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WICKET! Brunt st Nawaz b Aiman (England 153-7)
So England go into the final over with two batters yet to face at the crease. Not ideal. And this is why: Brunt skips down the track and can't make contact. Nawaz collects her second stumping of the innings and England have lost three wickets for one run in the space of four balls.
19th over: England 152-6 (Brunt 0, Winfield 0) A brilliant knock from Knight and very much an over of two halves from Nida.
WICKET! Knight c Baig b Nida 62 (England 152-6)
And the very next ball, Knight finds one of the boundary riders. Two in two balls!
WICKET! Beaumont c Muneeba b Nida 6 (England 152-5)
The thus-far erratic Nida returns. A wide to start off with doesn't bode well for Pakistan and a thumping six down the ground for six from Knight confirms the feeling. Beaumont reverse-sweeps for four more and with two balls to go England have 13 from the over. From the next, though, Beaumont picks out the fielder on the cow corner boundary, who takes a juggling catch. Then looks to have dropped it. Then juggles a bit more. And finally holds on.
18th over: England 139-4 (Beaumont 1, Knight 55) So the aforementioned Tammy Beaumont enters the fray with 13 balls left in the England innings. She gets off the mark with a single but that is an excellent effort from Aiman – six runs and a wicket from the over.
WICKET! Wilson b Aiman 22 (England 138-4)
Aiman, with two overs to bowl, returns for the vital over 18/over 20 gig. And after restricting England to ones and twos, a slower ball does for Wilson.
17th over: England 133-3 (Wilson 19, Knight 53) Bismah again. Wilson attempts to smash a full toss into the stands at cow corner but with so little pace on the ball it drops a good 10 yards inside the rope. Wilson does find the boundary with a sweep next up though – nine from the over.
16th over: England 124-3 (Wilson 13, Knight 50) "Has anyone from the England camp explained the logic of having someone with a T20 hundred batting down at 6 when the top order is hardly firing? " wonders Kevin Wilson. Well, I think we'll see some changes to the order in the next game – Beaumont will surely move up to open.
Meanwhile, Baig returns for her final over with Pakistan needing a wicket or two to arrest England's momentum. She's so close to getting that wicket, Knight hammering a drive back towards the bowler, who reaches out a left hand but the ball fails to stick. Knight celebrates the reprieve with a swat through point for four then brings up her half century with a sweep for a single. It's come off just 39 balls.
15th over: England 115-3 (Wilson 13, Knight 41) The Pakistan captain Bismah takes responsibility and brings her loopy leg-spinners into the attack. Not a ban move it turns out – just five singles from the over.
14th over: England 110-3 (Wilson 11, Knight 38) Wilson brings up the England 100 with a fine reverse sweep off Nida racing away to the boundary. And then it's Knight's turn for a let-off, her lofted slog-sweep dropped on the boundary. Nida needs all the help she can get too, as she's bowling messily. Thirteen from the over and England are once more threatening to get away.
13th over: England 97-3 (Wilson 5, Knight 32) Sadia, in her final over, drags one down and Wilson pulls hard for a couple. And from the last the bowler repeats the offence, with Knight this time able to muscle the ball wide of mid off for four.
12th over: England 87-3 (Wilson 1, Knight 26) That was a huge wicket, with Sciver looking perfectly set and primed to accelerate. The onus falls on Knight now, and she's grateful for a short wide one that is rightfully slapped away to the point boundary. And from the last Wilson gets a life, with Nawaz putting down an outside edge.
WICKET! Sciver st Nawaz b Aliya 36 (England 81-3)
Aliya returns with her medium pace. The first is wide down the leg side but brilliantly pouched by the keeper Sidra Nawaz, who whips the bails off in a blink with Sciver unable to get her foot down in time.
11th over: England 81-2 (Sciver 36, Knight 21) Sadia continues and Knight wants to step on the accelerator, lofting the first ball of the over down the ground for four. The bowler responds well though, mixing up her flight and getting through the next five deliveries with only a couple of singles conceded.
10th over: England 74-2 (Sciver 35, Knight 16) Nida was despatched to all parts by Sciver in her opening over – can she fair better here? Indeed she can – five singles are all England can eek out on this occasion.
9th over: England 69-2 (Sciver 33, Knight 13) Sadia once more. She looks a bowler you could get after, always at risk at dragging down a delivery or two, but again proves tricky to get away. That is, until the fifth delivery, which Sciver punches wide of mid on for four despite the best attempts of the fielders in the deep.
8th over: England 62-2 (Sciver 28, Knight 11) Aliya Riaz into the attack, with England having taken only 12 from the past three overs. But this pair are the standout talents in the England side and find their mojo again here. Knight leans forward and drives sweetly through the covers for four, then dinks a little outside edge down to third man for another boundary. Ten from the over and effortlessly too.
7th over: England 52-2 (Sciver 27, Knight 2) Pakistan needed someone other than Baig to exert some control and they got it from Aiman last up. Sadia, the left-arm spinner, is charged with maintaining the momentum. A very neat start with a single off the first then a couple of dots but a half-tracker gets pulled out to the midwicket boundary for a couple. Nicely bowled otherwise though, four from the over, and Pakistan have edged themselves back into the game.
6th over: England 48-2 (Sciver 24, Knight 1) That brings the England captain to the crease. She scurries a single off the last to get under way but that's a really strong return from Aiman. Just two from the over plus that wicket.
WICKET! Wyatt c Muneeba b Aiman 16 (England 46-2)
Wyatt has lived something of a charmed life here but there's no surviving this time. Aiman returns and bowls short and wide but the England opener can only guide the ball into the hands of point (who is now unencumbered by the early evening sunshine).
5th over: England 46-1 (Wyatt 16, Sciver 23) Baig continues and England could be tempted to just see her off – her two overs have gone for 11, the other two 29. Sciver again beats the cover fielder, this time picking up three, then Wyatt is a whisker away from playing on. Six from another very fine over.
4th over: England 40-1 (Wyatt 14, Sciver 19) Spin for the first time as Nida Dar comes into the attack. Sciver – looking in ominously good touch – gets the scoop out and picks up four over the keeper's head, scampers down the track and drives sweetly for four more, then punches through the covers for another.
3rd over: England 28-1 (Wyatt 14, Sciver 7) A big appeal as Wyatt is hit on the back thigh pad but this time there's nothing doing for Pakistan. And a few singles are all England can add from another tidy Baig over.
2nd over: England 24-1 (Wyatt 14, Sciver 5) A huge let off for Wyatt here – she ships Aiman towards point, but the fielder seemed to lose it in the shaft of sunlight beaming across the Manuka Oval. Instead she picks up four runs. And this is a messy over from Aiman – a couple of wides keeps things ticking over for England, then Wyatt trots down the pitch and lofts over backward point for four. From the last there's a little dab for four more and England, who could have been eight for two, collect 16 from the over.
1st over: England 8-1 (Wyatt 1, Sciver 4) So Jones departs rather unhappily and, after a duck against Thailand, must now be feeling a bit of pressure. More importantly England are under early pressure – Sciver settles thing by caressing her first ball through the covers for four.
WICKET! Jones lbw b Baig 2 (England 4-1)
Diana Baig opens the bowling for Pakistan and finds a nice bit of swing through the air. Wyatt opens the face and runs the ball down to third man to get England off the mark. And it's a no ball, meaning Amy Jones's first delivery is a free hit … but she steps to the off and swishes without making contact. Jones does get off the mark from the next though, squeezing the ball into the leg side for a couple. Next up though she's trapped in front, playing across the line and the finger goes up. Jones reviews but the ball is clipping the bails.
