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Blog I read: Jet Set Life

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Jet Set Life has some pretty decent travel tips. And good information about establishing your “Muse”.

From their site:

Rob and Kim have always loved to travel. They experienced the world’s hottest destinations like Punta del Este, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Mykonos, Marrakech and Buenos Aires. Each time they would vacation, family and friends always had so many questions about the destinations they chose and how to create similar experiences. Apple computer made it easy to share their experiences through podcasting and iWeb, so they decided to start a personal website and a podcast called Travel the World with Rob and Kim. It’s wasn’t too long after that Tim Ferriss came out with the book The Four Hour Work Week. This book turned Rob and Kim’s world upsidedown. Because of Tim Ferriss’s ideas such as mini-vacations, muses and dreamlines, Rob and Kim began to design their life (and work) around their passion for travel and made traveling into a business or in Tim Ferriss’s words, a muse.

This is when they created Jet Set Life. The goal with Jet Set Life was not to become a concierge service or a high end travel agent. The goal was to become the ultimate travel resource for jet setters, or those wanting to become jet setters. Rob and Kim purchased their Sony HD Video Camera, Sony Cyber Shot and Nikon D60 digital camera and were off to capture their travel experiences around the world to share with their viewers. They launched the website in 2008 and within thirty days they were close to breaking into the Top 100,000 websites ranked by Alexa. Their website let viewers into their travel experiences and provided them with a short video of the destination, photos of the destination and important information including when to travel, best way to get there and the type of currency. Rob and Kim also provide a free online guidebook that they call The Hit List. The Hit List includes Rob and Kim’s reviews of the best boutique hotels, restaurants, beaches, shops, nightlife and things to do in each destination.

Since, Jet Set Life has expanded adding a Lifestyle page that links viewers to Rob and Kim’s favorite companies in categories including villa and flat rentals, concierge services, boutique hotels, private jets, yachts, hip clothing, tailors, virtual assistants, social dynamics and even global charities like The Red Campaign.

Rob and Kim continue to find new destinations to bring to their viewers and they continually work on ways to improve the viewers experience. Any suggestions, ideas or comments are genuninely welcome.

Excuses are over. It’s time to live!

Check it:

Rob’s Blog

Kim’s Blog

Destinations

How YOU Can Live a Jet Set Life Like Us

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Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
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jay-z - all around the world

Every Week on HBO’s Entourage

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I can’t be the only person that thinks this show is wack.

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Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

How To Spot A Liar

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“Certain behavioral traits, like averting eye contact, could be cultural and not indicative of a liar,” says Joseph Buckley, president of John E. Reid & Associates, which has provided interview and interrogation training to more than 500,000 law enforcement agents to date.

Liars are often reluctant to admit ordinary storytelling mistakes. When honest people tell stories, they may realize partway through that they left out some details and would unselfconsciously backtrack to fill in holes. They also may realize a previous statement wasn’t quite right, and go back and explain further. Liars, on the other hand, “are worried that someone might catch them in a lie and are reluctant to admit to such ordinary imperfections,” says DePaulo.

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Yet another clue: imprecise pronouns. To psychologically distance themselves from a lie, people often pepper their tales with second- and third-person pronouns like “you,” “we” and “they,” says Hancock. Liars are also more likely to ask that questions be repeated and begin responses with phrases like, “to tell you the truth,” and “to be perfectly honest,” says Reid.

When telling the truth, people often make hand gestures to the rhythm of their speech. Hands emphasize points or phrases–a natural and compelling technique when they actually believe the points they’re making. The less certain will keep gesticulations in check, says Hancock.

Source

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Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

NY NY - illa Ghee ft prodigy of mobb deep

Caviar: the most expensive food in the world

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The French palate was not very refined at that time; despite the royal rejection, however, the Russians and Persians were the first to commercialise caviar all over the world. Back in the 16th century, it was even being eaten in the United States, although, oddly, by the poorer classes.

It is because of the sturgeon that only a minority these days can enjoy this delicacy. The fish looks ugly, tastes worse, and produces what are the golden eggs of contemporary gastronomy. Of the 24 species of sturgeon that exist in the world, five live in the Caspian Sea, but only four produce edible caviar (the most famous is the Beluga sturgeon). The extraction process is highly delicate. It is important not to kill the sturgeon, because once it is dead, the fish produces a bitter substance which ruins the flavour of the caviar. To avoid this, a blow behind the head puts the fish to sleep, and within ten minutes, the eggs are extracted and tinned.

