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The market was set up up for a bounce today and a bounce we got. There's nothing like a bear market rally to behold. It's too bad the volume on the up day was not as strong as it was for yesterday's down day. But let's not get sidetracked with details (wink) as today clearly looked bullish. While different indexes and sectors give us a different picture of whether support held or not, there were other factors that set the market up for today's rally and the GDP number released at 8:30 AM was as good an excuse as any to torch the bears and get some short covering going. The DOW rallied 100 points in the first 30 minutes, stalled for a bit and then tacked on another 100 points during the day. The DOW finished just shy of +200 points for the day, the biggest one-day rally since July 15th.
The preliminary release of the GDP number for the 3rd quarter was a good one, and the first positive one in a year and the strongest in two years. The economy expanded at a +3.5% annual rate from the 2nd quarter to the 3rd quarter, which was in line with expectations. Goldman Sachs had come out late yesterday with a downgrade in their estimate, lowering their expectation for growth from +3.0% to +2.7%. Many think GS has an inside track into all things government and therefore today's number probably took a few people by surprise. The sharp upward reaction was evidence of that.
Many feel this report is good evidence that the recession has already ended and it's just a matter of having it officially recognized. In fact it's universal--all 55 economists who are regularly polled about the economy are in full agreement about growth expectations for next year. Not one thinks we could even have a double-dip recession, never mind something worse. When they all agree on something it's been historically proved that you should take the other side of that opinion.
If we look inside the report and see why GDP grew, it raises some questions about what we can expect for the 4th quarter. The improvement in GDP was attributed to an increase in consumer spending, a slowdown in the reduction in inventories (i.e., it was "less bad"), an increase in residential investments and strong government spending (cash-for-clunkers, home-buying credit, stimulus spending, etc.). One thing to remember about government spending, even if it does increase GDP, is that it is destructive rather than constructive. Government spending doesn't produce anything. It's only redistributing money it collects from you and I. Therefore an increase in government spending is an increase in destructive behavior. And you remember what your parents taught you about destructive behavior.
So what has been happening since we've started the 4th quarter? We've seen the consumer sentiment drop and spending decline, a further reduction in inventories and government spending has declined (some in Congress are actually becoming concerned about the debt load). In other words, a one-quarter increase does not make a trend. The consumer sentiment dropping back down is scary enough. The lowest it got during the 2001 recession was 84.9. It's currently 47.7. It's not hard to imagine the negative impact of a souring consumer.
Of course all reversals start with baby steps and therein lies the hope. Maybe the 4th quarter will be lower growth than the 3rd but any growth would be good. The problem is the economy needs some pretty solid growth quarter to quarter in order to correct the bad decline over the past year, as can be seen in the following chart:
GDP and Deflator, Year-over-Year Percentage Change, Quarterly chart
The uptick for Q3 is a start but as you can see it also might just be an "oversold" bounce. Only in hindsight will we know for sure but so far the reports we've been getting tell us GDP will not be as strong in the 4th quarter. I don't want to be a pessimist about this but the facts remain that there are a lot of systemic problems that have not gone away yet, the credit contraction being the biggest one. Ask any small business owner whether he or she feels like the economy is growing and I doubt you'll hear an affirmative response.
So today's rally was either the start of another leg up to what will be another new high next month (there are some cyclical studies pointing to that possibility) or else it was just another hope-filled, short-covering inspired rally that will get reversed quickly. Volatility has certainly increased in the past few weeks and this is normally associated with topping action (bottoms tend to be v-shaped while tops tend to be rolling affairs with more of a battle between the bulls and the bears).
Part of the battle at tops shows up in a statistic called buying climaxes. This is a term used to describe a stock that achieves a new high for the day/week but then closes below the previous day/week's closing price. An outside down day/week, or bearish engulfing candle would be representative of this kind of price action. The market will often show a spike in buying climaxes at market highs. InvestorsIntelligence.com keeps track of these and their conclusion, based on the buying climaxes over the past few months, is that stocks are being distributed from strong hands (smart money) to weak hands (retail, which includes mutual fund managers).
