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CHARLESTON - Ladies and gentlemen, meet Cole Slates.
He is a Weir High junior who, thanks to a push from mom in eighth grade, stood atop the podium three times Saturday at the West Virginia State Track and Field Championships at the University of Charleston's Laidley Field.
He anchored the 4x200 relay, led the 4x100 relay and, to top it off, ran 23.25 to claim the 200 in Class AA action during a warm day as the Red Riders totaled 46 points to tie for third with Fairmont Senior.
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VICTORIOUS — Oak Glen's Megan Collins, Christen Mangano, Alex Arnott and Alex Burch captured the Class AA 4x400 relay.
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VICTORIOUS — Weirton Madonna's Gianna Anile, Chloe Connor, Cameron Dowiak and Hannah Bargar won the Class A 4x400 relay.
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VICTORIOUS — Weir's JoJo Rice, Nate Masters, Clarence Bennett and Cole Slates won the Class AA 4x200.
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VICTORIOUS — Weir's Cole Slates, Kenny Muhart, JoJo Rice and Clarence Bennett captured the Class AA 4x100.
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VICTORIOUS — Weir's Cole Slates was victorious in the Class AA 200.
He partnered with JoJo Rice, Nate Masters and Clarence Bennett in the 4x2 and Kenny Muhart, Rice and Bennett in the 4x1.
Not to be outdone, the girls also got into the act.
Weirton Madonna's Gianna Anile, Chloe Connor, Cameron Dowiak and Hannah Bargar shocked themselves and a bunch of other folks with a brilliant run to claim the Class A 4x400 state title in a season-best 4:17.88.
Oak Glen's Megan Collins, Christen Mangano, Alex Arnott and Alex Burch fulfilled expectations by winning the Class AA 4x400 to give the Golden Bears third place in the team race with 61 points.
Slates admitted a day like this wasn't even on his radar a month ago.
"Not at all," he said. "This has been an amazing day."
The day started off rather well for Slates. He finished second in the 400 with a personal best 51.37 from the "slow" heat.
"It was the first race of the day and I just ran it," he said.
Things just kept getting better and better.
The Red Riders had the fifth-fastest time in the state in the 4x200 and third-fastest in the 4x100 heading into Charleston and they set season-bests in each race.
"We really have worked hard for this," said Slates, who left Charleston with three golds and a silver. "Not sure it gets any better than today."
One thing Slates, Rice and Bennett agreed on was that winning the state titles for the two seniors - Masters and Muhart - was very important.
"That was one of the best things I have ever done," Slates said. "They've had some really good soccer teams and I know they didn't want to go out empty-handed and we didn't want them to go out empty-handed.
"We wanted this for them. We wanted them to go out with a state championship."
Rice, who finished second in the 100 by .001 and won the photo finish for second, agreed.
"This is great that Nate and Kenny can go out as winners," he said. "We really wanted to win the 4x2 for Nate and the 4x1 for Kenny. Obviously, we wanted it for us, too. But, we're coming back next year.
"I was really disappointed after the 100. But, that had to go away pretty quickly and get ready for the 4x2. And, the excitement of winning the 4x2 had to go away pretty quickly because we had to run the 4x1.
"This is great. We have worked really hard for this. We have gotten better and better. Our coaches have worked really hard with us.
"This is pretty amazing. This is still kind of a surprise, but we really wanted to win."
Bennett ran the third leg in the 4x200 and anchored the 4x100.
"I am so glad for Nate and Kenny," he said. "We really wanted this for them. It feels really good to get both of them gold medals. That's what really helped push me.
"My expectation was to win. But, we've had to go through a lot of adversity to get this win. Our coach (Chris Hill) went to Brooke. We changed the lineup. We've gone through a lot, but it's all worth it today.
"After winning the 4x2, we had to concentrate on the 4x1 and what we had to do. We couldn't let what just happened in the 4x2 influence us in the 4x1. We had to concentrate and we did that.