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Russia and Iran are currently the world’s main producers of wild caviar. However, abuses in the capture of the species and illegal trade mean that wild sturgeon are now almost extinct.

Swimming pool caviar
Sturgeons bred in captivity have become a practical alternative in many European countries. France is the world’s biggest producer of farmed caviar, especially in the Gironde region, which, through over-exploitation, has lost the wild sturgeon which were originally to be found there. Other countries such as Spain, Sweden, Uruguay and the United States are trying to break into this one market which does not seem to have been affected by the recession. The current price in Europe for farmed caviar is about 1.443 euros (£1.22) per kilogramme, compared to 2.103 euros (£1.78) for Iranian Beluga.

However, even the poor can have access to caviar sometimes. Germany was the most socialist of them all when it began to sell what became known as ‘German caviar’ or ‘red caviar’ at accessible prices, although it is produced in Iceland, Norway or Denmark rather than in Germany, and has a slightly more salty taste than caviar.

However, for examples of fake caviar, we need to come back to France. In Russia, the word for purée is ‘икра’ (‘ikra’ – which means caviar). Euphemistically, the French call courgette or aubergine purée ‘caviar’, leading to linguistic confusion – no doubt the fault of some heir to Louis XV’s palate.

Source

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Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Benny Goodman Orchestra Sing Sing Sing from Hollywood Hotel

The Del Mar Racetrack: 3 O’ CLOCK FRIDAYS this Year

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I got the inside knowledge.

Since Mondays are canceled this year, due to The Down Economy, they are adding more races to Fridays. Hence the hour earlier post time.

So instead of 4 to 7 it goes from 3 to 7. (If it were up to me, I would have made it 4 to 8. I would also make prostitution legal, gambling legal everywhere, Cigarette smoking legal, Ecstasy legal, Models everywhere and have drinking 24hours, but maybe that just me.)

It is a pleasant change to have something change for the better.

All in all, not bad as it give you another hour to swoop more girls.

http://www.dmtc.com/season/events/concert

You heard it here first.

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Countdown to first post: 41 days, 1:36, 42 seconds.

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Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Happy - Killah Priest

Sick Sample of course from:

Minnie Rippleton - Inside My Love

Death of “Corporate Cool” W Hotel San Diego

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Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. intends to forfeit the 258-room W San Diego to its lenders after its efforts to reach a compromise on the luxury hotel’s $65 million securitized mortgage failed.

Sunstone, a real-estate investment trust that owns 43 hotels, bought the W for $96 million in 2006 from a group led by developer Gatehouse Capital Corp. Since then, the slumping performance of the W San Diego and the broader hotel market has made supporting that mortgage a challenge for Sunstone.

Foreclosures and forfeitures of hotels are becoming commonplace in this recession, though a public REIT turning over a high-profile, luxury property still is rare. Default rates on securitized mortgages backed by hotels have risen sharply as travelers have cut back, occupancies and revenues have tanked and, subsequently, hotel owners have run into difficulty making their debt payments. To wit, 3.16% of securitized mortgages backed by hotels now are delinquent on payments as compared to just 0.44% at this time last year, according to Trepp LLC.

A recent report by the special servicer of the W’s mortgage, Centerline Serving Inc., noted that the W San Diego since 2007 has failed to generate enough monthly income to cover both its operating costs and its interest payments. Sunstone has been covering the shortfall since 2007 to keep the loan out of default, but it opted this month to stop doing so.

The W San Diego has suffered partly because of the national decline in business and leisure travel. Additionally, in its downtown location it isn’t within convenient walking distance from San Diego’s Gaslamp District or the San Diego Convention Center, . said John Arabia, an analyst with real estate research company Green Street Advisors Inc.

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The whole Hotel Industry is going to reel from this.

The more I think about this, these “boutique party hotels” (mostly phony and corporate anyways) are really in trouble.

Their target demographic 25-39 or so, is really hurting of liquid cash these days. Striped shirts are toe tagged. Plastic tiaras and lame “girls nights out” aren’t going to cut it.

The 40 to 50 monied crowd, or older couples with money won’t go to these places (too loud, too frugal etc).

