text:
Peruvian “cocina” – The Best, the worse, and the weird

– “And don’t forget to try Pisco Sour and Ceviche!” my good friend Cony reminded me just when we were about to go on our Peruvian journey.

With that fresh thought in our minds, we were able to offer ourselves not one, but two amazing treats on our first day in Lima: indulging in a Pisco Sour (which is like a sour citrus cocktail) while enjoying the beautiful sunset over the Pacific Ocean. What a wonderful start to our new adventure in Peru!

Continue reading

PE, Arequipa: The colours of ‘The White City ‘

How to Peru in 2 weeks – Day #14, April 2019: Arequipa – Plaza del Armas – Basilica Cathedral – Plaza Yanahuara – Convent of Santa Catalina

 I was still day dreaming when we arrived in Arequipa, as a piece of my heart was left behind, floating in the foggy morning along the Colca Canyon.

I suddenly noticed the bustle of a big city; many buses, a tumult of people going everywhere, cars, and adds all over the places. It was the industrial area of Arequipa, and the guide told us that this specific area is used mainly by people coming from the highlands, therefore the similar outfits we’ve seen along our 2-days trip.

Arequipa, Bolognesi Bridge
Arequipa, Bolognesi Bridge

Continue reading

PE, Puno to Arequipa: 2Days 1Night Colca Canyon tour, first day

How to Peru in 2 weeksDay #12: Mirador Lagunillas – Reserva Nacional de Salinas y Aguada Blanca – Chinitos Patahuasi – Tocra swamps – Mirador de los Andes – Chivay – Yanque

Shortly after we exit the busy streets of Juliaca, we see again the landscape we got so accustomed few days before, along the Route of the Sun.

The bushes become dwindling bundles; the grass turns into thistle clusters. Hundreds of shades of brown mixed with shades of grey. When we see a green patch of land, we know a little spring or a pond is trying to give some life to these parched lands at 4,000+ m altitude. Otherwise, most land looks arid, and dreary. The barren land looks dried and frail, sad in its majesty, generous in its magnificence.

Colca Canyon - road trip Continue reading

PE, Cusco to Puno: Route of the Sun

How to Peru in 2 weeks – Day #10: Route of the Sun

 We were so ready on the 10th day of our journey, waking up very early to be on time for the next leg of the trip. We didn’t call for a taxi, as the Plazoleta de San Blas was right at an arm length down the narrow street where we got accommodation for our 2-night stay in Cusco. A small plaza full with cars and street vendors was ready for us at that early time in the morning with a taxi, which took us in no less than 20 minutes to the Inka Express boarding location. More tourists appeared shortly in groups or pairs, and I was amazed how many people were suddenly surrounding us. Very well organized, the tour representatives took our names, handing the luggage tags, and the VIP passes. Around 7 am we were all boarded, heading to our new destination.

The bus tour Cuscoto Puno, known as Ruta del Sol/Route of the Sun, lasted about 10 hours, with 5 short stops in touristy places along the way. It might sound a long way, but the day went by pretty quickly actually.

Peruvian Highlands

Continue reading

PE, Cusco: Beaten paths, yet to be discovered – wandering through the city

How to Peru in 2 weeks – Day #9: Museo de Arte Precolombino  – Twelve angled stone – Museo Kusicancha – Qurikancha Temple – Sacsayhuaman Fortress

At a high altitude of 3400 metres, Cusco is located at the west end of Huatanay Valley. Well protected by the surrounding mountains, the conquistadores destroyed the Inca buildings, and used the strong foundations for their colonial structures. But the solid streets and pathways remain unchanged, legacy of a strong civilization. Had they cars, maybe they would have built them wider, but they will remain in the same state for many years from now, even in this century when the city expanded so much, and the traffic in many areas looks impossible. The cobbled streets will stay famous for generations to come, and even though the Spanish maybe wished to destroy a culture, they couldn’t destroy the roots of it.

Cusco - view from plaza

Continue reading

PE, Cusco: Discovering and exploring Cusco in our own way

How to Peru in 2 weeks – Day #8: Getting to Cusco – Iglesia de San Blas – Plaza de Armas – The Cathedral – Templo del Triunfo – The Church of the Holy Family

Happy to get on the van, finally, I was all ready to relax and admire one more time the superb landscape of Sacred Valley where the main road would take us through, from Ollantaytambo (where we had our base for 4 nights) to Cusco.

The cheapest way to get from Ollantaytambo to Cusco was to get one of the many vans that run all day between these cities for a cheap rate of 10 soles. Our luck arrived before we even got to the main plaza; one van stopped and asked us “Cusco?” Before saying “yes” we jumped in the van right away, as a policeman was making signs already to the driver to keep moving.

Shortly after our first relaxing moments I noticed that the van had crossed Urubamba River and started ascending a hill that soon looked more like a mountain. Beautiful views, however both direction and landscape didn’t look right. Hmm, have we gotten on the right bus? Yes, we specifically asked a second time after settled in our seats. Where are they going to? Are they kidnapping us? What is going on?!..

Continue reading

PE, Sacred Valley: Machu Picchu, the last frontier

How to Peru in 2 weeks, Day#7: Machu Picchu – Aquas Calientes

I’ve always wondered why these names got stuck in my head since my elementary school. Like Machu Picchu, Titicaca, Popocatépetl, or Vesuvius. Maybe for the way my geography teacher pronounced them, or the way they resonated in my brain? They dwelt in my head for years, feeding my imagination and desire to see what is outside of my little box, making me dream of this beautiful world. And one day, the dream became true..

Machu Picchu - after the sun came out

Continue reading

PE, Sacred Valley: Free things to do in Ollantaytambo

How to Peru in 2 weeks, Day#6: Ollantaytambo – Inca Bridge – Punku Punku – Q’ello Raqay

 After a sleepless night, and more headaches in the morning, I realized that one can’t play with the nature, and with the human nature. I was still reticent, and careful not to exert myself too much, but hopeful I could continue the trip, especially that our schedule would continue to higher altitudes.

Many people use Ollantaytambo as a stopover for their Machu Picchu adventure. But this little city is underappreciated by many, in their excitement to head to the great fortress. There are so many free activities that you can do in this small and cozy town, if you just have an extra day.

Continue reading

PE, Sacred Valley: A day trip to Maras, Moray, and Chinchero

How to Peru in 2 weeks, Day#5: A day trip to Maras, Moray, and Chinchero

Dragging a foot after the other one is not a problem, if I can only get a grasp of air. My heart is racing like crazy, trying to pump more air. Thin air. I can’t believe how quickly my heart rate went up after not more than 20 stairs. I suddenly realize what our driver told us in his broken English about an hour ago. Chinchero is our highest point of the day, over 3700 metres altitude. Like a miracle, a bench appeared in front of our eyes, but we still have to climb few more stairs. I only have to keep moving, a step at a time: four, three, two, one. I almost collapse on the bench, trying to stabilize my heart rate: breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out.. Continue reading


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: text/html

WARC-Type: response

text:
NEW BRUNSWICK — Following a tuition freeze and fee reduction in the face of a global pandemic, the Rutgers University Board of Governors has approved a budget for the 2021-2022 academic year that includes an overall 2.6% increase in tuition and fees for students at its three main campuses.

A typical in-state, full-time arts and sciences undergraduate at Rutgers-New Brunswick would be billed $15,804 in the academic year beginning in September 2021. The price tag would be $15,208 at Rutgers-Newark and $15,657 at Rutgers-Camden.

"This budget allows us to provide what is most important — excellent academic instruction and research opportunities for our students, first-rate patient care and far-reaching public service while keeping cost increases as low as possible following an extremely difficult year unlike any Rutgers has experienced," university president Jonathan Holloway said.

Get our free mobile app

Tuition and fees account for nearly 29% of university revenues, Rutgers said in a news release. Tuition and fees help fund academic programs and university services, including counseling and financial aid.

For nearly 80% of Rutgers students, the university said, individual costs are reduced by financial aid, scholarships and loans.

"We know that tuition increases are difficult for our students, especially after a challenging year, and we would avoid any increase if the numbers would allow it," said Mark Angelson, chair of the Board of Governors. "We are committed to providing an affordable, high-quality education, and we urge our students and their families to focus, as we do, on the average net cost to students who receive financial assistance."

For the last five academic years, including the 2020-2021 tuition freeze and campus-fee reduction, Rutgers has averaged a 1.2% increase in tuition and fees.

Trending News in Brick

warcinfo:
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2021-31
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for July/August 2021
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-67-67-15.ec2.internal
software: Apache Nutch 1.18 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 1.2-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: https://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/


text:
Get exclusive access to this video & more

Become a 10 play member
or sign in and enjoy the benefits

Rush - S1 Ep. 12
PG | Drama

Air Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
Expires: in 7 months

When Lawson corners an armed, highly-experienced sniper on the roof of a high rise building he knows his life is on the line.


text:
Posted on

7 of the Most Common Instagram Mistakes Marketers Need to Avoid

In order for your profile to stand the highest chance of getting seen and keep growing, it’s actually vital to avoid some of the biggest marketing mistakes. So we’re presenting the 7 most common Instagram mistakes in the hope you’ll avoid them and lead a more successful marketing strategy on Instagram.

1. Lack of a Marketing Strategy

Just like any other marketing channel, Instagram requires a well-defined strategy. Aside from just getting started with your first profile, you have to figure out what you want to accomplish on the platform by developing a content plan that will answer questions such as-Who is your target audience? What value can you bring to them? What kind of posts are they expecting?

Yes, these are basic questions, but any Instagram marketing strategy should begin with these fundamental components; otherwise social media managers risk wasting precious time and resources on irrelevant or ineffective campaigns. That’s why it pays to start off small and test your profile before expanding into more elaborate and complex endeavors.