Hello all. So here we go again – England face a World Cup fixture with no margin for error. Heather Knight's side bounced back from their opening defeat to South Africa with a resounding win over Thailand but cannot afford another slip-up against a Pakistan team who were impressive in their surprise win over West Indies. Victory for either side would be a huge stride towards the semi-finals.
England will be the favourites but Danni Wyatt is taking nothing for granted. "They're a quality side," she said. "We've played a lot against them recently in Malaysia, so personally I know what I'm going to come up against and it's about being clear and getting ready to face that first ball. I think everybody's ready to go and hopefully get another win under our belt."
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Even as the hazards of smoking are repeatedly announced on various media, there are still many people who smoke. Even as the health benefits of vaporizing and aromatherapy are repeatedly trumpeted by medical experts and ordinary folk alike, there are still people who prefer smoking. Among the common reasons cited for this preference are the following:
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Vaporizers may indeed be more expensive than smoking pipes or cigarettes, and this is true whether you choose hand held vaporizers or tabletop models. When you talk of expense, however, you should look beyond a product's price tag. Vaping technology has advanced so much in recent years that the devices currently being sold are durable enough to last for years, provided you use and care for them properly.
Furthermore, vaporizers have been known to stimulate more of the active ingredients in herbs than smoking does, which means you need less of the herbs to get the same amount of benefit. Considering all these, vaporizing is therefore the more cost-effective solution. Besides, vaporizers now come with much lower price tags than they did before! And we won't even talk about the healthcare costs commonly associated with smoking.
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Who says vaping doesn't do the same? If you've never tried using a vaporizer, then it can indeed be easy to conclude that it only lets you smell the herbs. But once you give it a try, you'll realize that the vapor carries with not only a pleasant aroma, but a rich, flavorful taste as well. In fact, most of those who have made the switch report that the smell and taste of the herb is a whole lot better when it is vaporized than when it is burned in a smoking pipe or as a joint. Let's say your herb of choice is tobacco. When you smoke, you most probably taste burnt tobacco. When you vape, what you'll taste is pure tobacco. Now, who wouldn't want that?
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Now, this is one reason we won't argue with. The experience definitely is NOT the same. It is BETTER. Much better. Just ask anyone who has ever made the switch from smoking to vaping. After their first session, most people report that their lungs feel cleaner and their breathing easier when they vape as compared to when they smoke. And within a few months of making the switch, people have reported being more active and generally feeling healthier than they ever had before. So no, the experience isn't the same. But would you rather have the same, less-than-pleasant experience or a better, healthier one?
Now that you understand why vaping is a better option than smoking, it is time for another important piece of information: Vaping isn't just for those who enjoy consuming tobacco or need to use marijuana for medical purposes. It can also be used for aromatherapy. There are many herbs that promote general health and well-being and you can use these herbs in your vaping sessions. People have, in fact, made use of the healing properties of these herbs for thousands of years, albeit with different delivery methods. Some are consumed as tea and others used in an aromatic bath. Now you can also vaporize them.
Other than cannabis and tobacco, vaporizers may also be used for aromatherapy herbs.
When you choose to ditch smoking and start vaporizing, one of the major decisions you'll have to make involves choosing a specific vaporizer. The range of available options is so wide that the task may indeed be overwhelming. For someone leading an active lifestyle, however, the best option is perhaps to get a handheld vaporizer. The portable vaping technology has indeed taken the industry by storm, and understandably so.
Many people may have realized that vaporizing is a much healthier alternative to smoking and these people may have embraced vaping, but most of them don't really want to deal with bulky and complicated equipment. In fact, this is part of the reason why there are still those who haven't made the switch; the original vaporizer models were just too big and too complicated to operate. The good news is that advances in technology have led to the creation of vaporizers you can easily carry around in your pocket.
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It is said that tabletop versions hold the advantage of providing you with vapor of better quality. For this reason, there are people who buy these devices for home use and also keep a portable model in their bag for on-the-go use. You, too, can do the same if you want to enjoy the different kinds of experience offered by these two types of vaporizer. But, what if you can't afford to buy more than one vaporizer? Is there a way for you to enjoy portability and high-quality vapor at the same time?
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The Killer is a 1989 Hong Kong action and crime film written and directed by John Woo and starring Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee, and Sally Yeh. Chow plays the assassin Ah Jong, who accidentally damages the eyes of the singer Jennie (Sally Yeh) during a shootout. He later discovers that if Jennie does not have an expensive operation soon, she will go blind. To get the money for Jennie, Ah Jong decides to perform one last hit. Meanwhile, the police detective Li (Danny Lee) who has been tracking Ah Jong for a long time, is determined to bring him to justice.
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There's a great deal of controversy brewing concerning implications that CNN not only stocked the audience at Thursday's Democrat Presidential debate, but also controlled the questions attendees asked.
So much for Wolf Blitzer not caving into pressure from the Clinton campaign.
*****Update: It looks like all six "undecided voters" set up to ask questions at the debate were plants. More at end of post!
One of the most delicious incidents from the debate was reported Friday by Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic magazine blog (emphasis added (h/t Allah at Hot Air):
Maria Luisa, the UNLV student who asked Hillary Clinton whether she preferred "diamonds or pearls" at last night's debate wrote on her MySpace page this morning that CNN forced her to ask the frilly question instead of a pre-approved query about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
"Every single question asked during the debate by the audience had to be approved by CNN," Luisa writes. "I was asked to submit questions including "lighthearted/fun" questions. I submitted more than five questions on issues important to me. I did a policy memo on Yucca Mountain a year ago and was the finalist for the Truman Scholarship. For sure, I thought I would get to ask the Yucca question that was APPROVED by CNN days in advance."
Luisa wrote at MySpace:
CNN ran out of time and used me to "close" the debate with the pearls/diamonds question. Seconds later this girl comes up to me and says, "you gave our school a bad reputation.' Well, I had to explain to her that every question from the audience was pre-planned and censored. That's what the media does. See, the media chose what they wanted, not what the people or audience really wanted.
Fascinating. Yet, this story gets more delicious, for according to CNN's transcript of the debate, Luisa's real name is Maria Parra Sandoval (video of her question to Clinton available here):
BLITZER: Thank you, Governor.
Suzanne, go ahead.
Maria, would you stand please? Give us your full name.
MARIA PARRA SANDOVAL (ph): Maria Parra-Sandoval (ph), and I'm a UNLV student. And my question is for Senator Clinton.
This is a fun question for you. Do you prefer diamonds or pearls?
A reader at Dan Riehl's Riehl World View accurately pointed out that Parra-Sandoval used to be an intern for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada).
Yet, that wasn't the only planted audience member/questioner Thursday evening. As also reported by Riehl (h/t Glenn Reynolds and Allah):
Okay, forgive me if there are two LaShannon Spencers here. But ... from last night:
LaShannon Spencer, who was identified as a member of the First African Methodist Church, asked the question near the top of the 10 pm Eastern hour. She highlighted how health care and the Iraq war had, in her view, dominated the questions during past debates.
Would that be the same LaShannon Spencer who is, or at least was the political director of the Democrat Party of Arkansas? She certainly didn't sound too undecided back in 2003 - though I suppose she could be an undecided voter as billed by CNN.
Lashannon Spencer, political director for the Arkansas Democratic Party, commented on her favorite part of Clinton's book."How she describes actually meeting Bill ... I enjoyed how they were both willing to put their lives on hold so each one of them fulfilled their dreams," Spencer said.
