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Traffic Rank

7,123 most visited website in the World Trend: down (+157)
2,198 most visited website in US United States
Traffic Rank is provided by Alexa

Visitors Localization

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CountryPercentDomain (ccTLD)Status
US United States62.6%instyle.usNot available.
IN India5.8%instyle.inNot available.
UK United Kingdom2.8%instyle.co.ukNot available.
CA Canada2.5%instyle.caNot available.
NG Nigeria2.1%instyle.ngNot available.
Registering country code top level domains (ccTLD) can prevent potential competitors from taking advantage of your primary domain reputation. It is also one of the ways to improve country specific SEO and performance. (http://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-without-boarders-a-guide-to-international-seo-nick-paterman/60092/)

Good, most images have ALT attribute.
Number of images: 98
Missing alt tag: 5

List of images with missing ALT attributes:

  • http://img5.timeinc.net/keynote/above_the_fold_1x1.gif
  • data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAAAXNSR0...mCC (2 locations)
  • https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1381046852207528&ev=PixelInitialized
  • //googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/1036056483/?value...t=0
The "alt" attribute provides a text equivalent for the image. If the browser cannot display an image the alt description will be given in its place. Furthermore, some visitors cannot see images as they might be blind in which the alt tag provides a valuable image description. Finally, search engines utilize the alt attribute for image search indexing. (www.w3.org/QA/Tips/altAttribute)

We have found following title:

"Beauty Tips, Celebrity Style and Fashion Advice from InStyle"

Length: 60 characters
The <TITLE> element provides a short piece of text describing the document. The title is very important as it shows in the window title bars, bookmarks and search results. Title should be between 60 to 80 characters long. (www.w3.org/QA/Tips/good-titles)

Description Metatag

We have found following description:

"InStyle is the leading site for celebrity style. See expert fashion advice, star hairstyles, beauty tips, how-to videos and real-time red carpet coverage."

Length: 154 characters
The description attribute should provide a concise explanation of a Web page's content. Also, the description is often displayed on search engine results and can indirectly affect page ranking. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_element#The_description_attribute)

Keywords Metatag

No Keywords Found.
The keywords attribute was utilized by search engines to provide more accurate search results. Due to the over usage and spamming the keywords attribute has been phased out and is no longer relevant. Google doesn't use the "keywords" meta tag in web search ranking.(googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.se/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag.html)

Text to HTML Ratio

The Text to HTML ratio is 6.88%
Original content is by far the single most important element to search engines. Low Text to HTML ratio indicates little content for search engines to index. We consider it to be good practice to have a Text to HTML ratio of at least 10% and ideal above 20%

Keyword Density & Consistency

Consistent Keywords % Density # Count T Title D Desc. H <H> A ALT B
off her0.32%6--3--
street style0.32%6--1--
how tos0.32%6-----
beauty products0.27%5--2--
vote now0.27%5-----
shows off her0.22%4--2--
jenna dewan tatum0.22%4--2--
jenner just made0.22%4--2--
regrettable makeup color0.22%4--2--
another regrettable makeup0.22%4--2--
Keywords density and consistency are notable factors for optimal page SEO. Preferred keywords should have higher keywords density indicating their importance. Optimally, preferred keywords should also be consistently utilized in multiple essential areas of the page such as title, description meta tag, h1 through h6 headings, alt image attributes, backlinks and internal links anchor text. Keyword density of above 5% is a good indication that the word or phrase appears too many time in the content. (more information)

No frames detected.
It is not recommended to use frames or iframes because they can cause problems for search engines. It is best to avoid frames and inline frames whenever possible (searchenginewatch.com/article/2064573/Search-Engines-and-Frames). If frames must be utilized consider <noframes> tag. (www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_noframes.asp).

No flash detected.
Flash and other reach-media technologies should primarily be utilized for decorative purposes. This makes your site more search engine friendly and improves accessibility (support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=72746#1).

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 tag should hold the title describing the content of a specific page therefore only one h1 tag is needed per page. There can be any number of h2 - h6 tags but they should be added in order of importance (www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_hn.asp).

The <!DOCTYPE> declaration tells the web browser about what version of HTML the page is written in. It is good practice to always add the <!DOCTYPE> declaration to the HTML documents, so that the browser knows what type of document to expect. (www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_DOCTYPE.asp)

Character Encoding

UTF-8 (Unicode)
Covers: Worldwide
To display an HTML page correctly, the browser must know what character-set to use (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encodings_in_HTML).

Declared Language: en (English)
Language Attribute: en (English)
The HTML "lang" attributes and language metatag define the base language to be used for displaying text and characters on a Website. www.mcanerin.com/en/articles/meta-language.asp

W3C Markup Validation

Status: FAILED [84 errors, 13 warning(s)]
It is good practice to use valid HTML/XHTML markup as it ensures that the search engines can read the website correctly as well as it improves cross browser compatibility (W3C Markup Validation Service).

Deprecated HTML elements

Good, no deprecated elements found.
A deprecated element is one that has been outdated by newer constructs. Deprecated elements may become obsolete in future versions of HTML so it is recommended not to use them. (webdesign.about.com/od/htmltags/a/bltags_deprctag.htm)

Nested HTML Tables

Great, no nested tables detected.
In general it is not recommended to use nested tables or to utilize tables for page layout. Nested tables are known to cause performance issues due to increased HTML size and rendering time. It is better to use CSS layout instead.