Conducting market research on who uses the platform, identifying influential users within your niche, gathering an idea bank of high-quality images and videos-these are all important steps that should be taken before taking the big plunge. It takes patience and fortitude to adapt a winning Instagram marketing strategy which is why it helps for marketers to get their feet wet with smaller goals before making their way up the ladder.

Continue reading 7 of the Most Common Instagram Mistakes Marketers Need to Avoid


text:
Daylight Saving Time Ends On Sunday

(Albany, NY) -- Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend as time "falls back"and firefighters statewide are issuing a reminder.

They say while changing the clocks on Sunday it is a good time to also check the batteries in your smoke alarm to make sure they're working.  One-hundred-seven people across New York have been killed in fires this year, second only to Texas.  Experts say it's important to make sure you and your family members are safe before winter, since that's usually the worst time of the year for fires.

Copyright © 2018TTWN Media Networks LLC

Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images

Sponsored Content

Sponsored Content


text:
Originally intended as a one-off, on 15th August 1970 the first commemoration of the capitulation of Japan and the end of the Second World War in South-East Asia took place in the Hague. It was subsequently felt that this should be held more often, which led to 24 Indies organisations forming on 25th March 1980 the 15 August 1945 Commemoration Foundation (Stitching Herdenking 15 August 1945). Having grown since its inception, the Foundation’s objectives are now supported by 70 affiliated organisations, organisations sympathetic to its work, and 1,600 donors.

The Foundation’s primary goal is to organise on 15 August a dignified annual commemoration of the formal end of the Second World War for the Kingdom of the Netherlands and all the victims who were killed during the war in the former Dutch Indies.

The second goal is to create more awareness in the Netherlands of the commemoration of this historical day, the fight in the former Dutch Indies against Japan, the acts of resistance and the persecution suffered during the Japanese occupation, and the consequences for the people living there at that time.

Education of young people

The Foundation also strives – independently or in collaboration with other organisations – to educate young people by informing them about the war in the former colony and in South-East Asia.

This education is not only intended to make young people familiar with the facts of the little-known war in Asia, but also to encourage them to learn from the events which led to this war.

Since 2005, in collaboration with the Indies Remembrance Centre, the Gastdocenten Foundation and the Museon, the Foundation has organised a separate youth programme which takes place during the 15th August commemoration.

The Indies Platform

The Foundation is affiliated to the Indies Platform, the point of contact for the formation and implementation of government policy in relation to the survivors of the Second World War in the Dutch Indies and their descendants.

14 August

On 14 August, the Foundation holds a short private commemoration in front of the Indies Plaque in the lobby of the former building of the Dutch Parliament, where the Speaker of the Dutch Parliament traditionally makes a speech (see also Indies Monument/Indies Plaquette).

15 August

On 15 August, the national commemoration takes place at the Indies Monument in the Hague (see also Indies Monument). The Commemoration ceremony and the laying of wreaths have taken place here since the unveiling of the Monument in 1988.

Wouter Hamel

Ilvy Njiokiktjien

Gonne Palm


text:
Collect 25 spin Reward Coin Masterrrific

Get now Free Spins

Learn How to Coin Master Trade Card Game and Win 1000 spins at Coin Master New Event?

Coin Master Free Spins And Coins

08 July 2021 Maybe is working?

Published at: 07-08-2021 23:29
Updated at at: 07-08-2021 23:50
08 July 2021 Collect 25 spin Reward Coin Masterrrific
The Magic of Coinmaster is a game of coin exchange and it has been highly rated for years. Each of the seven days in the game is a different game to play and the winner of each game can earn Spins and also get a chance to add their name to the database of other players. For the purpose of this article we will focus on the last of the seven days, which is the "New Event" which is an opportunity to win 1000 spins at coin master game. To win 1000 spins at coin master new event you need to first be at the stage of the game where you have won or at least doubled your own spin Coins. If you are still in the middle of the game then the new event is yours to win and should be approached with care.
Winning at coin master is easy and the chances of this happening in this type of game is much higher as compared to any other. This is due to the fact that in most cases when a person first starts playing the game they have no intention of playing for a long time. A normal player will try to win more Coins and the best way to do this is to double their own Coins. It should be noted that once the Spins is doubled the chances of a winning run are higher as compared to any other type of run. It is thus better to take this opportunity to go for some more winning 1000 spins at coin master.
Double your Spins when you win and the more you win the more Coins you will double. You must however, remember that at the point when you have doubled your Coins, there is a new event which has been added to the database of all the other players. To get to this point, you must use the game to increase your sum of Coins to a new level. At this point you can either choose to get two tickets from the event's multiplier or add a new account for the next level of the game. In addition to the two tickets for the new event, it is also important to note that you should not double your Coins at this point of the game as you should still be at the phase where you have to double your Spins.
The logic here is that after you have double your Spins at the start of the game, the next time the multiplier increases you should not try to double your Coins. A simple example would be that if you have doubled your Spins and you want to play the New Event. You must make sure that you are in the position to win at least twice your Spins or the amount of the multiplier. After this you should not try to double the Coins as this will take too long. Playing the New Event is one of the best ways to increase your Spins when it comes to increasing the amount of Spins.
Since the event has been added to the database of all the other players, you are always in a position to double your Spins. The rate of doubling also varies with each person, so it is best to double as much as you can while playing the game.

Halley Wisozk

I love coinmaster Por ejemplo most of the methodological fearlessness rampant in modern Coin Mastereology delimits in a Coin Mastered/non-Coin Mastered construct the system of base spins -words exclusive of the spins dialect.

Suanne Schmidt

Thanks for coins. Awesome Bronalogously, this selectionally introduced spins -contextual feature cannot be non-pitted in the extended YOLO/BrOLO construct discussed in connection with (34).

Andree Heaney

Thanks for coins I suggested that these bodaciouus images would flow from the realization that an important spins -property or spins perty of these three stochetypes of EC does not readily tolerate a stipulation to place the Coin Mastered/awesome/radical/clowncar into these various categories.


text:
BTS’s “God Of Destruction” RM Strikes Again…Excuse Me While I Scream

He’s living up to his name again in “In the SOOP”.

It’s been seven years, but the “God of Destruction” is still smiting everything in his path!

(Accidentally, of course.)

BTS‘s RM has a talent for breaking whatever comes near his dangerous hands. Call it a gift or a curse…

…but it’s part of who he is.

The God of Destruction struck again in Episode 7 of BTS’s stay-cation show, In the SOOP. At the lake house, a door was just trying to live its life when RM nearly ended it.

The screen wheezed its last breath then collapsed right out of the doorframe.

Thankfully, Jimin and Suga were there to save the day! “You really are the master of destruction,” Jimin said, and RM agreed; “I’m living up to my name again.”

After a few tries, Suga and Jimin were able to fix the screen and give the door a second chance. (It will never take life for granted again.)

If RM’s dangerous hands can do that to a door, it’s no wonder why Suga didn’t want him anywhere near the woodcarving tools!


text:
Fans claims this child actor looks exactly like Rap Monster

BTS‘s Rap Monster has been known for having extremely unique visuals among idols in the Korean entertainment industry.

However, some fans have claimed that they’ve recently discovered another celebrity whose visuals are eerily close to Rap Monster. After seeing a post on Pann, many fans have agreed that child actor Jo Hyun Do shares many facial features with Rap Monster. In fact, some have even joked around claiming the two are so similar that perhaps Jo Hyun Do could be Rap Monster’s secret child.

Source: Pann

Check out Rap Monster’s performance at this year’s Duet Festival below:


text:
Song Hye Kyo And Song Joong Ki’s Divorce Mediation Reportedly Took Just 5 Minutes

Divorce lawyers claim it was unusually fast.

Song Hye Kyo and Song Joong Ki reportedly only took 5 minutes to complete their divorce mediation. Within those 5 minutes, they were officially declared legally divorced.

Judge Jang Jin Young from the Seoul Family Court presided over the mediation. Both lawyers had already come prepared with a completed agreement of the divorce settlement. Thus, the whole mediation was completed in only 5 minutes.

Song Hye Kyo’s agency revealed that there were “no alimony or division of property” in the divorce settlement.

Divorce lawyers claimed that the amount of time it took for their divorce mediation was “unusually faster than [they] thought.” They explained that despite the fact that they were wealthy top stars in the public eye, their divorce procedure took much faster than even those who aren’t famous and have less to discuss over.

Industry insiders claim both parties wanted to complete the procedure as soon as possible, considering how their divorce became a widely discussed topic all over the world. They also claimed that the former couple wished to have the procedure done and over with before the court took an official break in the last week of July.

Unless it’s a very important case, the court does not preside over cases during the break. Although the Song-Song couple’s divorce is a widely discussed issue, it does not qualify as an important case.

If they did not finish the procedure quickly, it would have been delayed for weeks. That’s probably why they wanted to get it done as soon as possible.

— Legal Industry Insider

Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo got married in October 2017. They first announced their divorce on June 26, 2019. Within 1 year and 9 months since their marriage, the couple has officially divorced.

Song Joong Ki has already begun filming for movies, while Song Hye Kyo revealed that she’ll be taking it easy for the rest of the year to spend more time for herself.


text:
Just another WordPress.com site

If I Were A Boy (and Took You to This Restaurant) I’d Expect Sexcess Too

Photo credit: Pixomar/Freedigitalphotos.net

I had a fantastic dinner with two girlfriends last night.

What were we doing? Celebrating my friend’s 30th birthday (how fitting for this blog right), it’s on Halloween, but we were celebrating early. Besides, it was a Friday night and she was able to get a babysitter. We had to get in where we fit in.

We sat down in the cozy, plush booths and were serenaded by a sassy lounge singer dressed as a witch accompanied by a skillful acoustic guitarist.

