Below Deck crew cleaning scenes are almost a Hallmark of the series as viewers see deckhands endlessly scrubbing the deck and stews vacuuming armoires. And while cleaning a rental space is critical for the guest experience, is all that cleaning truly necessary?

The short answer is: Definitely.

Yacht crews could transfer their skills over to hospitals with their attention to detail and knowledge of what must be done to flip the boat in between charters. This includes exterior required maintenance to the stomach-churning job of picking up after hard partying guests who often miss the toilet when they have to vomit.

Is the deck ever clean even when it looks pretty sparkling? The reason the deck crew do a wash down on a loop is to battle against the damage the salt water and air can do to the boats exterior. Salt kills everything, Captain Clint Jones told Bloomberg.

Jones said that even a splash of seawater and just moving the boat means that the deck crew must spend those hours seen on the show cleaning the deck. HMY Yachts shared that regular exterior cleaning prevents rust and decay on the surfaces. Plus, the exterior of the yacht should be waxed on a regular basis the maintain the integrity of the materials.

Below Deck deckhands often power wash the deck to remove debris on the boat because the lime build-up is common. Most yachts are stocked with an arsenal of heavy-duty cleaning products designed specifically for marine cleaning.

Why are the stews also always cleaning cabins? The Bloomberg writer found that some guests will cut loose a little too much. Sports stars are reputed to be the messiest guests and most prone to trashing vessels, the writer shared. The biggest infraction in recent memory, says a senior YachtLife broker, was a current NBA player who went out on a boat in the morning and had wrecked it by lunch, dousing the interiors in sprayed Champagne, then clogging all of the cabin toilets with his vomit.

Mess and damage from overserved guests arent yachties only concerns. Guests will often slather on sunless tanner and the fallout from doing that was seen on Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season 3. A guest lounged on Parsifal IIIs couches after applying sunless tanner and it stained the couches.

The Bloomberg writer revealed that guests often stain linens and have to be replaced to the tune of $8,000.

Also, using tweezers to remove fried chicken crumbs from the teak isnt uncommon. Plus, the cabin must be so well detailed that using a Q-Tip to clean a bathroom cabinet for an hour may be required. A big tool in the stew pantry is a vacuum cleaner with multiple extensions. Vacuuming walls and outlets are done on a regular basis.

Cleaning the boat is only one part of preparing the boat for charter. Yachties and the Below Deck crew must add that wow factor before and during the charter. Flowers and provisions must be handled and stored. Special cocktails are prepared and the yacht crew has to put on their game face.

Just when youve finished potting that last-minute tree on the aft deck, a call comes over the radio that the bosss plane has just landed and he and his entourage will be there shortly, yachtie Julie Perry shared inWork on a Yacht.

You manage to shower and be on deck just two minutes before they step onfresh plant soil still beneath your fingernails as you shake the owners hand, and with a beaming smile and an energetic voice, say, Welcome aboard, Sir.

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Country greenery meets coastal living in this picturesque waterfront home steps away from the shoreline of Cotuit.

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996 Main St., BarnstablePrice: $4,995,000Size: 4,303 square feetBedrooms: 4Bathrooms: 2 full

Your experience living in Barnstable will really depend on which of the towns seven villages you call home. If you decide to settle in Cotuit, you can enjoy a game of baseball, courtesy of the local summer collegiate league team, the Cotuit Ketteleers. Before the game, fuel up by snacking on a briny Cotuit Oyster, a special type of seafood local to the area. Theres also plenty of sandy beaches and waterfront area to enjoy, or if you like being on the water, opportunities for sailing.

Sound appealing? Considering relocating to this Cotuit charmer. This harbor-front retreat is located in the heart of Cotuit, but thanks to the grounds full of lush sea grass and tall trees, youll feel like youre worlds away. The homes waterfront location adds to this peaceful, country feel. Set right on the water, youll enjoy the best of the Capes natural offerings. Take a walk down to the soft and sandy shoreline to dip your toes in the bay or enjoy the sea breezes, salty air, and views of boats bobbing in the water from the expansive back deck of this home.

Inside this roomy single-family, you can enjoy a great room offering the same beautiful water panoramas. This, plus a sitting and dining area and a charming family room, offers ample space for entertaining, while the homes spacious bedroom suites allow for guests to stay overnight in comfort and style. And if youre up for a home reno, the full-length attic is ripe for a transformation into an additional bedroom or recreation space. The homes two fireplaces ensure you can enjoy this setting even in the cold of a Massachusetts winter, but we recommend you try to get here during the summer when you can enjoy all the Cape has to offer.

For more information, contact Paul Grover, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties, bhhsrobertpaul.com.

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Australian Financial Review has published slides shown to EY staff in a July global webcast led by Carmine Di Sibio and in them we learn more about EYs plan code-named Project Everest to split off consulting and audit.

