Mississippi Gulf Coast's New Hotspot is El Agave

Opened a mere 3 months, Los Angeles native and local owner Mercedes Carranza, has created a gem of a restaurant on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Just blocks from the beach, El Agave serves locals, travelers and vacationers some of the best Mexican cuisine in the Gulfport/Biloxi metropolitan area.

 Mercedes Carranza, demonstrates his years of experience with authentic, creative dishes like 1800 agave fajitas, green enchiladas, and huevos rancheros.

From the upscale exterior design appeal of the dining and bar establishment to the vibrant color coordination and cozy feel of the interior, El Agave proffers an atmosphere of gourmet flair and old world charm. The staff are friendly, courteous and are quick to answer questions regarding menu items for inquisitive diners.

A variety of salsas and sauces are freshly prepared to enhance the delectable delights served daily. We recommend trying the green salsa, made fresh by El Agave staff member, "Nacho." A perfect blend of ghost peppers, jalapenos, and pickle peppers make the spicy hot green salsa our pick for dipping tortilla chips and combining with menu choices. 

Certainly, this salsa awakens the palette in preparation for delicious dinner selections. For chile heads, the green sauce (462,400 Scoville Heat Units) does not come close to the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T (1,463,700 Scoville Heat Units), yet for most dinner guest, Nacho's creation is hot sauce supreme.

The "House" red sauce, served free with tortilla chips and Red Diablo sauce are two additional blends that are sure not to disappoint. 

Nacho told Emerging Magazine staffers, everyone loves his fresh made tamales, among other items prepared by the masterful chef.

Emerging Magazine staffers inquired about El Agave's daily Happy Hour (3 PM to 6 PM) 99 cents margarita special. 

Typically, most restaurants offering low cost drink specials seem watered down. El Agave offers legal limit shots of tequila from open to close. Nothing watered down here, and to ensure ice does not melt, adding to a watered down blend, staffers refrigerate their margarita mix ensuring you receive the full, distinct agave flavor.

If you desire old world Mexico atmosphere, friendly staff members, accommodating servers, top-notch margaritas, sauces and great authentic Mexican food at a reasonable cost, El Agave's owner, Mercedes and his wonderful team are ready to serve.

El Agave
2108 25th Avenue
Gulfport, MS. 39501
228.822.1415 
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November 10, 2013
By S. Rothe' du Bois
Editor
Emerging Magazine

Animation Artist David Lewandowski and Late For Work Film Short

Los Angeles based director and animation artist David Lewandowski, known for his animation graphics in the tile sequence for the film, "Tron: Legacy," has created two very unusual film shorts.

The first being, "Going to store" and the second equally bizarre, but funny film short, "Late for Meeting."

This video called “Late for Meeting” features an uncanny floppy man whom flails and oddly dances down the street, ultimately driving "his" car.

Check out the video and maybe you will wonder, "What did I just watch?!"

About David Lewandowski 
(Born 1984)
Director & Animation Artist
Lives in Los Angeles.
A self-proclaimed authority on sweet tea.
In 2010 - created the animated graphics, and opening title sequence for TRON: LEGACY.
In 2011 - created a short film titled "going to the store"
In 2012 - directed some videos, and the animated graphics for OBLIVION.
In 2013 - created a short film titled "late for meeting."
David is represented by Pulse.
He says, "Lately my attention is on comedy and visual effects."

by Stefan R. du Bois

We Are Hiring: China's Luxury Market Generates Yacht Careers

China is the one of the world's largest consumers of luxury brands and products.

The top 2% of China's population account for approximately 33% of the world's luxury consumption. Although China has been producing a growing list of new millionaires, the trend has slowed somewhat.

A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm, says that the country’s importance to luxury is likely to grow in the next three to five years as China creates more wealthy consumers.

The company said that brands such as Louis Vuitton and Gucci are leading the charge into China and now earn about a third of their global sales from Chinese customers. Add to that all of the Chinese who purchase luxury products overseas from Gucci bags in Paris and Bulgari bracelets in Manhattan—and the importance of China grows even more.

The report said that many luxury retailers are now accepting China UnionPay credit cards and are training their sales staff to speak Mandarin.

What does this mean for jobs in the yacht services industry?

Yachts are considered as floating hotels, adding to the fact, more wealthy Chinese citizens acquire personal and corporate yachts.

Captains and crew members are not only wanted, they are a requirement by law. A boat that is longer than 55 feet requires a captain, and boats longer than 100 feet need crews.

 Vincenzo Poerio, chief executive of Italian yacht maker Azimut Benetti Group, said in a recent interview, “Think of it like a floating hotel, you need staff that can create the lifestyle and the luxury.”

Considering these requirements, and the hope that Azimut Benetti Group will sell four to five new yachts to the Chinese this year, the company is inaugurating  master classes, as is Sunseeker International, LTD.

Both companies are binging in captains from Asia and other parts of the world for special training when they service Chinese yacht owners. Primarily, classes center lessons in regards to concierge services, navigating in Chinese marinas and planning special events.

With yacht purchases increasing in the Chinese wealth toys market, job seekers in these fields are in demand.

Chinese yacht buyers will seek persons from Australia, France, and Italy when Chinese service crews cannot fill the demand for workers aboard their boats.

Evidently the Chinese believe, hiring workers from these areas adds distinction and prestige when owning a yacht

Benetti’s Mr. Poerio said. “Chinese want workers who will stick around.” Loyalty is an important aspect of recruiting yacht industry personnel.

 Simpson Marine, an Asia-based yacht dealer, Sunseeker International, LTD, a United Kingdom firm, Azimut Benetti Group, Italian yacht builder, and China’s Hainan Airlines Co. offer either training, recruitment or employment for the Chinese Market.

Website Links:

Azimut Benetti Group: http://www.azimutyachts.com/azimut-benetti-group.html

Sunseeker International, LTD: http://www.sunseeker.com/en/recruitment

Simpson Marine:  http://www.simpsonmarine.com/en/misc/recruitment.aspx

Hainan Airlines Co.: 工作机会 : http://global.hnair.com/cn/classlist.php?bo=bottom/career.html

AeroNautica Logistics, LLC - Job Placement for Qualified Personnel: www.AeroNauticaLLC.com

Joshua James: "I said, God if you can hear me, crash this train."

Joshua James was raised in Nebraska, later he made Utah his home, in a place his named Williamette Mountain, after coming to him in a dream. Ironically, he made his way some time later to Williamette Valley (Mountain Williamette), located about 70 miles east of Eugene, Oregon and home base of producer Richard Swift.

He sought the quiet life, however do not confuse him as being reclusive. He has toured across America, the UK, Romania and Japan performing before audiences with a mix of Americana, folk, and rock.

In Utah, he raises chickens, goats and his own vegetables, a fairly self-sufficient individual and song-writer. It is possible his surroundings and solitude influence his song-writing, not to mention his take on world events. Crash This Train is politically charged.

In his bio posted on his website, these words, in short sums up Joshua James and his message,  "He doesn’t so much perform these songs, as he does let them possess him, allowing his voice to be throttled from a husky whisper to a full-bodied roar."

Song Title: Crash This Train
Artist: Joshua James
Album: Crash This Train / The Garden EP


[I] hope you find what you're lookin' for
when it all comes runnin' down.
[I] hope you find it painted black on your window,
or the lips of your lover's frown.
'Cause if it dies in cold, when the clouds start to roll,
is it then that your soul, starts to bleed?

Have you ever seen the President
who killed your wounded child?
Or the man that crashed your sister's plane
claimin' he was sent of God?
And when she died in your arms,
late that night in the dark,
did you pray to your God to come home?
'Cause it ain't fair to say, that these tracks are the same.

So God if you can hear me, crash this train.
I said, God if you can hear me, crash this train.

Now a note to the President, and the Government,
and the judges of this place.
We're still waitin' for you to bring our troops home,
[and] clean up that mess you made.
'Cause it smells of blood, money and oil across the Iraqi land.
But it seems so easy here to blind us with your "United We Stand".

And it ain't hard to see that this Country ain't free.

So God if you can hear me, crash this train.
I said, God if you can hear me, crash this train.

To the mothers and to the fathers who done the best they could.
'Cause raisin' youngins in a messed up world, it ain't so understood.
So I'll cover my ears, and my eyes, pretend [that] love's the same.
'Cause with one court's signature, it all becomes erased.

It ain't hard to tell,
when it's love that we sell.

So God if you can hear me, crash this train.
I said, God if you can hear me, crash this train.
I said, God if you can hear me, crash this train.
I said, my God, if you can hear me, crash this train.

 

Article by S. Rothe' du Bois

Pepsi or Coke Sexy? The Sweet, Sassy and the Staunch - Are You Sold?

One of the most popular sexy soda commercials appears to be Beyonce' "Mirrors" and Pepsi released April 4, 2013 already has over 12.3 Million video views, does sexy truly sell? Although comments from viewers state that because of these commercials, they have switched from one brand to the other.

Does this mean taste of product is not the sale, and its about the sex or the person performing in these sultry, sweat dripping ads?


With over 19.5 Million video views and still counting after its release, November 2011, did the Britney Spears, Beyonce' and Pink rendition of "We Will Rock You" sexy Roman Gladiator style Pepsi advertisement incite a rush of new and old Pepsi buyers upon its release?

Let us examine Coca Cola's 2013 Diet Coke video advertisement featuring a man rather than women. The man being British model Andrew Cooper. This is not the first male sexy advertisement for Diet Coke. In 1994 Coca Cola placed Marc Jacobs in a shirtless advertisement. Although remembered as the 11:30 A.M. view for women working in an office.

This time, the subject is gardener, soaked by an upward spray of diet soda from waist level.  Andrews reveals his washboard abs. With 1.7 Million views since its January 27, 2013, will this entice more buyers of the brand? Not only is the advertisement celebrating the 30th anniversary of Diet Coke, it is aimed at women, conveying dieting is sexy, a hot body can be obtained by drinking the brand.

To make it easier for you decide whether people, especially younger males and females, will buy either of these brands for their taste or the sex, in a study of Sex in Advertising, University of Georgia researcher Tom Reichert concluded, "Sex sells because it attracts attention.

People are hard wired to notice sexually relevant information so ads with sexual content get noticed." Ads are becoming more erotic, a reflection of the changing sexual attitudes in our society. "It takes more explicitness to grab our attention and arouse us than before," Reichert says.

"Sex. Sex. Sex. It’s everywhere. It’s on the TV, in ads, on the internet and even on smart phones," declares writer Michelle Adams referring to the increase in sexually provocative ads pervading the airwaves today. 

Advertisers like Coke and others are hoping to capture the attention of Millennials (Generation Y) who appear to have fewer inhibitions and hangups about sexual content than previous generations.

Be honest with yourself, did either of ads work for you?

Contributing editor S. Rothe' du Bois

Tricycle Motor Manufacturing Shutdown Will Cause Adverse Economic Effect

The loss of manufacturing plants in America continues to threaten the U.S. economy, as a result of  unfavorable government regulations, restrictions and tax law. An interminable crisis affecting workers, tax revenue and our economy confluence looms. 

In addition to the loss of manufacturing is another "manufacturing" crisis.

The future of the United States economy is further threatened by reduced birth rates. Upon the onset of the recession of 2008 birth rates slumped to their lowest level since the 1920s. Naturally, this is a double whammy, so to speak.

The general populous may believe low birth rates, especially births among those citizens in lower income levels, would benefit the strain on the U.S. economy. Considering more government assistance and social programs would be required to sustain new births, the myth builds steam. However, the opposite is true as Baby Boomers age, nearing retirement. A confluence of low births and loss of jobs will adversely harm future America.

Over 78 million Baby Boomers are beginning to retire, the oldest of the Boomers have reached 67 this year. USA Today reports, "The recent decline, fueled largely by a deep recession and slower immigration, has pushed the U.S. fertility rate below the 2.1 "replacement level'' — the number of children women are expected to have in their lifetime if current rates continue and the number needed to keep the population stable
.
The slowdown is worrisome to many because of the growing gap between working-age populations that fund social programs and the elderly who rely on them.

In a study conducted by the University of Southern California, in 2010, a total of 9,295,040 children under the age of 18 resided in California.

The percentage of the state's population that comprises children has been declining markedly since at least 1970 and is projected to continue falling in coming decades.

Between 2010 and 2040 the senior ratio will rise dramatically, according to every forecast. After remaining constant since 1970 at 20 or 21 seniors per 100 working age adults, the ratio rises in California to 28 in 2020, and then to 36 a decade later.

California's most valuable asset for a flourishing future is its children. After decades of burgeoning population and economic growth, however, the state now faces a very different prospect. 

This report provides a summary of California's demographics based on the most recent census data, and finds that dramatic changes are under way among California's children. 

Growth trends have shifted and children's life circumstances have been altered in significant ways. The most salient finding is that children have been declining in number, concentrating initially under age 10 but now spreading to all those under age 18.

The study concludes this is affecting the United States as a whole, not only the State of California. "Racial and ethnic diversity is well established among California’s children, foreshadowing what is

expected for the nation as a whole in coming decades.

Read the full report here:  http://www.kidsdata.org/childpop/childpop-report_01-03-13.pdf

The imbalance between children and retirees is growing. The economic burden on a child born in 2015 will be nearly twice that of a child born in 1985, according to the USC study.

Dowell Myers, a demographer for the University of Southern California predicts, "a drop off in taxpayers, more people selling homes, fewer people buying homes. One of the most important strategies is invest in the younger generation, the human capital," Myers says. "We can actually survive with fewer kids but we need to bring them along ... At the end of the decade, when Baby Boomer retirement hits us really hard, at that point we'll be begging for workers."

Although Myers says we will be begging for workers, where will those workers hold jobs if our decline of manufacturing and exporting of goods continues a downward spiral? If an increased population creates a greater ratio of individuals with innovative ideas and creativity, then using that reasoning, an increase of children born in this Country is one of our best investments.

Therefore, other events must occur, bring manufacturing back to the United States, narrow the trade deficit with other countries, largely China and encourage tricycle motor manufacturing among families.

Contributing Editor: S. Rothe' du Bois

The Jetsons Have Finally Arrived! First Flying Cars Available 2015 - Terrafugia Announces Transition Design

Yes, the day has arrived! The infamous cartoon show, The Jetsons is now reality. You, the consumer can reserve yours now.

The first flying cars are set to go on sale to the public as early as 2015. Terrafugia has announced its Transition design, which is part sedan, part private jet with two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car, will be on sale in less than two years. 

The Massachusetts-based firm has also unveiled plans for a TF-X model that will be small enough to fit in a garage, and won’t need a runway to take off. 

Terrafugia Shares TF-X™ Vision
 
Terrafugia Inc., the developer of the Transition® street-legal airplane, announced its vision for the future of personal transportation. Building on its experience with the Transition® program, Terrafugia has begun feasibility studies of a four-seat, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) plug-in hybrid-electric flying car, the TF-X™. Incorporating the state-of-the-art in intelligent systems, fly by wire controls, and currently available technology, the TF-X™ will further increase the level of safety, simplicity, and convenience of personal aviation.

“This is the right time for us to begin thinking about the future of the company beyond Transition® development,” says Terrafugia CEO/CTO Carl Dietrich, “We are passionate about continuing to lead the creation of a flying car industry and are dedicating resources to lay the foundations for our vision of personal transportation.”

Terrafugia’s design team is excited to be looking ahead to TF-X™ development activities as the Transition® program shifts from research and development to certification, production, and customer support activities. The Transition® serves as a Proof of Process for TF-X™ development and commercialization through the many technical, regulatory, and usage challenges it has overcome.

By directly addressing congestion and other transportation challenges currently being faced internationally, widespread adoption of vehicles like the Transition® and TF-X™ could result in significant economic benefits and personal time savings. Preliminary conversations with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about the TF-X™ concept have demonstrated their willingness to consider innovative technologies and regulatory solutions that are in the public interest and enhance the level of safety of personal aviation. Terrafugia is excited to be nearing production of the Transition® and continuing to push the envelope of personal transportation. 

 

Dietrich adds, “Terrafugia is about increasing the level of safety, simplicity, and convenience of aviation. TF-X™ is an opportunity to provide the world with a new dimension of personal freedom!” Terrafugia (terra-FOO-gee-ah), based in Woburn, MA, is a growing aerospace company founded by pilot-engineers from MIT and supported by a world-class network of advisors and investors. The company name is Latin for “escape the earth.” Terrafugia’s mission is to build practical flying cars. More information is available at www.DrivenToFly.com

AOL Autos TRANSLOGIC joined the Terrafugia team to cover the first public demonstration flight of the Transition® at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI on July 31, 2013. Their piece really shows what it was like to be there and includes interviews with both Carl Dietrich (Terrafugia's CEO/CTO and co-founder) and Sam Schweighart (Technical Fellow and co-founder).

Will you be the first in your community to purchase one? To learn more or even reserve yours visit: http://www.terrafugia.com