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With a dividend yield well north of 10%, BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (NYSE:BPT) certainly catches an income-focused investor's eye. However, before pulling the trigger and putting that generous income stream into your portfolio, there's something you need to know. That income stream is projected to cease as early as 2020 given where oil prices are right now.
Slowly running dry
According to the most recent annual report from BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust, the trustee that oversees it estimates that "royalty payments to the Trust will continue through the year 2020, and would be zero in the following year. Further, no proved reserves are currently attributed to the BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust after that date." In other words, given where things stand right now, the trust's income stream will run dry in less than five years, leaving investors with worthless paper.
That's almost a decade earlier than previous estimates, which projected that the Trust's income stream wouldn't run dry until 2029. That income stream, however, was based on triple digit oil prices. Instead, the reserves that the estimated future income stream was based upon have fallen in value with its Trustee basing its most recent reserve report on last year's average oil price, which was $50.28 per barrel. It's worth noting that last year's average is well above this year's average, suggesting that the trust's income stream could run dry even faster than the current estimates.
Betting on a rebound
With oil now half of where it once was, British oil giant BP (NYSE:BP) has scaled back its activity in the Prudhoe Bay area, which has an impact on current and future production from the area. Earlier last month the company cut its active rig count from five down to two rigs. With that cut back, BP is one of a growing number of oil producers that have cut back investments in Alaska because it's just not economical at current oil prices.
Having said that, while the value of the oil and gas underneath Prudhoe Bay has fallen along with commodity prices, the oil resources still remain in place. That's important because those resources could continue to be produced beyond 2020 should oil prices improve. Therein lies the pitfall and the promise of BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust. If oil does stay lower for longer than this Trust will die a slow death over the next five years. However, if oil rebounds sharply and eventually reclaims triple digits then it would breathe new life in the trust. In other words, an investment in BP Prudhoe Bay is a bet on higher oil prices in the future.
That's something that at least at the moment is very up in the air. Having said that, the oil market is driven by two factors: Supply and demand. These are the two factors that caused the recent oil crash after surging supplies were met by weaker-than-expected demand. However, in recent months these two factors have reversed course, with demand growth strengthening while supplies are coming down. As such, oil prices are starting to strengthen and could continue to do so in the years ahead after two years of under investment and lower oil prices put even more upward pressure on demand and downward pressure on supply. In other words, don't start digging the grave of BP Prudhoe Bay just yet.
Investor takeaway
BP Prudhoe Bay has really become a binary investment. If oil stays lower for longer it's likely to die a slow death as it depletes its economic oil reserves by the dawn of the next decade. That said, if the oil market recovers, it would breathe new life in the trust because it could continue to produce its reserves for another decade or more. So, while the investment certainly isn't suitable for most investors, its death might not be as imminent as it would appear at the moment.
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May says immigration target 'getting more difficult'
Theresa May says she still has the target of cutting net migration to the UK to below 100,000, but admitted it had become "more difficult".
The home secretary refused to admit the target would not be met by the 2015 election, even though the latest figures showed 212,000 more people moved to live in the UK than left.
She admitted "heated" coalition discussions over immigration measures.
And she outlined plans to act to cut down on immigration from within the EU.
Mrs May was speaking as the UK's political parties await the results of the European Parliament elections, which are due after 22:00 BST on Sunday.
- There were two sets of elections on Thursday. The results of the local elections in England and Northern Ireland are already known.
- The results of the UK-wide elections to the European Parliament will be announced later. There is a Vote 2014 special on BBC One from 23:00 BST and a joint BBC Radio4/5live radio special from 22:00 BST. You can follow all the latest news, reaction and results on bbc.co.uk/vote2014
Mrs May said the coalition had "yet to get agreement" on the measures that should be introduced to reform the current system.
"It's no surprise to anybody that there has been some long-standing, possibly heated at times, discussions among the coalition on issues of immigration," Mrs May told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
She said that if you excluded immigration from the EU, the migration figures were back down to 1990s levels, but the government recognised it needed to do something about European migration.
Tightening up on benefits was one of the government's plans, she said.
Mrs May confirmed a report in the Sunday Telegraph that consideration was being given to deporting people who came to the UK to work, but who could not find a job after six months.
'It's a target'
She said changes already coming in would mean EU migrants would have to be in the UK for three months before being able to claim benefits.
They were now looking at cutting the length of time migrants could claim benefits from six months to three months, she added.
"We haven't yet got agreement across the coalition to do that. But these are the sorts of measures we keep looking at," she said.
By Vicki Young, BBC political correspondent
Theresa May's acknowledgement that it has become "more difficult" to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands is a statement of the obvious, but it shows there is little ministers can do to control who arrives in the UK from the rest of Europe. The economic recovery here has brought a new wave of workers from countries like Poland and ministers are left tinkering with the rules on benefits for EU immigrants - they hope restricting eligibility further will deter some from coming and prove to British voters that the system is fair. The Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Conservatives have all promised to listen to the message voters are sending on immigration, but there's little sign that radical policy changes are on the way.
