50 Hollywood Movies you can’t afford to miss

50 Hollywood movies you can’t afford to miss

1. The Skeleton Key. TR
2. Minority Report. AD,SF
3. Troy EP, DR
4. Behind Enemy Lines WB
5. Déjà Vu SF, AD
6. Gladiator EP, DR
7. Rat Race CD
8. Mirrors HR
9. Mr. and Mrs. Smith CD
10. 300 EP, WB
11. Shutter Island TR
12. Euro Trip CD
13. Apocalypto AD
14. Bedazzled CD
15. Mummy AD, TR
16. Case 39 TR
17. The pursuit of happiness DR
18. Signs AD, TR
19. Pay Cheque SF, TR
20. Transporter AT
21. Ice-Age AN
22. Up AN
23. Home Alone CD
24. Batman Begins DR, AD
25. The Dark Knight DR, AD
26. Pearl Harbor WB, DR
27. The Terminal DR
28. Cast Away DR
29. Spider Man-1,2,3 AD,SF
30. Prince of Persia WB
31. 50 First Dates DR
32. The Ring HR
33. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl AD
34. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest AD
35. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End AD
36. A Beautiful Mind DR
37. The Sixth Sense DR
38. Green Mile DR
39. Vantage Point AD,TR
40. The Hangover CD
41. Night at the Museum CD
42. Madagascar AN
43. House of Wax TR,HR
44. X-Men TR,SF
45. The Grudge HR
46. National Treasure AD
47. WALL-E AN
48. Constantine HR,TR
49. Exorcist: The Beginning TR
50. Mission Impossible AT
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Adventure-AD
Thriller-TR
Comedy-CD
Sci-Fi-SF
Drama-DR
Horror-HR
Epic-EP
War Based-WB
Action-AT
Animated-AN
Romantic-RM

You know you're in St Lucia....

... when your counter is filled with ugly looking grapefruits and speckled bananas. But do not let the appearance fool you, these grapefruits are the sweetest on earth and the bananas are sweet and firm with just the right amount of spiciness in them.

Price: 20 XCD for 6 huge pamplemousse and 8 large bananas (that's equivalent to around €5, $7,50 or 45 SEK)

Sunny days in St Lucia

Relaxing in the lagoon of Rodney Bay, St Lucia, with fresh ice cold lemon sorbet while reading through some new magazines. Speaking of magazines... the Yachting World issue where our story will be featured is just sent to press and will be out already October 13th, not in the end of Oct like I earlier announced. Do not miss to check it out in a few weeks.

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Slowly making our way up North..

First stop St Lucia.

Underway again

That's just me trying to get out the ladder from the bathing platform so I could take an experimental bath in the ocean during our last (hot) passage..

Now time to move on up North again. There's constantly an ongoing mission here in our lives so we'll continue to zig zag up through the West Indies as we do so well by now. Has been quite slow wind here last couple of days and that is supposed to continue for the rest of the week. Luckily it is at least forecasted to be ESE winds which gives us a good reason to fly the kite that we love so much. Good bye now St Vincent and the Grenadines, it was a pleasure to meet you once more. I'm sure we'll see each other again very soon.

Alone again

Family has gone home and we're all by ourselves again. Always feels kind of strange when people leave us. They're on their way home to the cold, back to work again in a few days as their vacation is finished and here we are ... continuing some kind of vacation-style-life. It almost feels like we're cheating, even if we know we've been working crazy hard to achieve this beautiful lifestyle. We have loads of things to accomplish in the next few months, lots of projects as always but still we're able to do all that while enjoying the sun, the sea, the tranquility and the sailing. Sometimes it is sad to be far from the other ones that we love of course, but most of the times we feel truly blessed for being able to combine a life not so ordinary with all those things that we truthfully love. In a pace and environment that truly is good for ourselves. And to be able to do it all together, as a team.

P.S: Don't forget to check out next months Yachting World btw, there will be six (!) pages of our photos, stories and some of our general tips regarding cruising and enjoying life in the Caribbean. Issue will be out end of October.

How many shades of blue exist

I know, how boring with all these paradise pictures one after another but this is how our world looks like at the moment. Blue skies, crystal clear water in a kaleidoscope of blue, fine white sand beaches, lush green hills, a fresh breeze. Sometimes the world doesn't seem much more complicated than that.

Facebook 'Timeline' an incredible peek back

Facebook on Thursday opened up its platform to a whole new category of applications. These apps will allow Facebook users to enter almost everything they do into the social network — what they cooked for dinner, what book they're reading and what page they're on or what bike trail they just biked.

Facebook has long served as a sort of recommendation engine. We could see which restaurants our friends were at or where they vacationed through their photos.

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The new Facebook will work to make this process even more obvious.

Through streaming music services like Spotify, Facebook users can update their friends with each song being sent through their earphones. This kind of lesser, perishable update will quickly pass through the new Ticker on Facebook, a realtime stream of updates from our friends.

Friends can click the update to listen along. And if Facebook notices a pattern, such as three friends listening to the same album, it will create a news feed item telling users just that.

That's a powerful proposition.

Six friends downloading the same app, four friends checking out the same new restaurant, two close friends watching the same show on Hulu. One can imagine how helpful this information could become.

That's where Facebook holds its power — the connections we've all made there. No other online platform can boast such a rich set of data about our personal relationships.

Timeline a powerful look back

The centerpiece of the new Facebook is the redesigned profile, which Facebook calls Timeline.

Facebook has long known a lot about us. Each status update we enter, each friend we connect with, each place we check in to helps Facebook learn more about us.

Facebook has now taken all that data (you didn't think it would forget all that, did you?) and presented it in Timeline, which allows users to scroll back through time.

