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I was very pleased with my Pay It Forward projects for this year. I tried my hand at sewing and made some great little aprons for my recipients. I even made a few extra and managed to keep one for myself. The thing I loved most about the aprons was the fabric. SH and I picked it out from a quaint little quilting shop in Tauranga, New Zealand while we were on our last cruise.
Most recently I have been crafting a gift for my eldest daughter's 14th birthday. She is a huge fan of everything Harry Potter and I really wanted to make something special for her that you can't buy anywhere. I searched Google high and low, and realised that what I had planned to make would be entirely unique! I wanted to make a clock for her room in the design of a Snitch.
So with that in mind, I went ahead with my plans. I sourced a suitable bowl for the body of the clock from my sister and then had a friend who was able to give me a clock mechanism to use. I spent one day base coating it with gold paint and then another day sitting at the table with the laptop beside me for reference as I painted all the details on. Finally, my dad was instrumental in putting it all together as he attached the clock mechanism and the hook to hang it on the wall.
|Base coat with gold paint|
|Place outlines and add shading.|
|Add highlights and remember to sign!|
|Hang on the wall!! :)|
As you all know, I usually post about food and I couldn't put this post up without doing just that. As my daughter was getting a Harry Potter themed gift, I also decided to make her a Harry Potter themed cake. Many months ago she jokingly asked me for a cake that she had seen on the internet. I looked at it and scoffed thinking there was no way that I could possibly make it. Well, guess what... I made it! Today I decorated her "Monster Book of Monsters" cake. And it was awesome!
Anyway, that's it from me for now. I hope you have enjoyed catching up on a bit of what's been whipped up around here lately. I've certainly had fun making them.


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Psy's "Gangnam Style" has been pushed back to number 4.
Soribada commented that Psy now has competition with all the singers coming back with their new albums.
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In some cases, the survey found, Afghan government officials can drive without armed escorts into districts where a visit by Canadian troops routinely provokes a firefight. [Emphases mine--DD]
Under the noses--some might say the thumbs--of foreign occupiers, Afghans are going about their business, solving their problems in their own way. The two (actually many) sides are working things out. Remember all that dishonest "Taliban Jack" nonsense? Then, late last year, there was "Taliban Hamid" urging talks with the enemy. Now government workers and ordinary Afghan citizens are talking to the Taliban. So are our own media, if at a safe remove. The presence of foreign troops, however, may be a hindrance to a highly delicate and complex set of negotiations.
Alexander, a former Canadian diplomat, poses the central question thusly:Lives have been lost. Thousands of Afghan lives a year, hundreds of foreign soldiers. What has been gained?
Despite his own words, he is one of the "incremental progress" experts who defends our involvement, while the insurgency continues to grow. And what progress would that be? It's all infrastructure: clean water, education, a growing economy. Eventually this will break the country's dependence on foreign aid, he predicts. Well and good: keep that infrastructural support flowing, by all means. The result of stopping the flow would be catastrophic at this juncture, a point he underlines--not that anyone appears to be arguing for such a thing.
But left unanswered is why the Taliban appears to be gaining strength. And why, when it's Afghan government officials who are venturing into Taliban country instead of foreign troops, the dangerous zones become calm. Is there perhaps a lesson or two to be learned here?

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I worked with several clients over the years, and most of them have had some sort of kidney ailment. As a result, one eventually died and another is being treated at home.
In which, doing peritoneal dialysis (PD) at home increases the flexibility and independence of your life on dialysis. It can save you frequent trips to the hospital or clinic and gives you more freedom to do the activities you love.
My client loves it, and of course it takes its toll, however, it seems to be working. But if you take care of your two precious jewels, and know the warning signs, you should be okay.
Sadly, a family friend felt embarrassed, and chose not to get dialysis altogether, which resulted in their untimely death. Thoughtfully, if you do have a loved one that is in this situation, it is encouraging to seek help, that could help them live longer.