The Conservatives went into the 2010 General Election pledging to "take steps to take net migration back to the levels of the 1990s - tens of thousands a year, not hundreds of thousands".
But the Lib Dems stopped that pledge being included in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition's "programme for government" after the election, instead pledging to ensure immigration "is controlled so people have confidence in the system".
Although net migration fell early on in the coalition government, figures from the Office for National Statistics show that net migration bounced back to 212,000 in the year to December, from 177,000 the previous year.
"We still have that aim of the tens of thousands. But of course it has become more difficult and net migration is too high," she said.
"That's why I want to continue working to bring it down. In those areas we can control - that is, immigration from outside the European Union - everything we have done as a government has been having an impact."
She said that net migration from outside the EU was now back at levels last seen in the 1990s.
Pressed on whether the government would make a "pledge" or a "promise" to reach its target, Mrs May responded by saying: "I've still got that target, it's always been a target."
Davis criticism
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles was asked on the Sunday Politics whether he would admit that net migration would not be below 100,000 by the next election.
He said there would be measures announced soon and "it is our intention to move towards that target - we will do our damnedest to do that".
When programme host Andrew Neil put it to Mr Pickles that the target was not going to be hit, Mr Pickles said: "I don't know that to be fact - I cannot confirm that."
The questions about immigration policy came in the wake of the English local election results which saw the UK Independence Party, which focused its campaign on leaving the EU and regaining control of UK borders, taking seats off the more established parties.
In response to Mrs May's interview, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, for Labour said: "Theresa May says she is sticking to her net migration target yet it is badly failing and no one believes she has any chance of meeting it next year."
"For the home secretary to keep making big pledges and failing to meet them undermines trust in the whole immigration system.
"Having lost so many votes and seats while their net migration target is failing badly, the Tories seem to be rushing for more headlines before they have policies worked out."

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SALT LAKE CITY — Looks like Larry Krystkowiak's spring cleaning is already finished.
Prospects for the University of Utah basketball team took another downward pitch on Wednesday when the coach dismissed top player Josh Watkins for reasons related to team rules. The star guard reportedly has had problems with lateness and even missing practices, including some this week.
That makes nine players (and counting) who have transferred or been dismissed since Jim Boylen was fired last spring. What Krystkowiak has left is the stuff you find at a yard sale. A picture frame here, a tire rim there. A lot of odds and ends, nothing terribly valuable.
Such is life when you inherit a dilapidated basketball program and try to build from there.
"The integrity of our program as a whole cannot be sacrificed for any individual," Krystkowiak announced. "The well-being of our program will always come first. This was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make."
Curiously, the loss might actually end up being a gain. Coaches tend to say their program isn't complete until they have all their own players aboard. That won't be difficult now. Everyone else has already done a Hoffa and vanished.
Watkins' departure left Utah with just two players from last season: Chris Hines and Jason Washburn. Center David Foster is out with an injury. Watkins, a former Manhattan player of the year, was the best of last year's remnants. He had his moments, though one had to wonder how long he would last. He was already suspended once this season for unspecified reasons.
The Utes are now clinging to an ice floe, somewhere far from the safety of land. They played three good recent conference games, almost beating Washington and Stanford and actually defeating Washington State. But then came the reality check: a 45-point loss to Cal.
They have lost seven games by 20 or more points.
Utah's decline didn't happen overnight. Rick Majerus' recruiting had dimmed by the end of the 2003-04 season when he left. Ray Giacoletti had one good season after talking Andrew Bogut into sticking around a year. Jim Boylen tied for a conference title with Giacoletti's recruits.
Yet through it all players were leaving for one reason or another, either at coach's behest or their own, from Justin Hawkins to Carlon Brown to Will Clyburn to J.J. O'Brien and many others.
Part of the problem is the current tenor of college sports. Athletes tend to jump quicker when things don't go as expected. (Witness Jake Heaps transferring from BYU's football team.) Additionally, Utah has had four coaches in eight seasons.
If you ask a coach, he'll tell you Utah's problem is patience. But isn't that everyone's?
"Everyone in the coaching profession knew that once Majerus left it would be an awful hard job for the next person," said one former college coach. He went on to say that other than Bogut, Utah hasn't had much true talent in recent years.
He added that Giacoletti was fired too quickly and though Boylen was a decent coach, he didn't recruit well.
Still, the former coach called player movement "collateral damage" related to coaching changes, adding that transfers are bound to happen under the circumstances.
"I think Utah's problems are a combination, but impatience more than anything," he said.
It's hard not to be impatient with a program that was once ranked the 11th-most successful in basketball history.
Regardless, don't be surprised if the Utes lose every remaining game. They're missing their leading scorer. At the same time, how many wins would Watkins have affected anyway?
On the bright side, with everybody gone, the wait shouldn't be long before Krystkowiak can say he has his own team in place.
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D. Buyers Enterprises LLC is selling Hawaii's Own LLC, a marketer of frozen tropical juices.
Hilo-based D. Buyers said yesterday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Hawaii's Own to company executives Jim Walters and Cheryl Roemer as well as Walters' wife, Lindi, for an undisclosed price. The deal is expected to close Friday.
