
Joe Laszlo
Joe Laszlo is Senior Director, Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence, at the IAB.
Joe Laszlo
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Banner ads are the Mark Twain of the Internet: reports of their death are greatly exaggerated. So it is with Farhad Manjoo's historically jejune and financially illiterate November 6 article, Fall of the Banner: The Monster That Swallowed the Web.
Curiously, Mr. Manjoo cites not a single statistic to support his thesis that "finally, the banner ad is in decline." Perhaps that's not so curious, for the facts tell a very different story. Since the 2002 introduction of the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Universal Ad Package—the basic codification of banner ad formats—display advertising revenues have grown 460 percent, accounting for nearly $8 billion of the $43 billion spent on digital advertising in the United States in 2013.
In this entire period, during which the Internet grew to become the largest advertising medium in the U.S., display advertising (of which banners are by far the dominant component) remained the single largest form of digital advertising other than search. When search advertising is deducted from marketer expenditures on digital advertising, banner-based display ads accounted for 32 percent of Internet ad spending in 2013; in 2002, banners accounted for 33 percent of Internet ad spend.
Mr. Manjoo is doubly wrong when he says banner-based display advertising is "so ineffective," and that's why "banner ads are sold for low prices." The pricing of display advertising, like the pricing of airline seats and coal, is a function of supply and demand. Average ad prices have declined in most media because the Internet's low barriers to entry have generated an avalanche of new advertising inventory, in an economy where demand for advertising (measured as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product) has largely been stable since the 1920s, accounting for 1 percent to 1.4 percent of GDP, according to the Department of Commerce. For this reason among others, banner ads are remarkably effective, providing five to six times the yield of direct mail—a major reason advertisers have transferred so much of their budgets to this supposed "declining" format.
Mr. Manjoo also, oddly, attributes unique privacy concerns to banner advertising. Yet as a technology reporter, surely he knows that all Internet communications—banner ads, social media posts, links in online newspaper articles—throw off data about user interests and interactions. So, for that matter, do telephone calls and cable television boxes. Yet only the digital advertising industry has developed a self-regulatory program, praised by the White House, the Commerce Department, and the Federal Trade Commission, that gives users control over the way their data is collected and used. The development of this self-regulatory program, the protections it offers, and the operating standards it provides industry have helped fuel the rise of "programmatic advertising"—the automated trading of Internet banner ads—in which 85 percent of advertisers currently are engaging, according to a study for the IAB by the Winterberry Group. So much for a declining ad format.
There's a larger flaw in Mr. Manjoo's analysis, however: his assumption that banner advertising is utterly distinct from all other forms of advertising, on the Internet or elsewhere. Banners are simply a format standard, no different than the advertising format standards that undergird other forms of media, such as the 30-second television commercial and the double truck magazine ad. Such standards exist to take complexity and cost out of an industry supply chain, allowing businesses to achieve scale efficiently. Some of the "native advertising" Mr. Manjoo lauds—known in the industry as "in-stream ads"—is simply a scalable banner format moved from the margins of a PC or mobile screen into its center, where it interrupts the content flow, exactly as television spots and magazine ads quite effectively do. Other forms of native advertising, such as the "content ads" for which Mr. Manjoo reserves special praise, are difficult to scale, because they are designed to mimic the design and conventions of a specific site. As anyone who has studied microeconomics knows, such customization passes costs up and down industry supply chains, and has the potential to limit companies' profits.
The fact is, the digital advertising landscape is far more nuanced and sophisticated than Mr. Manjoo describes. Marketers today are using digital advertising to drive results across the entire purchase funnel, from creating new desire and demand with beautiful concept ads much as they have done with television for years; to deepening engagement via content-rich advertising; and, finally, driving transactions with highly targeted "commerce ads," of which banners are likely to remain the standard for a long while.
Farhad Manjoo has built a lengthy piece on a ridiculous premise: that banner advertising has facilitated "the web's decline." Since 2010, digital and mobile devices have increased their share of U.S. consumers' media consumption to 47 percent from 29.6 percent, as television's share has fallen to 36.5 percent from 41 percent, and print's share of consumer attention has declined to 11 percent from 15 percent. Interactive media's rise has been facilitated by one thing: the remarkable diversity of content available to satisfy any interest and every curiosity. For much of that content, advertising—including the still-resilient banner ad—foots the bill.
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- Programmatic is more than RTB. There is a lot of confusion over the term programmatic, which many people mistakenly believe is only real-time bidding (RTB) or used only for remnant inventory. Ultimately programmatic is the process of buying and selling media in an automated fashion. This includes four main types of transactions - open auctions, invitation-only/private auctions, unreserved fixed rate/preferred deals, and automated guaranteed/programmatic guaranteed deals. Every time someone says the word "programmatic" make sure you ask what exactly they mean. Watch this Digital Simplified video that explains how one part of programmatic, RTB, works step by step.
- Lots of challenges still exist to enable programmatic to work. Concerns that were addressed throughout the event included transparency, fraud, and trust; limited understanding and knowledge; confusion over terminology; moving from direct response to branding dollars, moving from mostly standard banners to native, video, rising stars, and audio ad formats; internal organizational challenges for brands and publishers; and delivering different creative through programmatic.
- Programmatic is big and getting bigger. The programmatic market (including auction, and direct deals) is expected to top $10B in 2014 and grow to $20B by 2016. For now, RTB remains the dominant part of programmatic spending (92% in 2014), but is expected to fall to under 60% of total programmatic spend by 2016 as programmatic direct increases. Within RTB, open auctions account for 88% of total RTB spend, though this is changing with private marketplaces growing significantly faster. While display is still dominant for now, mobile and video programmatic are growing fast.
