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There are a lot of great resources when you think about "lists of marketing blogs". The Top Rank Blog's "BIGLIST" of blogs is remarkably extensive, Ad Age has an excellent list of 150 top marketing blogs, and people are creating marketing blog lists all the time. Thinking specifically about PPC there seem to be far fewer resources (James Zolman at SEMvironment has a great list, but it's a couple of years old).
But while there are a tremendous number of SEO blogs, many of them well known, well trafficked, and well written, there seems to be a disproportionately lower number of PPC blogs. I've always found this a bit curious, but I suppose it makes sense as blogging and blog promotion is often either a direct responsibility or an important overlapping component for SEOs – far more so than the average PPC campaign manager. But recently I've noticed a definite uptick in the number of really strong pay-per click focused blogs and blog content. As a result I thought we'd put together a comprehensive "living" list of all the best pay-per click focused blogs. The main criteria are:
- Some PPC Focus – not requiring 100% here but PPC should at least be amongst the core focuses on these blogs
- Delivers Real Value – Sometimes "beginner" content is new to some people (namely beginners) so we won't take off points for more pedestrian content, but the blog does need to add some value over what you can get in the AdWords help section
- Updates at Least Sometimes – Certainly don't need to be daily blogs, but none of the blogs on the list should be so far outdated that a trip to the blog wouldn't provide value for the visitor (and you should let us know if they are).
- A custom Google search engine (available below, hat tip to this post and James Zolman and Lee Odden's idea to set up a custom search engine that queries only those blogs)
- A Blekko slash tag
- An OPTML file so you can add all the blogs to your favorite reader
- A Twitter List so you can find all the awesome bloggers below on Twitter and see what they're sharing
We've also created a badge for the winning sites:
All right well without further ado and in no particular order, here is our collection of the Best PPC Blogs on the Interwebs:
Marin Software
Marin Software is a leading provider of both Enterprise (>$100K) and Professional (<$100K) online advertising management software. Started in 2006 they have continued to grow their impressive list of customers through the years as well as expanding the capabilities of their platform. As the world of Social and Mobile advertising has expanded they have built a comprehensive solution that meets online advertisers' needs. We currently work with many of Marin's customers and have seen a high level of satisfaction. BoostCTR recommends Marin for advertisers looking for a consolidated ad solution..
- 2 Ways to Decrease Your First Page Minimum Bid
- Compelling Trends from Marin's 2012 Q1 Report
- Stop Paying for Unwanted Clicks with Our Negative Keyword Strategies
The Certified Knowledge Blog (Formerly bgTheory)
Brad Geddes is definitely one of the smartest guys in search marketing. Brad contributes to the pay-per click community in a variety of ways, including frequent contributions on Webmaster World's forums, a regular column on Search Engine Land, and a frequent speaker and presenter at various conferences and through his AdWords Seminars – and he wrote an outstanding book on Advanced Google AdWords. Brad's blog has a wealth of great how-to information and he frequently unearths functionality from within the PPC platform interfaces that most people didn't know existed, and demonstrates how and why it's valuable.
- Secret Underground Techniques Busted: 27.65% CTR Available with Just Testing
- It's Called an Ad Group and Not a Keyword Group for a Reason
- The SEMMY Nominations are Out: 2 More for Brad Geddes (This post is a great run-down of some of Brad's best articles)
Bryan Eisenberg Dot Com
The Eisenberg brothers are giants in the online marketing space, having authored a number of authoritative books and spoken at and even keynoted some of the biggest marketing conferences they are clearly thought leaders in the space and the content on the blog is of just as high a quality as their published works and presentations.
- A Quick and Cheap Way to Find Blind Spots in Your PPC Campaigns
- The Secret Behind Successful PPC Advertising
- The Biggest Lie of Pay-Per Click Marketing
PPC Blog & PPC Training Community
PPC Blog has quickly become a top resource for PPC content. The site's main focus is on a paid PPC Training and Community program, but they share a lot of great tips and insights on the public-facing blog. Geordie Carswell is the site's main author and has a really interesting perspective as someone who leveraged PPC to drive a tremendous amount of business for an affiliate network – so he understands things from the perspective of both the typical advertiser and the affiliate, and he maintains the PPC Blog Community, which is home to a lot of smart advertisers and a lot of smart affiliates. All of that gives him access to a lot of data that tends to be a step or two ahead of some blog content, and is really evident in the content on PPC Blog.
PPC Prospector by Chad Summerhill
Chad's a definite "future star" in the space and is already really a thought leader. Chad's blog is outstanding because it offers a level of detail and practical application that you almost never see in paid search blogs. Chad has an outstanding mix of in-depth video how-to content and a nice collection of free pre-formatted spreadsheets that can help you do everything from implement modified broad match to identify negative search queries.
3 Posts We Like from PPC Prospector
- How to Calculate Peer Comparisons for PPC Data Analysis
- PPC Text Ad Testing for Statistical Significance
- Search Query Mining for Campaign Negatives
The Click Equations Blog
The team at Click Equations are some of the smartest and most passionate people in paid search, and that is definitely reflected in their blog content. The Click Equations blog is generally authored by Craig Danuloff and Alex Cohen, and the content is a nice mix of editorial around news and trends in paid search, along with more tactical how-to content and in-depth articles on paid search approach and philosophy.
3 Posts We Like from The Click Equations Blog
- High Resolution PPC (this is actually a category and not a post, but we couldn't pick just one post)
- The Match Type Keyword Trap
- The Economics of Quality Score
Search Engine Land's PPC Blogs
Search Engine Land features some of the greatest minds in paid search in their collection of pay-per click content, including Josh Dreller, Brad Geddes, Matt Van Wagner, and more. These break down into three excellent column categories:
3 Columns from Search Engine Land on PPC
The Search Engine Watch Search Advertising Column
Similar to the Search Engine Land columns, Search Engine Watch features a collection of outstanding PPC minds contributing to a regular column on the site. Authors such as John Lee and Joe Kerschbaum from Clix and Alex Cohen from Click Equations regularly contribute the SEW Search Advertising Column and pack it with advice on how to improve your paid search campaigns.
3 Posts We Like from The Search Engine Watch Search Advertising Column
- Testing is a Waste of Time
- A Ten Day Play to Overhaul Your PPC Campaign
- How General Keywords Can Influence Brand Related Keywords
The Search Engine Journal Search Engine Advertising Category
Like the SEL and SEW columns, the Search Engine Journal paid search column is a great collaborative effort with contributors like Brian Carter, Glenn Gabe, Kate Morris and Boost CEO David Greenbaum.
3 Posts We Like from Search Engine Journal
- Ad Text Optimization: What to Test and When
- Facebook Advertising vs. Google AdWords
- Seven Advanced Questions About Quality Score Answered
The Clix Marketing PPC Blog
David Szetela has been speaking and writing about pay-per click marketing for years (he even wrote the book), and has been blogging at Clix for years. David's contributions are always excellent but his busy schedule keeps him from posting as frequently as he once did, but Clix team members John Lee and Joe Kershbaum are two of the best PPC bloggers in the business (both formerly of PPC Hero, which is also included in this list) and have begun contributing to the blog regularly of late.
3 Posts We Like from The Clix Marketing Blog
- How to Compare Your PPC Performance to Your Competitors
- Five things to Try with Google AdWords Campaign Experiements
- Claim Your SERP Real Estate with Google's Product Extension Ads
The RKG Blog
The RKG Blog has consistently created outstanding advanced paid search content for years. Some of the best analysis and commentary on important changes in the AdWords system, bid management best practices, cross channel attribution, and more lives on the RKG Blog – it might not be a great first stop for beginners trying to get a handle on PPC basics, but every serious paid search marketer should frequent the blog at some point in their career.