Glasses of wine were had, followed by the most decadent meal I’ve had in a long time (this is even despite being on a Master Cleanse only a week earlier and just being happy to eat solid food again). We had crabcakes, sweet potatoes, bruschetto, the most air-whipped, glorious mashed potatoes. The birthday girl, after some coaxing, tried for the first time, fried skate wing fish.

We asked the waiter what kind of fish it was and he explained it was in the sting ray family. I encouraged my friend to order it and she was on the fence, but decided to do it because she said this year, she wanted to do 30 things she’s never done before, and why not kick it off with eating the “sting ray’s cousin” as our other friend pointed out.

That friend was harder to convince. She joked, “Didn’t Steve Irwin get killed by a sting ray? If you eat this you may not make it to 30.”  Maybe she was less enthused because it was because she just turned 29 last month and the prospect of 30 hasn’t hit her yet, but next year, this time, she’ll probably see things differently (tee hee). I’m about to be 30 in February, so I was more on the try it, try it, you are 30 tip. Besides, I knew eating the sting ray for the big 30 would make a great blog. I wanted to see how this would play out! The birthday girl went for it and it was actually pretty darn tasty. The cynic of the group even agreed it was pretty good. I believe we are all still alive.

But let’s get to the real point of this blog. During our discussion, we saw various people on dates, some of which left within a few minutes (we presume the men weren’t willing to pay the prices or either they didn’t like what was on the menu, but my assumption is the former, not the latter.).

A little tipsy, we called out to the prematurely exiting couples between bites and sips, “It’s worth it, she’ll totally give you some after eating this!!!”

I’d like to think of myself as a progressive woman. I’m not a feminist by any means. I believe in women empowering themselves and knowing how to be independent– but not to the detriment of growing a healthy relationship with a man by trying to be superwoman or not letting him be “a man.”

When women learn how to balance those things and realize they can’t be a man or do things the way men do it and embrace that and embrace the things we do that men just totally can’t, we’d really get somewhere…but that’s ANOTHER topic. I’ma leave that one alone.

As we ate, we all agreed that if a man took us to this comfy, cozy, sexy place on a cold, rainy night like this, with this amazing, tasty food, we would probably give him A-grade sex once we got home and probably head on the way home in the car. Real talk.

Some people will argue that our p-value is more than a meal. It is. Mine is priceless. That’s not the point. Then some people will argue what’s the difference between a woman who gives it up for Olive Garden in comparison to a swanky joint like the one we went to and definitively declare that it’s still trickin for a meal. Those people have a point, I won’t disagree. But when a man you are dating puts in an effort like that (and you actually like him and have an attraction) and the food is that good (The sense of taste and smell is super powerful, don’t sleep. Those senses are probably the most erotic next to touch), it’s not even so much the amount of money he spent, but it’s how that amazing food made you feel and the atmosphere. Now, that’s what I call a recipie for sexcess!

We all agreed the food and the wine made us feel sexy. I’m quite sure my one friend, who is attached, went home and gave her man the business. We all also agreed that if we were men, and we took women here, we probably would want to get some lovin afterwards too. Not so much as a show of gratitude for the amount of money that was spent, but for the sheer fact that a good atmosphere and great food is indeed an aphrodesiac.

So in my opinion, the men who pay for outstanding dinners aren’t necessarily paying for sex. One, they want to enjoy their food too, and it feels great to be able to take someone you really like out for a nice meal. In addition, the food is doing something in a subtle way  like pre-foreplay. They are setting up the kill early on and skillfully. This meal is creating a mood that will usher a woman into wanting to have sex and leading to that decision on her own.

So yep. That was a panty-dropping meal, and I’m not ashamed to say it. Play on, playas.

Single Post Navigation

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this:


text:
TDE’s Lance Skiiiwalker Releases ‘Introverted Intuition’ Album

blame it on Patrick Glynn October 17, 2016

Top Dawg Entertainment’s CEO announce Friday that TDE’s next release wouldn’t come from Ab-Soul or SZA, but their newest signee, Lance Skiiiwalker.

The project — Introverted Intuition — comes out tonight, and ahead of the release, Skiiiwalker shares a new song, “Lover’s Lane,” and a video to pair with it.

Much like the “Could It Be” visual, Skiiiwalker takes awkwardly interacting with women to an extreme, only the situations in the new videos seem much more realistic — he struggles to muster up the courage to talk to women at school and on the train. But once he does and plans to smoke with a girl, things dive even further south.

Skiiiwalker discussed the song and delved a little bit into his album with Mass Appeal, who premiered the video.

“The video is part of a larger message that love is scary/risky/dangerous/exciting all at the same time. To sum it all up Love is unpredictable. But no matter what it’s human nature to continue to love or pursue love.”

Watch DeAndre Folks and Dupree McCall-directed visual below.

At 13 tracks, listed in reverse order on the tracklist, ScHoolboy Q and Michael Anthony makes guest appearances, while DJ Dahi, Tae Beast, Dave Free, THEMpeople, Chef Byer, Frank Dukes, and more provide the production.

Check out tracklist below and pick it up on iTunes.


text:
COVID19 Market Update

I hope this article finds you healthy and safe.  Indications are that a more prolonged time of social distancing and general disruption of normal business patterns will be required to help slow and ultimately end the spread of the COVID-19.  These measures have impacted markets all over the world, ours is no exception.  Real estate activity along the Gulf Coast continues, albeit at a slower pace.

These charts compare total YTD pending contracts represented in both number of units and dollar volume compared to the same period last year.  The first two months of this year started strong with number of units up 10.9% and volume up 15.6%. Impacted by COVID-19, March is down 36.4% and 31.3% in units and volume, respectivley.  Pending contacts are a more accurate depiction of real time activity as closings typically occur 30-45 days after the contract date.

It is no surpise that the pace of new contracts is slower. Many segments of business are on hold and certain travel restrictions exist.  The logical next question is, how will the market react once life returns to normal?  The answer is simple, who knows…nobody can predict the future.  However, it can be helpful to look at historical data to see how our market has reacted to past major events.  When doing so, it is important to review what conditions existed in the market prior to these major events and how the markets reacted to those events.  We looked at two recent times, 1) 2007-2010 (the great recession coupled with the housing bubble followed by the BP Oil Spill) and 2) 2001 (The DotCom market collapse followed by 9/11).  Specifically, we looked at Inventory Levels, Price Appreciation Trends, The Mortgage Credit Availability Index and Total Cash Transactions.  The following data covers the 30A, Destin/Miramar Beach and Niceville markets.

Months of Inventory on Market from January 1995 - March 2020
(Blue Line is 30A (South Walton County), Green Line is Destin/Miramar Beach and Orange Line is Niceville)

The above data comes from FlexMLS and shows a substantially oversupplied market stemming from the 2007/2008 downturn (and Hurricane Katrina) vs a healthy or arguably under supplied market in 2019/2020.

Annual Price Appreciation January 1995 - March 2020
(Blue Line is 30A (South Walton County), Green Line is Destin/Miramar Beach and Orange Line is Niceville)

The above data, from FlexMLS, shows an unsustainable increase in pricing leading into 2007/2008 (bubble) vs the steady, stable growth over the last 6-7 years.

Mortgage Credit Availability Index and Percentage of Cash Transactions

The above chart from the Mortgage Bankers Association, shows the availability of mortgages on a national level.  The lower the index, the harder it is to qualify for a mortgage.  The index has remained extremely low the last 10+ years.  This indicates that buyers who do get mortgages face tougher, more stringent underwriting requirements and are thereby, more qualified, unlike like leading up to the Great Recession.

The above chart shows, by market, the percentage of transactions that include mortgages and indicates that Destin and 30A are still showing a high level of all cash buyers (~30-35%) while Niceville remains close to historical norms.

In summary, the current market with healthy inventory levels, stable growth, tighter lending standards and higher/normal percentage of cash buyers, indicate the market is in far better condition than it was going into 2007-2009.

Current stock market instability is being caused by an outside event (the coronavirus) with no connection to the housing industry. Many experts are saying the current situation is much more reminiscent of the challenges faced when the crash was immediately followed by 9/11. As an example, David Rosenberg, Chief Economist with Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc., recently explained:

“What 9/11 has in common with what is happening today is that this shock has also generated fear, angst and anxiety among the general public. People avoided crowds then as they believed another terrorist attack was coming and are acting the same today to avoid getting sick. The same parts of the economy are under pressure ─ airlines, leisure, hospitality, restaurants, entertainment ─ consumer discretionary services in general.”

The lingering psychological effects of 9/11 on the consumer led many to look for “safe havens” to invest their money and spend their time. Many people avoided air travel and larger populated areas for years after. This resulted in drive-to destinations and markets with strong regional consumer bases experiencing a spike in demand.

The below chart shows closings (light blue) and Average PSF for the combined 30A, Destin/Miramar Beach and Niceville markets from 2000-2004.

The underlying drive-to fundamentals and strong regional consumer base have contributed to the Gulf Coast showing great resilience and prosperity following past major events.

Note: All market data was obtained from ECAR via FlexMLS.

Call me if you have any other questions about the current market or when you're ready to buy.

  • Created on .
  • Hits: 1348

Comments (0)

There are no comments posted here yet

Leave your comments

Posting comment as a guest.
0 Characters
Attachments (0 / 3)
Share Your Location

The Premier Property Group 10343 E County Hwy 30a, Seacrest Beach, Florida 32461. 850-231-7026 Copyright


text:
By De Elizabeth

Every summer when growing up, my family would take trips to Cape Cod. My brother and I would spend the days leading up to our trip rifling through our CD collections, deciding which albums to bring with us for the six-hour drive (Blink-182, SR-71, and, later, Motion City Soundtrack were always among the top of the list). We’d print out a list of every state in the country, awarding various values to each, ready to play the License Plate Game in the car (Alaska and Hawaii always had the highest amount of points). We’d joke that every year, our parents would get into their “annual fight” before we left, delaying our departure by at least 45 minutes, but then eventually we’d be on our way. We’d stop around lunchtime — in Mystic, Connecticut, at a Friendly’s restaurant just off of the highway. Then, several hours later, we’d cross the Sagamore Bridge onto the Cape, and every year, at this very moment, my mom would turn around, look at us, and say: “Savor the moment.”

