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A seemingly pious Hasidic man living a secret double life misplaces his black hat one night which will cause his two separate lives to collide in a way he never imagined.

At first blush, Shmuel is a pious Hasidic man leading a fairly simple life. By day he dutifully prays at the local synagogue and manages a busy dry cleaner. But when his wife and daughters leave town for a few days, Shmuel will step out of his simple daily life and into a more complex world lit by the night. When he misplaces his black hat along the way, Shmuel’s two lives will interconnect in a way he never expected.

adjective: Hasidic; adjective: Hassidic; adjective: Chasidic;

adjective: Chassidic

  1. relating to or denoting Hasidism, a mystical Jewish movement founded in Poland in the 18th century in reaction to the rigid academicism of rabbinical judaism.

noun: Haredi; plural noun: Haredim

  1. a member of any of various Orthodox Jewish sects characterized by strict adherence to the traditional form of Jewish law and rejection of modern secular culture, many of whom do not recognize the modern state of Israel as a spiritual authority.

by Phillip Guttmann

In an effort to survive near extinction 75 years ago, ultra-religious Jews, in their many different sects, have created large families and strictly private communities as a means to rebuild. In Haredi communities, following God’s commandments as spelled out in the Torah and Talmud are non-negotiable. Close-knit families look inward and find meaning in their traditions.

But in a contemporary world, modern problems impact even these ultra insular communities. Every day, ultra-religious Jews face the same issues as people from the outside world: drug abuse, mental illness, questions about gender and sexual orientation, strained marriages and much more. But in the Hasidic code, such problems are forbidden and any displays of these problems is even more taboo. In Los Angeles, New York, Jerusalem, and everywhere that exist Hasidic Jews, live individuals hiding these painful struggles under their black hats and sheitels (wigs).

Hasidic Jews are typically born into large, tight-knit families, blocks away from the secular world, but a million miles away experientially. Children typically learn to speak Yiddish first and English second. Schools (or Yeshivas) in ultra-orthodox neighborhoods may provide some education but steer boys more towards the Talmud than mathematics or science. The bulk of these individuals’ entire worlds exist within a mile of their home.

Every year many Hasidic Jews try to escape: some flee, some overdose, and some turn to suicide as their only way out. In New York, a groundbreaking organization called Footsteps helps those in such insular worlds dying to break free. But breaking away means starting over, learning completely foreign customs and traditions, and often times means losing entire support systems. Many who are desperate to leave never do because they simply don’t know how.

BLACK HAT aims to examine one such story from the Haredi community. The film follows twenty-four hours in the life of one Hasidic man that must wrestle with his own repressed identity.  Through Shmuel’s story, we aspire to raise the notion that these often mysterious and misunderstood religious individuals, typically only seen by the outside world on streets covered by hats and sheitels, are perhaps more complex - more like us - than we previously imagined.

  • Hasidism started in Galicia in the 18th century as a response to formal, stuffy Jewish liturgy of the time.

  • Today it has faced near annihilation (mid 20th century) and fought to come back and survive with Hasidic families tending towards large families with an average of 8 children to re-grow.

  • Over the years, Hasidism has split into dozens of sects that interpret the Torah and the Talmud differently and see issues like Israel’s existence or how to interact or not interact with non Jewish communities, differently. Sects like the Satmer movement, believe that Israel cannot exist properly until the return of the Messiah and prefer as little contact with non religious Jews as possible, while the Chabad movement recognizes Israel as the home of the Jewish nation and takes an outward approach, extending beyond their communities to spread the word of the Torah to non-believers.

  • Hasidim, particularly Chabad, can be found in nearly every country and major city, though, tend towards smaller numbers. The largest communities of Hasidim can be found in Israel and New York City, and also have sizable communities in Paris, London, Montreal, Miami and Los Angeles.

  • In 1933, the total world population of Jews was estimated at about 18 million. 85 years later in 2018, the total world population is estimated at about 15 million. That means that the deficit of 6 million Jews created by the Holocaust is beginning to regrow. This can be in part attributed to the Haredi movement.

  • Most Haredi Jews live in Israel in Haredi neighborhoods. The current total population of Haredi Jews in Israel is over 1 million (out of over 6 million Jews in Israel). In New York, the estimated Haredi population is over 90,000. And in Los Angeles, where our story takes place, there are close to 15,000 Haredi Jews.

by Sarah Smith

BLACK HAT is a story about loneliness and the feeling of being trapped between two worlds. In our artistic approach we will use a 4 x 3 aspect ratio to exploit the frame itself to express the internal claustrophobia that the main character Shmuel feels. Color and sound design are additional tools we will use by contrasting the darker more somber colors and quieter sounds within his home, against the more vibrant colors and sounds of the club he visits. Since this is a day-in-the-life story, the scenes will feel lived-in and natural, not staged with lots of traditional coverage. By largely using a hand-held camera, we hope to create a more spontaneous feeling that this story is casually unfolding before us so that when we reach the climax of our story, where Shmuel is forced to choose one life or the other, it will feel bigger and more profound. I look to Robert Bresson and his seminal work Pickpocket for how he built to the moment of transcendent catharsis for Michel. Shmuel will approach a similar moment in the bar, only to be too frightened to fully accept it. For Shmuel, catharsis is yet to come. But the film ends on a hopeful note of understanding and connection when a Hasidic man who also harbors the same secret, returns Shmuel’s miss-placed black hat. Ultimately, this is a character study of a man searching for his place in the world, and our artistic approach will aim to support this main theme.

Adam Silver is a Chicago native based in Los Angeles. Film: Velvet Buzzsaw, The Runaways, Sorta' Horny, Marla, Excision, The Kari Files. Television: NCIS, Transparent, Masters of Sex, The Great Indoors, Community, Wedding Band, Torchwood, Californication. He has worked in the theatre internationally, regionally, and in Chicago and Los Angeles.

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Sebastian Velmont’s love for wanting to become apart of the world of entertainment arose from PBS Masterpiece Theatre, which he felt was classy, sexy, and gritty all rolled into one yet it lacked people that represented him. He set out to perform and create artistic work that represented and showcased people of color in all unique, rich, and eccentric facets, which is what drew him into Black Hat.

Sebastian has appeared on The Bold & The Beautiful, Supergirl, and in development on Darcy’s Tales, an Original Series based on a fictional prequel to Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice in which he lives out Mr. Darcy’s reckless past.

You can now find Sebastian managing the development of a multicultural streaming platform geared towards the eccentric stories that we rarely see nor hear of people of color from around the world.