The report from InvestorsIntelligence on Monday for last week showed a spike to 602 stocks achieving a buying climax by hitting new 52-week highs and then closing the week lower than the previous week. There have been only five previous occasions in their database where the number has exceeded 500 and it brings the total for October to over 1400. This is a very strong sign that the market is topping, if it hasn't already topped. The same behavior was seen at the October 2007 high.
So back to the original question--was today's rally just a strong oversold bounce (the market was short-term very oversold) or the start of another big rally leg? One could argue either scenario but I'm sticking with the more bearish one that calls a market high as already in. As always, we'll let price lead the way and not argue with it and we'll let the charts help us in that regard.
I'm going to start with a longer-term view of the granddaddy of the indexes, the Wilshire 5000. The monthly chart shows why price is struggling where it is. I've drawn in a horizontal line at 11000 which is the area where price has found support and resistance since 1998. The 20-month moving average, currently at 10728, has also been support and resistance and the 50% retracement of the 2007-2009 decline is at 11356 (the high on October 21st was 11360). Today's close just under 10924 is right in there with all this resistance overhead. Today's close is also very close to September's close near 10912 and it's hard to see the squished candles on the chart but this month's is a long-legged doji, which is oftentimes a reversal candle (requires a red candle for next month to confirm in which case it would be a longer-term reversal pattern).
Wilshire 5000 index, DWC, Monthly chart
The weekly chart of the Wilshire 5000 shows the downtrend line from October 2007-May 2008 which was also resistance to the rally. So there was a lot conspiring against the bulls from driving it any higher than they did. This week's low was a slight break of its uptrend line from March-July but today's rally had it recovering back above its uptrend line and that keeps rally hopes alive.
Wilshire 5000 index, DWC, Weekly chart
The S&P 500 also broke its uptrend line from March yesterday and squeezed in a recovery above the line, currently near 1061, with the rally into today's close just above 1066. More importantly, for bullish hopes, is the fact that it held the uptrend line from August, closing right on it yesterday, which was part of the reason I suggested at the end of the day yesterday in the Market Monitor that we'll probably get a bounce today, especially since the market closed right near its lows (a small capitulation into the close after heavy selling usually sets up a reversal the next day).
S&P 500, SPX, Daily chart
Key Levels for SPX:
- cautiously bullish above 1080 (to maybe the 1110-1130 area)
- bearish below 1050
The bulls will want to see some follow through on the buying on Friday in order to confirm this wasn't just a one-day wonder (similar to the strong rally on October 22nd). One reason has to do with where SPX stopped today--at the top of a parallel down-channel from last week's high. Parallel channels do a great job identifying a trend so if the current down-channel is the new trend then we should see an immediate reversal back down on Friday. As with the small capitulation into yesterday's close, today's capitulation into the high may have set up an immediate reversal back down tomorrow. I've found it's usually more reliable to look for a reversal after a strong move rather than a continuation of the move.
S&P 500, SPX, 60-min chart
A break above 1070 would tell us something more bullish is in play. It will either head to new highs next week (dashed line on the daily chart) or it will simply get a higher bounce before heading back down. There's no way of telling which might happen but it would say shorts would want to step aside and watch for a bit. I trust the upside as far as I could throw a full-sized bull. I've got a wave count on the above chart that calls for another leg down to complete a 5-wave move down from last week's high. That would then set up a larger bounce next week to correct the decline.
But here's the risk for bulls and I think the risk should be seriously considered. I never like to talk about crashes because they're so rare. But the strength of today's rally, on lower volume, sets it up (not to mention the psychology of the market). If today's bounce is another 2nd wave correction, like the one on October 22nd, instead of the 4th wave as I have it labeled, it means the market is set up for a very strong 3rd of a 3rd wave down (a crash leg). You don't want to be long if that happens since we could see a drop of 50 S&P points easily in a day. It could equate to a -500 drop in the DOW. As I said, I never like predicting that kind of move and I'm not doing it now. I'm only pointing out the risk and if we see selling get very strong from here it will significantly increase the odds that it's happening (otherwise a 5th wave down should have less breadth than the previous 3rd wave down). Stay very attentive here.