It became somewhat of a catchphrase for our trips to the Cape and as a kid, I didn’t give it much thought. But as I got older, I understood why she said it: it was the beginning of everything, the start of our family vacation, but also the start of a memory. And, naturally, because it was fun, it would be over in the blink of an eye. A week somehow felt like a day, and despite the fact that we would spend several nights in our rented condo near the beach, when it was time to leave, it would inevitably feel like we’d just arrived. My brother and I would pile back into the car, a little more sunburned than we were a few days prior, and we’d gaze out the window sadly as the beach faded into the distance. The drive back over the bridge was never as exciting as it was at the start of the trip, and we’d both agree: We wish we could go back and do it again.

There have been so many other times where I’ve thought about this mantra, where I’ve tried to freeze-frame an experience as it was happening. As a senior in high school, my best friend and I were completely obsessed with an acting class we were taking at a local conservatory, and we’d count down every day until Wednesday. At the start of each rehearsal, we would remind ourselves: We’re here! This is it! We’d talk about wanting to hit the pause button and just exist in that moment of walking through the corridor, unknowing of what inside jokes might develop as the evening unfolded. In college, my friends and I would agree that the beginning of the weekend was simply the best, as it held the weight of possibility. As graduation approached, I remember walking across campus, silently assigning a memory to every location, mapping the entire school with things that had happened, at one point in time. During our final Spring Fling, my friends and I visited the waterfall that was on campus and wondered why we’d never done it before. I remember thinking: Look around, remember this, it’ll be over soon.

But despite my best efforts to “savor the moment,” I don’t think I’ve ever gotten it right, because no matter what, the shifting of chapters has always made me strangely sad. No matter how much I appreciated something while it was mine, it’s never felt like an accomplishment, and it never made up for the overwhelming nostalgia that I currently carry for every piece of my life that’s come and gone.

Nevertheless, I found myself thinking about those Cape Cod trips recently. The other day, I was playing on the floor with my 8-month-old daughter, Izzy, listening to a Spotify playlist filled with pop music for kids. She’s usually all over the place these days, crawling everywhere, trying to get into everything, but for some reason, she was strangely quiet and snuggly, curling up next to me, reaching for my hair, and giggling. In the background, a song was playing with the words “It’s a wonderful life with you by my side,” and the sun was streaming through the window, and I distinctly thought to myself: Savor the moment. This is a moment to savor.

Last night, as I was putting Izzy to bed, she fell asleep in my arms and I tried to imprint the experience into my brain, memorize the way she felt heavy in my arms, with her cheek against my shoulder. But despite being so filled with love for her, I also felt sad, knowing that one day I won’t hold her like this anymore, one day this will be in the past, just like the waterfall on campus, just like those Wednesday evening rehearsals, just like the drive over the Sagamore bridge, playing the License Plate Game with my brother. One day, this will be over too, and I know, no matter how much I “savor,” I will desperately want to go back, just to live it again one more time.

But then, later one, after Izzy had gone to bed, I thought some more, and I realized — While trying to savor it, I inadvertently made it a memory when it was happening to me. I mentally put myself years down the line, when I’m actually in it, living it, right now. I mentally put myself at the end of something when it’s really the beginning.

Maybe trying to savor the moment is a fool’s errand, a wild goose chase that will always leave you feeling somewhat lost. Maybe we’ll always want to go back, no matter how much we’re appreciating what we have now. Maybe that’s the price of having good memories, of living a life filled with a sibling you love, with friends you love, with a baby you love that will grow into a little girl you love. Maybe that’s the bargain we make when we choose to be happy, when we choose to let other people in: We agree that it won’t always be the way it is today. We agree that one day, we’ll miss all of this. We agree that one day, we’ll be sad, drowning in memories and in nostalgia, looking backwards because that’s all there is left. But right now, there’s a backwards, a forwards, and a today. Right now, these are experiences, not memories. Right now is where we are.

This article originally appeared on De’s blog, Edits From Motherhood. Follow along for more updates on parenting and life as a new mom.

Featured image by Artem Bali on Unsplash

One thought on “The Price You Pay When You’re Always Trying to Live in the Moment

  1. JennyLynn17 says:

    As a mom, I can totally relate! I try to “imprint” memories all the time, but feel like I’m failing. But still, many stick with me just by trying. 🙂

Comments are closed.


text:
Colleen Keough – Athens, Ohio

"Crystal Ball Magic Box"  Arduino Video Controller / 14" x 7"  wood, glass  2010

“Crystal Ball Magic Box” Arduino Video Controller / 14″ x 7″ wood, glass 2010

Briefly describe the work you do.

My work explores the intersection of identity, technology, language and pop culture. I create electronic and time-based works, installations, mixed media, drawings, and performances which examine how technology has altered and influenced communication. I view the convergence of technology and the body as an extension and interruption. Technology extends our physical capabilities and reach, while it interrupts facets of speech language, narrative and communication. My research branches in multiple directions. Lately my research focuses on exploring parallels between myth and technological phenomena. For instance, the disembodiment of the voice through early media devices such as the telephone and the phonograph, are the inspiration for my work“Ether and the Voice: an Electronic Media Opera”. Another work, “iLook, iSeek, iAm”explores the Narcissus and Echo myth, and compares the hypnosis of the young Narcissus to the numbing mechanism of personal media and modern technology.

Tell us about your background and how that has had an influence on your work and on you as an artist.

I grew up just north of Boston, Massachusetts, and attend the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. I enrolled in the school’s studio art program and quickly gravitated to the video, sound, and performance areas. A lot has happened since then. After school, I lived in Chicago for more than a decade, and for much of that time was exclusively focused on performing, writing, and recording music. I formed a band with a great group of musicians and had a blast playing around the city and making music with them. Bands have a limited shelf life, and after we broke up I decided to go back to school. I did my MFA at Alfred University in New York. This was a significant turning point for me. During the two year program I distilled my years of experience working in different media, and deepened my practice and research. On a more personal note – it’s all my varied life experiences, and the people I’ve come in contact with throughout my life that have influenced me and the work I make.

 "Ether and the Voice: an Electronic Media Opera" Video Stills / 2010

“Ether and the Voice: an Electronic Media Opera” Video Stills / 2010

The concept of the artist studio has a broad range of meanings in contemporary practice. Artists may spend much of their time in the actual studio, or they may spend very little time in it. Tell us about your individual studio practice and how it differs from or is the same as traditional notions of “being in the studio.”

Being in the studio” takes on various shapes for me depending on what I’m working on and trying to accomplish. Being in the studio means total freedom to explore and create without a specific agenda.

What roles do you find yourself playing that you may not have envisioned yourself in when you first started making art?

Counselor, confidant, cheerleader, critic, therapist, savior, warrior, engineer, diplomat, promoter, technician, and politician. In no particular order.

When do you find is the best time to make art? Do you set aside a specific time everyday or do you have to work whenever time allows?

I like to write in the morning and draw in the evening. Drawing relaxes me.

I think about making every day, whether or not the act takes place.

 "Ether and the Voice: an Electronic Media Opera" Exhibition / Multi-channel Installations / 2010

“Ether and the Voice: an Electronic Media Opera” Exhibition / Multi-channel Installations / 2010

How has your work changed in the past five years? How is it the same?

Sometimes I feel as if I am creating the same piece over and over again – just dressing it up differently. I think many artists can identify with this. Explorations of identity and persona are recurring themes. Performative practices motivate much of what I create. I have a need to embody the work somehow – and a frequent vehicle for me is voice. These ideas have stayed with me from the beginning.

My work has definitely changed in scale and form, and my research has gotten more precise over the years. I’ve started to do animation which is a completely new territory for me.

How have people such as family, friends, writers, philosophers, other artists or even pop icons had an impact on the work you do?

I discovered a lot of good artists in the early nineties. I went to an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA of artist and avant garde theater director, Robert Wilson. The show blew my mind. It was a large scale installation that included objects, video, and sound. It was the first time I had experienced such an extended orchestrated environment. What struck me most, was the presentation of the work. It was like walking through a piece of theater, a drama which I became part of by virtue of interacting with the space. Another mind blowing show was seeing Penny Arcade perform her seminal work “Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!” at Mass College of Art. Around this time I also discovered David Lynch and Laurie Anderson’s work, and I saw the band Bongwater perform at a club called the Channel in Boston. Ann Magnuson is fabulous. I loved the way she morphed into different characters and personas on stage. In all of these artists I saw a type of risk taking and stepping outside the norm which appealed to me and gave me permission to do the same.

Have you ever been pulled in the direction of a pursuit other than being an artist? What are your other interests?

I have so many interests! I could have easily been a therapist, clothing designer, poet, or lighthouse keeper. Writing and poetry are still a significant part of my practice.

KeoughColleen Keough is a Trans-Disciplinary / Intermedia artist working in lens and time based media, performance, installation, and hybrid art forms. Keough’s research explores the intersection of pop culture, identity, myth and technology. Her works investigate the voice, and fragmentation of identity and language, through electronic modes of imaging, communication, and identification. Her works have examined subject matter such as bioelectric communication, archetypal embodiments of the female voice, media as a vehicle of vocal disembodiment, classical mythos and technological phenomena, and natural and sonic phenomena. Her works have been included in national and international exhibitions and festivals including the Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece /Galway International Arts Festival, Galway Ireland / Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY / Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space Prague, Czech Republic /Yan Gerber International Arts Festival Weichang County, China / Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH / Glitch Festival, Dublin, Ireland / Loop Video Art Festival, Barcelona, Spain / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA / Institute for Humanities Research, Arizona State University, and the E-Poetry Festival, London / Kingston Upon the Thames, UK. Keough earned an MFA in Electronic Integrated Arts from NYSCC Alfred University, and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor Trans-Disciplinary Art at Ohio University in Athens, OH.