"It was amazing crossing the finish line in the 4x1. I feel good being the anchor in the 4x1 because, for a while, I wasn't. We switched our order, started to get our handoffs right, and we've run really well since then."
Added Masters, "we've worked really hard in practice and that showed today. We ran very well as a team. We're still kind of surprised to win it because at state meets, you never know what's going to happen.
"I'm just glad I was able to run my last race with these guys. And, to win it, just makes it that much better."
Muhart, who will play soccer at the University of Mount Union, continued, "I wanted it that much more after watching them win the 4x2. I was a little nervous, to be honest. It was nerve-racking. But, in sports, you just have the overcome it.
"We've been working hard since our first meet. We knew what we had to work on and we did. A big thank you to coach Hill. He's helped us progress so much and we wouldn't be here without him.
"Our coaches have pushed us to work hard and this is what happened.
"It feels great to be a state champion."
The Madonna girls came into the meet six seconds behind leader Clay-Battelle.
The Lady Dons ran 4:29 and change a week ago at the regional meet. They had posted a 4:22.90 earlier in the season and the race was expected to come down to the CeeBees and Williamstown.
"We were very nervous about everything," said Anile. "We knew they were going to be a tough competitor. We just said we had to run our best, try our hardest and that's what we did.
"We were all sick last and we knew we weren't going to run well. This week we knew that if we were going to win, we really had to run well.
"In our heads we could see we were state champs this year."
Connor earlier in the day finished fifth in the open 400, running a personal best 1:02.46.
"That helped me and hurt me because I was tired," she said. "I was so nervous (when she got the baton from Anile). Clay-Battelle is really good and we knew we had to work really hard to beat them."
Connor handed the stick to Dowiak in the lead.
"Overwhelming nerves, you feel so much pressure," Dowiak said about getting the baton. "You can't lose it (the lead) at all. You just have to work hard.
"I feel it is easier to push yourself when there is someone in front of you to catch. It's a lot harder to maintain pace when you're in front. You have no one to look off of. I feel like I ran slower, actually.
"Mentally, you just want to get to the finish line and be done. You just want to hand off the baton."
And, she did, to Bargar with about a six-yard lead.
"My biggest worry going into this was getting passed on the last straightaway," she said. "I was freaking out about that the whole day."
Bargar said she kept thinking the same thing to herself and that was to not let herself get passed.
"I couldn't give up," she said.
Clay-Battelle's McKayla Eddy crept up on Bargar and got to her shoulder with about 30 yards left in the race. But, Bargar held her off.
"This win is surprising," said Bargar, who also was a member of Madonna's 4x800 relay team with Dowiak, Gabrielle Kotten and Shelby Kirk who set a season-best on Friday, 10:51.57, in finishing eighth.
Oak Glen's Burch walked away from this meet in a much better mood than a year ago.
The Oak Glen senior, who was a three-time state champ as a sophomore, added one more to her total Saturday.
"This is a great way to end it ," said Burch. "I am very proud of how our entire Oak Glen team did today."
Leading the way in the wire-to-wire finish was Collins.
"I felt a lot of pressure today," she said. "It was my last race in my last sport ever. I just wanted to come out with a bang and we did.
"I had a goal at the beginning of the season to win and I put a lot of pressure on myself. I needed to come up strong for my girls to make sure their nerves went away.
"When I put the baton in her (Mangano's) hand, I felt that we had it. I wasn't worried about it all. It's a great way to end a high school career."
For Mangano, a sophomore, she felt her job was simple, yet, not easy.
"I was really nervous, but I pulled it together," she said. "I wanted to get my team a good lead. I was nervous for everybody and about everything.
"Once I got the baton, though, I felt a lot better. All I try to do when I get the baton is maintain the lead I get from Megan. We have great girls on this team and I just want to do my part."
Arnott is a freshman.
