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SafePass.me is the only enterprise solution to protect organizations against credential stuffing and password spraying attacks. Visit safepass.me for more details, and tell them 7 Minute Security sent you to get a 10% discount! Today is sort of a continuation of episode 407 where we covered four fun stay-at-home security projects including FoldingAtHome building a headless pi-hole, redoing your network with a Dream Machine, and enjoing some music via Zoom by way of Q.U.A.C.K. In this episode, we cover: Pentester Academy is awesome and currently has a steal of a deal if you're looking to score a membership on the cheap! CompTIA caught my eye because they're offering 20% off certain tests/bundles with coupon code earthday2020. Personally I'm this close to pulling the trigger on this CompTIA Cloud+ bundle, and even better, they offer online testing during this stay-at-home time! Pi-Holes are a free and awesome way to keep ads and other garbage off your network. Additionally, I give you 100 extra nerd points if you enable DNSSSEC. Just make sure your date/time settings on the box is correct, otherwise DNS will be pretty broken. I discuss a fix here on the 7MS forums.... Read more at 7ms.us!

Don’t expect higher oil prices for some time, says one energy analyst. “The markets are still worried that we will not have freedom of movement, and we will not see demand recover until some time in the summer, and there’s a lot of debate,” Regina Mayor, global head of energy for KPMG, told Yahoo Finance. “Personally I'm very bearish on crude price beyond 2020 and even into 2021,” she added. On Tuesday, US crude futures for June delivery cratered along with Brent crude amid a collapse in oil demand due to COVID-19.

Los Angeles Lakers 104 - Milwaukee Bucks 111, with the battle of two front runner MVPs going on with this a spectacle we've been waiting for all season. Personally I'm a huge fan of Giannis of been closely watching his career for a while now and have seen him myself a couple times. Unfortunately we lost back to back games but it was one for the books. Spark one up and listen to me get into depth about this game! Subscribe !

So I've met a few people now who don't like Dr Jordan Peterson for a few different reasons. This of course is totally fine, everyone is entitled to their opinions. Personally I'm really confused as to why this is, because to me everything he says makes pretty good sense. In this podcast I try to lay out some arguments I've heard and I try to counter them. I don't want to sound like some little JP disciple, instead this podcast is to welcome some discussion as I think there are some important topics to discuss in an open minded way, rather than a defensive, aggressive or divisive manner. I also think that it's better to look at what's being said rather than who says it.  Sometimes we don't like the person who's saying something, but what they're saying may actually be true. Looking forward to your feedback on this one! :-)

On this episode I weigh in on partnerships. Personally I'm all for partnerships because you can get a lot more done when it's more then one person. Of course you can't always work with everyone but with the advent of social media it makes it easier to find trustworthy individuals. I also touch on the trust aspect and how we don't always appreciate the small things we put trust in because we spend a lot time focusing on bigger issues. As with every episode I want to work to change useless paradigms and bring about practical solutions so sit back and press play. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rashad-horne/support

Personally I'm a hell of a fan of a good cliché, and I'm willing to bet Tracy Bohm is too. She met, jumped with, stalked, moved away with and eventually got married to her very first tandem instructor, Mr. Tom Bohm. He quickly instilled in her the same passion for skydiving that he had, and they went about making a hell of a life together both in the sky and on the ground. And then everything changed. Voted the number one Load Organizer by Blue Skies Magazine more times than most, take this time to listen closely to the advice, criticism and lessons she's learned along her wonderful, exciting and tragic journey into the lunatic fringe. 

