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Singer Suzi Croner (Fluckiger), of Friends the band fame, says she now spends most of her lockdown time, working on Christmas carols, some of which she has already posted on her Facebook page. “I do have lots of free time, at the moment, as all of us, in Switzerland, are literally, confined to the four walls of our home, due to the Coronavirus pandemic,” says Suzi. And, it’s this free time that has galvanised Suzi into action – working on Christmas material…to give all of us that Chri...

  gafplane@sltnet.lk RCyAF, Air Ceylon, Air Lanka, SIA, SriLankan Airlines In 1934 the State Council of Ceylon decided that an airport with easy access to Colombo was a necessity and declared that Ratmalana was the best site available. Accordingly an airfield was built and the first landing took place on 27 November 1935. This was Ceylon’s first Airfield. With the advent of WW II, the airport expanded and a runway was also built. The Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm used it. To as...

Sail Inc wins the New South Wales 12 Foot Skiff State Titles © Murray Press A good rollup of 12 Foot Skiffs faced that starter at the Sydney Flying Squadron & Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club over consecutive weekends in early December. 19 boats entered the series with six races in conditions from a light North Easterly on the first day to a fresh Westerly on day two and a moderate Easterly for the closing weekend. A great test of the 12s top 3 rigs. The racing was close over a c...

2020 Gran Canaria KiteFoil Open European Championships Day 2 © IKA Media / Alex Schwarz "Today is perfect," commented Markus Schwendtner, Class Manager of the IKA, as the riders launched their 11m kites into the warm trade winds as they head out for a day of epic racing here at the stunning location of Playa de las Burras in Gran Canaria, Spain. Winds were between 18-23 knots from the same direction as yesterday, the reliable gradient breeze blowing in from the North East. The firs...

Them both. russia was in a position to lord something over the both of them that these two plainly wanted kept a secret because they were lying about it, even under oath and even when talking to federal investigators. why did those two want it secret? it remains unknown. i mean trump himself on the campaign trail, he attracted plenty of controversy for talking about sanctions, for his seemingly inexplicable insi insistence that the u.s. should drop the sanctions against russia. this is the first...

The green will change over to the blue. then into early sunday morning, this is where the 6 to 8 and 12 inches of snow, thats where that can kick in. and in the evening, it continues to move toward the northeast into monday. and this is producing what i call a three eyed monster because widespread heavy rain throughout ohio, portions of pittsburgh as well as pennsylvania. this slice of mix, we are talking about one inch in then we have snow on the backside. blizzard conditions, giving a sports v...

The green will change over to the blue. then into early sunday morning, this is where the 6 to 8 and 12 inches of snow, thats where that can kick in. and in the evening, it continues to move toward the northeast into monday. and this is producing what i call a three eyed monster because widespread heavy rain throughout ohio, portions of pittsburgh as well as pennsylvania. this slice of mix, we are talking about one inch in then we have snow on the backside. blizzard conditions, giving a sports v...

Weather service is interested in trees that break like that. we just had four tornadoes north of new york city, no more than ten days ago. the national weather service sent out teams. and they look at how trees break. they look at that. the white part of a tree. the meat of a tree. the bark of a tree toee if it breaks in a straight line way or to see if it is twisted on the way down. they look at debris to see if its in a counterclockwise direction. then and only then do they make the determinat...

But there are reports a sighting miles from that original spill, west of santa barbara. this is thanks to ocean currents and wave patterns. around certainly the wind say factor. northeasterly winds at 10 to 15 knots. that will continue to push this oil across the ocean surface. so theyve recovered about 10% of those 2,500 barrels of spilled oil. i want to jump across the united states to another situation were covering actively. working together with the ridge over the east, theyre pulling toget...

To piece together the puzzle of the last few moments with what took place with this air asia flight. now this area is particularly increments in terms of the weather this is because of the northeast monsoon that builds across this region. northeasterly winds coming from the south china sea. thats the moisture. it starts to encounter land. this is a mountainous part of the world. it gives the updraft necessary to form those thunder storms across the region. also, thunder storms have severe updraf...