- Fraud and trust are big issues, but are being tackled by the industry. Bots and fraud have become a big issue mainly due to the large sums of money involved. The IAB and the industry are building a trust stack to tackle fraud, malware, piracy, and transparency and include these in a joint cross-industry accountability program) building on the existing Quality Assurance Guidelines. Advertisers and buyers should make sure they know their supply sources, choose their vendors carefully, and always remember "If it's too good to be true, it probably is!" Publishers need to ensure they are coordinating between sales, marketing, operations, and analytics to identify any strange traffic patterns and remember if they are doing audience extension they need to apply the same controls as buyers should.
- Publishers can hit a home run with programmatic video. The concern that programmatic has been perceived as a "race to the bottom" for rates and yield has not been the case in video due to restricted supply. Publishers can use programmatic to fund the creation of quality video content particularly by helping to monetize traffic spikes. Ultimately efficiency doesn't have to mean lower CPMs; it can also mean more effective engagement.
- Measurement matters even more in a programmatic world. Brand marketers are looking for transparency, inventory quality, and technology simplicity. Buyers should ensure they are reaching the right audience, use a consistent, comparable metric to plan, buy, and sell audiences, use brand data to ensure advertising resonates, and ultimately ensure that the campaign drives the desired action.
- Attribution is essential to effective programmatic spend. Last touch attribution is outdated and is like giving all the credit in a relay race to the last runner. Attribution models should incorporate the "first site visit" separating the funnel into prospecting and retargeting, and set the right incentives to each part.
- Brands in automotive are leveraging programmatic. Leading brands are looking beyond the simple retargeting of ads and embracing programmatic across the consumer path to purchase from unaware to loyal purchasers. The agency automation "stack" includes four layers - unified data platform, open access to media inventory, single metrics regime, and dynamic ad creation/production/serving platform. Brands are finally learning from programmatic media to employ new tactics in automated creative—not creating by machines, but optimizing ad variables based on real-time, impression level data.
- Publishers need to re-org to capture the value of programmatic. Publishers are adopting programmatic as a core part of their monetization strategy. However, this can pose internal challenges. The top five ways to build a successful programmatic publisher organization were the following: align incentives and compensation; educate direct sellers and have them attend Programmatic 101 training; programmatic team to focus on supporting direct sales (agencies) and covering programmatic buying entities (DSPs, trading desks, retargeters); establish a programmatic rate card; and have internal and external quarterly budget reviews.
- Creativity and programmatic are not enemies. Every ad should be dynamic and leverage the same audience signals used in programmatic media buying to make the creative relevant. This can be done by infusing first or third-party data on demographics, location, and previous website behavior to alter the headline call to action, image, or assets of the ad unit to ensure the message resonates with the user. Doing this can double yield on interaction rates and increase engagement by 50%.
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State Sen. Bob Beers is a likable guy. I enjoy spending time with him and hearing his views. He's articulate, witty and media-savvy, and even if we don't agree, it's usually a good discussion.
But his latest idea of letting teachers carry weapons while they are in schools left me shaking my head in bewilderment. He thinks if teachers train in firearms and gun safety, they should be allowed to pack.
Shooting is not about being able to shoot accurately, it's about judgment. Just ask all the police officers who end up shooting and killing people. It's not a question of how to shoot; it's a question of when to shoot. A firearms safety class doesn't tell someone when they should yank out a gun and use it. There's a difference between trying to outgun a robber and using weapons in a crowded classroom.
After Sept. 11, 2001, when GOP Congressman Jim Gibbons, a former airline pilot, was asked about whether pilots should be armed, the now governor-elect quite sensibly said no. The pilot's priority should be flying the plane, rather than turning into a gunslinger swaggering down the aisle of a jumbo jet. Gibbons, with his military background, is better trained than most, and he didn't like the idea for pilots. He hasn't taken a position on teachers.
I'd like to hear from any teacher who thinks this is a good idea, and would like to be weapons trained, anyone who wants the additional responsibility in the classroom, anyone who doesn't worry about shooting a kid because he or she might mistake a toy gun for a real one and blow a kid's head off, anyone who doesn't worry the gun would be wrestled away.
Please, if you're so confident that your aim would be sure and certain in a crowded classroom and you wouldn't accidentally hit an innocent kid, please get in touch with me. If you are a teacher who thinks there would be no chance that a responding police officer might misunderstand that you're the good guy and blow your head off, tell me why you are so positive. If you are so confident in your sharpshooter abilities, are you willing to go through the litigation that inevitably follows, even if your judgment was right? I want to hear from such teachers.
Sometimes I wonder whether Bob Beers really believes these ideas or whether he's just tossing them out because he enjoys the publicity. This one was a softball. Everyone has an instant opinion. A lot of people think it's brilliant, a lot think he's an idiot for proposing it. But they're talking about Bob Beers and his idea.
A Wisconsin state assemblyman made the same suggestion recently. Utah law allows people to carry guns on campus if they have a concealed-weapons permit and leaves it up to the individual school districts to set policies and restrictions. Some districts have made it clear teachers would be acting on their own and not as school employees once they draw their weapons.
It would be so easy to say Beers is just tossing this idea out to keep himself in the news, something for which the former radio announcer has a natural affinity.