3 Posts We Like from RKG Blog
PPC Hero
PPC Hero is hands-down one of the best and best-read blogs on paid search marketing. It's been around for years, and is updated daily by the team at Hannapin Marketing. The blog offers a wealth of how-to materials and always has the latest updates on the AdWords platform, Facebook PPC, adCenter, etc. and they do a nice roundup of PPC news every Friday.
3 Posts We Like from PPC Hero
- The Quality Score Handbook
- Revitalize Your Campaign in Five Days
- PPC Hero Blog Series (A great collection of blog series from PPC Hero)
The Redfly Internet Marketing Blog
The Redfly blog offers one of the best balances of really thorough how-to guide content and unique, interesting, advanced tactics that aren't rehashed from other blogs around the Web. The Redfly team posts on the blog and founder Dave Davis consistently makes excellent contributions on the blog.
3 Posts We Like from Redfly Marketing
- The Ultimate Quality Score Guide
- How to Use AdWords for SEO
- Dynamic Keyword Insertion: The Ultimate Guide
The Efficient Frontier Blog
The Efficient Frontier Blog is a great example of a strong corporate B2B blog: they offer a ton of proprietary (but anonymized) data from their clients around trends in how paid search is performing, distribution of spend across engines, useful case studies, commentary on important events in the paid search space, and how-to content.
3 Posts We Like from Efficient Frontier Blog
- Google Instant Brand Bias
- The Next Chapter in the Display Wars
- Economics of the Yahoo Microsoft Alliance
The Seer Interactive Blog
The Seer Interactive Blog has become one of the best blogs in the search marketing space – the blog has a ton of outstanding content on SEO but they also have a category dedicated to PPC and the content there is very good as well and well worth a read and an add to your RSS feed.
3 Posts We Like from The Seer Interactive Blog
- Five Simple Steps for PPC Ad Testing
- Step By Step Guide for Using AdWords Campaign Experiments (ACE) for Ad Testing
- How to Increase Your PPC ROI from Modified Broad Match
PPCAnalytica by Mystery Blogger
PPCAnalytica has just entered the PPC blog space with their first post on 12/02/2010: Generating a Sample of AdWords Data Using R. Some of you may be uncomfortable with the technical nature of this blog, but I assure that most great PPC insights come from an intimate knowledge of the underlying data that makes up our PPC campaigns. This blog promises to shed light on the more technical side of PPC, like: managing very large accounts, decision making with sparse data, statistics for PPC, and other new and interesting PPC challenges. This is not your average PPC blog content.
3 Posts We Like from PPCAnalytica
Overdrive Interactive Blog
The Overdrive Interactive blog isn't strictly PPC focused but the blog has some great content on a number of different eMarketing topics, paid search and pay-per click marketing included.
3 Posts We Like from Overdrive Interactive Blog
- 11 Paid Search Tips You Should Always Follow
- Google AdWords Massive Brand QS Algo Flaw
- Tips for Writing Facebook Ad Copy
semvironment PPC Management Blog
James Zolman writes the semvironment Blog and though he only posts occasionally, the content is always interesting and often offers a unique take on paid search marketing.
3 Posts We Like from semvironment
- What is Truly Automated PPC Bid Management Technology?
- Manual PPC Bid Management is Dead
- The Invasion of the Text Ad Clones
The Acquisio Blog
The Acquisio Blog posts periodically, but often offers a lot of unique insights on search in general and particularly on PPC. They also expose some great free tools that are very handy for paid search marketers.
3 Posts We Like from the Acquisio Blog
SEM Science Blog
The SEM Science Blog isn't a typical paid search blog: you don't see updates on the newest features in pay-per click interfaces and you don't see traditional how-to information, but rather a series of guide and articles on PPC philosophy that feature fresh takes on various elements of paid search campaign management.
3 Posts We Like from The SEM Science Blog
- Closing the Paid Search Knowing Doing Gap
- A Search Engine Marketing Guide to Goal Setting & Results
- A Guide to Managing the Human Side of Search Marketing
The Search Agents
The Search Agents blog features a mix of SEO and PPC content and you can grab all the PPC content in this category, and the paid search content is quite good and shares a nice amount of proprietary data as well as having some unique and contrarian takes on conventional PPC wisdom.
3 Posts We Like from The Search Agents
- Google AdWords Standard and Accelerated Delivery: The Simple Story of the Tortoise and the Hare
- Click Through Rate Jumps 11.4% After Google Changes "Sponsored Links" to "Ads"
- Ad Auctions are Not Auctions
The Komarketing Blog
The Komarketing blog is primarily authored by Derek Edmund, and the blog focuses on B2B Marketing tips and tactics. The blog is home to a lot of great PPC advice for B2B marketers.
3 Posts We Like from the Komarketing Blog
PPC Without Pity
Shawn Livengood is one of a handful of "newer" bloggers creating great content that leverages their in-the-trenches experiences – reading Shawn's blog you can tell his observations and specific advice come from hands on experience.
3 Posts We Like from PPC Without Pity
- Automation in PPC Management: Pros and Cons
- Essential Calculators for PPC Professionals
- In Praise of Small Keyword Lists
David Rodnitzky is a very smart guy and knows a lot about PPC, and the Blogation blog has a lot of great content about running an agency and about current topics and trends in paid search marketing.
3 Posts We Like from Blogation
- Be the Client
- Will Facebook be the Death of the Google Content Network and AdSense?
- Why Marketing Should Rarely be Accountable for Offline Sales
Searching Beyond the Paid
Melissa Mackey is a well-known paid search marketing expert who has had appearances on shows such as Wilson Web and PPC Rockstars as well as being a contributer to Search Engine Watch, and her blog and Twitter stream are top-notch resources for pay-per click best practices and new wrinkles and features in the paid search platforms.
3 Posts We Like from Searching Beyond the Paid
Righteous Marketing Blog
Robert Brady is another PPC specialist with a great Twitter feed for discovering new PPC content, and his blog has some great insights on issues with the Facebook PPC platform and best practices around the AdWords and paid search platforms.
3 Posts We Like from Righteous Marketing
- Why I Hate Facebook PPC Ads
- Free AdWords Checklist: The 13 Deadly Sins
- Four Ideas for Landing Page Forms
Digital Alex Blog
In addition to his contributions on the Click Equations Blog and Search Engine Watch, Alex Cohen maintains his own blog where he periodically contributes insights you won't find in the other two publications and posts his presentations from the numerous conferences where Click Equations is present.
3 Posts We Like from Digital Alex
- 4 Ways Reports Suck and How to Fix Them and the video
- Stop Keyword Research: Start Query Mining
- Predictive Analytics 101: An Interview with Eric Siegel, PHD
PPC Advice
Garry Przyklenk maintains a great blog over at PPC Advice, and his presence at several marketing trade shows allows him to put together some great interviews on the subject of paid search.
3 Posts We Like from PPC Advice
- Findings from the SEMPO Survey
- Interview with Craig Danuloff of Click Equations
- Interview with Avinash Kaushik
The Official Blogs of the Platforms Themselves
Getting information from the horse's mouth is always a good idea, and the AdWords related Google blogs and the Microsoft adCenter Blog are often the best place to get the latest information on new features and policy changes on the AdWords platform.
The Official Search Engine Platform Blogs:
The AimClear Blog
The AimClear blog doesn't focus solely on PPC, but there is a wealth of great content on the topic on the blog, and they have some of the best Facebook PPC campaign management content on the planet.
