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Choose to receive some calls when your Apple phone is on silent
FORthe most part, putting your phone on Do Not Disturb or Silent mode is very useful overnight and when at meetings etc. But getting emergency calls or calls from a close family member might be important on occasions. You can choose to get emergency calls or calls from your Favourite contacts if you wish. Or choose if someone rings you twice, then your phone will ring. Just bear in mind that it could ring at an inopportune moment!
Apple iOS
Assuming you have your contacts added, you need to add those contacts to your ‘Favourites’ • Go to the ‘Phone’ app • Go to the ‘Contacts’ section • Select the contact(s) that you want to allow to ring even when your phone is on silent. • Select ‘Add to Favourites’ from bottom menu Once you have your contacts add to Favourites, you now need to edit your ‘Do not disturb’ settings • Open the ‘Settings’ on your phone • Select ‘Set Do Not Disturb’ • Under the ‘Allow Calls From’ section, select ‘Favourites’. Now when you go to bed at night, you need to make sure you enable ‘Do not disturb’. 1. Swipe up from the bottom of the phone. 2. Select the Moon icon – Your phone will tell you that ‘Do not disturb” On’. You can also set a time for when you want Do Not Disturb to be active. It’s a good idea to run a test to make sure Favourites can ring you, but anyone who isn’t a favourite
stays on silent.
Calls or messages (regardless of whether they are marked as Favourites) will get through to you, whether your Do Not Disturb is active or not.
You can also set Emergency Bypass on individual numbers –just go to your Contacts and select Edit and slide the Emergency Bypass option. There is also an option for Repeated Calls to ring if the same person tries twice. Again, with all these options, bear in mind it might ring at an inopportune moment.
Submitted for I.T. for the Terrified by Lynne Duckett This article is for guidance only, and the opinion of the writer. I.T. for the Terrified it4ttcvh@gmail.com Although we have now ceased our one to one tuition, a number of us will continue with this column under the heading "I.T. for the Terrified" to keep the name alive for the time being
The Mendip Mindbender
ACROSS
1 Across & 4 Down: Who built
Sherborne castle (6)? 5 Serendipity, providence (8) 9 Bull and mare unite for shelter from the weather (8) 10 The end or beginning of the
Mendips (6) 11 What did Gracie Fields have
“near the ’atstand in the ’all” ? (10) 13 A solo song in opera (4) 14 The bit at the back of a book telling you about the author and printing (8) 17 A person or scheme that comes to no good (3,3) 18 Of the same source (not the abbreviation) (6) 20 Footwear named after the noise it makes (4-4) 23 Basic monetary unit of Turkey (4) 24 A typically undesirable reaction to a drug or medical treatment (4,6) 27 A very popular Spanish rice dish (6) 28 Logical, prudent and pragmatic (8) 29 A hairstyle where it is gathered and tied at the back of the head (8) 30 Puts right after midday (6)
DOWN
2 High points (5) 3 Bones found in the human foot (5) 4 See 1 across (7) 5 Knock to the ground, demolish (7) 6 Word mumbled by actors to give the impression of indistinct background (7) 7 Extraordinary hare found mad (7-2) 8 If you give someone this you are telling them off (7,2) 12 China or return leg (3) 15 Piece of instrumental music the composer insists cannot be omitted (9) 16 The Central Criminal Court of
England and Wales (3,6) 19 Black eye make-up (7) 20 Integrated and united (7) 21 Lacking impetus, stasis (7) 22 Don’t tell the truth (3) 25 The end or beginning of the
Mendips (5) 26 Town credited with being the birthplace of powered flight (5)
By greendandelion
Clues in italics are cryptic
Diary of the war in Ukraine
Kate Grynova, aged 22, was working as an English translator in Kyiv before the war broke out. She was one of the first Ukrainians to arrive in our area with sponsors in Chewton Mendip. She has agreed to share her diary of what
happened with Mendip Times.
THE purpose of this diary is to tell people what is really going on in my home. And track your psycho-emotional state. I will plunge you into what I live myself. Two weeks before the war. Saturday, February 12th 22.30. We make an urgent decision to take my mother and little brothers to my apartment in Lviv, where I lived when I studied. My mother does not live with me, she lives in the Chernihiv region along the Moscow highway –a direct route from Moscow.