In closing, It’s highly important to keep kidneys functioning in healthy condition. Unfortunately, many people don’t recognize the serious signs that suggest a problem with their kidneys until it’s too late.
You are more likely to develop kidney disease if you have
The following are the 8 common symptoms of failing kidneys:
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“A Reading Partner for Emerald”
Hank the Cowdog in the September 13, 2020 issue!
On March 27th, Officer Turner with the Dallas Police Association read Texas Chili? Oh my! on a Facebook Livestream!
2018 Dallas Book Festival Founded in 2006 as the Dallas International Book Festival, the 2018 Dallas Book Festival will mark the twelfth anniversary of the Dallas Public Library’s premiere literary event. The Dallas Book Festival is a community-based literary event promoting reading, literacy, and writing and featuring over 100 local, regional and national authors. Activities… Read more »
During the month of February, schools celebrate the achievements of black Americans and their role in history. This month I discovered Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut. Mae, as a child, always had an interest in space. She attended medical school and became a doctor. After several years, Mae trained for NASA and… Read more »
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The horrific events of 9/11 have so starkly changed the political landscape in America that the upcoming presidential election can rightly be seen as among the most important ever held. In fact, these events and the subsequent war on terror have proved so cataclysmic that they've even managed to overshadow the tremendous import of the 2000 election that was decided amid such rancor and controversy. For in this year's election, Americans could very well be making literally a life and death decision: Namely, will the war on terror be waged by a strong leader utterly committed to protecting America from attack or by an inveterate waffler and appeaser. This issue alone is more than enough reason to render the reelection of President Bush absolutely essential. Still, as this fateful decision approaches, it would be well to reflect on just why the previous election-held long before we ever dreamed that crazed fanatics would fly planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon-was considered so vital, and to understand that these same circumstances are just as pressing today. The answer can be summed up very succinctly: Judicial appointments, especially to the U.S. Supreme Court. Next to the war on terror, this is unquestionably the most critical domestic issue of this election. The sobering reason is that, despite the tremendous inroads made by the conservative movement over the past several decades at every level of government-to the point where conservatism is clearly the most compelling political philosophy of our time-we are nonetheless perilously close to winning the battle but losing the war. This point is powerfully demonstrated in Phyllis Schlafly's new book The Supremacists: The Tyranny of Judges and How To Stop It, which should be required reading for everyone-regardless of political persuasion-who cares about maintaining an America in which the government is still the servant of the people, not vice-versa. The book (with notes and index) is a mere 192 pages long, proving conclusively (especially in light of Bill Clinton's recent literary offering) that quantity has positively no relation to quality. In it, Schlafly presents a devastating critique of those who are actively seeking to undermine self-government in America through judicial tyranny. In particular, Schlafly shows how activist judges-those who decide cases purely according to their own personal preferences even if they directly contradict the clear meaning of the Constitution-are, as President Bush has said, "seeking to remake the culture of America by court order." Of course, they are fully supported in this effort by the far left that shares their radical agenda. As a result of this kind of unconscionable judicial meddling, we've witnessed the obscene spectacle of one pillar after another of our society being dashed on the rocks of decisions made by unelected, unaccountable federal judges (or in some cases by state judges who at least have to face voters at regular intervals). The targets for this largely successful judicial assault include the public acknowledgment of God, respect for the sanctity of life, the valuing of individuals based on personal merit, the principle that elections must be conducted according to pre-prescribed rules mutually agreed upon, the establishing of basic standards of decency in society, morally proportionate punishments for crime, enforcement of immigration laws, and now even the so fundamental and self-evident concept that marriage is between a man and a woman. Of course, none of these travesties would have the remotest chance of being approved at the ballot box, and the crusaders know it, so they've