"It's scary, but I wanted this for my team," she said. "I didn't want to let them down. I wanted to get gold for them (Collins and Burch). I knew how much they wanted it.
"I felt a lot of pressure."
Burch performed well a season ago at Laidley Field, but this year, she was healthy and left the stadium with no regrets.
She crossed the finish line with a huge smile on her face.
"We've come so far this year," said Burch, who crossed the line in 4:10.62. "We knew we could win this, but we didn't want to go in being cocky about it. We had a lot of confidence."
Burch finished second in the 400 (58.51), sixth in the 100 (13.0) and second in the 200 (26.22).
"Today was a day of ups and downs," she admitted.
"I gave it all I had in the 400. I'm not disappointed at all. I had a slow start in the 100 and when you have a slow start, it's hard to catch up to the competition I had today. Starts mean everything and I didn't have a good start.
"I let it all out, got mad for a second, and then got happy again. I had more races to come and I couldn't let that affect me. I had to get over it."
All three individual races were won by Frankfort's Bria Welker.
"She deserves everything she gets," Burch said of Welker. "She is amazing. She's such a nice person, such a hard worker. You can tell. She's humble. She's not cocky. If I had to lose to anyone, I'd lose to her."
Burch admitted she felt pressure heading into the 4x4.
"I think what everyone did today gave me confidence," she said. "Plus, I couldn't ask for a better relay team.
"To end it on a win is great. We wanted to win this race for us seniors, but we also wanted to win it for our coaches. They have worked hard with us."
A complete recap of the meet will be in Monday's edition.


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Fall Photography Prep
Next week, Norah and I are off to upstate New York for the photography for our Fall 2012 pattern collection. In the meantime, we're busy taking care of last-minute details…
Our styling rack is loaded with clothes, ready to be packed up.
We've got lots of buttons to sew to the finished sweaters…
And we're doing our best to stay organized.
It should be quite an adventure! Stay tuned for a recap after we return…
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Wish I could be there helping! Can't wait to see the results of your trip.March 21, 2012


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The Internet has changed many things. But it has not changed the insular habits of mind that make us replicate in our online social networks the physical networks we already have; in other words, connecting with only those who share our interests, laying waste to the utopia of a truly connected world. Ethan Zuckerman's older TED talk on this topic - here . Author Eli Pariser 2011 TED talk on the dangers of a "personalized web" above.
Both Zukerman and Pariser arrive at the same point: the need for algorithms that let us discover what we want to know as well as what we need to know. But that conclusion still sounds vague. The question is: can developers come up with curatoral algorithms that can look into a mish mash of unfamilairity and spot in a culture alien to us, and in a context completly different from what we know, the sameness of things we value and cherish? Such curation is a tall order even for humans.
In the 2012 spring issue of the Wilson Quarterly, Ethan Zuckerman argues :
A central paradox of this connected age is that while it's easier than ever to share information and perspectives from different parts of the world, we may be encountering a narrower picture of the world than we did in less connected days... Despite these lowered barriers, today's American television news features less than half as many international stories as were broadcast in the 1970s... Search engines tell us what we want to know, but they can't tell us what we might need to know. Social media such as Facebook or Twitter might tell you to pay attention to cassette recordings in Iran, but only if your friends include Iranians. Social media are a powerful discovery engine, but what you're discovering is what your friends know. If you're lucky enough to have a diverse, knowledgeable set of friends online, they may lead you in unexpected directions. But birds of a feather flock together, both online and offline, and your friends are more likely to help you discover the unexpected in your hometown than in another land.
The most powerful discovery engines online may be curated publications such as The New York Times or The Guardian. Editors of these publications are driven by a mission to provide their audiences with the broad picture of the world they need in order to be effective citizens, consumers, and businesspeople. But professional curators have their inevitable biases and blind spots. Much as we know to search for the news we think will affect our lives, editors deploy reporting resources toward parts of the world with strategic and economic significance. When mysteries unfold in corners of the world we're used to ignoring, such as Tunisia, curators are often left struggling to catch up. The limits of online information sources are a challenge both for us and for the people building the next generation of online tools.