Users can see what their status updates were, dating back to the day they joined the social network.

As users scroll down the page and back in time, Facebook tries to surface only the updates that will still be relevant years later. Using clues like keywords (big job news) or the number of likes or comments a post received, Facebook can attempt to know which updates will still mean something to us years later.

I've enabled the Timeline view on my profile (using these instructions from Mashable) and it's an incredible peek back in time.

It can be a bit unnerving (I said what?), but also very sentimental. I can quickly see when I first met friends with whom I'm now very close.

I can see wall posts from friends after nights out in college and posts I made earlier in my career about the stories I was writing or who I had met that day.

This is where Facebook starts to scare people.

It's important to know here that Facebook isn't showing our friends any information that they couldn't have already seen by scrolling back in our current profile view. A friend who isn't allowed to see your photos or wall posts now won't be able to see them in your forthcoming Timeline.

But something that Facebook still seems to struggle to understand is that when all those tidbits of information are grouped together over the years, it can paint a clearer picture for our friends than we originally intended.

It's hard to blame Facebook here, though: This is all information we willingly entered into the social network.

And Facebook has decided for us that the powerful experience we can receive when all this information is grouped together is more advantageous than closing ourselves off to it.

The good news here is that Facebook does allow users to control what is displayed on the Timeline. As users scroll back, posts can be zapped from the Timeline (or deleted from Facebook altogether). Stories can also be promoted to appear larger.

Doing this allows users to curate the posts what will undoubtedly color people's views of us going forward.

With Timeline, Facebook is only furthering its grip on our online lives. A platform that knows this much about its users will continue to be an incredibly powerful force in their digital lives.

But with each Facebook change comes the predictable uprising over privacy concerns. Facebook is becoming Big Brother, they say.

True: Facebook knows a lot about us. But with the new Facebook, we'll see what a powerful and exciting proposition that is.

How to Enable the New Facebook Timeline NOW

http://mashable.com/2011/09/22/how-to-facebook-timeline/#27135Step-7

Another paradise found

Magical Tobago Cays ...

Facebook's New Timeline Will Tell Who Has Defriended You?

There comes a point in every Facebooker's life when they have to comb through their feed and unfriend the guy they met that one time on Spring Break or that girl they think they might have gone to high school with. But the ones doing the defriending aren't exactly sending out a press release to announce who didn't make the cut.

But now it's pretty simple to figure it out. BuzzFeed found that a quirk in Facebook's new timeline shows who has removed you from their friends list. Here's how you can see who has cut you: Enable the new timeline and select a year. Then go to the Friends box. From there, click on "made x new friends." When you scroll through the list, if you see an "add friend" box next to a person's name, you'll know that you're no longer friends with that person.

If you weren't the one doing the unfriending, there's only one conclusion: that person nfriended you. The awkward moment where you consider whether or not to pull a refriend will ikely follow.

Facebook held its f8 developers conference on Thursday where it unveiled the new Timeline layout for user pages.

The new Timelines replace the familiar concept of Wall and Profile; Facebook won't use those terms going forward. You can opt out of the new layout for now, but Facebook will eventually force you to switch to the new version simply because it will be unable to manage both. Facebook said on Thursday that the rollout of timelines will be very gradual.

Moview Review: The only thing epic about Mausam is its length

Film: Mausam

Director: Pankaj Kapur

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor,
Supriya Pathak

Rating: **


There's a stillness about Mausam that is rare in today's fast-paced two-hours-and-you-are-out kind of films. It may be Pankaj Kapur's first feature as director, but the veteran actor is no stranger to storytelling,
having directed plays and some impressive television shows in the past. In Mausam, he displays a distinct, unhurried style, allowing the story to take its course, and letting it develop over a period of time.

The intention was to make a no- holds-barred romance, clearly, and Kapur does just that, unabashed in
his approach (the PR machinery would like you to believe it's 'epic', but that's just pushing it). Kapur makes certain scenes sparkle with an understated, sensitive approach. But Mausam, beautiful as it is in parts, just doesn't work in totality.

The story is stretched beyond belief-- not to mention it's hard to digest after a point -- and unnecessary scenes only add to the misery. It's nothing that couldn’t be fixed at the editing table (Sreekar Prasad), but Mausam's follies lie in Kapur's script itself. Two lovers separated by circumstances repeatedly would be acceptable if the situations were at least believable. But the story demands you to suspend belief repeatedly, and gets convoluted beyond repair eventually.

The first hour of Mausam, though, is a breeze. Set in a village in Punjab, this is where Harry and Aayat meet. Harry aka Harinder Singh is the village bum, naughty but likeable. Aayat's a Kashmiri Muslim, who had to flee because her father was close to Pandits in the valley. This is familiar terrain, yet there's something refreshing about it. Scenes laden with humour (the village sarpanch is a riot) come thick and fast, many of them adding in no way to the story but creating a likeable atmosphere you want to settle in. About 40 minutes down, you are slightly bothered that the plot hasn't progressed much, but you expect good things to happen. Except, they don't.

Mausam becomes a task to sit through when the 'story' begins to unfold. The romance between the boy and girl has been established (including a marvellous sequence where they pass notes to each other as Harry's sister sleeps in the same room). Now, the conflict sets in: the girl leaves unannounced; the boy has to get on with his life. Time elapses. Till they meet again. And the cycle is repeated. Again. And again.

The film’s set in the '90s, so the difficulty to keep in touch might seem valid, but the lovers don’t learn from their mistakes. If I was separated from the love of my life for seven long years, the one thing I’ll do is make sure all means of communication remain open. Also, how difficult can it be to track down an Indian Air Force pilot? Who’s operating from a base, mind you.