Allah captured the above photo of her from the debate, and linked to an August 8, 2003, New York Times article about Spencer with the following picture:
See a resemblance? Those interested should note Spencer's Democrat fundraising totals here and here.
Another plant was Khalid Khan as Eric at Classical Values reported (h/t Allah):
From the CNN transcript:
MALVEAUX: Our next questions is -- Khalid Khan, if you would please stand for a moment. You and I spoke very briefly, and you said you have some concerns about racial profiling.
KHALID KHAN: Yes, I do. I am an American citizen and have been profiled all the time at the airport. Since 9/11, hundreds of thousands of Americans have been profiled. And, you know, it is like a harassment.
KHAN: My question is that -- our civil liberties have been taken away from us. What are you going to do to protect Americans from this kind of harassment?
OK, I have no way of knowing the extent to which Mr. Khan has been subjected to profiling. But he is not an ordinary citizen. For years he has been a prominent Muslim leader -- the president of the Islamic Society of Nevada, who has hosted conferences like this one (which included the controversial Muzzamil Siddiqi), and the first sentence in a piece in the LA Times described him as "a stalwart among Las Vegas Muslims."
Nor, as it turns out, is Khalid Khan a stranger to CNN. From the transcript of a show last year called "keeping the faith in Sin City -- a surprising look at how Muslims manage to live and work under the glitz, greed and sex in Las Vegas.":
ZAHN: Our special hour tonight continues with a "Top Story" out of Las Vegas, where Muslim prayer rugs and the Las Vegas Strip collide, and collide in a big way.
Islam forbids Vegas standbys, like gambling, alcohol and strip shows. Yet, 14,000 Muslims live and work in Vegas. So, how do they all get along?
Let's turn to Ted Rowlands, who joins us from Vegas tonight. And he has the latest details for us.
ROWLANDS: The president of the Islamic Society here estimates, there are 14,000 Muslims living in Las Vegas, trying to follow the stringent rules of Islam in Sin City.
KHALID KHAN, PRESIDENT, ISLAMIC SOCIETY: It is a challenge to them. It is a challenge, that they see all these temptation around them, and, still, they just ignore them.
Add it all up, and CNN stocked the questionning members of the audience with -- at the very least, as who knows what else the blogosphere will identify?!? -- a former intern for Sen. Reid, a former head of the Arkansas Democrat Party, and a prominent Muslim leader.
Honestly, folks, the Democrats made a huge stink about not appearing in any debate sponsored by Fox News for fear of its biases. Yet, it seems a metaphysical certitude that FNC, with all the focus upon it, wouldn't have dared exhibit such obvious partiality.
In fact, just imagine the uproar that would have emanated from press members if Fox had employed such shenanigans. This likely would have been the lead story of all three broadcast network news programs Friday, as well as featured every hour on the hour at CNN and MSNBC.
Of course, maybe this explains why the Democrats refused the FNC debates in the first place, which would be an interesting story for a news magazine like "60 Minutes," "Dateline," or "20/20" if they weren't all vested in the same hypocrisy.
Liberal media bias? What liberal media bias?
As an aside, I want to congratulate and applaud the work of the bloggers mentioned in this report. As much as the legacy media disingenuously position themselves as advocates of the people and free speech, the new media continue to be the only ones demonstrating democratic principles our Founding Fathers would be in any way proud of.
*****Update: As Doug Ross reports here, it seems that all six of the supposed "undecided voters" set up to ask questions at Thursday's debate were plants! Will this be discussed in detail on tomorrow's political talks shows, or totally ignored?
*****Update II: Jenny Bea at The War Against Political Correctness has much more, including the following fabulous observations --
The ONLY thing that has yet to be figured out, is who made the decision to pick these specific people to be the ones delivering questions? Was it someone working for CNN? The DNC? Could it have been a collaborated effort of employees of both organizations? Who decided that those people would be called upon?
And which candidates knew ahead of time? That could be left up to conspiracy, however, one thing remains crystal clear: These people were not the average undecided democratic voters they were presented to the American people to be. These people have big backgrounds, and the proof is irrefutable. The only thing that needs to happen now is the media needs to grab onto it. But some of us bloggers already know and are working hard to get it out.
As a proud American, I feel deceived and manipulated. And you should, too. I feel that it is my duty as a citizen of a free society to get the truth- and verifiable evidence- to the public. This is not a "fire doesn't melt steel" conspiracy. This is "Dan Rather Loses His Job for Fake Reporting". And the bloggers did again in relentless search for what really happened. Ala Lindsay Lohan, "They weren't my pants!!"
They lied to us. They lied to all of us. It's not really surprising, knowing the lows they'd sink to for potential votes, but it should be awakening to the People that what we are fed by the media as "news" is in fact, not news. We are fed total BS, by some audacious person(s) making the decision of what gets reported.
How true, Jenny -- and how sad.


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Smoothie bowls have only been in my life since I had my first acai bowl in Hawaii last year. What a breakfast-changing discovery that was! Since then, my freezer has been consistently stocked with a variety of fruit and my pantry is always full of potential crunchy toppings. You don't need a recipe to make a smoothie bowl. They are endlessly cusotomizable both in terms of the base and the toppings. However, ever since I started making smoothie bowls, I have discovered that some are superior to others. There are even sometimes smoothie bowl flops. That being said, a couple of weeks ago I discovered a combination that I thought was especially delicious. It had the perfect proportions of equal parts strawberries and banana and a little extra mango for a super refreshing, delicious breakfast bowl.
Since realizing that some smoothie bowls are better than others, I thought it would be a shame not to share this one here. Even though I maintain that this is a 'no recipe required' meal, it's nice to have some ideas of where to start for delicious flavour combinations. I am a huge fan of the mango, in particular. I love how it is sweet and tart at the same time and it tends to blend up beautifully. Along with the frozen banana, it definitely adds to the creamy texture. The strawberries add a blush of pink to the bowl and another layer to the flavour.
Other than flavour combinations, I have also learned a few things since making so many smoothie bowls over the past year. First, I slice and freeze my own bananas. It is super easy to buy an extra bunch of bananas every couple of weeks and have them ready and waiting in my freezer. Using frozen bananas in smoothie bowls is the most important component. Without them, it is hard to achieve an extra creamy and thick texture. I like to freeze my bananas before they get too ripe (I definitely don't want any brown spots on them!) because the more ripe they get, the stronger the banana flavour will be in your smoothie. Even though I like the taste of banana, I like when other flavours shine through in my smoothie bowls.
Second, I've taken up the habit of keeping a huge mason jar filled with my own "seed mix" in my pantry. I used to keep tons of mini mason jars with seeds, picking and choosing which ones I wanted on a given day; however, I tended to pick the same ones. So, I like to combine chia seeds, flax seeds, sesame seeds, and buckwheat groats in a huge mason jar so I can just grab a couple of tablespoons of the mix for the smoothie bowls or my oatmeal. It's super convenient and you can totally customize the seeds that you like to use all of the time. Other topping tips, definitely include using something crunchy. Nuts are an easy go-to, but sometimes on the weekends I will also throw together my 10 minute muesli for a quick but extra special topping. This time around I decided to soak some fresh sliced fruit in a squeeze of lime and a drizzle of maple syrup for an extra pop of flavour.
It's a little difficult to measure frozen fruit because of their shape. Basically, you want equal parts banana and strawberry with a little more mango. It's really important not to add too much liquid. You can always thin out the smoothie but it's hard to make it creamy and thick again. A tiny amount of liquid can transform a chunky smoothie to a creamy, smooth bowl, so it's best to be patient and add your liquid slowly.