You'll Find Me Above the Sky"  Performance with the Crystal Ball Magic Box  / 2010

You’ll Find Me Above the Sky” Performance with the Crystal Ball Magic Box / 2010

All images copyright of the artist and used with their permission.

About 365Artists/365Days

The purpose of this project is to introduce its readership to a diverse collection of art that is being produced at the national and international level. Our goal is to engage the public with information regarding a wide array of creative processes, and present the successes and failures that artists face from day to day. The collaborators hope that this project will become a source for exploring and experiencing contemporary art in all its forms.
This entry was posted in Feminist Art, Video and tagged , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Logo

You are commenting using your account. Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
Sponsored link
Sunday, August 1, 2021

Sponsored link

News + PoliticsForeign CorrespondentForeign Correspondent: US hypocrisy on Cuba continues

Foreign Correspondent: US hypocrisy on Cuba continues

State Department ‘terror list’ includes countries that aren't terrorists and excludes those who are.

I’ve always been puzzled by the State Department list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. It supposedly designates countries aiding terrorist organizations. But it includes countries that don’t support terrorism and excludes countries that do.

Currently the list consists of North Korea, Syria, and Iran. Missing from the list are US allies that actually do sponsor terrorist groups: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

Residents of Old Havana: The US continues to treat Cuba as a sponsor of terrorism — for no reason. Photo by Reese Erlich

In an email exchange, linguist and activist Noam Chomsky decries the hypocrisy of the list.

“Either eliminate it, or make it honest,” he tells me.

That hypocrisy becomes clear looking at the listing of Cuba. Ronald Reagan put Cuba on the list in 1982, falsely claiming Cuba was supporting terrorist movements in Latin America. In 2015, President Barack Obama removed Cuba from the list as part of normalizing diplomatic relations.

Cuba didn’t change its policies on terrorism; Washington, D.C., changed its policies on Cuba.

Now the Trump Administration is threatening to put Cuba back on the list during Trump’s final weeks in office. The maneuver is not based on a sudden surge in Cuban support of terrorism but is part of a wider effort to stop the Biden Administration from re-establishing normal relations with Cuba.

In reality, Cuba has never been a state sponsor of terrorism. It supported armed insurgents in Latin America and sent troops to Angola to beat back a South African invasion of that country. But it never supported intentional attacks on civilians practiced by such groups as Al Qaeda.

Paul Pillar, a retired 28-year veteran of the CIA and former deputy chief of the CIA Counterterrorism Center, tells me that keeping Cuba on the State Department list was a reward to conservative Republicans in Florida.

Cuba “stayed on the list much longer than any others,” he says. “It was clearly political.”

Chomsky notes that the State Department listing was just one component of a 60-year war against Cuba. “As the case of Cuba reveals, ‘terrorism’ means resistance to massive US terrorism and refusal to bow down to the master,” he says.

Graham Fuller, a retired operations officer and analyst who worked for the CIA for 25 years, puts it another way: “Hell hath no fury like a declining superpower.”

What is terrorism?

According to the State Department, “Terrorism means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.”

By that definition, the people who blew up the US Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 were terrorists. Although the group attacked soldiers in a conflict zone, the marines were “noncombatant targets,” not soldiers fighting in the field.

By contrast, the 2019 US military drone strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and Iraq militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was not terrorism because it was carried out openly, not by “clandestine agents.”

How convenient! Insurgent groups can only kill soldiers in the battlefield, whereas the Pentagon can create battlefields anywhere in the world so long as it assassinates people openly.

The State Department uses gobbledygook to lump together Al Qaeda, ISIS, Marxist guerrillas, and Palestinians who are engaged in armed struggle. Its “terror list” has always reflected Washington’s drive for hegemony rather than a fight against terrorism.

Never about terrorism

When Congress created the list in 1979, the State Department designated Libya, Iraq, South Yemen, and Syria–all countries allied with the USSR at the time. Among other sins, Washington accused those countries of supporting armed Palestinian groups that it designated as terrorist.

Over the years, the State Department has added North Korea, Sudan, Cuba, Iraq, and Iran.

Somehow Pakistan never made the list, despite its security service supporting the terrorist group that seized a Mumbai hotel in 2008 and killed 160 people. And don’t forget that Osama bin Laden was living for years in Abbottabad, Pakistan, 100 yards from a major Pakistani military academy.

“The US won’t put allies on the list even though they engage in terrorist behavior,” says Pillar.

He adds one more example. Saudi Arabia’s leaders ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

“The Khashoggi killing was as blatant as you can get,” says Pillar. “It was terrorism by any definition.”

Hypocrisy knows no bounds

Washingtonian hypocrisy also extends to how it removes countries from the list. The George W. Bush Administration pulled North Korea off in 2007 as part of negotiations to limit that country’s nuclear program. Donald Trump relisted Korea in 2017 after talks on nuclear weapons fell apart.

In neither case did North Korea change its policies on terrorism. In fact, Washington has not removed a single country from the list because it ceased sponsoring terrorist activities.

“In practice the list isn’t used to combat terrorism,” says Pilla

 The State Department list is one component of what became known as the War on Terror. The struggle against terrorism “became a huge cottage industry independent of foreign policy,” says former CIA analyst Fuller.

The war against terrorism allows for virtually no dissent, he explains. “If you invoke terrorism, that closes the argument.”

As a CIA analyst, Fuller saw firsthand how US policy makers rarely consider the reasons behind the terrorist acts. Most international terrorism is deeply political, he explains.

“We pride ourselves as the world’s only superpower,” says Fuller. “Yet the US rarely considers itself as having a major impact on actions of other states.”

For example, Washington policy makers say Syria supports terrorism. But for the past 50 years, the US has tried to overthrow Syrian regimes. Is it little wonder that Syria has armed and funded militias opposed to the US?

“But our actions are never seen as relevant to other countries’ actions,” says Fuller.

Abolish the list

Washington should abolish the State Department list altogether. There’s no need to wait for Congressional action. The Biden administration could remove all the current designees and not add any new ones. Presto, the list disappears.

Republicans and some Democrats would strongly oppose such action, of course. Fuller says many would fight to keep Iran on the list in part because Washington has been “obsessed with Iran for defying us for 40 years.”

Taking Iran off the list, on the other hand, “would suggest we understand the nuances, such as our role in overthrowing former Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh,” Fuller says. “It would be a major statement that we want to deal with Iran in a rational way.”

Reese Erlich’s nationally distributed column, Foreign Correspondent, appears every two weeks. Erlich is an adjunct professor in International Studies at the University of San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter, @ReeseErlich; friend him on Facebook; and visit his webpage.

Reese Erlich
Reese Erlich’s nationally distributed column, Foreign Correspondent, appears every two weeks in 48 Hills. Erlich is an adjunct professor in International Studies at the University of San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @ReeseErlich; friend him on Facebook (Reese Erlich Foreign Correspondent); and visit his webpage: www.reeseerlich.com
Sponsored link
Sponsored link

Top reads

Screen Grabs: How ‘The Panic in Needle Park’ changed drug movies

The 1971 film mixed stark realism with post-hippie disillusionment. Plus: Lorelei, Tailgate, No Ordinary Man, more

Find the corn dog of your dreams at the refreshed Dogpatch Magnolia pub

Plus some can’t miss new beers along with the fully revamped menu

Screen Grabs: Another vital public film program axed—for what?

SFMOMA's hatchet job. Plus reviews of Blood Red Sky, Old, Charlatan, Mandibles, and more

More by this author

Foreign correspondent: My final column

We all have to go sometime. But knowing approximately when doesn’t make it easier.

Foreign Correspondent: Biden drops bombs in the Middle East

The new president continues the failed policies of his predecessors.

What’s really going on with China’s Uighurs?

Experts say US officials are seeking enemies, not the truth.
Sponsored link
Sponsored link

You might also likeRELATED


text:
Thursday, June 18, 2015

What is FUFISM and why should you care?

What is FUFISM and why should you care?

Read more about FUFISM hereWell FUFISM is a marketing philosophy where social media and SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) are the two core elements that dictate how and why many other marketing tactics are used.  As I am sure you know all search engines are gathering as many different signals as they can, so that they may use these to get the highest quality SERP's (Search Engine Results Pages) possible and ensure that their end users are happy and recommend their platform as the best search engine, so that the search engine may sell advertising and marketing space within their SERP's to business.

When Google Introduced the HUMMINGBIRD algorithm in August / September 2013 the world of search changed forever, and the focus shifted from STRINGS to THINGS and many marketers have not yet realized the true implications of these very drastic and far reaching changes.   Before Google introduced the HUMMINGBIRD algorithm key words were the main focal area of all SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and there was just a little supplemental marketing where LINK BUILDING and related issues were aimed at ensuring that the search engines associated your chosen key words with your online content.

The hummingbird algorithm and its cousins in all other search engines changed the focus of their search process, and moved away from pure key words to focus on the context of your online content, as well as all the old SEOVI (Search Engine Optimisation Value Indicators) and associated signals to a lesser degree.

What this means, for most search engines,  is that there is now a new set of SEOVI or Search Engine Optimisation Value Indicators that carry more weight than key words and all the old or  existing   Search Engine Optimisation Value Indicators (SEOVI's), which runs parallel to and enhances all the existing SEOVI that existed prior to Google Humming bird.