seized on the courts as a way to impose their unwanted revolution. Schlafly also traces the history of how the Constitution went from being a document properly revered for enshrining our God-given rights into a coherent framework where government functions only by the consent of the governed to being falsely regarded as a "living, breathing document" that evolves according to the whims of changing attitudes, and that supposedly is "whatever the U.S. Supreme Court says it is." It should take only elementary powers of reasoning to see that, taken to its logical conclusion, such a philosophy is a recipe for tyranny. In addition, Schlafly shows how the judges who choose to usurp the Constitution in this manner do so out of apparent disdain for the deeply-held values the vast majority of Americans hold dear-and in deference to a condescending world view that subscribes to ardent secular humanism, radical feminism, race-baiting, class envy, and one-world globalism. In short, all of the views espoused by the extreme elements of the modern Democratic Party. However, the real value-and the ray of hope-in the book is its final chapter, where she outlines how this monster can yet be slain. This includes taking measures such as the removal of court jurisdiction over issues such as the acknowledgment of God (as in 10 Commandments and Pledge of Allegiance cases) and the definition of marriage, Congress beginning to seriously exercise its authority to impeach judges who engage in blatant judicial activism, requiring a 2/3rds vote for judges to declare a law unconstitutional, and prohibiting the expenditure of federal funds to enforce outrageous rulings, among others. All of these would be excellent, and desperately needed, measures. But here's the rub: The only way for such steps to be taken is for the American public to overwhelmingly demand it, by electing representatives committed to terminating the abuse of judicial authority, instead of just talking about it. And crunch time is upon us. If John Kerry-or any other liberal Democrat-is ever allowed to decisively tip the balance of the judiciary in their direction, or if liberals continue to be elected in such numbers as to make the adoption of the necessary countermeasures untenable, America's heretofore inspiring venture in self-government could come to an ignominious end. Phyllis Schlafly has sounded the clarion call that all concerned citizens must answer-now. The unthinkable alternative is the loss of our very soul as a nation. And the day of reckoning is November 2.


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Some might say a higher power is working through Sparkle, the forthcoming remake starring late R&B diva Whitney Houston and feature-film first-timer Jordin Sparks. In the movie, which opens Aug. 17, Houston plays the God-fearing mother to three daughters who hope to make it big in show business. But in what may seem like a divine twist, filmmaker Mara Brock-Akil unwittingly gave the church in Sparkle the same name (New Hope Baptist) as the church in Newark, N.J., where Houston honed her vocal chops and later had her funeral services.
The black church was an integral part in pivotal parts of the 1976 original as well. Watch Irene Cara belting out the hymn "Precious Lord." The Root looks back here at other black church moments in film — from foot-stomping, choir-swaying dramatic turns to more satirical sanctified scenes.
The biblical power struggle between good and evil wreaks havoc on common-folk couple Little Joe (Eddie Rochester Anderson) and Petunia (Ethel Waters) in the 1943 classic Cabin in the Sky. After accompanying Petunia to church and promising to confess his sins and go straight, Joe sneaks out of service to play craps, only to be mortally shot. What ensues is a battle between God's General and Lucifer Jr. — aided by temptress Georgia Brown (Lena Horne) — for Joe's soul.
Glamorous actress Lora Meredith (Lana Turner) spares no expense on the lavish funeral for her housekeeper, friend and confidant Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore) in the climactic finale of The Imitation of Life (1959). The scene is sheer melodrama as the camera pans throughout the church, focusing on a stained-glass window, the pulpit, the multitude of lush flower arrangements and black and white mourners. Added bonus: Gospel great Mahalia Jackson makes an appearance as a choir soloist, sorrowfully singing "Trouble in the World."
In Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) the handsome, charismatic and conning Rev. Deke O'Mally (Calvin Lockhart) swindles uptown residents out of their hard-earned money by selling them on a Garvey-esque back-to-Africa scheme. Things heat up when Harlem detectives Gravedigger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymon St. Jacques) catch on.
In an early scene, O'Malley delivers a rousing oratory that's an exaggerated take on the street speeches given by Malcolm X and various preachers and black nationalists during the 1960s and '70s.