Feel free to use whatever type of milk you like in this smoothie bowl! I like to choose one with a fairly neutral flavour.
In a small bowl, combine sliced strawberries, kiwi, lime, and maple syrup. Stir and set aside.
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Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp will betray the man who helped raise the former Ft. Myers-area state rep from political obscurity to, um, political semi-obscurity by announcing he's endorsing Marco Rubio for Senate. Kottkamp was little known before Charlie Crist chose him as his running mate in 2006. Though now that Crist has left the Republican party to run against Rubio, the governor and lieutenant governor haven't spoken in months.
The announcement will be made Wednesday by email, according to Fox News.
It's not exactly surprising. Kottkamp is running for attorney general, and just weeks before the primary, the Republican nomination is wide open. Kottcamp, Pam Bondi, and Holly Benson are locked in a virtual three-way tie, and hitching himself to Rubio's wagon isn't a bad way to raise Kottkamp's cachet among Republican primary voters. In fact, the endorsement might do more for Kottkamp than for Rubio.
Kottkamp continues to claim he has barely spoken to Crist since the governor left the Republican party earlier this year to seek the Senate seat as an independent.
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The BBC has revealed that it is to broadcast live select games from this year's World Cup in 4K, thanks to a trial with its research partner Arqiva.
Unfortunately for those that have spent money on expensive Ultra HD televisions, this broadcast is strictly for research so will be done behind closed doors.
In the trial, the Beeb will look to transmit live UHD streams over terrestrial TV and the internet - a method that points to how 4K will eventually be distributed in the future.
The tests will hopefully help the world's broadcasters to come to an agreement as to what will constitute global UHD standardisation.
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Selling Your Home Over The Holidays
In the past, conventional wisdom said you shouldn't try to sell a home during the holidays. Reasons ranged from no time to drive around and see homes or make a trip to the Realtor's office to the buyer's market lacking during that time of year because of the busy holiday season.
Many reasons flood the seller's mind deterring them from listing until after the first of the year. Here are a few reasons that it may be a good idea to put your house on the market this holiday season.
Increase of Internet Searches During the Holidays
Many home buyers devote a larger portion of their house hunting time during the holidays to searching online as opposed to seeing homes in person. The added convenience of honing a list of preferred homes from the warmth of the buyer's home during cold, wet weather makes real estate website traffic ramp up significantly when the overall market sales might be slowing down. Homes advertised correctly online during this time get significantly more exposure than the average home, and those sellers that are taking a break from being on the market are as good as non-existent to the online buyer.
Seller Competition Is Lighter During the Holidays
While the new wave of mobile inspired home buyers is searching for homes at odd times of the year, home sellers are often still reluctant to list their homes during the holidays. The home seller who is on the market in an area with very few comparable homes can often stick strongly to the price they're hoping to get.
Holiday Home Shoppers Are More Motivated
The home buyers who remain active in their searches during the holidays are the extremely motivated buyers. They're willing to alter their holiday schedules and brave bad weather to get into a home. These are the kinds of buyers that home sellers dream about. They want to move right away and are willing to spend significant money to relieve their anxiousness about getting on with the home buying process as quickly as possible.
Of course your house looks nice during the off season, but who doesn't enjoy looking at homes at their very best during the holiday seasons. Your home is already as clean as can be, smells of baking in the air (or just some scented room freshener will work) and some tasteful decorations making your home look warm and inviting.
Traveling for the holidays??
If you have to leave town for the holidays, the right REALTOR® is equipped to handle everything. Not only will your home be vacant and clean, it will also get a nice check-in a few times while you're gone. Your REALTOR® will check on your home to make sure things are fine and ready for showings. You can keep the heat on and it will not only keep your pipes from freezing, it will keep your potential buyers happy. Buyers' REALTORS® will be in and out often enough to keep the home looking busy and well-traveled.
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Who says a home seller has to receive calls 24/7? Every REALTOR®-client relationship is different. You, as the client, can manage how you communicate together. If you'd like to only receive showing requests via email or text, so be it. If you want your REALTOR® to only call between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., he or she can do that. As long as you are reasonable about having a regular communication check-in with your REALTOR®, the way you communicate can be as unique as you'd like.
Create Blackout Dates
When family comes to visit for a week, let your REALTOR® know that the entire week is off-limits. Unless a buyer has come in and set a large envelope of cash on their desk, they need to schedule all showings the prior week or the week afterward.The bonus with this strategy is that your home is still on the MLS and still being advertised online. While it might not be available to see in person that particular week, those holiday home buyers will still see the listing and be aware that it will be available soon. Meanwhile, your family is relaxing at home as if it were just a regular holiday season.
Offer Holiday Incentives
Make spirits bright by offering bonuses for people who are willing to deal with a wintertime move. Cover the closing costs or install brand-new stainless steel appliances in the kitchen, for example. Special seller's concessions and/or home improvements can sweeten the pot for buyers who are interested in your house but need that extra push to make an offer. Selling your home during the holidays can actually be a well-managed and stress-free experience if you take the time to set some ground rules and boundaries. In the meantime, you might be the only home on the block that is visibly available for sale to the next out-of-towner or anxious first-time buyer that is out on the holiday house hunt.
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This post has been sitting my draft folder since November. I started it back when I was in the throes of debilitating sleep deprivation. I never finished it because I couldn't seem to come to a coherent point which I'm sure had a lot to do with the debilitating sleep deprivation. Now, with considerably more sleep and four months of hindsight, I think I can finish it.
Back when I started the original version, my son was three months old. He was waking up every night around midnight and crying for a minimum of two hours. My husband was sleeping in the guest bedroom and I was waking up at 7am every morning to take care of our two children. At 2am the next morning, I would finally get to put my head on a pillow again until someone started crying. I was out-of-my-mind tired every. single. day. I started writing this post in an attempt to understand why I felt so crazy all the time. The name Maslow kept creeping into my consciousness.
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I first heard of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory in health class my sophomore year of high school. My teacher was a stout, burly man with one of those hard stomach's like the base of a kettle drum. He was also the wrestling coach and walked with a crooked, bow-legged, wrestler's limps up and down the aisles peering over your shoulder during tests. His style of instruction was intimidating and declarative as in, "You can still get pregnant even if the girl is currently menstruating don't you know, kids?!" Then he sneered at you with a knowing look while you fidgeted in your plastic chair. Informative, but also slightly traumatizing. The next time I would come across Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory would be in one of my psychology courses in college. It has always stuck with me, but since those years I haven't had a need for it… that is, until now.
Right now in my life it seems everyone needs something from me every second of my day. I find myself constantly evaluating which needs are priorities and which can wait. For example, at this very moment it is 12:17am. I am sitting on my bed in the dark listening to my three-month-old son make those grunting, infant sounds in his half-sleep state. I'm debating. Should I go in there and rock his crib in futility? (Because it never gets him back to sleep, it just speeds up the waking process.) Or should I continue to write this post? Should I attempt (again in futility) to get some sleep myself? Or is my need to write more important than his (or mine for that matter) need to sleep? Sometimes it feels like it is, but Maslow would disagree.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a theory in psychology pertaining to Human Growth and Development. Maslow came up with this theory by studying what he called, "exemplary people" like Albert Einstein and Eleanore Roosevelt. His goal was to uncover the principles behind basic human motivations and to better understand why people will seek out certain experiences in their respective environments.
The bottom of the pyramid represents our everyday basic needs; air, food, water, sleep, pooping… you know, the necessities. You will notice that it also lists "sex" in that category. At this point there is no need to remind you that Maslow was a man.