What makes Mausam really excruciating is the forced juxtaposition of real events as a backdrop. The Babri masjid demolition, Bombay blasts, Kargil war, 9/11, Godhra. It's like ticking off a check list, without it really helping the narrative in anyway.

'Oh, she's in America, 9/11 to come.' 'She’s in Ahmedabad now, Godhra will follow.' Besides, Kapur doesn't really attempt to delve deeper. If the idea was to merely provide a backdrop, the references could have been subtler. Here, everything is in- your-face. And it all leads to a climax which is inane, to put it mildly. Among the film’s redeeming factors are Binod Pradhan's fabulous cinematography and a lilting score
by Pritam. Shahid Kapoor exudes charm and confidence.

As the young Harry, Shahid excels, while he tends
to faulter as the older, more mature air force pilot. But Shahid's surely come of age with Mausam, and delivers his most accomplished performance yet. Sonam has little to do, or say, and that's not such a bad thing. You don't care much about Aayat, despite her innocence, because Sonam brings nothing to the character. Supriya Pathak and other character actors (Manoj Pahwa, Aditi Sharma, Anupam Kher) do well.

The old-world charm of Mausam is likeable, but doesn't salvage it. In the end, the only thing epic about the
film is its unwarranted length.

Early morning swim in paradise

Happy Friday everyone.

India loses its favourite Tiger, Nawab Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, fondly known as Tiger, one of India's greatest cricket captains, passed away at Sir Ganga Ram hospital on Thursday. He died due to respiratory failure leading to cardiac arrest. He was 70.

In an international career spanning 15 years, Pataudi played 46 Tests, scoring 2,793 runs with six Test  centuries at an average of 34.91 - all while playing with one good eye. A car accident in July 1961, six  months before his Test debut, left the "dazzling" young talent (as cricket magazine Wisden described him) with a severely impaired right eye. No one would ever know what he could have attained with full vision.
But the Nawab of Pataudi still had the eye of the tiger. In his prime, he was a regal middle-order batsman
who relished scoring at a brisk pace and hooking the fastest of bowlers.

He was also unafraid to step out and play lofted shots against spinners. Pataudi exuded style off the pitch too: his romance and subsequent marriage to Hindi film heroine Sharmila Tagore remains the biggest union of glamour and sports in modern India. They were India's premier Page 3 couple much before Page 3 happened. But above all, he was an astute leader of men. Pataudi was thrust into captaincy mid-series against West Indies in 1962 when only five Tests old and 21 years of age after then-skipper Nari Contractor was struck in his head by a Charlie Griffith delivery that nearly killed him. Pataudi captained India for the next eight years.

 Under him, India won its first Test series abroad, a 3-1 against New Zealand in 1967-68. Equally importantly, under his tutelage, the famous Indian spin quartet earned their spurs and honed their craft, although the larger rewards came to his successor Ajit Wadekar. "He was a bowler's captain. And he was always cool under pressure," recalls fellow Test cricketer Abbas Ali Baig. It was at Pataudi's insistence that the gifted Gundappa Vishwanath got an early break in Tests. A terrific fielder in the outfield, he was one of the first skippers who emphasized the importance of fielding and worked on improving it. Under him, Indian cricket took its first steps towards the modern age. 

The Nawab, whose father too played Test cricket, albeit for England, led India to nine victories in 40 Tests. In today's context, such an achievement might appear modest. But as Mihir Bose writes in 'A History of Indian Cricket', "To a nation that for 20 years regarded a draw as a victory, and whose cricket had a certain predictability, he brought the prospect of victory, often unexpected victories, and his captaincy had an element of daring, at times maddeningly unpredictable, so that even when India failed the impression was of having attempted the impossible." Pataudi also dabbled in politics, though not successfully.

After being replaced as India's cricket captain by Ajit Wadekar in 1971, he contested the Lok Sabha polls from Gurgaon. His party was VHP - Vishal Haryana Party. He lost heavily. Even his second innings as a politician - he contested under a Congress  ticket for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat in 1991 - was a failure. His mother belonged to the Bhopal royal family.

His association with journalism was more fruitful. For years, he edited the magazine Sportsworld. He also penned his autobiography, 'Tiger's Tale'. Much like his cricket, it was frank and forthright and laced with anecdotes.

Years after retirement, Pataudi retained the aura of a star; his enduring charisma earned him modelling assignments, sometimes with his son, actor Saif Ali Khan. In the photographs, there was no denying he was the bigger and the better-looking star. The Tiger was always burning bright.

Just a little postcard..

It is so beautiful here it hurt my eyes. Also very empty due to the slow season and we have the whole bay to ourselves. Very comfortable and pleasurable to sail at this time of the year when it feels like the whole world belongs to you and only you.

Thank you all for commenting on the last post btw, we love hearing from you and getting to know you some more. We have already understood from our Facebook page and the numerous emails we receive each month that we have tons of interesting people following us from a wide variety of backgrounds, countries, cultures and lives and it is always kind of intriguing to get to know more about you. Keep on commenting, your comments and emails are what makes us enjoy sharing all this beauty with you all even more. If I haven't said it lately: thank you for following our journey and for all the praise and love you sent our way during these 1,5 years (almost 2 now) that we've been sharing a great part of our life at sea with you. Hope you'll stick around for many more years, for us it almost feels like we barely have started the fun yet. So much to look forward to in the horizon..

Unborn Baby's Letter to His Mother - Stop Abortion

Hi, Mommy.

...I'm your baby. You don't know me yet, I'm only a few weeks old. You're going to find out about me soon, though, I promise.