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Shelly was born and lived the first eight years of his life in the Bronx, N.Y. and then moved to West New York, N.J.  He graduated Yeshiva University followed by graduate work at Syracuse University, after which he returned to N.Y.C. to begin his acting career. Ten years later he moved to Los Angeles. Shelly has performed in well over 150 plays mostly in New York City and here in Los Angeles. He toured with the 24th Street Theaters’ highly acclaimed production of WALKING THE TIGHTROPE. This is his third production with the West Coast Jewish Theater having previously been seen in LOVE, DREAMS AND LOST UNCLES and NEW JERUSALEM.  He has appeared in commercials, on soap operas, and television shows, most recently on THE GOLDBERGS and before that on many episodic series including such memorable shows as HILL STREET BLUES, HUNTER, DALLAS and recurred on KNOT’S LANDING as Det. Pete Reynolds.  He has starred in many short films including award winners THE IMPOSSIBLE JOY, THE LEPIDOCTOR, THE LAST DAY, BARTIME, MY CLAIRE and CALIFORNIA DREAMING.  He just recently finished shooting BLACK HAT and THE ANARCHISTS’ CONVENTION.  His most recent feature is THE GREAT ILLUSION, currently in postproduction, and some earlier films in which he can be seen are BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED. WILD ROOMIES, JUMPING FOR JOY and DATING DAISY and MIRIAM. Television movies include CHILDREN OF THE BRIDE and THE DARKLING.

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Among his film credits, Alan Lennick executive produced and co-starred in the award-winning, independent feature film, "Bahamian Son" and co-started in “Whalebone,” an award-winning short. His theatre credits include the European premier of "National Anthems" (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), "Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes" (Coronet Theatre, LA), "Wreckage" (Theatre 70, NYC) and "Exit the King" (Pearl Theatre Co, NYC). Alan graduated from the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Alan works in the financial services industry and is a Senior VP and Regional Director with Hilltop Securities.

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Yaniv Rokah

Yaniv is an award-winning director, producer and actor originally from Israel. Yaniv started off as an actor in New York where he attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. After Yaniv moved to Los Angeles in 2006, he appeared on shows like NCIS: Los Angeles, The Beast, Jon Avnet's web-series Kendra, USA Network show Dig, Marc Forster's 2013 summer blockbuster World War Z and in several national commercials, including a SuperBowl spot for Verizon. Yaniv made his directorial debut with Queen Mimi, a feature documentary that tells the story of one woman’s journey through homelessness, which won many awards around the world. Queen Mimi was granted a worldwide distribution deal with Netflix. Yaniv is currently working on a new documentary Brainwashed #MeToo, which reveals how cinema has contributed to the negative treatment of women worldwide, a new TV series The Game Caller about a cult in Washington DC in the 1970s,  and a narrative feature film of his critically acclaimed documentary Queen Mimi

Phillip Guttmann

Phillip wrote BLACK HAT in response to his own experiences being Jewish but also based on his time spent working closely with the New York Haredi community at Footsteps. Phillip saw first hand the struggle those seeking an outside, secular life face and has became inspired to tell these stories. In addition to BLACK HAT, Phillip is the co-creator and writer for the web series Tender Touches, which won 1st place at the 2018 AT&T create-a-thon.  Phillip also wrote the story for D. Asian, a 2015 short film that was nominated for and won several film festival awards around the globe. Phillip earned his MFA at the New School in New York and his MSW at New York University. Phillip has written many plays and worked off and on Broadway in New York before spending several years working with people and on social justice issues as a social worker at Footsteps, The Office of the Appellate Defender and Legal Aid. In 2017, Phillip moved to Los Angeles to refocus again on his writing career. In addition to his work on Tender Touches he's written a full length feature screenplay, Unchosen, another story dealing with the Hasidic community, about a young man who must choose between his dream of acting or his ultra-religious way of life.

Loriel Samaras

After studying and performing with The Second City in Chicago, Loriel attended Columbia College, during which she produced uPressplay productions Palooka, Soldier, and Roscoe Village. While in Chicago, Loriel worked in casting for Prison Break, Stranger Than Fiction, and Flags of Our Fathers. After moving to Los Angeles, she has worked over the last 13 years on numerous high-profile productions such as, Big Love, Get Smart, Revenge, Desperate Housewives, Glee, and American Horror Story. Currently, Loriel is developing and producing various television and short form projects, and works with Writer/Producer, Maria Arena Bell at Vitameatavegamin Productions.

Sarah Smith

Sarah Smith is a Los Angeles based filmmaker and television producer. She is the co-creator and director of the web series Tender Touches, which won 1st place at the 2018 AT&T create-a-thon. In 2015 she debuted her award winning short film D.Aisan which went on to screen at over 35 festivals across the globe including: Palm Springs ShortFest, Iris Prize (shortlisted 30K prize), Rhode Island International Film Festival (Director’s Choice), DC Independent Film Festival (Best Short) amongst many others. Sarah was also awarded the 2017 AT&T Underrepresented Filmmaker Award for D.Asian, presented by Patty Jenkins. Sarah has written for The Young & the Restless, where she and her team won a WGA award for outstanding scripted daytime drama in 2013. In addition to her writing and producing work, Sarah has edited numerous music videos, short films, and the two feature films Saint Janet and Armless (an official selection to the NEXT category of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival). Sarah is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Jeff Tomcho

Jeff Tomcho has spent the last 12 years working on film projects throughout the world.  A Midwest native, Jeff graduated with a BFA in Cinematography from Columbia College Chicago. He went on to work his way through the camera department on such Hollywood productions as Wanted, Public Enemies, The Muppets, and Lone Survivor in addition to many broadcast series such as NBC’s ER, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, and HBO’s LUCK.  He went on to become a Cinematographer and has shot many short films including After School starring Piper de Palma and Ruby Modine (premiered at RIIFF 2016) and Penny Sucker starring James Paxton (HollyShorts Film Fest 2017).  He’s also collaborated with director Erin Elders on the acclaimed Everyone’s Summer of ’95 music video for Iron & Wine starring David Dastmalchian.  Jeff’s recently served as Director of Photography for producer Peter Berg’s The War Fighters, a docu-series which recently premiered on History Channel.