Our first and foremost motivations have to do with survival and security; when those needs are sufficiently met, we are then motivated to seek out different needs like love and self-esteem. When all of those needs are met, we get to the top of the pyramid, the pinnacle of human development and what we're all ultimately seeking which is self-actualization. Self-actualization is defined as having as sense of right and wrong, acceptance of facts, lack of judgement and expressing creativity. I would extrapolate on that definition and suggest that it also means finding a sense of purpose and meaning in one's life.
I have to admit, it isn't the prioritizing of other people's needs that inspired me to contemplate Maslow's theory. Believe me, the little people in this house are doing just fiiiiine. It is ME who is lacking many of my basic needs right now and this has me asking what is really important and what can wait.
Having a baby strips your life down to its most basic elements in an instant. All those layers of hard-won self-esteem, accomplishments and the loving relationship you built with your spouse; they all exit the building along with your placenta. Days after birthing that precious baby you are literally and figuratively back to the lowest rungs of the human growth ladder. You are a shadow of your former self, begging and pleading for basic necessities like sleep, food, water and elimination. (Because pooping after a vaginal birth is something no one ever tells you about, but should NOT go without its fair share of warnings! Why didn't you teach us that Mr. Health Teacher?)
It's also an extreme rollercoaster ride. In the seconds it takes that doctor to place that baby on your chest, like a lightening bolt you understand with a fierce profundity the meaning of your life. If there was ever a moment at the pinnacle of human growth, it is the moment you look into your child's eyes for the very first time. In the days (sometimes hours) that follow that moment, you begin to free fall like rain through a gutter back down the ladder of human growth until you are a milky puddle on the floor begging for someone to bring you a sandwich and give you five minutes of sleep. (And I can say for certain Mr. Maslow, that sex is NOT a basic need. For goodness sakes man what were you thinking? Really?! Sex = to breathing?!)
That steep slide down the slope of human motivations will make you nauseous at the very least, and crazy for SURE.
In those long early days (and nights) you spend most of your time on that lowest rung, usually literally lying on the floor in need of everything while simultaneously giving everything. Weeks go by like that. Then, there might be a few days when you are fed, watered and yet still exhausted, but all you want to do is cry on the phone to one of my friends because you desperately need someone to love you and it sure ain't coming from this baby. At some point, maybe months down the road, you look in the mirror again. It's the first time you've seen the natural shape of your eyebrows since college not to mention the natural color of your hair. You think maybe you should do something about those things because your self-esteem took a serious punch around the third trimester.
Somewhere around six months postpartum you start to recognize yourself again, not just physically, but mentally. You start to see signs of the woman who thought about more than the color and consistency of her baby's poop. You start to want to be that woman again; to use your brain for more than just calculating the time it will take you to make a grocery run as opposed to the next scheduled nap. Maslow says it's the highest rung of the human needs and motivational pyramid, the self-actualizing part that yearns to be creative, to think and give meaning to your life.
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And this is why I couldn't finish this post. As I was sitting in bed after midnight, clearly lacking one of my most basic needs for sleep, I was still writing–still attempting to be creative–still creating meaning in my life in the face of pure exhaustion. Now, months and many more hours of consolidated sleep later, I can write the conclusion to this post because I can see the flaw in Maslow's Theory (and not just the sex part).
Maslow might have studied Einstein, but he didn't studied Mommies, and we all know that mommies are capable of building pyramids in the time it takes to nurse a newborn. Don't get me wrong, we're not nonhuman, but in the face of our children, we are capable of superhuman things.
One of life's greatest privileges and pleasures is having a child and there needn't be a better reason to do so than to give meaning to your life. There is a reason that after WWII there was a boom in child births; people wanted to bring meaning back to a world that had suffered so much loss. Children, and all the unfettered hope they represent, do that best. The irony of this situation is that in the midst of all the physical and emotional energy required to have babies and raise them, meaning is sometimes hardest thing to hold on to. Meaning lives up on the top of that pyramid while you're stuck down on the floor eating your toddler's left over mac-n-cheese because it's in arm's reach and it doesn't require you to get up. Crazy, indeed.
As I sit here now, 7 months postpartum, I realize that the reason I felt crazy all that time was because meaning is what I was looking for in the first place and yet was the one thing I couldn't find due to my lack of significant shut-eye.
So I propose a new Hierarchy of Needs Theory. One just for us Mommies. I think it would look something like this…
I included sex because, well, maybe someday. Until then, "You can still get pregnant even if a girl is
menstruating breastfeeding don't you know kids!?" See, informative and traumatizing.


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This time, hes attacking Haiti, claiming that they sold their souls to the devil to defeat the French, and that they have been cursed.
Seriously, what a bigoted hypocrite. He attacks a revered Catholic and Christian nation as being "demonic".
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Afr. j. prim. health care fam. med. (Online) vol.11 n.1 Cape Town 2019
World Family Doctors Day 2019: Reflections from an African perspective
Robert Mash
Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
May 19th is World Family Doctors Day (WFDD), and this year the theme is 'Family doctors - Caring for you for the whole of your life'.1 This editorial reflects on the relevance and meaning of this day and this year's theme from an African perspective.
In sub-Saharan Africa, family doctors are scarce, mostly working in the private sector and without any postgraduate training in family medicine. Primary care in the public sector is mostly offered by nurses and mid-level doctors, known as clinical officers or clinical associates. Family physicians, doctors with postgraduate training in family medicine are even rarer, and in many countries non-existent or counted on the fingers of two hands.
In this context, the concept of medical generalism may be more appropriate, as it potentially encompasses all the different health professionals delivering primary care. 'Medical generalism is an approach to the delivery of healthcare that routinely applies a broad and holistic perspective to the patient's problems'…and involves 'being able to deal with undifferentiated illness and the widest range of patients and conditions' as well as taking 'continuity of responsibility for people's care across many disease episodes and over time'.2 Medical generalism, therefore, includes the principles of comprehensive and continuous care over the life course and embraces the theme of this year's WFDD.
Although the principles of medical generalism should guide the training of all primary care providers, the reality is that many practitioners do not embody these principles.3 Training programmes may be too short or not sufficiently orientated towards principles of medical generalism. Often, primary care providers are trained in more algorithmic, selective and programmatic approaches to care that align more with public health priorities than family medicine. In the few countries that have studied the performance of primary care, the patients are not satisfied with the comprehensiveness4 and continuity of care.4,5
In the African context, family medicine can be defined as the subset of district health services provided by doctors (family physicians) with additional training in family medicine. In the public sector, family physicians are not the persons offering first-contact care and are often working as generalists in district or primary hospitals; their role, therefore, is different from family physicians in more highly resourced countries. Family physicians must not only be competent clinicians in all these settings but must also act as consultants to the health care team. They will need to develop the capacity of other health professionals and have expertise as clinical trainers. They will need to be skilled in clinical governance activities to improve the quality of clinical care and support health system reforms such as community-orientated primary care. Where family physicians are available, there is evidence that they are making a significant impact through all these roles and improving the quality of care.6,7
There are many stories of family doctors who have made a difference and gone the extra mile in caring for their patients. Wonca recognised Dr Atai Omoruto for her work in responding to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.8 In South Africa, a recent media report told the story of Dr John Mitchell who hiked for kilometres with 25 kg of medicine and swam across a river to reach his clinic in the Eastern Cape when the road was blocked by protesters.9
Family medicine is slowly growing in sub-Saharan Africa, and we hope that the renewed international commitment to primary health care will include a commitment to family medicine.10,11 Primary care teams need the expertise that family physicians bring and district hospitals need people trained specifically for that setting who can fill the many skills gaps, particularly in rural and remote areas.