"It wasn't actively for sale, but because there was an offer for the company, it was in the best interest to sell it over to the management team," said D. Buyers Vice President Haidee Kanakanui.
Hawaii's Own, which has operated in Hawaii since 1959, is a maker of specialty tropical juices such as guava and strawberry. Its frozen concentrate was introduced on the mainland in 1989 and is now available in nine flavors in supermarkets in 20 Western states. Operations have been located in Sumner, Wash., since June 2000, Kanakanui said. The company will remain headquartered there, she said.
Jim Walters, who currently serves as national sales manager for Hawaii's Own, will become president and chief executive officer. Roemer, company controller, will assume the chief financial officer position. Current president Robert Ehrhart will stay on as a consultant. He is the only one of the company's five employees to leave during the buyout.
Hawaiian Juice Industries was purchased by the C. Brewer & Co. Ltd. for an undisclosed price in 1996 to bolster its specialty food product division and now operates as Hawaii's Own. Prior to the deal, C. Brewer's Kilauea Agronomics Inc. unit supplied Hawaii's Own with guava puree for its juice products. The closure of that orchard last year and the sale of Hawaii's Own leaves D. Buyers primarily as a real estate holdings company, Kanakanui said.
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ANGRY residents of Giyani in Limpopo have gutted five shops after one of the owners and his staff allegedly beat up a suspected fraudster to death – for trying to collect goods with a fake receipt.
Apparently retaliating against the killing of a Zimbabwean national allegedly by five men, a group of locals looted shops, destroyed property and shut down the north-eastern town's central business district on Thursday.
Giyani police spokesperson Warrant Officer Thomas Makhubela said the incident happened at the local Big Five Supermarket.
This was after staff caught three men allegedly trying to collect goods with fraudulent slips on Tuesday.
They called the owner to the scene, who instructed them to assault the trio.
One of the Zimbabwean nationals was left for dead inside the supermarket's shelves, Makhubela added.
Two were rescued by the police and rushed to Nkhensani Hospital.
"Apparently the suspects noticed that the receipt they tried to use to collect goods was fake. They grabbed the victims and beat them up. When police arrived, one of them was already late," said Makhubela.
He said the murder sparked protests on Wednesday, a day after the incident, with residents burning and looting shops.
Makhubela said five men have appeared in the Giyani Magistrate Court on charges of murder in connection with the case.
The case was postponed to June 31 for a formal bail application.
Makhubela said investigations were continuing.
He appealed to aggrieved shop owners and other victims of crime to "not take the law into their own hands. They must report crime to the police."
The Giyani CBD was deserted this week, with most shop owners closing their businesses in fear of the looters and vandals who had randomly pelted shops with stones.
It is alleged that some owners were so scared that they even came to their shops at night and removed all stock.
Concerned street vendors also stayed away from the town.
Also affected were scores of shoppers, mostly from villages in and around Giyani, who were forced to go home empty-handed as they could not shop.
Makhubela said police would continue to monitor the situation to make sure that peace and stability were restored.
Local Indian and foreign shop owners have accused the protesters of targeting their shops even though they had nothing to do with the crime committed.
Mohammed Osman, spokesman for the Indian Business Forum, said while they understood the community's anger, they were unfairly targeted simply because the suspects were also Indians.
"Now we are painted with the same brush with those who committed the crime," Osman said.
"Those who were arrested must pay for their crimes. We don't support them because we are living in a country where there is the rule of law, and it must be respected. No one is allowed to kill a person. They should have called the police."
Osman said they would continue to engage with community leaders, police, church leaders, and other stakeholders to pave the way for business to re-open.
"We understand the anger, and the pain of losing someone cannot be measured or priced, but the problem is that everyone has become a target, because of the doing of the few."
Worryingly, Osman added, the shops that were burnt down had nothing to do with the arrested suspects.


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DAVIE – The Dolphins showed interest in tackle Jonathan Martin re-joining the team during a meeting with Martin's representatives, according to a report on CBSSports.com. But Martin's representatives thought it would be best for Martin to play for another team next season.
In the meantime, one of Martin's agents, Rick Smith, released a statement to the story's author, Jason LaCanfora, that LaConfora reported on Twitter read, in part, "We have no idea where you got this information, but it wasn't even close."
The meeting reportedly occurred during the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
Smith's response also said, ""We'd appreciate it if everyone backed off and allowed the process to happen organically."
The report said the Dolphins were represented by general manager Dennis Hickey, coach Joe Philbin, and Dawn Aponte, executive vice president for football administration.
The report, citing sources, said Hickey did most of the talking for the Dolphins and said Philbin was "staring daggers" across the room. The report said Philbin expressed his view that he thought Martin's agents were responsible for the situation reaching its current level and that "they were the real problem and alluding that Martin's concerns could have been kept more private and handled differently."
There's no accurate gauge right now on whether Dolphins players would welcome Martin back into the lockerroom. But when the story broke in November most players voiced their support for Incognito. On Monday, deep snapper John Denney hinted if Martin would have handled the situation differently things wouldn't have reached this point.