Vegetable CakesBy Ysanne Spevack Intro: Cookery by the Book podcast with Suzy Chase. She's just a home cook in New York City, sitting at her dining room table talking to cookbook authors.Ysanne : My name's Ysanne and the cookbook that I've written is Vegetable Cakes, the most fun way to five a day.Suzy Chase: So, we have our carrot cake, our Pumpkin Pie, and the good old Zucchini bread. Personally, I thought that was great until your cookbook came along. And, then I got to thinking, why aren't we using more vegetables in desserts?Ysanne : To be honest, I have no idea why forever, people have been making carrot cake and Zucchini bread and Pumpkin Pie and they've not though what to do with all of the other guys that are in the fridge.Suzy Chase: When did you first get the inspiration to write a cookbook about vegetable based desserts?Ysanne : So, I've been writing cookbooks for 20 years now. My first one was published in 2001 and there's been like 13 and I wrote a book for Rizzoli about food at the ranch in Malibu where I was based. I was the gardener. I was the head of the edible estate so, this beautiful place in the Malibu Mountains. And, so for like a few years I was in the garden, hands on with the vegetables, getting to know them on a personal basis on the vines and you know, that book was really vegetable centric and was exploring beautiful vegetables in plant based healthy contexts like salads and you know, vegetables and no strange ways. And, you know, really, I was not thinking about cake back then. But, I got to know the veggies really well. And, then the follow up to that, the one before vegetable cakes was a book of desserts so it was everything without refined sugar. That was kind of the angle for that book. It was called the No Sugar Cook book or Baking and Desserts, but I forget the name, but it was a no sugar book. And, then after that one, I was chatting with my publisher of that the book, Joanna, and we were just kind of chatting around what I might do next and really she sparked my inspiration. I'm going to go to give props to Joanna, she just had this kind of idea of like, "well, you know, you know vegetables and you know, cakes, so what do you think of like following that idea?" And you know, my initial thing was just like, this is so stupid. You know, I was going to be like, "I'm not in the business of gimmicky." That's kind of really the how to resistance around that. I was just like, you know, I create sensible, beautiful, elegant books. Why would I want to do something foolish?" And, then, but you know, I also am having an open mind and I guess that's almost the main promiser of this book almost is about, you know, helping people to open their minds in general. Honestly, that's kind of a theme for it because it's like, everyone including myself has so much resistance in initial thing. But, when when you go there is, I know you have, you know, and you've tried some of these recipes and you know this, there's really nothing silly, but when I was, you know, coming up with this thing, you know, I sat there and did that. I just kind of explored a bunch of vegetables and desserts in my kitchen and really got to understand that that's the flow between, the Rizzoli book about the ranch, which was, you know, caramelizing things and looking at how flavor balances with different herbs and how the vegetables kind of work and as the star of another kind of dish and then the no sugar book where it is just looking at, you know, baking and how to enhance sweetness and textures as well as flavors. And, so I kind of pull that stuff together in vegetable cakes, it's gonna, you know, help people open their minds to the most familiar things being in a different context in maybe every area of your life really. You know, the idea is like, "wow, it changes your perspective." Like suddenly things that you really were familiar with, you might be like, "well, maybe, maybe my preconception isn't necessarily the case." I mean, why not?Suzy Chase: I had another cookbook author recently explain Aquafaba to me, aka bean water. For people who aren't familiar with it, it's the water in your can of beans. Now what do you do with your bean water?Ysanne : I've included it in a few recipes. I kind of wanted to give a tip that you can't over whip it. So, this is why one of the many reasons it's awesome. With egg whites, you can over whip it, right? You can put your electric whisk in and buzz it up and it'll go fantastic and if you keep going it will turn back into mush. But, with Aquafaba that will not happen. Once you've got it up into the same thumb, the same peaks as egg whites. And, if you keep going, you wouldn't destroy it, it will just keep going. So, there's no reasons to hold back on whipping. And, so I always go over, I always whip it as far as it goes to being peaks, which is usually about, sort of six or seven minutes, that's longer than egg whites and then go another minute just in case. So, I would suggest eight minutes as a minimum. So, I've used it as the base for a pavlova for a radish pavlova recipe in the book, which I'm really happy with. And, I took like a month experimenting, by the way, that was the recipe that got the testing more than any other, every night for about a month. I was living in Brooklyn. It was winter, there was no going out anyway. Every night I sat there and whisks Aquafaba be will to a minimum of eight minutes and then incorporated it with various ingredients and stuck it in the oven and every night for a month, pretty much it failed until finally it didn't fail. And, that's the recipe that you have in the book to enjoy. But, sugar, that's the one recipe in the book that has refined sugar and you really shouldn't change that. Refined sugar is essential in my experience for Aquafaba, bean water, to become a pavlova like a serious large meringue. It's something to do is the structure of sugar. You know, how it works. It's not just a sweetening agent. Refined sugar is also the basis of so many of those kind of spun sugar kind of things. And, there's something around that. I believe that scientists actually haven't figured out yet why bean water does work in a similar way to the protein of egg whites that nobody really understands what's going on there yet, which is kind of exciting. But, yeah, that's how you bean water in this context. It's like a large amount of whisking. And, if you're using it for a pavlova, you have to use refined sugar. Do not sub that out for any kind of non refined sugar sweetener.Suzy Chase: On page 34, you have an asparagus sesame cake. Talk to me about the texture of this cake and your decision to incorporate full spears of asparagus into this cake.Ysanne : So, the texture is, squishy, Asparagus for me, it's so celebrated in Japan. I mean, so many cultures enjoy asparagus. And, I was tempted to go to a kind of Italian kind of thing but I just, I'm intrigued still. It's just such a different flavor palate than the one I was raised in in London or the one that I live with now here in the states. And, so for me it's, intriguing. So, yeah, I wanted to draw from Japanese culture, Japanese cuisine, they do use barley flour a lot more and it has such a gentle sweetness and then much is visually, it bumps up the green. I kind of, I've used it in a couple of recipes in here, but also the bitter kind of flavor I think in a cake context is really interesting. And, then black sesame seeds as well visually on the flavor of that, it goes so well with asparagus. And, then I went to chili flakes, which is, I guess the unusual ingredient in this cake, asparagus is not already unusual. So, I was just, you know, I figured, let's try, I mean, why can a cake not have a little kick while we're at it? So, there's a tablespoon of chili flakes there. It's, you know, it's a sizable amount. And then I went to shiso leaves because I can never resist shiso leaves in cocktails in anywhere. So, yeah, shiso leaves are in. And, then I kind of was like, at this point I want to bump it into the cake while, so vanilla is a go to, but anything tasting sweet and smelling sweet. And, then I wanted to put some almonds in there as well. So, yeah, that that makes a squishy Japanese kind of cake where you can see the asparagus spears. I've not blended them. So, you know, there's a visual, that's , I think, quite elegant to look at. Excuse me.Suzy Chase: Is it a cake or is it a sculpture? Um, no, it's your Godzilla cake. I can honestly say this was a first for me. Please describe this cake.Ysanne : So, I'm hoping that all of your listeners know what a Romanesco cauliflowers is because if they haven't, like, seriously guys, you need to look this up. Go on the internet. If this already one thing you look up after this podcast it's Romanesco cauliflower or sometimes it's called Romanesco broccoli. Same thing. Look it up. Have a look at the images on your browser. And, you will agree with me that, you know, I mean, I've never met a Romanesco cauliflower, but I didn't want to frame and hang on the wall as art. Kind of thought I have to do something in a cake with a whole one because that I'm not pulverizing that thing. I'm not telling you to take that beautiful Romanesco and shred it. No, I'm like, let's frame it with a cake. So, that's the Godzilla cake. The name Godzilla cake because once I've made this thing, I was like, it, I mean, it's a Godzilla. It's like a monster's coming out of the cave. First reaction is the comedy reaction. Like, the first reaction is the, "Oh my God, what is going on here?" But, then see, because it is so overwhelmingly pretty, this vegetable, you know, there is that, that there's, you can't help but admire it. And, there's, you know, the, again from the cognitive psychotherapy kind of place, it's like weird because it's green. Okay. So, automatically your brain is in a non compute, but that kind of again works in our favor because it's kind of suspending