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When it comes to content marketing on social media, one size does not fit all.
For many businesses, a platform-driven approach to content marketing means sharing the same content everywhere in slightly different packaging—maybe leading with a different stock photo or changing up a couple words in the social media copy, then calling it a day.
But each social network is different, which means that what sells on Facebook probably won't work on LinkedIn (and vice versa). There are also unique features on each platform, practically begging for you to find ways to incorporate them into your marketing plan.
Below, learn more about the top social media outlets for your business, along with some ways you might get the most out of each one.
A decade and a half after it was launched, Facebook is still going strong, with more than 2.4 billion active users as of 2019. Whoever your ideal client is, you can be pretty sure they're active on Facebook.
Of course, it's a well-known fact that Facebook regularly changes its algorithms, which can make it difficult to predict which types of content will perform best. Plan to produce a variety: shorter videos, longer blog posts, and compelling images have the best chance of ending up in more people's feeds. Plus, by offering different types of content, you're appealing to potential clients who prefer to take in information in different ways.
Want to hit the ground running with a simple, yet effective content strategy? Video is your best bet. Facebook offers great opportunities for video marketers. If you're a real estate agent, you might post a virtual tour of one of your listings or even host a virtual open house on Facebook Live.
There's no denying the influence of Instagram. In 2019, the service reported more than 500 million daily active users. While the demographics of this platform have skewed younger, more and more people continue to sign up for an Instagram account each day.
Unlike other platforms on this list, Instagram is relatively ineffective for promoting blog posts and other text-based content. Despite this limitation, it's arguably the hottest place for sharing photos and short videos—offering plenty of chances to show off new products, real estate listings, and video testimonials.
For businesses, the "Stories" feature is a great way to engage in brand storytelling, through images and videos that can be enhanced with polls, filters, and various other add-ons. This is a great way to humanize your brand and let people see the real person behind your business.
If you're in real estate, try running a poll on your Instagram Story. This is an excellent way to get people engaged. Better still, because you can view who responded to your poll, it can also provide you with real-time information about your leads.
One of the major benefits of Twitter is the ability to capitalize on trending topics, which makes it more likely that potential customers will happen upon something you've posted. If you're planning a piece of timely content—say, something that relates to a holiday, sports event, or awards show—promoting it with a hashtag will make it easily searchable, without costing you a dime.
But while it might be tempting to use a ton of hashtags to give your content that extra push, tread lightly. If what you're posting doesn't fit the theme, Twitter users will take notice, and they probably won't react too kindly.
Consider creating content that fits in with recurring hashtags. For example, if you're a financial advisor writing a blog post about how to save for retirement, you might market that under the weekly hashtag, #MondayMotivation.
If B2B marketing is your game, there's really no better place for your content than LinkedIn. Most people who are active on LinkedIn are hungry for written or visual content that will help them grow their business. While there will be plenty of other content to compete with, consider it a challenge to show off your unique voice. On a platform traditionally driven by text, eye-popping photos and slickly produced videos can help you stand out from the herd.
LinkedIn Groups offer you the opportunity to network with other professionals, which will, in turn, open you up to plenty of useful articles, videos, and infographics. If you're looking to curate content for your blog, this is a great resource.
For video marketers, YouTube is still the gold standard. People flock to the site in droves, resulting in billions of video views each day. The most difficult thing about marketing on this massive platform is the sheer amount of content you're up against. It's tough competing with everything from sports highlights and music videos to clips of someone's grandma rapping.
Still, there are ways to cut through the noise. As with any other platform, content that is useful, entertaining, or visually interesting will stand out amongst millions of mediocre offerings. Shorter videos also tend to outperform longer clips, so the more concise, the better.
To get more traction out of your YouTube content, you can embed clips on your blog postsor share them on other social media platforms—usually just by copying and pasting a link to the video's URL.
With Pinterest, curation is the name of the game. It's not so much about the original content you can create, but rather the value you can provide to visitors of your business's page. But Pinterest isn't just a long list of links—it's a highly visual platform, driven by image thumbnails that compel your followers to click.
Pinterest also allows you to arrange your links (or "pins") into different collections (called "boards"), making everything nice and easy for your clients to navigate. If you're in real estate, you can have different boards devoted to all sorts of topics that will benefit homeowners, from home improvement tips to quick dinner recipes. Your clients will view your Pinterest page as an essential resource, which will make them more likely to remember you the next time they need an agent.
Click here for a real estate agent's guide to becoming a Pinterest rock star.
If you're on the American Lifestyle website, sharing recipes and articles with your followers is a snap. Just click the red Pinterest logo to the left of the post, log in (if you're not already logged in), and follow the instructions in the pop-up box.
This might all seem like a lot of work — and it is. But, if you can manage to create content that performs well on even a few of these platforms, you'll attract the attention of hundreds, maybe even thousands of new potential customers. That is surely worth the extra effort up front.


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Longwood Gardens Engagement | Vyash and Tammy
We don't usually do proposals, but once in a while they come around and capturing them are so perfect. Doing a Longwood Gardens Engagement we thought would be gorgeous and fun as well. The hardest part is actually staying hidden without revealing yourself as a photographer. Vyash & Tammy were so cute together. The day went well, and Tammy had no idea what Vyash had planned. She suspected something was off right before he proposed, primarily because she is really a sleuth 😉 Once he got on one knee it was pure excitement! We are so happy for them and wish them all the best!
I hope you enjoy the photos below and be sure to check out more of our stuff on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!

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text: The Illegal Mountain in China While no disaster has happened here yet, weird building work doesn't get much more bizarre than this. Chinese man Zhang Lin spent 6 years buildings a mountain – yes, a mountain – on top of building he lived in. He added a mountaintop villa and called it his dream home, but it would soon turn into a nightmare. You see, the other residents in the building in Beijing weren't too pleased when cracks started to appear in their apartments. It turns out that our DIY hero didn't have planning permission for the immense building job that he had carried out. He has been ordered to tear in down before it causes the whole building to collapse. However, there is a good chance that the damage has already been done. Of course, if you plan to design the extension of your dreams then you need to plan it carefully and use the right materials. Check out your local builders merchant in North Wales orb wherever you live in order to get hold of what you need for a safe and professional job. The Wedding Hall Disaster in Israel Versaille Wedding Hall in Jerusalem was the scene of the biggest building disaster in the history of Israel. It happened in 2001, when the floor of a poorly constructed building began to sag and then finally collapsed. 23 people died and close to 400 were injured, as the guests at a wedding fell through 2 stories of the building. In the run-up to the wedding builders had removed some of the partitions, causing the floor to sag. The owners had seen this sagging but hadn't realised how potentially dangerous this was. This building disaster became infamous when the camcorder footage of it happening was shown on news programmes around the world. Clearly, any possible problem in your home needs to be looked at urgently. If you have carried out the work yourself then take the time to check whether there is anything you have done badly or that could be improved. The Department Store Collapse in South Korea This next case was the biggest and most deadly building disaster in modern times until the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York. It happened in 1995 in Seoul, South Korea. The Sampoong building was built quickly and, it seems, fairly shoddily. Poor design and giant air conditioning units of the roof led to a lot of strain being put on the structure. The 5 story structure started to show big cracks but the building wasn't evacuated in time. Eventually, the air conditioning unit went crashing down through the floor below it. Over 500 people were killed and some 1,500 more were trapped in the building. Incredibly, it is reported that the owner had fired engineers who had told him that the building couldn't hold a 5th floor. Instead, he brought in a different company to build this final, deadly floor. When it comes to building at home, there is no substitute for being careful and for using the best quality materials. If you are going to be working with wood then look for what you need at a professional timber supplier in North Wales. John Hancock Tower, Boston This 60 story skyscraper in Boston has been the butt of many jokes over the years, as well as being an icon of the city. Somehow this structure hasn't collapsed since being built in the early 1970s, despite a history of broken glasses, damaged retaining walls and motion sickness caused by its swaying in the wind. The problems began early for the John Hancock Tower, with various problems causing the construction to go wildly over budget and the opening get delayed by 5 years. Among the biggest issues were the retaining walls being warped and giant windowpanes falling to the ground when the wind was blowing. Later, it was discovered that the building was prone to twisting dangerously in the wind. Costly and complicated repairs eventually made the building safe to use, despite constant fears about the swaying during windy days. Among the strangest measures taken was the installation of a tuned mass damper, made up of huge weights on the 58th floor. As we can see, there have been building disasters all over the world. Be sure that your next DIY job doesn't join that list.]]>


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Tiger Eats: Vegan Pumpkin Bread
If there's one flavor that personifies the aura of autumn, it's pumpkin. Pumpkin bread is a fall classic, whether it's for Thanksgiving, a holiday party, or simply a cozy Saturday afternoon. Last year, I spent my first Thanksgiving as a vegan. I had to prove myself to my extended family and show them that vegan food can be just as good (if not better) than conventional recipes. This recipe gained their approval–no one could guess that it was vegan!
2 cups gluten-free flour of your choice (all-purpose works too)
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp nutmeg
1 ¼ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ginger
½ cup organic cane sugar
½ cup light brown sugar
½ cup coconut oil
¾ cup pure pumpkin puree
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup water
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and obtain an oiled 9×5 loaf pan.
Whisk together the first 9 ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Add the oil, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract, and water. Stir well.
Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Smooth out the top with the back of a spoon.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let bread cool in the pan.