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A) As a Daughter:
(1) The Quran ended the cruel practice of female infanticide, which was before Islam. God has said:
And when the girl (who was) buried alive is asked, for what sin she was killed. (Quran, 81:8-9)
(2) The Quran went further to rebuke the unwelcoming attitude of some parents upon hearing the news of the birth of a baby girl, instead of a baby boy. God has said:
And when one of them is informed of (the birth of) a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief. He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Certainly, evil is what they decide. (Quran 16:58-59)
(3) Parents are duty-bound to support and show kindness and justice to their daughters. The Prophet Muhammad said: {Whosoever supports two daughters until they mature, he and I will come on the Day of Judgment as this (and he pointed with his fingers held together).}
(4) A crucial aspect in the upbringing of daughters that greatly influences their future is education. Education is not only a right but a responsibility for all males and females. The Prophet Muhammad said: {Seeking knowledge is mandatory for every Muslim.} The word "Muslim" here is inclusive of both males and females.
(5) Islam neither requires nor encourages female circumcision. And while it is maybe practiced by some Muslims in certain parts of Africa, it is also practiced by other peoples, including Christians, in those places, a reflection merely of the local customs and practices there.
B) As a Wife:
(1) Marriage in Islam is based on mutual peace, love, and compassion, and not just the mere satisfying of human sexual desire. Among the most impressive verses in the Quran about marriage is the following:
And of His signs is: that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought. (Quran, 30:21, see also 42:11 and 2:228)
(2) The female has the right to accept or reject marriage proposals. According to the Islamic Law, women cannot be forced to marry anyone without their consent.
(3) The husband is responsible for the maintenance, protection, and overall leadership of the family, within the framework of consultation (see the Quran 2:233) and kindness (see the Quran 4:19). The mutuality and complementarity of husband and wife does not mean subservience by either party to the other. The Prophet Muhammad instructed Muslims regarding women: {I commend you to be good to women.} And {The best among you are those who are best to their wives.} The Quran urges husbands to be kind and considerate to their wives, even if a wife falls out of favor with her husband or disinclination for her arises within him:
...And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them, perhaps you dislike a thing and God makes therein much good. (Quran, 4:19)
It also outlawed the Arabian practice before Islam whereby the stepson of the deceased father was allowed to take possession of his father's widow(s) (inherit them) as if they were part of the estate of the deceased (see the Quran 4:19).
(4) Should marital disputes arise, the Quran encourages couples to resolve them privately in a spirit of fairness and probity. Indeed, the Quran outlines an enlightened step and wise approach for the husband and wife to resolve persistent conflict in their marital life. In the event that dispute cannot be resolved equitably between husband and wife, the Quran prescribes mediation between the parties through family intervention on behalf of both spouses (see the Quran 4:35).
(5) Divorce is a last resort, permissible but not encouraged, for the Quran esteems the preservation of faith and the individual's right -male and female alike- to felicity. Forms of marriage dissolution include an enactment based upon mutual agreement, the husband's initiative, the wife's initiative (if part of her marital contract), the court's decision on a wife's initiative (for a legitimate reason), and the wife's initiative without a cause, provided that she returns her marital gift to her husband. When the continuation of the marriage relationship is impossible for any reason, men are still taught to seek a gracious end for it. The Quran states about such cases:
And when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term (i.e. waiting period), either keep them in kindness or release them in kindness, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress (against them). (Quran, 2:231, see also 2:229 and 33:49).
(6) Associating polygyny with Islam, as if it was introduced by it or is the norm according to its teachings, is one of the most persistent myths perpetuated in Western literature and media. Polygyny existed in almost all nations and was even sanctioned by Judaism and Christianity until recent centuries. Islam did not outlaw polygyny, as did many peoples and religious communities; rather, it regulated and restricted it. It is not required but simply permitted with conditions (see the Quran 4:3). Spirit of law, including timing of revelation, is to deal with individual and collective contingencies that may arise from time to time (e.g. imbalances between the number of males and females created by wars) and to provide a moral, practical, and humane solution for the problems of widows and orphans.
C) As a Mother:
(1) The Quran elevates kindness to parents (especially mothers) to a status second to the worship of God:
Your Lord has commanded that you worship none but Him, and that you be kind to your parents. If one of them or both of them reach old age with you, do not say to them a word of disrespect, or scold them, but say a generous word to them. And act humbly to them in mercy, and say, "My Lord, have mercy on them, since they cared for me when I was small." (Quran, 17:23-24, see also 31:14, 46:15, and 29:
(2) Naturally, the Prophet Muhammad specified this behavior for his followers, rendering to mothers an unequalled status in human relationships. A man came to the Prophet Muhammad and said, "O Messenger of God! Who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship?" The Prophet said: {Your mother.} The man said, "Then who?" The Prophet said: {Then your mother.} The man further asked, "Then who?" The Prophet said: {Then your mother.} The man asked again, "Then who?" The Prophet said: {Then your father.}
D) As a Sister in Faith (In General):
(1) According to the Prophet Muhammad's sayings: {women are but shaqa'iq (twin halves or sisters) of men.} This saying is a profound statement that directly relates to the issue of human equality between the genders. If the first meaning of the Arabic word shaqa'iq, "twin halves," is adopted, it means that the male is worth one half (of society), while the female is worth the other half. If the second meaning, "sisters," is adopted, it implies the same.