First up, thewhy. The transformative forces reshaping professional services are evolving at unprecedented speed and scale there is an imperative to consider strategic options now, it reads. Translation: this will let us sell consulting services to audit clients without pesky regulators being up our asses about it.

Earlier Financial Times coverage stated the advisory side horribly dubbed NewCo would be 70 percent partner owned, have about $25 billion of revenue, and would aim for strong double-digit percentage growth. This lines up with what staff saw in the webcast slides.

Audit partners are expected to receive a cash payout of $2 million while consulting partners could receive shares in NewCo worth up to $8 million.

Part of the EY split strategy includes $1.5 billion in cost cutting measures and cleaning up middle layers of management. We dont envision a lot of job cuts, Carmine Di Sibio told Financial Times, adding that some partners in management roles would be pushed back into client work.

Repeated across these slides is the message of value, how the split will unlock value for the business enterprise, member firms, partners, and EY people. Di Sibio has said if EY doesnt split, the firm is leaving $10 billion a year on the table; a split would effectively double what consulting is bringing in now ($11.1 billion in 2021, up 6.4% from 2020.

Independence restrictions get a shout-out in the summary slide, acknowledging that the split would open up a huge market segment currently out of EYs reach due to said independence restrictions.

And of course the firm answers the most important questions of all:whats in it for me? The slide claims faster promotions, better mobility, and theres a big sack of money clip art so that must mean it will pay off for firm employees.

EY was expected to make a decision by the end of summer however it looks like things may be dragging out a big longer than anticipated and could come as late as December. According to the slides, the whole thing could be a done deal by calendar end 2023, not to be confused with EY fiscal year end which falls in June. Though sources are telling WSJ the firm has debt problems holding up any deal.

In discussion of this global webcast on Reddit, sentiment seems to be that NewCo is cool and AssureCo is the red-headed stepchild of the split. I mean duh, look at the kind of money audit brings in compared to consulting, and thats with independence rules holding them back.

Also of note while were talking about the peanut gallery, ever since Wall Street Journal first broke the story of the potential split students considering EY and current interns have been understandably spooked and wondering if the split will impact them. This could mean trouble for EYs campus recruiting at least until the split is complete.

Rest easy, young one, audit is universally considered inferior wherever you go. Particularly by auditors.

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3 The Gates of Dark World2 Dark World Accession1 Dark World Library2 Dark World Dealings1 Card Destruction1 Foolish Burial

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2 Archfiends Manifestation2 Grapha, Dragon Overlord of Dark World1 Archfiends Call1 Muddy Mudragon1 Archfiends Ascent1 D/D/D Stone King Darius1 D/D/D Wave High King Caesar1 D/D/D Deviser King Deus Machinex1 Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS Sky Thunder1 Cherubini, Ebon Angel of the Burning Abyss1 News Reporter from the Underworld1 Cross-Sheep1 Knightmare Unicorn

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Wizards of the Coast announced a variety of new and returning cards for Magic: The Gathering in its upcoming set release, Dominaria United, on Thursday. Among these cards are six returning pain lands, a nickname theyve acquired for doing a point of damage to their controller anytime they are tapped for a color of mana.

Three of these six lands are entering Magics Pioneer format for the first time, signaling a new level of balance to the power level of three popular color combinations that have had to manage with a resource disparity since the formats inception in 2019.

Pain lands have existed in Magic since 1995, when five of them were introduced in the Ice Age set. Five more were printed in 2001s Apocalypse set, completing the land cycle for all 10 color pairs. Over the years, these lands have been reprinted periodically in various sets, sometimes all at once, other times in smaller groups, but have often remained a useful if not beloved resource for fans of two-or-more-color decks to smooth out color requirements at the relatively modest cost of one life per color of mana.

Although these lands have been around long enough that all 10 are legal to play in Magics bigger formats, such as Modern and Commander, thats not the case for all competitive players. Especially those playing Pioneer or Explorer.

To fully grasp the disparity in Pioneers available lands, it helps to understand a concept in the game called the color pie, a design philosophy that dictates what each of the games mana colors are able to do in various cards. The five colors form 10 pairs, and these 10 pairs are often separated into two groups enemy pairs and allied pairs. For instance, the allied pairs sit next to one another on the pie: white/blue, blue/black, black/red, red/green, and green/white. The remaining combinations, the enemy pairs, sit across from one another on the pie.

The last time pain lands were printed in a Magic Standard set was in the 2015 set Magic Origins, which only included the aforementioned enemy pairs. The remaining allied pairs havent seen a Standard reprint since 2007s Tenth Edition a full five years prior to Pioneers available cardpool, which starts with 2012s Return to Ravnica. In effect, this gives Pioneer decks built around the five enemy pairs a built in advantage over allied color decks, since the enemy pairs have more lands to choose from when looking for mana sources.