We spend the next day in two cars. My mother and brothers and I are in my car, my fiancé is in my grandmother’s car, we borrowed it for a while, because we decided to leave my car in Lviv in order to run away in case of emergency. On the second day, we returned and went to work for two weeks.
This is my first long trip. Without stops, Kyiv –Lviv, about 500 kilometres. I recently got my licence. And there is no time to rest because on Monday you need to work. We decided that we are staying at home, because we are the only ones working in Ukraine.
For the next two weeks, we live in constant stress. Stressed at work, not calm news, anxiety, you don’t know what to expect. Wednesday, February 23rd. Lviv city is quite expensive. Mom is running out of money and nerves to stay with two children in new circumstances and an unfamiliar city. She insists on her return home. I get anxious and have a little nervous breakdown right at work.
But we have decided to return her. To do this, I immediately buy train tickets for my fiancé on Friday, February 25th, after work. My fiancé reassured me, but he was no less worried, I will explain later. Thursday, February 24th, 5am I have a very light sleep and I jump up in horror from the bombing right above my house. I have never felt more terrified. It's very scary. Adrenaline and cortisol are skyrocketing. We were seized by incredible fear, anxiety, bewilderment and misunderstanding of what is happening, doubts.
My fiancé sleeps very soundly, but I began to beat and wake him up with all my might and, accompanied by the sound of the bombing, I woke him up in a few seconds. He felt the same as me, but did not show it, but it's hard to hide it.
I'm shaking, probably like a five-magnitude earthquake, but it's just my body. I clung to my fiancé as tightly as ever, I guess. I'm scared. We sit and listen, next to the garages and neighbour’s truck, what if it’s something or fireworks? We knew it wasn't, but we just hoped desperately and didn't know how to act. The subconscious still understands. WAR STARTED. 5.05am. Our neighbour starts his truck. This is normal, he always starts it at this time and goes to work. The sound moves away, he leaves. This is no longer normal, he always warms up the truck for 10-15 minutes. Panic again, we understand that we need to act. 5.15am. We need to be with grandmother and make decisions to quickly collect things.
I could not come to my senses until seven in the morning. I can't understand what is necessary to pack into a new life and what is not. Almost everything is important to me. After all, this is my life, my soul.
My awards, paintings, trinkets with important memories, favourite collection of books, antique trinkets that have a soul and history and are so important to me, my tools for all my creative hobbies.
Embroidered shirts “Vishivanka’s” are a symbol of the Ukrainian soul, talent and freedom. Beautiful outfits. Grandfather's grave and his things. The dearest person who raised me, supported, sincerely believed in me.
We left our lives. It was immediately taken away from us.
And at that moment, as the assistant manager and my boss’s right hand, I had to be present at work with my brain. Organise employees and their families, reassure and gather. However, I myself was in a panic.
My fiancé is packing our suitcases, I just can't and don't understand what is necessary and what is not. And all this was accompanied by Russian missiles.
At that moment, my fiancé told me that when I bought him a ticket to Lviv, he was praying, asking God to start the war before this trip. After all, in that case, he would be far from me and could not save me. We were lucky, and he did not have time to get on the train. The day before, the war began.
Then… two hours of silence. “Maybe we’ll stay, maybe that’s all?” “No, it’s worth going, let’s go to the village for a day and see what happens next.” 9am. We decide to go. We say goodbye to our tenants, whom I called the best neighbours, and ask them to leave. Their baby was born the day before the war. They just weren't able to go with the new-born yet. And tired, just gave birth but brave mother.
We start our trip to the village. There's my fiancé’s father. The journey usually takes an hour and a half. This time we got there in the afternoon. On the way, on the outskirts of the Odessa highway a couple of metres above our car flies a Russian cruise missile. For a moment I said goodbye to life, but prayed: “Please not on us, not on people!” I think God heard me.
We returned to the highway. We are horrified again – two fighters are flying right above us. Coming to our senses, we understand that they are our saviours. Air Force of Ukraine. They flew every five minutes, I counted eight. Among them was our hero: the legendary Ghost of Kyiv.
All the way, so for a few days, I keep a close eye on the news on two phones. I need to check both my family and friends.
In the afternoon we arrived in the village. Bombs are heard, fighters are flying; we understand that it is dangerous to stay near a military training ground. We persuade my fiancé’s father to leave with us and go to Lviv.