disbelief. There's like a, it's just so strange that they can't resist. And, I'm talking about children but also like it's quite an adult flavor profile for the adults, I mean there's the coconut and that I'm so coconut and cauliflower, you know, think about it goes together. It just does. And, then from the savory kind of, you know, it's kind of taken also from the whole baked cauliflower thing. That's the thing right now, kind of the cauliflower steaks kind of idea, which was actually in my book for Rizzoli, the ranch, we had cauliflower steaks and you're looking at whole cauliflowers and baking them. So, instead of doing it with olive oil and salt and pepper and whatever, and doing, you know, the savory thing, I kind of took cardamom but I've kind of covered the cauliflower with a coconut oil but then I bumped up with cinnamon 'cause cardamom and cinnamon they go together, right? So, I've kind of drawn from the classic flavors of a savory cauliflower bake kind of thing and then bumped it up. There's maple syrup and coconut and cardamom and cinnamon. Like, hopefully your mouths are watering by now. Like it actually is. Delicious. It's an elegant flavor profile and kind of quite fashionable as long as it's like on trend with coconut stuff.Suzy Chase: On Tuesday I made your recipe for Red Radicchio cake on page 32, this was one of my most surprising recipes I've made on this cookbook podcast. Briefly go over what goes into this cake and then I want to talk about it.Ysanne : So, the ingredients are, we have, coconut yogurt, excuse me, 'cause I wanted to make it dairy free. Everybody does not want to make it dairy free. You can use regular yogurt but coconut yogurt, is what's in there? And, then we've got the zest and juice of half a lemon. I think I mentioned earlier about my thing about organics, but it's so important use and organic lemon if you're zesting. And then your olive oil. So, so far we're kind of making a dressing, right? And, then you've got radicchio leaves. So far it's a salad. Then you got some eggs because we're making a cake and coconut sugar 'cause I love coconut sugar. I kind of wanted to talk about that after. Yeah, that's in there. A gluten free, plain flour, all purpose. You know, just that mix that you can get. Again, if gluten free isn't a thing he can use just regular flour. Personally I'm a fan of inclusive desserts, so that's I guess why there's a lot of gluten free, dairy free, sugar free stuff in my life because I really love to make a dessert that everybody at the table can eat the guy that loves his donuts. The girl that's like Paleo, Vegan, super skinny, doesn't eat anything. I want all those people to eat together when it comes to dessert. So, yeah, inclusive means high on flavor. Deliciousness, sweetness. So, the donut guy is going to want it, but you know, free of anything that might be an allergen, or in some way nasty so that she'll eat it too. So, yeah, those things with polenta, dry tarragon, I mean at this point, you know, really it's still a salad and then we've got like some cinnamon, we have black pepper because it's basically salad and some sea salt or pink Himalayan salt I prefer, and some baking powder. And, then you're just going to decorate it with some tarragon, some fresh sprigs of tarragon, and so it's a very salady cake.Suzy Chase: I thought it was going to be the savory salady, polentay cake and that little tiny bit of coconut sugar sweetens it so nicely. It's a fooler if you ask me.Ysanne : Thank you. I'm so glad that it fooled you. Yeah, no, I mean that's quite an honor. The uses is as somebody who knows what you're saying in the kitchen. I guess the cinnamon helps bump it up as well. I mean you can use cinnamon in a savory context. I think, everybody's thrown it into a bolognese sauce at some point, you know, but like it's basically from the sweet kingdom, cinnamon, even though by itself it's not sweet, right? It's not sweet guys, like lavender isn't sweet, but it's all about context? But, yeah, this is basically a salad that I bumped up. Then so the coconut sugar, I did kind of want to briefly mention why I love coconut sugar so much. So, it's a traditional ingredient. This is not a new fangled thing. My favorite ingredients are always traditional. In fact, you know, kind of steer away from anything unless it's been tested on at least a couple of generations if possible. So, coconut sugar has been going for a millennia. I mean it's at least a thousand years old, probably older. In Indonesia. the coconut trees there, or palms, forever, a guy has been tying a rope generally a guy, I think always a guy actually, tying a rope between his ankles, shinning up the coconut palm and before the coconuts come and they have long skinny ones over there, well you know, every kind of palm, but those ones are super long, skinny. So, it's a very skilled job. Shins up there with a knife, slits the flower, the blossom that's up there, a little piece of the blossom, just a quick one cut to drain off the nectar in the flower. Really important that he doesn't damage the flower because if he does, no coconut's right? I mean it's like any fruit, there's a flower first, then that gets pollinated, then it becomes the fruit in that case, the coconut. So, you really don't want to damage the flower that you can drain off some of the nectar and the bees will still come and pollinate that thing. You'll still get your coconuts. And, so he'd drain off the nectar shin all the way back down the palm, carrying the nectar in a little pot and then tip it out into a long narrow tray and the sun then evaporates off the water and in the bottom of the tray you're left with are kind of sticky toffee kind of residue. And, you the then grind that up and that is coconut sugar and so it's basically flower nectar of the coconut plant full of nutrients. So, many minerals in there, such a slow release of sugar. It's got a much lower glycemic index than any of the different cane or beet sugars. So, it's a really beautiful old traditional ingredient that we can now get in the states. It's not everywhere, but it is, it's fairly easy to find now. So yeah, that's one of my favorite sweeteners.Suzy Chase: So, I'm dying to hear about your other love, music. Talk a little bit about how your food and music perspectives intersect.Ysanne : I've been writing cookbooks since about 2000, but music is definitely the thing I'm best known for. I guess the easiest way to explain it is I smashed pumpkins and bake 'em. I'm a composer and a conductor and a musician and I've toured and recorded with artists, including the Smashing Pumpkins, Elton John, Tiesto, Christina Perry, I guess Hawkwind back in the mist of time in my early years. And, simultaneously like so many musicians I have been passionate about food. You know, as I mentioned earlier, I was in Japan, music brought me to Japan, but you know, while I was there, and this was a long time ago, it was the late nineties. So, yeah, there were traditional foods there, it was incredible to land and discover this whole world of food while I was there for music. And, I guess also you're more likely to go to a fancy restaurant at some point, so get exposed to stuff at that end and you're more likely to go to a super non fancy side of the road, you know, while the tour bus is stocked kind of joint. I mean I went to the Royal College of Music and studied composition and conducting with violin, and so that was the first thing. But, you know, I was writing about organic food from a political perspective actually. It was, absolutely not about flavors in the 90s. It was looking at, you know, how farm workers are treated and how animals are treated. And, looking about how organic, you know, really does address a lot of those issues for people. You know, I was vegan for a few years and for me, organic was the thing that allowed me to eat non plant foods because the cruelty just isn't there. And, the toxins aren't there and if you're treating animals with respect, you know, that was a whole world. So, yeah, it was always the conceptual ideas and the history, food and the future of food, which is kind of my latest book. And, it's all that as much as just, you know, enjoying eating your food. And, and that's the same with music really. It's the same ideas that, I mean, the Smashing Pumpkins are known for conceptual ideas, right? I mean all of these artists that I've been associated with and have worked with and have, yeah, I spent time with, we're talking about ideas and history and the future and how these things intersect. So, for me, it's, it's one continuity like being a composer and being a writer. It's really two sides of the same coin.Suzy Chase: Now to my segment called My Last Meal. What would you have for your last supper?Ysanne : I mean, I guess chocolate with coffee, right?Suzy Chase: Sure.Ysanne : Thanks.Suzy Chase: So, where can we find you on the web and social media?Ysanne : So, I've got three presences that the main one, for you guys is tastecolors.com. That's my food world. My music world is, Ilovestrings.com, strings as in violin and things. And, then I have a third entity, which is a music and food all at the same time, and that's yntegrity.com and that's with a Y. Y-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y.com and my socials, I do all of the socials, well, the platforms and they have links from those three websites. So, tastescolors.com, Ilovestrings.com and yntegrity.comSuzy Chase: Well, you have certainly encouraged us to widen our perspective and enter into a brand new parallel world of possibilities. Thanks so much for coming on Cookery by the Book podcast.Ysanne : Thank you so much for having me, Susie. Glad to be here.Outro: Follow Suzy Chase on Instagram at Cookery by the Book and subscribe at cookerybythebook.com or in Apple podcasts. Thanks for listening to Cookery by the Book podcast. The only podcast devoted to cook books since 2015.