Web Analytics

Yes, we have detected following web analytics tools:
  • NewRelic analytics icon New Relic
Web Analytics Tools collect and measure information about visitor activity on a website. Well interpreted web traffic data is invaluable in determining a successfully web strategy and assessing the effectiveness of a website. At a minimum, we recommend to utilize at least one web analytics tool.

A robots.txt file restricts access to your site by search engine robots that crawl the web. (www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html)

XML Sitemap

Sitemaps inform search engines about pages available for crawling. In its simplest form, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for a site along with additional metadata about each URL. XML sitemap should help search engines to crawl the site more intelligently. (http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html)

Mobile Rendering

Mobile internet usage has been exceeding PC's since 2014 and growing so it is critical for pages to render correctly on mobile devices.

Mobile Optimization

Mobile PageSpeed analyzes webpages and evaluates its performance while providing suggestions on reducing page load times. Google is incorporating website speed in search ranking (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/site-speed)

Mobile Experience

Mobile users have now become a critical part of online visits. Making the website mobile friendly is no longer an option but rather necessity. (https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/)

The Favicon is a small icon associated with a website. The Favicon is important because it is displayed next to the website's URL in the address bar of the browser as well as in bookmarks and shortcuts. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon)

Custom 404 Error Page

Yes, custom 404 error page detected.
A 404 is a standard http response code for a resource that cannot be located on the server. Webservers usually return a "404 Not Found" error page for non-existing pages. Unfortunately, these default error pages are very generic and a not very user friendly, therefore, using a custom 404 error page is highly recommended.

Process of returning http status code "200 OK" for a non-existent page or redirecting users to another url is called soft 404. Soft 404 errors are problematic for search engines and are not advisable. (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/181708)

Print-friendly pages are designed to fit on an 8.5"x11" or A4 sheet and usually include only the content of the page, along with source information. (webdesign.about.com/od/printerfriendly/a/aa041403a.htm)

W3C CSS Validation

Status: FAILED [44 error(s)]
It is recommended to use valid CSS to ensure that the website displays correctly. (W3C CSS Validation Service).

Page Rank

PR: 0 out of 10 (Very Poor)
PageRank is Google's measure of the importance of a page. It is based on complex algorithmes evaluating page content, authority, keyword density, back links, traffic, demand and more. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank)

Indexed Pages

Estimated number of pages indexed by Bing™: about 10
The higher number of indexed pages the more content search engines can index, which increases overall value of the website. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_indexing)

Domain Age

Your domain was registerd for the first time: 17 years, 2 months, 17 days ago.
Age of the domain is one of the many signals that search engines utilize for ranking. Brand new domains generally have more difficult time to rank high for the first few months. (http://www.coconutheadphones.com/does-domain-agematter)

Domain Expiration

Your domain expires in: 9 months, 13 days, 13 hours.
Domain expiration far in to the future is considered a good practice as it promotes confidence in your website, decreases chances of losing domain and in certain cases might help with search engine ranking. (http://www.hover.com/blog/three-reasons-to-renew-your-domain-names-for-five-years)

IP Canonicalization

No, your site's IP does not redirect to instyle.com.
Some web spiders index websites using IP as well as domain name which can cause duplicate content if there is no IP Canonicalization. (www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization)

URL Canonicalization

Yes, both the www.instyle.com and instyle.com resolve to the same URL.
Domain name with WWW and without can be considered as different pages causing duplicate content for search engines. (www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization)

Page Speed

Google Page Speed score: 40% (Low)
Rq. Requests Hst. Hosts LT Load time Html Img Images JS JavaScript CSS F Flash O Other PS Page Size
2327510.45s360.81 KB4.27 MB4.22 MB1.27 MB0 B6.27 KB10.12 MB

Avoid landing page redirects
Enable compression
Leverage browser caching
Reduce server response time
Minify CSS
Minify HTML
Minify JavaScript
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Optimize images
Prioritize visible content

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PageSpeed analyzes webpages and evaluates its performance while providing suggestions on reducing page load times. Google is now incorporating website speed in search ranking (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/site-speed)

Server Information

Server IP:
Server Location:

Name Server 1:
ns1.p07.dynect.net (
Name Server 2:
ns2.p07.dynect.net (
Name Server 3:
ns3.p07.dynect.net (
Name Server 4:
ns4.p07.dynect.net (
Your server's IP address and location have minor impact on the country specific SEO. It is recommend to host the website in the country where the number of vistors is desired to be the highest. Search engines take the geolocation of a server into account. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXt23AXlJJU)

No HTTPS (SSL) found.
Google™ is now treating HTTPS as a ranking signal. HTTPS is a secure web protocol that allows for encrypted communication between website and the client. HTTPS protocol requires your website to have an SSL certificate, which can be purchased from a Certificate Authority (CA) or SSL vendor. (http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.in/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal_6.html).