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Arizona man successfully bakes cookies in hot car during heatwave
Jun 23, 2017, 7:01 AM | Updated: 8:54 pm
PHOENIX — Though a June heatwave has brought blistering hot temperatures to the Phoenix area, some are taking advantage of the heat for baking purposes.
That's the case for at least one Arizona man, who put a cookie sheet in his hot car in the parking lot at Mesa Community College. On the sheet were balls of cookie dough, which baked under the sun and glass.
With infrared thermometers, Ted Sowers (and those who accompanied him) measured one of the surfaces inside the car at 172 degrees Fahrenheit. After putting the sheet of cookies on the dash and leaving them for some time, Sowers measured the temperature of the dough at 181.
"They taste alright," he said, after taking the cookies back inside. "I highly recommend doing this. If you have three hours to kill and your car is going to be in the hot sun for the afternoon, do it."


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Clowne: A month of top tributes at hotel
Featuring all the band's greatest hits, tonight is a chance to sing along to the best of Scandinavia's finest export with songs like Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen.
Then next Friday (17th January), things return to the UK with a tribute night to Take That and the opportunity to enjoy the best offerings of one of the biggest British acts of the last 20 years.
Both evenings consist of a three-course carvery meal and dancing to the hotel's resident DJ after the main event.
Meals are served at 7.30pm, all guests are required to arrive by 7pm on the night.
Tickets are £30 per person but this is reduced to £25 per person when four or more tickets are bought at the same time.
For tickets, contact the hotel on 01246 810 219 or email [email protected]