We're six days into the new year and changes are happening. But the more things change, the more things stay the same. Your Truesome Twosome reunites through the miracle of low-res Skype video. But you'll get the picture when you see just how easily they get back on the tandem bike and ride together for the foreseeable future. SO MANY TOPICS are tackled in this one including: The passing of Mean Gene Okerlund Priscilla Kelly Stuffs a tampon in someone's mouth R. Kelly is scum and so are his supporters Netflixing on mommy vacation Being a mommy AKA What a difference a year makes! Personally? I'm cool. Follow our IG and Twitter @ila_pow Like @ilapow on Facebook --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/its-like-a-podcast-or-whatever/message

In this episode of the TruthSeekah Podcast I am joined by Catherine Auman as we discuss the subject of exploring Tantra to being about a deeper level of conscious awareness. Tantra, Sexual Energy when released it is believed to be the basis of spiritual power within the human body. Catherine Auman is a Los Angeles psychotherapist specializing in transpersonal psychology, also known as spiritual psychology. She also spent time learning under the doctrines of spiritual leader and guru Osho who many have recently seen in the new Netflix series "Wild country". In many christian circles and other Gnostic sects sex for pleasure is frowned upon and many of the things practiced in the privacy of the marriage bedroom is forbidden by some stricter religious denominations. I do not think that we were ever intended to fully abstain from sexuality even as devotees to the divine. We are now getting to see what the result is when we suppress sexuality by looking at the accusations surrounding the priests of the Catholic Church. In the past many boxers and MMA fighters state that they will not have sex for at least a month before a fight in order to keep their endurance at a level of peak performance. Keeping the semen in is said to retain one's physical strength and vigor whereas the release of the semen drains one of their stamina and vitality. In freemasonry and other occult circles sex magick is held in high regards. Some teachings speak about raising the semen through sexual stimulant or masturbation up to the point right before its orgasmic release. Showing self-control it is said that if you focus on that energy and keep the semen within the body you can harness the energy within the root chakra. The Holy Bible holds sex and intimacy in high regard as well. The ancient Hebrews believe that it was through sexual union that marriage was ordained before the eyes of God. When a man took his wife as a virgin and the two came together they created a blood covenant before the Lord as an everlasting covenant decree of marriage. In first Corinthians 6:16 the apostle Paul says that he who joins himself to a harlot has become one flesh hence reiterating the power of this sexual union. Regarding the release of orgasmic energy the scripture says that one should abstain from sexual intimacy during fasting and spiritual consecration but not to deny one's partner of sexual affection. This was an interview that I almost canceled because I wanted to be sure that I didn't promote promiscuity which is already at an unhealthy level not only within the new age and spiritual communities but also the Church. Most of what we find online about Tantra is a bunch of far out images and doctrines about group sex and orgies. Catherine Auman even mentioned being a part of tantra circles with anywhere from 15 to 50 people present. Personally I'm open to the conversation but is not something that I wanted to promote. However, we did get to talk about tantra on a one-on-one basis where this is something that couples are embracing within the privacy of their own bedroom. So this was a conversation that I'm glad I had with my guest as we focused on the spiritual power of sexual union.