(2) The Prophet Muhammad taught kindness, care, and respect toward women in general: {I commend you to be good to women.} It is significant that such instruction of the Prophet was among his final instructions and reminders in the farewell pilgrimage address given shortly before his passing away.
(3) Modesty and social interaction: The parameters of proper modesty for males and females (dress and behavior) are based on revelatory sources (the Quran and prophetic sayings) and, as such, are regarded by believing men and women as divinely-based guidelines with legitimate aims and divine wisdom behind them. They are not male-imposed or socially imposed restrictions. It is interesting to know that even the Bible encourages women to cover their head: "If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head." (1 Corinthians 11:6).
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Route 95 in Douglas and Ozark counties will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews partially overlay the roadway.
The section of roadway is located from Route 76 in Douglas County to Route 5 in Ozark County.
The work was scheduled to begin yesterday (Wednesday) and will continue through Thursday, June 28, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
The work zone will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use extreme caution while traveling near the area.
For additional information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center toll-free at 1-888-ASK-MODOT (1-888-275-6636) or visit www.modot.org/southeast.
Business Route 60 in the Mansfield area will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform concrete replacement there.
This section of roadway is located from Route 5 to Route A on the square in Mansfield.
Weather permitting, the work will take place Monday, June 25 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Again, the work zone will be marked and motorists are asked to use caution in the work area.


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Last week we had the RIBA Awards, this week we have our very own AJ/Bovis Royal Academy Awards. Students are setting their sights on the Silver Medal, and those embarking on their year out will have read the sample pages in their logbook and realised that they are meant to litter their entries with comments like 'Interesting project this.Could be up for a Civic Trust Award!'
The pressure to win awards is always with us, and all too often architects start winning them once they have ceased to matter. Doubtless Sandy Wilson and Lord Rogers were happy enough to be honoured in this year's Royal Academy Awards, but it is hardly going to alter the course of their careers.
This makes it particularly disappointing that no student work was selected for the Summer Exhibition 2000. Awards received at the beginning of a career can make a difference, if only to offer talented and ambitious students a means of distinguishing their CVs from the sea of seemingly identical candidates swamping the job market at this time of year.
But practising architects should be able to distinguish themselves by the quality of their work. And awards should be a means of recognising excellence as opposed to boosting individual careers. If this is the case, the rush to give plaudits to a building while the architect is still flavour of the month is a little unseemly.
Perhaps we should concentrate on identifying the best buildings of say 10 or 20 years ago.
Teething problems may mean that the Millennium Bridge has forfeited its right to many prizes which must have seemed inevitable. But in 10 years' time it may well be judged to have been the most significant project of the millennium year.
Architectural history is littered with lauded buildings which failed to win awards from their peers: the Smithsons' Hunstanton School in the 50s; YRM and SOM's Boots headquarters in the 60s; Patrick Hodgkinson's Brunswick Centre in the 70s; van Heyningen and Haward's Newnham Rare Books Library in the 80s. So those who were overlooked in the regional awards can take heart. Posterity might not be so harsh.
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and on a totally random note, the bloggity blog turned one year yesterday, wasn't sure i'd make it but i did!
wish i made this for my boys, so fun! and that baby is adorable!
a bed rail that will cheer up any room, here.
you can build your own boat, photo via here but no tutorial.
and who doesn't need a little puffy paint in their life ; )


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Strategies To Get Good Photos of Kids
Photographing kids can be a challenge, to say the least. And saying "challenge" here can be a sheer understatement, considering how rowdy and hard to control kids can be, causing unspoken headaches and frustrations for the photographer. Nevertheless, these are challenges that can be overcome, with the help of these tips that would help make these experiences into fun and memorable ones for the kids and for the photographer as well.
- Have patience
Let's face it, children are not the easiest subjects to photograph. You can never get them to be still, much more make them act or pose the way you want them to. And there's no way to say you can easily make them to do what you want them to do, unless you would be willing to breach parental authority which would be something you would rather not do. The best thing you can do though is to ask them nicely to do what you want them to do. If they won't listen, don't force them to. Be patient with them and let them. Eventually they will come around, so to speak.
- Be ready always
Children are unpredictable by nature. Thus, you never know what they will do at any given moment, not to mention if that moment would be something to smile or cry about. In any case, it is always good to be prepared. You never know when that magical, photograph-worthy moment would come. And when it does, be quick. And that's not just referring to you but also to your camera that it has been set to capture those quick moments. It would be handy to set your camera to burst mode to capture multiple images on the press of the shutter.