Raney Shockne

Raney Shockne is an American music composer and producer based in Los Angeles. He has written and produced songs for Giorgio Moroder, Britney Spears, Foxes, Matthew Koma, Leona Lewis and others. His score and songwriting collaborations have appeared in over 30 films and 100 televisions shows to date. Shockne is perhaps best known as the composer of USA drama Queen of the South, CBS primetime comedy Kevin Can Wait, FX's Anger Management, the film The To Do List (Aubrey Plaza), and Fame, where his remake of the title song reached the American Billboard Hot 100. Additionally, Shockne's current video game credits include Star Wars Battlefront II, Tron RUN/r, Dragon Age: Inquisition and The Sims franchise.

BLACK HAT was made possible through a fiscal sponsorship through Film Independent,  a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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Deborah and Eduardo´s Beach Wedding at Casa Del Mar, Acapulco

Deborah and Eduardo wedding was a blast! The wedding weekend started on Friday with a small cocktail at Zibu were we got the enjoy some of the best views of Acapulco and take some shots of the happy couple.

The wedding day started with a beautiful ceremony in front of the ocean at sunset, Eduardo´s favorite time of the day since he recalls his father always telling him to take some time during sunset to appreciate what he learned and look forward.

We got to see old friends from there past wedding days during an energy packed reception at Casa Del Mar filled with crazy dancing and lots of shots (auch).

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How Google Truly Ranks Posts Up to No. 1 Position

Why Google rank posts to #1

You must have read a series of posts, ideas, or findings on how Google and other search engines truly rank. Especially if you're just dropping new content, you may want to know how Google will decide whether to rank it or not.

I have also read some lies and in most cases, half-truth articles. I grew in this world to understand clearly how things really work.

Sometimes, when you see searchers looking for answers to google ranking factors, top google rank website, google ranking reasons, google top ranking, etc, it's obvious they are concerned about why they're yet not ranking as they truly think they deserve.

Google and other search engines seem to have the same things in common except that the former can find wider results for your keywords than others. On some occasions, if Google ranks a post as number 1 on search results, similar search engines such as Bing, Yahoo, etc may just rank the same in the second or third position. I have seen this and you can check a term online to confirm this yourself.

The question is, how truly do search engines rank posts?. Is it truly the number of words in your posts? Is it for your authority? Is it for the originality of your content? Is it for the age of your domain?

Well, many factors lead your posts to page 1 or number 1 on Google. Yet, there is only one reason most people have got to page 1 of search results which only a few SEO experts are talking about.  This post will address why I'm not giving the edge to what other writers have convinced you with. It also shows you my position and what Google truly uses to rank us for our posts.

Old Claims of Why Google Rank Your Posts to Page 1 or Number 1

Below, I present you four old beliefs and verdicts on what Google looks for in your post before you can make it to the front page of the search results.

1. Length of Content (1500 to 2000)

Some SEO experts have claimed you need to write up to a 1500 to 2000 words before Google can rank your post on page 1. This is called pillar posts or skyscrapers.

They gave the verdict that unless you can beat the existing posts by length, you may not stand any chance. Hence, the length of content matters for rankings on page 1.

Do you agree?

Well, you should if you're writing for a highly dominated niche. Some niches had been over-saturated. For example, fashion, SEO, online marketing, freelance, fitness, blogging, etc. These niches are seriously competing for content. Hence, one of the tactics that will help you rank over the existing content may be the length of your posts.

But why are those giving such pieces of advice not being specific?

If you're writing in other fields, such education niche of a particular country, the fashion of a tribe and similar less dominated fields, you don't have to write a thousand words before you rank.

That's where their verdicts fail!

I've personally written some posts to answer questions in just a few paragraphs. And guess what? They ranked number 1 or 2 in just three weeks. Once a searcher key in the exact question I'd answered, my result rank number 1, even with other longer posts.

Similar to this is the era of the featured snippets. Do you know what snippet is?

Example of the Google snippets

These are usually short quotes from posts to answer searchers' queries as directly and quickly as Google can. Google captures a few sentences or one or two paragraphs from your post and shows them to people looking for the same statements.

Interestingly, this will rank you as number "0" - meaning: number 1 above position 1. You're standing above all results.

For the snippet results, Google doesn't care about the number of other blogs' words or the length of their posts. Once you wrote exact-words to what the person was looking for, you would stand at the top.

With this, length may not matter if you have quality paragraphs that could make Google feature you in the snippets.

2. Authority of a Blog

Authority of a blog or website can be defined as the accumulation of quality posts and readership of its writer. It may or may not mean the bio of the writer. For example, if a writer is a doctor, he is taken and accepted as an authority in whatever he writes on health issues, treatments, and cures.

To attain this status, of course, one must have written hundreds of articles, well trusted in the industry. He must have got a million followers on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and email subscriptions.

Is this truly the reason a post ranks on page one or number one? Must you be that person before your posts can rank higher?

Well, that verdict is unacceptable.

One of my students took to education niche just recently. He was worried he might not rank that higher because the niche was already dominated by many authority blogs. Those blogs have been operating for years and some more than a decade.

I was quick to advise him to keep his head up. Authority may not matter at the end if you know how to manipulate things legally.

So, what did he do? He wrote the same content. And just recently he was ranking above those authority websites. He achieved this following my recommendations on how to outrank authority blogs and it worked fine for him. It works for anyone ready to put the same into practice.

The summary of what he did is was below:
  1. Concentrate more on long-tail keywords
  2. Depart from similar areas
  3. Go for the basic guides
  4. Avoid posting on the latest things only
  5. Use your personal voice

3. The Originality of Your Content Ranks You Number 1.

I won't take this view. Google won't take it as well. In fact, all of us, SEO experts recommend going original with your content, avoid copy and paste, don't plagiarize and similar warnings. Yet, this is not enough to be at the top of other results.

You can write what others have not written or the way they haven't and yet, stay at the bottom of the search results. You may, however, copy and paste and still, rank above those who originally own the content (this is not recommended). I have seen people enjoying copying and pasting other blog posts and still rank number 1.

In fact, in most cases, people who want to go entirely original end up not writing on what people are truly searching for. And if you don't write exactly what searchers are interested in, you're surely going to be the only and the last visitor to that post. I guided you on how to avoid this mistake in my recent post, "Best 2 Keywords Tools of All Time - No Further Searching".

Originality is great but not the true reason Google ranks your posts to the first page or as the first result.

4. Domain Age

Well, I have come across verdicts that one major reason you're not ranked as number 1 is that your domain is just a year old. They pleaded you should wait a few years before you see more of your posts on page one.

This is not entirely true.

The age of the domain is truly helping people to rank for terms. Yet, Google has no special respect for the age of a domain if it has not covered what a searcher keys in.