Safe Browsing

Safe Browsing is a service provided by Google that enables applications to check URLs against Google's constantly updated lists of suspected phishing and malware pages. (http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=instyle.com)

Spam Blacklist

Good, your IP is not blacklisted.
Spammer directories provide lists of IPs from which spam distribution is reported. Emails sent from the blocked IPs are subject to closer scrutiny and are much less likely to be delivered. For email campaigns it is recommended to utilize professional email services to ensure that your website IP is not blocked. (www.stopforumspam.com)

Email Address Obfuscation

There is 1 email in plain text on the webpage:
  • [email protected]
It is recommended to obfuscate email addresses posted in public. This prevents email addresses from being automatically harvested by spam bots which helps to decrease number of unsolicited emails.

Directory Browsing

Great, your server has directory browsing disabled.
Protect Webserver directories from unwanted browsing. To enhance security, directory browsing should be disabled unless you have a specific reason to enable it. If you enable directory browsing, make sure that you only enable it on the particular directory or directories that you want to share. (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731109)

Whois Privacy

No contact information available.
Whois Privacy is a service that prevents domain owner contact information from being displayed in the publicly available Whois records. This can help to cut down on unwanted spam but utilizing Whois privacy should be evaluated against business model and branding strategy.

Server Signature

On, nginx/1.6.2
Attackers can utilize server signature versioning information to their advantage therefore it is recommended to disable it when possible. (Disable server signature for Apache or IIS).

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Disc(s): 3DVD

Main Casts : LEE Na-Young, KIM, Min-Joon
Total Episodes : 16 eps

A westernized Irish adoptee, Joong-A inevitably flies back to Korea to confront her past and to see the country she is really from, only to fall in love with her brother, Jae-Bok. Their love is painful, as they are never meant to be together as lovers, but merely as brother and sister. The show’s message is that there is no such thing as noble innocent love and that love is adversity itself.

Therefore, love mustn’t be impeded by so-called “destiny” or family, no matter how ironic or difficult the case may seem. Although destiny is cruel and arduous, the two young lovers radiate pure happiness. The show describes how love survives the tragic bondage of family, destiny and romance.

LEE, Joong-A (Female, 27) – LEE, Na-Young
Irish name Georgia Shaw, an intelligent medical intern who was adopted by an Irish family at the age of three, has a hippie-like eccentric personality. Interestingly, she tends to cook Korean food while in a good mood, and Irish food while in a bad mood. Having been completely accepted into the family, despite her ethnicity, she leads a peaceful life both in the United States and in Ireland. Her adopting family protected her at all times, even in politically unstable Northern Ireland. Due to her Irish brother’s serious involvement with the IRA, the family that adopted her is attacked and tragically destroyed. In order to save herself, Joong-A is forced to turn her back on her family and leave. Filled with guilt, she later laments and grieves this fact at family’s graves. She felt then that she was no longer a doctor, nor a Shaw, believing that she brought the tragedy on all by herself. At the end of her emotional drift, she becomes determined to fly back to Korea, only to fall in love with two men with quite opposite characters. First, there is Kang Kook, a bodyguard who is always there for her, but whom she doesn’t love passionately. Her real passion is for Jae-Bok, a drifter she saves by giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to as he was choking on the street.

LEE, Jae-Bok (Male, 33) – KIM, Min-Joon
A drifter with no sense of fashion or morality, talks much but does little. His mother has remarried and his younger sister was adopted to an Irish family. Although helplessly thoughtless and reckless, there are two things that truly make him genuine and sincere; his mother and his sister. He believes that his life doesn’t matter if his mother is happy. With his extraordinary skill with women, he meets a young actress named “Shihyun” and freeloads off of her. While she’s out filming, he does the dishes and when she’s home, he gives her a good massage. But he often loses his temper and breaks things, cursing and yelling. One day, a girl saves him by giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. He first starts coming on to her, but eventually he falls in love with her. He is amazed to realize how one can feel ashamed and in turn change through the influence of another person. His hearts starts aching because of Joong-A. He wants to change and become someone important in her life. He impulsively takes a job at a musical instrument manufacturing company but soon gets bored and quits. He then encounters Kang Kook, not realizing that he is Joong-A’s husband, and with Kang’s influence begins training as a bodyguard. The friendship between Jae-Bok and Kang Kook grows despite their opposite personalities.

HAN, Si-Yeon (Female, 21) – Kim, Min-Jung
A young erotic movie actor who used to be a potential childhood actor. A bit of a scatterbrain, but strong and full of energy. Her family had a good living and never worried about money until she finished middle school when her father’s business went under. Since her family never had to work, her father’s failure left her mother and her little sisters clueless. Siyeon, the strongest daughter, works for a small erotic movie production company to support her family. Confident with her perfectly gorgeous body, she aspires to be in a really successful movie someday. She is currently living with her older boyfriend Jae-Bok, a drifter who knows about life and knows how to make her happy. He never loses fights and is excellent in bed. One day at a movie premier, she bumps into a silent bodyguard, Kang Kook, a type of a guy whom she would generally never show a bit of interest. Kang mistakes her for the famous movie star he is to protect and later, when he finds out that Siyeon is only wearing the same dress as the star, he mistakes her for a stalker. They keep bumping into each other here and there. Over time she develops feelings for him.