- Get down to their level
When you photograph children, avoid photographing them from the perspective of an adult where the camera looks down on the subject, unless that is the feel you wish to convey. As a rule of thumb, it is best to photograph children in the same level of perspective as them. This means you have to sit, kneel, or do whatever posture that would allow you to photograph children on an eye to eye level. In a way, you are also letting the viewer see the images from the perspective of a child and creates for better understanding as well with the subject.
- Use natural light and flash
As much as possible, use natural lighting when photographing children. As photographers like Nicola Hutchison Denny learned, natural light helps accentuate the soft features of your subject. However there may be some situations where natural light is either unavailable or may not be good, you may opt to use a flash. However, you should avoid using direct flash and let the flash on the subject from a different direction and let it bounce off. Otherwise, this produces harsh shadows and the subject looks "flattened out," making your subject look unnatural.
- Choose your focus mode carefully
Capturing moving subjects requires the right settings for your camera. It makes it even more complicated when a camera has different focus modes available. It is important first to be familiar with these modes and for what purpose each of them serves.
- Play and goof around with the kids
Oftentimes, as adults we worry about looking silly and that we may get to lose our dignity when we play with children. But in doing your work in child photography, you have to allow yourself to get into such playful mood from time to time. This not only helps you understand your subject better and discover what makes him/her shine for the camera, it can also help unravel some camera-worthy moments that would make your subject stand out. Not to mention, it also is an opportunity for you to relax and have fun in the midst of work too.
- Let the kids run the session, don't try and control it
As was stressed earlier, you are not in control when you attempt to photograph kids. So don't stress yourself out in trying to assert control. Let the kids have fun in doing what they like to do and go along with it. Approach the work you will do not as someone trying to capture the best photos but as someone having fun, with the great photos you will be able to take as a bonus.


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James - posted on 10/23/2012 ( 11 moms have responded )
Our 5 yr old daughter will not go to bed on time or go to sleep. She gets in her pj's around 7.30ish after bath time and is ready for bed at 8pm. For the past three weeks she screams and shouts and bangs on her bedroom door to the point of bruising her hands. No matter what we do, stories, sit with her, talk to her etc it gets no better and she uses every excuse in the book, drink, toilet, phone nana, food, sit in lounge, watch tv., not tired. This is continuing constantly from 8pm to 2/3am in the morning. It wakes up our youngest daughter (3) who then thinks its playtime / breakfast. We have even resorted to putting the eldest in the car at 3am ish and driving round unitl she falls asleep, which usually takes about 15 mins., but when we return to the house and put her to bed she immediately wakes and wants to come in our room. She is then up at 5.30-6am or dead to the world and won't wake up for school. Luckily i work from home so can sometimes get rest during the day, but the wife works in the local town. Obviously this is beginning to wear us down and were walking round like zombies with a bad attitude. We'll try anything.


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Amazon has the Melissa & Doug Stamp and Sort Mailbox (New) for just $16.80 (reg. $30)! This is the lowest I've seen on this and I picked one up for Lil' Pea's birthday! The stamps can be taken on and off and the toy received stellar reviews! Shipping is free on orders of $25 or more if you join Amazon Mom (this is free)!
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Integra's sense of responsibility towards the community and the environment has lead to promote and actively participate in CSR initiatives.
Promotion of Education
The Foundation for Advancement of Education and Research (www.faer.ac.in) is a trust that aims to bring together industry leaders and academician for taking up faculty development programmes and other allied activities across engineering colleges and polytechnics in India.
Integra was instrumental in setting up FAER in 2004 and providing it with the initial capital, free office space, and partial monthly expenses for its founding president. Integra personnel have been involved in FAER activities at various levels on an honorary basis, including two Integra board members as FAER trustees.
Promotion of Carbon Emission Reduction
The Fair Climate Network (www.fairclimate.com) is a group of over one hundred individuals comprising development workers, climate change activists, environmentalists, scientists and other professionals from India and abroad.
The main purpose of FCN is to facilitate and capacitate grassroots bodies to develop pro-poor CDM Projects in India and tap carbon resources for the sustainable development of the poorest of the poor.
Integra has one of its board members as a member of the core group of FCN. Integra helped the core group in the formation of the tech team for evaluating and registering CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) projects. Subsequently, Integra has sponsored experts on an honorary basis to help low carbon farming (one of the CDMs) for southern NGOs in the CDM space.


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Palm House is in a good spot, on Union Street, where the uniform is starched and untucked, flip-flops pound the concrete, and retailers home in on the urge to splurge and pamper. The restaurant is Cow Hollow's very own swim-up bar — only the pool is pavement and the drinks are a little bit nicer.
With sections like "Set Sail" and the "The Windward Sea," the menu lingers on the fringe of kitsch. Predominating flavors are from warm places: Brazil, Hawaii and the Caribbean.
Not unexpectedly, the staples were good. The Jamaican jerk half roast chicken, dark and crisp, was flanked by a bed of crushed potatoes, mango chutney and an acidic Haitian lime sauce. Warmly spiced with specks of allspice and clove, the chicken was beautifully cooked, rounded out nicely by sweet chunks of mango, but ultimately oversalted.