The DOW looks relatively stronger than the rest. It has not sold off as much and therefore has done a better job holding above support. It looked dicey yesterday after it broke its uptrend line from July but it hasn't yet tagged its 50-dma and it recovered back above its shorter-term uptrend line. The more important uptrend line from march is down near 9600, almost 400 points away. Of all the charts reviewed for tonight this is the one that looks like new highs are coming (up to the 10200-10300 area). But if the DOW drops below 9600 the others will look even worse and the DOW will simply be confirming what we will already know by then--the top is in.
Dow Industrials, INDU, Daily chart
Key Levels for DOW:
- cautiously bullish above 10000 (to maybe the 10200-10300 area)
- bearish below 9600
If the DOW looks potentially bullish the NDX already looks bearish as it has broken both its uptrend line from March as well as the one from September. Today it wasn't even able to bounce back up to either line, let alone recapture them. But today was an inside day (trading inside yesterday's trading range) and candlestick is called a harami, which is a potential reversal pattern. Confirmation is needed by an up day on Friday in which case we'd have a bullish reversal signal. This is another reason Friday's price action is going to be important for how next week goes.
Nasdaq-100, NDX, Daily chart
Key Levels for NDX:
- cautiously bullish above 1740
- bearish below 1690
The RUT is the other index that leaves a bearish taste in my mouth (kind of like succulent filet mignon). The strong break below its 50-dma, uptrend line from September and uptrend line from March, not to mention the break below the October low, are all signs that we've seen the top to its rally. I suppose it would be possible for the DOW to make a new annual high and not the RUT (which would be bearish non-confirmation) but that would be just speculation from here. However, like NDX, today's harami candlestick could be pointing to at least a higher bounce, perhaps to the 600 area, before heading lower again. Back above 600 would be more bullish and that could be when the blue chips are pressing towards new highs.
Russell-2000, RUT, Daily chart
Key Levels for RUT:
- cautiously bullish above 600
- bearish below 590
The banking index (BIX) looked like it was breaking down yesterday after it broke all of its support levels--the 50-dma, uptrend lines from March-September and the one from July. Today's recovery got it back above two of those three but stopped at its March-September uptrend line. Once again, a further rally on Friday would have the BIX doing a nice recovery off another head-fake break to the downside (used to build up some short-covering fuel for another slingshot ride higher). But a reversal back down would leave a bearish kiss goodbye. Have I mentioned Friday's price action is going to be important?
Banking index, BIX, Daily chart
The BIX is made up of many of the banks we hear about regularly in the news, such as BB&T, Fifth Third Bancorp, Keycorp, M&T Bank, SunTrust and Wells Fargo. Another banking index (BKX), is the KBW Bank Index, and is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 24 national money center banks, spread across the country. Representative banks include some of the same banks as in the BIX (such as BBT, Fifth Third, Keycorp, M&T, SunTrust and WFC) but also includes BAC, C, JPM, State Street and Wachovia. This index is actually looking a little weaker than the BIX and is definitely worth watching here.
The lows in August, September and October formed a support shelf at the same level as the high in May. The market obviously felt this level was important. Yesterday's selloff broke that support line and today's rally recovered back above it. A one-day break is a warning shot across the bow but the ship hasn't stopped yet and may be able to outrun the shooters (the bears). But any further selling in this index will be bearish, period.
KBW Bank index, BKX, Daily chart
An index that I've been surprised at how well it has held up is the DJ Equity REIT index (DJR). We've all heard how quickly the commercial real estate market has collapsed in the past year and home real estate has only marginally improved. This is an area that sports eternal optimism and I think it's about to bite them. Yesterday's decline took DJR below support near 160 but today's rally popped it right back above the line. It has already broken its uptrend line from July and given it a kiss goodbye at the lower high in October. The wave count is set up for a strong selloff to follow and unless it can get back above 170 I think it's about to drop hard.
DJ Equity REIT index, DJR, Daily chart
SRS is an inverse real estate ETF and is a way to play the downside with a purchase (for something like your retirement account). I received an email from a reader who has been building a position with SRS and in it he stated, "FWIW, I am working with a top asset protection attorney on my own affairs and this morning on our call I asked him if he was seeing anything related to commercial real estate. His answer shocked me. He said I am the only non-commercial real estate client he has worked with in quite awhile. They are scrambling to protect their personal assets before the [defecation] hits the [rotary oscillator]. He said from his perspective, it is going to be very bad." So that's some insider (legal) information from people in the industry that supports what I'm seeing on the chart.