Sidney Poitier took on all kinds of roles early in his career but the one that earned him an Oscar was the interracial-interfaith feel-good flick Lilies of the Field (1963) in which he played Homer Smith, a wandering Baptist handyman who happens upon an order of humble European immigrant Catholic nuns living in the Arizona desert. One odd job for the sisters turns into several, culminating in the building of their desired chapel and his eventual exit. But before he splits he leads them in a spirited rendition of the gospel classic "Amen."
Director Steven Spielberg caught plenty of criticism for deviating from the storyline of Alice Walker's harsh and gritty novel The Color Purple (1985) and transforming it into what New York Times critic Janet Maslin called a "flower-filled wonderland." But the scene where his creative license works best is when secular singer Shug Avery leads her band of sinners — her musicians and the audience assembled to hear her sing — to the saints that make up the congregation of her reverend daddy's church.
Part of why Coming to America (1988) is so knee-slapping funny are the multiple roles played by Eddie Murphy and co-star Arsenio Hall. In one of the film's more memorable moments Akeem (Murphy) and sidekick Semmi (Hall) attend a farcical community Black Awareness Week program featuring Hall as the Rev. Brown, a whooping throwback of an older protestant preacher, complete with unruly processed hair. The realistic quality of this and the film's other prosthetic effects earned it an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup.
The highlight of Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) is the talented youth cast members, led by a teenage Lauryn Hill, who give church standards a youthful spark. Faced with the possibility of their troubled Catholic school closing, they are primed for a state choir competition by lounge singer Delores Wilson (Whoppi Goldberg) aka Sister Mary Clarence. Their spirited and hip-hop inflected rendition of "Joyful, Joyful" takes the prize and saves the day.
The Preacher's Wife (1996) is to the 1947 film The Bishop's Wife what The Wiz is to The Wizard of Oz: a soulful take on a beloved Hollywood classic. Unlike its predecessor, which kept the religion of the central characters vague, The Preacher's Wife is unabashedly black Baptist with gospel singing throughout. With her celebrated gospel roots, Whitney Houston must have felt right at home in the final scene belting out "I Love the Lord" with the renowned Georgia Mass Choir backing her up.
In The Best Man (1999), Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) heads to New York City for what's supposed to be a chill few days with his best friend before his wedding. Instead, he ends up in a raucous episode involving old friends, an old flame, a wild bachelor party and he and his main man coming to blows on the eve of the nuptials. Everyone manages to pull it together in time for the wedding, however, and the only evidence that something ugly occurred is the shiner that Harper sports with his tuxedo.
Deliver Us From Eva (2003) opens in church, more specifically at the funeral of Ray (LL Cool J), a notorious ladies' man hired by three friends to distract their bossy, meddling sister-in-law Eva (Gabrielle Union). As the camera pans across the faces of attendees, Ray seemingly speaks from the beyond before the film goes into flashebacks to tell the story of how he became the dearly departed.
There's a reason why Tyler Perry's films appeal to churchgoers: There's usually a church scene and some type of redemption going on. I Can Do Bad All By Myself doesn't deviate from Perry's tried-and-true formula, and in an instance of art imitating life, real-life Rev. Marvin Winans of the famed gospel music family plays a reverend in the movie.
In his review of the 2004 indie film Woman Thou Art Loosed (based on the self-help novel by mega-church minister T.D. Jakes) New York Times critic David Kehr aptly described it as a return to "an important tradition of African-American filmmaking: the movie as revivalist sermon." Ex-con Michelle (Kimberly Elise) turns to God and the church to help her stay on the righteous path after a life of waywardness. She is particularly moved by a powerful sermon delivered Rev. Jakes himself.
Director Spike Lee returned to his beloved Brooklyn, N.Y., to create Red Hook Summer (2012), the story of Flick (Jules Brown) a middle-class boy from Atlanta who is nudged out of his comfort zone when his mother deposits him to the notorious Red Hook housing project to stay with his grandfather (Clarke Peters) who just happens to be a holy-roller preacher.