More delicate dishes, such as the tuna ceviche, better exemplified a deft hand in the kitchen. The dish played a fresh and summery mound of fish and citrus against crisp, mandoline-thin slivers of pink-veined taro chips.
On a second visit, duck, which previously appeared on the menu in tacos, reemerged as part of a salad, pulled and mixed with yams, benign but indistinctly sweet. Best, maybe, was a side of baby back pork ribs — a small allotment, and supremely tender. Charred, sweet and balanced, they were good enough to order several (for hoarding).
The bar program, apparently an unpretentious riff on tropically-themed craft cocktails, was almost as good as the hybrid has potential to be.
The signature Palm Daiquiri was made in a mesmerizing slushie machine behind the bar. A smooth mix of rum, lime and sugar was the base to add-ons such as passion fruit, prickly pear and strawberry, which tasted pure and fresh. While pleasingly tart, the daiquiris freeze the palate too much, and don't accompany gentle dishes like the ceviche very well.
In keeping with the theme, the other cocktails were more saccharine. The Merchant's Mule — gin, ginger shrub, lime and ginger beer — tasted like a dosed up ginger chew (not all bad), but the Loose Cannon let cinnamon syrup overpower a lot of bourbon.
Like the food, the drinks tended to be overwrought, the culinary equivalent of turning up the bass. That isn't necessarily a bad quality, but better experienced in moderation.
Palm House is the kind of place that can be grating: The food is expensive, its tone and theme are loud and transparent, and the cocktails cloying.
Then again, as I sit here under this skylight, nursing towering pink drinks while the game replays on the TV, nuance is not quite the point — vacation is. And since when is vacation an occasion for subtlety?
Palm House
Location: 2032 Union St., S.F.
Contact: (415) 400-4355, www.palmhousesf.com
Hours: 3 p.m. to midnight Tuesdays-Thursdays; 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays; 10:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Saturdays; 10:30 a.m. to midnight Sundays
Price range: $8 to $26
Recommended dishes: Baby back pork ribs ($12), Pacific tuna ceviche and taro root ($14), Jamaican jerk roast half chicken ($19)
Credit cards: All major
Reservations: Recommended


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Oh my word - I just had to share this with you all....happily browsing the blogging cosmos this morning I stumbled across this little gem from Color Me Katie - isn't he GORGEOUS!?? His name is Moo - love it!! Check out the post here.
Saturday, 29 May 2010
This cat is tooooooo cute!
Oh my word - I just had to share this with you all....happily browsing the blogging cosmos this morning I stumbled across this little gem from Color Me Katie - isn't he GORGEOUS!?? His name is Moo - love it!! Check out the post here.
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Labels: cats, Color Me Katie, cute
Friday, 28 May 2010
I'm soooooo excited!!!
Woo-hoooo....the day has finally arrived - Sex And The City 2 lands on the big screens over here in the UK today, and I cannot wait!!! :D
I'm off with the girls tonight for a fabulous evening of cocktails and viewing pleasure, as we all attend the specially themed night at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham - thank goodness we got in there quick and booked our tickets - it's a sell-out!!
So, with that in mind, here are a couple of oldies but goodies I created for the home furnishings market:
- This is a snapshot of a design that has now sold for wall stickers / borders here in the UK (created back in 2008)
- and a bit of glamour for the girlies; this design has been rather popular - selling in both the US (for borders, bedding and wallpaper) and the UK (for scrapbooking). You can view the scrapbooking design here.
So, whether you're a big Sex And The City fan or not, I hope you all have a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend everyone - let the fun begin! :D
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Thursday, 27 May 2010
Oh why do cats have to have such horrible habits sometimes? :(
- Look at her; all angelic....like butter wouldn't melt. Little did I know what horror would greet me the following morning....perhaps she'd been planning it all along...
This morning I went into the conservatory, opened up the blinds, and what did I see?? Chico, munching happily away on a poor little defenseless bird!! I was horrified; in all the 8 years we have owned her, I have never once witnessed such a gross act from her - I always thought she was such a lovely cat..obviously didn't hunt like most others (otherwise I would have noticed by now), but, alas, it seems I was wrong.
Oh, Chico, why did you have to break the illusion.... :(
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Labels: bad habits, birds, cats
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Oooh, what a lovely find!
On Saturday, as well as the fete, there was an Antiques Fair being held at the university, and as we were there we decided to have a little look around after packing up the stall....I'm so glad we did; look what I found:
- it was such a beautiful pattern that I fell in love with it straight away; it really caught my eye! Anyway, we decided it was far too lovely to leave behind, and purchased it, even managing to knock something off the price (well, you have to be a little bit cheeky sometimes, don't you! ;D )
When we got home I was so thrilled with our find, and proudly started unpacking it - we hadn't really paid much attention to the make or designer at the fair, but then I took another look and decided to google it to find out a bit more. Turns out it was designed by a very important figure in the ceramics world - Jessie Tait - and that her pieces were now highly sought after! Sadly, I read a bit more and found that she had passed away earlier this year at the age of 81. A fellow 'Midlander', she grew up and lived in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, designing for most of her life - even after her retirement apparently! She has some fantastic designs - I recognised some of them, though never knew the designer's name. Whilst searching her name I even found our set in an online article taken from this month's 'Vintage Life' magazine! What a coincidence!