Then I remember it was Beers' idea to give a tax rebate during the 2005 Legislature. Gov. Kenny Guinn at first pooh-poohed it, then ran with it, making it his own. Not all Beers' ideas are as doomed as this one.
Just because he knows how to pick a populist idea and run with it, doesn't make him a bad guy.
But I will say this: Never gonna happen.
Incoming Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley won't let it happen. It's just not a bill that's going to make it out of the Democratic Assembly. And based on Gibbons' views on arming pilots, I'm not sure he would sign such a bill. This may be a case where the Republican governor is more in sync with the Democratic speaker than Beers.
So we can enjoy the sound and fury of the discussion, and the story will have legs as both sides argue back and forth. But when all is said and done, Beers' bill won't survive. It will be shot out from underneath the cowboy from Summerlin.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of a class (the "Class") of purchasers of Abiomed, Inc. ("Abiomed" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ABMD) common stock between August 5, 2011 and October 31, 2012, inclusive (the "Class Period").
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Abiomed is a purported pioneer in healthcare technology and innovation and is famous for the world's first total replacement heart and the world's smallest heart pump. One of the Company's chief products is the Impella 2.5 pump, which is designed to provide short-term circulatory support for heart patients.
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding Abiomed's business operations, financial condition and prospects. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that the defendants failed to resolve issues stemming from the Company's promotional and marketing materials for the Impella 2.5. As a result of defendants' false and misleading statements, the Company's stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period.According to the Complaint, Abiomed received letters from the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") in 2010, 2011 and 2012, informing it that the Company was marketing the Impella 2.5 in ways that were not compliant with FDA regulations. While the Company did not disclose the 2010 letter to investors, it misled investors regarding the 2011 and 2012 letters by stating that the Company was cooperating with the FDA to address those issues. On November 1, 2012, Abiomed disclosed that the United States Department of Justice had begun an investigation "focused on the Company's marketing and labeling of the Impella 2.5." Thus, it became apparent to investors that Abiomed had not resolved the outstanding issues addressed by the FDA. On this news, shares in Abiomed declined 31% on tremendous volume. Plaintiffs seek to recover damages on behalf of all Class members who invested in Abiomed common stock during the Class Period. If you invested in Abiomed common stock during the Class Period, and either lost money on the transaction or still hold the shares, you may wish to join in this action to serve as lead plaintiff. In order to do so, you must meet certain requirements set forth in the applicable law and file appropriate papers no later than January 15, 2013. A "lead plaintiff" is a representative party that acts on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. In order to be appointed lead plaintiff, the court must determine that the class member's claim is typical of the claims of other class members, and that the class member will adequately represent the class. Under certain circumstances, one or more class members may together serve as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery is not, however, affected by the decision whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff. You may retain Bernstein Liebhard LLP, or other counsel of your choice, to serve as your counsel in this action.
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- Year Published: 1997
- Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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Game: Wave Race 64
Song: Kazumi Totaka
Composer: Main Title
Above: Main Title from Wave Race 64
Few soundtracks are as relentlessly peppy as Wave Race 64. From its excitable opening to the '80s movie montage-esque credit tune, the game overflows with positive energy. Why not take a break from your day and dive on in?
I could have picked nearly any song from Wave Race 64, but nothing tops that energetic intro tune. Seeing those (at the time) dazzling water effects while this supercharged track played underneath was a magical fanboy experience, something we could run to the playground and hold over the newly forming PlayStation loyalists. Granted, the guitars are borderline grating, but the underlying melody and overall feel overcome the lack of CD-quality sound.
Above: Dolphin Park keeps the vibe flowing! Makes me want to cruise away from all my troubles on a Jet Ski made of church organs
Above: Marine Fortress is about as gritty as the game gets, and even it's still pretty slick
If I remember correctly, Wave Race 64 was the third game released for the N64 in the US. That fact sticks out in my mind not because of my usually freakish calendar brain, but because the first two games were out on launch day in September 1996, and Wave Race didn't arrive until November. Almost two full months on the shelves with just two games! Sure, one of them was Super Mario 64, but that's just bad business no matter how you look at it.
Composer Kazumi Totaka is known for hiding his "Totaka's Song" in just about every game he works on, but somehow Wave Race 64 missed out on this fun little bonus. However, considering how well the song is hidden, it could still be in there and no one's found it yet.
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Battle Theme by Sasai and Kawakami
Game music of the day: Little Nemo the Dream Master
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Included in the opening credits for
You May Not Kiss The Bride
is this: �A film by Rob Hedden &
Friends.� That addition of �& Friends� immediately makes me warm to this
You May Not Kiss The Bride
an odd (and sometimes endearing) combination of slapstick, romantic comedy,
action film, and gangster picture.
Bryan (Dave Annable) works as a pet photographer, and in
the first scene he is trying to get two dogs to smile for a joke wedding photo.
His assistant, Tonya (Mena Suvari), asks the animals� owners how long the dogs
have been dating. She says, �
I know you
have to multiply it by seven or something, but I�m just trying to get an idea
of how long to go out with somebody before tying the knot
.� And that�s the
first laugh-out-loud moment for me.
Mena Suvari is wonderful as the quirky assistant who suddenly
reveals that she is attracted to Bryan, telling him, �
If I moved in with you, I�d never be late to work
.� He suggests she
purchase an alarm clock.