Any 25 to 39 year olds with half a brain are going to skip eating and partying at these places because the food quality and girl quality is so low and price points are so high. (You can’t drag me there unless it’s a special event or they start importing Eastern Block and South American Models).

I think its game over for the ubiquitous “Corporate Cool” of the last 6 years. (Thank Goodness). Unless they decide to legalize prostitution and turn these things into High-End Brothels.

Witness the rise of the Hipster/Wimpster. (No Thanks).

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The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Mickey Factz featuring The Cool Kids “Rockin N Rollin”

Wimpster: Word of The Day

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Wimpster:

n. pl. Wimpsters

1. Feminine male hipster who is also a wimp.

2. Style of dressing and acting that is half hipster-half wimp, very popular in 2009.

Example 1: The crash of the economy and the death of the striped shirt mortgage brokers has given rise to the Wimpsters.

Example 2: New York City and Sand State nightlife is now overrun by Wimpsters.

Example 3: The masculization of Females (sleeve tattoos, promiscuity, rejecting traditional male-female relations and not dressing in high heels and dresses etc) and the feminization of Males (tight jeans, pandering to a woman’s every desire, being a completely annoying chump, and rejecting European/Latin male-female relations etc) has created a culture of Wimpsters.

You have been warned…..

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Roissy: Alpha Body Language Tips

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One of the few Blogs I read: Roissy in DC, Where pretty lies perish had a good post on Body Language:

When a woman tries to get your attention, take a second longer to swivel your head to reply. The goal is to introduce a palpable, but not off-putting, tension to the interaction. In other words, make her sweat.

Finally… use the power of your back. Turning your back on people who have displeased you is a great way to get them to qualify themselves. Girls will reopen. Guys will vamoose.

Source

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I think these are pretty right on target.

I was really impressed that Roissy added “Keep a toothpick in your mouth if you don’t smoke.”

This is a great non-smoker guy move.

Another option?

In a non-smoking restaurant, use a cocktail straw or stir.

You always want to draw a girls attention to your mouth.

That is why smoking is so effective.

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Wale - Gotta Be Magic

Dope Sample: The Chosen One - White Clouds

Just downloaded this album by Hiroshi Fukumura, cool sample - guess it’s already well known, but it surprised me.

OC - The Chosen One

White Clouds - Hiroshi Fukumura

OC - The Chosen One lyrics

I’m coming from an Egyptian Mola story, rarely told
Back in the mix of things to break the mold
Good as gold mind ya leave negative thoughts behind ya
Type of how I’m living be more potency than ganja
Oh Period; when you see my face I’m serious
Move with the mystique of a cheetah, mysterious
Dominate jungles when I walk the floor rumbles
The baddest motherfuckers - I make their attitudes humble
My aura shine bright like sunlight, in Fahrenheit temperature
Stylee’s, you file these
Most is type of scriptures, follow me is for reference
Other MC’s make no kind of sense
Oh freeze foes and bleed souls and leave those stunned
Descended on the planet, you’re in confusion
Pick ten, subtract five then, subtract four
Watch the Sun leave a shadow on the man that’s raw
I be

Chorus:

The Chosen One, beyond the Moet and the Cristal
The Son of a King and a Queen, I’m a gifted child
All bow to me like the image of God, Supreme Being
Get you to the eyes worth seeing

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Nicholas Alfonso Mason AKA The Jaguar

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Check out the rick ross album on youtube. Production is pretty nice throughout. Hooks are trashy autotune mostly though.

Rick Ross - Magnificent Ft. John Legend

cool special ed interpolation, flips same angela bofill as this prodigy:

prodigy of mobb deep - You Can Never Feel My Pain - H.N.I.C.

OG track the sample comes from:

Angela Bofill-”Gotta Make It Up To You”

I kind of feel bad Rick Ross got exposed so hard because it sounds like he’s trying to make good music. Oh well, he won’t have the $$ for this kind of production ever again.

The more i think about it, this is like song of the year so far (in the weakest hip-hop year ever).

- Nicholas Alfonso Mason AKA The Jaguar

Agreed. The video Rick Ross feat. John Legend - Magnificent is pretty dope with the Gulfstream footage.

Looking forward to The Del Mar Racetrack.

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The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com