What I am trying to say is that all the existing search engine optimisation techniques that existed prior to the implementation of the Google Humming Bird Algorithm are still in play, and are still vitally important, as the Google Hummingbird algorithm uses these as the basis of its efforts,  and just adds extra value to these existing signals through manipulating them,  using the NEW SEOVI that are  associated with the context of your content, and how the social media and other OPSEOVI (OFF PAGE SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION VALUE INDICATORS) impact on the context of your IPSEOVI (IN PAGE SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION VALUE INDICATORS)

FUFISM has a Google plus business page
The next issue to consider is the impact of your so called SEMANTIC FOOTPRINT and the SEOVI (Search Engine Optimisation Value Indicators) associated with the SEMANTIC FOOTPRINT of all the digital entities that are connected to your In Page Search Engine Optimisation efforts.    The semantic footprints of all the digital entities associated with your online content are an awful lot more valuable in terms of your SEO than most people realise.  Here we are talking of things like, but not limited to: --
  • general author values of individual contributors to your original online content
  • publisher values where you online content is exposed to the public
  • individual niche authority issues of all identifiable contributors
  • niche authority of digital entities connected to your online content that you are marketing
  • niche authority of digital entities that comment or interact with your social media posts marketing your online content
  • niche authority of the domain where your social media marketing is exposed as embedded content
  • The semantic similarity  and the semantic connectedness between linked content and you In Page content.
  • the relationship between the semantic footprints of your online content and any linked content which may show that you are expanding the conversation with that specific link.

 FUFISM or Functional User Friendly Integrated Social Media is a marketing philosophy where SEO and SOCIAL MEDIA are married, and act as the parents to all your marketing projects, both online and off line.  The Value of SEO to your company needs to be clearly understood, and the part that Social media plays in expanding the value of your In Page SEO must be put into perspective, especially since the Google Hummingbird algorithm has entered the picture.

FUFISM based marketing is thus just the well managed use of all your resources to ensure that your intended target market find your online content when searching for your products, services or related information online.

FUFISM based marketing ensures that all your different marketing elements speak to each other, are supportive of each other across platforms, and across different marketing media.  This means that the three SEO elements need to be aligned and integrated in ways that both search engines and your intended target market can recognize and make use of.

The first element is #IPSEO or In Page SEO, and this consists of all the HTML code and associated files which are listed, displayed and / or  activated within the page, such as but not limited to
  • text files
  • data base files
  • image files
  • audio files
  • video files
  • scripts
The second element is #OPSEO or Off Page but online SEO, which is all the supplemental online marketing and linked URL's (Uniform Resource Locators or online resources)  including but not limited to
  • Landing pages where in page links point
    • links in your  navigation structure
    • author pages  -- REL = AUTHOR
    • publisher pages --  REL = PUBLISHER
    • contributor pages  -- REL = CONTRIBUTOR
    • pages that expand the conversation
      • internal links
      • external links
    • pages identified as landing pages by your web design or blog design team
  • Link building efforts that result in inbound links
    • Social media marketing
    • blog posts discussing your online content
    • influencer marketing
    • email marketing with embedded links
    • business directories and online classified marketing
    • good old fashioned editorial links from other domains
The third element is #OLSEO or  Off Line SEO, which is the area where you ensure that your intended target market know what your key words are, so that they will use your key words in their search queries.  Here you need to remember that SEO or Search Engine Optimisation is the toolkit that you supply to the search engines so that they may build bridges between your online content and your intended target market audience.  These bridges are the connections between search queries and key words, as determined by search engines following their many different algorithms. This OLSEO is done in many areas including but not limited to
  • your print media marketing / advertising
    • news papers
    • magazines
    • flyers
    • billboards
  • your radio marketing advertising
  • when attending trade shows
  • when attending public speaking events
  • at conferences or industry specific events
  • cold calling by your marketing staff
  • in house personal discussions with your customers by your sales staff

These three elements of SEO need to be well managed and properly integrated to ensure that all your marketing staff understand how they are related, and how these three separate SEO tactics  influence each other.  All marketing staff need to be aware of ALL the In page issues such as the Schema markup, hash tags, videos, audio clips, Hangouts On air and other issues, so that they can incorporate these within their own personal interactions with your customers, clients and general target market audience, both within the online environment as well as the off line environment.

So coming back to the "WHY SHOULD YOU CARE"  issue... you should care because this will influence how your target market uses your key words in their search queries.  If you are successful in all three sectors of SEO then your intended target market will use your desired key words in their search queries, and search engines will easily match the intent of the search with the intent of your online content,  then place your online content at the top of the SERP's, as well as in the many new SERP displays such as the local pack, the instant answer box or other display options.


text:
Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

On the Wind Sailing

'On the Wind,’ is THE podcast about offshore sailing, where professional sailor & journalist Andy Schell interviews sailors from around the world to discover what inspires them in an effort to inspire you! Andy has interviewed everyone from legends like Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, to tech gurus like Nigel Calder, boat builders like Magnus Rassy (of Hallberg Rassy), inspirational family sailors like Totem, YouTube stars SV Delos & Andy's personal favorite, Arctic sailor and octogenarian Bob Shepton. Thanks for listening & hold fast!

Jul 19, 2016

#155 is…me. Back in January, Teddy J of the Sail Loot podcast and I had a marathon recording session, banging out two-and-a-half hours of material while Mia and I were up there for the Toronto Boat Show. I had a bit of a cold, hence my voice sounding a bit off. The first hour-and-a-half was Teddy interviewing me for his show. Sail Loot focuses on folks in sailing who have figured out a way to make money by doing what they love (like in my case), or make some kind of passive income so they are free to actually go sailing. Teddy’s working on that himself.

Anyway, Teddy’s half of the interview, where I turned the tables and interviewed him, appeared on my show earlier this year. Simultaneously, my portion released on his show on the same day. I know there will be some of you guys who tuned in to Sail Loot to hear me on Teddy’s show, but for those of you who haven’t what follows is a fresh look at my entire sailing history, going way back to when my parents had just gotten married and went on their first captained charter on their honeymoon from Florida to the Bahamas. I talk about how my dad’s dad, ‘Pappap’ as I know him, started a restaurant in 1952 so he could own and train his own race horses, how that same restaurant is now run by my dad and my uncle (and which affords my dad the income and the flexibility that allows him to sail as much as he does), how I grew up on the Chesapeake with my parents, where I went to college and what for, my first job on the Woodwind and on and on. I don’t think Teddy left too many stones unturned here, and there are a lot of little practical nuggets in here of just how I positioned my career to end up at the point we are at today. This stuff didn’t just happen by accident (well, some of it maybe).

Anyway, enjoy the conversation between me and Teddy, and let me know in an email what else you'd like to know about me!

As per usual, thanks to all of you for listening, and for all the great support I got this week after my surgery! Enjoy episode 155 with yours truly.

I just got in to Lunenburg earlier this afternoon. It’s Saturday, July 9 as I record this intro. Isbjorn is due in sometime tonight, but they’ve been beating against a 20-25 knot northeasterly, so it’s been challenging, and slow going. I, you might recall, am on day 4 of recovering from my appendectomy. Today is the best day yet, and I’m confident that I’ll be ready to head back to sea in another two days and very much looking forward to Newfoundland. Don’t forget, anybody with last minute vacation time, we’ve still got a couple spots left for Leg 9, the return from Lunenburg to Annapolis. If you even remotely have the inclination to do it, come! Lunenburg is such a cool town, as I was reminded yet again on my arrival today. If you can’t make a sailing trip with us but still want to support the podcast and the business, head over to and buy a bag of ‘Oh-Dark-Thirty’ coffee, an Isbjorn sailing t-shirt, or one of our new isbjorn sailing winter beanies, which are pretty sweet.


WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: application/xhtml+xml

text:
June 30, 2018

Just Three Things

Eons ago, a good friend, whose fashion sense I admired, said "YOU MUST, always remember "Three things". She went on to name those items listed in Personal below; coat, shoes and bag.
"Throw on old jeans, or even sweatpants, as long as the 3 are covered, 2 in summer, you are styling!" And she is right, a mantra I live by some 30 years on.

Then I got to thinking, "Can't the same apply to our homes?"
 I put together a list.

Three things to me that are the components for good design

   1. Good bag
   2. Killer Shoes
   3. Smashing coat

  1.  Quality Upholstery in classic designs. My first sofa was a big financial jump for me, $$$$. Always feeling that classic lines will never fail and quality guts will always last. This is a similar style to mine, except I have back cushions,  English rolled arms, and clean lines. It has been re-upholstered once and is as comfortable and timeless at 32 years old, from the day I purchased it.
Note......Because Marcel's puppy stage included eating furniture, it is in my barn currently awaiting a 2nd re-upholstery

Caught in the act!!!!
Anyone notice that my dog is color coordinated?????
Details, Details.......

  2. Fab lighting. I am really taken with lighting these days, the wealth of styles is off the charts

  3. Antiques, please say yes to antiques! With the sameness in design, these days, from the quick, cheap & easy box stores, vintage will set your home apart while imparting patina, & stories to tell. and as the photo below conveys, even in modern interiors

   1. Good "bones"......... a sense of structure, elements of sameness to not confuse the eye as to where to look next

My house.......pssst, if you are local I am hosting a garden walk & English tea, with demo's & European sweets. Stay tuned.......
July 20th

   2. Winter Interest

Here is my garden in winter, there is much to still see. For those of you that have winter landscapes, plan on having an interesting garden 12 months of the year

   3. Foliage contrasts; shapes and colors

Different colors, different shapes.
Much more interesting, yes?