Meanwhile a Croatian gangster (Ken Davitian) is
attempting to bribe two INS agents to expedite his daughter�s citizenship. They
turn down his offer of $10,000, and warn him they will now be keeping a closer
eye on his daughter. So he needs to find another way to facilitate her
There is some stuff that is ridiculous and doesn�t quite work,
like an early scene of a client�s dog chasing another client�s cat. Though it
then turns out that the gangster is husband to the woman with the cat, so he
has Bryan kidnaped and brought to his restaurant, where he gives him this
ultimatum: Bryan must marry his daughter so she can become a citizen. It will
be for only a year, after which she�s going to marry Brick (Vinnie Jones), one
of his goons, who is the jealous type (uh-oh).
Bryan meets Masha (Katharine McPhee), the woman he is to
marry, and of course she�s beautiful. Will he fall for her, and risk the wrath
of Brick and Masha�s father? What do you think? They go on their honeymoon, for
the sake of appearances, but Bryan is warned not to lay a finger on her.
By the way, most of this film was shot in Hawaii, and the
locations are gorgeous.
Of course, both
Brick and Tonya show up for their honeymoon, to complicate things. And then
Masha is kidnaped, and Bryan has to rescue her.
I have to admit, I totally got caught up in the rescue scenes. Though
I�m still not sure how they landed on a rock cliff by the ocean after sliding
down a hill in the jungle. Ah, the magic of editing.
Rob Schneider shows up as a nutty tour guide to let us
know not to take this film at all seriously. When he gets them to their hotel, Masha
cleans herself in a nearby fountain in slow motion, and I�m reminded of that
great scene from
L.A. Story
Steve Martin hits the �Slo-Mo� knob on his shower.
Kathy Bates is great as Bryan�s mom. She�s hilarious in
the scene where Bryan tells her that he�s being forced to marry this woman. She
asks, �
Do you love her?
� and �
Is she old enough to bear children?
� But
she isn�t given enough to do. All of her scenes are on the phone with Bryan, and
she basically does the same shtick in each scene. So soon her sex talk with her
son gets a little old. By the way, the wonderful Stephen Tobolowsky makes an appearance
as a plumber at Kathy Bates� house, but for just a moment. He is in only two
scenes and barely says a word. His character, sadly, is completely pointless.
There are some moments that don�t quite work, or aren�t
believable. For example, Tonya surprises Bryan in his apartment dressed in a
sexy cat outfit. She says she�ll let him pose her and take pictures. There�s no
way he could turn that down. But that�s just what he does. I find that
basically impossible to believe. Sure, her character is insane, but she�s
already on his bed and dressed as a cat.
Later, on the honeymoon, Bryan takes photos of Masha on
the beach. He then puts his camera down on the sand without putting the lens
cap back on, which I just don�t believe. He�s a professional photographer.
There is no way he would risk damaging his expensive camera that way. And then
the bit about him being so worried about his nudity is rather lame, and is
something we�ve seen many, many times.
But as I said there is a lot to like about this film.
Both leads do a good job. I really like Katharine McPhee�s portrayal of Masha,
as she doesn�t play her as helpless, or ignorant or an idiot. This is a woman
who knows the score. And anyway it�s not a film that demands to be taken
Special Features
This DVD has two bonus features. The first is a
nine-and-a-half-minute interview with Mena Suvari. Sadly, it�s a total fluff
piece, in which she answers such probing questions as �What were the best parts
about shooting on location?� and �What was your favorite scene?� and �What�s
your opinion on doing a comedy?� She doesn�t come off very well, mainly because
she really doesn�t say anything.
The other bonus feature is the film�s trailer.
You May Not Kiss
The Bride
was written and directed by Rob Hedden, who also wrote and directed
Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
You May Not Kiss
The Bride
is scheduled to be released on February 5, 2013 through
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Tentative Minor League rosters released
The Brewers sent out tentative rosters for their Minor League affiliates this afternoon, and here's a look:
Triple-A Nashville (28)
RHP Blazek, Michael
RHP Burgos, Hiram
RHP De La Torre, Jose
RHP Fiers, Mike
RHP Figaro, Alfredo
RHP Hand, Donovan
RHP Heckathorn, Kyle
RHP Hellweg, Johnny
LHP Mills, Brad
RHP Molleken, Dustin
RHP Nelson, Jimmy
RHP Pena, Ariel
RHP Wooten, Rob
C Diaz, Robinzon
C May, Lucas
C Pagnozzi, Matt
IF Falu, Irving
IF Gomez, Hector
IF Green, Taylor
IF Herrera, Elian
IF Morris, Hunter
IF Orr, Pete
IF Parker, Stephen
IF Velez, Eugenio
OF Gindl, Caleb
OF Halton, Sean
OF Hermida, Jeremy
OF Mattison, Kevin
(Here's a story breaking down the Sounds' roster from NashvilleSounds.com.)