I wrote an article some months ago. A blog that was 7 years old had content on it. He wasn't detailed in his presentation. He seemed to be in a hurry while writing it. He never did enough findings. After I saw the need to write the same post, I went in-depth. I wrote more words and added better and more points his was missing.

Truly for the first two months, the guy still remained number 1 in the search results. But I was sure he would soon disappear from that spot for my post.

Like magic, three months later, he was shown the way to number 4 spot and I made it to number 1 spot. Since then, my post has remained untouched - it maintained the spot till now (probably). Try it!

What Truly Determines Google Ranking of Posts to Page 1 and Number 1 Spot

Condemning what you have read earlier, I may sound like I have something to sell. No, I don't. I only have something to share and it's entirely free. There's only one conclusive factor that determines the ranking of your post to the first position. Other things are secondary!

Let's see that.

Users' Experience Controls Google and Other Search Engines

The first mistake you will make when trying to rank for certain keywords or posts is to see Google and other search engines as human beings. They're not pals!

They're more machines than humans. They're more of law than cultures. They respect what their users respect. That's all!

  1. Even if you write a 5,000 words post with poor users' experience, you will remain "un-ranked" probably forever. A searcher may want a direct answer to his concern instead of your literature class. Read: How to Write Long Content with Good Users' Experience in Mind.
  2. Your authority is not enough if someone searches for particular keywords that you've never covered. Google is not naive to be showing answers to her customers just because there's someone called the authority in a niche.
  3. The age of your domain is irrelevant if you stop posting what people are seeking or fresh content for the past years. Why do you think fresh content rank higher? Read: Does Fresh Content Truly Rank Higher? Latest SEO Guide.
  4. Originality is good. Yet, you can't guarantee something original lately except you're coming from another world. Thousands of people had earlier covered what you're about to write on. Then, show me your originality. What Google respect is far more than that.

How Google Measures Your Posts With Users' Experience

  1. Immediately you drop your post, Google takes time to crawl its content. This may not happen instantly. Of course, it may take a few days and it could just be that very hour. My post has once been ranked number 1 in just 3 hours. Even though it may be crawled but may not be rank to page one until months later. See A Simple Trick To Force Google to Crawl/Index You Posts.
  2. After the crawling and indexing, if a searcher looks for the keywords contained in the post, Google will bring your post over to the number one position for him or her to see. This post can be shown as number one or two within a few hours for those searching the terms. You may not be aware of this occurrence but it happens every now and then.
  3. When finally brings it to page one, let's say your post was shown to 20 searchers. 15 out of them enjoyed it - read it from the first word to the last one. Better still, they never even look for further results because they've got everything they want from your page, Google may retain you to that first position for months unless, later, users prefer other people's posts over yours.
  4. If, however, your post was shown to 20 people but most of them didn't enjoy reading it. They bounced back to look for better results which they enjoy more. You may need to forget being ranked again on page 1 for the rest of your career as a blogger. Read Bounce Rate: Does It Matter For Ranking and SEO.
  5. Except if Google recrawls your post and finds that new things had been written or more values had been added, it may not rerank to page one again. If you don't change things (rewrite, prune or edit), the only condition you can be ranked again is if those who have written better are penalized and their websites "de-ranked", delisted or they delete their posts or blogs (which is rare).

Win Users' Experiences, Win Higher Ranking

So, how can you win users' experience if Google truly uses that to rank you? Having said that your users' experience is the key to true ranking, how do you achieve this without taking the back door?

1. Content is the King

That's the statement around the SEO industry but mostly underrated. Mind you, I didn't say, "the length of content is the king". It's no length thing. While you should endeavor to write as much as possible you know on a topic, stick to the topic, and make every word counts.

Visiting forums related to your niche, reading on Quora can give you better clues to what people want explanations on. You may want to discuss something but ask if people want to read it.

2. Make Your Website Run Faster

People don't want to wait a decade before a page they visit loads. They want things now and immediately.

Most users argue things among friends before they turn to Google. They want to prove who is wrong or right. Everyone is waiting for the answer while your page remains white for minutes. What do you expect? They will leave. Their leaving sends bad signals to Big G that you're not worthy of that spot.

3. Speak the Users' Languages

Most users are not first-timers. They're used to the industry or niche you're in. They know how you should sound. They're familiar with the choice of words, sentences, and the likes. So, learn to be with them. If you're writing big vocabularies and technical jargon for non-grammarians and non-tech-savvy, you've lost readers.

Readers don't want to get bore while consuming your words. They want lively words. They want jokes, idioms, proverbs, stories, etc. This may help you retain them to the very last word. This is what Google is looking for.

4. Let's Them Be Part of The Discussion

If your post requires users' contributions, why won't you ask them to add comments? That may give you ideas for the next posts, editing, and updating of the existing ones. While entering comments, what Google sees is a reader who loves your work, ready to add more or ask for more information.

Interactions on your page between you and other readers give long stay, revisit, and experiences among all users.

5. Give Them Work to Do

Most readers don't leave comments on your posts because they're already satisfied with what they've read. They don't have any further questions. Yet, they may want to add more value if you let them.

Google knows when they print your post. Google can read when your post is legitimately shared around the internet. This is an aspect of users' experiences you should be thirsty for.

Similar to this, Google knows when they subscribe to your blog posts for future content. This is another signal for better users' experience.

Content matters, length may not. Domain age is just a number, what you've written within the age of your domain matters more. Originality is even rear and where you make one, you may be off the regular searches. Authority is a wow term but only if you cover what Google users want.

The father of all is users' experience. Even if Google is human, partiality will not work if users love something but they prefer others. Our users leave no other choice for Google - they rank what they read and love most.

Have you ever used the length of posts to win ranking or you have tried other things? Do you think users' experience can be achieved further with any other tactics? Do you think it doesn't matter? Share your experiences. Leave your comments below.

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VA partners with OnStar to prevent Veteran suicide

In-vehicle system helped prevent potential suicide

A Veteran’s potential death by suicide, prevented by quick thinking and an in-vehicle safety and security system, resulted in a partnership that could help save Veterans’ lives.

VA health systems specialist Dr. Jamie Davis was working with a Veteran who reported that her spouse, also a Veteran, was out driving and reported that he did not want to live.

“He wouldn’t tell her where he was, go to the VA, or meet her anywhere,” said Davis. “When asked about locating him through her phone’s GPS, she said his car was OnStar-equipped. We called OnStar. Police were able to coordinate with OnStar to locate him and bring him in safely for an evaluation.”