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1-Man's Opinion on Sports–Wednesday "Baseball–Nuclear Winter to Begin?"
"Baseball–Earthquake Coming?"
The Baseball Free Agent Window has been open for two weeks. None of the top rated stars have been signed.
As MLB reels under the weight of some 3B in losses in the pandemic season, teams are trying to juggle payrolls. Move players, find budget space, and then wait to see who becomes available next.
No one has yet signed Trevor Bauer..George Springer…DJ LeMahieu…JT Realmuto…Marcel Ozuna or Justin Turner…the elite names atop the free agent list. They will be signed.
But what happens after that could be a financial bloodbath.
At 5pm tonite, some more big names are likely to be dumped on the open market. That's when teams have to decide whether to tender big money contract offers to a select group of players, who would become free agents.
You can add as many as 50-more names of recognizable players to the 197-free agents already on the open market.
Catch up now, via CBS Sports, who might be dumped on the open market as 'non-tenders'
An earthquake is coming, and the damage afterwards may be big paycuts for lots of name players.
Biggest non-tender decision: C Carson Kelly ($1.3 million projected salary)
The Diamondbacks do not have any serious non-tender candidates now that Junior Guerra has been released, so Kelly gets the nod by default. He followed up his breakout 2019 season with a down 2020, though I doubt the team will cut bait over that. A 26-year-old catcher with four years of control and one comfortably above-average big-league season under his belt is incredibly valuable. Caleb Smith and Luke Weaver are Arizona's only other arbitration-eligible players. They don't have a big decision coming. Those two and Kelly will be tendered contracts and remain with the team.
Other non-tender candidates: None
Biggest non-tender decision: IF Johan Camargo ($1.9 million projected salary)
Adam Duvall's huge 2020 season took him off the non-tender chopping block and solidified his spot with the 2021 Braves. Camargo has been hurt and ineffective since his 2018 breakout, with his swing-and-miss issues particularly surprising. Atlanta has Austin Riley at third and they've been connected to some bigger-name third basemen in recent weeks (i.e. Kris Bryant), so they do not seem likely to give Camargo another go next year. A soon-to-be 27-year-old switch-hitter who can play all over the infield (and some outfield) is a useful piece for a contender, just not at nearly $2 million.
Other non-tender candidates: LHP Grant Dayton, RHP Luke Jackson
Biggest non-tender decision: IF Hanser Alberto ($2.6 million projected salary)
Elite contact ability and near-league-bottom exit velocity have allowed Alberto to dink and dunk his way to a .317 batting average on balls in play the last two years, though he doesn't do much else other than put the bat on the ball, especially with his glove having gone backward. The Orioles aren't exactly flush with infield depth, though a rebuilding team spending nearly $3 million on a no power, middling defense journeyman isn't a thing that usually happens. With Renato Nunez having already been released (and replaced by waiver claim Chris Shaw), Alberto is Baltimore's biggest non-tender decision.
Other non-tender candidates: C Pedro Severino, IF Pat Valaika
Red Sox
Biggest non-tender decision: RHP Matt Barnes ($4.1 million projected salary)
All you need to know about the current state of the Red Sox is that they've had eight pitchers clear waivers this offseason — any team could have had them for free and they all passed — and those eight pitchers threw more than one-quarter of Boston's innings in 2020. Ouch. Ryan Weber was one of those eight pitchers, leaving Barnes, the team's nominal closer, as Boston's only real non-tender decision. His big strikeout rates will get him paid well through arbitration, though his walk and homer issues limit his on-field value. The bet here is the Red Sox keep Barnes.
Other non-tender candidates: RHP Austin Brice
Biggest non-tender decision: 3B Kris Bryant ($18.6 million projected salary)
Wouldn't it be something if the Cubs non-tendered Bryant after all the service time shenanigans (and the grievance that took nearly five years to resolve)? It's insane Bryant, a 28-year-old former MVP who played at an All-Star level as recently as 2019, is being discussed as a non-tender candidate — teams that are trying to contend don't even entertain such ideas — but such is the state of Chicago's finances, or so owner Tom Ricketts claims. Bryant had a miserable 2020 season while playing hurt and, if the Cubs are unable to find a suitable trade prior to Wednesday's deadline, they very well might cut him loose. I think it's far more likely they keep him and hope he rebuilds value next year so they can flip him at the trade deadline (or, gasp, contend), but it is not set in stone. Chicago has several non-tender candidates and Bryant is easily the most notable.
Other non-tender candidates: OF Albert Almora Jr., 1B Jose Martinez, OF Kyle Schwarber
White Sox
Biggest non-tender decision: LHP Carlos Rodon ($4.5 million projected salary)
The White Sox are likely to non-tender outfielder Nomar Mazara, a former top prospect who's spun his wheels in the big leagues and is projected to make close to $6 million in 2021. Rodon is much more up in the air. Tommy John surgery and shoulder trouble have limited him to fewer than 50 innings the last two years and, when he did pitch, he often showed reduced velocity. The ChiSox are a contender now and there is no such thing as too much pitching depth, so I suspect they will keep Rodon even at his projected salary. The same applies to Reynaldo Lopez. He's projected at nearly $2 million.
Other non-tender candidates: Lopez, Mazara
Biggest non-tender decision: OF Brian Goodwin ($2.7 million projected salary)
The Reds gave up two mid-range prospects to get Goodwin at the trade deadline this summer but I don't think that means his place on the 2021 roster is secure. Depending where Nick Senzel plays, Goodwin might only be their sixth-best outfielder, and teams on a budget usually don't commit nearly $3 million to role players. Squint your eyes and you could see Archie Bradley as a non-tender candidate given a projected salary close to $5 million. Michael Lorenzen's expected move into the rotation all but ensures Bradley will open next year in Cincinnati's bullpen though.
Other non-tender candidates: C Curt Casali
Biggest non-tender decision: C Austin Hedges ($3 million projected salary)
Hedges was part of the Mike Clevinger trade and, truth be told, Cleveland is probably too thin behind the plate to cut him loose. That said, they picked up Roberto Perez's $5.5 million option earlier this offseason, and a small payroll team may not want to commit $8 million or so on two all-glove, no-hit catchers. Remember, money is apparently so tight in Cleveland that they put Brad Hand on waivers in an effort to avoid the $1 million buyout of his club option. It's not often you see a team with a small payroll spend roughly $3 million on a backup catcher.
Other non-tender candidates: OF Delino DeShields Jr., OF Tyler Naquin
Biggest non-tender decision: RHP Jon Gray ($5.9 million projected salary)
Earlier this offseason Rockies ownership sent season ticket holders a letter strongly suggested payroll will come down — "There will be nothing normal about this offseason as the industry faces a new economic reality," the letter said, according to The Athletic's Nick Groke — and the easiest way to chop about $6 million off the ledger is non-tendering Gray. The 29-year-old had shoulder problems and was ineffective in 2020, two things that were very likely related, and if the Rockies don't believe he is fixable or are confident in their ability to find a trade partner, they could make a clean break at the non-tender deadline. The guess here is they keep him, though I think it's 50/50 at best.
Other non-tender candidates: C Elias Diaz, RHP Jairo Diaz, RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez, C Tony Wolters
Biggest non-tender decision: LHP Matthew Boyd ($6.2 million projected salary)
The Tigers badly overplayed their hand when dangling Boyd on the trade market — they wanted Gleyber Torres from the Yankees — and he's taken an enormous step back since the 2019 trade deadline, so much so that teams may balk at taking on his projected salary even with a thin free agent pitching class. Miguel Cabrera is the only player on Detroit's roster with a guaranteed contract, so the Tigers are not desperate to cut payroll this winter. The bet here is they keep Boyd and hope he rebuilds value next year so they can flip him at the trade deadline. Definitely not a good sign that non-tendering Boyd is not completely insane though.
Other non-tender candidates: UTIL Niko Goodrum, RHP Buck Farmer, RHP Michael Fulmer, LHP Daniel Norris
Biggest non-tender decision: UTIL Aledmys Diaz ($2.8 million projected salary)
The Astros already answered their biggest non-tender question when they outrighted Roberto Osuna a few weeks ago. He's now a free agent and would have banked more than $10 million through arbitration thanks to his 155 career saves. With Osuna gone, Diaz gets the nod by default because Carlos Correa and Lance McCullers Jr. are the only other arbitration-eligible players on the roster. Diaz is a good enough hitter and a good enough defender at multiple positions to be worth a roster spot on a contending team. The only question is whether the Astros want to commit nearly $3 million to such a player.
Other non-tender candidates: None
Biggest non-tender decision: 3B Maikel Franco ($5 million projected salary)
Franco's huge 2015 breakout feels like it was just yesterday, doesn't it? The Royals signed him to a low risk one-year deal last winter and he responded with his best season since that 2015 breakout. As a reward, he may get non-tendered for the second straight winter. That's a hefty salary projection for a player who will qualify for free agency next year and may not have a long-term spot in Kansas City. When you have exit velocity darling Kelvin Gutierrez in the organization at the same position, spending roughly $5 million on Franco isn't the best use of resources.
Other non-tender candidates: None
Biggest non-tender decision: RHP Hansel Robles ($3.9 million projected salary)
Very quietly, the Angels have had strong success on the waiver wire in recent years, including getting 125 2/3 innings of 3.67 ERA ball from Robles since his 2018 claim. He was the team's regular closer in 2019, but diminished velocity led to 20 runs in 16 2/3 innings in 2020, putting him in the non-tender crosshairs. The Angels aren't blessed with great pitching depth, so hanging on to Robles and seeing whether he rebounds with a normal-ish spring training would be justifiable. The guess here is they cut bait entirely and redirect the money toward a pitcher who didn't allow more than a run per inning this summer.
Other non-tender candidates: RHP Justin Anderson, RHP Keynan Middleton, RHP Noe Ramirez
Biggest non-tender decision: LHP Scott Alexander ($1 million projected salary)
Even with a pricey seven-player arbitration class (Cody Bellinger, Walker Buehler, Corey Seager, and Julio Urias are all arbitration-eligible this winter), the Dodgers don't have any obvious non-tender candidates. Alexander has spent the last two years as a solid up-and-down depth arm and his projected salary is a drop in the bucket for Los Angeles, plus Caleb Ferguson's Tommy John surgery creates an opening for another lefty in the bullpen. That said, Victor Gonzalez and Adam Kolarek remain, and the Dodgers have a small army of interesting (and cheap) young arms they could turn to instead. Ultimately, I think Alexander stays.
Other non-tender candidates: None
Biggest non-tender decision: 1B Jesus Aguilar ($3.9 million projected salary)
The Marlins have two prominent non-tender candidates in Aguilar and righty Jose Urena, who is also projected for a $3.9 million salary next year. Miami is fairly deep in arms and Urena hasn't pitched well the last two years, so I think he'll get non-tendered. His situation is more predictable than Aguilar's. The Marlins have an extremely similar player to Aguilar in Garrett Cooper, and top prospect Lewin Diaz is knocking on the door. Spending roughly $4 million on a one-dimensional first baseman who can be replaced from within is not usually something a small-payroll team does. Aguilar's clubhouse leadership and the inevitable approval of the universal DH just may keep him on the roster another year though.
Other non-tender candidates: LHP Richard Bleier, RHP Yimi Garcia, RHP Ryne Stanek
Biggest non-tender decision: RHP Corey Knebel ($5.125 million projected salary)
Few teams have been as aggressive with non-tenders as the Brewerslately — they non-tendered eight players the last two years — and they've spent the early part of the winter cutting payroll through option declines. Probably not a good sign for their non-tender candidates. Knebel was as nasty as they come from 2017-18, but Tommy John surgery sidelined him in 2019 and hamstring trouble limited him to 13 1/3 ineffective innings in 2020. Milwaukee already has one reliever making big money through arbitration (Josh Hader), and Knebel at more than $5 million just might not be feasible. No doubt the Brewers will scour the trade market before non-tendering him.
Other non-tender candidates: OF Ben Gamel, C Manny Pina, C Omar Narvaez, UTIL Jace Peterson
Biggest non-tender decision: OF Eddie Rosario ($9.6 million projected salary)
Power pays in arbitration and Rosario's 96 home runs the last four years are the 30th most in baseball. The problem is he doesn't do a whole lot other than hit homers. He's a low on-base hitter, he doesn't contribute much on the bases, and his left field defense is adequate more than an asset. Alex Kirilloff is one of the top prospects in the game and he's MLB-ready — the Twins think so much of Kirilloff that they let him make his big league debut in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series — and could easily step in to replace Rosario in left field next year, allowing Minnesota to reallocate that projected salary toward pitching. I think Rosario's a goner.
Other non-tender candidates: None
Biggest non-tender decision: LHP Steven Matz ($5.1 million projected salary)
The Mets have a massive 13-player arbitration class and yet only one of those 13 players is on the non-tender fence. Extra outfielder Guillermo Heredia will be non-tendered — that's not a decision the Mets will have to debate much — and Matz's spot is up in the air. Matz allowed 33 runs in 30 innings this past season and surrendered his highest average velocity in years, and those numbers usually equal a non-tender. That said, he made 30 league-average starts in 2018 and again in 2019, so you needn't look back far to see the last time he was an effective pitcher, plus the Mets need rotation depth. New owner Steve Cohen is ready to spend and Matz's projected salary isn't onerous. I think this one's 50/50. It wouldn't surprise me to see the Mets keep Matz or cut him loose. Could go either way.
Other non-tender candidates: Heredia
Biggest non-tender decision: C Gary Sanchez ($5.5 million projected salary)
Sanchez had a "worst player in baseball" kind of season in 2020 and it put his future with the Yankees in doubt. The Yankees are not blessed with much depth behind the plate, however, and it was only a year ago that the soon-to-be 28-year-old Sanchez hit 34 home runs and was an All-Star. I think non-tendering Sanchez is something fans are debating and reporters are speculating about more than the Yankees are seriously considering, though he does stand out as New York's most notable non-tender candidate heading into Wednesday's deadline.
Other non-tender candidates: RHP Luis Cessa, RHP Ben Heller, RHP Jonathan Holder
Biggest non-tender decision: UTIL Chad Pinder ($2.2 million projected salary)
It has been three years since Pinder's out-of-nowhere great 2018 season. In the two seasons since, he's posted a sub-.300 on-base percentage with underwhelming defense no matter where he's played, and budget teams like the Athletics can't afford to spend $2 million or so on utility guys. Their current middle infield situation is unsettled, but I don't think that will be enough to keep Pinder in the green and gold through the non-tender deadline. The A's have to spend every dollar wisely and there are better ways to use Pinder's projected salary given their roster needs.
Other non-tender candidates: 2B/OF Tony Kemp
Biggest non-tender decision: RHP Vince Velasquez ($4 million projected salary)
There are days you watch Velasquez and wonder how anyone ever gets a hit off him, and days you wonder how he ever made it out of Double-A. The 176 strikeouts in 151 1/3 innings the last two years are nice, but the 5.06 ERA is not, and the Phillies can't seem to find a good role for him. Velasquez has started and relieved and is a great change-of-scenery candidate — what are the odds he has success with a new team next year and we're all wondering why the Phillies couldn't get that out of him? — but at some point you have to move on when things don't work out, and they aren't working out. Philadelphia declined its $7 million option for Hector Neris a few weeks ago but I think that's just an indication the team believes it can retain him at a lower salary through arbitration (he's projected for $5.3 million) than a sign the Phillies are planning to cut him entirely.
Other non-tender candidates: Neris
Biggest non-tender decision: IF/OF Colin Moran ($1.9 million projected salary)
Not counting Ke'Bryan Hayes, who was called up in early September, Moran was the Pirates' best hitter in 2020. Unfortunately for him, Pittsburgh has younger players who need at-bats at first base (Josh Bell), third base (Hayes), and left field (Bryan Reynolds), the three positions Moran plays. The universal DH is expected to be made permanent at some point this offseason but it may not be soon enough to save Moran's roster spot. Not sure I'd count on the small-market Pirates spending $2 million on a one-dimensional player with no obvious lineup spot. Bell and Adam Frazier have gone backward the last 18 months or so but non-tendering either would be very shortsighted.
Other non-tender candidates: RHP Michael Feliz, IF Erik Gonzalez, RHP Chad Kuhl
Biggest non-tender decision: RHP John Brebbia ($800,000 projected salary)
The Cardinals don't have any non-tender candidates other than Brebbia, who had Tommy John surgery in June and will miss most if not all of 2021 while rehabbing. The question is whether St. Louis wants to pay him roughly $800,000 to rehab next year so they can retain him as an arbitration-eligible player in 2022 (and 2023 as well). Declining Kolten Wong's reasonable $12.5 million option is a strong indication the Cardinals will cut back on spending this winter, though I don't think they'll cut back so much that they'll let Brebbia go just to save six figures.
Other non-tender candidates: None
Biggest non-tender decision: OF Tommy Pham ($8 million projected salary)
Non-tendering Pham would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago, even after a down 2020 season in which he missed time with a hand injury. Then Pham got stabbed during an altercation in October and suffered what he called "catastrophic injuries" that will "cause him significant economic damage." If the Padres are concerned he will not be healthy or productive in 2021, they very well might non-tender him rather than gamble $8 million or so on his recovery. I think they will keep him — Pham said he is "on the road to recovery and I know I'll be back to my offseason training routine in no time" — but it is no longer set in stone. A non-tender is a distinct possibility.
Other non-tender candidates: IF Greg Garcia
Biggest non-tender decision: LHP Tyler Anderson ($3.7 million projected salary)
Last offseason the Giants signed Anderson one day — literally one day — after he was non-tendered by the Rockies. He turned in a solid yet unspectacular 2020 season in his return from knee surgery, though the underlying data (hard-hit rate, spin rate, etc.) was much more promising than the surface stats (4.37 ERA and 1.39 WHIP). I think the Giants will keep Anderson because they're looking for pitching and they're one of the few teams with money to spend this winter, so gambling close to $4 million on Anderson is worthwhile. Ultimately, this may come down to how confident the front office is in their ability to find a similar (or better) version of Anderson at a lower salary in free agency.
Other non-tender candidates: RHP Trevor Gott, IF Daniel Robertson
Biggest non-tender decision: C Tom Murphy ($1.6 million projected salary)
The Mariners only have three arbitration-eligible players and it's safe to assume J.P. Crawford (this year's Gold Glove winner at shortstop) and Mitch Haniger (All-Star and MVP vote-getter in 2018) will be tendered contracts. Even though injuries have kept him off the field since June 2019, Haniger's projected salary is in the $3 million range, and Seattle won't walk away from that. That leaves Murphy as the team's biggest non-tender decision. He missed the entire 2020 season with a broken foot but did hit 18 home runs in 2019, and catchers who can bang are always in demand. The projected salary is not exorbitant, so yeah, Murphy will be tendered. It'll be an uneventful deadline for the Mariners.
Other non-tender candidates: None
Biggest non-tender decision: 1B Ji-Man Choi ($1.6 million projected salary)
The Rays have already opted to release Hunter Renfroe rather than pay him close to $4 million next year, answering one non-tender question. That leaves Choi. He is very popular, both in the clubhouse and among fans, but he's essentially a league-average first baseman, and Tampa has depth at the position, including Yandy Diaz and Nate Lowe at near league minimum salaries (plus they owe Yoshitomo Tsutsugo $7 million in 2021). We know money is tight because they walked away from Charlie Morton's reasonable $15 million option (plus money is always tight with the Rays), and they may believe they can better allocate Choi's projected salary elsewhere. Non-tendering him would be unpopular but Tampa is not afraid to make unpopular decisions.
Other non-tender candidates: None
Biggest non-tender decision: UTIL Danny Santana ($3.6 million projected salary)
Santana slugged 28 home runs in 130 games in 2019 after hitting 13 homers in 349 games from 2014-17. Elbow trouble hampered him throughout 2020 and limited him to a .145/.238/.273 batting line with one homer in 15 games. The ability to play just about any position and the potential for a bounce-back season with a healthy elbow next year would make Santana an interesting free agent target. I just have a hard time seeing the Rangers gambling nearly $4 million on it. They may non-tender Santana and try to re-sign him at a lower salary ($2 million or so?). Joey Gallo, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, and Rafael Montero are Texas' only other arbitration-eligible players and all will be tendered.
Other non-tender candidates: None
Blue Jays
Biggest non-tender decision: 1B/3B Travis Shaw ($4.5 million projected salary)
The Blue Jays took a smart one-year flier on Shaw last offseason and it didn't really work out. He wasn't terrible, but he wasn't good either, and there are better ways to use his projected $4.5 million salary. Shaw's ability to competently play third base separates him from all the other one-dimensional lefty hitting first basemen sitting in free agency and will help land him a job next season. It's just hard to see him getting something in line with his projected salary. He was non-tendered last offseason and, even though the Blue Jays have money to spend this winter, he is likely to be non-tendered again this offseason.
Other non-tender candidates: RHP A.J. Cole
Biggest non-tender decision: RHP Joe Ross ($1.5 million projected salary)
The Nationals have three arbitration-eligible players this offseason and something tells me Juan Soto and Trea Turner aren't at risk of being non-tendered. That leaves Ross as the only player worth mentioning here. He opted out of the 2020 season and has been injured and ineffective in recent years — Ross has not had an ERA that started with something other than a five since 2016 — but Washington is not blessed with great rotation depth beyond their big three, and Ross' salary projection is not going to make or break the team's budget. He'll be tendered.