Let me tell you some things about me. My name is John, and I've got beautiful brown eyes and black hair. Well, I don't have it yet, but I will when I'm born. I'm going to be your only child, and you'll call me your one and only. I'm going to grow up without a daddy mostly, but we have each other. We'll help each other, and love each other. I want to be a doctor when I grow up.

You found out about me today, Mommy! You were so excited, you couldn't wait to tell everyone. All you could do all day was smile, and life was perfect. You have a beautiful smile, Mommy. It will be the first face I will see in my life, and it will be the best thing I see in my life. I know it already.

Today was the day you told Daddy. You were so excited to tell him about me! ...He wasn't happy, Mommy. He kind of got angry. I don't think that you noticed, but he did. He started to talk about something called wedlock, and money, and bills, and stuff I don't think I understand yet. You were still happy, though, so it was okay. Then he did something scary, Mommy. He hit you. I could feel you fall backward, and your hands flying up to protect me.

I was okay... but I was very sad for you. You were crying then, Mommy. That's a sound I don't like. It doesn't make me feel good. It made me cry, too. He said sorry after, and he hugged you again. You forgave him, Mommy, but I'm not sure if I do. It wasn't right. You say he loves you... why would he hurt you? I don't like it, Mommy.

Finally, you can see me! Your stomach is a little bit bigger, and you're so proud of me! You went out with your mommy to buy new clothes, and you were so so so happy. You sing to me, too. You have the most beautiful voice in the whole wide world. When you sing is when I'm happiest. And you talk to me, and I feel safe. So safe. You just wait and see, Mommy. When I am born I will be perfect just for you. I will make you proud, and I will love you with all of my heart.

I can move my hands and feet now, Mommy. I do it because you put your hands on your belly to feel me, and I giggle. You giggle, too. I love you, Mommy.

Daddy came to see you today, Mommy. I got really scared. He was acting funny and he wasn't talking right. He said he didn't want you. I don't know why, but that's what he said. And he hit you again. I got angry, Mommy. When I grow up I promise I won't let you get hurt! I promise to protect you. Daddy is bad. I don't care if you think that he is a good person, I think he's bad. But he hit you, and he said he didn't want us. He doesn't like me. Why doesn't he like me, Mommy?

You didn't talk to me tonight, Mommy. Is everything okay?

It's been three days since you saw Daddy. You haven't talked to me or touched me or anything since that. Don't you still love me, Mommy? I still love you. I think you feel sad. The only time I feel you is when you sleep. You sleep funny, kind of curled up on your side. And you hug me with your arms, and I feel safe and warm again. Why don't you do that when you're awake, any more?

I'm 21 weeks old today, Mommy. Aren't you proud of me? We're going somewhere today, and it's somewhere new. I'm excited. It looks like a hospital, too. I want to be a doctor when I grow up, Mommy. Did I tell you that? I hope you're as excited as I am. I can't wait.

...Mommy, I'm getting scared. Your heart is still beating, but I don't know what you are thinking. The doctor is talking to you. I think something's going to happen soon. I'm really, really, really scared, Mommy. Please tell me you love me. Then I will feel safe again. I love you!

Mommy, what are they doing to me!? It hurts! Please make them stop! It feels bad! Please, Mommy, please please help me! Make them stop!

Don't worry Mommy, I'm safe. I'm in heaven with the angels now. They told me what you did, and they said it's called an abortion.

Why, Mommy? Why did you do it? Don't you love me any more? Why did you get rid of me? I'm really, really, really sorry if I did something wrong, Mommy. I love you, Mommy! I love you with all of my heart. Why don't you love me? What did I do to deserve what they did to me? I want to live, Mommy! Please! It really, really hurts to see you not care about me, and not talk to me. Didn't I love you enough? Please say you'll keep me, Mommy! I want to live smile and watch the clouds and see your face and grow up and be a doctor. I don't want to be here, I want you to love me again! I'm really really really sorry if I did something wrong. I love you!

I love you, Mommy.

Every abortion is just…

One more heart that was stopped.

Two more eyes that will never see.

Two more hands that will never touch.

Two more legs that will never run.

One more mouth that will never speak.

Days at sea

Busy here catching up with one of my lovely sisters and her boyfriend. Very very nice family times... We have by the way realized there are many new readers in the comments lately, that makes us wonder who you all are out there. Who are you 100.000+ people checking in here every month? Why don't you just tell us a bit about yourself while we're enjoying the sun here in the grenadines. Who are you? Where do you live? What do you do in life? Do you sail or what is the reason you follow this blog? How did you find out about our travels? Looking very much forward to get to know you guys some more, please share something about yourself! Talk to you soon...

Nasty weather

You don't want to find yourself caught inside one of those..

Underway

On our way to St Vincent... 200 miles and two more nights to go.

Azharuddin's son Ayazuddin loses battle for life, laid to rest

Former Indian cricket captain and Lok Sabha member Mohammed Azharuddin's son, Mohammed Ayazuddin, who was critically injured in a motorbike accident five days ago, passed away at a hospital

on Friday.

The 19-year-old was laid to rest on Friday evening at a graveyard in Santosh Nagar after 'Namaz-e- Janaza' at the historic Mecca Masjid in the old city. Hundreds of mourners -- including Azharuddin's relatives, friends and eminent personalities of the city -- joined the burial procession.

Ayazuddin died at 11.51 am due to hypoxic encephalopathy, said a statement from Apollo Hospital where the youngster battled for life since Sunday.

The budding cricketer was critically injured in a motorbike crash at Puppalaguda on Outer Ring Road of Hyderabad on September 11.

Ayazuddin's cousin, Ajmal-ur- Rahman (16), who was pillion riding with him, died a couple of hours after they were taken to hospital. The high-end sports bike skidded off the road when Ayazuddin was riding it at a high speed, according to police.