To make matters more difficult, even setting aside pain lands, the enemy color pairs have more lands to choose from because of other disparities among nonbasic lands available in Pioneer. Although Wizards has done a good job of representing all 10 color pairs in recent years, some of the sets that were released before Pioneer existed also contribute to this resource imbalance.

The other big example of this issue is seen in 2016s Kaladesh, which featured a cycle of five enemy dual lands known as fast lands, which earned their nickname because they enter the battlefield untapped if there are fewer than three other lands already under the players control. The five allied fast lands do exist, and were introduced in 2010s Scars of Mirrodin, but they havent been reprinted in a Standard set since, making them ineligible for Pioneer play. As a result, while most of the other popular dual land cycles that see Pioneer play are available across every color pair, its the absence of these 10 allied dual lands that give enemy colors an inherent advantage and can impact the competitive viability of nascent strategies that dont have access to these crucial resources.

Thats where Dominaria United comes in. Three of the five missing pain lands are finally entering the format, providing the red/black, blue/white, and red/green color pairs a new level of flexibility that can potentially introduce new decks to the format that previously struggled to keep up, or reinforce existing decks that had to make do with imperfect mana.

One way to predict the implications of these three new lands is comparing their color pairs against specific deck styles that dont currently exist in the format. For example, Pioneer has never had a consistent red/green ramp deck, sometimes known as red/green monsters. These types of decks are traditionally defined by cheap green ramp spells, including 1-mana green creatures, which produce extra mana early in the game that then accelerates the decks ability to cast bigger and more expensive red creatures that outclass an opponents strategy.

Since Pioneer has been so limited in red/green dual lands that can tap for both colors early and late in the game, a traditional monster ramp deck hasnt existed in these colors in the format. But the addition of Karplusan Forest in Dominaria United could finally change that, providing a new home for something as classic as Llanowar Elves to coexist with new Dominaria cards such as Squee, Dubious Monarch or Shivan Devastator in one aggressive deck.

In addition to the lands, theres one more iconic reprint in Dominaria United thats likely to make a big splash on Pioneer and to a certain extent, every format where its playable Liliana of the Veil. Over the years, this 3-mana planeswalker has been a dominating presence and staple across a variety of formats, but until now hasnt been available to Pioneer players.

Historically, Liliana fits into grindy and disruptive strategies known as midrange decks that prolong games with a steady stream of removal spells, hand disruption, cheap creatures, and sticky planeswalkers. When she appears in Modern midrange decks, she functions as the glue that provides a little extra support for whichever angle of attack the deck needs most to take over the game. Her +1 loyalty ability keeps cards out of opponents hands, her -2 helps keep the board clear, and if she sticks around long enough, her ultimate -6 ability essentially resets the game, making it near impossible to ever recover.

Midrange players will be particularly thrilled by her reprint since Pioneer already has a powerful red/black midrange strategy that most players agree is one of the top decks of the format. Liliana, coupled with the new red/black pain land, are easy additions to the red/black midrange deck thats currently dominating Pioneer and Explorer play. Of course the classic question that always comes up in these situations is, What do you take out to make room for Liliana? But theres very little room for doubt that she belongs in the deck and will be a new powerhouse in the format.

Dominaria United goes live on Magic: The Gathering Arena and Magic: The Gathering Online Sept. 1, followed by its paper release Sept. 9.

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Charlie Donadio, the president and owner of Rhode Island Fast Ferry, is making a Mayday call for help, but his vessels need employees, not a rescue.

We have immediate openings, Donadio said. We are looking for anybody with experience in boating, sailing, offshore fishing, or any type of maritime experience. This is a great opportunity for retirees, or for anybody who just likes working on the water.

His company provides high speed ferry service from Quonset Point in North Kingstown to Marthas Vineyard; offers Lighthouse Cruises and Newport Harbor Tours on Narragansett Bay; and Atlantic Wind Transfers, an offshore wind commercial services arm, operating crew transfer vessels for technicians and equipment servicing offshore wind farms all along the East Coast.

Rhode Island Fast Ferry is looking for seasonal (May-October) deckhands, deck bartenders, and mates for the Quonset to Marthas Vineyard fast ferry, and it has year-round openings for deckhands and mates on the crew transfer vessel that transports technicians to and from the Wind Farm off of Block Island.

We are struggling to find people to hire, just like many other businesses across the country, Donadio said. We are looking to train people who may want to grow with the company.

The company is offering a $300 sign-on bonus, he said.

Rhode Island Fast Ferry is the fastest growing marine transportation company in New England, Donadio said, operating three high-speed ferries and two offshore wind crew transfer vessels, with plans to expand. The company also charters their fast ferries to other ferry operators throughout the country and owns a Rhode Island PUC License to provide a new ferry service from Quonset Point to Old Harbor Block Island, although it has not started that service yet.