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Anoxia will hit the crew when the atmospheric pressure drops to what pressure. Hart was thoroughly searched, even his clothing being replaced as a precautionary measure.
He was right; Hart was certainly not enlightened. Each valve had a small electric pump, designed to force air into the tank behind it to drive the liquid out by pressure, since there was no gravity.
The water is much heavier than the empty plastic bottle. In these circumstances, it is necessary to carry all the propellant to be used. The bottle is partly filled with water and sealed.
Rocket exhaust generates a significant amount of acoustic energy. Unlike Floyd, he was calm about it, even when the men seized him firmly and began removing equipment from his pockets.
The same amount of force can accelerate a heavy object slowly or a light object more quickly.
A launch tube therefore significantly increases the speed and height attained by the rocket. He simply disregarded that possibility, and went to work the moment he heard the torch start to seal his door.
At a certain point, yes. The seal on the nozzle of the rocket is then released and rapid expulsion of water occurs at high speeds until the propellant has been used up and the air pressure inside the rocket drops to atmospheric pressure.
For launching, take the bottle outdoors and connect the pump to the needle adaptor. The remote release string is tied to a second ring on the launcher base, it passes up through the upper ring, back down through the lower ring and out horizontally to the launch crew.
This is because having your pilot or engineer become light headed at the wrong time may lead to inevitable and infinite delays in reaching your destination. The competition goes back to the mids, organized by the Paisley Rocketeers who have been active in amateur rocketry since the s.
The graph also shows the optimum weight for rocket A is around grams and about grams for rocket B to achieve the greatest altitude. Long air hoses are used to maintain a safe distance, and pressure gauges known as manometers and safety valves are typically utilized on launcher installations to avoid over-pressurizing rockets and having them explode before they can be launched.
The shape of the nozzle is important. A water bottle rocket is a type of model rocket that uses water as the reaction mass. The water is forced out by compressed or pressurized air. They can be used in science Olympiads.
Want to make some quick bottle rockets that will excite everyone? These easy baking soda and vinegar bottle rockets can be made in no time!
A practical demonstration using a bicycle pump to make a rocket out of a plastic bottle. Dr Yan Wong inserts a valve from a bicycle tyre into a cork, which is placed into the neck of a drinks bottle half filled with water. A bicycle pump is attached and u. Add 1 liter of water to the rocket.
2. Insert the stopper into the mouth of the bottle.
3. Place the rocket in one of the holes in the launcher. (60 deg. = greatest distance; 90 degrees = greatest height) 4. Mar 11, · The portable water bottle rocket launcher was capable of pressurizing rockets with air, then releasing a mechanical seal using a pneumatic actuator.
(Credit: janettravellmd.com) With straight-forward requirements, one would think that most rockets would look, and perform similarly. The Water Rocket Achievement World Record Association is a worldwide association which administrates competitions for altitude records involving single-stage and multiple-stage water rockets, a flight duration competition, and speed or distance competitions for water rocket–powered cars.Water bottle rockets

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ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp announced proposed legislation to overhaul Georgia's citizen's arrest statues on Tuesday.
It follows the killing of Ahmaud Arbery last year by three men in south Georgia. Prosecutors at the time declined to charge the men in the case, citing citizen's arrest. The act was decried as a vigilante killing.
Hate crimes legislation was passed last year, thanks in part to efforts stemming from the outcry that followed Arbery's death.
"Last summer, leaders under the Gold Dome took historic, bipartisan action to pass anti-hate crimes legislation and reaffirm that Georgia is a state too great for hate. Our effort to overhaul the citizen’s arrest statute builds on that work with a balanced approach to protecting the lives and livelihoods of ourselves, our friends, and our neighbors," Kemp said.
"In a national political climate where it often seems like no one can agree on anything, I am proud to say this bill has broad, bipartisan support in the General Assembly, our law enforcement community, and among civil rights advocacy groups," he added.
The bill, being carried by Kemp Administration Floor Leader Representative Bert Reeves (R - Marietta), seeks to repeal Georgia’s current citizen's arrest law by eliminating any potential legal loopholes that could be used to justify vigilantism.