KANG, Kook (male, 28) – HYUN, Bin
A handsome bodyguard who doesn’t say much but always says the right thing. A survivor of a car accident on a family picnic when he was a little boy. His father’s old friend, a former reverend and an artist raised Kang since then. Kang grew up enjoying martial arts and painting. He wanted to be an artist but was convinced that art was a tough way to make a living. Ironically, his job ended up being tougher than any other job; he became a bodyguard. He wants to protect Joong-A, a hurtful soul who suffers from a mental illness. He may in fact need her to suffer and depend on him so he can be a huge part of her life. Taking pleasure in helping others, he is a bodyguard in his love life, too. He was the happiest when Joong-A bandaged his wound after an accident. The way they love is to share each other’s pain. One day while doing his job trying to protect a famous actor he bumps into the unsuccessful erotic movie actor Siyeon. She hits him repeatedly in the face after she is knocked over by him, yelling and vowing that one day he will be hired as HER bodyguard. Funny girl, he thinks. As they keep bumping into each other, he is attracted to her strong personality and falls in love with her. When she is around, he is no longer quiet. He even reads lines of an erotic movie for her. It’s awkward at first, but he finds a way to have fun with it. Realizing that she truly makes him happy, he begins to enjoy being with her.

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Like a room without a roof

Class of 2014 advised: Get into Java for a happy working life

Lucy Carey

Clap along if Java developing is for you! According to new study, young professionals who work with Java top the tables for job satisfaction.

Raised on a technical heritage unimaginable even a few decades ago, the newest wave of developers came of age immersed in a virtual world. Having grown up with computers and smart phones as much a part of their lives as phones and TV were to Generation-X, Millennials are conditioned to be comfortable in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields like no generation before.

So perhaps it’s natural that in a recent Forbes commissioned survey by job search and review site CareerBliss, developers topped the charts as the happiest of all young workers. Specifically, it was Java devs who took the number one spot, with Web Developer, more general Software Developers, and a series of other tech, web, and IT-focused positions following closely behind. Following behind Java devs in the top five were Embedded Software Engineers, .NET Developers, Medical Technologists, and QA Engineers.

To compile their study, Careerbliss collected data from 25,000 independent company reviews between January 2011 and March 2014. Their research takes into account job elements that affect “work happiness,” including an individual’s manager and coworkers, encouragement and rewards received, opportunities for professional growth, company environment and culture, workflow, and day-to-day responsibilities

Although a there’s a general assumption that Java developers tend to be older and more established, with younger people generally gravitating to newer and trendier languages, clearly there’s a sizable number still opting to work with the legacy platform. In part, this may be related to high wages on offer for Java devs, whose salaries topped the charts for the highest earning employees on the market  in 2013.

For any post-2008 graduate, finding a job is a more daunting prospect than ever, with internships and other voluntary positions supplanting many of the traditional entry-level jobs. The advent of a globalized work force has drastically shrunk employment prospects in some sectors, and wreaked havoc on work conditions in others. That’s not to say tech is all sunshine and roses, but it is at least a fertile environment, with software development jobs predicted to grow 22% between 2012 and 2022.

Another factor to take into account, if you listen to the marketing guys, is that Millennials are characterized as being largely creative individuals, who thrive when given the opportunity to be innovative in their work. As Forbes writes, by definition, software developers are the “the creative minds behind computer programs,” and anyone in this field will find ample scope to let their imagination flow, if they look in the right places.

In-demand developer skills vary from year to year, but if you’re looking to zero in on lucrative skills to hone alongside Java, according to a TechRepublic roundtable, hiring trends in 2014 will tilt heavily towards Big Data, with a rising interest in employees who can use tech like Hadoop to generate meaningful analytics. Also in demand will be mobile, cloud, and security related skills. Handy to know if you’d like your early twenties career to be more distinguished by something a little more valuable than endless hours of unpaid labor and coffee runs.

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Francisco Aguabella: H2O

A few years ago documentarian Les Blank profiled this legendary conga drummer in his film Sworn to Drum. A drum priest of Santeria, it highlighted Aguabella’s spiritual connection and knowledge of Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms that brought him to the attention of American dance diva Katherine Dunham in the 1950s and he joined her troupe. Leaving in 1959, he landed in New York City where he joined Tito Puente’s band for a minute before relocating to Oakland, Calif., where he became an important part of the West Coast jazz scene as well as touring with pop stars like Peggy Lee.

Now thanks to Cubop Records, this drum master is enjoying an overdue revival with h2o. Having moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, Aguabella draws from potent Angelino talent here, like pianist Joe Rotondi Jr., saxman Charles Owens and vocalist-timbalero Nengue Hernandez. With a raw brass-heavy sound fueled by driving drums, thick harmonic colors and hard-bop melodies, the accent is on the groove as tunes like Kenny Dorham’s “Short Story,” Aguabella’s “Quien Eres Tu” and “Nena” cruise at 80-mph L.A. freeway frenzy. With a hard hands style that makes your fingers blister just listening to him, h2o is well worth hearing but push the couch aside because this will inspire some serious dance action!