3 Posts We Like from The Aimclear Blog
- Radical Keyword Research Scrapebox Suggestion Mining
- Deadeye YouTube SEO
- Facebook SEO Ranking Factors
The WordStream Internet Marketing Blog
The WordStream blog covers a variety of topics but posts regularly on the topic of PPC (including posts from yours truly) – Chad Summerhill from PPC Prospector is another frequent poster there, and Elisa Gabbert does a fantastic weekly roundup that often covers various paid search topics.
3 Posts We Like from The WordStream Internet Marketing Blog
- Pimp Your PPC Ad: 5 Lessons from Bad PPC Ads
- How to Use AdWords Campaign Experiments
- The Advanced Search Query Mining Series
Portent Interactive Blog
The Portent blog features a variety of online marketing content, but you can check out the PPC category where you'll find some great how-to content and actionable best practice suggestions.
3 Posts We Like from The Portent Interactive Blog
Traffick: The Business of Search
Andrew Goodman writes the Traffick blog, which has a number of different focuses but produces a good deal of content on the subject of PPC. Andrew wrote the book Winning Results with Google AdWords, is an excellent writer, and puts out a lot of high-quality content on paid search tactics and trends on the Traffick blog.
3 Posts We Like from Traffick
- The Google AdWords Tourist Tax
- Five Edgy Paid Search Techniques that Aren't Black Hat
- Do You Need to Rethink Your Assumptions
The Ion Interactive Post Click Marketing Blog
The Ion blog isn't strictly about PPC, per sey, but they cover a critical component of pay-per click marketing: landing page optimization. Additionally, they frequently relate CRO to paid search and PPC, so the blog is a major asset for anyone managing a paid search campaign.
3 Posts We Like from Ion Interactive
- Five Part Creating Effective Landing Pages Blog Series
- The Ultimate Landing Page Resource Guide
- A Comparative Chart of Online Testing Waves
The Unbounce Blog
The Unbounce Blog is a relatively new blog that focuses on landing page optimization. Oli Gardner is the primary author over there and the content is consistently excellent – like the Ion Interactive Blog, the focus isn't strictly on pay-per click but the focus on landing page optimization will help you get some great tips on a crucial component of successful paid search.
3 Posts We Like from The Unbounce Blog
- Seven Elements of a Winning Landing Page
- 8 Visual Design Techniques to Focus Your Attention on Your Landing Page
- Love PPC? You Should Love Landing Pages Too.
PPC Summit Pay-Per Click Blog
The PPC Summit blog is a great resource maintained by The Internet Marketing Institute – the organizers of various seminars and conferences on paid search, social media, online marketing in general. The blog features a mix of staff contributions and guest posts from various contributors.
3 Posts We Like from The PPC Summit Blog
- Four Strategies for Building Your Negative Keyword List (And How to Implement Them)
- Does it Make Sense to Bid on Your Own Brand?
- Is PPC Marketing Right for High End Products & Services?
The Calculate Marketing Blog
The calculate Marketing Blog is Allan Mitchell's blog. Allan Mitchell is a frequent commenter on a number of paid search marketing blogs, and his insights and input are always interesting and thoughtful. His blog is no different. Not unlike the Click Equations blog he churns out a nice combination of practical PPC how-to content and higher level paid search philosophy.
3 Posts We Like from The PPC Summit Blog
- Google AdWords Broad Match Generator
- The Economics of PPC Pricing: Why Profit Sharing is the Future
- The Ten Percent Clicks Rule Part Three: Does it Work?
The PPC Blog by Matthew Umbro
Matt is one of our favorite people in PPC – he's very active on Twitter and does a great job of engaging followers and responding to people he follows (imagine that!). Both his Twitter feed and his blog have a very "in the trenches" type of feel because he's clearly knee deep in pay-per click campaigns. He shares a nice mix of how-to content and occasional odds and ends regarding new features and updates within paid search platforms.
3 Posts We Like from The PPC Blog by Matthew Umbrow
- Living in a Quality Score World
- Utilizing AdWords Site Links My Way
- Are you Calculating Total PPC Campaign Revenue
SEM Booty Blog
This one almost doesn't meet our frequency requirements, but the content when updated is strong enough to land them on the list. You'll find a nice mix of commentary on news and actual test results on the SEM Booty Blog making it more than worth the read.
3 Posts We Like from the SEM Booty Blog
- Testing PPC Sitelinks with Some Surprising Results
- How to Launch a PPC Reseller Program
- What Traits Make a Good Search Marketer?
Gordon Choi's Blog
Gordon Choi posts on a variety of topics, and has some great high-level stuff on paid search as well as coverage of other engines and other markets that rarely get attention, such as Yandex and Baidu.
3 Posts We Like from PPC Blog
SEM Geek
The SEM Geek blog has been around for years and Greg Myers does a great job delivering a variety of PPC tips, commentary, and interviews. Some of his input on the subject of political PPC is particularly interesting.
3 Posts We Like from SEM Geek
- Keyword Research Tip: The Real Goldmines are In Your Content
- Tips on How to Better Visualize PPC Strategies
- Why We Should Stop Measuring Our Fees by a Client's PPC Ad Budget
PPC Proz Blog
Dan Perach and Elan Perach update the PPC Proz blog only occasionally, but when they do there are often some really interesting insights shared there. Dan is also really active in the paid search community and can frequently be seen commenting on other blogs in the space.
3 Posts We Like from PPC Proz
- AdWords Broad Match Keyword Bloopers
- Ad Split Testing Method for Content Campaigns
- The Great PPC Spy Tool Myth
Web Ranking Search Marketing Blog
The Web Ranking blog covers a variety of search marketing topics, but the paid search content is quite good and occasionally offers interesting insights on trending topics in PPC.
3 Posts We Like from the Web Ranking Blog
More Great PPC Blogs:
As we predicted, when we first created the list there were plenty of people we missed. Here is the list of blogs we've had pointed out to us since launching the Best PPC Blogs list which are all also certainly amongst the best PPC blogs on the Web:
Know someone we missed? Drop a line in the comments!


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The developers of the upscale Landmark Center might have their last chance to seek approval for the project at today�s City Council meeting, and already it�s off to a bad start.
FORT WALTON BEACH �The developers of the upscale Landmark Center might have their last chance to seek approval for the project at today�s City Council meeting, and already it�s off to a bad start.
Ft. Walton Development Partners, the company behind the proposed mixed-use project planned for the intersection of Perry Avenue and U.S. Highway 98, will ask the City Council to approve a new development agreement that would allow the project to move toward construction.
The Landmark Center discussion will be a quasi-judicial hearing, which is similar to a court case with opening statements, questions and closing statements.
City staff is recommending the City Council not approve the agreement.
�After a complete review of the submitted Development Agreement, all related documents, and applicable laws, Staff finds that the Development Agreement as submitted is not consistent with the conditions of the approved Development Order,� city staff wrote.
�Staff further finds that the proposed Development Agreement requires the City to pledge CRA revenue that may or may not be available at times required in the Development Agreement.�
Read the proposed development agreement �
The City Council does not have to follow the city staff�s recommendation. If it decides to move forward with the development agreement, the issue would come back to the council for a second and final quasi-judicial hearing next month.
Based on the original development order from August 2007, the city would lease land to the developers to build a parking garage with a minimum of 343 spaces. The city would later purchase the parking garage for $3.66 million but allow the developers to retain exclusive use of 36 parking spaces. The city would have the authority to decide if it wanted to charge users to park there.
However, the application for a new development agreement asks the city to transfer the city-owned land needed for the parking garage to the developers. The land has an estimated value of $80,683, but a final appraisal would have to be completed before the land could be turned over.
Ft. Walton Development Partners also proposes that the city lease 220 parking spaces from the garage for a 30-year period at a cost of $4 million, to be paid over eight years, as well as pay a portion of the utilities, taxes, insurance, management and security fees for the parking garage during the 30-year lease.
The Landmark Center is a 122,000-square-foot mixed-use project that would include 90 hotel rooms, 15 corporate apartments, a swimming pool, 31,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, and a 343-space parking garage.
Today�s meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Fort Walton Beach City Hall.
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A protocol I return to again and again is the Hindu-style conditioning used by Indian wrestlers. This ancient system dates back perhaps thousands of years and it's reasonable to attribute it as a foundation (along with traditional Indian dance) of modern hatha yoga postures.
I first learned about Hindu-style conditioning when I was a kid, reading some of the old-school physical culture magazines, such as Strength & Health, published by York Barbell Co. As a high school wrestler I'd heard of the "Great" Gama, the Lion of Punjab and his many exploits and one exercise which captured my attention in particular was what was called the Hindu Push-Up, also referred to as the "Jap" push-up in those days, and as I learned later, the Japanese judoka prize their own variation of this splendid exercise.
It's interesting to note that throughout Middle East and Middle Asia, this exercise (and its close variations) has for thousands of years been a staple for combat athletes, often performed on a raised board. The board allows for deeper spinal flexion and optimal alignment of elbows, spine and shoulders. The Hindi name for the Hindu push-up is dand and the wrestlers of old are recorded to have done several thousand reps daily, completing every rep in a rhythmic and steady pace. You will notice there are three yogic postures passed through in each single dand:
1) downward facing dog
2) low plank/crocodile
3) upward facing dog
The breathing pattern, synchronized with the movement, is what I call "anatomical match breathing". As the body dives through into upward dog, a nasal breath is inhaled; as the body folds backward to downward facing dog, you exhale through the mouth. Thus performing high repetitions may produce a trance-like mental state.
The ancients believed performing dands transported the wrestler into an altered state which effectively purified him both psychically and spiritually.
The legends of the "Great" Gama report him doing many thousands of repetitions per day. They say that once he rooted his hands and feet into position, they didn't budge until all reps were completed and so single-minded in his focus that his sweat left a perfect image of his body dripped into the dirt.
The dand strengthens the wrist; fingers; palms, neck; chest and back. It also increases flexibility and mobility in the back, hip flexors, hamstrings and calves. The dand was tonic for overall good health and a preventive and cure, increasing virility and potency and remedying faulty digestion. An exercise for all time, dands not strengthened the sinews of the body but had a equal effect upon character, according to Atreya, ancient Hindu scribe:
Doing dands makes a person's character and personality shine. The body takes on a powerful radiance. Not only this, but the person who performs dands has a fuller, more meaningful life: His personality is more attractive; he is liked by everyone. His whole attitude towards life is changed.Dands were a central exercise of the wrestler's regimen. The strenuous muscular work involved molded his confidence and character. This was a path to enlightenment via disciplining the physical body. Imagine, an exercise that reveals the reflection of the divine nature of its practitioner! As a student of ancient exercise systems (as well as anti-aging and health systems) I've noticed how often similar movements from different cultures overlap. Related to the Hindu Push-Up, the Russians use an exercise called the "pump" and the Five Rites of Tibetan Yoga include yet another variation.
There are many ways to incorporate the Hindu Push-Up into your current workout schedule. Frequently, having read the exploits of Hindu wrestlers and their prodigious repetitions, trainees throw themselves into a high-volume routine before adequately preparing the joints and connective tissue. This is a common cause of injury, especially to the shoulders. Another problem to avoid is allowing the elbows to flare out to the sides, which internally rotates the upper arm, creating stress on the front shoulder capsule. After suffering from frequent shoulder irritation, I discovered the secret to performing this movement pain-free and I've taught countless people to master not only Hindu push-ups, but all push-ups, pain-free. Push-Up alignment is only one of many techniques I teach in my Body Weight conditioning workshops and certifications. Even experienced trainees and professional trainers have much to gain.
Many of the stories of Hindu wrestlers were tall tales, perhaps, like our own stories of Davy Crockett and his ilk. I believe the extremely high numbers of repetitions have been exaggerated. Be this as it may, the Hindu Push-Up is a phenomenal movement for the entire body.
Here are some performance tips to help you harness the power of the Hindu Push-Up:
1) Use impeccable form
This means slow, steady, rhythmic repetitions while moving in conjunction with the breath.
2) Maintain the upper arms in external rotation by activating the lats throughout the entire movement
This means the pit of the elbow remains facing forward while the point of the elbow is directed toward the feet. Thus the elbows remain tucked in tight to the ribs while executing the push-up.
3) Start out with moderate numbers and gradually increase the repetitions
One of the biggest causes of injury--not just in the dand but ALL forms of exercise--is a sudden increase in volume.
4) Use the Hindu push-up as part of a circuit, so you don't do all the repetitions consecutively
I like to intersperse sets of Hindu push-ups between upper body pulling exercises, such as rope climbs and pull-ups, and exercises for the lower body, as well. (Obvious: Hindu Squats, but that's another blog!)
5) Perform Hindu Push-Ups on a push-up board
It's much easier on the joints, especially the shoulders. I especially appreciate the greater spinal stretch throughout the spine and shoulders.
6) Utilize the Hindu Push-Up as a tonic exercise
If working up to high numbers of the Hindu Push-Up is counter to your fitness goals, I encourage you to still perform a few of these exercises daily as an anti-aging tonic. Even as few as 20-30 reps will provide great health benefits and act as a terrific warm-up for more strenuous routines. The ol' Coach himself performs 20 per day and up to 100 reps in a workout, typically in sets of 20-30.
Come get personal coaching from yours truly--and not only in Hindu push-ups but dozens of other fantastic body weight conditioning exercises--at my first scheduled seminar of 2009, the Maxbells Body Weight Trainers certification. Hosted by iconoclast Chip Conrad's fantastical gym, Body Tribe, in lovely Sacramento CA, Saturday 7 February 2009 from 9AM to 6PM. If you can't make it west, you can buy time to prepare for my Body Weight Trainers certification 3 May 2009 at Philadelphia's
Maxercise MMA gym.
Steve Maxwell/Maxbells kettlebell and body weight certifications are rapidly being recognized as the finest of their kind. People come from other certifications and tell me I'm the best they've ever had! Participants leave not only with the confidence that they can perform the exercise, but confidence in their ability to guide others. Because ultimately, if you're a coach or trainer, it's not what YOU can do, but your ability to teach others how to do it (without hurting themselves!)
My wish for the New Year is to see you at my upcoming workshops and certifications: to work with you in person and help you achieve your wildest fitness dreams!
There's still time to squeeze in a push-up board as a stocking stuffer for those who've been nice! Or why not go old school and celebrate the gift of push-ups onThree Kings Day 6 January? Best of all, the Push-Up Board comes with a DVD wherein I demonstrate 20 different push-up variations--a one-of-a-kind item if there ever was one!
Of Interest:
- Dave Wardman of Australia spent the time to compile my Dragon Door posts and you all can reap the benefits here under "Archived Forum Advice". Thank you, Dave!
- Rick Vittum put together a guide to the Encyclopedia of Joint Mobility, another much appreciated gesture. Check it out here.
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It is not the iron laws of capitalism, but the purposive actions of economic actors and the inertia of capitalist institutions that drive economic and social change, for better or worse.
The ultimate question guiding Professor of Economics Janet Knoedler's scholarship has been to understand and interpret in today's terms the alternative visions of the economy that derive from the original institutional economists. Institutionalists envision the purpose of the economy as being to serve the broad public interest by provisioning all of its members with sufficient resources to afford a "good life" rather than the more commonly professed goal of allocating scarce resources among competing ends, which may exclude some from that so-called "good life."
In that regard, Knoedler has used the ideas of Thorstein Veblen, John Maurice Clark and Karl Polanyi, to name a few of the leading original institutionalists, to understand many of the key institutions in our modern economy, including corporations, labor, and the media.
"I have tried to demonstrate that achievement of economic outcomes that serve the broad public interest result not from the workings of impersonal market forces, but emerge only through a democratically engaged citizenry and an activist government responsive to their citizenry," Knoedler says. "In other words, it is not the iron laws of capitalism, but the purposive actions of economic actors and the inertia of capitalist institutions that drive economic and social change, for better or worse."
Knoedler teaches a foundation seminar in the Society and Technology Residential College, which has been her favorite teaching experience at Bucknell University. She also teaches courses for the economics department and is developing new classes on the history of economic thought, religion and economics, and the economics of the Great Depression.
"I am especially excited about the opportunity to teach integrated perspectives courses, perhaps on art and economics, for the new college core curriculum in the College of Arts and Sciences," she says.
Knoedler is part of a group of Bucknell faculty members that helped launch the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP), an initiative that supports interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship at Bucknell. She is passionate about the need for greater scholarly and citizenry attention, especially in this time of economic and environmental crisis, she says, and is enthusiastic about the opportunities afforded through BIPP to educate students and the public about the important policy debates of our day.
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Sleep may be low on your list of priorities as you put work or entertainment first.
Switching from daylight saving time to central time, or the other way around, makes us aware of how even small changes in sleep habits have a profound effect on how we feel. In fact, some authorities say sleep is the most under-valued contributor to optimum health and performance.
Sleep may be low on your list of priorities as you put work or entertainment first. Before the invention of the light bulb, people slept 10 hours at night going to bed at dark. Now Americans average 6.9 hours of sleep on a weeknight and 7.5 hours of sleep on a weekend, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Over seventy percent of Americans report having one or more persistent symptoms of sleep deprivation. Those who do sleep well are generally happier and healthier.
It turns out that getting adequate sleep does more than just keep us from feeling tired and yawning all the time. The Lancet, the world's leading independent general medical journal, reported extensive research on the effect of sleep deprivation. It was found that too little sleep can accelerate aging by hindering metabolism and hormone production that is similar to the effects of aging and early stages of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and memory loss can be brought on earlier by chronic sleep loss.
It was found that sleep debts are somewhat like stress. Just one week of sleep deprivation altered subjects' hormone levels and their capacity to metabolize carbohydrates.
If you are like most people, you have to keep an eye on your weight. Americans spend over $35 billion each year on weight-loss products when adequate sleep might be more effective. Why? The trend toward obesity not only matches the advent of fast and processed foods, it just happens to match our trend toward voluntary sleep restriction. (Maybe we are staying up late eating junk food) Sleep loss is a double whammy for anyone looking to shed pounds because of the two hormones, ghrelin and leptin. They are the hunger and appetite regulators of the body. Chronic lack of sleep increases ghrelin, making you feel hungry when you don't really need to eat, and decreases leptin, urging you to keep eating although you have already had all the food you need. In addition to eating a nutritious diet, and regular exercise, getting enough good quality sleep is extremely valuable in maintaining your ideal weight.
During sleep the hormone melatonin, which is secreted only in darkness, signals your entire body to shift from daytime mode to nighttime healing mode. In addition to that, it stimulates the nighttime release of growth hormone. Growth hormone is vital for normal development of children, and it is beneficial for adults as well. It makes you feel and look younger. That is why you hear about professional body builders and athletes who sometimes risk injecting synthetic growth hormone in high amounts. It makes your bones stronger, increases muscle mass, helps your body lose fat, increases protein synthesis, and stimulates maintenance of all internal organs. It also supports your pancreas' ability to make insulin and stimulates your immune system. . Some people take HGH as a supplement. I would hesitate to do this because hormones are powerful substances which, in unnatural amounts can do harm. They are also expensive. It makes more sense just to get your sleep.
If you are having problems getting a good's night's sleep, it is worthwhile to take some conscious steps to improve your chances. Some suggestions made by the sleep experts are to listen to relaxation tapes or CDs. Some are progressive relaxation exercises where the speaker takes you through each part of your body releasing muscle tension. Personally, when I use them, I sleep better and wake up totally rested. Learning to sleep on your back can help; body parts are not scrunched up as when side sleeping. You can also get CDs of relaxation music, nature sounds like waterfalls or ocean waves. One is even of a cat purring.
Other sleep aids are avoiding heavy snacks at bedtime and leaving off caffeine. High carbohydrates and sweets at bedtime can cause blood sugar to take a dive and wake you in the night, keeping you from getting back to sleep.
Sleep in complete darkness, if possible. Even a small amount of light can disrupt melatonin production and you will not be able to sleep well. This is true especially as we age.
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If you value sleep as one of your most precious resources for health, you will figure out what works to help you sleep well.
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so hitting it big is a bad thing? Isn't that like trying to pick bad lottery ticket numbers so to avoid taxes?
Quote from: Pdukes on August 12, 2011, 11:58:51 AMby any means.This is a fine argument if you really want to be a lawyer because of the day-to-day work. But there are a lot of ways to make $50,000 without going into so much debt, not to mention the fact that law school takes three years out of your career.Also, are you using IBR (income based repayment program) numbers for the repayment amounts? A 50,000 student loan is 387.65 for 20 years. Since Cooley's tuition is $30,000 a year and most students don't have substantial scholarships past the first year, I'd have to bet that the huge majority have $100,000+ in debt. A $100,000 loan is $775 a month for 20 years.However, if you make $50,000 your IBR payments on $100,000 will probably be:205/month if you have a family of 4 280/month if you have a family of 3350/month if you have a family of 2and420/month if you are single with no kids.Then everything you haven't paid after 25 years is forgiven. But remember that your payments go up when your income goes up. So if you hit it big 15 years from now, you'll have to pay all of it back including the massive amounts of interest.
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Rafael Nadal has been Señorito Cranky Pants this week, ripping the organizers of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Masters new ones for everything from the tour calendar (Rome should happen after Madrid, instead of vice versa), the courts turning blue (he wants the clay to stay orange), and dreaming of becoming the fifth Slam (Madrid is better off staying with the rest of the clay pack, which also includes Monte Carlo and Rome).
Bracketology: It looks like Rafa gets to coast through his half of the draw, with Ferrero, Monaco, Verdasco, or Ferrer (sucks for those guys) facing him in quarters and then possibly Nole in the semis.
Shop: And on a lighter note, we like the Nike NSW Football Shirt that he wore to his presser. It's also available in white and grey colorways (see here), at NSW retailers and nos.
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The NHL All-Star break provided a well received opportunity for some of the NHL's walking wounded to heal up and make a return to action. The ongoing Sidney Crosby injury saga has literally become a pain in the neck! Here is the latest injury news from the NHL.
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins – Concussion – Soft Tissue – Indefinite
Crosby and Pen's GM Ray Shero held a press conference Tuesday to address the latest development in Crosby's injury. Crosby has a soft tissue injury and not fractured vertebrae. This is significantly good news as this condition is treatable, and not as chronic as concussions. "The biggest thing I can take from this is this is something I can work on. I can come in and get my neck worked on," Crosby said Tuesday night. "There is a pretty big possibility this [the neck problem] could be causing some of the issues. I hope that's the case and with treatment it will improve and hopefully that's the end of it." Shero spoke of Crosby's long term health and career saying, "There's been no indication from any doctor where he would have to shut it down for the season or retire. We're going to try to manage these symptoms and get them under control and get a handle on this and get him back on the ice."
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers, Shoulder – Day-to-Day
Nuge was on the ice Tuesday morning for practice with the team. He is still not cleared for contact but said on NHL Network "It feels better and it's progressing." While he may be ready for contact practice as soon as Wednesday, he is unlikely to play before Saturday's game.
Jeff Carter, Columbus Blue Jackets - Separated Shoulder –Week-to-Week
Carter is traveling with the team for their three game road trip in California. Carter will be involved in team practice, but don't expect him back into the lineup until he begins taking contact practice.
Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens – Knee – Indefinite
The news for Markov is not good. There is no news! He is still not able to resume skating and is no closer to a return.
Daniel Briere, James Van Riemsdyk, Philadelphia Flyers – Concussion – Indefinite
Both players returned to practice on Monday, but are still listed as indefinite. Expect a best case scenario return of a week or two.
Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild – Shoulder – Week-to-Week
FS North reports the Wild Captain returned to practice on Tuesday. Koivu will travel with the team when they leave Thursday to Colorado for a three game road trip. There is no time table for his return, but he may see action before returning home February ninth to host the Canucks.
Guillaume Latendresse, Minnesota Wild - Concussion – Indefinite
Latendresse returned to practice in a non-contact jersey on Monday. His last return from a concussion lasted only four periods so expect his return this time to be slower and more cautious.
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Thomas Vanek, Buffalo Sabres – Upper Body Injury – Day-to-Day
Buffalo News reports Vanek left Tuesday's game in the first and did not return. Lindy Ruff said "He's going to be out for a period of time. ... Our initial thought is maybe a week, but our doctor is going to have to evaluate it. It's the type of injury we're going to have to dig a little deeper on."
Lee Stempniak, Calgary Flames – Lower Body – Day-to-Day
Stempniak left Tuesday's game with a lower body injury
Jason Blake, Anaheim Ducks – Foot – Day-to-Day
The OC Register reports Blake left practice Monday with a lingering foot injury. Blake was placed on the injured reserve retroactive to last week and he remains as day-to-day, he will return to action as soon as he can begin practice again
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A number of players returned to the ice on Tuesday as the NHL resumed the regular season; Jaromir Jagr, Tyler Ennis, Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews, Victor Hedman, and Brent Burns. Also cleared to play are Marco Sturm and Brendan Morrow. The Toronto Maple Leafs will also have both John-Michael Liles and Colby Armstrong back for Wednesday night's rematch against the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the OHL, consensus number one choice to be picked first in this summers NHL entry draft, Nail Yakupov returned from a knee injury sustained in the gold medal game of the World Junior's.
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Chord Overstreet & Emma Roberts SplitTuesday, January 31, 2012
Chord Overstreet and Emma Roberts have called it quits after nine months together, sources exclusively tell JustJared.com.
"They're just on two different paths in life," a source says of the couple's decision to split. "They just grew apart and decided to part ways."
Glee's Chord attended the 2012 SAG Awards on Sunday (January 29) sans Emma.
"Chord seemed just fine at the after-parties," a partygoer tells Just Jared. "He capped off the night at the exclusive Chateau Marmont with his co-stars [Dianna Agron, Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz (with boyfriend Michael Trevino), Harry Shum, Jr. (with girlfriend Shelby Rabara), and Darren Criss]."
Emma, 20, and Chord, 22, were last spotted exiting the Chateau Marmont separately on Thursday (January 26). On January 15, they attended Golden Globes parties together. News of their relationship started to surface during Coachella Music Festival back in April.


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It seems Aaron Carter's tears during his elimination on Dancing With The Stars might have been for good reason.
A new TMZ report reveals that Aaron owes the IRS over a million in back taxes. Documents were filed in Los Angeles yesterday, showing the former teen heartthrob owes a staggering $1,010,635.08 to the government.
It has been reported in the past that all the stars on DWTS get paid a nice amount to participate in the show. The amount allegedly ranges from $100,000 to $300,000 with bonuses for the first and second runner ups.


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I describe a bustout at my 30 July 2008 post, http://skepticaltexascpa.blogspot.com/2008/07/london-banker-on-covered-bonds_30.html.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Bust-outs and the Paulson Mob
I describe a bustout at my 30 July 2008 post, http://skepticaltexascpa.blogspot.com/2008/07/london-banker-on-covered-bonds_30.html.
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Shivers IA... shivers.
If you're right this is a big one.
- Friday, November 21, 2008
- Independent Accountant said...
There are two possbilities here. One, Paulson & Co. don't know what they are doing. Two, they know exactly what they are doing.
- Friday, November 21, 2008
Kind of like Mexico back in 1982, when outgoing President Jose Lopez-Portillo, as his last act, nationalized the banks in what some say was a successful attempt to conceal his theft of several billion dollars from the national oil company.
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
Well they just copied the Taiwanese game plan, loot and scoot.
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
- Independent Accountant said...
Anonymous 1:
The only way I could know if I was right was to see if and when AIG became insolvent and if there were any recent changes in the relative positions of the creditors. However, I've been suspicious even since about 14 September when NYS Insurance Commissioner Eric Dinallo let the AIG insurance subs upstream $20 billion to the parent? Why? Quo bene?
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Yes, see my 19 October 2008 post, "Dollar Si, Krona No". Paulson & Co. may be taking us on a trip, not down the yellow brick road, but to "dog hill".
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I don't think they're going anywhere. Too brazen.
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
Anonymous1 = Happy/A
Curious about Dinallo in the scenario that you sketch out... who I think is a total tool... I cringe every time I see him rappin some jive to Congress or the media...
Who is he protecting? The citizens of New York state? Ha!
"Saving" the bond insurers was a hand job for Wall Street... that "blew up"...
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
Great article and thoughts! The cases you pose as presidence are not as large as AIG and took place in an economic environment that was closer to 'all other things being equal'. Also AIGs asset value problems triggered credit rating problems that can hurt any insurer, I don't think credit ratings and world wide customers exposure were issues of the cases you listed. Also, unless the plan to bust out was hatched within the last year or so, why would people who wanted to bust out AIG expose themselves to customers and nations all over the world. That exposure would increase the chances of getting caught.
But I think the original plan by Paulson, which was about 3 pages and gave many people protection from many legal actions, does lend itself to the fact that Paulson & Co. may not know exactly what they are doing (its a once and a lifetime event), but they may know what and who is respondsible for this crisis and what and who aided in covering it up until this year.
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
- Independent Accountant said...
I don't think there is a plan to "bust-out" AIG as such. It seems to have evolved from the desire to protect some creditors at the expense of others. Many bust-outs don't start with the intention of being bust-outs, they evolve into them for various reasons.
For example, a legitimate business may have operated for years. Suddenly for whatever reasons, it faces a downturn. Now the owner can just go bankrupt, or take the company's assets prior to bankruptcy. Even though he never set out to defraud anyone, he rationalizes, "I was trying to make the best of a bad situation". Similarly here. I am sure AIG's counterparties would rather not have called on their CDSs. So? Now they find AIG can't make good. What to do? Take a multi-billion dollar "hickie" or finagle and give the "hickie" to someone else? In this instance, the CDS holders have no fear of: the SEC or the Justice Department.
In the two miniscule cases I cited, credit ratings and worldwide customer exposure weren't issues. So? Even if they were, what of it? I think the plan is: keep AIG afloat as long as possible to ensure the CDS counterparties get paid and let the devil take the hindmost.
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
If the American peasants don't care, nothing will be done. The statistically average American peasant only cares that any "loot" doesn't go to "those welfare queens". Any "loot" going to the American peasant's nobility is - in most case - excused or forgotten about after the next Stupendious Bowl.
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
Could our future Treasury Sec. be implicated in this?
- Saturday, November 22, 2008
Several themes apply here:
-The fable of the Emperor's new clothes now applies to our culture's former "Masters of the Universe"!Nobody wants to be the first to slay an icon
-Enlightened despotism: a "necessary" way station during national emergencies, or so Paulson and the entire apparatus including magnates and tycoons would like us to believe. At many junctures in our history we've endorsed suspension of freedoms (wars, cold wars, panics, scares, witches)
We want to believe that the powers that be have our best interest at heart, so we suspend our disbelief of the grandeur of their lies. It's like Weapons of Mass Destruction only set in Manhattan
- Sunday, November 23, 2008
Indy Accountant:
I see your point. Great article!
- Sunday, November 23, 2008
- Independent Accountant said...
I've concluded some of this post was misunderstood. I'll prepare another one to explain in detail what I think is happening at AIG. Consider, to "bust out" AIG would require say, converting $20 billion of AIG's assets to physical currency. Then the "bust-out" artist shows up at AIG's offices with some trucks and drives the currency off. That won't happen. I cited the cases I did to show what type of cases typically get prosecuted under 18 USC 152, i.e., simple, easy to understand ones. What's going on at AIG appears to be subtle.
- Sunday, November 23, 2008
quite interesting post. I would love to follow you on twitter.
- Monday, February 15, 2010
- Independent Accountant said...
I don't tweet. If you want a "tweeter" follow Junior Deputy Accountant (JDA). JDA keeps up with my posts.
- Monday, February 15, 2010


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After battling through a grueling non-region schedule in November and December, the St. Francis Lady Knights were just 5-6 when the calendar flipped to the New Year.
But settling back into 6A play in January brought out the best in Aisha Gaddis' team. Winners of five straight games overall, St. Francis is a perfect 7-0 in sub-region play and making a steady climb in the Class-A private school power rankings.
"As a team we have been playing so well since we moved back to region play. The girls are sharing the ball and it's refreshing to see them really starting to have fun," said Gaddis, now in her fourth year as head coach.
The Lady Knights played 10 of their 11 non-region games against schools from higher classifications — including six against Class AAAAA and AAAAAA schools. St. Francis went 3-3 in those games and Gaddis credited their stiff competition early on to the success they have found in January.
"The schedule was really hard without a lot of depth and some injuries, but those games and those close situations we were in are really going to help us when it comes to tournament time," said the St. Francis coach, who helped her team to the Elite Eight of the Class A state playoffs a year ago.
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Seven Questions Over a Late-Night Breakfast with Christian Robinson from Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. Peek: "I give a large amount of credit to San Francisco for contributing to my happiness. I currently live and work in the city. I love it."
Author Insight: Trunk Novels from Wastepaper Prose. Peek: "How many trunk novels do you have, and is there one you'd like to revisit?" Note: Insights from Margo Lanagan, Joy Preble, Greg Leitich Smith and more.
Staying Afloat in Tough Times by Kristi Holl from Writer's First Aid. Peek: "I tried different things to see what might work. The following year I wrote a story for an anthology, entered several contests, did some short manuscripts for children's magazines, wrote some writers' articles."
When to Stop by Stephanie Pellegrin from Stephanie, A History. Peek: "I can't work on it forever. Eventually I have to let it go. Whether or not I query with this book and whether or not it ever sells is a mute point. I'm done."
Let's Play: Is It Worth It? The Writer's Conference Edition from Adventures in YA & Children's Publishing. Peek: "When I received a postcard last week advertising an upcoming conference in my area, these criteria helped me figure out whether I should attend or pass."
Getting Students Reading, Keeping Them Reading by Edith Campbell from CBC Diversity. Peek: "Students consistently asked for mysteries with Black characters and I could produce none."
|Tantalize series, honored by TLA/YART
Dusting Ourselves Off After Set-Backs by Elizabeth S. Craig from Writing Mystery is Murder. Peek: "...when I picked up my daughter at horse camp a few weeks ago and saw that she was completely covered from head to toe in red clay (which is what passes for soil in many parts of the Deep South), I knew she'd been thrown."
How to Get a Job in Publishing, 2012 Edition by Cheryl Klein from Brooklyn Arden. Peek: "...you can meet publishing people these days not just through long-established methods like informational interviews and the publishing institutes, but at writer's conferences, if you can find an unpressured time to talk, and in various forums online."
Cynsations Author Tip: If someone writes asking for a signed bookmark or bookplate, first reply asking which of your books (s)he's read. A fan will write back cheerfully. Someone who's just trying to snag your signature for whatever nefarious reason probably won't.
Who's Story Is This Anyway? by Danyelle Leafty from QueryTracker.netBlog. Peek: "...how do you decide who the main character will be and whose point of view you'll frame the story around?"
Writing Through a Rough Patch of Life by Tracy Hahn-Burkett from Writer Unboxed. Peek: "...as an unpublished author, I have only myself to satisfy. And I'd become my most negative and impossible-to-please critic."
Writing Resource: Writing Grief in Fiction by Denise Jaden from Angela Ackerman at The Bookshelf Muse. Peek: "Grief alone is not enough to make a novel. It's the backdrop, sometimes the obstacle, but books must be flavored with other emotions."
Sitting Around and Talking by Mary Kole from Kidlit.com. Peek: "You may have heard several writing teachers saying that kitchens, dining rooms, living rooms, airplanes, and cars are especially dangerous settings in fiction. Why? Because they limit action to one of very few things."
Interview with Author Shawn Stout & Editor Jill Santopolo of Philomel on the Penelope Crum series from Quirk and Quill. Peek from Jill: "...even though this is a fun, young series, Shawn also injects real depth into the conflicts Penelope has with her family and her friends." Note: enter to win one of four ARCs of Penelope Crum; deadline: 8 p.m. PST Sept. 15.
Diverse Dystopias: A Book List from Lee & Low Books. Peek: "For the purposes of this list, our definition of diversity is: 1.) A book with a main character of color (not just secondary characters), or 2.) A book written by an author of color."
Being Willing to Revise by Mette Ivie Harrison. Peek: "The main problem I see with writers who are nearly there and writers who are already there is the people who are willing to make the big changes."
Seven Essential Elements of Scene + Scene Structure Exercise by Martha Alderson from Jane Friedman. Peek: "Just as plot has many different layers, every scene has layers of functions, too."'
- New! One of three copies of Just Flirt and one copy of Beauty Shop for Rent, both by Laura Bowers (YA)
- New! Set of three multicultural picture books (and one F&G) by Pat Mora (PB)
- Tris & Izzie T-shirt, love potion necklace and signed copy of Tris & Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison (YA)
a signed hardback copy of Piper Reed, Forever Friend (2012), a signed paperback copy of Piper Reed, Navy Brat (2011), and a signed paperback copy of Piper Reed, Rodeo Star (2011), all by Kimberly Willis Holt (Henry Holt) was Trisha in Illinois.
The winner of a print copy of The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi was Diana in Utah.
Check your email! I'm still seeking shipping information from the winners of Torn by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster), a Let's Go Rambling Kit, celebrating One Day I Went Rambling by Kelly Bennett (Bright Sky Press, 2012), and a signed paperback edition of Flutter (Puffin, 2012) and a signed ARC of Tracing Stars (Philomel, 2012), both by Erin E. Moulton.
This Week at Cynsations
- A Love Note (& Battle Strategies) for Author-Speakers
- Career Builder: Pat Mora
- Book Trailer & Giveaway: Just Flirt by Laura Bowers
- Career Builder: Phyllis Root
Austin Scene
This week's highlight was the launch party for debut author Nikki Loftin's Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy (Razorbill, 2012) at BookPeople in Austin (review & chance to win from Jen Bigheart at I Read Banned Books). A huge crowd turned out to celebrate!
|Greg Leitich Smith and Nikki Loftin
|Sinister Sweets
|More Sinister Sweets (donuts topped by icing & candy sprinkles anyone?)
|Salima Alikhan & Bethany Hegedus
|Lindsey Scheibe & Tim Crow
|Lynne Kelly & Vanessa Lee
|Chris Barton & Jennifer Ziegler
|Jo Whittemore & Brian Anderson
|Writing Barn reception -- not so sinister, just as sweet!
|What a gorgeous buffet!
See also Dear Teen Me from Author Nikki Loftin.
More Personally
Hey, Cynsational readers! Did you catch my post this week on coping strategies for author events? Don't miss the comments with additional tips from various Cynsational readers (who're authors themselves) at LiveJournal. Thanks to all of them for sharing their thoughts!
Please also hold off on blurb requests until I say otherwise--I'm feeling a bit inundated at the moment. And on a semi-related note, I'm taking the holiday weekend off. Cynsations will resume posting on Tuesday of next week. Go out into the world. Rejoice. Dance. Play.
Just for fun, I present a recent celebration dinner at Casa Leitich Smith--chicken-and-lobster in a pot, steamed broccoli and purple faux-tatoes (cauliflower masquerading as mashed potatoes).
P.S. marvel at the awesome-ness of Nikki Loftin's shoes--they're practically candy coated!
Personal Links
- Donate Funds for American Red Cross Disaster Relief
- Hurricane Katrina, Seven Years Later from Stephanie, A History
- Superman and Wonder Woman Lock Lips and Mess with the D.C. Universe
- Lee Talks Justice League #12 Cover, Superman/Wonder Woman Relationship
- Can Watching "Buffy" Make Men Less Sexist?
- Native American Philanthropy
- Tears by Martine Leavitt
Cynsational Events
Liz Garton Scanlon will launch Think Big (Bloomsbury, 2012) at noon Sept. 1 at BookPeople in Austin. See more information. Note: Liz also is teaching "Poetry License: Using Poetic Devices in Your Poetry, Prose and Everyday Writing" from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 15 via The Writers' League of Texas.
Check out the new "It's Complicated Conversation," focusing on book covers, starting next Monday, Sept. 3, at CBC Diversity. Participants include YA author Coe Booth, Simon & Schuster art director Laurent Linn, senior VP & director of sales at Penguin Felicia Frazier, agent Joseph Monti of Barry Goldblatt Literary, and independent bookseller Elizabeth Bluemle, owner of The Flying Pig Bookstore.
Cynthia Leitich Smith will be part of the mass reading of "Buried Treasure" at 2 p.m. at the O. Henry 150th Birthday Crawl Sept. 15 at the O. Henry Museum in Austin, Texas.
Join Newbery Honor author Marion Dane Bauer for a free live teleconference at 7 p.m. EST Sept. 19. She will also be offering a free live webinar on "Point of View in Fiction" at 7 p.m. EST Sept. 26. See more information.


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Monte Sant'Angelo is located about 10 minutes by bus from the train station Napoli Campi Flegrei, and about 35 minutes from the city center.
Naples is located approximately 200 Km south of Rome. These are several ways to get there.
By plane: Naples international airport is connected with direct flights to major Italian cities and many European ones. The bus lines that connect the airport to the main train station, Napoli Centrale, are the 3S and 1, and they have a frequency of about 20 minutes. A faster bus called Alibus connects the airport to the railway station and sea port and has a frequency of about 30 minutes.
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By car: From the north take motorway A1 to Naples, take the ring road towards Pozzuoli and exit at Fuorigrotta. Turn right onto Soccavo Monte Sant'Angelo is on the left after 300 meters.
Urban Transport: Monte Sant'Angelo is located about 2.5 km from the railway station Napoli Campi Flegrei, which connected the city center and other railway stations across the metro line 2. In front of the station Napoli Campi Flegrei there are different buses arriving in Monte Sant'Angelo: R6, 180, 615, SEPSA.
The metro, buses and other public transportation can be used with the same ticket that is only 90 minutes and costs 1.30 euros.
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America's oldest family-owned cookware foundry, Lodge has been forging classic cast-iron pots and pans since 1896. This two-in-one piece offers a spacious griddle on one side for cooking up big helpings of eggs and pancakes, and a grill on the opposite side for cooking fish, poultry and hamburgers. Preseasoned and ready to use, the heavyweight cast iron provides exceptionally even heating, so foods sear and brown beautifully.
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Get down, dirty & get the blood flowing. A guide to exercise on the road!
As much as you love driving you don't like the uncomfortable imprint your backside is making in the seat. Sorry, it's inevitable, you're driving!
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Get down and dirty. Get the blood flowing.
You've been cruising along in your wheels of choice. As much as you love driving, you definitely don't like the uncomfortable imprint your backside is making in the seat. Sorry, it's inevitable, you're driving.
Awkwardly stiff legs and achy backs may be a side effect of touring around on a fun adventure for hours, but do not be dismayed, there is hope!
Next time you stop your snazzy ride for a fuel up (mental, physical, or purely for petrol), don't let your inhibitions stop you, it's time to strike a pose!
Here are some yoga poses that will help lengthen and open up all those achy, tight spots. Your lower back and hip flexors are begging you. Come on don't be shy, do it for them.
High Plank to Downward Facing Dog
-Lengthens your spine.
-Stretches your hamstrings, calves, achilles tendon, shoulders, and spine.
-Strengthens your wrists, hands shoulders.
-Calms the mind (= less road rage. Phew.)
-Feels like you grew an extra inch!
-Plant your hands on the ground and come into a pushup position also known as high plank.
-Hands shoulder width apart and feet are hip width apart.
-Engage your core (the entire area wrapping from around the front of your abs to your back).
-Your body is in one long, straight line from heels to the crown of your head.
-From this high plank, keep hands and feet where they are and lift your tailbone to the sky in a downward facing dog.
-Reach heels towards ground, reach chest towards thighs.
-Now transition back and forth. Inhale to high plank. Exhale to downward facing dog.
Three-Legged Dog
-Hip openers are so yummy and highly needed after being in a seated position.
-Lift right leg high to the sky, allowing hips to open and rotate to the right side.
-Bend right knee.
-Even though hips rotate, try to keep shoulders squared off towards the ground.
-If you're feeling super flexy, you can look for your right foot underneath your left armpit.
-Repeat on left side.
Bonus: Add in a Tricep Pushup!
-While in High Plank, add tricep pushups for some upper body love.
-Elbows hug your side tightly as you lower down.
-Only lower to your elbow height to protect your shoulder joint.
-Avoid letting your hips dip too low.
-If this is too wild today, you can do these on your knees.
These awesome stretches and tips were brought to you by Jaime Komer is a certified yoga, pilates, and spin instructor, and an Olympic Silver Medalist in Water Polo. You might see her testing out her own crazy stretches while traversing New Zealand's roads in JUCY's Coco the Social Cabana campervan. Her most recent adventure is: The Sweaty New Zealand Challenge at www.athleteyogitraveler.com.