Double-A Huntsville (28)
RHP Cravy, Tyler
RHP Gagnon, Drew
RHP Goforth, David
RHP Hall, Brooks
RHP Holle, Greg
RHP Jungmann, Taylor
LHP Leach, Brent
RHP Leon, Arcenio
RHP Lowe, Johnnie
RHP Marzec, Eric
RHP Medlen, Casey
RHP Moye, Andy
RHP Shackelford, Kevin
LHP Suter, Brent
C Paciorek, Joey
C Weisenburger, Adam
C Zarraga, Shawn
IF Hopkins, Greg
IF Prince, Josh
IF Ramirez, Nick
IF Rogers, Jason
IF Shaw, Nick
IF Statia, Hainley
IF Vucinich, Shea
OF Davis, Kentrail
OF Haniger, Mitch
OF Kjeldgaard, Brock
OF Richardson, D'Vontrey
(Breakdown from HuntsvilleStars.com)
Advanced Class A Brevard County (26)
RHP Barnes, Jacob
LHP Bradley, Jed
LHP Johnson, Hobbs
RHP Lopez, Jorge
RHP Magnifico, Damien
LHP Peterson, Stephen
RHP Pierce, Chad
RHP Poppe, Tanner
RHP Ross, Austin
LHP Strong, Michael
RHP Toledo, Tommy
RHP Viramontes, Martin
RHP Wagner, Tyler
C Berberet, Parker
C Garfield, Cameron
IF Arcia, Orlando
IF Cooper, Garrett
IF Garza, Mike
IF Macias, Brandon
IF Orf, Nathan
IF Rivera, Yadiel
IF Rodriguez, Alfredo
OF Reed, Michael
OF Roache, Victor
OF Sermo, Jose
OF Taylor, Tyrone
(Story here.)
Class A Wisconsin (28)
LHP Alexander, Tyler
RHP Archer, Tristan
RHP Astin, Barrett
LHP Banda, Anthony
RHP Diaz, Victor
RHP Fernandez, Rodolfo
RHP Gainey, Preston
LHP Linehan, Tyler
RHP Martin, Harvey
RHP Quintana, Zachary
RHP Razo, Chris
LHP Seidenberger, Trevor
RHP Spurlin, Tyler
RHP Williams, Taylor
C Coulter, Clint
C Neda, Rafael
C Eshleman, Paul
IF Brennan, Taylor
IF Castillo, Francisco
IF Denson, David
IF Halcomb, Steven
IF McFarland, Chris
IF Ortega, Angel
OF Davis, Johnny
OF Garcia, Omar
OF Pena, Jose
OF Ratterree, Michael
OF Roenicke, Lance (player/coach)
(Story here, with more on Roenicke's role coming at Brewers.com this evening)
Extended Spring Training
(many of these players will populate the rookie-level Helena- and Arizona Brewers rosters.)
RHP Deeter, Ryan
RHP Diaz, Miguel
RHP Ghelfi, Drew
RHP Gomez, Milton
RHP Harvey, Seth
RHP Hillis, Andy
LHP James, Kevin
RHP Lavandero, Alex
RHP Lieser, Scott
RHP Lorenzo, Leonard
RHP Moore, Brandon
RHP Ortega, Jorge
LHP Ortega, Luis
RHP Rizzo, Gian
RHP Semmelhack, Eric
LHP Terry, Clint
RHP Thompson, Chad
RHP Torres, Josh
RHP Uhen, Josh
RHP Ventura, Angel
LHP Walla, Max
RHP Williams, Devin
RHP Williams, Mark
C Cleary, Jack
C Houle, Dustin
C Mejia, Natanael
C Narron, Connor
C Norton, Tanner
C Otano, Leudy
C Post, Milan
IF Aviles, Luis
IF Delmonico, Nicky
IF Leonardo, Daniel
IF Matos, Sthervin
IF Munoz, Gregory
IF Neuhaus, Tucker
IF Quiterio, Jorge
IF Sharkey, Alan
OF Belonis, Carlos
OF Diaz, Brandon
OF Rivera, Edgardo
OF Rubio, Elvis
OF Williams, Eric
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The Component Architectures for Microkernel-based Embedded Systems (CAmkES) project aims to create a quick catalogue solution for embedded systems. Creating new component technology will increase the reliability of embedded systems and decrease the cost.
The project aims to reduce the complexity and cost of developing complex software for embedded systems such as handheld devices.
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The CAmkES solution is built specifically for the L4 microkernel, an open source operating system for embedded systems, with growing support in the open source community. CAmkES will be released as open source, and therefore be exposed to a significant user community of developers and users.
A component architecture devised on top of microkernel operating systems directly addresses the low productivity in rapid development of complex and trusted embedded systems.
CAmkES specifically addresses the key issues of performance, overhead, and flexibility, by providing a component model where connections between components are first class entities. This means that connections (and therefore communication between components) are explicitly specified, and that the characteristics of the connections can be defined by the system designer in the same way as component functionality.
Progress update
The initial work on creating the core component features of CAmkES was completed in 2006. Further work continued through 2007 to enhance those features and add new components. The technology has been licensed to NICTA spinout Open Kernel Labs for use in further development of the OKL4 embedded operating system.
The CAmkES framework for OKL4 has been released as open source. Please see our software site for more details.
Research team:
Dr Ihor Kuz (project leader), Dr Jenny Liu, Ted Wong, Nicholas FitzRoy-Dale
Gernot Heiser, Kevin Elphinstone, Ihor Kuz, Gerwin Klein and Stefan M. Petters
Towards trustworthy computing systems: taking microkernels to the next level
ACM Operating Systems Review, 41(4), 311, (July, 2007) pdf
Ihor Kuz and Yan Liu
Extending the capabilities of component models for embedded systems
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Quality of Software-Architectures (QoSA), Boston, MA, USA, July, 2007 pdf
Ihor Kuz, Yan Liu, Ian Gorton and Gernot Heiser
CAmkES: a component model for secure microkernel-based embedded systems
Journal of Systems and Software Special Edition on Component-Based Software Engineering of Trustworthy Embedded Systems, 80(5), 687699, (May, 2007) preprint
Status: Completed
The category of embedded systems encompasses a broad range from very simple and heavily resource-constrained systems to complex distributed systems consisting of powerful and resource-rich processing nodes. The component architecture we developed has a minimum level of resource requirements, but can be used for all ranges of embedded systems that fulfil these requirements. This means that it will be usable for real-time embedded systems, networked and distributed embedded systems, power-constrained systems, sensor networks, secure systems and so on. We do not limit ourselves to any particular application domain.