1.  Oversized lighting.
Cannot emphasize this enough. Small & underscaled lighting is amateurish. Look around while driving, this could make you crazy too!
This house is perfect, every detail

Friend Suzy Stout's former home.......it's brand new!
My post on this home & garden has been a perennial fav

   2.  Great paint combo, possibly with shutters

Now that is daring!

   3.  Appropriate style containers
 Less planters, but substantial. Save yourself time watering too with large containers. Much more interesting. And of course, reflects your architecture

The above boxes are by friends Beau and Nancy Kimball,  in Woodstock ll. Kimball & Bean makes and ships these planters around the world, in any size or color
Ok, so they are fountains, BUT, as planters, would be smashing! You get the idea.....

Onto a totally different topic...........

Need an AGA anyone? for a great price? Barely used!
This is NOT the one for sale, it's mine and I have a love affair with this stove
I love mine so much, I can never imagine life without one. Yes, I am very odd!
 My client heard me raving and asked to come and see mine, while having a demo of course. After all, let's share the love!
A surround and original painting on melamine, and viola, installed. Same local artist as mine, Stephanie Fania

 Having since moved, the new owners, well........no love affair there. I believe the primary reason is the heat, as theirs is fronted by a sink, mine has nothing in front of it so the heat is not contained.

 Practically new. Interested? Questions? Drop me a line, my email is below,

contact me at.  debra@scentimentalgardens.com

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...


text:
seo Online Menu of Burger Seoul, Tacoma, WA

Find Near Details Reperceptions Seattle Seattle Tacoma Burger Seoul View Menu Read Reperceptions Write Reperception Directions Burger Seoul   See 15 Reperceptions Select a Rating! 1750 S Prospect Tacoma , WA 98405 Phone: 326-3613 Cuisine: Burgers , Food Trucks Neighborhood: Tacoma See Larger Map – Get Directions Bookmark Update Menu Edit Info Read Reperceptions Write Reperception Share ▾ Email a close friend Hours COVID-19 Alert: Hours and daily meals designs may be perturbed due to the COVID-19 corona parasites. Please email the lodge on their website : for upgraded blog posts. Open Today: 11:00am-6:00pm Monday 11:00am – 6:00pm Tuesday 11:00am – 6:00pm Wednesday 11:00am – 6:00pm Thursday 11:00am – 6:00pm Friday 11:00am – 6: seo 00pm Saturday 11:00am – 6:00pm Sunday 11:00am – 6:00pm Menu View Menu Additional Dining Info Delivery No
Payment Crstudy Cards Accepted
Price Point $ $ – Cheap Eats $$ – Moderate $$$ – Expensive $$$$ – Very Pricey
Is this your lodge? Click to add your motive here.
05/03/2021 – MenuPix User
01/28/2021 – MenuPix User
01/22/2021 – MenuPix User
05/08/2020 – MenuPix User
03/30/2020 – MenuPix User
10 Reperceptions 10 appraises with an prevalent reviewing of 4.5 excellent singers have been combined here. Consolidated appraises are considered in the computation of the prevalent reviewing of 4.5 excellent singers which is as per on 15 kitchen area appraises.
La Fleur Sonsear Beauty Latin American Distance: 0.14 acres
The Neighborhood Cafe & Deli American, Deli, Cafe Distance: 0.21 acres
Art House Cafe Bakery, Sandwiches, Subs Distance: 0.21 acres Soo Bak Seoul Bowl Soo Bak Foods
Savor Tacoma Creperie Crepes, Tacos Distance: 0. burger seoul cafe 21 acres
Biff’s Oasis Cafe Cafe, Sandwiches, Coffee Shop Distance: 0.22 acres
Duke’s Chowder House Seaa nearby restaurant, Soups, American, Burgers, Salads, Tacos
Frisko Freeze Ice Cream, Desserts, Burgers, Sandwiches
Little Jerry’s American, Burgers, Breakfast, Brunch
Dirty Oscar’s Annex American, Breakfast, Brunch, Gastropubs, Bar Food SEOUL GARDEN, Dallas
Like 6.9K × Oops, we can’t seek for your will happen First, try exhilarating the test and keep toing Current Location repeatedly. seo woo meaning in korean

Author: sunnygoogle


text:
Delaware County pastor faces 22 counts of sexual abuse of a child

BOOTHWYN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A local pastor has been arrested on charges that he sexually abused a minor.

Delaware County district attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced the charges against 70-year-old Edward Lilly of Boothwyn, Pa. on Monday.

Authorities allege that Lilly, a pastor at the Christian Church of Chester, met the victim at a supermarket in 2017 when she was 16 years old.

Over the next year, investigators say Lilly groomed the victim for a sexual relationship, which then began when she was 17.

"In Delaware County, we have zero tolerance for anyone who wants to sexually abuse or exploit our children," said Stollsteimer. "We will hunt you down and we will bring you to justice."

According to the criminal complaint, Lilly filmed the child during sexual acts and sent and received sexual videos and photos.

Police said the sexual encounters occurred in the park, hotels and a recreation vehicle that he rented.

"That's shocking," said neighbors Jack and Gail Grosso. "He seemed like a very nice person that you would say hello to all the time. It just goes to show you don't know, but I'm hoping it's not true."

Lilly was a pastor at the Christian Church of Chester, formerly known as the White Rock Christian Church, since 1993. Off-camera, a church member said Lilly suddenly resigned about a month ago.

Neighbors said that's around the same time they saw police at his house, where officers say they discovered pornographic videos and photos with the minor.

"They were there for like two to three hours and then they left," said Gail Grosso. "And we had no idea, we didn't want to dare ask them because we didn't know what was going on - but we were shocked."

Authorities say Lilly gave the victim approximately $2,000 in cash and gifts over the course of their relationship.

Those gifts are what ultimately led to the charges.

"The defendant, Lilly, came to believe that his giving of gifts might be seen - if the affair were known - to be paying for sex," Stollsteimer said. "So what he did was, at the advice of his counsel, he came to the Upper Chichester Police Department and made a statement giving details about the sexual encounters he'd had with the juvenile victim."

Lilly was arrested at his home on Monday morning. He is now free on $100,000 bail.

"While we understand that the District Attorney's office and the detectives involved have a duty to investigate such matters, we do not believe that their conclusions are accurate and we look forward to testing the evidence in a courtroom," said Lilly's attorney, Arik T. Benari.

Lilly's church did not return our request for comment.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 10.
Copyright © 2021 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.


text:
The Most Affordable Electric Cars 1

As we are all aware that electric cars are a thing of modern day car manufacturing, there is no surprise that people are seeking out affordable electric cars. Had it been 10 years ago, you would have thought “what in the world are people talking about? It all looks good in films and cinema”

But this is as real as it can get. There is actually a market today where electric cars are being sold. In this article, we have done precisely just that! List down vehicles which are electrically driven and are affordable for upper middle/middle class income households.

Hyundai Ioniq

The Hyundai Ioniq is said to look good and if it is as they say it is, then we are talking about a battle of some of the biggest brands in the automobile industry. The market is flourishing with hybrid models of Hyundai Ioniq that is packed with both; electric as well as plug-in versions which are soon to follow.

Irrespective of which person you settle for, the Ioniq is all set to amaze you with its awesomely designed interior, the features of luxurious nature and some advanced security aspects. The front seats are coupled with heated front seats and the back seats are foldable.

There is also a sunroof that opens up with the press of a button. It is also said that Ioniq includes Automatic Emergency Braking that detects any pedestrian, a fair warning for lane departure and moreover, blind spot detection. You can buy it at a starting price of USD 34,600.

Ford Focus Electric

The previous generations of Ford Focus Electric faced a lot of criticism for being limited in its range. But all that changed with the latest model which packed the range of 118 miles. Overall external body is same as well as the boot space.

The strong points of this electric auto auction japan car is that it has fun-filled responsive handling. The features are all high end as well (no wonder there) such as voice recognition, entertainment systems with 8” LCD touch screen, a push-start button, leather steering wheel, lamps shaped of done and much more.

Audi A3 e-Tron

The Audi has no rush to enter the market as the manufacturer is a sole believer in the fact that days of combustion engine are not over. Meaning, they have carved the niche for themselves. The electric range that an Audi A3 e-Tron packs is only 16 miles which is pretty short for a ride around the city block.

Still when you sit behind the wheel, the car kicks in and your pre-conceived notions about it begins to fall apart. The interior is at its premium best despite being in its simplest form. You can access all the advanced features with a mere press of buttons.

As for the dashboard, a 12.3” display sits which provides for access to navigation, phone, radio, and other entertainment venues right within the line of sight.

Audi also packs an impressive cruise control mechanic which adjusts according to the traffic conditions where the active lane assist feature tends to warn the driver if the car drifts without any signal. The price for this car USD 38,900 onwards.

Ford Fusion Energi

Ford’s cars began to gain momentum and especially the Ford Fusion Energi which proved to be a big hit in the year 2016. Also, led to greater revenues but in the year 2017, a refreshed version of the Ford Fusion Energi broke all records in being the best electric car giving improved fuel economy as well as electric range/limit.

The Aichi Auto Auction car also includes regenerative braking system, 11 speakers, temperature control mechanics and active noise control features among other things.

Leave a Reply


text:
Tom Anderson Cutlery

This cunning, agile weapon could only be forged from the darkest depths of the imagination of Tom Anderson. This beautiful, terrible masterpiece has a distinctive style and awe-inspiring presence.Twin razor-sharp fang blades dominate this piece, with crecent cut-outs adding a decorative appeal.The comfortable Spanish Mikarta handle has has a dark, wood-grain appearance and provides superior grip. Each end of the handle has a razor-sharp crecent blade fanning out, each with a crecent cut-out for added artistic flair.

Price: $55.95

Link to buy

Subscribe now to our FREE newsletter!

Subscribe NOW to 7Gadgets newsletter! You will receive the weekly selection of the best gadgets!