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Carolin Heilig
ESR 1: Illiberal trends in incumbent parties and comparative democratic development in Central Europe (UCL)
Carolin Heilig graduated in 2017 with a BA in Political Science and Slavic Studies from the University of Tübingen, Germany, where she also worked as a research fellow at the university's Institute of Political Science.During her undergraduate studies, she spent two semesters as an Erasmus student at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland, where she studied International Relations. During her time in Poland, she interned at the Warsaw office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. In 2018 Carolin graduated from St Antony's College, University of Oxford, where she studied Russian and East European Studies (MSc) at the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and where her research focused on women's rights activism in Poland.
As an Early Stage Researcher on the FATIGUE programme, she researches the intersection of civil society with political parties in Central and Eastern Europe, with a special focus on Poland. Carolin is supervised by Jan Kubik and Seán Hanley at UCL and by Zdzisław Mach at Jagiellonian University.
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://womenalsoknowstuff.com/profile/carolin%20ida-heilig-1
Work in Progress:
Re-claiming 'the people': Young feminist activists in Poland
- "Gender in a Pillarized Society: A relational approach to contemporary illiberal politics in Poland" at the Conference DVPW-Kongress, Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft [German Political Science Association] (16.09.2021)
- "Gender in a Pillarized Society: A relational approach to contemporary illiberal and populist politics in Poland" at the ECPR General Conference, European Consortium for Political Research (30.08.2021)
- "Civil Society in the Face of Pillarization: Insights from Krakow" at the Conference "Polish Studies Today and Tomorrow ", School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), UCL.
- "The Mobilisation of "Europe" by Polish Women's Rights Activists. A case study of Reproductive Rights" at the Conference "Impacts of Gender Discourse on Polish Politics, Society & Culture". 12.06.2018. University College London
- "Re-claiming 'the people': Young feminist activists in Poland" at the conference European Conference on Politics and Gender. 06.07.2019. University of Amsterdam.
Graduate research workshops:
- "Linkages between civil and political society in Poland: Women's mobilisation and liberal democracy" at the workshop "Memories and Contentious Mobilisation in New Europe: A graduate Workshop in Comparative Politics. 06.06.2019. University of Manchester.
- "Linkages between civil and political society in Poland: Women's mobilisation and liberal democracy" at the Research Student Seminar Series. 16.05.2019. University College London.
- "Gender in a Pillarized Society: A relational approach to contemporary illiberal and populist politics in Poland" at the PhD CourseGender, Sexuality, and Populism. 03.12.2020. University of Helsinki
Workshops and invited presentations:
- "Women's Mobilisation in East and Central Europe". Centre for European Studies, Jagiellonian University Krakow. Guest presentation in MA course "Democracy, Identity and Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe" (06.12.2021)
- "(Anti)-Demokratische Entwicklungen in Polen am Beispiel der Abtreibungsdebatte" [The Polish abortion debate in the light of (anti-) democratic developments in Poland]. AG Mittel- und Osteuropa des Evangelischen Studienwerks Villigst [Standing Group Central and Eastern Europe, Villigst Protestant Academic Foundation] Multidisciplinary webinar. Co-organiser and speaker. (10.12.2020)
- "SSEESing NOW Abortion Crisis in Poland". School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London. Panel discussion. Speaker (30.10.2020)
- #nachgehakt: Polnische Präsidentschaftswahlen 2020 [#DiggingDeeper: Polish presidential elections in 2020] Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde DGO e.V. [German Association for East European Studies] Collaborative preparation and presentation (30.06.2020)
- 2021/2022: Introduction to History, Law, Politics and Philosophy (UCL)
Blog posts:
- 6/2020: The "Good Change": Polish populist presidential campaign 2015 and now
- 4/2020: A Familiar Battle in Unfamiliar Times
- 10/2019: Democracy up close: Experiencing Election Day in Poland
- 7/2019: Is Poland's Liberal Democracy in Ruins?
Media Appearances:
- discussed the current rule of law dispute between Poland and the EU as a podcast guest at the Alias Fernsehpodcast. Polens Exitstrategie [Poland's Exit Strategy]. 24.10.2021
- commented on the role of language for gender equality for rtvs. Správy. 18.10.2021
- cited in Not just Texas: Europe grapples with abortion laws and limits by Patrick Smith. NBC News. 16.09.2021
- cited in "In Poland, Protests Over Abortion Ban Could Revolutionize Politics" by Amanda Taub. The New York Times. 07.12.2020
- commented on protests in Poland for Al Jazeera English. The Stream. 20.12.2020
- cited in "La Pologne dans la Rue" by Marya Jureidini. Society- Quinzomadaire en Liberté. 14.01.2021