There's not much to add to the home builders index that I haven't been saying for the past several weeks. The decline should continue and eventually break its uptrend line from November 2008 (think of the one-year rally as a big bear flag pattern). Note the rollover of MACD after it bounced up to the zero line when it tagged its 50-dma. That's a usually very reliable sell signal right there.
U.S. Home Construction Index, DJUSHB, Daily chart
The transports have been one of the leaders to the downside and today's exuberant rally was not well support by the trannies. It was more or less a half-hearted attempt at participating. As long as the trannies look weak I think we need to consider the economy weak and that forces a negative evaluation of any hope-filled rally. The break below its October 2nd low is significant--it confirms the October high should stand as the high for the year and potentially the high for a long time to come. I do see the potential for the TRAN to rally up to the 3800 area for a retest of its broken uptrend line from March and its 50% retracement level but we should see more selling come back in.
Transportation Index, TRAN, Daily chart
The dollar has bottomed. At least that's what it looks like to me. And that's potentially very significant for the markets (stocks and commodities). Was it coincidental that a relatively big rally in the dollar on Tuesday was matched by a strong decline in the stock and commodities markets? I don't think so. And the dollar pulled back today giving the green light for the stock and commodity bulls to jump back in. Watch out if the dollar reverses back up, and I think it will.
The chart of UUP, the dollar ETF, shows a break of its downtrend line from March (while the stock market is breaking its uptrend lines from March--again, not coincidental) and the one from August. Today it looks like it's pulling back to what was resistance and should now be support, near 22.40. It takes a break above 23 to confirm the bottom is in but so far the wave count, price projection and trend lines, not to mention the bullish divergences and extremely bearish sentiment towards the dollar, all support the idea that we've seen the low for the dollar. The next move should be a rally above the March high (so what does that tell us stocks might do?).
US dollar ETF, UUP, Daily chart
Gold got a big bounce with the stock market today. Notice that the metals are trading with the stock market? This is part of the all-the-same market and why there will likely be few places to hide when the selling kicks in harder--most assets will sell off as the dollar rallies. Gold is still holding above its uptrend line from August and that keeps alive the potential for another leg up to a new high (I'm showing upside potential to 1080-1090 but I'm aware of a Fib price projection around 1134. For that to happen we'd surely need to see the dollar drop to new lows. The September high of 1025.80 is acting as support for now but if that breaks we'll have a break of price support as well as the uptrend line from August and that would suggest we've seen the high for gold and like the stock market may be in for a long decline into next year.
Gold continuous contract, GC, Daily chart
Last week I showed the weekly chart of the gold miners and the setup for a reversal back down. This week we've seen a strong decline and a bounce off its uptrend line from October 2008. It's in a bullish up-channel so a call for a top could be early but the setup is good for a top. Confirmation requires a drop below 41 which will be a drop out the bottom of its up-channel and a break below its 62% retracement.
Gold Miners, GDX, Weekly chart
As with gold I see the possibility for one more high for oil and a price projection near 83 makes for a good target. It's still early to make a call for the high in oil but so far it's a good setup. It requires oil to head back down from here and a break below 70 to confirm we've seen the high.
Oil continuous contract, CL, Daily chart
Tomorrow morning will be busy with economic reports. The market will be looking for confirmation from the personal income and spending levels that the consumer will continue to support growth in GDP. You can see in the table below that the expectations are for both levels to drop, not very conducive to GDP growth. If the number comes in even less, look out below. The same with the Michigan Sentiment number--if it shows a drop below the September number it could spook today's happy bulls. The flip side of course is that these numbers could blow away to the upside in which case we could see today's bottle rocket ignite the second stage instead of flame out. The Chicago PMI needs to stay above 50 in order not to spook the market.