The Neighbor (2017) An impressive film with many layers and a compendium of stylistic, directorial maneuvers "The Neighbor" is an unnerving psychological thriller from Director Giancarlo Ruiz that follows "Raul" – a Voyeur whose psychosis escalates to violence when he becomes fixated on, and eventually, abducts, his neighbor's wife. The Narrative Plot of the film is fairly straightforward, but it's Ruiz's frenetic style that makes this film so unsettling. The tone and pace mirror the state of mind of a very troubled soul engaged in an endurance contest with his much more sinister alter-ego. Everything from the camera-work to the sound design to the original scoring of the film is meant to serve that purpose. Paco Mufote gives an impressive performance as "Raul," flipping with disturbing ease from guilt-ridden Voyeur to Predator lying in wait. When we first meet him, he is running through the streets in a clown costume, covered in blood. This scene begins the film but is taken out of sequence. (Don't worry, I won't give the ending away!) We immediately cut to the POV as seen through a Hi-8 video Camcorder, and wielded by a much more cautious, unassuming Raul. Personally I'm a little over the found-footage look, but Ruiz is careful not to overuse the cinematic tool. It's effectively creepy and gives the Viewer access into how this Raul (I will explain in a moment) sees the world. This camera lens is a sort of protective shield from, well, Realism. We rarely see him without it and when he speaks, it's almost childlike "Little bird, little bird.. where are you?" He also carries a small dog under one arm. The thing that truly ASTONISHED me as I was watching was that I thought to myself "This guy is an oddball, creepy, yes, but harmless.. And he has a dog!" Raul lives in an empty studio apartment with bare-white walls, completely devoid of any furniture. His window is blocked out with newspaper and tape. He runs in circles around the room every now and then pausing at the covered window. Hesitant, he lifts a taped corner and there SHE is.. Alejandra Martinez, twenty-nine, the object of Raul's obsession, hanging her lacy delicates on the clothesline just outside his window. Alex and Alejandra Martinez live in the flat below. Raul has constant audio surveillance on the couple, portrayed by Isabel Orizaga and Sergio Valdez, recording and listening in on their every conversation. He learns of their marital problems, how they met at the Circus, every intimate detail of their lives. The audio surveillance is more than just a part of the plot, Ruiz uses it to facilitate a unique piece of sound design. Raul often fast-forwards through anything that doesn't feed his fantastical fetish. Mundane conversation is sped-through resulting in high-pitched gibberish, while other words or phrases, particularly those spoken by Alejandra captivate his attention and he will play them over and over again as if consuming her words and making them a part of his story. It's an effective tool of showing how the editing of emotional matter in the lives of others becomes immersed within him and when his darker, predatory self takes over, he is able to hear only what he wishes. (Well- demonstrated when the audio is out of sync or altered as the characters speak.) Then we meet another Raul – this Man struts up the street with the confidence of a gigolo. He wears shades, carries a gun and runs around the rooftop of his building firing empty chambers. This is a different man, perhaps not yet dangerous but getting impatient and ready for action. The Music changes when Raul shifts from his reluctant voyeuristic self to the brazen, greedy, predator who is preparing to make his move. The film is designed to provoke interpretive discussion. Every shot, every element of set design, every choice of music or editing sequence is to reflect Raul's inner turmoil and eventual consumption by his dark desires and violent machinations. Something that I found most unique and remarkable is a technique of freezing frame so that we are watching a series of still shots while the dialogue occurring in real time continues without pause. It's an effective technique to further show the disassociation of Raul from making any genuine connections to the world/people/friends around him. Overall, this is an impressive film with many layers and a compendium of stylistic, directorial maneuvers. Ruiz is not afraid to go off the border and explore different genres of film. "The Neighbor" is a provocative thriller with an avant-garde twist that also explores some serious sociological and cultural issues with identity and learned behavior according to what society deems politically correct. Why is it that we are so concerned with being "polite" that we would go against our human instinct so as not to be perceived as rude when we innately feel a threat is near? With the characterization of the Martinez's, Ruiz makes some disturbing ruminations on why we so often ignore our primal senses when something sinister is close at hand. It might be just next door