Countries in the region can be seen at different stages of change when it comes to family medicine. There are countries that have established family medicine training and have the potential to go to scale. Kenya, for example, now has five family medicine training programmes and South Africa has nine such programmes. There are countries that are just beginning to see family physicians emerge from training programmes, such as Botswana and Malawi, and there are countries that are starting to train family physicians, such as Zimbabwe and Zambia. Some countries are still contemplating family medicine, such as Tanzania, and there are attempts to advocate for its introduction.
There are, therefore, signs of hope and the potential for family doctors to contribute to and strengthen the primary care system, so that it can deliver on its promise to 'care for you for the whole of your life'.
1.WONCA. World family doctor day [homepage on the Internet]. 2019 [cited 2018 Apr 19]. Available from: http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/member/ForMemberOrganizations/WorldFamilyDoctorDay. [ Links ]
2.Howe A. Medical generalism: Why expertise in whole person medicine matters. London: Royal College of General Practitioners; 2012. [ Links ]
3.Christoffels R, Mash B. How well do public sector primary care providers function as medical generalists in Cape Town: A descriptive survey. BMC Fam Pract. 2018;19:122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0802-x [ Links ]
4.Dullie L, Meland E, Mildestvedt T, Hetlevik Ø, Gjesdal S. Quality of primary care from patients' perspective: A cross sectional study of outpatients' experience in public health facilities in rural Malawi. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018;18:872. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3701-x [ Links ]
5.Bresick GF, Sayed A-R, Le Grange C, Bhagwan S, Manga N, Hellenberg D. Western Cape Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) study: Measuring primary care organisation and performance in the Western Cape Province, South Africa (2013). Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2016;8:1-12. https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v8i1.1057 [ Links ]
6.Von Pressentin K, Mash R, Baldwin-Ragaven L, Botha R, Govender I, Steinberg W. The bird's-eye perspective: How do district health managers experience the impact of family physicians within the South African district health system? A qualitative study. S Afr Fam Pract. 2018;60:13-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/20786190.2017.1348047 [ Links ]
7.Von Pressentin KB, Mash RJ, Baldwin-Ragaven L, et al. The perceived impact of family physicians on the district health system in South Africa: A cross-sectional survey. BMC Fam Pract. 2018;19:24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0710-0 [ Links ]
8.Kidd M. WONCA announces 2016 global five star doctor award to Atai Omoruto [homepage on the Internet]. 2016 [cited 2019 May 10]. Available from: https://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/News/Atai.aspx. [ Links ]
9.Njilo N. Rural doctor hiked, swam across river to reach patients [homepage on the Internet]. 2019 [cited 2019 May 10]. Available from: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-03-27-rural-doctor-hiked-swam-across-river-to-reach-patients/?fbclid=IwAR1R8aXlw6Y0gdDAh14YEtbrcGE0ia3iRkS2IpOotznQQ_MLQBJCiCQwdaQ. [ Links ]
10.World Health Organization. Astana declaration on primary health care [homepage on the Internet]. 2018 [cited 2018 Dec 18]. Available from: https://www.who.int/primary-health/conference-phc/declaration. [ Links ]
11.World Organisation of Family Doctors. WONCA-WHO memorandum of understanding signed [homepage on the Internet]. 2019 [cited 2019 May 10]. Available from: https://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/news/wonca-whomou.aspx. [ Links ]
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Better Bounce brings Paw Patrol to the party!
You've probably heard your little ones talk about paw patrol over and over, maybe even have the theme tune ringing in your ears?
That is because Paw Patrol is one of the most popular childrens tv shows and the most popular gang around. Show your kids you are in with the Paw Patrol gang by hiring a Paw Patrol themed bouncy castle for their special occasion.
Hire a Paw Patrol Bouncy Castle in Liverpool
From the success of our Paw Patrol inflatable bouncy castle we bring you another extravaganza of this castle, the Paw Patrol disco bouncy castle! Here at Better Bounce we strive to be bigger and better and give our customers the best possible inflatable experience. So what says bigger and better? Lights and music of course!
Here are the features of our disco bouncy castles:
- 12x15ft in size (please note you will need 15x18ft of garden space).
- Prices are as little as £49 on weekdays and £59 on weekends.
- Available in various colours and themes.
- Music and lights connected to a built in Bluetooth system.
Paw Patrol Disco Bouncy Castle
Our Paw Patrol disco bouncy castle is perfect for any little one's party as it is becoming a firm favourite with both boys and girls. All of the characters are featured on the castle, so whether your child's favourite is Chase, Marshall, Skye, Rubbie, Rocky or Zuma you can be sure that they will all be attending.
The castle is available in both blue and green and looks great in both colours. The Paw Patrol badge is also featured on the castle as well as the whole gang on a backdrop of the adventure city. You can also get a Paw Patrol bouncy castle with slide!
Make your child's party one to remember
As if having a Paw Patrol themed bouncy castle with disco lights and music was not enough, we also offer food packages as they will certainly have worked up an appetite from all that bouncing. Take a look at our fun Foods and packages sections to hire added extras to your party such as popcorn machines, hot dog machines and slush machines, plus much more!
Make your child's dreams come true and bring their favourite characters to the party. Hire your Paw Patrol disco bouncy castle today by giving us a call on 07951754318 or email us at email@example.com.
How your child feels knowing you've just hired a Paw Patrol disco bouncy castle!
If all this sounds appealing to you and your adult friends, we also have more grown up versions of bouncy castles so you are not missing out on all the fun! Take a look at our adult castles for more information.
Let us know how your Paw Patrol party goes by visiting our twitter and facebook pages.


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Basic Seafood BrothFrom oldgringo 12 years ago
- 8 cups water; * See Note shopping list
- 1 teaspoon olive oil shopping list
- 1 lb seafood shells, bones and pieces; ** See note shopping list
- 1/4 cup onion; chopped shopping list
- 1/4 cup carrots; chopped shopping list
- 1/4 cup celery; chopped shopping list
- 1 tablespoon parsley shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 6 whole black peppercorns shopping list
- 1 dried bay leaf shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves shopping list
How to make it
- * Note: This can include any portion of oyster or clam water or fish stock or shrimp stock.
- ** Note: This may be any combination of fish bones, pieces of white fish, shrimp heads, shrimp shells or pieces of shrimp, or crab shells or pieces of crab.
- Place the seafood shells, bones and/or pieces in the water; add the other ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes. The oil should help prevent excessive foaming and boiling-over; but watch carefully.
- Strain hot broth into a quart jars, seal and refrigerate until needed.
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David McGoldrick on trial with Sheffield United, according to East Anglian Times.
David McGoldrick on trial with Sheffield United, according to East Anglian Times.
first weekend in the Championship. disappointing to Not See Judge get a start or obenge be involved for brentford. No sign of cotter or mcloughlin for ipswich. Nice to See manning involved for QPR under a new manager. Sheffield utd with mcgoldrick Stevens and egan starting but will any Of them be first choice for us? Same with reading mcshane, kelly(?), and meyler starting unlikely to be first choice for us. Nice to See o Brien Scorecard for millwall Nyt where does he fit for Us? Nothing New and exciting From Irish perspective On first Championship weekend. Nice to see curtis Start for portsmouth might be interesting to See if he can kick on
Anthony Stokes' first goal in Iran, Conrad Logan's 50th appearance for Mansfield Town, Jonathan Hayes returns from injury and more in the first round up of 2018/19: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...33857953731578
With the new premier league season starting this week, I'll be publishing a series of stats blogs during the week focusing on appearance data from the top division. Today's blog focusses on the last Irish player to score in the Premier League for each team in the 2018/19 PL season. How many can you name?