Economic reports, summary and Key Trading Levels
Summarizing tonight's charts, the bulls pulled their collective fannies out of the fire today. They got their fur burned off but a closer inspection reveals no significant damage. The bears in turn got their fannies roasted on an open fire today and are going to try to get the bulls to sit down on the fire tomorrow. As with the mini-capitulation selloff into the close on Wednesday, followed by today's strong rally, we could have a complete reversal again tomorrow following today's mini-capitulation into the close. The market works in a perverse manner and tends to catch the most people leaning the wrong way most of the time.
Depending on which index or sector you look at it's easy to argue support held or resistance held. Only with further price action will we know better which one is stronger. I'm leaning towards the short side because I liked the setup last week for a top to the market. I'm looking at the market with my bear-colored glasses (a shade of brown vs. the bull-colored glasses which are a shade of pink or rose) and therefore I'm looking at today's bounce as just a correction to a very short-term oversold market on Wednesday.
But the bearish view requires almost an immediate reversal back down tomorrow. That would mean either a negative reaction to tomorrow's economic numbers or a quick reversal to a positive reaction. A continuation of the rally would make it much more bullish and increase the probability (not certainty) for new highs into next month.
The techs and small caps (NDX and RUT) have broken their uptrend lines from March and August and have not recovered back above them. The blue chips (DOW and SPX) are both holding those support lines (the SPX is barely holding its March uptrend line), as is the big one, the Wilshire 5000. So the question tonight is whether you believe the techs and small caps will lead the way, which would be bearish, or the blue chips will drag them kicking and screaming higher. Usually the small caps and techs lead the way and that's the other thing that has me leaning bearish.
I'll mention one more time in case you missed it in my discussion under the SPX 60-min chart: there is the possibility that the wave pattern is predicting a crash leg next. I don't like to even mention these because they're rare. But if selling picks up speed tomorrow it could be pointing to a very strong down day, if not on Friday then on Monday. I'll update that potential in the Market Monitor tomorrow. Obviously that potential weakens significantly if the rally continues tomorrow.
Regardless of your bias (and I'm talking to myself here), don't argue with price. Look for your entry but only after you've identified the price level where the market proves you wrong and get yourself stopped out at that level. Your trading time frame determines where you enter and place your stops, depending on where you think support and resistance is. Look for both sides of the trade and constantly challenge yourself as to why you're wrong about the market.
Look for things that confirm you're wrong rather than why you're right. If you're right, great, the trade will work and you stay with it. If you're wrong you get out of the way quickly. As the trade starts working for you start thinking about where the trend changes and be ready to take your profits off the table. If you stay with a trade, use the house's money while yours is safely back in cash. In a volatile market it is better to take your profits often and run. That again depends on your trading time frame and how much you're willing to let the market move against you before you're forced out of the trade. Don't let a winner turn into a loser, don't eat yellow snow and call your mother once a week. That about covers the rules for a trader.
Good luck and I'll be back with you on Monday as Todd and I switch days next week.
Keene H. Little, CMT


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People who waste their own time…{Linked:In} Recruiters
It keeps happening and it is truly astoundingly annoying – and on their part amateurish. What am I talking about?
I'm talking about Recruitment agents who contact me via LinkedIn. It's nice to get 2/3 LinkedIn emails (InMails they call 'em) per week asking about my availablity. Alas more than two thirds of them are simply wasting their own time in composing and sending me the e-mail. Why? Simply put if they had even bothered to take a cursory glance at the publically available portion of my Experience section they would quickly realise that I am not suitable and they shouldn't even bother contacting me.
Yet still they do, and I'm pretty sure very very few of them actually look at my profile in any way shape or form until I reply and register interest back.
It seems a mass market e-mail is used to target individuals who have group sets of key words that match an open position, the e-mail is then personalised by LinkedIn's Recruiter system from where such 'mailshots' can be sent. So it's just the same old way as always – recruitment agencies randomly bombing people with e-mails/InMails in the hope that the needle in the {filtered} haystack responds.
We've got the technology make {use} of it!
CV Appraisal LinkedIn Scam – Global Resumes Alliance – Part II
This is part II, for details of the scam currently playing on LinkedIn please read part I first by clicking here
Thanks to my kind readers I was able to send 3 bait emails to various 'Global Resume' e-mail addresses (USA, UK and Gulf) used by the Resume/CV & cover letter review services spamming on LinkedIn. I used a dummy name, email account and attached a fairly decent copy of my own CV with some alterations to change identity and employer names.
Within 24 hours they resulted in the responses below [yellow highlighting shows the difference between the replies]:
Notice that the email response from both the UK and USA email addresses are 90% similar, I didn't bother posting the Gulf response but it was the same as the UK one except the prices were in US dollars.
The same chap 'Conrad' responds to emails at all the addresses used. They all refer to localised versions of their review site 'shops' from where they encourage you to purchase their extortionate services. 60 Day Money Back Guarantee eh? So who is providing that guarantee – there is no legitimate corporate or business entity to back up this claim.
The localised 'shop' links are as follows (please DO NOT follow any of these links and pay for any services):
- http://www.resumewritingusa.org/shop/
- http://www.resumes-uk.org/shop/2in1new/
- http://www.resume-gulf.com/shop/
So I know the following domain names are in use:
- www.resumewritingusa.org – reg info privatised, but registered same date as below
- www.resumewritingcanada.org – reg info privatised, but registered same date as above
- www.resume-uk.com – registered to Donn Tan in Singapore
- www.resume-gulf.com – registered to Donn Tan in Singapore
I also noticed the emails I got back orginated from .org SMTP domains, they were:
- email@example.com [also cc'd to email@example.com]
- firstname.lastname@example.com
Within the UK email the author, Conrad, makes a reference to Résumé-UK.com (the primary scam website which gets you to pay for services). It is literally a spiderweb of work, but once you know their system it becomes straightforward. All of the domains were registered from Feb 2013 onwards.
Since the replies on March 6th I didn't do anything, I am tempted to spend some money to see exactly what (if anything) they provide, but my guess is the money goes into a black hole.
I got a follow up email from the .Gulf. address, i've posted it below. It states one of her colleagues did an 'extensive review' of my CV? LoL just like CVsite this is pure nonsense, a lie. They want to help me succeed in my career? Another lie, all they want it is my money and to laugh all the way to the bank.
Perhaps it's an April Fools joke which I didn't get(!)
PLEASE don't fall for this scam, so far LinkedIn have not responded to my complaints either directly or via twitter/facebook, and neither have they made any efforts (that I am aware of) to warn people. Perhaps it is because I do not have a paid account. Stay safe.

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I felt helpless laying flat on the table, doctors talking in hushed whispers as they hovered around me. I gripped on to my husband's quivering hand as he sat and sobbed. As the ultrasound wand circled my swollen belly I felt like a lab-rat being inspected from the inside out.
The pictures on the ultrasound screen spoke two different messages: one to the doctors of deformity, illness, malady, dysfunction; the other to me of a precious silhouette with hiccups, clinched fists, cute crossed legs, sweet nose.
The professionals started urging me to take the "best road", to terminate the pregnancy and get on with life. A baby with Edward's Syndrome has no hope for survival. They assured me abortion was the best option.
The doctors called my house. The geneticists called my house. Well meaning family called my house. Calling to tell me to take this "best road".
A doctor told me that it would be hard on hospital staff emotionally to deal with my stillborn baby.
All this pressure was astounding. Married to a husband with a great job, in no medical danger but overrun with pressure to abort my baby. What must the pressure be like for the woman without all my comforts?
Why do I love the ministry of Deeper Still? My heart breaks for those who found themselves in a tighter corner than mine and decided to abort. I know the grief of losing a baby that society gives no worth and the silence and empty arms that follow the pregnancy. I can relate to the pressure felt from those most respected in our culture.
I do know that this is Christ's specialty….setting the prisoner free, complete healing and wholeness found through Christ alone. This Easter season we celebrate Christ and His power to overcome the grave. Please allow Him to do His special, redeeming work in you, to go deeper still and set you free.
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I started reading Russell Brand's 'Freedom From Our Addictions' yesterday and was immediately taken aback when the opening paragraph ended with the sentence 'You are going to die.' For some this might have been shocking or outright surprising as we live in a society that induces us into a state of forgetfulness about our ultimate end. For me however, the sentence was a reminder of an ayah in the Qur'an where Allah SWT says;
"Every soul will taste death.." (3:185)
As Muslims we're cognisant of the fact that our time on earth is limited and not only is death a certainty, it can come upon us at any time. The first chapter of Russell Brand's book detailing the 12 step programme he used to overcome his addiction focuses on the importance of living in the moment.
"Life is experienced in the present. Beyond today, your projections of life are conceptual." – Russell Brand, Freedom From Our Addictions
I am someone that is ridden by anxiety, particularly in regards to the future (shout out o everyone graduating next year, you all understand the struggle of having to choose a career) so it was refreshing to read the sentence below.
Today is all I have.
The sentence wasn't written with the intention of it being an affirmation, but I've found myself recalling it to stop myself from being consumed about worries in the future. It's a powerful reminder to be present. To stay in the moment. To live my best life today because tomorrow is not guaranteed.
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Is there a difference? Like every dispute, it really depends on who you ask.
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'This is silly. Any one thats not married at my age, will have one night stands if they so desire.. . I can tell you from experience, its not like the movie "up in the air" but its really easy to hook up if one so desires.. I'm not into one night stands but plenty are and this was where the shiduch system failed them.I have said time and again, I wont date conventionally. I am not a circus freak. I met a guy that dated 300 women. Thats not for me
May all sound crazy, but would #MeToo be a thing if everyone avoided said situations?
the shidduch system failed them or yiddishkeit failed them?
Does G-d test us at times (non-PC)?
And it came to pass after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Behold, here I am. (Genesis 22:1)
Could people help avoid certain scenarios if they set themselves boundries? Definitely. But I in no way believe that would fix most of the #metoo problems. These problems have always been around. Even back in the day when men and women were a lot more conservative, dressed more modest, and were more apt to have boundries between the opposite sex that we don't have today.
But yes, the shiduch system fails people like me.
No argument to any of that, but I do think it's a bedieved situation if things don't work out within a couple years in the shidduch system.
It wouldn't eliminate creeps, but if those women practiced halacha, how would a Weinstein situation occur time and time again?I'm not blaming them even one iota. But I am genuinely curious how that wouldn't help.
Of course the formal shidduch system fails you and many others. There are different positives and negatives to different styles of dating.FFB women dont necessarily appreciate the respect and seriousness frum men give them. I remember my coworkers being blown away that a guy would fly in to meet me and not expect anything physical. I also know that both my husband and I were on the same frum dating website and we never even saw each others profile because we didnt fit the others preferences (we were both outside the others age range, for example). @Dan, I know you appreciate your parents vetting girls for you and finding your awesome wife. I think its such a bracha that they were able to do that for you. If things hadnt worked out as planned though and you were single at 30 would you need that same amount of intervention?I think its SO important to have informal situations for people to meet and couldnt we all agree that over a certain age (for giggles, lets say 25) it isnt going to lead to any more temptation than just normal living, working, etc.? Its not going to lead to more one night stands. Are all these relationships going to be shomer negia until the chuppah, probably not, but I know lots of different types of people who consider themselves basically frum that are open about lots of stuff and none of them slept with their spouse before they got married. Frankly when youre older and lived more you probably do need to date longer and get closer before marriage because you are trying to join two much more complex beings. Should we keep the ideal of the formal frum shidduch system? Absolutely and I hope it continues to work for the majority of people and will one day work for my children (yikes its BH coming up pretty soon for me)! Its pure insanity, however, for older men and women to not be able to socialize in mixed company to meet people (and this is coming from someone who believes that men and women cant really be friends). My roommate and I used to host mixed Shabbos meals and they were fun and now married couples definitely met at them. And we also introduced people who got to meet and avoid a very painful blind date because of getting to spend some time together in an innocuous setting and realize a date would be a waste of time. We followed Halacha though and were very careful about yichud (I remember once we somehow ended up with only one guy as our guest and so we had to keep our apartment door open and see all the strange looks of our neighbors going by)! Like I said, I met my husband at a shabbat dinner, another friend met her husband at kiddush. We both used an informal shadchan to set the actual first date but they werent really involved after a couple dates because it just wasnt necessary. My roommate met her husband at Simchas Torah and they just started dating. Thats not a shanda, its awesome and the Kehilla has a cart full of frum kids because of it!These kinds of encounters are public, wholesome, normal interactions. It is important after meeting someone not to hang out (as @Dan also noted, Halacha clearly guides us on appropriate settings) and to move to a pretty formal frum dating if there is mutual interest but what the heck does that have to do with how you meet? Yall are throwing the baby out with the bath water with your insistence only on pre-screened, formal introductions.


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Spectacular Stageshow at SUSTech's Graduation Party 2017
Publish:2017-07-01 09:21:00
On the evening of June 30th 2017, the Grand Lawns of SUSTech's library were shining and sparkling as the 2017 Graduation Party took place. SUSTech's Chairperson Guo Yurong, AssociateVice-President Lu Chun, the 2017 graduates, undergraduate students and faculty were all among the audience to enjoy the show.
At the scene of the party
At the entrance, the photographers captured great shots of the broad audience: cute children, happy graduates, humorous performers... Everyone is bustling and posing for the photographers' snapshots. A performance by the SUSTech kindergarten children kicked off the celebration with "Children of the Chinese Style", the audience cheered and applauded as the young performers sang and danced in their little porcelain-inspired blue and white costumes.
"The Ancient Banyan, Hong Ru Yu Si."
The students Yang Ruixue, Wang Tianyu, Fang Fei and Hao Tian then took to the stage in their smart attire to recite a famous Chinese poem, "The Ancient Banyan, Hong Ru Yu Si". It is a passionate discourse subtly directing their praise and admiration for SUSTech and the new graduates, but also deep with sustenance. Art Center teachers Pi Sheng and Xi Yue then came to the stage to deliver an interpretation of the song "Love of the motherland, love to the motherland". The vigorous male and female vocals of the performers impressed the audience who responded to the remarkable show with enthusastic applause.
SUSTech's hip-hop dance group then took over to perform their choreography "Lebration", which set off the passion of the audience; campus celebrity singers Jiang Yiwei, Tian Chi and their friends then performed an acapella version of the hit "We are young", and Art Center teacher Xiong Ying and folk orchestra instructor Xu Xinchi then performed traditional folk music playing the pipa and erhu in perfect harmony, producing a melodious music that appeased the audience into a complete silence of admiration with the song "Tonight without Sleep". It was then the Art Center's dance teacher Liu Lu and her group's turn to perform the dance "Horizon", an elegant show highlighting their wonderful technical skills.
The peak of the evening was when the finalists of "The Voice of SUSTech" arrived on scene to deliver a fantastic medley of classic songs.
The background screen flashed with Sun Wukong's animation images, while the audience amusedly guessed that the next song would be "Wukong", accompanied by Wang Zhenming, one of SUSTech's most recognizable voices.
"Spring breeze, not as good as you."
SUSTech band "Wooded Crocodile" then arrived on the stage to rock the scene. They played "Season wind", "Spring breeze", and the energetic "I want the summer" to conquer the hearts of the audience.
Students and parents then took turns to share their experiences and praise for SUSTech which they recommend as the best choice, in speeches which moved the spectators. The party concluded with everyone singing the "Sunshine Road" in chorus, ending a perfect and happy evening for everyone.
Text: student news agency Zhou Xinyi
Photo: Wu Bingzhen Li Chengkun Zhang Haofan Yu Hao Xu Haiwen Li Kaiyue Xu Wanyu


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An editorial in The Sun yesterday understated the increase in peak electric power demand Wednesday morning compared with the previous winter record. It was 17 percent greater than in the previous peak in 1989.
+ The Sun regrets the errors.
In our high tech society, we need reminders of its limits. Sometimes it is a major disaster like Hurricane Andrew or the Los Angeles earthquake. Less destructive but no less instructive is this very frigid week in the nation's northeast quadrant.
Those frisky little kilowatts we take for granted were strained to the breaking point Wednesday morning -- and sometimes beyond it. Heavy demand for electric power in one place can usually be met by borrowing excess capacity from hundreds of miles away. But with the East submerged in Arctic air, there was no extra power within reach.