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This is my 2500th post here

February 5, 2014 § 4 Comments

Hard to believe that it’s been 9.5 years that I’ve been posting things here.  While I plan on writing something much more substantial for my 10th blogging anniversary, it is strange to look back on what I posted in 2004-2006 (and pre-dated for 2003 when I was porting interviews over from wotmania in 2009) and see the twists and turns in my reading, professional, and personal life.  Although I doubt there are many that have been there for all of the ride, for those who have been visiting for years and leaving the occasional comment, thank you.  It is hard sometimes to think of material to write and while the squirrel posts et al. are fun, hopefully there have been some posts that made you think about something in a different light.

Now that the warm fuzziness is over, time to rile up people shortly.

P.S.  If 43 people were to respond to this, even if it were to contain squirrel spam haiku, 10,000 total comments would be reached.  Not that I’m encouraging people to spam, that is…

P.P.S.  Post #2501 will bore you.  Or maybe not.

P.P.P.S.  There was a silly point that I was going to make here, but I edited it out prior to thinking it.

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2013-07-14 JSW booth-3

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim loves to be involved in our community, and we at Jung Suwon participate in as many community events as possible!

Last weekend, just a couple of blocks away from our school, we had a booth at the Newark Summer Fest, a nice gathering of the local community.  Jung Suwon was right there, with our own booth, occasional impromptu demonstrations, and ready to show some basic moves.

Some people even signed up on the spot and got their own uniforms right away!

2013-07-14 JSW booth-2

2013-07-14 JSW booth 5

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim explains the benefits of Jung Suwon training like this:

“Certainly, increased physical strength and the knowledge of self-defense are desirable rewards of Jung Suwon martial arts training; they reduce fear and weakness and build true confidence and self-esteem.  The quality of physical training in Jung Suwon depends directly on the extent to which the spiritual training is applied.  learning the martial art moves and forms, learning how to spar effectively with an opponent, and demonstrating extraordinary physical feats (breaking bricks with your bare hand) require that you use all the principles of awareness, balance, visualization, commitment – all the rules of mental conduct – as well as the principles of inner power.

Training in the physical form of Jung Suwon requires that you focus all these ides within the parameters of this structured art form and that you develop yourself and measure your progress in  disciplined manner.  Your training, then, can be  feedback system, letting you know where you stand in taking control of your mind and body.”

(Seven Steps to Inner Power, page 80)


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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

You must be wondering where I have been all this time. The answer is across the pond in the mighty USA! 3 weeks later I have only just recovered from jet lag (kind of) and managed to get to the cinema to see the much anticipated X-Men: Apocalypse (2016).

I have always been a huge fan of the X-Men series and can honestly say they are my favourite out of all the superhero films. I think it’s the memory of watching them on repeat as a selection of my first ever DVDs as VHS was going out the window. With this in mind I was very excited.

We saw the return of old characters from the new series (we will call the McAvoy series) , but also new characters which we have known in their later years from the original series (lets call this the Stewart series). During which I felt myself playing the ‘spot the character’ game. Comparing skills / personalities / traits (and unfortunately for Jean Grey, Sophie Turner) accents (as much as I love Sophie Turner, it has to be said). At times I felt this was too stereotypical for me. It restricted the characters paths. Us as an audience already know who these characters are and so the opportunity for character development has gone. This is unfortunate for the actors as essentially it feels like they’re playing a role of someone else who was playing a role of a character. For example, Alexandra Shipp  was playing Halle Berry  who was playing the character of Storm. The opportunity of making the character their own for these actors essentially had been taken away.

Due to this I found myself growing fond of new characters who we hadn’t previously met in the Stewart series. Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver (Evan Peters) brought personality, likeness and a cool quirkiness to the role. He completely smashed Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver in the avengers series (Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)) out of the water.

In saying that, we finally get to understand and see why Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto (Michael Fassbender ) is so angry at the world. The torment of his past (/present depending on which way you see it) is brought to light and the sorrow and pain he suffers is in magnitude. You watch as Erik Lehnsherr tries to live his life, falling in love, having a beautiful young daughter and to believe he has happiness in his future. But we all know too well, as we suffer in the real world with prejudice and fear of the unknown Erik Lehnsherr’s life is destroyed and we see the rebirth of Magneto (would it be rude to say- yet again?)

I have to say the team of ‘bad guys’ was much to be desired. They failed to distil any fear in myself and nothing in comparison to the Stewart series’ notorious ‘bad guy’ Col. William Stryker  (Brian Cox / Brad Loree). Although we did see a sneak peak of Col. William Stryker (Josh Helman) along with the unleashed beast of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Possibly the highlight of the film?

If you are a fan of the X-Men series as a whole I would end by recommending you taking the trip to see this movie. Overall it is exactly what you expect, a team of mutants fighting to save the world.

Alternatively, if you have never seen any of the X-Men movies – I would recommend staying at home and streaming the Stewart series. You will have more fun and your pocket won’t be empty.

starstarstar– I enojoyed it. Its watchable, however very far down the ‘watch again’ list

Star of the show:

Evan Peters

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PHFC9: *headdesk*

Conversation reported by my sister J…

Dad [on phone with J]: So, what’s Kate’s blog about, now?

Stepmom [in background]: THE OPPOSITE OF SCIENCE!

