Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Many happy returns Farhana - Chef Bourdain obsessed with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,

We hope you’re enjoying your special day Farhana —may life continue to bring you the best days ahead


Margaret is not named after our Magpie Marg it is named after Neil Perry’s’ Mother … 



Almost like Rick Stein - Neil Perry fires up his next big project in Double Bay: Margaret


Bourdain Klassik Chef 🧑‍🍳


Until the week preceding his untimely death, Anthony Bourdain had been in the throes of an intense love affair with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Like many of us enamoured with the gentle art, the Emmy-winning celebrity chef behind Parts Unknown No Reservation had adopted this violent hobby to escape himself, unlock a measure of hidden potential, and in this specific context, replace unhealthy addictions with an exceedingly rewarding one. 

“My then-wife was a full-time martial artist and invited four of the least likely people she knew to take a private training session in the hope it would be hilariously funny and pathetic,” Anthony Bourdain explained to Men’s Health in late 2017, referring to ex-wife Ottavia Bourdain (née Busia).

“She picked me, Doug from Big Gay Ice Cream, and two others. I’d never been in a gym in my life. I was 35 pounds overweight, a chain smoker, flabby, zero cardio. Taking stairs was not fun. To my shock and surprise, I endured, barely, that first session.” 

“I found it very strategically and intellectually intriguing. I like problem-solving and I also like being the stupidest person in the room. I like being at the foot of a very steep incline where you never reach the top. It’s one of the reasons I like Japan.”

The Secret Life Of Anthony Bourdain


According to new research from Wedinpsire, in which they surveyed hundreds set to wed in 2022/23, brides and grooms may be ditching first dances and best man speeches on their big day, claiming they prefer the idea of more intimate gatherings without the "cheesy" and "outdated" traditions.

4 outdated wedding traditions brides and grooms are ditching in 2022


Martin Luther King Jr. said more than 35 words - Popular Information: “Martin Luther King Jr. wrote several books, delivered hundreds of speeches and sermons, and produced a massive quantity of documents and correspondence. The King Papers, a collection of King’s writings and published by the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, spans 14 volumes, each about 750 pages…”

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” — Martin Luther King Jr.


Politics to blame for increased stress, fatigue, other health woes, survey finds.


The Dirty Work of Cleaning Online Reputations

The Walrus – “For a fee, companies will tackle damaging search results. But is the new economy of digital makeovers making things worse?…Cleaning up your image, however, is not cheap. A serious campaign can cost between $10,000 and $20,000 or more and will usually run for at least four to eight months. Matt Earle’s twenty-four staff members deploy a suite of tactics to dilute or outright remove unwanted content. They have methods for contacting satisfied customers and encouraging them to leave positive reviews to bump up star-rated averages. They are also able to tweak Wikipedia entries in ways that pass muster with the website’s volunteer editors, who can be relentless about deleting puffery. Appeals can be filed to major internet players like Facebook, Google, and Twitter in order to hide a damaging link or critical comments. If it’s an unflattering story in the mainstream press, staff might provide the publication with research that prompts a correction or clarification. If that’s not enough, there’s the nuclear option: disappearing the content entirely…”


Neatorama readers are familiar with Centralia, the town on a Pennsylvania coal seam that's been burning for 60 years. That's nothing compared to Burning Mountain in New South Wales, Australia, where an underground fire has been burning for at least 6,000 years! Like Centralia, it is also a burning coal seam, and it's moving along the seam at a fairly steady rate, which gives away its age. 

A Fire in Australia has been Burning for 6,000 Years



BBB Studies. Here are links to the study topics of my studies: puppy fraud, romance fraud; BEC fraud, sweepstakes/lottery fraudtech support fraud, romance fraud money mules, crooked movers, government imposters, online vehicle sale scams, rental fraud, gift cards,  job scams, and online shopping fraud.
 



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