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Stephen Gutierrez blames a defective e-cigarette battery for causing his clothing to catch fire while arguing an arson case.
Liar, liar, pants on fire? Well, maybe that isn't the case. But, it's not every day you see an attorney's pants catch fire in the middle of a closing argument. Especially in an arson case.
28 year old Stephen Gutierrez, a 2015 graduate of Florida International University's law school, blames a defective e-cigarette battery for causing his clothing to go up in flames while in court arguing on behalf of his defendant, ironically charged with arson. News which turned out to be not so good for Claudy Charles, who has ultimately convicted by the jury of intentionally setting his car on fire after the entertaining closing arguments. Charles, 48, had claimed his car spontaneously caught fire in South Miaimi-Dade, but was brought before the jury on suspicion that this wasn't the case.
The incident may cause the defendant to appeal, as he now has room to claim he had an unfair disadvantage during a pivotal point in the trial. "An apparent spontaneous fire, of all things, in the courtroom, in front of the jury and during closing arguments could have very well prejudiced the defendant and deprived him of a fair trial," an attorney with Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf says.
"There were two or three [e-cigarettes] in my pocket at the time," Gutierrez, who was unharmed, stated in an email. "I noticed the heat was intensifying and left the courtroom as quickly as possible, heading straight into the bathroom. I was able to toss the battery in water after it singed my pocket open." Court deputies immediately confiscated the disregarded batteries as evidence, which could show the fire was set purposely by the defense to demonstrate how things can inadvertently catch fire, and they were being handled by police and prosecutors.
"This was not staged," Gutierrez insists, although it was noted by witnesses in the courtroom that the lawyer was fiddling in his pocket just prior to addressing jurors. "It was surreal," one observer said. "A lot of people could have been hurt," another noted. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge MIchael Hanzman may decide in the next several days to hold Gutierrez in contempt of court.
E-cigarettes, which deliver vaporized nicotine through a heated liquid solution, have been deemed potentially hazardous, and are currently banned by the U.S. Department of Transportation from checked bags on airplanes. This isn't the first time that an e-cigarette battery has caused a spontaneous fire, either. Just last year, another Florida resident, Evan Spahlinger, filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer after an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth, burning his face and putting the man in a brief coma. He claimed the company had sold the e-cigarette to him as a safer alternative to traditional smoking. Obviously, the alternative came with its own hazards.
"After careful research, I now know this can happen," Gutierrez says. "I am not the only one this has happened to, but I am in a position to shed light on the situation. The dangers of these devices, and accessories have led me to quit using e-cigarette products."
Hot story: Miami lawyer's pants erupt in flames during arson trial in court
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I usually start these yearly posts by saying something cliche like, "I can't believe it's already December!"
But 2020 feels a little bit more like, "I cannot believe it's ONLY DECEMBER!"
This year has felt like 10 years. It has felt like I have lived a hundred lives and a hundred different emotions and a hundred different experiences.
It's a year that I will look back on for a long time for all of the things it taught me and for the way it has undoubtedly changed my future.
I lived in South Korea for a year between 2014 and 2015. I always refer to that year as the best worst year of my life. I think 2020 may have just topped that.
It's been a year of growth. Personal, professional, mental, physical, emotional growth.
I have faced challenges that I never could have expected and I have fought internally on a near-constant basis to figure out who I want to be at the end of all this, who I want to be in the moment, who I want to be today and tomorrow.
In the past, these blog posts have been a reflection of my travels for the year, my business goals and whether or not I've reached them, and what my future plans are for the following year.
Let's dig into what they've looked like in 2020.
2020 Travels
I spent the New Year in the UK after celebrating Christmas with Luke's family. We flew back to Mexico City during the first week of January, blissfully unaware of what the year was holding for us, full of travel plans for 2020.
In February, we spent a week in Guanajuato, where I finished the research for what was my third Mexico guidebook.
In March, when countries around Europe were beginning to talk of shutdowns, there were still no cases in Mexico. So we went to Puebla for a long weekend and we hiked Iztaccihuatl. It was one of the best and most invigorating experiences I've had in Mexico.
It would be our last adventure for the foreseeable future.
We got back to Mexico City and that Monday, Luke's boss closed the business for a week, then two weeks, then months. It has yet to reopen.
March 16th was our first day of lockdown. We started ordering everything online to be delivered. We went out once a day for a walk around our neighborhood.
For three months, we didn't get in an Uber. We didn't take the bus. We didn't go on the metro. We didn't leave our suburban neighborhood. We didn't even go inside a grocery store. The only store we actually went inside of was Oxxo.
It was such a strange few months and when I think back to them I feel my chest tighten. We felt so afraid – afraid of the outside world, of our neighbors, of the news, of the present moment, and definitely of the future.
Escaping the City
We knew we needed to get out of Mexico City.
Our lease was going to be up at the end of June and we both agreed there was nothing keeping us in the city. We couldn't stay in our apartment for another year wondering when things were going to go back to normal.
So we didn't resign our lease and time ticked down until we absolutely had to make a decision.
With the help of a very good friend and her incredible family, we were able to spend the summer in Barra de Navidad. A town I have never heard of and knew absolutely nothing about.
We naively thought, like many no doubt, that we could "ride it out" for a few months and return to Mexico City in September in order to get back to work and resume living.
We spent the summer taking Spanish lessons for a few hours a day. I wrote a lot. I wrote personal essays like this one about my great-grandma. I wrote poetry and long-form narratives that will never be read and I read as much as I possibly could. I avoided looking at my website, avoided looking at how few people were reading my blog. I avoided the news, social media, and anything that might remind me of what was going on outside of this tiny little beach town. For two months I pretended like everything was fine.
It felt like a vacation and also like purgatory.
June turned into July, July into August, and with September looming we realized we needed to make a decision.
Nomadic Living in 2020
We booked an Airbnb for the month of September in Mexico City. Then we booked another for the month of October.
A few more people started reading this blog again. My YouTube channel was somehow going from strength to strength. I was starting to receive emails from companies who wanted to work together. The country seemed like it was opening back up again.
We spent a week in Guadalajara exploring areas that we've never been to before and eating Uber Eats in our hotel room at night.
Then, after four and a half years of waiting, we finally went to Chihuahua. We spent a night in downtown Chihuahua before hopping on a bus into the most stunning region of this country that I have ever had the pleasure of visiting.
We spent five days exploring Creel and the surrounding towns and then we finally took El Chepe. This train ride is one of the most magical things you can do, but what really stands out for me was our experiences hiking in the canyon.
Every guide we had, every person we met on the trails, every family-run hotel we stayed in, we just met the kindest and warmest people I've ever met in all of my time in Mexico.
But we knew we had to stop moving around. We had to try to stay in one place if for no other reason than to stop running from the fact that we need to make a decision about what's next.
Since then, we've been in Mazatlan working and sleeping and eating healthy and walking along the Malecon trying to figure out what 2021 will look like. I still feel like I'm somewhere between a vacation and purgatory.
Eternal Expat as a Business in 2020
Business has been how you might expect it's been for most of the travel industry this year.
Around the third week of March, my blog traffic came to a very abrupt halt.
Through most of January and February, I was seeing more visitors than ever before. Well over 3,000 new people per day were visiting Eternal Expat and reading about Mexico amongst my other articles about Teaching Korea, traveling to Cartagena, or House Sitting in Germany.
I was earning more than I ever had before month-over-month and I was planning for what would surely be the best financial year of my life.
In April I made a whopping $186 USD. In May I made $215. June took me closer to $500, as people in Europe began traveling internally again.
The majority of my income comes from running ads on this website that you see scattered throughout blog posts, at the bottom of each page, and on the right side of each page. The more people that read, the more eyes that see ads, the more money I make.
However, I also make a large chunk of my income from selling guidebooks and through affiliate links that I place in this blog like when I recommend the best Airbnbs to stay in or the best tours to take. If people book those things (it costs them no extra), I receive a small commission.
All of those streams of income stopped. Many companies actually stopped offering affiliate commissions because they couldn't afford to pay out anymore. So even if people did use those links to buy something, I received nothing.
The readers are returning slowly, but with the uncertainty of travel now and in the future, most people still aren't making any bookings.
Even as the numbers slowly climbed back, in September and October I still felt complete and utter fear.
What will the future of travel be?
Will there even be a future to Eternal Expat?
A decade of financial insecurity was quickly creeping back up on me and I was petrified that somehow all of my savings that I'd accrued over the last four years was about to fly out the window.
They were irrational fears, and looking back at my reactions, they were over the top and dramatic in a lot of ways, but they drove my decisions for most of the Spring and Summer of this year. They consumed me. I spent most of April and May escaping reality. I read the entire Harry Potter series. I wrote fiction in my journal because writing what was really going on took me to places that I didn't dare go.
I didn't know what to write on my blog and I didn't know what to share on my YouTube channel, which up until that point was such a small part of my business anyway, that I mostly let it fall to the wayside.
Until I had an idea for a video. I decided I wanted to talk to my friends that lived around Mexico. I missed them, I missed traveling to where they were, I missed travel. I missed connection.
I was getting so many emails from readers who were asking about what was happening in Puerto Vallarta or Merida or Cancun and I didn't really have the answers. So it seemed like a great chance to not only speak to fellow bloggers and friends, but also to share what was happening around the country with all of you.
I recorded our conversations (with their permission of course) and I turned it into a video that changed the trajectory of this entire year (for my business and for my sanity).
It sparked conversations, it brought my channel to the attention of lots of new people, and it made me realize that I could still have a purpose through this whole thing.
Since April, my YouTube channel has grown by over 4,000 subscribers (it didn't even have 4,000 subscribers back in April and I started it in 2017!). I have made over 50 videos, I have had genuine conversations with people and I've even met up with several of my newer subscribers.
And if we're talking about Eternal Expat as a business, my YouTube channel now matches the income that this blog brings in (mostly because I'm still not making any affiliate income or selling any guidebooks).
New Projects
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you may have already seen that Luke and I started a completely new business.
I needed something to focus on that had nothing to do with travel and he wanted a new project to push him outside of his comfort zone.
We are both incredibly passionate about the environment and we also wanted to figure out how we could give back more to charities, small businesses that we love, and figure out along the way how we could be more environmentally conscious.
So we created a business that encompasses all of that. It's called Consciously Green.
We sell all-natural and eco-friendly products for your body and your home. For every product we sell, we are giving $1 to charity. We are working towards zero-waste for this business and overall in our lives thanks to how much we have learned since starting to put this business together.
It's not even the end of the year and we already have over $20 to donate to our chosen charities!
We've both been so pushed outside of our comfort zones since we started actually figuring out how to start and run this business.
We are also so incredibly excited to share this business with the world and help others work towards chemical and waste-free living.
Finding the Silver Lining
For all of the things that 2020 has thrown at us, I have felt more gratitude this year than ever before.
I am so grateful for the support network that I have around the world.
I am so grateful to have such a strong life partner who keeps me sane, anchors me when I need it, and knows when I just need to have a good cry.
I am so grateful for a job that I can step away from and come back to at will.
I am grateful to this country and all it has given me in the last four and a half years.
I am grateful for friends who fight to help me even when they can't be close by.
I'm grateful for sunsets and beaches, cold oceans, and really delicious food.
I'm grateful to all of you who read, share, make purchases, click links, hit like buttons, watch my videos and amplify this business whenever you can. So much of this year has been saved by YOU and I cannot thank you enough.
What Does 2021 Hold for Us?
Who can say?
We're leaving Mazatlan and making our way to New York to spend the holidays with my family.
It will be a quiet, at-home affair with my parents and I'm looking forward to it so much.
It's been over a year since I was last back here and boy oh boy have I missed my family.
We have zero plans past our return flight to Mexico which lands in Mexico City in the first week of January.
After spending a month in Mazatlan, we're pretty sure we're going to come back here and find a short-term rental for at least a month.
Mexico has been our haven and our home for the last four years, but this year in particular she has embraced us when we needed it most.
It has been a place I am so grateful to call home and one that I'm happy to be able to return to and continue living as we wait for what this next year has in store for us.
I know for certain that I will continue to write on this blog. I will continue to share our stories through Instagram and Facebook and monthly newsletters. I will continue to make videos on YouTube.
I will also be spending plenty of time working on Consciously Green and figuring out how we can share it with more people around the USA.
Beyond that, we wait.