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  1. Carolyn Hax-approved, family-appropriate response: Wow.

    Snarkier response: Um, Kate? I didn’t realize we were writing a religion blog here. I may not be able to participate anymore.

  2. “And this is why you’re my STEPmom . Shut up kthxbye.” :p
    Kidding! ^_^
    I got into it with my sister too. She asked about one of my friends who lost weight due mainly to hormonal treatments for PCOS that recovered her metabolism, but my sister was suggesting gastric bypass in the process. Then my mother got into it after I said “It’s about what you do” 30 times, and she replied by saying “It involves healthy eating.” Which I then replied with it “Hence why I said IT’S ABOUT WHAT YOU DO!!!”
    My mom keeps going back and forth with the health at every size concept. She has certifications in personal training, group exercise, and spinning, but some days she’ll agree that it has a high dependency on what you do, and others she’ll get confused by what it’s all about when it comes to it. She’s got a little extra, she’s not highly self-hating, but sometimes her thoughts about food seem almost orthorexic in nature. I have worse times with my sister though:

    Me: “Wow. She’s hot.”
    Sis: “She can’t be hot to you, because you only like fat people.”
    Me: “Firstly: I like both. Second,, even if I was exclusive in my preference, I can still find her attractive.”
    Sis: “No you can’t. You can’t like both!!”
    Me: “How the hell do you know? You don’t, and you aren’t me.”

    She’s so confused about it. If it came to the topic and we both had time to explain everything, I would run her into the ground if I wanted ( She’s constantly asking me about health questions, and the first conversation actually came up when she asked about hyper/hypothyroidism :p), but we get broken up too quickly by our mom, whom gave us our tenacity. :p I wouldn’t want that thought: I save that for the bigots. Plus she’s getting me a bullworker for Christmas, so yea. ^_^

  3. Last week a male coworker walks into my workspace, while I’m working mind you, and says “are your clothes getting smaller, or are you getting chubby”. Sorry, my point is, some people are just dumb.

  4. As much as I think my mom could use some companionship … I’m really glad not to have to deal with a stepfather.

  5. This made me LOL…

    but sadly, I’m afraid my boyfriend would agree. :( He gave me a speech today about how if he “can do it, other people can too!” (because…apparently he was a chubby kid? idk). I will sway him eventually!

  6. I might have shouted back,

    “The opposite of … oooooo … feelin’ good”

    but I’m snarky like that. Especially during the HoliDaze.

  7. Wow, Moonlight0806, tell me you reported him to HR, because that is really, really not ok. In so many ways.

  8. Some good news on science! My bf’s sister told me last night that her company now requires its employees to go to wellness screenings or have a jump in their premiums. I was worried about what was to follow, but apparantly they told her that she (at 5′ 3″) should weigh somewhere between 155 and 175, given the amount of lean mass in her body. Granted, they are still dictating a “healthy” weight, but it was so much better than the 120 that she has been told her whole life. She was really pleased…

  9. I work at a very small company, about 8 people. So i basically told him to stick it and go back to his office.

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Pulling Myself Back On The Wagon

So.  Just to catch everyone up… yesterday, I felt like I was getting dragged behind my wagon, nearly ready to fall off the wagon altogether.

Today, I feel like I have two firm grips on the wagon, and I’m in a great position to continue pulling myself up and out the dirt and dust.

Yes, that’s an improvement!

I’d say today was a successful day.  More successful than the past few days.  Here’s why:

  • I went to the gym after work, and did the exercise I was planning on doing.  Almost exactly.  The intended workout was going to be 30 minutes of weights, then 30 minutes of arc trainer, and then abs.  I ended up doing 25 minutes of weights before jumping on the arc trainer (because one opened up, and I had to claim it before someone else did).  I burned well over 600 calories on the arc trainer, then did my sit-ups (about 100 of them), and walked out of the gym feeling good.  I take that back – I felt great.
  • I ate much better.  I ate all the veggies I brought along for the day (the uneaten broccoli and cauliflower from the day before, bell pepper, and yellow squash), and supplemented it with proteins (beans, tofu, a little grilled chicken) from the salad bar at the cafeteria near my office.
  • Snacking was curtailed.  I didn’t go completely snack free – I had 8 saltine crackers mid-afternoon, and a few pieces of candy, too.  A big improvement over Monday.

Oh, and there another small morning snack that made its way into my mouth.  “Snack” might be too generous a word – it was a sample.  My new friend Maggie, with whom I share an office, made…

…Kale chips!  I tried a couple (for the first time ever):

Basically, you can take kale, which is a dark leafy green, rip it up in pieces, drizzle them with a little olive oil and salt, and bake ’em for about a half-hour, and they crisp up and taste like potato chips, except for that they’re not potatoes, they’re kale (which is a nutritional powerhouse)!

Maggie was inspired to make kale chips by Gwyneth Paltrow, who was recently on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and showed Ellen how to make them:

I’ve eaten kale before, at restaurants and such, but I’ve never bought it before.  I think I’ll have to pick some up next time I’m at the store!

Before I wrap this up, I just want to thank all of you that posted such wonderful, supportive comments yesterday.  My tendency, despite knowing better, is to gravitate towards thinking that I’m on this road to health all by myself, so thank you for reminding me, for the 10,000th time, that I’m not.  Keep it up, readers, and…

…keep it up, David!