Minimum targeted system: Hardware
Targeted systems must satisfy minimum requirements for the hardware they are implemented on. We require targeted systems to include:
- A 32-bit (or 64-bit) CPU
- A memory-protection unit (MPU)
- At least 200KB of primary memory (RAM and/or ROM).
It is important to note that in most cases the need for an MPU will be fulfilled by a memory-management unit (MMU). However, support for virtual address spaces is not a requirement, only memory protection is important. Also, while a number of features (in particular security-related features) of the component architecture require memory protection, it should be possible to make use of a subset of the component architecture on hardware without memory protection.
Second, the amount of memory necessary largely depends on the platform, application requirements and specific features of the component architecture used by the application. For example currently on ARM, the L4 microkernel requires 200KB of memory and the OS services provided by Iguana require at least 100KB. We expect this can be at least halved by tuning the kernels memory footprint and using better compilers. Furthermore, most of the memory will not need to be writable and could be provided as ROM containing the software images.
Typical resource constraints imposed by the available hardware (as well as the nature of the application) include limited primary memory, limited (or possibly no) secondary memory, limited power supply and limited processing power.
Minimum targeted system: Software
The system must run a minimal, high-performance microkernel. We have designed the system based on NICTAs and Open Kernel Labs' L4 microkernel, however, a different kernel providing similar functionality could conceivably be used. In particular, the kernel must provide: pre-emptive multitasking, high-performance IPC (synchronous message passing), footprint optimisation, and memory protection.
The components and component architecture run at user level and are not part of the kernel. We require a minimal development environment to be available. This consists of a
(C language) cross-compiler suite (for example GCC) for the target platform. This minimal environment should also support debugging tools such as a debugger and profiler.
The purpose of our component architecture is to provide support for developing embedded systems on top of microkernels. The architecture provides a component model, standard interfaces and component definitions, standard component implementations, standard services, and support for various architectural patterns and styles suited for embedded systems.
Component-based development shifts the development emphasis from programming software to composing software systems. It brings with it obvious benefits for embedded systems such as reusability, maintainability and a reduction of software complexity which leads to improved productivity. However, applying component-based development in the embedded domain also introduces several new concepts and challenges:
- Must work in resource-constrained environments
- Must fulfil the real-time requirements of embedded systems
- Should provide flexibility for component design and implementation. For example, it should allow components to be parameterised and configured; it should allow various ways of connecting components; and it should allow components to make as few assumptions as possible about their environment.
- Should support a variety of computational models (or architectural styles), including event-based models and dataflow models.
Feature summary
The main features of the CAmkES architecture are:
- Modular. The core runtime only includes features that are really needed for any particular target applications. Other features can be added in the form of extensions. This modularity allows users to extend the runtime with special features on an as-needed basis depending on their specific applications.
- Simple. The core runtime is lightweight and only focuses on static components and their composition. This can minimise the overhead introduced by the component architecture.
- Deterministic. For static components, stub and glue code are inserted into the components at compile time. This allows the temporal behaviour of the resulting application to be analysed. Determinism is achievable for static components with static composition.
A layered component architecture
CAmkES is part of a layered architecture, as shown below:
- At the bottom is the hardware layer. This includes the CPU, memory, bus and any other devices.
- On top of the hardware layer is the real-time operating system layer. This consists of the L4 microkernel and Iguana server. Further support such as device drivers, file systems, and network stacks can be added at this layer as well. However, these services can also be implemented as CAmkES components and reside at a higher layer instead.
- The CAmkES core runtime forms the foundation of the component architecture, providing an execution environment and the basic services required to deploy CAmkES components. The core runtime supports static components and component compositions. This means that component instances are only created at initialisation or boot time and that connections between components are established at design time and cannot be created or modified dynamically at runtime. This allows us to minimise overhead for the most basic component-based applications, for example by inserting direct procedure calls into components, thus avoiding IPC and marshalling overheads.
- More advanced component features are provided by extensions that run on top of the core runtime in the extension layer. The extensions are themselves components that make use of the core runtime features. The extension layer is designed to address the various aspects of supporting dynamic components, including dynamic creation and destruction, dynamic binding and dynamic configuration. The reason for separating these features from the core runtime is to minimise overhead. For example, support for dynamic binding implies increased overhead with regards to code size and processing. By placing this support outside the core we can limit this overhead cost to those systems that actually make use of dynamic binding. The extension layer will have looser resource constraints than the core runtime layer.
- Frameworks further extend the functionality of the component architecture by providing components and services specifically geared to particular application domains. For example, a multimedia framework may specify specific interfaces for codecs as well as provide components that make use of codecs implementing these interfaces.
- Finally, user-defined components combine with the underlying layers to form complete applications.
- This layered architecture provides a good separation of concerns. For example, many of the services provided at the extension layer are orthogonal to each other and our architecture allows them to be implemented as such. Furthermore, because services and extensions introduce extra overhead, the layered architecture allows the CAmkES user to balance the trade-offs, such as overhead versus functionality, choosing to use only the features that they can afford.
Our layered architecture also provides an encapsulation of the dependency information, which makes it easy to create customised embedded applications without needing to know or understand the underlying OS architecture or feature dependency. For example, a developer can implement the function calls between component interfaces without knowing that the invocation relies on IPC.
Development of CAmkES-based embedded systems
As in general, non-embedded component-based software development, the development of CAmkES-based embedded systems has four stages: design, implementation deployment and runtime. These are shown below.
- Design. At design time the functionality of a component is defined through an interface definition language (IDL) and an architecture definition language (ADL). It could also be possible to define the non-functional requirements and properties of components, for example temporal requirements and properties. The tools used in this stage include an IDL and ADL compiler to generate skeleton code for components and their compositions.
- Implementation. At the implementation stage, the component functionality is implemented based on skeleton code generated during the first stage.
- Deployment. During deployment, CAmkES tools initialise the instance of a component. The configuration information of a component will be utilised for code generation. For example, the size of interface arrays will be used to generate a fixed sized array of interfaces. At the end of this stage, all the component, stub and glue code is compiled and linked into executable images.
- Runtime. The component code is loaded into the runtime environment for execution. Before this can happen a boot image file must be created using specific tools for this purpose. Once this image is booted, component instances are created and initialised and the component-based system is started.


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omg first post
delete teemo
6v4 is wonderful. That one is a deserved winner.
I will edit any other ones that really stand out, although definitely all in my opinion of course.
Okay, upon some further watching Stone Love is a really cute little parody. Charmed and Hecarim are also good. The Crystal Rock is a stand-out from the runners up though. Of course watch these yourself if you get the time, I'm still very impressed.
Good job to all the winners! I wish i had talent to make good music. If i were to make music it would sound like a symphony of dying cats.
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Good song though ! I put some in my favorite tab x)
Is it just me or are these not quite as good as last time?
The runner-ups are all better than the grand prize winners. :(a
no song will ever beat "Morde Goes Pop - Time to Shred"
Aw...The Dunkmaster Yi song didn't make it.
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Bayhouse Vacation Home Knysna
Official Contact Details - BayhousePhone: 0825747047 Fax: 0866565265
Situated on a picturesque lagoon beach on Leisure Island in Knysna, the Bayhouse is ideal for a family beach holiday. Waking up to panoramic views of the famous Knysna Heads, completes your stay...!
- Price from 350 ZAR / Day
- Capacity up to 10 people
- 6 bedrooms & 4 bathrooms
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Last updated: 11/03/2009
This is your property ?
Bayhouse is a self-catering holiday home and is priced per person (min 4 and max 10 guests). the guests will have use of the entire house to ensure comfort and privacy at all times.
Our six-bedroom family holiday home on Leisure Island waterfront has nearly 50m of beach frontage and arguably one of the best views of the famous Knysna Heads. With accommodation for up to 10 people (minimum of 4), this large, upmarket, 4 Star self- catering holiday home is superbly located and well-equipped to cater for families with children of all ages.We have spared no expense making this home comfortable for our guests and creating a real home-away-from-home. Just pack your clothes and beach towels and we'll provide the rest.
Sonja & Wayne Gunn
Leisure Island is the most sought-after destination for holidaymakers in South Africa's Favourite Town. A small island (just 4km in circumference) in the lagoon, it is linked to the mainland by a causeway and is secure, private and tranquil with many delightful beaches and panoramic views of Knysna, the famous Knysna Heads and Featherbed Nature Reserve across the estuary.
Bollard Bay is the main beach on the island and offers plenty to do for young and old. When the tide is high you can swim, fish, canoe or sail. At low tide, pump for prawns to use as bait or walk across the sand as far as The Heads.
The island becomes a hub of activity during school holidays and older children will revel in the vibrant social scene. The streets are quiet and safe for walking, jogging, skateboarding and cycling. And the buzzing cosmopolitan town of Knysna is just 10 minutes away.
The House
Bayhouse is an airy, spacious two-storey home with stunning views of the beach and lagoon, every modern amenity and numerous comfortable indoor and outdoor living areas. There are six bedrooms, each of which can sleep two people, and four bathrooms in total. In addition, babies and infants are catered for with a baby bath, camp cot, high chair and stroller.
The Bedrooms
All six bedrooms are bright, airy and simply furnished in keeping with a beach-house theme. Beds are beautifully dressed with crisp white 100% cotton percale linen, non-allergic pillows and electric blankets. Extra blankets are supplied as well as thick, luxurious white bath sheets, hand towels and facecloths.
The Living Areas
The house has three lounges, giving guests plenty of space, even on rainy days! All the tiled living areas have under floor heating.
Downstairs, the main lounge has a fireplace and comfortable seating for six people. It is open-plan with the eight-seater dining room and six-seater bar/breakfast counter area.
A large drinks cabinet stocked with glasses, a TV, DStv Dual View decoder (Premium menu) and a DVD player add to the home comforts. An excellent selection of books, games and puzzles are provided for guests.
The lounge opens onto an entertainment patio with a plunge pool, a Weber Gas Grill, a conventional wood-burning braai (barbeque), a gas heater and wooden table with benches and umbrella.
The adjacent conservatory is protected from the elements and can be fully enclosed with a pull-down awning. This glass structure has seating for six people and is just meters from the beach.