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Naya Rivera's Sister Moved In With Her Ex Ryan Dorsey And People Have A Lot To Say
Naya Rivera's sister, Nickayla, has moved in with her ex- Ryan Dorsey to care for him and Naya's son, Josey. Per Page Six, "The two have moved into a three-bedroom rental, a process that began when Nickayla was seen helping Ryan move his belongings from his previous home in North Hills."
According to a witness, "They were fooling around and chatting the whole time. They're obviously helping lift each other's spirits."
Since the news went public, there has been a mix of opinions about Nickalya moving in with her sister's ex. So the model went to social media to defend herself.
Per Page Six, she wrote, "In the darkest time of my life, the only thing that is important is my friends & family. Showing up for my nephew even though I can't show up for myself."
"I'm not concerned with the way things look because no one can see each agonizing moment we all endure. What matters most I've learned, is to show compassion, not to judge others, & never take a moment of life for granted."
"I hope you all can do the same."
See some of the Twitter responses to Nickalya and Ryan below.


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Jack Labriola, Kennesaw State University – Taking Control of Autonomous Vehicles
On Kennesaw State University Week: Driverless cars are already on our roads, whether we realize it or not.
Jack Labriola, assistant professor of technical communication, explores the need for human drivers to still be paying attention.
The professional mission of Jack Labriola, Ph.D., is to design and create better experiences for users in their day-to-day use of technology. He has over six years of experience working in university usability labs, performing research, and re-designing apps and websites for a variety of small businesses and non-profits. He has participated in several design challenges to develop prototype applications for student education and the FDA. His research interests include usability, user experience (UX), design thinking, and autonomous vehicles. Currently, he is helping to create and build up the Technical Communication and Interactive Design Department's usability research lab, where he hopes to encourage students and faculty to collaborate with the surrounding community in testing, designing and creating better product experiences.
Taking Control of Autonomous Vehicles
Whether we realize it or not, autonomous vehicles, or "AVs" – also called self-driving vehicles – are already on the roads around us. However, as we might expect, they are not perfect just yet. And while they may not comprise the majority of the cars on the road, we understand that the future of driving depends on the successful and safe implementation of AVs on our roads.
With the technology available right now, human drivers are still responsible for monitoring their AV and stepping in to take control over that vehicle when necessary, such as when a malfunction occurs. Yet, many drivers are unfamiliar with driving an AV and may have difficulty anticipating when they need to step in and what's the best way to take control.
Dr. Kyung Jung, a colleague and associate professor of psychology, and I are testing what it takes for the human driver to successfully and safely take back control of a malfunctioning AV and also, what undesirable responses could occur. Using a driving simulator, we are focusing on understanding how human drivers react during various malfunctions. For example, can they respond appropriately and quickly enough if their AV doesn't sense the traffic signal? Or how should they react if rain or snow starts to obscure the road lines and the car can no longer sense the lanes?
Ultimately, we will use our data to develop a driver-training program to teach human drivers about AVs, improve the monitoring and handling abilities of drivers of autonomous vehicles and enhance the safety of our roads in the future.


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However, once you have her focus she does a good job and learns quickly. We just played with the basics today and let her get settled in. She has made some buddies and has so far been a polite house guest.
Tomorrow we will get a bit more technical and start challenging her more with combination commands and more repetition.