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  1. Crystal says:

    So what did the Kale chips taste like? I have wanted to try them for years and now that I have moved to the south Kale is one of the easiest to find veggies. I was thinking of picking some up and giving it a try but I am not sure if my family will enjoy them or not.

  2. Lanae says:

    I’ve heard about kale chips but thought you had to have a dehydrator so I’m excited to hear you can do them in the oven! Oh and bravo David for the good day yesterday!

  3. tin says:

    hello david! im new here and im soooo lucky i found your site! yeeeyy you really helped me alot inspired me! i was searching for a really healthy snack because i tend to eat all the time while learning ( since its almost the only thing i do i eat a lot of unhealthy foods) good to know i can substitute this to potato chips! ❤

  4. Marcy Fabian says:

    Hi David! I seen this on the Ellen Show and forgot about it till now!Gwyneth Paltrow made me interested in her cooking. Something different… I will be getting her book.I can’t wait to try the Kale chips! If you say there good then they have to be!Glad you back on track David.It’s fun trying different foods. KeepItUpDavid!Thanks for putting video up with Ellen Show and Gwyneth!:)

  5. missmarisol says:

    I’m gonna get my kale on soon. I want to introduce more veggies into my diet and recently started roasting cauliflower which is delish.

  6. Sonya says:

    The Kale chips are good.I tried them at a local outdoor market and they taste pretty good. The one’s I had tried had some kind of cheddar cheese flavoring, which made them taste yummy. I’d love to try some again.The video makes it look really easy to make.

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Archive for December, 2006

Wyeth gets Jak’d up!

Posted by kinasepro on December 30, 2006

via Jak3 but of course – in an underanounced deal with Pharmacopeia:

…Wyeth will pay Pharmacopeia $5 million initially, as much as $9 million of research funding over the next three years, and as much as $175 million for reaching certain goals with the JAK3 kinase inhibitor drug.

While it’s likely they have a few which haven’t published yet, WO/2006/108103 is the most recent PCOP Jak3 application.

They’ve been at this stuff for a while – I reckon since WO/2001/047921 and have a recent Tet Lett on a related series. Check 2HK5 for a clue on how they bind.

>> update 1/25/07 >> US20070021443 Jak3 Pharmacopeia patent application

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Better Chemistry = Better Drugs

Posted by kinasepro on December 29, 2006

Wull Duh? But in this case it’s a webcast on medchem from some mostly non-chemists: David Snitman, Paul Goddard, Arthur Sands, and Jim Mahoney of Array, ARYx, Lexicon, and Surface Logix respectively.

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Posted by kinasepro on December 28, 2006

Merck MA‘s got Met

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The Thursday List

Posted by kinasepro on December 28, 2006

US20060293358 Met Merck
US20060293348 p38 GSK
US20060293340 Raf Novartis
US20060293342 Tie2 EXEL
US20060293311 Jak3 Rigel
US20060292681 Interdomain kinase inhibitors
WO/2006/137598 c-Jun Sumitomo
WO/2006/136837 AKT Astex
WO/2006/136402 Mnk Develogen

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Tykerb + Xeloda 4TW

Posted by kinasepro on December 27, 2006

Good news for Tykerb and GSK.

Xeloda + Avastin ph ii was reported earlier this month.

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PDB Update

Posted by kinasepro on December 26, 2006

2NP8: Aurora Kinase. Novartis has a series of these kinds of compounds described in: JACS ’06 – 2182, but its looking like this came out of Takeda, and the companion article to this xray is in the ‘to be published’ category. Only other Aurora relevant Xray is a mutant: 2C6E, and of course the Abl mutant with VX680: 2F4J.

Interesting, looks that there’s a lysine residue on the glycine rich loop which is fairly specific to Aurora and appears to hydrogen bond the trifluromethyl group. Else these look to be in a similar conformation to the Rigel pyrimidines.

Also new today: 2FGA; Chk1 Apo: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ’06 – 2293 Peculiar, this is a low resolution apo with identity to the much earlier high resolution Chk1 apo: 1IA8.

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Posted by kinasepro on December 26, 2006

WO2006135604 is a recent Chk1 offering via Merck.

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Posted by kinasepro on December 26, 2006

Entremed has an ‘Aurora A selective’ preclinical candidate ENMD-981693, which is likely MKC-1693 or closely related. Here’s a poster given earlier this month. The structure has not been divulged, but the compound most likely came from the purchase of Miikana’s IP. There’s only one Miikana publication on Aurora and its the patent application: WO2006055831 which comprise a series of amides (and esters):

look familar?

So lets review:

  VX680 (nM) ENMD-981693 (nM)
Aurora A 0.6 15
Aurora B 18 290
Aurora C 4

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New Greene

Posted by kinasepro on December 24, 2006

1082 pages? Drats, didn’t make my Christmas list: 4th Edition. Don’t forget the 25% off for authors.

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Just in time for Christmas

Posted by kinasepro on December 23, 2006

It usually takes KP a year and a half to find information because that’s when the applications publish… In this case the only excuse is that he’s a little slow. I’m talking about the BindingDB and it appears to be a (smiles substructure searchable) resource with a ton of potential that’s been around since 5/05 but didn’t find the other end of my mouse button till today.