Anyone interested in becoming a crew member or working for Rhode Island Fast Ferry may visit their website at http://www.fastferry.com to fill out an online application.

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Storm admits he's nervous: "The last Bosun got fired."

In a first look at the August 22 episode ofBelow Deck Mediterranean, Storm Smith admits that hes definitely nervous following a docking incident he was involved in after he was made a provisional bosun by Captain Sandy Yawn earlier this season.

Storm was named a provisional bosun afterRaygan Tylerwas fired, and hes feeling the pressure in the above clip, noting that the last bosun got fired. As fans will recall, Raygan was let gofollowing some issues she had calling out distances for Captain Sandy. You can preview how things turn out for Storm by pressing play on the video above.

In the August 15 episode ofBelow Deck Med, Storm opened up about the new position Captain Sandy gave him (see the show highlight below) asthe crew welcomed a familiar face to the team, Courtney Veale, who appeared on Season 6 ofBelow Deck Med.

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But thats not the only drama taking place aboardHome. With the new charter guests settling into their trip, an ambitious dinner service causes some chaos for the crew as they try to make it all happen as seamlessly as possible. And as you can see below, its not all smooth sailing.

Meanwhile, stews Kyle Viljoen and Natalya Scudder are feeling some tension with each other, also below.

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Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Friday's Observations features a son of dual group winner Heartache (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}).

16.45 York, Mdn, 80,000, 2yo, 7fTAidan O'Brien trainee SALT LAKE CITY (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}), a son of G2 Queen Mary S. and G2 Flying Childers S. victrix Heartache (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) loaded up with Group 1 entries, makes a quick reappearance after running second on debut at the Curragh earlier this month. His 18 opponents in this renowned Convivial Maiden include Martin Webb Racing's hitherto untried Ubettabequick (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), a daughter of G3 Zukunfts-Rennen placegetter Above (Fr) (Anjaal {GB}) who was the joint highest-priced filly at last year's Arqana October sale when knocked down for 350,000, from the Nigel Tinkler stable; Paul Hancock's Kevin Philippart de Foy trainee Sigmund (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}), who is a half-brother of G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern-winning stakes producer Temida (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}); P D Smith Holdings Ltd's Richard Fahey debutant My Harrison George (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who is a half-brother to G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and GI E.P. Taylor S. heroine Just The Judge (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}); and Jaber Abdullah's fellow newcomer Hi Royal (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), who is a Kevin Ryan-trained son of G1 Sun Chariot S. winner Majestic Roi (Street Cry {Ire}).

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A new dating app is launching on the premise that "other dating apps have gone woke" and tech billionaire Peter Thiel just wrote a $1.5 million check into the startup.

The Right Stuff, a conservative dating app founded by Trump administration staffers John McEntee, Daniel Huff, and Isaac Stalzer, came out of stealth last week via a video posted by the company's spokesperson, Ryann McEnany, on Twitter.

The startup, which will launch in September, was founded as an antidote to "wokeness" that conservatives face on mainstream dating apps like Tinder and Hinge, McEnany said in the video.

McEntee, one of the cofounders, told Insider in an interview that the app is an opportunity to break into the massive dating-app market and cater to a population that he said is underserved by current offerings.

"We talked to our other conservative friends and then looked at it from the business standpoint that dating apps are super popular," he said. "They've only been growing and all of these different markets are being served, but one that's being underserved, obviously, is one that caters to conservatives. It hasn't been really tried before, so we're really excited about it."

On The Right Stuff, users can only identify themselves as male or female, or view profiles without pronouns, according to its site. Women on the app can earn a premium subscription by inviting friends to the platform, while men have to pay to access premium features, such as viewing more profiles, sending more likes to other users, and seeing all of their likes at once, McEntee said.

The company is helmed by a bevy of former Trump administration officials. McEntee served as the director of the Presidential Personnel Office towards the tail end of Trump's presidency. Daniel Huff was Trump's appointee to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, The Hill reported.Isaac Stalzer served as a senior advisor to the Small Business Administration under Trump, according to his LinkedIn profile.

McEnany, meanwhile, is the younger sister of former Trump press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany.

Amid the presidential elections of 2016 and 2020, dating apps started to cater to the political beliefs of users. Bumble, for instance, launched an election-themed filter in advance of the 2016 presidential election which allowed users to signify which candidate they were supporting.

The Right Stuff is the latest dating app catered to conservatives that has cropped up in recent years. Others include Righter and Donald Dater.

McEntee said that he and his cofounders had ambitions to create some sort of app after leaving the Trump administration, but that it was "extremely difficult" to connect with investors until they conceived The Right Stuff thanks to conversations with conservative women, and later partnered with Thiel.

Thiel has a long history of investing in startups that align with conservative values, which include Rumble, an online video platform popular with right-wing viewers, according to PitchBook data.

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