The story’s happy ending inspired Davis to contact OnStar to develop an official partnership with VHA after she joined the Office of Community Engagement (OCE). OCE facilitates and manages non-monetary partnerships with nongovernmental organizations. It works to improve the quality of life for Veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors.

Transfer to VA crisis line

The partnership became official this year. It will help connect Veterans in crisis with mental health assistance using OnStar’s in-vehicle emergency services button or its smartphone app. Veterans who contact OnStar because of a mental health crisis can be transferred to VA’s Veterans Crisis Line (VCL), a 24/7 hotline that is staffed by trained responders, many of whom are Veterans themselves.

Through the partnership, VA will provide resources and education to OnStar about suicide prevention, military culture and how to determine if the caller has served in the military.

Additional partnership objectives include providing training to VA clinicians and OnStar call center staff to facilitate suicide prevention efforts for Veterans. They’ll also explore opportunities for how to use OnStar tools, techniques and services to improve access to suicide prevention resources.

VA clinicians, for example, will ask at-risk Veterans if they have OnStar. They will include that information in a Veteran’s suicide prevention safety plan as a resource should the Veteran experience emotional distress or a suicidal crisis.

Advisors trained to help with a mental health crisis

“OnStar’s emergency-certified advisors train to help people who have a mental health crisis,” said Ann Maher. Maher is assistant manager of emergency service and technology at OnStar. For Veterans who wish to speak to a crisis line responder, OnStar will provide a “warm hand-off” to VCL.

“We’re not going to conference you in and then hang up. We’re going to stay connected and let the VCL know what’s going on. To bridge all the parties together. We will remain in the background until the person who called in or the crisis counselor determines we’re no longer needed.”

Requires a paid OnStar subscription

OnStar safety and security devices require a trial or paid subscription plan and are available on most General Motors vehicles. Additionally, OnStar’s Guardian smartphone app allows members with active service plans and up to seven family members or friends access from their phones.

The app also has an emergency services button, which can help OnStar advisors locate members in distress. Members can also choose to share their locations with each other within the app.

Suicide prevention is the top clinical priority for VA. Educating partners about suicide prevention and intervention for Veterans is a cornerstone of any partnership VA pursues. Davis said the partnership has the potential to help any Veteran who is in crisis. OnStar will help, regardless of the individual’s discharge status or enrollment in VA care.

Here’s more information on how OCE builds effective partnerships to support Veterans.

Dr. Tracy L. Weistreich is a nurse executive for the VHA Office of Community Engagement.

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Keeping up with VA During Sandy

As you probably know, Hurricane Sandy (or Frankenstorm) is barreling across the Atlantic Ocean and heading straight toward the east coast. Like in the case of all extreme weather, some VA operations on the coast may change, depending on your location.

If you live in an area under the threat of storm damage and have pending VA appointments, be sure to contact your VA facility to ask about their operational schedule. Some appointments may be rescheduled or canceled, and some facilities may be closed entirely until it’s safe to resume normal duties.

You can also follow your local facilities on Facebook and Twitter for updates on closures and appointment cancellations.

This is a good time for hurricane preparedness if you haven’t started already. The National Weather Service and FEMA both have helpful tips, along with a collection of additional resources.

If you’re in an affected area, keep tabs on the storm here.

Above all, be safe, and make sure your family does the same.

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  1. Brenda Haley

    Are the VA comp checks going to be late because of storm sandy?

  2. jessica

    My disability check is also late, I have not received it yet and can find no information about it.
    Is there a way to find out where your check is?

    1. Alex Horton

      The storm shouldn’t have affected payments. Check this out for more.

  3. Dave

    Its the 1’st, and I didn’t get my check,has there been a disruption due to the storm, or is there reason for more concern? Who should I contact for clarification?

  4. letha rice

    my brother did not receive his va check today this is first time ever happened he always recieves it on the 1st each month .. who can he contact? or does anyone have an answer

    1. Alex Horton

      Does he use eBenefits? That may help him identify the issue.

  5. John L. Fontaine

    Will VA disability checks scheduled for direct deposit on the 1st of the month be delayed due to the storm?

    1. Tinah Bouldin for my dad nat Williams

      Great questions.
      Wondering how VA keeps up with vets and they haven’t even answered two critical basic questions.

    2. Alex Horton

      Hey John, we haven’t heard anything about disruptions in pay. These alerts are more for operations at medical facilities.

      1. Kathy

        Hi Alex! Any ideas on where we can find that info re disability direct deposit?

    3. Teresa W

      I have the same question as John as my bank has no record of a deposit for tomorrow.

      1. letha rice

        my bother didnt receive his in the mail today

    4. Raymond Lee Carmack

      Will Disability checks be late this month

  6. leslie wohlfeld

    thanks for the valuable information via websites, facebook. my concern is for those that dont have computers or their power is out. is there a way to set the telephone dialer system to call staff and veterans with updates….this will be of great service for us.

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Tuesday 24 November 2020

5 Future Technologies That Will Change The Face Of The Earth

Whoever you are, at some point in your life you get the feeling that the world is changing. Do you ever wonder, perhaps technology has something to do with it?

Look around you, there must be at least one item that didn’t exist when you were a child. The advancement in science is picking up acceleration. What mankind had achieved during the last 500 years shadows thousands of years progress, and the discoveries during last 50 years undermine the block of five centuries and so on. Soon, we will hardly get a chance to breathe before another geeky gadget crops up.

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

DNA is your source code of everything that you are and appear, perhaps including the things that you think too. Like the binary data that is passed down to the computer screen to make a colorful 2D projection, we are 3D graphical representation of DNA’s nucleic acid sequence. It also partially programs our behavior, choices, fears and emotional drive. How this sequence works and what does this mean, is one of the greatest mysteries that nature still has not bequeathed us.

If someday, it could be completely decoded, the applications will be limitless, unimaginable. To give you a head start, picture this; the entire houses will be sold as seeds. Clueless? Wooden houses will not be constructed but grown, including windows, hinges, glasses and everything. Sounds fantastic and it might not happen in our generation or the next, but it may not be too far.

3D Printing

Recently an electric car’s entire body was made out of 3D print. Within few years, we will be able to take print-outs of large scale objects. Sculpting has already become a digital art, software tools like Pixologic Zbrush or Autodesk Mudbox allow you to design three dimensional models. Then you send the print command to the latest (and expensive) 3D printers instead of your laserjet or inkjet and your model is ready within five minutes, which can be painted for more realistic appeal. Some printers now even offer limited color information for your models.