Ayazuddin's mother, Naureen Azharuddin, his second wife, Sangeeta Bijlani, and other close relatives were at the hospital when the end came.

Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy rushed to the hospital and consoled Azharuddin, who was seen fighting
back his tears. State ministers and members of Parliament, including Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, and leaders of ruling Congress party also condoled the former cricketer.

A pall of gloom descended on Azharuddin's house in Banjara Hills, where Ayazuddin's body was brought after autopsy.

Ayazuddin was the youngest of the two sons of Azharuddin from his first wife, Naureen, whom he divorced to
marry former actress Sangeeta Bijlani.

Doctors at Apollo Hospital said Ayazuddin was in critical condition and was put on a ventilator ever since he was shifted to hospital.
They said he was brought with cardiac arrest and had sustained injuries to his kidneys. The doctors later  removed one kidney to stop the bleeding.

According to a medical bulletin late on Thursday, tests conducted on him indicated brain dysfunction. Ayazuddin was a second-year B.Com student at St. Mary's College. He had a good record as a cricketer in
school.

The Hyderabad Cricket Association also condoled the death of Ayazuddin. His friends were shocked over the death. 0Ayazuddin's coach, John Sanjay, said he could not believe that the upcoming cricketer was no  more. "We lost a very promising cricketer. 0He was very disciplined, a talented batsman and used to play like his father," he said.

Neurological tests on Azhar's son Ayaz confirm brain dysfunction

The worst fears of the family members of Mohammed Ayazuddin were confirmed on Thursday when the  neurological assessments performed on him showed that the bike accident on Sunday had severely damaged his brain.

Doctors treating Ayaz for the last five days had been worried about his neurological condition and
had even said that it was a matter of grave concern. On Thursday, hospital sources said that since Ayaz had
suffered a cardiac arrest on his way to the hospital, a major portion of his brain had become dysfunctional
with no blood supply from the heart for a prolonged period.


Ayazuddin's neurological assessments were being taken up for the last few days in between the other treatments and surgeries he was undergoing, but on Thursday doctors carried out full-fledged neurological tests to asses the extent of brain damage. "The assessments were going on but we couldn't take them up properly since it would have required stopping the medication which cannot be done," said a source.

Ever since Sunday morning when the accident occurred, sources said that the foremost challenge the doctors faced was to revive the two boys. While former ricketer Mohammed Azharuddin's 16-year- old nephew Ajmal-ur-Rehman succumbed, his younger son Ayaz could be revived.


Ayaz was brought to the hospital in a collapsed state. The other challenges that followed were to stop the profuse bleeding from his lung and kidney that was successfully done by performing two surgeries for which, the left kidney was removed.

A health bulletin issued by the hospital authorities on Thursday stated that brain function tests conducted on Ayazuddin indicated brain dysfunction. His status remains to be critical and he continues to be on ventilator support. Doctors said they were worried that even if Ayazuddin could come out of this serious condition, his brain dysfunction could be a major deterrent in him leading a normal life.

Chelsea Tower Suites & Apartments Video

Overview

Location.
This Dubai hotel is across from the Dubai International Financial Centre. The Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre is one kilometer away.

Hotel Features.
Chelsea Tower Suites & Apartments has a health club, an outdoor pool, a steam room, and a sauna. This four-star Dubai property features spa services. The property offers high-speed Internet access. Chelsea Tower Suites & Apartments has a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. 24-hour room service is available.

Guestrooms.
Amenities featured in guestrooms include DVD players, sofa beds, balconies, and coffee/tea makers. Guestrooms have satellite television with premium TV channels and pay movies. Business-friendly amenities include multi-line phones, direct-dial phones, and free local calls. Complimentary bottled water is provided. All guestrooms offer kitchens with microwaves, refrigerators, and cookware/dishes/utensils. Bathrooms feature bathrobes, designer toiletries, and bidets.
 

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Chelsea Tower Suites & Apartments

Sheikh Zayed Road, Trade Centre 1, Dubai (Book Now) ****

Centrally located on Sheikh Zayed Road, Chelsea Tower offers spacious suites with a well-equipped kitchen and a 37-inch flat-screen TV. It features a spa and an outdoor pool.

A separate seating area with a cable TV and entertainment system are in Chelsea’s self-catering suites. Each comes with a washing machine and ironing facilities. Some rooms offer panoramic views of Dubai.

Relaxing massage treatments are offered at Tower Suites’ spa. Guests can sunbathe on a lounger or swim in the 25-metre lap pool.

Featuring a terrace, The Chelsea Garden Restaurant & Café serves a variety of international dishes. Chelsea's 24-hour staff provide room service. They can also arrange reservations at one of the restaurants on Sheikh Zayed Road.

Chelsea Tower Suites & Apartments is a 2-minute walk from Financial Centre Station. The Dubai mall and Marine & Waterpark Dolphin Bay are just a 30-minute bus ride away.

Hotel Rooms: 281

Hotel Facilities

General
Restaurant, 24-Hour Front Desk, Newspapers, Terrace, Non-Smoking Rooms, Family Rooms, Elevator, Express Check-In/Check-Out, Safety Deposit Box, Soundproofed Rooms, Chapel/Shrine, Heating, Luggage Storage, All Public and Private spaces non-smoking, Airconditioning.

Activities
Sauna, Fitness Centre, Spa & Wellness Centre, Massage, Turkish/Steam Bath, Outdoor Swimming Pool.

Services
Room Service, Airport Shuttle, Business Centre, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, VIP Room Facilities, Breakfast in the Room, Ironing Service, Currency Exchange, Shoe Shine, Packed Lunches, Car Hire, Tour Desk, Fax/Photocopying, Ticket Service.

