The Womens Big Bash League is bringing together the best cricketers from all over the world for a blockbuster carnival weekend. North Sydney Oval will be transformed into a summer festival with entertainment on offer for the whole family including a Bounce Inc. Zone, heaps of food trucks, live music, a stack of giveaways and the chance to meet your WBBL and BBL heroes.


Marriage and having kids is hard work to begin with but when you throw in a baby with a life threatening disease and developmental delays that is the true test! I'm not going to say our marriage is perfect or horrible because I believe we are somewhere in the middle.
Some days I want to hit him over the head with a frying pan but then other days I adore him but I think that is normal even for couples that do not have the struggles we face. I think the key to marriage, whatever hurdles are faced, requires both parties to work harder than anything else in life.
Rich is a wonderful father and Ethan idolizes him. They often play "cars and trucks" together. When Ethan isn't feeling well he cries constantly, wants to be held all day and night and we are stuck in the house for days or weeks. So I can go a little stir crazy.
Rich understands that on certain days if I don't get out of the house by myself that I will turn into a monster! He participates in feeding, bathing and putting Ethan to bed, no questions asked, just so I can be an "adult" sometimes!
Even though he does spend a decent amount of time with Ethan and has been to many doctor visits, physical therapy sessions, etc., Rich is often in denial about his disease and our situation. He can't seem to grasp the fact that our lives are changed forever. He just expects things to be the way they were before Ethan, 2+ years ago. This is probably the biggest strain on our marriage.
We are very different in the way we handle things which most of the time is advantageous but in Ethan's case, it can be very tricky. Everyday is a challenge for our whole family. We have had many joys and disappointments. I can honestly say that I wouldn't want to ride this rollercoaster with anyone else but my husband, Rich. He's an amazing co-pilot and partner on good days and bad!
This is us at Relay for Life - It's a fundraiser for research for all cancers. Rich's students asked him to do it. He won 2nd place in the Miss Relay contest. Men dress up as women & walk a lap around the track & collect donations in their purses. Haven't laughed that hard in a looooong time!!
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3 mysterious traits of the Ancient Anunnaki
The Ancient Anunnaki: Reptilian Gods Of The Distant Past?
While there are numerous mysterious details surrounding the Ancient Anunnaki, most enigmas revolve around their physical traits, present in depictions all around the world.
While the Ancient Anunnaki were nearly always represented in a humanoid form, numerous traits indicate clear differences between the Anunnaki and ordinary humans.
The facial features of the Ancient Anunnaki Gods were always well-hidden thanks to the large beards, and even though their facial features indicate a clear similarity with humans, there are many aspects that have led numerous researchers to suspect there is something off with the depictions of the Anunnaki Gods. Many believe that there is a clear connection between the Ancient Anunnaki and representations of Reptilian beings on Earth.
Interestingly, the word used to describe the ancient Annunaki in ancient Mesopotamia was SIR, which translated means 'dragon' or 'big serpent'.
But there are quite a few details which hint towards a Reptilian origin of the Anunnaki, beyond the symbolism of the snake or dragon.
To find crucial pieces of evidence, we travel to modern-day Iraq, in the Zagros mountains. At the archeological site of Jarmo, researchers discovered a proto-Neolithic community which vanished some 2,000 years ago.
Among the thousands of mysterious artifacts and Sumerian statues of the Gods found on site, researchers discovered numerous representations of 'The Mother Goddess of Fertility'.
The only thing off here is the fact that the statues of 'The Mother Goddess of Fertility' show discrepancies which are highly unusual. While the figurines display an anthropomorphic body, the heads of the statues are anything but human with clear zoomorphic traits. Both male and female figurines display lizard-like characteristics: Elongates faces, elongated skulls, large oval-shaped eyes, and broad shoulders.
But it seems that the Ancient Reptilian-like beings are in fact present in different ancient cultures around the globe, and it's possible that all of them are depicting the mysterious Ancient Anunnaki.
But similar accounts, of nearly identical beings, can be found all over the planet.
Looking back in history, we find several tales about strange creatures, that were worshiped by our ancestors. In South America, Quetzalcoatl, Kukulkan are some of the gods which are well, reptilian beings worshiped as gods. Quetzalcoatl is a Mesoamerican deity whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and means "feathered serpent".
The worship of a feathered serpent is first known documented in Teotihuacan in the first century BCE or first century CE.
This depiction is believed to have been made around 900 BC. To the Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl was, as his name indicates, a feathered serpent, a flying reptile (much like a dragon), who was a boundary-maker (and transgressor) between earth and sky. He was a creator deity having contributed essentially to the creation of Mankind. Kukulkan is the name of a Maya snake deity that also serves to designate historical persons.
However, similar accounts of reptilian beings can be found in the Koran as well.
There mysterious creates refred to as the Djinn, were according to texts, present on Earth prior to humans. The story tells that at one point Iblis, the leader of the Djinn offended God was rebellious and was cursed like the serpents in the Garden of Eden becoming Earthbound trapped on Earth for eternity.
There is a Hopi legend about three cities on the Pacific Coast that were completely underground, and according to this legend, 5,000 years ago a meteor shower caused strange beings, described as the lizard people to seek refugee underground. These creatures constructed an elaborate network of tunnels located beneath Los Angeles, using advanced technologies that could even melt rock.
In Benares, India there is a nearly identical legend that talks about the Well of Sheshna, which in Hindu legend is an entrance into an underground city of the Nagas that according to texts, are a race of semi-divine serpent people that live in an underground city, called Patala. According to mythology, it is a place of great power and only the holy could make contact with it. We have different cultures that practically share the same beliefs, cultures that according to history were never interconnected yet share many similar stories.
As you can see, in nearly all ancient cultures accounts of reptilian beings are present.
Ranging from ancient Sumer to Asia and the Americas, mysterious descriptions of reptilian-like beings are present all over the world and all of them have many similarities in common. Is it possible that all of these ancient cultures described the same race?
Is it possible that all of them actually describe the ancient Anunnaki?
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[Podcast] "The Accelerator is Not a Brake"
There have been a lot of Tesla crashes in the news lately. Wasn't anyone listening to our "Don't Lie To Tesla" episode? Tom and Mel discuss many of the aspects related to this, including the media reactions to these stories.
In other news, Tesla has dropped the base price of the Model S by once again selling the 60 kWh model. Tom talks about quality and cars. He suggests that Luxury car owners can deal with defects, but regular car owners value reliability. They find an answer to LA's LED streetlights and the downtown street chargers that Tom stumbled across a few weeks ago, and so much more.


While I thought "The Da Vinci Code" was a decent summer movie a few years back, I was not a fan. My wife – and many other folks I know – read the book and ate that film up. Like other popular novels-turned-movies (e.g., "Twilight" and the "Harry Potter" franchise), I saw the movie without my opinion being tainted by the original source material.
I broke with tradition for "Angels & Demons." Many people have told me that they liked this book better than "The Da Vinci Code," and even though I read Dan Brown's lackluster cyberthriller "Digital Fortress" a few years back, I still wanted to give the literary version of Robert Langdon a chance before I saw him on film.
I liked "Angels & Demons" the novel. It wasn't perfect. It wasn't infallible. Sure, it got bogged down in continuous exposition. But like most popular music on the radio, it had a beat and you could dance to it.
Even with the pretext of the original novel in my experience, I was still able to thoroughly enjoy Ron Howard's big screen interpretation of "Angels & Demons." Like the book, the film follows Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) as he travels to Vatican City during Conclave to solve a series of clues in order to save the lives of four kidnapped Cardinals and thwart a terrorist plot.
Whether you have read the books or not, "Angels & Demons" is a superior movie to "The Da Vinci Code." First things first, they got rid of that ridiculous hair-do on Tom Hanks. He no longer looks like Nicolas Cage in his annual terrible September movie. I know this has no bearing on the plot, but having to look at his awful mullet for two and a half hours would have been rough.
Overall, "Angels & Demons" is a fine adaptation of a popular novel which masks its very mainstream appeal with a cultured backdrop. Tom Hanks is more comfortable as Robert Langdon and manages to give him a little more heroism than the somewhat whiney intellectual from the book.
Hanks and his manageable hair is bolstered by a fine cast, including Ewan McGregor as the Camerlengo and Stellan Skarsgård as the head of Vatican security. Providing a foil for Hanks' take on Langdon is the striking Ayelet Zurer as Vittoria Vetra, another expert brought in by the Vatican to combat terrorism. Zurer might look familiar to American audiences for her small roles in "Munich" and "Vantage Point," in a more seasoned role of a beautiful but hard-nosed scientist.
What really makes "Angels & Demons" work better is that it's a simpler story than "The Da Vinci Code." Rather than conspiracy layered upon conspiracy, "Angels & Demons" presents a relatively straightforward plot – a puzzle for Robert Langdon to solve. Sure, there's a lot of twists and turns, with many an impromptu history lesson about the Catholic church, symbology and the rumored resurgence of the Illuminati, but at its core, "Angels & Demons" is just one giant cat-and-mouse chase.
Several elements in the book has been changed for the screen adaptation, but all the changes seemed necessary to move the story along at a good clip. A lot of explanation is crammed into the first fifteen minutes, which took dozens of pages in the book, but for the film to be exciting, it needed to hit the ground running.
And boy does it run. While the film clocks in at 140 minutes, it doesn't seem that long (aside from a slow-down in the middle and a bit of an overdrawn ending). For the bulk of the movie, things move very fast, feeling more like an action flick than an intellectual drama. This is what "Transformers" might have looked like without the giant robots, if Megan Fox had an IQ above 85 and if the Decepticons were electing a new Pope.


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The best independent gig venues in Glasgow
Glasgow is a city in love with its music scene – and for good reason. The list of bands that […]
By Rebecca Monks
Updated July 16, 2020 2:12 pm
King Tut's continues to champion up and coming bands in Glasgow
Glasgow is a city in love with its music scene – and for good reason.
The list of bands that started life there is enormous, but the number of live venues in the city somehow seems even bigger.
From legendary ballrooms to tiny bar basements, here are some of the best gig venues in town.
First opened in 2002, Mono supports independent and emerging artists.
A gig here is a little like listening to your favourite band in your front room. It's got that 'intimate, everybody squished together' vibe that all good venues should have, and if you get hungry, there's an on-site cafe.
If you feel like bringing the music home to your actual living room, pick up a record or two from the on-site shop.
12 King's Court, G1 5RB, 0141 553 2400, monocafebar.com
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Òran Mór
It may look like a church to the untrained eye, but to those in the know it's a haven for live music (as well as theatre and performance art).
Gigs take place downstairs, and you'll find anything from jazz to Scottish-accented hip hop. The likes of Amy Winehouse, Calvin Harris and Edwyn Collins have all played there over the years.
The venue also supports emerging talent, with the Billy Kelly Songwriting Award going to a promising young artist every year.
Byres Road, G12 8QX, 0141 357 6200, oran-mor.co.uk
Oran Mor in Glasgow's West End (Photo: Shutterstock)
Nice n Sleazy
Sleazy's basement – the place that life began for any band worth its salt.
It's a small but mighty space, which has been booming since it opened in 1991. You can grab a bite here, too, and don't forget to pay a visit to the much-revered bar upstairs, where you can sample favourites like its white russian or Buckfast cocktails.
421 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3LG, 0141 333 0900, nicensleazy.com
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
Let's get the old anecdote out the way, shall we? This is the place where Alan McGee discovered Oasis.
Understandably, King Tut's has something of a legendary status, not just in Glasgow, but in the UK. It's where all the best bands play when they're breaking through, including Radiohead and The Verve.
272a Saint Vincent Street, G2 5RL, 0141 221 5279, kingtuts.co.uk
St Deluxe at King Tut's (Photo: twistyfoldy/Creative Commons)
This Sauchiehall Street basement is just a few doors away from Sleazy's, and it's just as dark, small, hot, and wonderful.
This place is good for open mics as well as established gigs, of which the majority tends to be indie Glasgow bands.
It's a damn good place to get a burger, too.
427 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3LG, 0141 332 7304, broadcastglasgow.com
The Glad Cafe
This cafe-turned-arts venue is a go-to watering hole in the southside, and the gig listings prove even more of a draw.
From emerging music festivals to regular Glasgow giggers, there's always something worth shouting about over in Shawlands.
1006A Pollokshaws Road, G41 2HG, 0141 636 6119, thegladcafe.co.uk
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Another ground floor gig space, Stereo is also a vegan restaurant, a late night bar with regular live DJs, and a club venue.
Bands such as Cabbage, Counterfeit and Los Campesinos have all played here.
22-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 6PH, 0141 222 2254, stereocafebar.com
The Old Hairdresser's
This independent arts centre has a great range of exhibitions, screenings and performances, held most nights of the week.
It attracts some big names on the underground scene, including Sister John, Hostel Freaks and Public Experiments.
The bar is well stocked with spirits and draught beers alike, so you can quench your thirst whilst listening to the next big thing.
27 Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 6PH, 0141 248 9558, theoldhairdressers.com
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