Intelligent Cars

Mercedes is developing a new autonomous luxury ride which is going through the prototype phase. Believe me, those artifacts are coming to life as we speak. Audi has already developed a race-track version of Pilot Car that takes you for a spin at high speeds, but the campaign is now leaning more towards urban roads. Not just automakers, other giant enterprises are also following the suit. Recently, NASA has teamed up with Nissan to develop intelligent cars and who has not heard about Google’s new self-driving pony vehicle which seems to be leading the trail.

Consequently, it means reduced accidents, controlled traffic and no fear of falling asleep during night drives.

The term actually signifies intelligent minute robots which can group up to combine their power, resources and brain to build up much complex structures. Nanobots were recently featured in the latest animation movie, Big Hero 6.

In strict sense, an individual nanobot can also have full functionality, and they can be really nanometers small. These tiny robots can be injected into bloodstream of cancer patient to target and destroy cancerous cells. They can even enter inside the cell and fix up organelles. Truthfully, there is no barrier to what else can they do.

Stem Cell Technology

Entire information of your genome is preserved in each and every cell of your body. Stem cells are parent cells which have not morphed into a particular tissue, but they can form all kind of cells. Once matured they do not reverse to their primordial state.

Now Scientists have discovered to revert many types of cells back to their parent state. In theory, they are potent enough to create entire organ of a person. If you have a little interest in medical science you would know that donated organs are at constant risk of rejection, because they belong to someone else’s body. So about 20 years from now that won’t be a problem because entire organs and body parts will be developed from a few body cells. This will completely change the meaning of transplantation.

If you still think this stuff is too fictional you need to stay updated with what’s happening around the science world. These technologies have been proved by experiments, but it will take a while before they get supersized. Don’t lose your heart; you should be happy you have lived long enough to have an iPhone.

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We are pleased to introduce the 0301NI from Momotaro - a special edition indigo over-dye of Momotaro's best-selling 15.7oz Vintage Label series fabric. Limited to 20 pairs worldwide, this exclusive item was over-dyed using ancient natural indigo dye from the Tokushima prefecture of Japan. As a result, many of the original details have been altered in color, such as the iconic "Going to Battle" stripes, pink selvedge and inseam, and natural leather patch. With wear, the jeans will fade to reveal the distinct shades of Tokushima indigo that make it the most coveted indigo dye in the world today.

The indigo used for this over-dye is among the rarest and oldest dyes in the world. During World War II, the art of indigo-dying was almost lost as the Japanese government required all agricultural land to be used for military purposes, prohibiting cultivation of the indigofera plant. Heisuke Sato, the most prominent indigo grower in Tokushima, continued his indigo cultivation in secret for many years despite the risk. Today his grandson, Akihito Sato, continues his lineage as a 9th generation indigo craftsman, growing the plant and preparing the dye that was used for this limited edition over-dye.

Natural indigo is a unique dye that takes months to prepare. Compared to synthetic indigo it creates a richer, deeper, more fascinating color which takes longer to fade. The costly process begins in the fall, when leaves are picked, chopped, and left in huge piles more than 60" high to ferment. Using water pumped from wells 80 meters underground, the piles are sprinkled, raked, and mixed every five days for three months, fermenting until mid December. At this point the indigo is water soluble, and ready for the dye bath. The fermented leaves are called “Sukumo”, and because they are alive with organisms, Sato says they must be treated with love to create a good color.

To prepare the dye bath the Sukumo is poured into clay vats filled with water and mixed with wood ash and lye. Lime and Sake are combined with other natural ingredients to finalize the mixture. It must be stirred several times per day to ensure fermentation. The peak of the dye is reached when bubbles begin to foam at the top of the solution. This is known as an “Indigo Blossom”, and means the dye is ready to be used. Fabric that has been dipped in the dye will come out green, and must be exposed to air to oxidize into blue. The shade of blue after one dip will be very light, and the dipping process must be repeated many times to achieve darker colors. Each shade of indigo has a unique name based on its color. Kamenozoki is the lightest shade, almost white. Asagi is a very pale shade of blue. Hanada is reminiscent of a sky blue hue. Lastly, Nokon -- the deepest color -- is achieved via multiple dips and dyes, and the color of the 0301NI from Momotaro. We are honored to offer this limited edition item as a Blue Owl Workshop exclusive.

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    Prout - Event 34

    JedriliceKatamaran jedriliceProutEvent 34

    Contact Gary at TwoZeroOne-NineTwoSeven-FourThreeEightEi ght.

    Boat is located in Shelter Island, New York.

    Flat sailing in 20 knots of breeze, reaching at 8-9 knots, cool summer drinks resting on the cockpit table no cup holders needed, nor a drop spilled, while the chef cooks in the galley.

    Sailing flat on a catamaran has definite advantages!

    FRIENDLY WAVE is an extremely comfortable and fun cruising catamaran that is ideal for single-handed sailing, with all sails managed from the cockpit.

    Prouts are well known for their strength and the seaworthiness to cross every ocean.

    They are designed with a relatively small, easy to handle mainsail, which is raised and lowered from the cockpit, along with a large furling genoa.

    Friendly Wave is also equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker in a spinnaker sock for ease of handling, along with a staysail on a Schaefer roller furler.

    This catamaran features a master cabin forward, featuring a queen size bed, panoramic windows and an en-suite head and sink.

    Aft are two double cabins, each with a hanging closet, drawers, numerous cubbies for storage, three opening hatches, a reading light and a fan.

    The well laid out galley in the starboard hull features a deep stainless-steel sink, single handle pullout faucet with sprayer, saltwater tap, a triple burner propane stove, and a propane wall oven and broiler.

    There is lots of storage for dishes, cups, wine glasses, food and beverages behind sliding plexiglass.

    It is perfect for cooking gourmet meals aboard, while watching the sunset from the enormous side windows.

    Central in the boat is the salon.

    Featuring new cushions and a dropdown table, it seats six.

    It is equipped with LED reading lamps and a fan, with a large hatch above for perfect ventilation.

    One is afforded excellent views from the salon’s banquet seating through the oversized eyelevel windows.

    The port hull contains the nav station which features a full-size chart table and fold out seating.

    There is lots of storage here for linens, extra life jackets, etc.

    Forward there is the main head, featuring an electric toilet, propane hot water heater, sink and additional storage for your beach chairs, beach umbrella, inflatable mats and other beach toys.