The Neighbor (2017) An impressive film with many layers and a compendium of stylistic, directorial maneuvers "The Neighbor" is an unnerving psychological thriller from Director Giancarlo Ruiz that follows "Raul" – a Voyeur whose psychosis escalates to violence when he becomes fixated on, and eventually, abducts, his neighbor's wife. The Narrative Plot of the film is fairly straightforward, but it's Ruiz's frenetic style that makes this film so unsettling. The tone and pace mirror the state of mind of a very troubled soul engaged in an endurance contest with his much more sinister alter-ego. Everything from the camera-work to the sound design to the original scoring of the film is meant to serve that purpose. Paco Mufote gives an impressive performance as "Raul," flipping with disturbing ease from guilt-ridden Voyeur to Predator lying in wait. When we first meet him, he is running through the streets in a clown costume, covered in blood. This scene begins the film but is taken out of sequence. (Don't worry, I won't give the ending away!) We immediately cut to the POV as seen through a Hi-8 video Camcorder, and wielded by a much more cautious, unassuming Raul. Personally I'm a little over the found-footage look, but Ruiz is careful not to overuse the cinematic tool. It's effectively creepy and gives the Viewer access into how this Raul (I will explain in a moment) sees the world. This camera lens is a sort of protective shield from, well, Realism. We rarely see him without it and when he speaks, it's almost childlike "Little bird, little bird.. where are you?" He also carries a small dog under one arm. The thing that truly ASTONISHED me as I was watching was that I thought to myself "This guy is an oddball, creepy, yes, but harmless.. And he has a dog!" Raul lives in an empty studio apartment with bare-white walls, completely devoid of any furniture. His window is blocked out with newspaper and tape. He runs in circles around the room every now and then pausing at the covered window. Hesitant, he lifts a taped corner and there SHE is.. Alejandra Martinez, twenty-nine, the object of Raul's obsession, hanging her lacy delicates on the clothesline just outside his window. Alex and Alejandra Martinez live in the flat below. Raul has constant audio surveillance on the couple, portrayed by Isabel Orizaga and Sergio Valdez, recording and listening in on their every conversation. He learns of their marital problems, how they met at the Circus, every intimate detail of their lives. The audio surveillance is more than just a part of the plot, Ruiz uses it to facilitate a unique piece of sound design. Raul often fast-forwards through anything that doesn't feed his fantastical fetish. Mundane conversation is sped-through resulting in high-pitched gibberish, while other words or phrases, particularly those spoken by Alejandra captivate his attention and he will play them over and over again as if consuming her words and making them a part of his story. It's an effective tool of showing how the editing of emotional matter in the lives of others becomes immersed within him and when his darker, predatory self takes over, he is able to hear only what he wishes. (Well- demonstrated when the audio is out of sync or altered as the characters speak.) Then we meet another Raul – this Man struts up the street with the confidence of a gigolo. He wears shades, carries a gun and runs around the rooftop of his building firing empty chambers. This is a different man, perhaps not yet dangerous but getting impatient and ready for action. The Music changes when Raul shifts from his reluctant voyeuristic self to the brazen, greedy, predator who is preparing to make his move. The film is designed to provoke interpretive discussion. Every shot, every element of set design, every choice of music or editing sequence is to reflect Raul's inner turmoil and eventual consumption by his dark desires and violent machinations. Something that I found most unique and remarkable is a technique of freezing frame so that we are watching a series of still shots while the dialogue occurring in real time continues without pause. It's an effective technique to further show the disassociation of Raul from making any genuine connections to the world/people/friends around him. Overall, this is an impressive film with many layers and a compendium of stylistic, directorial maneuvers. Ruiz is not afraid to go off the border and explore different genres of film. "The Neighbor" is a provocative thriller with an avant-garde twist that also explores some serious sociological and cultural issues with identity and learned behavior according to what society deems politically correct. Why is it that we are so concerned with being "polite" that we would go against our human instinct so as not to be perceived as rude when we innately feel a threat is near? With the characterization of the Martinez's, Ruiz makes some disturbing ruminations on why we so often ignore our primal senses when something sinister is close at hand. It might be just next door

The discussions comes and goes. What is gang culture? Why are black men in standard sporting wear seen as gang members but an Essex white chap trendy? The level of violence and crime is simply not acceptable in working class environments. The value of life for men is low. Violence is normalised and the net result is destruction of lives, families and communities. Personally I'm tired of the glorification of gang culture on a Monday and the disingenuous debates on a Wednesday when another life is taken. I am joined by 3 smart young men we discuss 'gang culture'. ***WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT*** Any questions, comments or enquiries? hello@disunomics.com www.DISUNOMICS.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/D1SUNOMICS - @D1SUNOMICS IG: www.instagram.com/DISUNOMICS - @DISUNOMICS Shout outs: @NegoTrue - Twitter & Instagram @KnownAsDamz - Twitter @HttpEra404 - Twitter BOLA SOL SHOW @Bola_Sol - Twitter www.youtube.com/BolaSol @RefinedCurrency - Twitter www.refinedcurrency.co.uk @Th3Conversation - Twitter @thecnvrstn - Soundcloud thecnvrstn@gmail.com

This week we have an interview with Karel "Silver Fox" Pravec. Karel is a 3rd degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under Renzo Gracie. We talk about: Dealing with younger and stronger opponents Training BJJ in the water Getting better timing on the mat Getting your opponent to stay in your terms and play in your game Avoiding injuries The role of strength in BJJ Why some wrestlers do well in BJJ and others struggle around the purple belt rank How to have a speed advantage on the mat Getting past slumps on the mat Links: Silver Fox BJJ website Karel on Facebook Silver Fox Academy on Facebook Quote of the week: "Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." Winston Churchill Article of the week: 5 sweet sour reasons to keep training [caption id="attachment_4888" align="alignright" width="225"] Find out how to support the BjjBrick Podcast here![/caption]                   Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast The BjjBrick Podcast is in iTunes, Stitcher radio, and Google Play Music for Andriod

This week's Deadpod features this fine second set from October 21st, 1983 from the Centrum in Worcester MA.  While the Scarlet->Fire might be the highlight of this set (be sure and pay attention to the transition and to Jerry on that Fire), the Uncle John's -> Playin' is almost as great. Personally I'm a fan of the space in this set.. I think you'l hear some elements of Sage and Spirit in there and its very well played.. especially the jam into Truckin'.. Wharf Rat is always a treat for me, and the rest of the set sends the fans home dancin'.. The Centrum, Worcester, MA (10/21/83) Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Uncle John's Band Playin' in the Band drums Truckin' Wharf Rat I Need a Miracle Touch of Grey Johnny B. Goode You can listen to this week' Deadpod here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod100413.mp3 The Deadpod publishes weekly through the support of its listeners. Won't you consider a donation?  thanks! I hope you have a GREAT week my friends. 