In peacetime, the road from Kyiv to Lviv lasted seven hours, with stops for coffee and refuelling. By the way, refuelling is almost unrealistic. Kilometre queues and lack of fuel.
The road to Lviv lasted two days. 6am. We finally arrived at the apartment in Lviv. But Lviv greeted us with an air alarm. We have to hide.
KATE
Ukrainian women now staying around the Chew Valley, most with children.
Chew Valley supports Ukrainian families
TWENTYUkrainian families have arrived in the Chew Valley in recent weeks, mainly women with children and some older people. Another ten families with local sponsors are working their way through the application process.
Since its first meeting in Chew Magna eight weeks ago the Chew Valley Support Network has grown considerably, with 57 households willing to host Ukrainian families and over 60 people, many specialists in their field, volunteering help and providing information and support to both the sponsors and their Ukrainian guests.
They have developed a comprehensive website providing both general and locally focussed information aimed at answering the many questions they all have, from settling children into schools to advice about medical, transport, social and welfare needs.
They have also started a weekly “Hub” at Bishop Sutton village hall, with lunch and with transport provided by Blagdon’s village mini-bus. The volunteer driver said how pleased he was to see the vehicle back on the road again, after two years of lockdowns!
Our picture shows many of the Ukrainian women at only the second lunch to be held; it proved difficult to persuade the children to stop playing long enough to stand still for a photo! The room where they meet opens onto tempting playing fields behind the village hall.
The hub is a first step is to enable the women and children to meet each other and some professional volunteers, to ensure their safety, offer the opportunity to talk and to seek advice and support.
If you live in or near the Chew Valley and would like to sponsor, or to offer help in any way, please get in touch. Help with transport, social events, an offer of employment or just being someone to talk to, is much needed and appreciated.
Details: Sarah Diacono sjldiacono@gmail.com or David Tonkin dafitonk1@gmail.com
Ringers answer the call
THANKSto an appeal which went out in our December issue, St Mary’s Church in Compton Dando has three new trainee bell ringers!
At the time the church had just one bell ringer left, Ken Webb, who had to call in the bell ringing team from nearby All Saints in Publow when the bells had to be rung for a Sunday service.
Ken said: “The trainee ringers are all very enthusiastic and keen to learn, and they seem to enjoy it. They will find it more interesting once they have mastered the basics of bell control and we can move onto the next steps.
“The team of ringers from Publow have been our lifeline, to keep the ringing tradition going at Compton Dando. I would like to thank Steve Rogers and the other five members of his team who have supported us through this difficult time.”
The three trainee ringers are David Shaw, Lesley Morris and Fiona Bell, who are all enjoying it so far.
Lesley from Keynsham said: “The main driver for me to volunteer was that Ken was the only ringer left in the village and I feel very strongly that we should keep our old traditions alive where possible. It would be awful if we didn't hear the bells ringing on a Sunday or at a wedding.”
Ken is still looking for two more ringers plus a spare to make up Compton Dando’s own team.
Pictured (l to r) Joanna Dawes, Fiona Bell, Ken Webb, Lesley Morris, Charlie Tricks, David Shaw, Peter Owen and Steve Rogers
Details: Ken Webb 07952 264601
New Cheddar pavilion opens in time for the jubilee
REPRESENTATIVESfrom around 30 local community organisations and sports clubs joined parish and district councillors for the official opening of the Cheddar Community Pavilion at Sharpham Road Playing Fields, Cheddar.
The new building includes a large function room/sports hall, smaller meeting room, bar and kitchen, with the existing sports changing room facilities on site also being upgraded.
Construction of the pavilion was made possible by a substantial grant from the Hinkley Point C Community Impact Mitigation Fund, awarded to the project in recognition of the effect on the village of the supply of construction materials from Batts Combe Quarry in Cheddar to the Hinkley Point site.
The new building was officially opened by Andrew Cockcroft, EDF Senior Manager Community Relations. The building is owned and managed by Cheddar Parish Council and the bar is being run by Cheddar rugby club.
The new pavilion is available for hire for private and business functions as well as community groups and is proving very popular, with many organisations already having booked it.
The next major event planned is the Jubilee Community Picnic at the playing fields on Friday, June 3rd.