    Throughout the yacht there is beautiful book-ended wood paneling and a teak and holly sole in the salon and nav station areas.

    The large cockpit provides plenty of seating and lounging space.

    On the wide aft deck there are two comfortable new deck chairs and a cockpit table for your dining or snacking pleasure.

    Just the place to enjoy your morning coffee or the afternoon cocktail hour, while taking in beautiful water views.

    There is also a cockpit shower to spray off the saltwater after a swim or to just cool off.

    The new Pioneer Blue Tooth and Sirius stereo along with new Polk Audio speakers provides for your listening pleasure.

    Prout’s solid foredeck design provides a flat stable safe platform to handle anchoring in any sea conditions.

    There is a new Mantus anchor along with plenty of new chain, 250 feet of 8 plait braided line and a fore-deck washer to spray it all off.

    It is also the place to put out the mats and lay out in the sun while at anchor or underway.

    You will sail Friendly Wave in the company of good friends.

    A day on the water, surrounded by the calm and freedom that you experience on a cruising cat, with a nice glass of wine and a well-filled cooler-the makings of a perfect day.

    Both the interior as well as the deck will give you plenty of space for these purposes.

    Despite its considerable size, the yacht draws only two and a half feet of water, so you can get into shallow waters to anchor near to beaches that few venture so close to with a boat of this size.

    DIMENSIONS Length Overall 34ft Beam 15.7ft Draft 2 ft 6 inches.

    Mechanical Equipment ENGINE Engine Yanmar 3 GM30 Freshwater cooled diesel Number of Engines 1 HP 27.

    New starter motor, water pump, fuel pump and exhaust mixing manifold 2019.

    Engine Hours 2079 Fuel Type Diesel.

    OUTDRIVE Silette Sonic steerable leg 2015.

    HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEM Seastar helm and hydraulic ram 2020.

    TANKAGE: Diesel Fuel 20 gallons Water 100 gallons Propane 2 15 lb tanks.

    ELECTRICAL: Solar panel, Renogy 100 watts and solar panel charge controller 2018.

    House Batteries 3 2016-2017 Engine Starting Battery 1 2017
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    Battery combiner.

    GALLEY EQUIPMENT Eno 3 burner gas stove 2015 Oven with broiler Stainless steel galley sink and single lever pullout kitchen faucet 2016 Propane Refrigerator.

    Deck and Hull Equipment SPARS RIGGING Type of Rig Masthead Sloop Rigging Manufacturer Zspar Standing Rigging Original in good condition- Running Rigging 2018.

    Lazy Jacks Furling Headsail Schaefer furler 2010
    SAILS Main Doyle 2010 Genoa Doyle 2010.

    Staysail Jeckells Roller Furling, Schaefer furler Cruising Spinnaker With storage sock.

    DECK AND HULL EQUIPMENT Anchors Mantus 35 pound 2018 35 feet of chain, 250 feet 8 plait nylon line, Danforth 35 pound 75 feet nylon line,
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    Winches 2 Meissner 2-speed winches and Halyard winch, Fenders with self-adjusters 4.

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South Lytchett Manor Caravan & Camping Park

Poole, Dorset

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South Lytchett Manor Caravan and Camping Park
Dorchester Road
Lytchett Minster
BH16 6JB

Park Overview

Recognised not only as one of the best campsites in Dorset but in fact the whole UK, South Lytchett Manor offers all modern facilities and is set in an idyllic location.

Nestled in over 20 acres of tranquil parkland on the former Lytchett Manor estate, this top quality tent, caravan and motorhome park is a firm favourite with many.

If you're looking for a Bournemouth camping option then the town is only a 20 minute drive and Poole is only 3 miles away. Located in pretty Dorset countryside, South Lytchett Manor is an ideal base for exploring outstanding local beauty spots, places of historic interest and a wide variety of nearby family attractions.

Superbly maintained and continually improved, South Lytchett Manor has long been a firm favourite with caravanners and campers alike, many of who return year after year to enjoy the friendly and relaxed atmosphere on this family-run campsite. It is also know as one of the best dog friendly campsites in Dorset.

The holiday park is known far and wide for its clean and modern facilities. Great examples are the new shower rooms which are luxurious, heated amenities of the highest standard. The site also offers a wide range of walks through manicured parkland, a two and a half acre mown lead dog walking field with access to the village pub. We also have new dog washing facilities to give your four legged friend a clean after a muddy adventure.

There's even a regular bus service which stops right outside the park gates. This is particularly useful for our motorhome guests who can leave their vehicle on site and hop straight on public transport to explore the local area. Even the buses are dog friendly too!

This combination of excellent facilities and ideal location makes South Lytchett Manor one of the top holiday campsites - not only in Dorset, but in the whole UK, as numerous awards have testified.

The park has been voted Practical Caravan and Practical Motorhome overall UK Winner for Best Campsite 2018. As part of this the park claimed 3 national awards for Best Site for Camping, Best Site for Motorhomes and Best Site for Caravans. The park was also awarded the overall winner of campsite of the year 2016 by the AA and has won the Dorset Tourism Gold Award two years in a row.

Visitors to the site this year will be treated to even better facilities, including the paddock offering a variety of pitches sited in full sunshine - some boasting stunning views of Burdens Park. These spacious, deluxe pitches have their own water, drainage, TV hook-up and even their own picnic benches. There is also brand new children's play park equipment.

Remember, if you book this year, you will receive a warm welcome of free tea and coffee on your first visit to the Courtyard Centre - a three minute stroll away through the park. Just visit Dylan's cafe and restaurant and drink in the holiday atmosphere. You can also take advantage of the ability to walk to the local pubs, St Peter's Fingerand the Bakers Arms. What better way to start your holiday and enjoy camping in Dorset at its best!

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Opening dates:1st March 2021 - 1st January 2022

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  • Bournemouth is just 20 minutes away
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  • Excellent award winning heated amenity blocks with hairdryers, full length mirrors and piped music
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Today the Bob Brown Foundation has responded to a request for assistance from members of the Oldina community in the face of imminent logging of 'The Last Stand'.

'The Last Stand' remains the only patch of public native forest in a sea of plantations in the region and is vital to the conservation of wildlife relying on this remnant forest.

"We have been moved by this call for help from this small regional community facing down the juggernaut of the native forest logging industry, and we will stand with these brave people", said Campaigner Scott Jordan.