Just a quick note, because I've had a few people request this.  This is not a full list, but here are a few of the places I commonly get music from:ccMixterFreeMusicArchiveFreeSoundIncompetechJamendoOpenGameArtSoundCloudThe Funny Music ProjectZero-ProjectYou can also find this information in the sidebar of the website.- RalphHi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring electronic music.Luceds - Going Steampunk (3:20)Adibudi - Special sounds for special girl (Final version) (3:04)Edge (2:52)Melodia F (1:20)That was Luceds - Going Steampunk by Luceds, which was available from SoundCloud.  After that was Adibudi - Special sounds for special girl (Final version) by Adibudi, which is available from Jamendo.  Then we had Edge by Mystery Mammal and finishing up was Melodia F by BrunoXe, which are both available from SoundCloud.  All four of the songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.There seems to be a lot of confusion about which license to choose when publishing something that you want to open license.  Now, right upfront, I'm going to say that I'm not an attorney and this is not to be construed as legal advice.  However, wonder no more, because there are a number of good guides out there.  If your work is of a creative nature, the Creative Commons licenses are very popular and easy to choose from.  Just visit http://creativecommons.org/choose/ to get started.  They'll let you choose the terms and conditions under which you want to license your work.  And that popularity thing I mentioned earlier?  That's one of the big advantages of Creative Commons licenses.  Not all licenses can legally have their stuff combined together.  Many licenses explicitly state which other licenses they can be combined with.  Well, because the Creative Commons licenses are so easy to use and so popular, there's a whole ecosystem of compatible-licensed stuff that, by licensing your work under a Creative Commons license, other people can combine your work with to build more cool stuff.That said, the Creative Commons licenses are generally not recommended for computer programs, with the exception of the CC0 license which is just plain awesome anyway, because there are other licenses which are generally better-suited to licensing code.  For a generally easy-to-read guide to available source code licenses, check out the Free Software Foundation's license guide at https://gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html which has a very large list of licenses, the terms they cover, how they can be combined, etc.  Personally I'm a big fan of CC0 and the zlib license, but there are a whole bunch of other very good licenses on there for different purposes.Anyway, it's about time I quit yakking and get back to music.Copycat (Sunrise Mix) (ft. Fredrik Wasberger, Shannon Hurley) (5:29)Breathless (ft. Jen Someone) (4:05)Nightmare Night Showdown (5:51)Electronic Engineering (3:15)That was Copycat (Sunrise Mix) (ft. Fredrik Wasberger, Shannon Hurley) and Breathless (ft. Jen Someone), both by Ic3m4n, available from ccMixter, and licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Nightmare Night Showdown by Sonikkureinbumu, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Finishing up was Electronic Engineering by Katharine Priegues, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.Today's app-of-the-day is PuTTY, a cross-platform terminal, telnet, and SSH client.  It gives you the ability to open terminal windows to many different types of command-line terminal servers, encrypted and not, network and serial.  If you've been in IT for very much time, you've probably used this program at one point in time or another, and if you haven't yet, you probably will.  What surprised me is that it's also available for platforms other than Microsoft Windows now.  I'm used to using command-line ssh from Linux, but apparently now PuTTY is available for Linux, BSD, Symbian, Classic Mac OS, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Windows Mobile.  It's available for download at www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puttyNow for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors, followed by more music.The FuMPSummer Night (3:13)He Is The Pirate Lord (2:58)Barbershop (5:16)IFIF - Dark Carnival (4:54)Dj Goubz - Synth 3 (4:00)the last sunset(versione dance) (3:41)That was an edited version of Podcast Promo by The FuMP, which is available from thefump.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Summer Night by Eclectic Electronic, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had He Is The Pirate Lord by Eilios, which was available from SoundCloud and was licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Next up was Barbershop by Rataxes, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was IFIF - Dark Carnival by IFIF, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Dj Goubz - Synth 3 by Dj Goubz, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. And finishing up was the last sunset(versione dance) by Mirco dj, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some piratey music.  See 'ya!Download MP3

Personally I'm a fan of Christmas, but I couldn't help but notice that lots of people like to complain about it. They may well be right. It's quite commercialised and it starts too early - these seem to be indisputable facts. All the same, though, it's a cliche to be cynical about the whole thing. There are lots of people who enjoy it a great deal, and if you don't want to join in with it all then spoiling their fun seems mean and petty. Why not listen to this selection of anti-festive songs instead? 1. The Fall - No Xmas For John Quays2. Cristina - Things Fall Apart3. The Kinks - Father Christmas4. John Lennon - Cold Turkey5. Loudon Wainwright III - Conspiracies6. The Sonics - Don't Believe In Christmas7. Sufjan Stevens - That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!8. Joni Mitchell - River9. Tom Waits - Christmas Cards From A Hooker In Minneapolis10. Low - Just Like Christmas11. The Long Blondes - Christmas Is Cancelled12. Half Man Half Biscuit - It's Cliched To Be Cynical At ChristmasBonus tracks (after the gap):Kunt & The Gang - All I Want For Christmas Is You (To Bring Me Off)Mr Garrison - Merry Fucking Christmas

Welcome back to another episode of DUGH! Personally I'm quite an excited man as several House acts such as Gramophonedzie, Go Go Bizkit and Stacey Pullen will be gracing our sures shortly. House is well and truely alive in the Aussie House scene. As are our artists! First off a big shout for The House Inspectors who have released a couple of fine booties for FREE, (one is featured in this mix), if you want one head over to their soundcloud page. Delicious! All the usual suspects have been releasing tracks over the last two months so have a listen! On with the music Tracklisting1 ) Im sneaky (Mike Jules) - Mr Clean - Dustpan2 ) Bounce A Bit - Fergus - Greenhouse3 ) Funkin Piano - Combined & Will Jax - Kinjo4 ) Hey Dirty Baby - Corey Steers - Juiced5 ) Back It On Up - Byron Foxx - Kinjo6 ) Got You On My Mind - Sonny Fodera - Salted Music7 ) Feelin Fine - Will Jax - Big Wheel8 ) The Beat - JMC - Unreleased/Bootleg (Download)9 ) Boogie Bootie - The House Inspectors - Unreleased/Bootleg (Download) See you all next month!