Internet
Wired internet is available in the hotel rooms and costs AED 40 per hour.

Wi-fi is available in public areas and charges are applicable.

Parking
Free! Free private parking is possible on site (reservation is not needed).

Hotel Policies

Check-in
From 14:00 hours

Check-out
12:00 - 14:00 hours

Cancellation / Prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required room.

Children and extra beds
Free! One child under 6 years stays free of charge when using existing beds.

Free! One child under 2 years stays free of charge in a baby cot.

One older child or adult is charged AED 200 per night and person in an extra bed.

Maximum capacity of extra beds/babycots in a room is 1.

Any type of extra bed or baby cot is upon request and needs to be confirmed by the hotel.

Supplements will not be calculated automatically in the total costs and have to be paid separately in the hotel.

Pets
Pets are not allowed.

Accepted credit cards
American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard

The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.

Important information
Please note that airport transfers are available on request. Guests are kindly requested to contact the hotel prior to arrival for further details. Contact information can be found on the booking confirmation.

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FAQ's

We get so many questions that we sometimes haven't had the chance/time to answer properly so I've added a new section up here at the top. That's where we'll fill up with answers to the most common questions we receive from you. Here's a few of the latest ones:

Hey, what's up with the new boat? You haven't showed any pics lately? Peter.

Will tell you all about it in a while...

Taru,
First I want to give you all the credit in the world for hopping on a boat with Alex and starting the next chapter in your lives to tour the world. I enjoy your blog immensely while I sit in my cubical at work, dreaming to someday do what you are doing. I have to ask though. How do you and Alex manage to get a long as well as you do? Dating a sailor myself, and having hopes of doing what you two are doing someday, I'd love to know how you remain so devoted and patient with one another. Safe Travels through Hurricane Season! -Ali

Well, we don't get along so well all of the time. Most of the times perhaps, but as we both have quite some temperament and passion in our blood, it tend to spark around us quite often. I would be lying if I said we never wanted to kill each other. Thinking of it, I could almost say that we argue about something minor almost every day. Not big stuff of course, just a small argument that dissolves in a couple of minutes. There have also been moments (not very many thankfully) when I have wanted to jump off the boat in nearest harbor and take a flight back home to Europe and there have been times when Alex nearly have dumped me overboard of frustration but we still hang in there. We are both strong believers of that a good fight is good and refreshing for every relationship every once in a while, as long as you still are willing to work towards the same goals in life. Both of us are also pretty good at "forgiving" each other and what could be seen as a major argument one second, can be turned into happy times and peace the next. But no, not even us who look to be so in love are always getting along and I don't think it's a bad thing at all. I could tell you a story about the time when I jumped off the boat, naked, in the middle of the night in a peaceful anchorage, just to get rid of the never-ending conversation we had started, but I'll save that for another time... It's a great challenge we've got here, after all. To be with only one person for such an extended time. And I believe that you will have to be really convinced and in peace with what you're about to execute and who you're doing it with, to be able to take on such a life changing project with another person.

Hello Alex & Taru!

We have stumbled across your blog and love it; we now follow all of your new posts and it's great to see what other cruisers are doing.... I was wondering how you were able to get sponsored? If you have any advice or method, way of approaching companies that worked for you (..) I would love to hear about it. We have a blog started and a site still in the works but are reaching out to friends for help and advice... Also, did you both have a lot of sailing experience before embarking? Well, below is our site, please check it out. We are also on facebook; let's keep in touch! Thanks in advance for your response! Best wishes, Lindsay & Matthew

Hi Lindsay and Matthew, thank you for your email and I apologize for the late reply. We get a lot of emails regarding sponsoring and I regret that I haven't replied to these questions earlier. Simply put, which can be applied on any project/business idea: Find your way to go, create a clear vision of what you will do, how to achieve it, what way to go. Make sure to be unique in some way, do not be only a copy of everyone else, find something that makes you stand out from the rest. Companies and brands are always looking for new ways to market their products and will most probably not choose you as partner if your project is just like everyone else. You also need to believe in your ideas, treat your project like a baby, work hard on it and prove that you take this serious. Because it is not before you self believe in your ideas to the max that you can convince others to do so too. You must also almost certainly be able to guarantee that you will bring new clients, more publicity to the company, that your idea will generate something for the brand that will sponsor you. With a blog, your weekly/monthly traffic is important to mention. The more readers you got, the greater the chance to be interesting for the company you approach. If the larger, more commercial brands doesn't reply on your inquiry or doesn't show interest in your ideas, try the smaller ones in the same field. Perhaps you can find companies that are brand new, new businesses are always looking for getting their products out on the market and those are often great to approach. When you have everything clear, send the company an email, tell them who you are, what you're about to do. Tell them why you'd like to get sponsored by their brand and what they could gain from sponsoring your project. Make it simple but clear. Shorten the email to the most relevant and add a link to your website. If you already have some other sponsors you should mention these too, the first one is always a bit tricky but as soon as you have a reference, it should get easier. I could go on forever about this but these are the basics I believe. Good luck with your plans and travels!

Your second question about sailing experience: Alex has been sailing all his life, he's been racing when he was younger and he is an extremely accomplished and experienced sailor from who I myself have learnt everything I know about sailing. I didn't know anything before I met him for two years ago but Alex brought me out to the sea quite immediately after we met. We have now sailed more than 10.000 nautical miles together during these past two years and we both look very much forward to continue our travels for many years to come.  

More FAQ's coming soon.... you can find some of the other most common questions here.