However, Kemp said the bill does not infringe on the "sacred protection" for Georgians to defend themselves or others.
"This bill repeals the current Civil War-era statute in order to prevent the terrible consequences of a vague and outdated law, and clarifies when a citizen, business owner, or law enforcement officer may reasonably detain an individual," he explained.
The measure would create specific instances in which a person could detain someone, allow law enforcement the right to perform arrests outside of their respective jurisdictions under certain circumstances, and more.
Rev. James Woodall, President of the Georgia NAACP, commended Kemp.
"Seeing this statute used time and time again, to justify not only the murders, but the extrajudicial murders of African Americas, we fully support the bill," Woodall told 11Alive.
In the summer of 2020, amid protests for social justice, the NAACP led 7,000 people to the state capitol to call for a repeal of citizen's arrest.
"Not only did the governor hear that, but also the General Assembly, they heard it as well," Woodall said. "Private citizens detaining or arresting other citizens creates a public safety issue. And that's not us saying that, these are sheriffs and police officers and lawyers who say these issues are one that lack of transparency in these engagements."
Marissa Dodson, Public Policy Director with the Southern Center for Human Rights, agreed.
"As we saw in Brunswick, it is very dangerous, if not fatal, for the person who's on the receiving end of that untrained citizen’s arrest.”
Dodson said she often hears conversations confusing citizen's arrest with stand your ground laws.
"When you tell somebody that we are going to repeal citizen's arrest, they hear, 'I won't be able to defend myself.' Which is absolutely not true. But, we will no longer authorize people to assert a certain authority over another because they believe that they have committed a crime," Dodson explained. "That's something that we spend a lot of taxpayer dollars training law enforcement officers to do."
Both Dodson and Woodall said they fully support the bill as written, and hope it passes without changes and is quickly signed by Kemp.
Woodall added, "We cannot be in the business of simply responding to public policy through emotion, but looking at the data and the research, and the statistics and know that we are making the best public policy decision for our state in the long run."

domain: law


Custody в новостях
|child custody||Опека над ребенком|
|custody battle||Битва за опеку|
|police custody||Под стражей в полиции|
|protective custody||Защитное заключение|
|taken into custody||Взят под стражу|
Публикации и примеры предложений
· Seattle chief says officers’ badge numbers will be easy to see →
Durkan abruptly Wednesday night ended a city-wide curfew in place for days amid the massive demonstrations over the death of Floyd while in police custody in Minnesota.
· Iran frees American, US allows dual citizen to visit Iran in deal →
White had been released from an Iranian prison in mid-March after being sentenced in 2019 for an unspecified offense, but had remained in Iran in the custody of Switzerland, which represents US interests in Iran since the two cut diplomatic ties shortly after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
· Texas Football Players March in Austin, Protest Against Killing of George Floyd →
Herman has been vocal about racial injustice since the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25 after since-fired officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the back of his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds:
The Japan Times
· ‘Get your knee off our necks’: George Floyd mourned in Minneapolis →
Floyd, a Houston native who had worked security for various nightclubs, was unarmed when taken into custody outside a corner market where an employee had reported to police that a man matching his description tried to pay for cigarettes with a counterfeit bill.
· Atlanta Mayor Lance Bottoms: 'We are serious about policy changes' →
Joe Biden continued his de facto listening tour on race issues in America on Thursday night, telling a virtual town hall that the tragic death of George Floyd in police custody must be a moment for action.
· White defendant 'used racial slur' after shooting black jogger in Georgia →
Thursday's hearing follows more than a week of protests across the United States over the May 25 death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, also a black American.
· Lachlan Murdoch says black lives matter – but did Greg Sheridan get the memo? →
Bolt said by inviting the Labor MP to discuss black deaths in custody in Australia on RN Breakfast, the ABC was urging Australians “to not just feel rage at the killing in Minneapolis of a black man, George Floyd, by a white police officer, but to rage at supposed racism here”.