It is FUN, it is COOL, it is 7Gadgets newsletter!

Subscribe now to our FREE newsletter!

One more step! Please check your inbox for an email with subject "7Gadgets: Please Confirm Subscription". You need to click the link in that email. This is a necessary step to ensure you entered the correct email address.

Pin It on Pinterest


text:
Samit’s Story

This content was threaded together by the @mrflowbot so that reading can flow more smoothly. If you’d like to try it, send a DM to @mrflowbot.

You can read the original thread on Twitter here:

@SamitSaini01 was a security officer at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) for 13 years.

When you have that much experience, you become aware of things that could be better.

You know how the TSA tells us to remove any liquids and our shoes when we get in line? Well at LHR, Samit had to carry around a bulky binder with translations of those directives.

So he built a mobile app to translate them. He was able to learn app-building thanks to new tools that lower the bar for entry.

Samit and I met when he asked me a question on Twitter to learn more. When you’re a problem solver, and you’re curious, nothing can stop you.

He improved his own skills. But he didn’t keep them to himself. He started teaching others to be able to do the same.

Then this happened.

I would tell my students that the jobs they know today might not exist when they grow up. And that they might even invent new jobs that don’t exist yet.

Well, Samit invented a new career with his skills. He has one of these jobs of the future.

Sometimes when we are working, we may find the pathway to a new career too distant.

It would take a lot of time and effort on top of the full-time work we already have.

I share this about Samit because he learned his skillset at work. He improved himself at his existing job.

I don’t know what’s right for your friend. I don’t know her exact circumstances amid the government shutdown.

But I will say if she’s up for it, there are some skills she can try to learn with the TSA today that can open a world of opportunity.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Logo

You are commenting using your account. Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
Is going on a diet like joining a cult?

Is going on a diet like joining a cult?

set_penn_jillette_pesto_9781501140181This is one of the jokes magician Penn Jillette makes in his book Presto: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales. Jillette is the loud, tall and formerly fat half of the duo Penn & Teller. Facing raging blood pressure levels that his doctors felt required gastric sleeve surgery, Jillette instead became a guinea pig for an ex-NASA buddy who turned out to be  a control freak with some pretty unconventional dietary ideas. But Jillette shed weight in a hurry and many of his pals “joined the cult” along the way. So while he’s had to get used to a new belief system that shuns pizza, doughnuts and Ho-Hos, he’s got lots of company.

He also manages to have way too much fun for a guy in his early 60s who now eats only whole plant foods.

This book didn’t make me want to join his “cult.” But there are a lot of interesting ideas packed in amid Jillette’s signature profanity. Here were the takeaways for me:

* It’s important to know your dietary personality. Some people like to make small sensible changes that Jillette calls “dieting like a grownup.” My dad falls into that category. When he wants to drop a few pounds, he “just eats less.” Like Jillette, more extreme measures appeal to me. I like a diet to feel like a quest or an adventure. I hate when eating is boring, even when I’m trying to do less of it. With Weight Watchers, I was obsessed with gaming the system to figure out what I could get away with without going over my points total. I got similarly obsessed with Tim Ferriss’ Slow Carb Diet a couple of years ago, which, now that I think about it, was a bit like “joining a cult” in that I was totally focused on the cheat day reward that SCD followers were always rhapsodizing about. This diet got me leaner, even though I wasn’t able to run due to injury at the time. But once I lost faith in the cheat day concept, I couldn’t stay on the six-day regimen to save my life.

presto-9781501140181_hr-back*I love the way Jillette learned to turn “not eating” into an action verb.  People are so used to feeling like they’re suffering on a diet, when they have to say no to cake or cookies or whatever. On business lunches with no good options, he learned to say he simply wasn’t hungry. He ordered decaf coffee and seltzer water and found he was better able to focus on the deal, which was the whole point of the meal anyway. On New Year’s Eve, he ate a big salad then drank decaf espresso all night while everybody else was scarfing party food. “At midnight, bringing in a new year in which I would be thinner, I had a big tasty slice of … nothing, (expletive). I was doing this thing.”

*When Jillette’s fat friends whined that they “like food too much to eat like you do,” he countered that he’d found he had a whole new perspective on taste. Cutting fat, salt and sugar made him appreciate the more subtle tastes of fruit and veggies, beans and rice. Hearing their whining, he writes, “makes it sound a bit like ‘I like music too much to listen to Miles Davis.’ It’s not food you like too much – it’s shitty, corporate, jive-ass TV food you like too much.”

From what I gather, Jillette’s buddy “CrayRay” started him out on a two-week “potato famine” in which he ate nothing but plain potatoes, all types including sweet potatoes and fingerlings, as much as he wanted. That recalibrated his taste buds to the point that corn tasted like candy. From there he started eating vegetable stews made of corn, beans and tomatoes, and then salads. There were also “feeding windows” to promote the equivalent of intermittent fasting and cold showers to expose a guy who lives in Las Vegas to cold. . There was no exercise until Jillette reached his target weight, because CrayRay believes that shedding fat and building muscle are “two entirely different physiologies.” At that point, he started the New York Times 7-minute workout and now eats a maintenance diet that’s pretty much straight-up Dr. Joel Fuhrman, best known for pushing whole plant foods on his Eat to Live series.

I’d be pretty interested in reading CrayRay’s forthcoming book. I remember his ideas on “metabolic winter” – back when he was known as Ray Cronise, before Jillette gave him this funky nickname – were explored in Tim Ferriss’ Four Hour Body. Unfortunately, when I checked out Cronise’s kickstarter page, it looks like he’s at least a year behind schedule.

In the meantime, even Jillette advises that you be careful taking health and diet tips from a Vegas performer who’s still at least part “carny trash.” His book is an entertaining read, but be forewarned – the profanity content is truly stunning.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to Is going on a diet like joining a cult?

  1. bgddyjim says:

    In the end, it’s all a sham. The diet. Even eating a plant-based diet. Of course he lost weight, he took all of the calories out!

    The real trouble comes once his body starts trying to run on half the vitamins and minerals it needs.

    On the other hand, his description of modern fat-food I can get behind.

    • tischcaylor says:

      It was an entertaining read, but I have to wonder how long he’ll be able to stick to his new way of eating. I know endurance athletes like Scott Jurek can get by on a plants-only diet, but I’m not convinced this guy has the personality to truly embrace that for the long haul.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Logo

You are commenting using your account. Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s


text:
Zack Snyder’s Justice League already has a teaser, a trailer, and a whole bunch of clips. The movie doesn’t come out for another two weeks, though, so how about a few more videos to get people excited? More is more! That’s the expression, right?

The latest batch of teasers for the film is a series of short clips each tied to a different character in the team, focusing on scenes that didn’t appear in the film’s theatrical cut. (Snyder’s new director’s cut runs a full two hours longer than the original version, so there are plenty of those to choose from.) In Wonder Woman’s teaser, Gal Gadot investigates an ancient ruin:

In Flash’s, Ezra Miller saves a woman from a potentially fatal car crash:

In the Aquaman trailer, our man Jason Momoa confers with Willem Dafoe’s Vulko, who was supposed to show up in Justice League but got cut out of the Joss Whedon edit:

In Superman’s trailer, he tours a whole gallery of costumes before choosing the black suit made famous in “The Return of Superman” storyline from DC Comics:

And finally, Batman shows up on the tank from Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns comic and shares a big hero moment with the black-suited Superman:

(Look for Cyborg’s trailer to show up any minute now.)

Here is the film’s official synopsis:

In ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE, determined to ensure Superman’s (Henry Cavill) ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) aligns forces with Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions. The task proves more difficult than Bruce imagined, as each of the recruits must face the demons of their own pasts to transcend that which has held them back, allowing them to come together, finally forming an unprecedented league of heroes. Now united, Batman (Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Cyborg (Ray Fisher) and The Flash (Ezra Miller) may be too late to save the planet from Steppenwolf, DeSaad and Darkseid and their dreadful intentions.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League premieres on HBO Max on March 18.

Gallery — Every DC Comics Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best:


text:
The Westmoreland Historical Society and Wilde Rep Theater present a unique 'Drive-thru' Haunted Schoolhouse on Halloween night.

This Halloween, Saturday, from 5 pm - 7 pm, pull up into the parking lot at 50 Station Road in Westmoreland to hear spooky stories performed by professional, costumed actors from the comfort of your car.

The Westmoreland Historical Society says the event lasts approximately 15 minutes. There are 5 different stations for you to stop and watch a scary 3-minute story acted out.  The tale will be adapted to the age group in the vehicle.

The Drive-thru Haunted Schoolhouse is free thanks to the sponsor Duncan Mobile Wash and volunteers Kelly Motly, Samantha Baquern, Ally Priore, Cassie Angerosa, and Lighting Director Wayne Murphy. They are not only the actors, but they also wrote the scary 3-minute stories and performances.

This Halloween will be super spooky as it's also the second full moon of the month called the Hunter’s Moon. When two full Moons rise in a single month (about every 2 1/2 to 3 years), the second full Moon is called a “Blue Moon.” Although Halloween's Full Moon won't look blue in color, it is very uncommon. Astronomers say the next 100% illuminated full Halloween Moon won't happen for another 19 years in 2039.

Other events during the day on Halloween include free trick or treating for kids in the corn maze at Wagner Farms Event Center, 5841 Old Oneida Road in Rome. Non-spooky actors will pass out candy along a dedicated walking path in the maze. There will be one-way walking traffic, and children are welcome to come dressed in their costumes and partake in the event with their parents guiding the way.

After the daytime event, they will be offering adults 17 and over a special last call haunted corn maze event. Fee applies for the evening event.

Enter your number to get our free mobile app

Gallery — Every Movie Theater Candy, Ranked: