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David Corbaley
Episode 12: Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Inbound Marketing for Motivated Sellers
David Corbaley "The Marketing Commando" has multiple businesses throughout different fields, including real estate and internet marketing that has brought him great success. Sharing the information he's learned over the years is one of his true passions.
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What you'll learn about in this episode:
- Why the deal gives you the upper hand
- The kinds of deals that David likes to do
- The psychology of why inbound marketing is more effective than outbound marketing
- Why you need to create videos to attract people that want to sell their homes (and a website that will help you do it)
- The real estate marketing strategies that are proven to work
- How to find motivated sellers on Craigslist
- Why talking on the phone beats email
- Why consistency is the most important thing
- What an average day looks like for David
Mitch: This is Mitch, and man do I have great show for you today. I am your wonderful-and-all knowing-host. Mitch, a.k.a "be the bank" Stephen. You know, I specialized in the owner financed strategy, buying houses with other people's money and then selling those houses on payments, collected down payments and sell it on payments. But, nothing starts until you have a deal on a house. So, today's guest is gonna be a great pleasure for you to listen to, because he is all about, mining for houses and finding motivated sellers. I wanna introduce you to, David Corbaley, How you doing?
David: Hey Mitch I'm great man thanks for having me.
Mitch: Hey, man you into so much stuff and I love technology and the way that you're – using just all kinds of things to find motivated sellers, I like to say in my business it all begins with a deal and without a deal nothing happens, you got to find the deal, the guy who finds the deal is in control, you find the deal, you can find the partners or you find the deal, you can find the money, it's the deal that brings everything else to the table and if you have a great deal then you have a — hand up over everyone else, because everyone is attracted to the great deal, just like moths to the light, if you have a great deal, then you're gonna get what you're looking for, so David I'm glad you're here today, How you doin'?
David: I'm doing fantastic man, just a-you know-plugging along and making things happen and working on living life and enjoying some-off time, while I work on the business on the flip side and you know, making it happen.
Mitch: So, when you find houses, we're talking about the marketing here in a second for these motivated sellers, but — when you do real estate, what kind of deals are you traditionally doing?
David: So, for a long time, we were really focused on short sales, and then I've actually moved — we did — we went through short sales and rehabs and we did a number of combination of those two things basically, so, we did either flip short sales as is or we get it and rehab it and retail it for a top dollar, I did that for a long time and then recently, I have been moving quite a bit, I mean I went from Seattle to California to Florida to Boulder to Denver to Scottsdale, yes, over the last 2 years or so, I've moved a lot and in that moved I have really just focused on land somewhere, do some marketing and I just know that I'm not gonna be long in that area, because we're basically trying to find home, trying to find that spot where I just like "oh, man this is it, this is everything that we want" and first of all before I answer that question I mean I just want to say how thankful I am to be able to that, because I come from, you know, having a job, I was a firefighter and I'm stuck in one place, I can't move, cause that's my career, and now just-travel around all over country, even outside the country if I wanted to, and find the perfect place to live, I'm grateful for that, it's like a dream come true to be able to do that, so what we've been doing is focusing on, we hit the market, we crank up the marketing and then everything that comes to us, we just assign it, either to people that we know in the market or, you know, — we'll bite, build a quick buyers list and just assign things, just because we don't know, if we're gonna be here 4 months or 6 months, so I don't wanna get into any type of work on a property, where we're not gonna be around to manage it or things like that, I've never been into long range property investing, other than just referring them to other people in that market, so, managing any type of rehabs or anything, is not something I'm interested in doing, long range.
Mitch: The real estate arena, is such a wonderful arena, because there are so many niches, there's even more niches than you can even fathom and so, to find the one that fits you, but the one thing that almost all of these niches need is, number 1 you got to be able to found your deals or find someone who can, and number 2, you have to be able to find the deal, and so tell us how you're teaching people to finds deals using technology, and you know — this is probably — maybe I need to narrow that down, which way do you wanna tell us about first David, o\f\\f how to find deals.
David: Well, what I like to do is kind of preface for my real estate marketing strategies — what we're doing and why? Why we do things this way and it'll take me just a second, but I think it'll really hit home with everybody listening, if you think about you go to, let's say Best Buy or Sears or, you know, wherever you go, wherever the electronic store is, and probably I'm talking mostly to the guys now, because, you know, not to be, whatever call it term,
Mitch: Politically incorrect. [LAUGHTER]
David: Well yeah, but you know, women just don't usually go to the electronic part, unless they're going there to get something nice for a guy, and we really appreciate you guys doing that, but women are smarter with their money, I think that's why.
Mitch: [LAUGHTER] you're getting in trouble David, you're getting in trouble there.
David: I know, so, let me just forget about that and I'll just go, so, when we go into a store and looking for anything or a car dealership or anything like that, what's the first thing that happens, you step in, you step on the lot, or you step in the store, and automatically your spidey sense, you know, start perking up, you start – you're looking in for that salesperson that you know, they're gonna come and try to tackle you, any minute, so, you're like looking around and you're edge, immediately on edge, and as soon as that guy shows up, like usually behind you, "Hey, how you doin, can I help you look at that", No, no, I'm just looking right, your hand-almost-your hand almost goes up, right? Like, talk to the hand, no, I'm not interested, just looking, well, that's what we do, now, not saying that any of the things I mentioned don't work, because they still do and sometimes they work really well, if you do it right, but when we're sending direct mail, and postcards, and knocking on people's doors and all these other stuffs, we're basically that sales person "Hey, how you doin, you ready to sell your house?" No, what happens, their hands goes up, no, I'm not interested right now, so hopefully that makes sense, and let me flip it around, let's say I'm sitting at home, Thursday and I'm thinking, "Man, what am I gonna do tomorrow, I know-you know-my wife or my girlfriend's gonna get or my husband or my boyfriend is gonna get, you know, frustrated if I don't have plan for tomorrow, hmmm, where can we go to dinner" What do you do? You pick up the phone and you start, you know, you go to Maps or Google or whatever, you say "hey, you know, fish dinner in Scottsdale or steak in Scottsdale or nice restaurants in Scottsdale and boom, out comes a little list, shows you different places, this one's got 4 stars, this one's got 5 stars and so on. What is your mindset? Does your hand go up? You say, no, no, I'm not interested, nope, because it's timing, your timing is right, you are ready for what you are looking for, and you know that you're looking for that thing to do, dinner, movie or whatever it is with your partner on Friday night.
So, you're looking and you're looking at the results and you deciding based on those results, your guard is 100% down, your just investigative mode right now, looking for the right answer, looking for the solution to your problem, that's night and day, and it's inbound to marketing versus outbound to marketing, outbound is when we send all these stuff out and knock on their door and chase them and they're like, "no, no, no", Inbound is, there's a couple of ways, 1 is with a net, so with inbound marketing we can spread a net, and we use the internet typically to do these, there's multiple ways different on the internet that we used to do these, but you spread a net and you're gonna bet the motivated seller fish, in many different ways in your net, and all you need to do is just follow in your net, because, they're there, they're ready and they're looking, and they swim right under into your net, and made contact with you, and the other way is with the spear, so there's net fishing and there's spear fishing for motivated sellers, when it comes to inbound marketing, and the spear fishing is basically, that motivated sellers reveals themselves, and so, they're just under the water, you can see them just under the water, and you're able to basically, you know, chuck your spear at them and get them, because you see that they're there and they're ready to surface, ready to make something happen, they don't surf under your net, but you can directly target them.
So, I just wanted to paint that picture the difference between inbound marketing and outbound marketing, and why I prefer inbound, now we still do outbound, don't get me wrong, because you should have a multi-pronged approach, and never put all your fish in one basket, but with inbound marketing, it's so much different, because you talk to a person when they are ready to get something done, typically they haven't talked to anybody else, so you're the only fisher man in the sea at that point versus if by chance you get a call from a piece of direct mail, you might be the fifth person they called, or you might be the first person that they're calling from their stack of 30 letters that are sitting in their living room, so they're not gonna be really motivated to work with you, because they know they have options, so, inbound marketing is my favorite.
Mitch: That's interesting, because I wouldn't have thought of that two ways, that's not my specialties, so, where do you start man, 'cause that is a big big ocean out there. Where do you start?
David: Well, when you're starting, and I have a good experience with this, because we've gone into so many new markets locally, and I know that people talked about investing and you know, other markets, you know, you're in Scottsdale you can invest in Memphis, etcetera, and you certainly can, I've never really had a passion for that, it just seems like there's so many fish in my own backyard, why would I, you know, why would I need to travel to go to another ocean. So, when you start out in a market, after you decide what market, what type of seller are you gonna target, etcetera. There's multiple ways to get seller leads online.
Remember, they are looking, because we've trained to look. You know, for looking for dentist, or restaurants or movie, you know car repair. Anything– any solution to what problem that we have or a need that we have. We have trained how to go on the internet, go to Google and look.
And it is the same with motivated sellers. So, they will actually go, and when they go is another whole story but, they go right on Google and they'll use terms like, "How to sell my house" or "How to sell my house fast, or Sell my house without a realtor, or Who buys houses for cash. Investors who buys houses. Investment companies that buys houses for cash". I mean, hundreds and hundreds of different terms they use. And what happens is, time frame– I am thinking about this. When do they do this? Typically, either when they are sitting at work, and they are stressed out and they can't focus, because they don't know what they're gonna do with their house problem. Or 1 o'clock in the morning, they wake up in a cold sweat, because, they were dreaming, having a nightmare about their house and how their spouse will just gonna kill them, because they got them– into such a mess. So, they wake up and reach over and pick up their phone, or their Ipad and they started to typing stuff in. And what happens is, there are multiple ways for us to show up in the Google search when they do this.
And we can show up as video, we can show up as an Ad on Google, we can show up as a regular website. We can show up as a local map listing. People didn't know that with our business, we can show up in Google maps just like a dentist, just like a restaurant. It is actually easier for us.
So, where I would start is with the easiest of these real estate marketing strategies. It is not necessarily the most lead producing but it is the easiest. And you will get results this way-is– and I'll give you the second way.
First way is by creating videos. And when I say that people go, "I don't want to be on camera. I don't even have a camera". No. No. No. There's really easy ways that you can create videos and put these videos online, on Google and they will show up in the search results. You can go to an online website and I just give–there's a bunch, I'll just give you one. There is one, there is one called, Animoto.com. And all you do, is go to that site, and you can drop slides.
Basically, you drop pictures into a slide show type of thing. Let's say you create 8 slides. And you know, on the first slide, you actually type something out on a black screen, or black text on a white screen. And it says, like you are called to action. "Need to sell your house fast? We buy houses for cash". And then, put your phone number. And then the next slide might be a house. Next slide might be somebody–might be a couple with a sold sign. You know, something that resonates with a sold house or solving their problem. Fourth slide is another slide, we buy houses in your neighborhood, you know–call us now with the phone number. And you get the point.
So, you create 8 or 10 of these slides. You can slack some music to put it with, right there on that website. You push create and it will make a video for you. And I don't mean a video that goes slide to slide, and is boring. You can create different themes, and like– you know, the pictures will come in and slide in and shrink and expand– and it is a very nice and looking video. Last time I checked, you can sign up, after you create the video, you can get like a free– you're free video for nothing. It doesn't cost you anything to download or anything but it not usable it is usually low quality. But, for 5 bucks, you can like get a membership or something and get ten of these if you want to. Ten of the videos. And you go put this video on YouTube. And you know– create a channel, put the video on Youtube, and then you title the video, up your writing. You title the video with a search term that, that motivated seller might be using. "How to sell my Scottsdale house fast. Sell my Scottsdale house without an agent". Notice how am using the term of the city. Make sure that you use your target market in there. That is the key.
So, a term like that, you know– sell my house fast or even stop foreclosure in Scottsdale. You know, wherever your target city is, use that in the title. And you could also, put your phone number right in the title. "Sell my Scottsdale house fast". Pipe– you know, the pipe is the little thing right above the slash sign, where the return is. So, shift pipe. And so, key word, pipe and then phone number, 123-456 whatever. So, in the description, that's where you can actually put quite a few words. I mean, you can put 500 or a 1000 words or characters in there. You wanna put something other that really maps out that,"Hey, we buy houses in your area". And there's little bit about your business and give them a reason that they wanna call. Something that builds trust. You also wanna put– if you have a website. Put the URL of your website in the very beginning of that description and then you can add tags.
So, adding– you'll be able to figure this all out when you go to Youtube. When you add the tags, you add tags like, "Sell my house in Scottsdale". And you know– all those things, different keywords that you would use, you know– add 5 to 10 tags. And then you post this video. Watch what happens. If you've used the right keywords. Your video all of a sudden will show up. I mean– think the fastest that we ever did was like a 1 minute and 46 seconds, to hit the top of Google.
But, typically within a few hours, and worse case within a day or two, unless you mess something up. But, your video will show up when people will do a search. "Sell my Scottsdale house fast", you know– whatever term that you used. Boom. That video, instead of Google Ads, instead of websites, that video and the thumbnail, will show up right there at the top of Google. And guess what is right along with it. Your phone number.
So, many times, when people do that search, and they see your video. They won't even click on it. They will just pick up the phone and call. How cool is that? So, that's the first way I recommend, you can make video after video. You can even tweak– you can't use the same video, 'cause Google will flag it and pull it down, if it's the exact same video they know. So, tweak the video just a little bit. Shorten it by 5 seconds or whatever you do, and make multiple videos, use more multiple keywords. Sell my house fast, sell my Scottsdale house fast, and sell my Scottsdale house without an agent. Stop foreclosure in Scottsdale. All the different things that you think, a homeowner might type in, when they are really looking for a solution and you know create 5 to 10 of these videos and you will get them ranked to the top of Google. And your phone will begin miraculously ringing.
So, yeah. That's the first route I go with Inbound Marketing.
Mitch: Wow. So, you're gonna use videos to get the hits. And those hits will drive you to the top of Google Search Engine, for those terms?
David: Yeah. Absolutely. And you can actually do with zero hits on your video. You don't need to have any hits on the videos. Right out the gate, if you do it right, with title and the description. They will automatically rank, because, who owns Youtube? Google does. So, Google wants to rank its own properties in the Google Search Engine. So, they'll rank Youtube videos much easier than your own website on your own domain. So, that's why we go to the videos on Youtube first, much easier to rank.
Mitch: Okay. So, when I think about myself in this stuff. I kind of think myself as technically challenged. Do you make this easy for people like me?
David: It is super simple. And again, like some of the video services like Animoto. You literally can– I mean, if you can go look at images on the internet. You know, go type in "Maui" and you click
on images and you are looking pictures of "Maui". If you can do that, then you can get images to use in the video. You can also, you know– go to any of the istockphoto sites and like buy the images for you know — a buck of fees or whatever. Just houses and sold signs, so that part is really so easy. Just save images and then you just drop the images into this little online software. It is really easy. It tells you how to do it. And then, you know hit create and you upload this to Youtube. It is really straightforward and the platform themselves do a pretty good darn job, of telling you how to do it if you run into trouble.
Mitch: And hey, so do you use like, Facebook or LinkedIn?
David: We definitely do that, but, that's a little bit more complicated. I mean, what I like to do, I try to avoid creating busy work for people. Because, there's a lot of noise out there. "Oh, do this and do that". You know– this is the trendiest new marketing method. You have a desert work, or if somebody's gonna spin their wheels because, something sounds cool. I like to give things that might actually have some work behind them, but they work.
And if I am a new investor, I mean, we remember how it likes to be that. You are looking for solution. You are looking for something to tell you, "How in the heck to do this". And my biggest problem as an investor back in 2002-2003, it was– it took me a 2 1/2 to 3 years until I finally, figured out how to get leads.
And those first couple of years just stunk, because, you are putting offers on crappy properties that you have no business dealing with, but you are because you are desperate and then you get yourself in trouble. I just don't want that for anybody. So, instead of those other things, they are definitely good. You know, Facebook works but it is a lot more complex and it takes some work, to make it work it takes some money to make it work.
But, I really like, the second thing that I like is, Craigslist. And I wanna say this people say "Oh.Yeah. Yeah. I've seen Craigslist. I've heard of that. Oh yeah, I've tried that". Well, there is one simple way to find really motivated sellers on Craigslist and finding them is Step 1 of 3. So, all you do is go to Craigslist in your town. You know, Phoenix's Craigslist, and I will go to real estate for sale. And the first thing that I would do, is at the top, I would select the criteria. And get rid of "by agent". I will do "by owner" only. That's gonna sift out all the agents that know the trick words to use, that made you think it is a motivated seller. So, they are gone.
We are just dealing with the owners who list their properties. Then, on the left hand side, I will choose, you know –my criteria. Bedrooms, baths and everybody has their different criteria or square footage, etcetera. And then, I would use search terms. Have that criteria set then I will use different search terms. Because, there's a search box. And I would put the search terms in quotes. So, it might be, in quotes I will put "Must sell fast or Cash only or you know–needs repairs".
You can use handy man special, but again, that is an investor term and you probably gonna find investors that are trying to sell their house. So, these things– again, it comes to the keywords. Think of what a homeowner, a typical person that doesn't know the lingual of real estate, might be putting if they need to sell cash or if they need to sell fast, or if their house needs repairs. And what's gonna happen is, when you type the different– do one at a time, you are going to sift out motivated sellers right from Craigslist and it– you can avoid, having to go through all of the dang listings and waste your time and see all the stuff and pretty soon all looks the same. And you are actually looking at the motivated sellers.
Step 2, is to reach out to them. And this is where people mess up. Most people click on the little contact, and they'll send an email, because you are scared. Right? And I get it.
Mitch: [LAUGHTER]
David: So, we are scared, "Oh, my god, I don't want to get on the phone. I don't know what to say. Where's my script. Where's my script". Right? So, that– I did it. I remember. I remember the phone would ring and "Hello, I saw your Ad. Oh, am looking for my script. Oh my gosh, what do I say"?
It's– you'll figure it out that you just don't need to do that. It is a people business. It is all about," How can I help you. What is your situation"? Right? Let us see if we can put something together that can work for both of us. So, if they have a phone number. Pick up your phone and call them. It is super easy and the more you do it. The better you'll get at it. Pretty soon, you'll be a PRO at talking to people. They are not homeowners. They are not home sellers. They are people. So, when you start talking to them and finding out their needs. You get really good at it. And you can have a guideline, what you wanna find out, you know– you wanna know where the house is, what condition is it in. You know, are you interested in a specific price, etcetera.
I wanna gauge their motivation for sure when I wanna get them on the phone. But, call them. Because, anybody else who is doing this, is emailing them, because they are checking. So, call them. You'll gonna get great results. And the flip side is, create a spreadsheet. This is part 3.
Create a spreadsheet to follow up. And I would put 5 to 7 boxes on that spreadsheet. So, that you can follow up, 5 to 7 times with every one of those that you find. So, you make your list. Let us say, that you made your list, just 5 to 10 for that day. You'll gonna find a lot in there once you use these terms. But, they are there. Make a list of those 5 to 10 that you find that day. Call every single one. The ones that you don't get an answer to, or you leave a voicemail and you don't hear back. Write it down on your block 1.
And the next day, email, every single one of them. Nothing. In the third day, call, every single one of them. So, alternate back and forth. And I will tell you, as that build, you are doing 5 or 10 of these per day. So, over the course of a week, you'll gonna build up to where you're– making some type of contact with 20 or so people every day. You are sending email, you are making the call. Do you think those numbers will generate motivated sellers? Absolutely. And nobody is doing this. They are taking the easy route, send a text or send an email once and that's it. And that's what you'll gonna do differently. And really get results. But, there is golden Craigslist, motivated sellers in Craigslist. And you can make a living off marketing on Craigslist without doing anything else. Is that good?
Mitch: Wow. So, there's two helpful hints to develop your own real estate marketing strategies right there. You know, we could probably talk about this all day long. And I know that, you are very busy person. What do we need to know before we run out of time here, David? What's the biggest thing? I was gonna think consistency was the problem that a lot of people have. They'll start doing this stuff a little bit, and then they fall off. I use VA's to make sure they are consistent. That is her job to do this every day that it happens all the time, every day. Do you use VAs to do some of these stuff?
David: Oh. We don't use VAs, we have in- house. I get to the point with our training business. We have in-house people as well, that do that type of stuff. So, but–VAs is great. As long–as you are right. I would say that as well. Consistency. I remember back in my early days, and that's before, I got into the inbound marketing. I was more of outbound marketing. So, it was the bandit signs, and the direct mail, and the Ads and the thrifty nickel and things like that. But, that I was it. I was scraped off enough money to do a mailing. I would do one mailing, and I get few motivated sellers, I might get a deal. But, I wouldn't mail again. Because, it was just a work to put together that mail, and I have to pay for it. And I just don't like dishing out the money, because you have this, you know– you have this fear, because you are just getting started. And– but, back in those days, if I would have been consistent, with whatever I did, you know. The mailings, or whatever, I would have would have been successful a lot faster.
So, this is the same. You know, do Craigslist for a couple of 3 days and say, "Am not really getting really any response or we might have gotten a couple of calls". And you quit.
Mitch: Yeah. Yeah.
David: So, consistency. If you stick with it and have a plan. Am gonna do this with the videos and I wanna make 10 videos a week. Or 5 videos, 1 a day. Am gonna make 5 videos a week, and am gonna do 5 leads on Craigslist on a day. That's 25 people a week that you are finding. There's probably a couple of prospects in there. And 5 videos that you are getting out in a week. So, in the course of a month, 2 months– 3 months, you are really starting to build steam, and you'll be getting more and more results every single week that goes by.
Mike: So, what is average day look like? I mean, what–started me from the beginning of your day, 'till the end of your day. What do you do?
David: It changed a lot. Because, I don't really spend much time in the field at all. I used to spend a lot of time in the field. I enjoyed it. And I just kind of burned out on it. After doing it for years. So now, I love my days. Because, I've gotten to the point where my days are more about me versus my business. And I really, enjoy being in that space. I am grateful for that space. So, I get up. First thing that I'll do is like have a little shake. And then, I'll go literally meditate, and that is something I never did that before. I really enjoyed. I spend 15 or 20 minutes, just sitting quietly contemplating, you know, visualizing. And then, I will go read. After that, I go read something for 15-20 minutes. And that's how I start my day. I feed my mind, I feed my soul. I feed my heart, every single morning. And then, I head off to the gym. I get a good workout in, and come back, get ready. And then, grab my coffee and I head into the office.
Then, I start engaging with my team. Because, they are pretty much running everything. I mean, they are dealing with any marketing. They are dealing with the training business. You know, every member of my team has a specific role, and they are all fantastic, so I deal with them every day, like I do in an interview, like what am doing with you. Which I love, doing that, because I love connecting with my peers and other investors and I love sharing what I am doing with other people, hoping that they will can get some benefit from what I share. Because, I know what it is like, to not know what the heck am doing and really want to know. I spend my day doing that. And usually, I will kick off, yeah– usually around 4 or sometimes 5 and then I'll go home and I love seeing my dog every day. And, so– go home.
Mitch: [LAUGHTER]
David: And goof around with her a little bit and laugh. And then, just kind of wind down. In the evenings, are usually, I don't really watch much T.V. I mean, maybe once or twice a week, I'll watch a movie but, I don't turn on the T.V otherwise. And, I just connect with family and do my thing.
Mitch: Well, sounds like you have it figured it out. I am sure you can help with a lot of others to figure out that too. You guys, wanna get hooked up with David and wanna learn more about what it is all about. Learn how to find these motivated sellers, using technology and all the new things that we have in our finger tips these days, go to reinvestorsummit.com/commando that is (C-o-m-m-a-n-d-o), forward slash commando (C-o-m-m-a-n-d-o). And you'll be able to get a lot more of information. You got anything that is interesting out there for listeners to scoop up out there.
David: I think, what we are going to do. I was actually speaking with my team and I think what we are going to do, is that when they go visit that page that you just gave. We are gonna give them a free resource kit, that shows them multiple different ways that they can go out there and get motivated sellers. Which from me, that's the key to the business. I don't care if you are sandwich shop owner, or you know–an auto repair, or a real estate investor. If you don't have customers / leads find you, you don't have a business and so leads are the key. So, that's why we gonna give them a resource kit that will shows them how multiple ways that they can get leads online.
Mitch: All right. Get your free real estate marketing strategies resource kit at reinvestorsummit.com/commando (C-o-m-m-a-n-d-o). David, I really wanna thank you for taking the time to be able on today. I find your world fascinating. And scary at the same time. And so, one way to get over the fear of things right is just jump in and see what it is all about. It all becomes not that big monster that you think that it is. I do a lot of technology and was afraid of it first, and am not afraid of it now. You know, it takes a little bit to find where you are good at, where you are not good at. When you are not good in something, you get someone in your team that loves it and is good at it to do it. And problem solved, right? So, get your free resource kit at reinvestorsummit.com/commando, we're gonna hope that you have a very successful week, month and year, David Corbaley. Thank you.
David: Mitch, thanks a lot. Take care.
Mitch: Bye now


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Many are not convinced that it will happen, though the organizers have already set the plans into motion and are constantly announcing that the first tournament will begin in May of 2013. Despite all this hype, there are still many that are simply not buying into it; they seriously do not think a poker tournament on this scale is possible.
This project is a joint one between Laurent Tapie and Prosper Masquelier, two very successful businessmen, but this project is going to take a monumental amount of work to make it happen. This is why we are going to have a little look at many of the concerns regarding this tournament whilst also looking at the positives they are actually making us firmly believe that this really could happen.
First off, the things that are giving people serious doubts:
• This is the same group that failed in the acquiring of Full Tilt Poker a while before PokerStars finally stepped in.
• Their website no longer claims that the ISPT will have a prize pool guarantee, which initially they did. This leads many people thinking they are obviously about struggling to attract enough players.
• Can they really attract 30,000 players to play in a tournament that has a buy in of £700?
• Additionally there are no online sites to back up the whole process, no backbone if you were.
• Then there is the infrastructure, they would have to have 30,000 tablet computers, all connected to the internet inside the stadiums.
• They would then also have to ensure that any player playing on the same table is sat nowhere near somebody else on that table…that in itself is a very difficult task to achieve.
You can see why many people simply do not believe this group will be able to pull off such an event; these doubts are creeping into more and more players by the week.
Now for some reasons people think it may be achievable:
• They already have satellites on the go, though only in Morocco for now. This at least means things are moving forward.
• They have snapped up the one and only Michael Mizrachi as the ambassador of the ISPT. This is obviously a very big move in the right direction. He is unlikely to have signed up to something that could possibly make him a laughing stock if things do not go right.
• The first venue of the event, Wembley stadium has confirmed that it has been booked for this event, another positive.
Well, we personally do hope it happens, however it will be interesting to see if they really can pull it off.

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Gay Bishops & Gay Marriage in Church History
Written by Terence Weldon Thursday, 23 July 2009 07:47
Many medieval and classical scholars have produced abundant evidence of clearly homosexual clergy, bishops, and even saints, and of church recognition of same sex unions.
With all the current fuss about the decision of the US Episcopal Church to consecrate openly gay bishops, and the Catholic Church's declared hostility to gay priests and to gay marriage or even civil unions, we forget that in the older history of the church, it is not gay priests and bishops that are new, or gay marriage, but the opposition to them. Many medieval and classical scholars have produced abundant evidence of clearly homosexual clergy, bishops, and even saints, and of church recognition of same sex unions.
Gay Bishops in Church History
One story is particularly striking. At the close of the 11th Century, Archbishop Ralph of Tours persuaded the King of France to install as Bishop of Orleans a certain John - who was widely known as Ralph's gay lover, as he had previously been of Ralph's brother and predecessor as Bishop of Tours, of the king himself, and of several other high ranking men.
This was strongly opposed by prominent churchmen, on the grounds that John was too young and would be too easily influenced by Ralph. (Note, please, that the opposition was not based on the grounds of sexuality, or even of promiscuity.) Ivo of Chartres tried to get Pope Urban II to intervene. Now, Urban had strong personal reasons, rooted in ecclesiastical and national politics, to oppose Ralph. Yet he declined to do so. In spite of well-founded opposition, John was consecrated Bishop of Orleans on March 1, 1098, when he joined two of his own lovers, and numerous others, in the ranks of openly homosexual Catholic Bishops.
An earlier example was St Paulinus of Nola, whose feast day was celebrated earlier this month. Paulinus was noted as both bishop and poet: his poetic "epistles" to his friend Ausonius are noted in the on-line Catholic Encyclopedia. What the CE does not remind us, is that Paulinus and Ausonius were lovers, and the "epistles" were frankly homoerotic verse, which may be read today in the Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse.
"grada3784" has reminded me in a comment box of Bishop Longchamps,
".....the bishop that Richard the Lionheart made Regent. The line on him was that the barons would trust their daughters with him, but not their sons. No wonder Prince John kicked him out.
Of course, with Richard getting penance requiring him to sleep with his wife, why would anyone be surprised? Those troubadours of Aquitaine sounded like they were fun."
Church history for its first twelve centuries at least is littered with further stories of male and female clergy, some canonized or popularly recognised as saints, with clear homosexual orientations. Some of these, as clergy, probably lived celibate lives. Many clearly did not.
Other gay clergy & saints in Church history
Aelred of Rievaulx (probably celibate, but wrote intensely ardent love letters to male friends);
St Patrick (believed to have worked as a prostitute in his youth, and may have taken a male lover in later life);
SS Sergius & Bacchus, Roman soldiers, lovers & martyrs
St John of the Cross (Well known mystic, whose metaphorical poetry of his love for Christ uses frankly homoerotic imagery)
Cardinal John Henry Newman (soon to be beatified, was so devoted to his beloved friend Aubrey St John, that he insisted on being buried with him in the same grave.)
"mofembot" has pointed out that Mormons, too, have prominent lesbian & gay figures in their history:
D. Michael Quinn (ex'd both for writing controversial = unflattering but true history and for being gay) has written about 19th-century Mormon homoeroticism. Mormon apologists freak out at the very suggestion that any Good Upstanding Mormon in a Position of Public Responsibility, but here are two whose same-sex relationships seem "strongly suggestive":
• George Careless, who conducted the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and composed several (truly beautiful) Mormon hymns. A life-long bachelor...
• 19th-century General Primary (children's auxiliary) President Louie B. Felt lived with her counselor in the presidency, May Anderson, and their love for one another was described in terms of "David and Jonathan."
Gay Marriage in Church History
The earliest church, in Rome and in the Slavic countries, recognised some forms of same sex union in liturgical rites of "adelphopoein" . It is not entirely clear precisely what was the exact meaning of these rites. They were clearly not directly comparable to modern marriage – but nor were the forms of heterosexual unions at the time. Some claim that they were no more than a formalised friendship under the name of "brotherhood" – but many Roman lovers called themselves "brothers". Some of the couples united under this rite were certainly homosexual lovers, but it is possible not all were. What is certain, is that same sex marraiges were recognised for a time under Roman law, and that the Church under the Roman Empire for many years recognised and blessed liturgically some form of union for same sex couples. Much later, from the sixteenth century, there is a clear written report of a Portuguese male couple having been married in a church in Rome.
This recognition also extended to death. From the earliest church until at least the nineteenth century, there are examples of same sex couples, both male and female, being buried in shared graves, in a manner exactly comparable to the common practice of married couples sharing a grave – and often with the parallel made clear in the inscriptions.
Church Today and History:
The modern Church likes to claim that in condemning same sex relationships, and resisting gay marriage and gay clergy, it is maintaining a long church tradition. It is not. To persist in this claim, in the light of increasing evidence from modern scholars, is simply to promote a highly selective and hence dishonest reading of history.
Read the original article at Daily Kos
See also:
On Queering the Church:
Gay Saints & Others
Gay Lovers in Church History
The Church's Changing Tradition
From the Lesbian Gay and Visexual Catholic Handbook
The Calendar of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered Saints
The Passion of Sergius & Bacchus (Roman soldiers, lovers and martyrs)
Gay Marriage in 16th Century Rome


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Timeless Tuesday: Chita Rivera Celebrates a Legendary Career
Broadway icon. Tony Award winner. Groundbreaking dancer. Kennedy Center Honoree. Living legend. These are just a few of the ways one could describe Chita Rivera, who brings an intimate and rare solo performance to Charlotte next month as part of her Legendary Celebration tour.
Chita is a force to be reckoned with in the world of Broadway's leading ladies. A sultry, raspy voice and what I like to call "legs for days" set her apart from other Broadway starlets of her time. The original Anita in West Side Story, Chita nailed the role that would catapult her to international fame. She also held major roles in classic Broadway hits like Guys and Dolls, Sweet Charity, Bye Bye Birdie and Nine. She famously originated the role of Velma in Chicago and Spider Woman in Kiss of the Spider Woman, the latter for which she won her second Tony Award in 1993.
See Chita's best assets at play with this vintage performance on "The Judy Garland Show" circa 1963.
Chita, who turns 82 this year, will return to Broadway this spring when The Visit, the final musical from John Kander and Fred Ebb, debuts for a limited engagement. When New York Times asked Chita about her secret to being 82 and performing eight times a week, she replied:
"I don't have any secrets. I'm so Catholic. But I think being a dancer has put some things in my head since I was 8 or 9: You eat a certain amount, you never overdo anything, you listen to your body. And when you go away from a show, when you do party, when you have fun, you have it but then you pull it back. I like my work too much not to do it."
Catch Chita Rivera before her return to Broadway this spring! Don't miss CHITA: A Legenday Celebration live at McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. Great seats are still available, so get yours today!
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Older Pedestrians in Brisbane Suburban Settings: Two Case Studies to Investigate the Concept of a "Safe and Attractive" Pedestrian Environment
Bopp, Jennifer (2005) Older Pedestrians in Brisbane Suburban Settings: Two Case Studies to Investigate the Concept of a "Safe and Attractive" Pedestrian Environment. Masters by Research thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
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Older Australians walk for many reasons: health, recreation and transport. However, road safety statistics show that pedestrians over 65 represent one-third of Australia's pedestrian deaths. As Australia's population ages in place and older people take up a walking regime for health and transportation reasons, they need a supportive suburban setting. Urban design theories discuss such "pedestrian-friendly" concepts as sense of place, sense of community, responsive environments, traditional neighbourhood design, transit-oriented development, and crime prevention through environmental design. To investigate these concepts in relation to older pedestrians, this study brings together two areas of literature - research into older pedestrians in relation to urban design theories.
Qualitative research methods were used in two case studies, to reveal how older people's interpretation of their local walking environment relates to urban design theories concerning walkable suburbs. The two Brisbane suburbs of Bulimba and Forest Lake were chosen for study, as they have different histories, topographies, street patterns, and other variations. Analysis of key themes gathered from two focus group discussions, one from each suburb, revealed the significance for participants of social interaction when walking for health. A photographic exercise performed by the Forest Lake focus group provided pictorial information for analysis, and revealed participants' interest in the lake's fauna and flora, and in its ongoing maintenance. The study was limited by an unforeseen failure to obtain the cooperation of the Bulimba group in the photographic exercise.
In support of the claims made in the literature review, it seems that when older pedestrians walk through suburban streets, they avoid steep hills, busy roads, and intersections where possible, and require footpaths with even surfaces and shelters. When walking for health reasons, participants in this study did not favour local streets, but preferred "natural" places designed exclusively for walkers. Forest Lake participants stated a preference for driving to places they deemed suitable for walking, which suggests a need for more detailed design attention to the urban design qualities of local streets, so that those older people without cars are not disadvantaged.
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I was surprised these eggs were so light, fluffy and good! I hadn't thought of adding cottage cheese to scrambled eggs until I was trying to boost my morning protein. You can use a blender to mix the ingredients, but honestly, no one can tell there is cottage cheese in the eggs without the blender, so I don't bother. The cheese melts a bit, and it just looks like the white of the egg didn't get mixed perfectly. Talk about easy: throw 2 eggs and 1/4 cup cottage cheese and mix well with a fork or whisk. Add grated extra sharp cheddar cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Cook them up, and you have light, fluffy, moist eggs that are super high in protein (23g/serving). There is more moisture than in typical scrambled eggs, so they need to cook a few minutes longer than normal. It's hard to end up with overcooked, rubbery eggs with these babies. I do prefer the Daisy brand cottage cheese over other brands because it has less sodium and no gluten or fillers. No one payed me to say that either. Also, don't worry about the cholesterol in the eggs; eggs have been cleared of previous charges in regards to heart disease. More coming on that subject tomorrow.
Protein-Packed Scrambled Eggs
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup cottage cheese
- 2 Tbsp extra sharp or sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Prepare a small frying pan with non-stick spray, and heat on medium.
- Whisk eggs and cottage cheese together until well mixed.
- Pour into a hot pan and sprinkle with cheese, salt and pepper.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir while cooking until done.
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My top hikes of 2014 are a diverse group that includes places in the west of the United States such as national parks and also locales more closely located to home in Colorado. They range from strenuous to moderate in difficulty level and from arid deserts to lush alpine forests. It was another fantastic year for hiking indeed! May 2015 bring even more exploration!
Number 10: Angels Landing/West Rim Trail, Zion National Park, Utah
Angel's Landing is perhaps the most iconic hike in Zion National Park. Beginning from The Grotto, the trail ascends steeply in a series of long switchbacks before finally arriving at the engineering marvel of Walter's Wiggles, which is a series of 21 extremely steep switchbacks in a row. Upon reaching the top of the landing, the trail extends another 0.5 miles along a very narrow and steep trail with 1000 foot drop-offs.
Number 9: American Lakes, Fort Collins, Colorado
The American Lakes Trail starting in the Colorado State Forest up the Poudre Canyon from Fort Collins, Colorado is a high altitude hike full of rich vistas and panoramic views of the surrounding Rocky Mountains. The 11 mile round trip starts at Cameron Pass and climbs 1520 feet to just over 11,000 at the lakes themselves.
Number 8: Devil's Garden, Arches National Park, Utah
The Devil's Garden at the far end of the road in Arches National Park is a magical hike that takes you through some very interesting terrain and a diverse array of rock formations and landscapes. There are arches, sandy stretches, scrambling up huge boulders and long-lasting vistas.
Number 7: Hanging Lake Trail, Colorado
The Hanging Lake Trail is a short, yet quite steep trail located running off the Colorado River in the Glenwood Canyon just east of the town of Glenwood Springs, CO. We did the hike in the snow, which added an extra aura of beauty to the hike and added an extra layer to the beautiful lake, which does seem to 'hang' on the edge of the cliff.
Number 6: The Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah
The Narrows, in Zion National Park is one of the classic hikes of the park. The trail itself is in the North Fork of the Virgin River as it travels in the canyon it has carved out of the solid rock over the ages. The eerie light filtering down into the canyon brings brilliant colors out of the rock walls and the clear water underneath you.
Number 5: Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Beginning on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, the Bright Angels Trail is a perfect blend of natural and engineering marvel. The trail switchbacks its way from a high of 6860 feet down to 2500 at the Colorado River, although it's ill advised to go all the way to the river and back in one day, which amounts to nearly 20 miles.
Number 4: Fourth of July Trail, Nederland, Colorado
The Fourth of July Trail near Nederland, Colorado retained its snow pack in places into July, when we hiked it this year and in fact, there was a snow storm raging as we hiked it. Starting from the Hessie Trailhead up from the Eldora Ski Resort, the hike begins at a lofty 10,160 feet and ascends through healthy pine forest crisscrossed by bubbling creeks.
Number 3: Fern Lake to Bear Lake Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
At 9.2 miles, this trail gains 1500 feet to top out at nearly 10,100 feet at the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park. When we hiked it in July, large swaths were still solidly packed in several feet of snow, which made micro-spikes a necessity, but providing ample amounts of excitement and exhilaration.
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Number 1: Fairyland and Navajo/Beekaboo Trails, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
The Fairyland and Navajo/Beekaboo Loop Trails in Bryce Canyon National Park does give one the sense of walking in another world. The massive hoodoos and other geological formations seem to go on endlessly in every direction. We hiked these glorious trails during and the day after a snow storm, which added even more to the magical experience and provided an other-worldly experience.


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This page provides a summary of the actions and advocacy undertaken by the UFBA on behalf of our members during the transition to a new unified fire services organisation - Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ).
Click on the links below to find out more about each action and the outcomes.
Or download the February 2017 summary of the actions taken by the UFBA
For information about the transition to the new unified fire services organisation visit http://fenzproject.co.nz/
A PDF of the complete timeline above
On Thursday 18 August, UFBA and FRFANZ submitted a joint submission on the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Bill to the Government Administration Committee
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Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday she's not eyeing a run for governor, but she played nice with lawmakers by refusing to slam Beacon Hill for any lack of transparency.
When asked if the state Legislature should be exempt from the Public Records Law, Coakley said she "hasn't thought about it that much."
"We've pushed a lot for transparency ... and in general that seems to be where we are going," said Coakley, while speaking to newspaper publishers and editors yesterday in Boston.
She said Massachusetts could "take a lesson from other states who are a little more modern and a little more transparent."
When asked if she is ruling out a run for governor, Coakley said, "right now, today, at this microphone? Yes." She had the same answer for a Senate run, adding "we don't even know if there is a Senate seat."
Coakley's name has been floated as a leading Democratic candidate for the Corner Office in 2014 once Gov. Deval Patrick moves on. Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and Treasurer Steve Grossman have also been mentioned.
Coakley has also been named as a potential candidate for Senate if U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry gets a Cabinet post. But she dodged making any commitments yesterday.
"Races are expensive. They are tough. They are hard. That is a personal decision I will make. Right now I am really happy with what I am doing," she said.
She did slam fellow pols for "focusing on the next election" instead of doing the job they were elected to do, adding: "How many cliffs, fiscal or otherwise, do we have to manage before we start building bridges?"


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As the introductory course required to earn a certificate in African American Studies, this course examines the past and present, the doings and the sufferings of Americans of African descent from a multidisciplinary perspective. It highlights the ways in which serious intellectual scrutiny of the agency of black people in the United States help redefine what it means to be American, new world, modern and post modern.
AAS 202 / SOC 202 Introductory Research Methods in African American Studies
The purposes of this course are to assist the student in developing the ability to critically evaluate social science research on the black experience and to do research in African studies. To accomplish these goals, the course will acquaint students with the process of conceptualizing basic research techniques, and some of the unique issues in conducting research on the black experience. A variety of appropriate studies will be utilized.
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What's so funny? is a question that could be turned around to ask: Who's laughing? Comedian Dave Chappelle might say it's a question about who gets the joke, and who doesn't. This survey of African American humor is an introduction to getting the joke. We study the technical artistry of black humorists and comedians and reflect on the audiences for whom they write and perform. We examine a range of cultural expression, from the dozens to stand-up comedy. In our critical and creative work, we assess how past forms and strategies can be adapted to the project of African American humor today
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Inequalities in property, power, and prestige examined for their effects on life chances and life styles. Primary focus on socioeconomic classes in modern societies. Special attention to the role of religious, racial, and ethnic factors. Comparisons of different systems of stratification in the world today.
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This course examines the selected non-fiction writings of one of America's most influential essayists and public intellectuals: James Baldwin. Attention will be given to his views on ethics, art, and politics – with particular consideration given to his critical reflections on race and democracy.
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The truism that "race is socially constructed" hides more than it reveals. Have Irish Americans always been white? Are people of African descent all black? Is calling Asian Americans a "model minority" a compliment? Does race impact who we date or marry? In this course, students develop a sophisticated conceptual toolkit to make sense of such contentious cases of racial vision and division as the uprising in Ferguson. We learn to connect contemporary events to historical processes, and individual experiences to institutional policies, exercising a sociological imagination with the potential to not only analyze, but transform the status quo.
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This course examines the range of work by African artists from the colonial period to the era of post-independence. It seeks to familiarize students with modern and contemporary art from Africa by studying forms, ideas, and subject matter that have preoccupied African artists since the mid-2oth century. It is also interested in the critical practices that have helped set these artists on the global stage, as well as theoretical structures that might help our understanding of these processes.
AAS 238 / THR 238 American Spectacle: A Theatre Conversation Beyond the Proscenium
In this workshop, students will create original writing that is in conversation with American theatrical traditions beyond the proscenium. We will investigate and engage American theatrical forms, such as the freak show, burlesque, courtroom drama, mega-church, street protests, violence as spectacle and more.
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African literature and films have been a vital (but often unacknowledged) stream in and stimulant to the global traffic in invention. Nigerian literature is one of the great literatures of the 20th century. Ethiopian literature is one of the oldest in the world. South Africans have won more Nobel Prizes for Literature in the past forty years than authors from any other country. Senegalese films include some of the finest films ever made. In this course, we will study the richness and diversity of foundational African texts (some in translation), while foregrounding questions of aesthetics, style, humor, and epistemology.


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Enhance Your Beauty With These Great Tips
Everybody who cares about how they are seen will have a desire to be attractive. No one decides to try for a poor appearance. Knowing this, there are lots of ways that you can do in order to obtain and improve your beauty. This article will present some easy tips you can use to look your very best.
Before you use a tanning lotion, exfoliate your skin. When you do this, you will remove any dead skin cells and make it smoother. Tans apply more evenly this way. Use this process to extend the longevity of your fake tan.
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Put some moisturizer in a sample jar. Containers of this size can be easily carried wherever you go. Just put some moisturizer all over your face when you think your skin looks or feels dry.
An eyelash curler is a super investment. Many people do not realize how wonderful an eyelash curler can make their eyelashes look. Curling them help enlarge the eyes and make them appear brighter. You can also buy a heated curler which supposedly keep your eyelashes curled for a longer amount of time.
You need to test for allergies prior to applying false eyelashes. Do this by testing the glue you will be using on your skin, most likely your arm, and see if you have an adverse reaction. Completely cover up the test area.
If you're planning on going out right after work or school, then you should try to use a good sized fluffy brush, and dust a fine layer of matte powder over oily areas. You can also make your cheekbones stand out by adding a small amount of shimmery powder on both cheeks.
Beauty is what you make of it. Beauty can be found all over the place. Maybe you like to find wondrous beauty in flowers or art, or a special someone. If you pay attention to beautiful things, you will be more positive in life.
If you use a blow dryer to style your hair, use a styling product that protects your hair from the heat. You can find this product in any health and beauty aide section, and it is very helpful in drying hair quicker and preventing split ends. It locks in moisture and even smells fantastic!
Consider a new hairstyle for a more narrow-appearing face. If you want this, try getting a hair cut that is longer and straight and around the length of your shoulders. It is also possible to make use of highlights and lowlights in order to frame the face. These are extremely flattering on almost all facial types.
Many desire being able to beautify properly. Many people are often disappointed with their looks. With the vast amount of beauty information out there, it is hard to make sense of it all. What are the best beauty tips for you? After reading the advice in this article, you should know how to make yourself more attractive.
Imperfections, such as pimples, can be really distracting. If you get a breakout or any type of skin blemish, then a good home solution is to get some toothpaste and dab it on your skin. Allow this to work for ten minutes or so. This will help clear the pimple up and gets rid of redness.
Feel And Look As Good As You Did Ten Years Ago With These Tips
These hints can help you start out being more beautiful. Here are some hints that can help you make more informed choices about beauty. Looking good is important, so pay attention to the following tips to learn how to do so.
Multiple research projects in the scientific world have found that symmetry is often associated with beauty. If you wish to look your best, symmetry is something to focus on. This can apply to anything from application of makeup to trimming of facial hair. Just try and make both sides of your face look the same.
Moisturize ahead of makeup application. It improves the way your makeup goes on, and it is good for your skin. It will prevent your makeup from looking blotchy. This can be a perfect method of making your cosmetics last much longer.
You can use dark colored mascara to open up your eyes and help to draw attention to the eyes. Make sure to have extra mascara wands to clean up your make-up after it has been applied.
These procedures can leave you hair follicles open and tanning could cause some skin troubles. It can cause intense irritation, leading you to be extremely uncomfortable. Scented soaps and lotions should be avoided as well, because they can also irritate the skin following sugaring or waxing.
If you feel your face is too square, soften the angles with a creamy coral or rose blush, applied lightly and blended well. Apply the blush to your cheekbones, then fan the color out and up toward your temples.
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Before you apply makeup, moisturize your face lightly. This tip can help to keep your skin healthy, and it makes it easier to apply an even coat of foundation. You will notice that your makeup looks far less blotchy. Your makeup can last a lot longer for you, as can your face's fresh look.
Be sure to exercise moderately every day. Exercising on a daily basis will help you stay limber and healthy. You need to keep it in your figurative beauty bag. Have some physical activity for about 15-20 minutes every day. Cleaning the house counts as physical activity so make an effort to keep your house clean and your body will thank you.
Use a tiny bit of a teabag on a ripped fingernail to repair it. Empty all the tea from one teabag, first. Then cut a little piece from your empty bag. Be sure it's big enough to completely cover the tear. Finally, place this piece on top of the tear, and paint over it with clear nail polish.
If you enjoy wearing makeup daily, make sure there is no less than one day monthly when you wear none. This can help to reduce inflammation on your face and let it breathe. You will see that your skin will be brighter and look healthier.
If you want skin that looks vibrant and fresh, carry moisturizer around at all times. Especially in the winter, skin can crack. That is not considered very attractive. Moisturizing lotion can help prevent the dry, cracked skin that winter brings.
Hopefully the advice we've given you here will give you a little bit of insight on how to go about making yourself look beautiful. These tips were put together to help beginners find a way to start being more beautiful every day of their lives.
Beauty Tips Anyone Can See Benefits From
Every society is full of members seeking out beauty. There are many definitions and ideas of 'beauty', both internal and external. Big improvements in appearance can be achieved with even simple changes. By making the effort to change small things in your life, you can look the way you want to look.
Sunscreen is necessary to keep your skin looking great. Be sure to look for sunscreens with healthful ingredients and not too many deadly chemicals. These healthy ingredients protect and nourish the skin, keeping it youthful looking and supple.
Bring a fluffy brush with you to reduce the oil on your face before you go out. Dab some shimmering powder on your cheekbones, and you're good to go.
Symmetrical faces are rated as more attractive in scientific studies. This means you need to seek symmetry. Whether that means in your makeup application or your hair, moustache or beard, be certain that your right and left sides are mirror images.
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Baking soda can be used to make your hair shiny. Baking soda can be mixed in with shampoo to do this. Wash your hair as normal. This will bring back the shine to your hair.
When you use heated hair appliances, use hair products that are made specifically for use with these types of appliances. Applying intense heat to the hair on a regular basis can lead to damage, especially if you have a long hair style. Heat-activated products can provide your hair with extra moisture, and help to reverse the damage caused by high temperatures.
Waterproof mascara, in either black or a dark brown color, can be an attention getting touch with just one or two applications. Keep disposable mascara wands around to break up clumps and brush off extra mascara around the outer corners of your eyes.
Drink an adequate amount of fluid each day for fresh, flawless skin. When you are dehydrated, your skin is the first organ that suffers. You can fight this by getting in a minimum of eight daily servings of water. If you are finding it difficult to drink eight glasses of water for lack of taste, add a little flavor with a splash of lemon or cranberry juice. Your skin will look much better for it.
Don't shower or bathe in very hot water. Hot water causes your pores to open and lets natural skin oils escape. If you already have large pores, hot water will help you clean them, and it just washes away. Bath and shower with warm or tepid water to maintain the soft and beautiful appearance of your skin. This will also save you money on heating bills.
Beauty is a very complicated factor in every person's life, but it's not something that is out of your control. Start making better choices now to improve your level of beauty. You can and should feel like you look beautiful all the time. If you want to be more beautiful, the decision is yours.
Occasionally, a pimple or other skin blemish can affect our appearance. Use a dab of toothpaste to battle any blemish that appears on your skin. Leave it on for approximately ten minutes. This will dry out your skin and should reduce the redness and swelling of the blemish.
Look Your Best By Looking At These Tips
Beauty can mean different things to different people. While true beauty is, of course, on the inside, you should not therefore neglect the outside. Read the information below to help you learn some good beauty tips.
Keep moisturizer handy to keep your skin looking vibrant. During the winter, your skin can become dry and brittle and a moisturizer will counter this. Using moisturizer will provide a quick fix and ensure your skin does not dry out or crack.
Baking Soda
Air dry your hair whenever possible to prevent exposing your hair to heat damage. Between the curling and straightening irons and the hair dryer, you can put entirely too much heat stress on your hair and scalp. Use your hair dryer at the lowest setting if is neccesary to use it to dry your hair. When you treat your hair gently, it will stay soft and supple for years to come.
You can use baking soda to restore your hair's shininess! Add a touch of baking soda and shampoo into your hand just as you are about to use it. Continue to wash your hair as you normally would. This will restore the luster to your hair.
Buy some Vitamin E and keep it around. Vitamin E has many purposes. Vitamin E is excellent for helping skin remain soft and supple. In addition, vitamin E is great for your cuticles as well as your nails. It makes your cuticles softer and your nails healthier.
Soften a square or angular face shape with a rose or coral cream blush. Apply the blush to your cheeks with your fingers and gently fan the color towards your temples.
Vaseline works wonders on cuticles. This stimulates the nail bed and adds moisture, which keeps your nails splitting or peeling. It gives your cuticles and nails a nice, healthy appearance. You'll see that the look improves as soon as you do it.
One cheap and all-natural way to improve your skin's health is to get your full daily dose of water. Water can help flush toxins and wastes out of the body. Not only is it good for your skin, it is good for your health as well.
A heat-activated shampoo and conditioner will benefit your hair if you often blow dry, use curling irons or use other heated tools on your hair regularly. Using these tools daily can damage your hair. Heat-activated products provide a buffer, giving you hair that's not only perfectly styled, but also healthy and shiny.
A great tip when it comes to making your makeup last longer is to mix in moisturizer with your foundation. Also, with the foundation being slightly watered down, it will seem a lot less heavy. The added benefit is that you will now have sun protection in your foundation too if you used an SPF moisturizer.
Regardless of your skin type, you should thoroughly wash your face with a mild, gentle cleanser anywhere from one to two times per day. You should use a makeup remover before starting your cleansing, though. Failure to do so can lead to clogged pores and acne.
If you want your hair, skin and nails to be as healthy as possible, always eat healthily. Beauty will come from the inside and work its way out! Include a variety of nutritious foods in your diet. Fill your meals with plenty of whole grains, iron, zinc and proteins for strong and healthy hair, skin and nails.
Everyone knows that true beauty is on the inside. That does not mean that you should neglect a good external routine. Enhance your inner beauty by touching up your outer beauty with the smart tips presented here.


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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, was born July 15, 1606 to a prosperous family. After attending the University of Leiden, he convinced his parents to allow him to take up painting instead of Latin. From 1621 to 1624, he studied with a history painter in his hometown of Leiden. He then left for the big city of Amsterdam where he studied under Pieter Lastman. After only one year, Rembrandt had surpassed his teacher. He returned to Leiden, where he enjoyed immediate success as a professional artist and teacher during the years 1625 to 1632. Wealthy merchants in his hometown of Leiden recognized good art and were willing to pay a fair price for it. Leading citizens and officials commissioned group portraits in order to document their important achievements. One such painting, called Doctor Nicolaes Tulp's Demonstration of the Anatomy of the Arm (seen above) was hung in the Hall of the Surgeon's Guild. This remarkable piece was completed in 1632 when Rembrandt was only 26 years old.
Rembrandts personal prospects brightened even more when he moved to Amsterdam in 1632 and then, in 1634, married the beautiful and devoted Saskia van Uylenburg. Due to Saskia's generous dowry, they bought a large (and heavily mortgaged) house and were able to live an affluent lifestyle even allowing Rembrandt to indulge in his obsession for collecting art. Saskia became a frequent model for Rembrandt as he painted her into many scenes of biblical and mythological subjects.
The contentment of the couple ended with the death of their first child at only two months of age. Rumbartus, a son, had been named after Saskia's father. A second and then third child, both girls, also died in infancy. It can be seen that Rembrandts work gradually became more sober during these years. In September 1641, they rejoiced at the birth (and survival) of their son, Titus.
However, tragedy struck again when Rembrandts beloved wife died of tuberculosis on June 14, 1642, less than a year after Titus birth.
This loss was devastating to Rembrandt. He threw his sorrow into his work and produced what today is considered an innovative masterpiece of art - The Nightwatch. Painting this in the same year as Saskia's death, he reached new heights in his experiments with light and focus in this composition. Although the city officials who had commissioned the piece were disappointed that Rembrandt had not followed the established tradition of more static poses, it was a landmark painting. The individual actions and positions of the painting's subjects would pique the interest of other artists for years to come.
By this time in his life, Rembrandt was struggling with severe financial difficulty. His fervor for collecting rare art had strained his budget. In addition, his poor management of his affairs in general, and a coinciding national downturn, forced him to declare bankruptcy in 1656, consequently losing his house.
Although he found solace and love again in his devoted mistress, Hendrickje, and his bond with his son Titus remained strong, he was to lose them both. Hendrickje died during a plague epidemic in 1663. In 1668, as the plague raged through the Netherlands again, Titus died. Heartbroken, Rembrandt lasted only one year after Titus' death. He passed away on October 4, 1669.
Rembrandts personal life, as tragic as it became, was not so different from that of many others throughout history. From this little sketch of his life, you might not know why his having been here on this earth would qualify him for the title of hero, unless you thought of his devotion to his family, his dogged determination to hold true to his ideals and that his paintings are very beautiful indeed.
It is in the meaning of his paintings that we find the key. During that
dark time in Rembrandts life, he became reclusive and labored to paint
only that which was an obsession to him. It simply was not in him to
conform to the new standards of technique and style in the paintings of
the day, even though they might have brought him more success. He
labored over the exploration of something else. It was the need to
express what makes us human and how we communicate this to others
through our emotions. Although he rarely wrote about his work, he did
say this: "The deepest and most lifelike emotion has been expressed, and
that's the reason [the paintings] have taken so long to execute. Here
is where Rembrandt's true genius and heroic qualities shine forth. He
sought to capture in paintings the suffering, reflection and compassion
that has been shared by humanity since the beginning of time.
"Of all the Baroque masters, it was Rembrandt who evolved the most revolutionary technique and who seemed to grow into the Italians' spiritual heir. Where others needed five touches he was using one, and so the brushstrokes had begun to separate and could sometimes only be properly read from a distance. The exact imitation of form was being replaced by the suggestion of it: to some of his contemporaries, therefore, his paintings began to look unfinished. It was from the Venetians that he had learned to use a brown ground so that his paintings emerged from dark to light, physically as well as spiritually. Yet, despite a palette that was limited even by seventeenth century standards, he was renowned as a colorist for he managed to maintain a precarious balance between painting tonally, with light and shade, and painting in color. Just as form was suggested rather than delineated, so the impression of rich color was deceptive. Never before had a painter taken such a purely sensuous interest and delight in the physical qualities of his medium, nor granted it a greater measure of independence from the image."
It was in the self-portraits of Rembrandts last years, while studying his own soulful stares into the mirror, that he recorded what the faces of humankind so often reflect in life. His, too, was a face on which sorrow and grief had left their marks.
"Return of the Prodigal Son" 1669
Such is the mystery of Rembrandt. Beyond his being one of the Great Masters of Art, this is why we still honor him today. This is why he is a hero for all time.
Rembrandt van Rijn
Biography from Wikipedia
Rembrandt Biographical Timeline
Rembrandt from the Rijks Museum
Rembrandt's Art
Excellent collection of Rembrandt paintings from Olga's Gallery
Did Rembrandt have heroes?
Most art scholars would agree that Rembrandt had at least two artists whom he idolized: Rubens, with his fluid, vigorous brushwork and grand, painterly illusions; and Titian, who later in life had gone in search of more reflective moods and discovered a new and glorious freedom in his brushstrokes. As Rembrandt grew older, it was Titian whom he most admired.
Januszczak , Waldemar . Techniques of the Great Masters of Art .
QED Publishing Limited, 1985. pp 60 - 61