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Sydney leads capital city house price growth
After a tumultuous year, most capital cities are now rebounding as vendor confidence continues to improve. ...
As both confidence and transaction activity strengthen in the investment and leasing markets on the back of greater certainty in the economy, the Brisbane CBD has been deemed ready for a post-pandemic expansion, a new report has found.
After a slow 2020 when investment turnover totalled only $607.6 million – the lowest total transaction level since the post-GFC period – the Brisbane CBD office market has kicked off 2021 with $210 million in deals settled and a further $530 million under contract, Knight Frank’s latest Brisbane CBD Office Market report revealed.
Knight Frank Queensland’s head of capital markets, Justin Bond, said the growth in major transactions is being instigated by ”occupier resilience and economic upside”, both of which have considerably boosted buyer activity.
While only a few CBD assets remain in the market at the moment, Mr Bond expects the trend to shift in the second quarter of 2021.
“With recent campaigns resulting in successful sales, at firm yields, vendor confidence is improving.
“There is no doubt that purchaser appetite for Brisbane remains high, although non-core office is secondary to core office and industrial assets at this time on the buyer radar,” according to Mr Bond.
As of April 2021, the Brisbane CBD office market totalled 2,273,027 sq m of stock, with a 13.6 per cent vacancy rate.
And as offshore activity remains limited, now is the perfect time for local investors to gain a greater position in the market before the Olympic Games spur a new wave of global investors, Knight Frank Queensland’s research and consulting partner, Jennelle Wilson, said.
“The current climate is providing local buyers with the opportunity to gain greater positions in the market prior to the expected uptick in global recognition for Brisbane as the Olympic Games grow closer, likely spurring a new tranche of global investment allocation.
“Brisbane is well placed long term as its profile grows on the world stage. Despite few transactions and limited offshore active buyers, yields have remained firm for core assets, with the yield band widening to reflect assets with short-term vacancy exposure,” Ms Wilson commented.
Similarly, leasing activity is predicted to grow in 2021 as large office tenants make their comeback, Knight Frank Queensland’s head of office leasing, Mark McCann, said.
In 2020, 85 per cent of leasing activity was dominated by smaller tenants with sub-1,000 sq m requirements, but tenant engagement from larger users is expected to increase from mid-2021 as last year’s deferred decisions begin to take shape, according to Mr McCann.
“There are a number of significant decisions with announcements imminent… As these deals are formally announced to the market, it will increase confidence on both the tenant and landlord markets,” he noted.
Among the CBD tenants expected to make their next location decision announcements are CUA (6,000 sq m), KPMG (8,000 sq m), McCullough(4,000 sq m), APA Group (4,000 sq m) and the federal government (circa 38,000 sq m).
However, despite an expected increase in leasing activity, Ms Wilson explained that the vacancy rate could elevate once more to peak at 15.7 per cent by June 2021, primarily due to the pressure of further negative net absorption and new supply.
Over the next four years, a total of 160,000 sq m of supply is expected to be completed, thus limiting the improvement in vacancy even as tenant activity improves.
The elevated vacancy rate is likely to remain until 2022 and only begin to decrease significantly by 2023.
Ultimately, the actions of tenants in this space over the next 12 months – either to re-occupy or relinquish – could move the needle for the total vacancy rate, Mr McCann concluded.


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Dearest sock knitting, how do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth of my knitting bag, no matter the size
For you are portable and can go everywhere with me.
I love thee to the level of my mid-calf, or knees, or just above my ankles
as you are changeable, mutable, and easily customizable for my legs.
I love thee freely, as other knitters love scarves.
I love thee purely, especially as you are worked in the round and therefore require little purling.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose when I got distracted by knitting sweaters last year.
But don’t worry, I found it. It was hiding under sweater quantities of yarn.
And if the knitting gods choose,
I shall but love thee better after a few darned holes in the heels.
With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning.