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It’s no secret social media can turn an off-grid locale into a lusted-after holiday destination.

But while the famous blue-painted city Chefchaouen, for instance, last year exploded with popularity, overtaking Marrakesh as the “coolest” (or at least, most ‘Instagrammed’) place to visit in mainland Morocco, there used to be an even more hidden jewel, tucked away on the West coast.

Safi.

A two and a half hour drive south of Casablanca, Safi is a town known more for factories, fish scales and swell-racked cliffs than for influencers, tour guides and Airbnb’s.

While the mystical Chefchaouen has 490,478 Instagram posts to its name…

 

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Safi has just 131,341…

 

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But its beachside charm and the authentic experience one gets staying in a traditional Riad in the medina (away from the hotels closer to the train station) have captured the hearts of a certain demographic of traveller: surfers.

This rising tide of bookings is particularly pronounced in the winter, when large swells march out of the Atlantic and, fanned by the place’s trademark offshore winds, reel off alongside the perfectly angled headland that juts out beyond Safi’s main beach.

 

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This incredible natural phenomenon, with its emerald-green water and (occasionally) saphire-coloured barrels, has been aptly dubbed ‘Le Jardin’ (the garden), sitting pretty at the bottom of Safi’s iconic, in-this-instance-factory-free cliffs.

 

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While it used to be a secret spot, the once hush-hush atmosphere has been eroded by its inclusion in the likes of popular surf forecasting websites Magic Seaweed and Surf Forecast.

On top of that, locals and expats alike have capitalised on the opportunity to set up surf camps, broadcasting Safi’s effervescent tubes to the world at large in an attempt to attract more customers.

The only problem? Although a scan of these companies’ Instagram pages would have you think the waves are pumping in Safi all the time, they aren’t.

While some days are all:

 

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Others are more like this:

 

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And when the waves are on, local surfers—particularly those who don’t work in this surf-tourism industry—do not appreciate their formerly secret garden being over-run by travelling surfers.

On my 45 minute walk back to town (pro-tip: rent a car) I spoke to one such local.

 

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He told me that, while he appreciated the economic benefits surfing provides his town (he even went as far as to say he didn’t mind the surf camps in and of themselves), he was disgusted with the attitude of one of the operators.

This guy had organised a trip for a group of young French surfers, a group of teenagers who descended rabidly upon the lineup, obeying the basic rules of etiquette but essentially taking as many waves as they could get away with.

When my acquaintance confronted him and asked him not to bring such a big group, he dismissed it and said he had permission from the surf camp.

 

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As Safi is so hard to get to (compared to other European, and even Moroccan) surf hot spots, it has flown under the radar for quite some time. However, as flights get cheaper and English Adult Learners start tightening up their bottom turns (and realise that tea is even better with several teaspoons of sugar in it) that may no longer be the case…

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What’s staring down your boss when you’re used to the wrath of a black leather whip?Study after study has shown that BDSM can have positive effects on everything from your mental health to your relationship. However, it’s rarely mentioned as a way to further your career. In fact, sleeping around the office is seen as a sure fire way to cause you problems, not solve them.But that’s not the sort of sex what we’re talking about. No. What we’re discussing today is how BDSM outside of the world of work can teach you valuable skills—and give you the confidence to—amongst other things, successfully negotiate a pay rise.Forget a satisfying love life—journalist Isabelle Kohn recently revealed how “whips and blindfolds are the unseen force behind a lucrative career.” Specifically, that of a mother of two, the anonymous subject of Kohn’s Harpers Bazaar feature.“Claudia wasn’t sure if it was nerves or the night before that had given her the confidence to ask her boss for a raise. Either way, negotiating her salary was easier than expected. She’d been practicing, after all… just on something a little less G-Rated,” the article begins.

“The 36-year-old… had spent the past few days negotiating with her husband about how she could flex her longtime fantasy of dominating him in a way they’d both enjoy.”

“Afterward,” she told Harpers Bazaar, “The experience had made her feel confident, valued, secure and pleased at their ability to compromise—feelings which she was surprised to find lasted into the the following day.”

“When she arrived at work, still swimming in the satisfaction of a fantasy realized, she decided this was it. Raise day.”

An isolated phenomenon? As the vast numbers of Reddit threads, forums and BDSM communities dedicated to helping people realise the joys of pain, submission and domination: perhaps not. Which might explain why BDSM porn search rates are on the rise—along with BDSM’s mainstream appeal.So, what’s going on here? How does getting tied up and spanked improve your career performance? Well, according to the latest research, it seems engaging in BDSM has positive psychological effects that carry over into other aspects of your life—career included.As reported by Psychology Today, studies have shown that BDSM practitioners have lower levels of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychological sadism, psychological masochism, borderline pathology, and paranoia than the overall population norm.They also showed equal levels of obsessive-compulsive disorder and higher levels of dissociation and narcissism—but we aren’t here to argue BDSM can’t be negative (or indicative of negative traits). Only that, in some circumstances, it can be extremely positive.Psychology Today went on to say, “BDSM practitioners exhibited… lower levels of neuroticism and rejection sensitivity,” (which has got to help your confidence in a salary negotiation), as well as “lower levels of agreeableness” than non-practitioners.As an ABC report pointed out last year, being too agreeable can significantly slow career advancement, which only adds to the idea that fluffy handcuffs can indeed help you achieve greater success.The more you know…Scientists also believe BDSM can be of psychological benefit because it teaches you to disassociate physiological stress from psychological stress. This has been dubbed “transient hypofrontality” and is associated with “reductions in pain, feelings of floating, feelings of peacefulness, feelings of living in the here and now and time distortions,” (Psychology Today).While you often need to do the opposite at work (not let inevitable psychological stresses impact you on a physical or emotional level), this disassociation would appear to work both ways.BDSM has also been found to promote “flow”, a phenomenon associated with greater powers of concentration, a loss of self-consciousness and greater efficiency. And while practising this in a BDSM environment is somewhat different to applying it in a board meeting—it’s hard to deny it’s a useful skill.

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As ‘wellness experts’ sip their cold brew coffee and suspiciously-eyebrowed ‘influencers’ spruik their green juice, a man could be forgiven for possessing the overwhelming urge to crack open a VB.

But despite fairly incontrovertible evidence that alcohol is not good for you, a recent study suggests your boozy intuitions served us well in the past—not only did “steady, reliable access” to beer “feed the creation of complex political organizations,” but it also, archaeologists found, “Helped maintain (societal) unity.”

While you might expect these findings to come from the mead-soaked annals of Britain, the society in question is known more for its fabled golden cities than its amber liquid.

Publishing their findings last Thursday in the Sustainability Journal, the archaeologists explained how they recreated ancient brewing techniques, to learn how beer kept Peru’s Wari empire afloat.

“A thousand years ago, the Wari empire stretched across Peru. At its height, it covered an area the size of the Eastern seaboard of the US from New York City to Jacksonville. It lasted for 500 years, from 600 to 1100 AD, before eventually giving rise to the Inca.”

As that’s a fair whack of time for anything—let alone an empire—to remain intact, Field Museum archaeologists decided to study remnants of the Wari culture to see what kept it ticking, finding “a steady supply of beer” was an “important factor” in their success.

This all started almost 20 years ago when Ryan Williams (associate curator and Head of Anthropology at the Field Museum and the lead author of the study) and his team discovered an ancient Wari brewery in the mountains of southern Peru.

“It was like a microbrewery in some respects,” Williams said, explaining how—since the beer they brewed was only good for about a week after being made—people had to come to festivals at Cerro Baúl (the location of the brewery) to drink it.

“People would have come into this site, in these festive moments, in order to recreate and reaffirm their affiliation with these Wari lords and maybe bring tribute and pledge loyalty to the Wari state,” (Williams).

As Science Daily reports, “These festivals were important to Wari society—between one and two hundred local political elites would attend, and they would drink chicha (beer) from three-foot-tall ceramic vessels decorated to look like Wari gods and leaders.”

“In short, beer helped keep the empire together,” (Science Daily).

To discover this, Williams and his team analyzed pieces of ceramic beer vessels from Cerro Baúl, by shooting lasers at shards of the beer vessels to remove tiny bits of material, then heating that dust to the temperature of the surface of the sun to break down the molecules that make it up into samples that could be analysed.

“From there,” Science Daily reports, “The researchers were able to tell what atomic elements make up the sample, and how many—information that told researchers exactly where the clay came from and what the beer was made of.”

“The cool thing about this study,” Williams claims, “Is that we’re getting down to the atomic level… counting atoms in the pores of the ceramics or trying to reconstruct and count the masses of molecules that were in the original drink from a thousand years ago that got embedded into the empty spaces between grains of clay in the ceramic vessels.”

“That’s what’s telling us the new information about what the beer was made of and where the ceramic vessels were produced… It’s really new information at the molecular level that is giving archaeologists this new insight into the past,” (Williams).

The insights gleaned were twofold: the vessels were made of clay that came from nearby, and the beer was made of pepper berries, which grow even through a drought. This made for a steady beer supply, even when other goods like corn were running low—something which Williams argues (likely) helped bring diverse elements of the Wari society together.

“We think these institutions of brewing and then serving the beer really formed a unity among these populations, it kept people together,” (Sustainability Journal).

He then went a step further, arguing that these concepts of “shared identity” and “cultural practices… to stabilize societies” are increasingly relevant today.

“This research is important because it helps us understand how institutions create the binds that tie together people from very diverse constituencies and very different backgrounds… Without them, large political entities begin to fragment and break up into much smaller things,” Williams points out.

“Brexit is an example of this fragmentation in the European Union today. We need to understand the social constructs that underpin these unifying features if we want to be able to maintain political unity in society.”

That—or drink more beer. Together.

On that note: the Field Museum and Chicago’s Off Colour Brewing have released a beer based on the study—a pink ale infused with pepper berries, called Wari Ale, available in Chicago-area stores and bars in June.

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Whether you like a good podcast to make that nine to five life bearable or you’re a fitness weapon who needs some serious (sounding) tunes to get you through your workouts; you’ll be wanting some decent ear candy to make the most of the hours you spend plugged in. There’s a huge wireless headphone market at the moment though, and as the technology develops, it’s only getting larger.In the past few years audio, battery and bluetooth technology has advanced to harmonious new levels so you can now connect with your smartphone, wire and hassle-free. Of course, some of you will instantly go for the Apple Airpods, which are a very good product. However, if you need sealed in-ear earbuds, or simply would like to look further afield, then this selection might help.After extensive road, bus, train, plane, ferry and gym testing, this is what we reckon you need to know before buying a set of wireless earbuds.

• Most come with charge stations that plug into laptops and cars.
• Automatic sensors should detect when the earbud is in your ear and start / stop audio.
• High quality rubber / silicon seals are our recommendation to block out outside noise.
• Tap to answer is one of the better features with Apple’s Airpods
• Airpods just got an update too. Worth exploring.
• Samsung have entered the wireless earbud race with a very good looking product.
• Bose is still our favourite for sports.
• Bose also offers a good product for sleeping and flying.
• B&O is a sublime design.
• Master Dynamic is the most expensive for its quality and design.

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Look down at your hands. Are they the well-groomed paws of a modern gentleman? Or are you sporting a set of ragged claws better suited to a witch in a horror flick?

The days of nail care as a woman’s domain are long gone. Men happily rock up to the salon and submit their mitts to be tidied up by professionals, but if that’s not your style, there’s still no excuse for tattered talons. Invest in a manicure kit so you can DIY your way to respectable nails.

Men’s manicure sets range in size and price, from bare-bones 3-piece bundles to extravagant 10-piece splurges. The right kit for you will depend on the condition of your nails, which tools you need, your personal preferences, and your budget.

So what tools should a man’s manicure set contain and what are they for? Allow us to provide a quick crash course:

• Nail Clippers: The most obvious tool and self-explanatory. You’ll want to look out for clippers that are sharp and don’t exhibit too much flex when you press down on them. The blades can’t be sharpened, so the higher the quality steel the longer they will last.
• Nail Scissors: Another tool for cutting and shaping your nails, and one that is more effective than clippers. If your manicure kit has more than one pair of scissors (the other will likely be for your cuticles), the nail scissors are the pair with longer blades. You can also get scissors specifically for toenails.
• Nail Nippers: No, these aren’t a set of hardware pliers, instead, nail nippers can be used on finger and toenails to trim any remaining pieces of nail, or dead skin around the fingers and toes. The pointer end compared to scissors allows them to get into more awkward places.
• Nail File: An incredibly common nail tool, a nail file is used to grind down and shape the edges of your nails, sort of like using sandpaper. Metal ones are good because the grooves are cut into the surface, meaning they’ll never be worn down. Glass ones are also great because they’re immune to rust and are easily cleaned.
• Tweezers: Tweezers aren’t necessarily used in the cutting and shaping of your nails, but they’re a handy tool to have in a manicure kit because they can be used to remove any small pieces debris, hair or splinters from around the nail area.
• Cuticle Scissors: Cuticle scissors are easily identifiable as they are the smallest pair with the pointiest end. They’re used to remove dead skin – and only dead skin, you don’t want to remove living tissue – from the corners of the nail.
• Cuticle Shaper: Also known as a cuticle pusher, this dedicated tool is used to literally push the cuticle away from the nail, which allows the nail itself to grow stronger.

As an extra note of caution, not all manicure kits will be allowed in your carry-on bag if you’re travelling. Instead, you’ll have to make sure you pack it in with your checked luggage. Some manicure kits are carry-on-safe, and these will be clearly defined.

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