Chelsea - Damien Duff
Man City - Stephen Ireland
Liverpool - Robbie Keane
Everton - Seamus Coleman
Crystal palace - Damien Delaney
Burnley - Kevin Long
Man Utd - Darron Gibson
Newcastle Utd - Ciaran Clark
Brighton and Hove Albion - None
West Ham Utd - Joey O'Brien
Wolves - Kevin Doyle
Fulham - Damien Duff
Bournemouth - Harry Arter
Cardiff City - None
Southampton - Shane Long
Leicester City - None
Spurs - Robbie Keane
Watford - Dominic Foley
Huddersfield Town - none
Obafemi at Southampton is one.
Josh Cullen the other?
Today's question: when was the last time Ireland named a starting XI of players who have played in the Premier league
Hint: it was under the current manager
Before the new Premier League season kicks off tomorrow, I wondered how many times an Ireland team has been named with 11 starting players who have played in the top division in England: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...08275780745828
Final question before the new premier league season starts, when was the last time Ireland named a starting XI of players who were all at premier league clubs?
Hint: it hasn't happened under the current, or previous manager
International games where the Ireland Starting XI was composed entirely of Premier League players: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...08102060980330
Good day for Ronan Curtis, 2 for Pompey so far.


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Calm Water Cruise
Treat yourself to a luxurious Calm Water Cruise. Live the high life for a day and climb aboard Sea World's $3.5M cruiser. Explore the beautiful Gold Coast Broadwater while cruising past some of Queensland's most expensive waterfront homes.
The Calm Water Cruise takes you to The Marine Village Sanctuary Cove. Sanctuary Cove is a relaxed waterfront precinct. Enjoy a leisurely lunch with an unbeatable view of luxury boats moored at the famous Sanctuary Cove Marina. After a sumptuous lunch, take a stroll along The Marine Village. Browse through a range of specialty stores, fashion boutiques, art galleries, home wares and even a chocolate shop.
The cruise returns via South Stradbroke Island. Take in the breathtaking beauty of the island and meet the playful creatures that populate the island.
The tour includes lunch at The Marine Village Sanctuary Cove, glass of wine or beer or soft drink or tea/coffee with lunch option, 5 hour day tour, 3 hours calm water cruising aboard Sea World's luxury 24m vessel, 2 hour stopover at Sanctuary Cove Marine Village, cruise commentary from Sea World crew, and wildlife spotting of sea eagles, dolphins and wallabies during cruise. Vegetarian and gluten free meals are available upon request as well as children's meals.
The tour lasts for 5 hours. The tour departs at 10am and returns at 3pm. The cruise departs from the Sea World Cruise Terminal which is just a few minutes away from our Southport Apartments. Book your Calm Water Cruise today.
To learn more, visit http://seaworld.com.au
To book your stay at our Southport Apartments, go to http://bluewaterbay.etourism.net.au
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22 July 2010
While still a young teenager, a singer who later became an international superstar was managed by a theatrical agent in the North of England. She made a number of test recordings in a local recording studio which were unpolished but showed exceptional promise. The recordings were made long before the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 introduced rights in performances when the only protection for performing artistes was the Performers Protections Acts 1958 to 1972. These were essentially criminal statutes which proscribed the fixation of performances without the performer's consent. The recordings had been made with the singer's consent but at that time she was a minor. The copyright in the sound recordings were subsequently acquired by the singer's agent.
The singer and her agent went their separate ways and she eventually became very big indeed. At the height of her success the agent remembered the tapes and licensed them to a recording company to publish them as an homage to the singer. The singer objected to their publication and obtained an interim injunction in London restraining the release of the records arguing that she had been incapable of giving her consent at the time because of her minority.
There the case remained for many years until the agent came to me about another matter. That resulted in a very difficult application that my solicitors and I handled successfully at considerable personal risk to ourselves. The client was sufficiently impressed to ask us to intervene in the injunction proceedings.
I settled a letter to the singer requesting her consent to publication of the tapes. When that was refused we issued proceedings out of Preston seeking a declaration as to whether her consent had been validly obtained arguing that the contract by which the tapes were made was one that could bind a minor. After a lot of interim applications the case was consolidated with the earlier London proceedings against the recording company and listed for trial before the Vice-Chancellor in Manchester. Shortly before the trial a compromise was reached which allowed the recording to be released on terms. The recording did not prove to be quite the commercial success that my client hoped that it would but at least it was published.


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The Warriors didn't lose last night for any one reason. A desperate Utah Jazz team exploited Golden State with unmatched energy and supreme activity on both ends that was emblematic of their current state – the Jazz are playing for their postseason lives. The Warriors didn't need that urgency yesterday, and won't need it at all unless they endure a season-ending collapse of truly historic proportions.
Golden State is fine, last night's loss included. The Warriors are a veritable lock to make the playoffs and still stand a good chance of winning the sixth seed – they're a game ahead of the Houston Rockets in the standings.
Nothing's changed. This is still the team we thought it was despite morning Bay Area notions suggesting otherwise, as ESPN's/Warriors World's Ethan Sherwood Strauss opines in his game recap. "Sometimes teams just lose," Strauss says. "…Bad losses at this juncture don't do much to change the overall analysis." Bingo. The Warriors lost to a team as good or slightly worse than they are for a myriad of basketball reasons, which are most succinctly summed up by a simple glance at the standings. Golden State wanted a win; Utah had to have one.
There are more specific reasons for worry, of course, but none of them new. That the Warriors struggled with a huge, mobile big like Derrick Favors is no surprise. Mo Williams exploiting pick-and-roll defense with long jumpers doesn't shock, either.
So when Draymond Green entered for the first time with 3:15 remaining and Golden State trailing 91-86, not an eye batted. Mark Jackson's clearly keen on Green's position-less nomenclature and defensive disposition, two traits that are especially handy in late game situations. Green, predictably, took the place of fellow rookie Harrison Barnes in the Warriors lineup; the former has logged more fourth quarter time than the latter this season despite trailing Barnes in overall minutes by nearly 900.
Golden State needed stops on defense to have a chance to steal a win, and Green's presence on that end allows Golden State to switch pick-and-rolls without sacrificing much to the ballhandler. He's also a better rebounder than the sometimes timid Barnes, and is obviously stouter defending the post, too. The question is whether or not that potential defensive impact outweighs the just as sizable advantage Barnes has on Green offensively. It's a tough call, and a catch-22 against a Utah team with two skilled big men on the floor at all times when trailing by five. But last night – perhaps by mere specific circumstance – it's clear Jackson made the wrong one. (Brandon Rush would have come in handy here, by the way.)
The highlights we'll unfortunately remember from Green's brief performance come on each end – a blocked attempt at the rim by Favors and a dagger jumper from Williams on the ensuing possession. That's not fair to Green, either; he was put in a bad situation offensively in the first instance and was the victim of basic shot-making in the next one.
But it's hard not to wonder what Barnes might have done in Green's stead. Maybe he takes a pull-up jumper instead of challenging Favors; perhaps he gets fouled or even scores. And while guarding Williams on the switch 20 seconds later, it's possible his superior length and quickness renders a more difficult shot attempt. The game of what-ifs is endless and Jackson had no way to know in what exact predicaments Green would find himself. But there's been consternation over Barnes' lack of late-game minutes all season, especially when he's on the bench in Green's usual place. Last night is just another example of why that normal decision is so questionable.