It really was a great little find...now all that's left to do is to find this pretty set somewhere safe to take pride of place in my home! :)
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Labels: ceramics, coffee set, Jessie Tait, Midwinter
Monday, 24 May 2010
Trying my hand at the Community Fete....
It's been a quiet couple of weeks on the blogging front, but I'm back again to tell you what I've been up to...
- My good friend Eve told me about this local event as she thought it might be a good way to showcase my crafty wares, so I thought hey, why not give it a shot (it was free after all!)....here's some snaps of what was on sale:
- I created quite a lot of new stationery items - larger notebooks, notecards, postcards and address labels.
It was a scorching day, and with lots of entertainment going on it attracted quite a lot of visitors - there was Brazilian drumming (which was fab), dancing, singing, it was great...but, unfortunately, not many shoppers. I did have some success though, and was so pleased that my dalmatian print went - it's one of my favourite pieces and was purchased by a lovely little family, so that made my day! :D
I'm still on the look out for new places to try out my work, so if anyone knows of any great crafty events/ venues where you think I may fit in then let me know...it would be muchly appreciated! :)
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Labels: fete, handmade, notebooks, prints, stationery
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
All set for Surtex 2010!
Much preparation and time has gone into this year's Surtex show - there's a whole new look for us this year, so it's going to be very exciting!! All the gang will be represented by Inspire By Design Ltd, with lots of lovely new designs to choose from - you'll not want to miss it! :)
Come along to Booth 264-266 and check it out for yourself...
...but for now, here's a little taster of just one of the new sets I've been working on - making it's debut at the show:
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Labels: freelance, Inspire By Design Ltd, new work, Surtex 2010
Monday, 3 May 2010
Drip, drop, drip...
...little April showers; or rather....BIG May showers!
This Bank Holiday's been a complete washout (nothing new there then, I hear you cry!), but, at least it's helped to make it a little easier to sit at my desk for hours on end. Every cloud and all that.... ;)
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Labels: bank holiday, rain, workload
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Video Professor Loses Lawsuit Against Amazon Over Keyword Advertising
from the contracts-and-trademarks dept
Either way, it looks like the Video Professor has lost again on this one, even if the trademark analysis didn't even come into play. It turns out that way back whenever the company had signed an earlier deal with Amazon to be a vendor on Amazon, it had also signed a vendor agreement that included a "perpetual trademark license." Summary judgment, case closed.


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...and we have to keep savouring pleasure, I think. It doesn't help anyone if we don't. Lying awake at night listening to the radio doesn't help anyone. Feeling dreadful and functioning less than well doesn't help anyone. Going silent doesn't help anyone, though it's tempting because no words seem adequate... not adequate compassion, or adequate distraction, or adequate in any way.
Well actually, that's not quite true. What Dave and Susan wrote today was pretty adequate, I think. Both manage to perfectly and poetically blend the intimate and the wider perspective.
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Proudly brought to you by our sponsor The Barber Shop.
Diversity is important to all industries. We hope that this event will inspire people to support the small number of women involved in the Australian distilling movement.
Men and Women are welcome to come along and meet some amazing female pioneers helping to shape the Australian Craft Distilling industry at one of our favourite venues The Barber Shop Sydney. Hosted by Kathleen Davies - Founder of Nip of Courage. You will receive an Australian Gin Cocktail on arrival specially designed by the Barbershop Bar Team and then you will enjoy an Australian Spirit Flight with spirits made by female Australian Distillers.
Our line up of speakers will include:
To discover more about Women of Australian Distilling please go to this link...
General Admission $25 + Booking Fee
General Admission Tickets include;
- Australian Gin Cocktail
- Australian Spirit Flight
Optional Extras; Share Plates that you can order in advance in addition to your General Admission ticket
- $10 | Olives - Mixed Olives cooked in olive oil with rosemary, lemon & orange
- $15 | Smoked Tomato - Smoked tomatoes, watercress, goat's cheese, toasted sourdough
- $24 | Oysters with Gin & Tonic Granita (6) - Pacific Oysters with house made gin and tonic granita
- $22 | Potted Crab - Spanner Crab mixed with creme fraiche, celery, capers & dill, toasted wholemeal & Pepe Sayer butter
- $20 | Charcuterie - Served with toasted sourdough & pickles
- $20 | Cheese Board - Served with lavosh, muscatels & quince paste
- $24 | Spiced Chicken - Chicken marinated in cumin, apple cider vinegar & sriracha served with Iceberg coleslaw, aoili & flatbread
- $25 | Juniper Lamb Chops (3) - Lamb chops marinated in juniper & red wine served with fried cauliflower & salsa verde
This event is for adults only. In Australia it is against the law to sell or supply alcohol to, or to obtain alcohol on behalf of, a person under the age of 18 years.
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