Off the living area, a fully equipped kitchen can cater for 10 people and is fitted with a double door fridge/freezer, an electric stove with oven and a microwave. The scullery has a dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer. Basic cleaning supplies including washing powder, dishwashing liquid and dishwasher detergent are provided as well as tea, coffee, sugar, jam and bread.
Upstairs, the lagoon-facing lounge is a sizeable space which was once the studio of well-known South African artist Dale Elliot, a previous owner of the house.
The upstairs family lounge has a TV with DStv Dual View decoder (Premium menu) and a DVD player, and is stocked with games and puzzles.
The Garage
Storage is important when you're on holiday! Our double garage provides plenty of space for two cars, a trailer and all your beach toys. There is extra off-street parking for two cars.
The garage also stores the following items which we provide for your comfort and enjoyment:
Emergency generator
Beach chairs & umbrellas
Beach toys - buckets, spades etc
Two adult bicycles
Value-Added Services:
Brochures / leaflets of various area activities
Catering for large groups on request
Complimentary housekeeping once a week to change bed-linen, vacuum and polish. Further services available at a nominal fee
Complimentary tea & coffee on arrival
Dinner prepared & ready for late arrivals, on request at a nominal fee
Grocery shopping on request before arrival
List of recommended restaurants in the area & copies of their menus
Use of private jetty at Leisure Isle Boat Club on request, at a nominal fee
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Location & area
If you are visiting South Africa from abroad, you will probably fly to either Cape Town or Johannesburg. From these airports you can take a domestic flight to George. There are several budget airlines that fly between Johannesburg and George. George is less than one hour's drive from Knysna and offers a wide range of car hire companies.
Alternatively, you can drive directly from Cape Town to Knysna in around 5 hours on the N2. The route takes you across some amazing countryside. The R62 is an alternative scenic route, particularly if you are planning to visit Montague and/or Oudtshoorn.
From George airport, follow the N2 to Knysna, passing Wilderness and Sedgefield. On entering Knysna, continue along Main Street, passing through town until you reach the turn-off into George Rex Drive. Turn right here and follow the signs to Leisure Isle. You will pass the Knysna Golf Course on your left. At the causeway, turn right onto Armstrong Drive to Leisure Isle. Continue on the causeway until you reach a stop sign and the guard hut, where you will turn left. This road, Cearn Drive, will take you along the Knysna Lagoon waterfront which becomes Bayswater Drive, until you reach Bollard Beach. Just past Bollard Beach, on Bayswater Drive, is Bollard Road and we are on this corner! 105 Bayswater Drive¦..
- Address:
- 105 Bayswater Drive, Leisure Isle, 6570, Knysna, South Africa
- Accommodation located in:
- near golf course, near lagoon, near the beach, on an island, town!
Amenities & services
Value-Added Services:
Brochures / leaflets of various area activities
Catering for large groups on request
Complimentary housekeeping once a week to change bed-linen, vacuum and polish. Further services available at a nominal fee
Complimentary tea & coffee on arrival
Dinner prepared & ready for late arrivals, on request at a nominal fee
Grocery shopping on request before arrival
List of recommended restaurants in the area & copies of their menus
Use of private jetty at Leisure Isle Boat Club on request, at a nominal fee
Amenities & Facilities
100% cotton percale linen
Alarm clocks
Coat hangers
Electric blankets
Extra blankets
Hairdryer in main suite upstairs
Non-allergic pillows 4 per bed
Infants/ toddlers
Baby bath
Baby highchair
Camp cot
Child proof safety plugs
Cover for plunge pool
Disposable bibs
Extendable baby gates at top & bottom of stairs
Universal insect nets for strollers & cots
Crockery (white) and cutlery for 12 people
Double door fridge/freezer
Filter coffee machine
Iron & board
Operating instructions for all appliances
Tumble drier
Vacuum cleaner
Washing machine
Beach chairs (4)
Beach umbrellas (2)
Beach toys (bucket & spades)
Bicycles (2)
Board games, puzzles, books & toys
DStv Dual View decoder (Premium menu) x 2
Fire pit in the garden
Portable CD player/ radio
TVs in each lounge x 3
Weber Gas Grill & conventional wood burning braai (barbeque)
Extras for your convenience
Emergency generator
Fireplaces in main lounge downstairs and upstairs family lounge
Gas outdoor heater
Oil heater
Outdoor shower
Portable fan
Travel plug adapters
Under floor heating in tiled living areas
Fire extinguisher
First aid kit
Safe in main suite upstairs
Torches & extra batteries
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- Bathrooms: 4
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Additional information
- Board Basis:
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- Welcome pack:
- Welcome card, bottle of wine, chocolates, fresh flowers, bread, milk, tea, coffee, sugar, rusk and biscuits. Local guide and activities booklet and manual on "How Everything Works".
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- The Island Coffee Shop, within walking distance of the Bayhouse, serves excellent breakfast and light lunches. There is an Art Gallery next door boasting an extensive exhibition by South African artists.
For dinner, one doesn't have to go far. Tides Restuarant just across the road id open for dinner and is a local favorite!
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It's rare, but some helpful hints to watch out for with regards to fraud:
- It is important to NEVER wire funds or use/employ other fund transfer mechanisms such as western union: Always use a credit card to protect yourself against fraud. If owners pressure you into providing a deposit or refuse to accept credit cards, there is a high probability that this is a scam.
- If at all suspicious of fraud, ask to see their website, or any other literature they can provide or send to you. Ask them for contact details for guests who have previously stayed on their property insisting on telephone numbers. Be suspicious of emails that originate from free email services (yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc)
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