Which is an exact microcosm of what to glean from yesterday's loss on the whole: nothing revelatory. Jackson played his hand the way he has all season long, trusting rookie Green over rookie Barnes when the game was on the line. The Warriors didn't lose on that development alone, but it no doubt contributed to the final result. One team has to lose even when the sides are close to evenly matched. Considering the circumstances, that it was Golden State is anything but surprising, just as the way the the loss played out all game long wasn't, either.
Statistical support for this piece provided by NBA.com.
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I made a promise on this blog that I would get in the process of writing everyday, and this I described as a "healing process", a way to get better and to get over my pain. But the promise was broken by me again. For those of you who kept up with this blog, you would know about my Grandmother's illness, and how much pain she was in.
The angel of death came for her finally on the 26th of May. On that day, she left us forever and ever for a much better place. I described what I am feeling to my family as the feeling when someone is leaving you and you don't get to say goodbye to them, and they don't get to say it back to them, like the break up goodbye, that particular goodbye when you know that this is it; there is no turning back, life would never be the same from this point on! Continue reading


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Tag Archives for " workflow "
Workflow is about as individual as your small business. It's a series of processes that begin the first time a potential client contacts you to the point where you delivered your goods or services and are on to the next job. Actually it starts a bit earlier, if you want to including marketing and branding. Or maybe you're running a couple of jobs concurrent, in which case it's even more important to understand your workflow. A plan on how all your business processes work together makes your work flow smoothly.
work·flow ˈwərkflō/ noun
the sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.
There are more than one way to skin a cat and the same is true for your workflow. There's really not only one right way that workflow works. They are as personal to you as many other decisions you make in your small business.
In my mind there are two schools of thought when it comes to working with a workflow solution:
Solutions like Shoot Flow fall under the first. They are solutions specific to one type of photography. In the case of Shoot Flow, it's for wedding photographers. Zach and Jody Grey took their experience at shooting weddings and built a workflow solution around it. They basically let you duplicate the way they work a wedding.
The upside – especially for the inexperienced wedding shooter – is that you get a step by step roadmap to how to work a bride and grooms day. Zach and Judy do a fantastic job, not just on shooting weddings, but also in how they work with their client before and after that day.
In my mind the downside is that you are going to workflow weddings just like they do. I've never used shootflow (I don't shoot weddings) and I know you can customize some of the way it works, but it's not like what I use.
[Please don't misunderstand me here. I am not dissing shootflow or other solutions like it. In fact I believe it's vital that we all have a well-integrated solution of our own.]
My customized solution follows my business processes. This doesn't make it necessarily more expensive, but it does make my workflow solution match my workflow. I use a Customer Relationship Management system as the backbone of my workflow solution. It's called SalesForce and is one of the largest CRMs in the world. SalesForce aggregates all information I have about a clients, accounts, jobs, ect into one place and since it's this huge service it integrates with pretty much everything. For instance I use Evernote to …
Architectural photography is not just planning the shoot, nor is it only photographing the building. After the shoot is finished, the jobs not done. Now the assembly begins.
All the RAW files captured get fine tuned in Capture One, in my opinion the best image processor out there. Color balance, contrast, brightness, perspective, ect. are adjusted. Then the architectural photography files are processed and are retouched, where small imperfections and outlets are cleaned up.
Then the images go through Photoshop where the individual layers are created and assembled into a master file. Each layer has detailed masks around the building parts, the vegetation, the sky, ect. which allows us to composite the image out of the separate exposures taken on location. In the image to the left you see a simplified view of some of the main layers: vegetation, garden and interior through the glass wall, outside walls lit by a strobe, house and sky. That's how architectural photography is created today.
Then it's a round trip back into Capture One, where perspective is adjusted, highlights and colors are tweaked and the final files are prepared to be delivered to the client. Metadata is added and the files are uploaded int my photoshelter account and delivered to the client via password protected web gallery.
My favorite part of the whole shoot, is an excited client, who loves the images taken of her design. This image has taken quite some time to build, from scouting to shooting to spending time in post production, but the transformation from the scouting shot is a far cry from the final shot, don't you think?
Last week we looked at what goes into planning an architectural photo shoot – next week we're going to dive into the post production workflow, but today it's about actually photographing architecture. Looking for lines and light that you will record on the day of the shoot. Today we get down to brass tacks: we're gonna catch the light in motion!
On the day of the shoot, I'm on location 3 hours before sunset. I'd rather wait than hurry. Since I already know where the camera will be set up for my shot, no time is wasted. In this specific instance, since we're able to look through the house into the yard – the elevation of the camera is crucial as well – I need to see the water feature over the pool.
First of all you need a rock solid tripod, because we're gonna layer a bunch of different photos together into one file (check out tomorrow's post about the post production, that goes into photographing architecture.) Then I set up my computer, because I am shooting my camera tethered. My MacBookPro runs Capture One and since we'll be out here for a few hours, is plugged into a GoalZero battery for some extra juice.
Why do I shoot tethered? It allows me to see more details during the shoot and I can trigger the camera via Capture One's app called 'capture pilot' remotely, allowing me to stand in front of the house – away from the camera – to trigger a flash and avoid any vibration, since my exposure is often 8-15 seconds.
How do you protect your camera and tripod from moving even a fraction of an inch, when you set up in the middle of the street? You park your car, which also give you a nice desk to set up your computer work station in the middle of a (fortunately quiet, residential) street. Then it's really just waitingto catch the perfect light. One exposure right after dusk for a beautiful dark blue rich sky. One more for the interior and exterior lights, another for my tungsten lighs in the yard behind the house and so on.
Recently I had the opportunity to create a series of architectural photographs of this beautiful building for an architect friend of mine. She's created this stunning house on one of the islands on the beautiful venetian causeway that connects Miami with Miami Beach. Check out how this image is created from the initial scout, to the photo shoot and through post production in this series. Today we start with the planning part of the shoot.
"We need to show long lines" the architect tells me. She right, after all she's designed this beauty and understands all the intricate details of the house better than anyone. Capturing her vision, that started on a drawing board, begins with a visit to the house. I insisted to meet her at the house were going to photograph, since I want to see what she's passionate about. So the week before the shoot I meet with her at the house, with my iPhone (and a couple of cool apps) to get to know the house. Primarily it's about her vision, but I also need to see where the sun will be, since we're not just chasing long lines. We're also here to catch the light.
You used to have to be part astronomer to be able to calculate the path of the sun, today there's an app for that. I use an app


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Each week new mini-class will appear on the site. They are short, and easy to integrate into your daily routine. This week's class is about observing your environment and then fully engaging the senses. This makes it easier for your sixth sense to speak up. Once that happens, it can inform you of the best choices to make to bring you into harmony with your most fulfilling life.
You can make use of the comment section below to ask me any questions and to communicate with your classmates. I'm excited, are you? I hope so! <3 Rachel


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Plant your toes in powder white sands or cruise exotic waterways.
Skip the Bonfire Night fireworks at home in favour of illuminating wildlife encounters and scorching sunsets. Enjoy a touch of relaxation as the year edges towards it close by planting your toes in powder white sands or cruising exotic waterways.
November brings the short rains to Africa, but that's no reason to steer clear. Waterholes need replenishing and with the rain comes more animals and fewer visitors. Speak to one of our experts for advice – it could be the most rewarding safari you'll ever experience. Festival lovers should go to Mexico, where the Day of the Dead is celebrated throughout the country. It's Spring in the southern hemisphere, where the giant icebergs of the Antarctic await on a once in a lifetime expedition cruise. For a more tropical voyage, go floating down the backwaters of Kerala in southern India.