We join with the people of Oldina in their call to halt the destruction of these forests which are so important to the local people here. Sus Timbers Tasmania should be listening to the pleas from Oldina to not begin logging there," said Mr Jordan.

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    Amid the current industry of cool, Mount Carmel's lack of gimmick is a welcome anachronism. The trio's third album "Get Pure" is full of swagger, packed with great songs and inspired performances.

    Described once as "thee only non-bullsh*t hard rock band in goddamn America," Mount Carmel was formed in 2010 by brothers Matthew Reed (vocals/guitar) and Patrick Reed (bass), with James McCain (drums), and hails from Columbus, Ohio.

    The power-trio already has two albums and a lot of road under its belt, and has earned a reputation as a stellar live act. "Get Pure", their new album for Alive Naturalsound, is a new beast. It was recorded in Cleveland at Suma Recordings by Paul Hamann, where albums by Pere Ubu and the Black Keys were made, and mixed in Detroit at Ghetto Recorders by Jim Diamond, and captures the power and intensity of the band's straight-up and sans revisionist blues rock sound. This is true rock music like you havenåÕt heard in years. Crank it up!

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

The Indie-Credible Book Tour with Special Guest ~ LIZ LONG

The Indie-Credible book tour is a month long tour that started on September 1st and will go till September 30th. It is hosted by Little Read Riding Hood and Creative Deeds Reads. The purpose of this book tour is to highlight some amazing indie authors and to showcase just how indie-credible they are. Each blog stop is featuring a different indie author so make sure to stop by them all and to click the banner above to see the full tour list.

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Liz Long!!

She is the author of Witch Hearts and (my favorite) Gifted: A Donovan Circus Novel. Liz Long is a very dedicated author who even goes as far as turning off her WiFi to keep from being distracted while writing. When she gets writers block she goes to the good old fashioned version of writing; paper and pen. Her motivation to keep writing is the positive reinforcement that her adoring fans give her, but be aware that if you do tell her how much you loved her work you will be attacked with exclamation points and be offered homemade cookies, even though Liz is a terrible baker. Her favorite book is Harry Potter and it was the inspiration to make her start creating her own works of art. Her favorite Disney princess is Belle, which wins me over hands down. The best piece of advice that she has ever received (which is also the best advice I have ever heard) is to "write what you want to read." Liz stands by that advice and even says, "I'd pick my book up in a store and I swear I'm not saying that just because."

Like stated before, my favorite book by Liz is Gifted: A Donovan Circus Novel
Gifted is about a girl named Lucy who was born with the gift to control and create fire. Her dream is to go back to the circus life, and when she finally does return everything seems perfect. That is until troupe members start turning up dead, and the prime suspect is Lucy. Gifted is an amazing book that had me hooked from page one. If you would like to read my review of it go HERE

Since I enjoyed Gifted so much it only seemed fitting to make our indie-credible post, like the book, circus themed. SO without further ado I welcome you all to...

The Kissing Booth!!

Hi everyone! Thanks so much to the fantastic group that is the Indie-Credible authors and bloggers hosting this event this month – and HUGE thanks to Becky, who I am so excited to be paired up with! Because Becky enjoyed my first book, GIFTED, a Donovan Circus Novel, we wanted to go with a fun carnival theme today. And in the carnival, we’re visiting the KISSING BOOTH! (Cue the wolf whistles here.)

In Gifted, Lucy gets comfortable in her new circus life and falls for two guys. Keegan, the handsome brunette Firestarter with green eyes and a Boston accent, is the honest nice guy, the one who would bend over backwards to make his girl happy. Gabriel, on the other hand, is the hot bad boy Empath with a Southern drawl, blond and brooding, with a lot of mystery behind his wall of wit.

These two boys couldn’t be more opposite, each of them vying for Lucy’s affections in different ways. Readers have been surprisingly adamant in their choices, giving me different reasons for why Lucy should pick one or the other. Let’s just say there are pros and cons to both boys.

Many readers love Gabriel’s sarcasm – Lucy sees his conversations as aggravating, though he insists the challenges he gives Lucy is so she can see the truth in their current situations. He’s frustrating as hell, a womanizer, and knows far more about things than he lets on. He’s also an Empath who avoids his gift, as he doesn’t want to get caught up in emotional affairs, his only goal in life to stick to his lone wolf persona.

With Gabriel, it’s dangerous and fun. He’s sexy and knows how good he is at everything. He is fierce and passionate, impulsive. He and Lucy butt heads on everything because they are so alike, both avoiding emotions and confrontation. They challenge each other—even if they are frustrated with the other, they still find them to be witty and intelligent, sometimes proving good points they hadn’t considered. (It’s like verbal sparring.) He is smart and knows the world pretty well—at least the downsides of it from his past, which we’ll learn more about as the series continues.

Keegan, on the other hand, is a Firestarter like Lucy, who understands her trials and tribulations when dealing with her emotions and fire. He’s the preppy sweater to Gabriel’s motorcycle jacket, kind and considerate, the ultimate nice guy who will do everything in his power to protect and support his friends. He’s a team player, so to speak, and fights for what he believes in rather than avoiding confrontation. Keegan also likes to have fun and keep things lighthearted.

Lucy feels safe with Keegan. He would never let anything happen to her, would do anything she asked. He’s so eager to please her that it’s easy to be with him. He’s always complimenting her, wanting her skills to go far and supporting her choices. Some worried he was too much of a nice guy, but I’m happy to say that in BURNED, book 2 of the series, he manages to not only grow a backbone, but stand up for himself - even to Lucy when she’s giving him the runaround. (He surprised even me!)

In fact, these two boys are so opposite that the only thing they truly have in common is Lucy. Both care for her well being, no matter what happens, and it’s why Lucy is having such a difficult time choosing who she wants to be with, as both make her happy in different ways.
What say you, readers? Who would you pick at the Kissing Booth? Dark and sexy Gabriel (who’s bound to tease you enough to make you want to shake him) or sweetheart Keegan (who will cuddle with you afterwards)?

About the Author:
Liz Long is lucky enough to have a dream career in magazine publishing as an editor and writer, yet still have time to create adventures on the side. If you catch her staring off into space or talking to herself, don’t worry – it’s just her imagination at work.

Liz graduated from Longwood University with a BA in English, though her professors might be disappointed to hear she reads more fantasy fiction than literary novels. She also loves action and thriller genres. Her books might not change your life, but she hopes they steal you away from reality for a while.

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  1. I can't wait to read Gifted, Liz! I just know I'm going to love it after falling in love with Witch Hearts :D

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