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About Laconia New Hampshire, USA
Laconia is a city in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 16,411 at the 2000 census, which makes it the 9th-largest city in the state. It is the county seat of Belknap County. Laconia, situated near Lake Winnipesaukee, includes the villages of Lakeport and Weirs Beach. Each June for nine days beginning on the Saturday of the weekend before Father's Day and ending on Father's Day, the city hosts Laconia Motorcycle Week, also more simply known as 'bike week', one of the country's largest rallies, and each winter, the Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Derby.(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia,_New_Hampshire)


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We investigated the effects of solute carbon concentration on the mechanical properties of Fe–19Cr–8Ni–0.05C and Fe–19Cr–8Ni–0.14C metastable austenitic steels. These steels showed an FCC(γ) → HCP(ε) → BCC(α′) martensitic transformation, resulting in transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP). The presence of excess solute carbon reduced the transformability because of an increase in the austenite stability. However, the work hardening capability was enhanced by a combined effect of the TRIP and dynamic strain aging (DSA). DSA requires a high diffusivity of carbon. Thus, the FCC (low diffusivity) to BCC (high diffusivity) transformation favors DSA. The hardening capability of BCC-martensite per volume is enhanced by the dislocation pinning and solution hardening effect of the carbon atmosphere, despite a decrease in the transformation rate per strain by carbon addition. Moreover, carbon addition stabilizes the deformation-induced HCP-martensite against the BCC-martensite, improving the hardening capability of the HCP-martensite through suppression of the window effect, which affects the plastic accommodation mechanism. According to our study, the steel with a low carbon content demonstrated extraordinary work hardening rates owing to a high transformation rate per strain. In contrast, the steel with a high carbon content showed sustained and high work hardening rates because of DSA. Both the steels showed approximately the same tensile strength, but completely different work hardening behavior.
Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 7868-7882 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Science |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 1 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
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Both `node.extra['status']` and `node.state` report old information. I've confirmed (through the web interface) that my AWS EC2 instance has started + has status-checks up and running.
However, even after 10 minutes the node status hasn't changed.
How should I proceed?
Thanks for all suggestions.
PS: Here's a snippet from my wrapper:
# `node` is instantiated by `.create_node` method of `libcloud.compute.types.Provider` (actually: `libcloud.compute.drivers.ec2`, probably: `BaseEC2NodeDriver.create_node`) threshold = 60 print 'Waiting [up to] 10 minutes for node to come online' PENDING = 3 # Where do I find the enum?! while threshold and self.node.state == PENDING: sleep(10) threshold -= 1 print 'Waiting another:', threshold * 10, 'seconds. Status is:', self.node.extra['status'] if self.node.state != PENDING: print 'self.node.state =', self.node.state, "self.node.extra['status'] =", self.node.extra['status'] return self.node


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Ben Arthur is a singer songwriter, and one of the team behind the popular Dubways Days projects as well as the stunning new video-tutorial series for macProVideo.com: SongCraft: Producing Lauren Balthrop. The tutorial focuses on capturing and documenting the entire creative and technical process of creating a real song. In these tutorials, Ben collaborates with a talented artist to write a song from scratch. Once written, studio owner and producer, Al Houghton, captures it. Then Mike Creore, studio owner and engineer, polishes it into a finished product. It's a novel concept and one that I'd highly recommend checking out. A genuinely unmissable tutorial for anyone interested in audio production!
During the early production stages of this title, I caught up with the multi-talented Ben Arthur to find out how this whole idea was conceived, how it works and more...
RS: Tell us about your background and your current musical projects.
BA: I've been doing the professional musician thing for 20 years now. My newest record, 'If you look for my heart,' is coming out in Spring 2012. It's an interesting concept album and novel combination. So, it's my 6th album and 2nd book!
RS: Concept album and novel in one. How does that work?
BA: Arguably I'm not sure it does! But the idea is that each piece should be able to stand on its own as a separate work of art. So you could read the book and you'd be able to get it all. Similarly you could listen to the album and it would sound like an album. But if you put them together it sort of unfolds in different ways.
There are songs I've been terming 'artifact songs'. These are songs that appear in the narrative of the book and usually they are sung by other artists, like Aesop Rock - a well respected Indie/Hip Hop MC and Rachel Yamagata who is a really extraordinary singer/songwriter. They both take lead vocals on different songs. One of the songs that Rachel sings actually shows up in the book as one of the characters while other songs are like background noise as the characters go through their day, but of course what they're singing about is thematically tied into the narrative of both pieces.
RS: Sounds excellent. When I was younger I loved to listen to an album while reading a book and that album became the accompaniment to the book. It sounds like you've nailed that concept!
BA: Yes! When I was in college people would play Dark Side of the Moon with the Wizard of Oz in the background and they tie in in weird and unexpected ways. That's exactly the sort of thing I had in mind. And particularly these days people are reading on iPads and Kindles that are able to do a multimedia kind of thing. I was excited by the possibility of people listening to the song while they're reading the song, and getting this richer experience with the two pieces supporting each other and shining lights from different sides of things.
RS: Sounds like this must have been a huge task to compose, perform and produce an album and write a complete book!
BA: When I talk about the things I'm interested in and that I'm working on people often ask how I find the time. You know I do this full time so it's not a problem. I actually wish I could work harder and do more things. I hope that doesn't sound pretentious it's just that none of this is separate in my head. It all locks in beautifully and it's all comfortable and it took me three years to do this album and book. So, if anything I'm really slack!!
Al Houghton & Ben Aurthur @ Dubway Studios
RS: I hear you've performed with many household names, like Tori Amos, Toots and the Maytals and Dave Matthews too!
BA: Yeah. Dave was just coming up in the world when I was in college. So, his band was the group that everyone would go see on Tuesday nights at the local club. We ran into each other a fair bit before he became a huge rock star. He actually ended up playing an open mic night I was running. And Tori Amos I opened for and Toots and the Maytals we actually played at a conference. So it's been a pleasure to see people doing this on a grander scale than what is available to the likes of me.
RS: Somehow between writing your 6th album and 2nd novel you've also been instrumental in the Dubway Days project. Can you tell us more about what it is and the philosophy behind it?
BA: The guys who own Dubway, Al Houghton and Mike Crehore, have been creative partners of mine for a long time. In fact they've helped produce the last 3 albums that I've made. At a certain point BreakThru Radio, an internet content production platform, approached them saying they were looking for video content. They then approached me and asked it I had any ideas. I pitched them an idea which was interestingly similar to what we've been doing for macProVideo: about the musical and creative interior process. BreakThru Radio liked it but wanted to focus more on the interpersonal process of actually making a song and less about the technical side of things. We thought it was a really exciting idea and began shooting it with our first guest, Vienna Teng. We really didn't know whether it was possible to write, not just a song but a great song in one day.
To our surprise the material really came together. It seems to us, from our experience so far, that when you have really talented, genuine musicians who know their craft, when they are put on the spot they just create. They simply do it. It is shocking how quick and capable all these people are. They're all people I admire, so I didn't have any doubts about their abilities at all, but their ability to create under the gun like that is really thrilling for all of us to watch. It has been a surprise from the get-go.
RS: So, basically Dubway Days is documenting the birth of a song?
BA: Absolutely. We get to see the front end of the work. You know, I've been a fan of Vienna and John Wesley Harding for years. I know these guys from way back and love their work, as do Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello and Richard Thompson. But seeing the back-end, how they get to where they finally do is really an education for me and very interesting to be a part of.
SongCraft Dubway Sessions: Producing Lauren Balthrop
RS: In your new series, SongCraft Dubway Sessions, for macProVideo your take on the process has changed somewhat. Tell us more.
BA: This is actually more what we imagined the show would be like. So for macProVideo we still write a song from scratch but it goes less into the back and forth interpersonal stuff and more into the technical aspect of how we do what we do. The stuff we gloss over in Dubway Days we really get into here. For example, how you get the kick and bass to sit nicely next to each other. It's a real pleasure for me as I find it fascinating and the Dubway Days show tends to gloss over the art behind what Mike and Al, the producers do, while there's a lot of time devoted to me and the artists batting around ideas and trying to get the performance out of them. But the nuts and bolts, hands-on production of making these songs work the way they do tends not to get much time in the show. So it's been a really fun thing to bring these elements out more and spotlight their production skills and talents in the macProVideo series.
RS: Without meaning to offend anyone, the concept sounds like reality TV meets a music production tutorial-video.
BA: I know exactly what you mean. But it's not exactly X-Factor, as although those guys are talented and have the technical ability to sing - which is cool - it's not as creative as what we set out to do. We actually think about it more like a cooking show in some ways. It's showing someone not just the beautiful cake at the end of it, but what you have to do to make that cake with eggs and butter and sugar and how you meld these things together in a way that's really compelling. So, what's exciting (and frightening) is that you get to see what we make at the end of it. And we always release the song at the end.
For the new macProVideo series, we're going to release the stems to the MPV community. So it's not only 'here's what we did with this' but it's also 'why don't you see what you can do with it.' There's a contest with McDSP involved too! That's the thing about all of this. It's art. The way we approach this may not be the best way for the song to live. So the best remix will be judged by the artist herself and there'll be prizes by McDSP (which we use in the production process).
I think the MPV audience is just as intensely excited about this stuff as we are. I hope this gives them a chance to, you know, show us up and to create a whole new vision for this song. They can teach us a lesson or two about different approaches!
Lauren Balthrop @ Dubway Studios recording the first song for the new macProVideo.com Songcraft series.
RS: Returning to the cooking analogy, have you ever had any songs that come out of the oven burnt?
BA: No. We came close with one. Jonathan Spottiswoode, an extraordinary artist, who I'm a big fan of. You see we tend to set challenges as a starting place and I think I went too far and I scared him a little bit. We were having coffee and talking about family, as I have two young girls and him and his girlfriend are talking about getting serious, having kids and all that. He asked me how I do what I do while still being a Dad... So I asked him to write a song for his unborn child and I think it threw him for a curve and got us off to an anxious start.
We then got into a long 2 hour battle over what the time signature would be. He wanted to do it in 5/6 - which is not something I'd ever worked in and was innately scared of. And I was writing more in 6/8, sort of a waltz thing. But then his band wanted to do it in 6/8 too. Basically we spent a lot of time bickering about doing it in different ways. So I was pretty convinced we weren't going to come out with a good song.
But the reality was, when we put it together, that emotional tentativeness and the sort of fraught sense comes across in the song, and because the song is talking about a man speaking to his daughter, for me, it's one of the more magical songs we've put together. It has an upsetting and strangely ethereal quality to it. I love it! It's absolutely one of my favorite songs that we've done for the show. I assume one day we'll crash into a cliff, but it just hasn't happened yet.
RS: I guess, if that did happen, that would be part and parcel of the creative process? Sometimes it just happens...
BA: Well, right. If you had asked me before we did our first show when it would happen I'd have said the 2nd or 3rd show. But, having done this for a while now, we're not just bringing in pretty, reality star style fodder, we're bringing in people who we're really big fans of and truly believe in. They've just got it. And when you put them on the spot they do just produce. So far it's all worked out!
RS: In terms of the macProVideo series where you explore the song creation process, do you focus on setting up to record, tracking, or also the mixing in a DAW, etc. What are the primary focus areas?
BA: Well, we want to attack a lot of different song styles and make sure the tutorial doesn't just repeat the same old stuff. So we did focus in on the mics we used, e.g. a M149 Neumann for the vocals and the guitars, as well as the front end compression and EQ going in. Then once it's in the DAW we also focus on the post-processing and mixing, which include the general principles we've found matter the most.
As we move through the series, we'll be opening up to other genres. So, for example, a Hip Hop song where we'll focus on loops, sub-sonic bass and rhythmic angles as well as locking that into melodic elements. I hope in every episode that we'll have elements that teach the fundamentals but also go deeper and deeper into technical aspects which the macProVideo audience will get a real charge out of in a hands-on sort of way. Then when we release the song they'll be able to download the stems and the song and they'll be able to apply our perspectives and their own perspectives to re-create the mix and make the song great.
RS: From a personal point of view, what equipment do you use when recording and mixing? Do you have a preferred DAW or suite of plugins?
BA: Being a pro studio, I guess it doesn't surprise anyone that Dubway tends to work in Pro Tools. We have used Logic and Reason when working with other artists, e.g. Aesop Rock and DJ Big Wiz. While we're most comfortable in Pro Tools, all (DAWs) do what they're supposed to do, so we can get a good sound out of whatever we're working on.
On the front end, Mike and I, in our home studios both use Metric Halo ULN-2's. On the software side we have a ton of plug-ins from McDSP, Waves and many other folks. It really depends what we have at our disposal on that particular day. The other day we were using Shure KSM27 mics for vocals.
Ben Arthur recording guitar @ Dubway Studios.
RS: Do you have any tips for artists going through a mental block - both in terms of composition and production?
BA: Sure. On the production side one of the ideas which has been most helpful to me in thinking about a song is to think of EQ bandwidth as a garden hose. This is to say when you have a huge thumping 808 it sounds awesome, but if you were taking up x amount of the room due to the width of the hose, then you'll be taking away some of the mid and high range frequencies. Mixing is about balancing and the more I work in production the more I find it's about taking away and not adding to the mix. When you're mixing in the digital world, working with 0s and 1s, you really have to be conscious about how much bandwidth you have. By bringing up frequencies of a bass or kick you need to make sure you're not taking away from something else.
On the creative side, it's all about regularity. Creativity is like training for a marathon: you have to get out there and work everyday. That's not because today is the day you're going to break a world record, but because if you keep doing it you'll get to the point one day you'll write something extraordinary because you're conditioned, you're ready and have put in the day in, day out grunt work. By that time, your creative muscles are ready to go when needed.
And these artists we are bringing in for the video tutorials are toned, fit...
RS: Musical athletes..?
BA: Yes! Musical athletes. Even though they don't necessarily know this when we ask them to perform on the show, when you put them in a spot to perform, they do!
RS: Thank you so much Ben for your time. We're really excited about what you're doing and hope that your new series with us at macProVideo will keep growing and growing!
BA: Thanks! It's been a lot of fun.
Find out more:
Songcraft: Producing Lauren Balthrop Tutorial
MPV & McDSP Remix Contest: Songcraft