India's most respected Day, Boarding and International Schools of 2011

EducationWorld in association with C fore conducted survey to rate India's most respected Day, Boarding and International Schools of 2011. The Shri Ram School, Delhi; Rishi Valley School, Chittoor and the Woodstock School, Mussoorie have been voted EducationWorld-C fore Schools
Survey 2011 .

The survey conducted by the Delhi-based opinion polling and market research agency C Fore (Centre for forecasting and research) polled a mix of 2,044 fees-paying parents, principals,  teachers and educationists in 16 cities across the country asking them to rate 404 of India's most well-known schools on 14 parameters including academic reputation, quality of co- curricular and sports education, infrastructure, leadership/
management, quality of alumni and faculty competence, disabled friendliness, teacher welfare and development among other attributes.

The perceptual scores awarded by sample respondents under each parameter were aggregated to arrive at a total score for 321 day schools, 50 legacy/traditional boarding schools and 33 new genre international schools. "This year's league tables of India's most respected day, boarding and international schools indicate a distinct shift in the mood of the informed public in favour of alternate-style education. All schools offering  broad-based education with special focus on environmental education and spiritual development have risen in public esteem. There's a message to all principals and educationists in this trend. The objective of publishing and  proclaiming the EW-C fore league tables annually is to encourage healthy competition and aspiration, so that India's most respected schools improve continuously and serve as benchmark institutions for 1.26 million schools countrywide not included in the survey, to strive for inclusion," says Dilip Thakore, Editor of EducationWorld .

Day Schools. The Shri Ram School, Delhi with an aggregate score of 1,293 (out of a maximum possible 1,500) has dislodged Cathedral & John Connon School, Mumbai to be ranked first in India and the north zone. It is followed by Cathedral & John Connon School (1,292) and Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore (1,291) and Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School, Chennai jointly ranked third all-India and first in the south zone. Significantly there's a razor-thin margin of one point in the aggregate scores separating the three top- ranked schools.

Other schools included among the Top 10 day schools are Vasant Valley School, Delhi (No. 4); Springdales (Dhaula Kuan) Delhi (5); Sanskriti School, Delhi (6); DPS RK Puram, Delhi (6); The Mother's International School, Delhi (6); Vidya Niketan, Bangalore (7); Smt. Sulochana Devi Singhania School, Thane, Mumbai (8); Gitanjali School, Hyderabad (8); Campion School, Mumbai (9); Bombay Scottish (9) with Step by Step, Noida (10) and The Valley School, Bangalore, both ranked 10. The Shri Ram School was rated the best day school countrywide on the vital parameters of  ompetence of faculty; teacher welfare and development; individual attention to students and parental involvement.

As was the case last year, academics-focused day schools rated high on the parameter of academic reputation, didn't fare well in the overall league table rankings. For instance, Delhi Public School (RK Puram) Delhi, National Public School (Indiranagar) Bangalore, DAV Boys, Chennai, DPS, Bokaro and DPS, Bhilai - all ranked No.1 for academic reputation - are ranked further down in the national day schools league table.

Boarding Schools. Rishi Valley School, Chittoor has ended the four-year reign of the venerated The Doon School, Dehradun as India's most respected traditional/legacy boarding school with an aggregate score of 1,269. With a discernible shift within the SECA (socio economic category A) public in favour of new age education, RVS has been decisively ranked numero uno with The Doon School obliged to share second rank with the consistently ascending Mayo College Girls, Ajmer (No. 2).

The third slot is shared by Welham Girls, Dehradun and Bishop Cotton, Shimla while the Lawrence School, Sanawar has retained its No.4 rank.

Among other schools included in the list of Top 10 boarding schools: Daly College, Indore (5); Mayo College, Ajmer (6); Assam Valley School, Balipara (6); Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun (7); Sherwood College, Nainital (8); Orchid International School, Nashik (9); St. Paul's, Darjeeling and Lawrence School, Lovedale, both ranked 10.

International Schools. Thirty- three new genre international schools (defined as institutions offering the curriculums of offshore examination boards from primary/middle years onwards) of whom there was sufficient awareness within the respondents' base, were rated and ranked across 15 parameters of education provision. This year, the Woodstock School, Mussoorie has vaulted to the top slot in thiscategory, besting its former affiliate Kodaikanal International School (KIS) to be voted the most admired school in this category. But this year KIS has to share its second position with the new genre Indus International School, Bangalore which has seriously challenged the reign of these two vintage international schools.

Others included in the Top 10 are Mahindra United World College, Pune (3); Dhirubhai Ambani International, Mumbai (4); The International School, Bangalore (5); Good Shepherd International, Ooty (6); Ecole Mondiale, Mumbai (7); Pathways World School, Gurgaon (7); Mercedes Benz International, Pune (8); Hebron School, Ooty (9) and Indus International School, Hyderabad (10).

To felicitate India's top - Day, Boarding and International schools which have topped the EW-C fore Survey 2011, EducationWorld is hosting an  Awards Nite on September 17, 2011 at The Lalit, New Delhi.

About Education World

EducationWorld is India's - perhaps Asia's - sole education news and analysis magazine. Published monthly, its mission is to "build the pressure of public opinion to make education the No.1 item on the national agenda". Currently EducationWorld has 750,000 readers comprising teachers, parents and senior school and college students in 29 states around the country.
EducationWorld : educationworld@vsnl.net www.educationworldonline.net

Telluride Ski in/ Ski out Cabin

Experience Jet's newest cabin rental in Telluride, CO. Ski in and ski out at your back porch!

Some plans

Photo from the volcanic mountains of Pitons, St Lucia

Looking forward to change the somewhat metropolitan and busy SXM to a week of nature, sea and relaxation. Plan is to spend next week in Tobago Cays (will we really get there, finally?!) and the other Grenadines, perhaps even Barbados after that if the sail there isn't too much of a challenge against the swell, wind direction and the current. 

Tuesday thoughts

Some things that makes me smile this Tuesday morning: 

* Will finally meet my sister in next week down South.

* We've recently finished a couple of smaller projects and I've finalized a few articles.

* Several friends from Europe are planned to come and visit us here later this year.

* Our friends Camilla and Adam have decided to become full-time sailors/live aboards and are now selling their gorgeous flat in Sweden to continue their adventures around the world by boat. Love when people act on their dreams of making something different. Particularly when it's about moving from land to the sea.

* My fellow blogger/cruising friend Brittany is having an addition to the family with her Scott. There's a little sailor baby in the making. Exciting changes ahead. Almost can't wait for the day when we get our own one/s.

* Both Alex and me are healthy (except for the fact that we've been eating/drinking way too much lately). We're pretty content with what we have achieved thus far. We got loads of plans and projects for the future and we are more or less free to do whatever we want with our life. I keep reminding myself of the fact that this life is ours. We are free to envision life as large as we dare and create whatever we wish as long as we have the physical possibility to do so. Isn't that grand when you think about it? Everything is possible. All you need is passion, faith, will power, a bit of planning and good determination.

Here's what's sounding from our speakers today.

Novak Djokovic beat defending champion Rafael Nadal to win the US Open

 

Novak Djokovic beat defending champion and Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1 to win the US Open men's final at Flushing Meadows on Monday.

Djokovic outplayed Nadal to show why he really is the hottest player in the game right now. The world number one produced a masterful display of tactics and precision then regained his composure after failing to serve out the match in the third set to seal victory after four hours and 10 minutes.


Nadal, who was the undisputed king of tennis 12 months ago when he completed his collection of Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows, was again left searching for answers after a season inwhich he has lost six finals, including Wimbledon, and the number one ranking to Djokovic.

No matter how hard he tried, Nadal could not find a way to get on top of the Serbian, who played at an
extraordinary high-level despitewindy conditions at Arthur Ashe  Stadium. To his credit, Nadal fought back gamely to win the third set in atiebreaker after Djokovic came  within two points of wrapping up the championship on his own serve.

There were signs of concern for the  Serbian when he called for the trainer to treat his aching back at the start of the fourth set but he  recovered and broke Nadal's opening serve to regain control. After consolidating his lead by holding his next two service games, he broke Nadal's serve again, for the 11th time in the match, the served out victory, collapsing on the court in celebration after smashing a winner past his opponent.

Both players produced some incredible tennis, including some epic rallies that had the center court crowd roaring at the top of the lungs, but it was Djokovic who won all the key moments. This is Djokovic's first US Open title and the third Grand Slam title of the year after victories at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

Djokovic produced a masterful display of tactics and precision in windy conditions at Arthur Ashe Stadium to seal the victory after more than four hours against thesame man who beat him in last  year's final.

For Nadal, who lost his number one ranking to Djokovic when he was beaten in the Wimbledon final in July, it was his sixth loss to the Serbian this year, all in finals.

Djokovic is the sixth man in history to win three Grand Slam titles in a year after Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

A see-sawing third set that lasted 84 minutes was eventually decided in a tiebreaker, which Nadal won 7-3.

Both players were broken three times in the set, which featured some extraordinary rallies that captivated the center court crowd.

Djokovic snatched the early break but could not hold his advantage then he served for the match in the
12th game after breaking Nadal to lead 6-5.  He got to within two points of the championship but Nadal broke him to force a tiebreaker. The Spaniard raced to a 5-1 lead. Djokovic pulled two back to give himself a chance but gifted it to Nadal with an error. The second set started like the first, with Nadal holding and then breaking Djokovic for a 2-0 lead as the world's top two players began engaging in longer, tension-packed rallies.

After a titanic, 17-minute game over eight deuces marked by brilliant shot-making from both players, Djokovic finally broke back by saving himself with a defensive lob that hit the baseline, leading to Nadal failing to resist the sixth break point when he slashed an overhead into the net.

Looking dispirited, Nadal continued to have trouble landing his first serve. Djokovic took advantage to reach double break point at 15-40, then took a 3-2 lead when the Spaniard double faulted. The Spaniard lifted himself back up, breaking Djokovic with a massive backhand passing shot up the line to draw level 4-4.

But for the third straight time in the match, Djokovic answered a service break with one of his own, this time taking advantage of a string of errors, with the game finishing on a mis-hit backhand by Nadal that allowed the Serb to serve out the second set. In the opening set, Djokovic overcame an early service break that
put him behind 2-0 to win 6-2.

Djokovic won the first set 6-2. Both players had difficulty holding serve, with Djokovic doing a better job in windy conditions that topped 15 miles per hour at Arthur Ashe Stadium, winning the last six games of the opening set after falling behind 2-0. Nadal took the early lead by breaking Djokovic in his first service game. The Spaniard scored on a sizzling run-around forehand winner that brushed the lines in the corner and got a 2-0 lead when the Serb made two straight backhand errors.

Second-seeded Nadal failed to consolidate his advantage when Djokovic broke right back in the next game. The Spaniard fell behind 0-4 and saved two break points before sending a forehand long to bring the set back on serve. Nadal kept the pressure on top- seeded Djokovic's serve again in the fourth game but the Serb fought off three break points to hold, then broke the Spaniard for a 3-2 lead by belting an inside-out forehand winner.

Djokovic ended deep-hitting rallies twice with drop-shot winners on his way to breaking Nadal for a third straight time for a 5-2 lead before holding at love in the next game to clinch the first set.