Also Current Opinion in Structural Biology has stuffed our stocking a little early with a thematic issue on you guessed it: kinases. Ok so is not all kinases, but 5 reviews aint bad.

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  2. _________ Has a visual preference for the human face

  3. _________ Smiles responsively

  4. _________ Climbs on furniture

  5. _________ Balances on one foot

  6. _________ Rolls from front to back

  7. _________ Sits unsupported

  8. _________ Bears weight

  9. _________ Visually follows a moving object

  10. _________ Stands momentarily on one foot

  11. _________ Crawls

  12. _________ Walks

  13. _________ Follows a moving object (tracks)

  14. _________ Has pincher response

  15. _________ Cruises on furniture

  1. Which of the following histories obtained from a caregiver may adequately explain the injury?

    1. “My one-month-old baby rolled off the changing table and bumped her head.”

    2. “My 6-month-old-baby crawled over to the iron and burned his hands.”

    3. “My 9-month-old caught his leg on the crib and twisted it and that is how he got a femur fracture.”

    4. “My 7-month-old stood up in the sink, turned on the hot water faucet and burned his feet.”

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Bad english? Naaaaah...

Today a friend of mine who looks into this blog from time to time told me that my english is sometimes a bit strange (to say it in a nice way).

Well, while I think that this can surely be true, I also think that I'm way off of being absolutely incomprehensible.

I think it's caused because during my development I only need telegram-style english and in other areas I barely ever need proper english.

I'm just lacking practice, but feel free to tell me all my errors :)

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Gifts Where You Least Expect Them

27 Jun

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness….It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.”
—Mary Oliver

“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
-Pema Chondron

“This being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.”

I chose all of three of these quotes as they reflect similar themes to me: the theme of finding gifts where we least expect them. It can be so difficult when you are in the midst of dealing with something difficult to hold onto the hope that there is a higher purpose and a reason for this happening.

As someone who is admittedly a teensy bit type A, I struggle with the idea of not being in control. I want to be able to control and plan and have things go the way I think they should. Somehow, this rarely turns out to be the case… One would think that as a yoga teacher and a therapist, I would be better at this. One would be wrong.

A good friend of mine recently told me that we just have to trust that our angels know better than we do. I have been trying to take this advice to heart and not worry as much when things seem to be going awry and just have faith that it will all work out in the end.

When I reflect back on my life, I can find numerous examples of not receiving what I thought I wanted, which turned out to be better for me at the end. For instance, I really wanted to go to one of the Ivy League schools for undergrad. I didn’t get into any. Instead, I ended up attending Amherst College. A Division III school in New England was perfect for me. It allowed me to continue swimming competitively and be a contributor to my team, while still protecting my time for studying (among other things). After graduating, I applied to and was rejected from a few teaching jobs before obtaining a job at an educational policy think tank. This job helped shape my decision to pursue my doctorate in clinical psychology. When applying for graduate programs, I desperately wanted to attend the psychology program at UCLA. Not only was it prestigious and ranked number one, but it would have meant I could have moved home to my friends and family. When I had my visit and interview however, my gut told me this was not my best match on numerous levels. Fate made the decision for me and I did not get in. Instead, I remained in DC and attended a program that more closely aligned with my career needs and allowed me to stay near my friends in DC. Had I been accepted, I’m not sure that I would have listened to my gut.

Yet I still get so frustrated when things are not going my way in a given moment. My yoga practice has been a huge help in allowing me to observe the emotions, sit with them, and let them go without just burying them and hoping they go away only to fester and pop up later. The Pema Chodron quote above reminds me that I seem to have yet mastered this lesson as life seems to keep presenting it to me 😉

Recently I found myself confronted with a situation in which I finally had to acknowledge I had received one bright and shiny box full of darkness, addressed to Kristin. I ignored my gut feeling and intuition and was distracted by the fun wrapping and package and the allure of a gift. After all, it promised just what I thought I wanted! I refused to listen to those that could see past the shiny wrapping paper and tried to warn me, insisting that I knew the true contents and they were not looking hard enough. I had bought into the slick design and packaging and was unable to see the truth. I tried hard to believe that if I only changed or tried harder, somehow the darkness would go away and the true gift would reveal itself to match the packing. I fed the darkness, giving it opportinities to change and prove itself. All it ever proved was that it continued to be a box of darkness. After the fact, I struggled to understand the purpose in having an experience that hurt so badly. Why would anyone want to give me such a gift?

I have to believe that it is true that this will turn out to be a gift, that I am learning my lesson so that it no longer needs to be repeated, and that it is clearing me out for some new delight. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it 🙂

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

-Helen Keller

PS – My beautiful and talented friend Halle wrote a blog post about a gift of darkness years ago. It has stayed me all of these years, so I’ll share it in the spirit of this post as well. She is a much more poetic writer than me 🙂

2 Responses to “Gifts Where You Least Expect Them”

  1. Angela Kukhahn June 28, 2011 at 3:16 pm #

    Wow, this is really beautiful, deep and soooooo true! Thanks for sharing!

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