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He needs to refinance the home without you as a co-signer. There is virtually no other way.
That sucks! Have you seen a Lawyer?
God that's terrible.
Wow I guess it goes deeper than I thought! I can imagine how you say he tore you apart. I would be torn as well but now you know you will never go down that road again. Easy for me to say I know but did everything work out? I still have back taxes from two years ago after I paid for her rehab for drinking, the divorce, and half of the taxes and I still got screwed. Nothing I can do now but at least I know I don't ever want to be in that position ever again. How long ago was this? Norm
Wow! That sucks! I'm really sorry! That work out for you ok with the morgtage?
Wow. What a jacka$$. Mine did the same thing, but after 3 years and fortunately the house was in my name only. Oh, and no kids *woohoo!* But Darryl61 is right--not much except get him to refinance :P
is stop paying too simple?
Hey SassyAss, he has to refinance the house, and put it in his name only. First, you can need sign a quitclaim deed, that may be used where one spouse (grantor) is disclaiming any interest in property that the other spouse (grantee) owns. I know your not married, but this should still be applicable. Use whatever means possible to get him, to sign this quitclaim.
Tell him you want to QUIT CLAIM the deed to him and have him refinance so he has 100% ownership in the property. If he is unresponsive you could go to court and get the judge to force the issue or (not as nice) you could tell him you are going to run up a boat load of debt, not pay it and then your creditors will put a lien on the house.
You need to have him refinance the mortgage before he manages to destroy your credit on top of everything else. A quit claim will only remove your name from title. It will remain on the mortgage documents until it is paid in full (through a refiance) or sent into foreclosure. All late payments by him will be reported on YOUR credit report. ANY default will also be recorded on your credit history. MAKE HIM REFINANCE NOW! Your future is at stake.
This is some serious shit LEE! for the next few months stay away from boyfriends with mortgage papers in their back pockets. <hope you worked it out> ;)
You mean your name is on both the mortgage and the deed. Your concern is stop paying mortgage will ruin your credit. Actually forclosure will ruin both of you. He will keep up with the mortgage even you don't contribute. There is nothing to worry. When the market comes back, you shall sale your half to him with a fair equity. Unfortunately you made a deal with him already. If it is not in writen, you can negotiate it still. Without emotional attachment, this is pure business. You shall treat it as investment.
Sell the house
WHOA! Don't be in such a rush! He probably wants to keep the house. Can he afford the payments? The house has probably gone up in value and you also have equity in the house. If you quit claim you are losing any investment you have. It doesn't matter who put the down payment(if any): everything is split down the middle. Check the ASSESSED value through the county assessor and the market value and get an idea of what the house is worth. Figure out what your share of the equity is. Now figure out what half of the difference of the new value (if any)is. (Say it's worth 10,000 more now.) That means you should get your equity plus 5,000. That is what you've got going to the table. If he wants to keep the house he will have to make a deal with you. Otherwise he will have to sell the house. Don't give up your investment without exploring this option. I hope you get this in time.
your skrewed
The only way is a refinance/pay off or selling the house.
call the mortgage company and talk to them. they will do a credit check on him to see if he can qualify on his own you have to talk to him too. the mortgage company will charge a fee for this you will also have to go to the title company and insurance company to have your name remove. if he doesn't want to cooperate put the fear of god tell him you are getting a lawyer and sue his ass for breach of contract.
Contact your lender and attorney asap
Probably nothing. Banks don't just take co-signers off loans. You are extra security for them. If you're like most people, your house is worth less than the loan - so selling's not a good option. Credit it tight - but you can try to refinance. But he was to be willing for any of these options. You willingly entered into a business arrangement with your ex-man and the bank. All 3 parties need to be willing to change that arrangement. And cheating has nothing to do with business. Good luck. +5
You need to find a local real estate attorney. It may cost youo, but it may be worth it to save your credit.
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