If we rigorously examine the media we're encountering online, looking for topics and places we hear little about, we may be able to change our behavior, adding different and dissenting views to our social networks, seeking out new sources of news. But this task would be vastly easier if the architects of Internet tools took up the cause of helping to broaden worldviews. Facebook already notices that you've failed to "friend" a high school classmate and tries to connect you. It could look for strangers in Africa or India who share your interests and broker an introduction. Google tracks every search you undertake so it can more effectively target ads to you. It could also use that information to help you discover compelling content about topics you've never explored, adding a serendipity engine to its formidable search function. Why aren't engineers racing to build the new tools that will help unravel the mysteries of a connected world? They may be waiting for indicators that we want them and are ready to use them.


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As I mentioned in an earlier post, my mom made a Swedish Tea Ring for Christmas morning that was tender and light. While part of this is the mother's touch, I think the other part is the fact that she makes it the night before and lets it rest before baking it in the morning. This lets the gluten in the dough relax, makes the dough rise slowly, and gives the tea ring a better flavour. So, here is the deal: make the tea ring as I described, then cover and place in the fridge overnight. The next morning, uncover and place in a cold oven. Turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 20-25 mins, or until golden brown.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Swedish Tea Ring Update
3 comments:
- Friar Tuck said...
Resting makes everything in life better, not just tea rings.
If only I could get a couch in my office. Resting in the afternoon makes my spirit softer and my ideas taste better. Err...you know what I mean.
- December 31, 2007 at 11:32 PM
- bugbear said...
Definitely....extended, low temperature rising is a key to full flavor development of many doughs. Plus the long resting time allows the gluten in the dough to link up more thoroughly.
I may try this recipe...
- September 18, 2009 at 10:26 PM
- bugbear said...
Also, the long resting times lets all the flour particles fully hydrate, making for a much "juicier" end product.
The first Toll House Cookie recipe included an overnight rest in the fridge, but it was omitted in later directions because it was perceived as too intimidating for most home cooks.
Letting your cookie doughs rest overnight in the fridge (covered to prevent them drying out) and your cookies will turn out with much better texture-less crumbly and more "chewy".
- September 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM


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A Chico magician was recuperating Sunday in the Dominican Republic after a local television show host lit his head on fire with a flammable cologne.
Chico native Wayne Houchin said he is receiving treatment for burns that doctors are cautiously optimistic will not result in scars.
A Sunday statement on his Facebook page says he is "resting, healing & working through the legal process" in the Caribbean nation, where he had been performing with a group of fellow magicians.
During a Nov. 26 appearance on the Dominican Republic's "Closer To The Stars" TV program, guest host Franklin Barazarte abruptly doused the U.S. magician's head with "Agua de Florida," a flammable cologne commonly used in Santeria rituals.
A video of the incident shows the magician's head bursting into flames as Barazarte runs his hands over Houchin's hair. The video also shows Houchin, Barazarte and others struggling to extinguish the flames for several seconds. The incident was not broadcast on Dominican television but a video of it has appeared on the Internet. Houchin said Barazarte's actions were completely unexpected and he considers it a criminal attack.
ABC News reports charges have been filed against the host, but as of Monday morning he had not been arrested.
Houchin grew up in Chico and attended Pleasant Valley High School. He has a new magic show called "Breaking Magic" which airs Sunday on the Discovery Channel.


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Is anyone else getting a little bored with the trailers for "The Dark Knight Rises"?
So trailer #3 for "The Dark Knight Rises" has been released and it feels like it was done by an art house. While I am still excited to see the movie, is anyone else feeling that these trailers are kind of boring?
Find it here and judge for yourself:
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@curtisuxor: Thanks for covering, I am posting from work so I couldn't test the link to make sure it worked.
@wisenekt: Sorry, it was just taking a long time to load on my end (buggy internet). It works fine!
I enjoyed the new trailer. I would also like to point out that the musical score is epic.
I haven't seen it a lot yet, so I'm not bored. However, they really make it look almost like more drama and less action. I also cannot stand Christian Bale's Batman voice, so I will fast forward through the commercial if I do see it.


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5 True War Stories That Put Every Action Movie to Shame
One reason we love war stories here at Cracked is because so often, what actually happens on the battlefield is way stranger than anything we got in cheesy 80s action movies. The real battlefield is chock full of heroics so badass that if you put them in respected war films like Saving Private Ryan or Universal Soldier, we'd all collectively groan, "Yeah, right."
Here are five groups of soldiers that prove that no matter how implausible the plot, some group of soldiers, somewhere, have topped it.
#5. Pavlov's Platoon Holds Off the Nazis. All of Them.
The Half-Assed Hollywood Effort:
Here's a story implausible enough it could only have come from the fantasy genre, specifically the Battle of Helm's Deep from Lord of the Rings. A bunch of under-equipped warriors find themselves holed up in a fortress, outnumbered 30 to one. Knowing that death is all but inevitable, they decide to fend off the vastly superior army for a miraculous stretch of time as a pure exercise in ball-flexing manliness, before being rescued by a wizard.
Also, the fat elf dies.
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Imagine if Helm's Deep had only been defended by two dozen guys and the enemy crossed the sheer overwhelming math of a zombie horde with the Empire's propensity for terrifying marshal efficiency.
That's what one Sergeant Yakov Pavlov's platoon found themselves facing down in September of 1942. The Nazis were pushing into Russia as part of the biggest military operation in the history of the human race, and everything was about to come to a head in the city of Stalingrad with a battle over a single bombed-out apartment building.
They called it the "Battle of Stalingrad" because "The Battle of That Building Where Sergei's Mom Used to Live" didn't sound quite as impressive.
Pavlov and his platoon was tasked with the thankless job of retaking the building after the Nazis had seized it. To get a snapshot of what their mindset was like heading in, it's helpful to know that the assignment was considered an extremely dangerous one by the Soviet Army, and that the Soviet Army's slogan at the time was "die for Russia."
Somehow, the slogan failed to raise morale.
Doing the quick math, Pavlov realized his only chance was to throw his whole platoon into the meat grinder, and hope that the speed with which they passed through left at least a few alive. He lost all but four men in the assault, but eventually his plan worked and they took the building. Had they known they were dealing with a man who considered four people surviving a success, the Nazis probably would have realized that they were in for some serious shit. Having barely enough survivors to outfit a respectable zombie movie, Pavlov could only station one soldier to each floor. However, the drop-dead gorgeous line of sight it offered was enough for them to unleash a mountain of unholy hell against all Fascist comers.
The last face many Nazis ever saw.
The building was subjected to relentless fire--as were the civilians huddled in its basement--but Pavlov's unit held out long enough to be reinforced by a still-tiny 25 men. Not a wizard, but it was all they needed. His men were given machine guns, rifles, mortars, barbed-wire, anti-tank mines, some body armor and a PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle which Pavlov personally used to snipe a dozen tanks from the rooftop. They basically used what little equipment they had to convert the apartment into a goddamn anti-Nazi death machine that could annihilate whatever came at it from a kilometer in every direction.
As long as everyone conserved their ammo and manned their posts, the only real danger posed to the building came from flamethrowers. Fortunately, with legendary snipers like 19-year-old Anatoly Chekhov on the top floor, this usually resulted in a Viking funeral for the Nazis.
Wave after wave of the German army hammered the building. And died.
Later, Pavlov's men could boast that they killed more Germans defending their one building than the French killed in the entire fall of Paris. And unfortunately for French egos, they were still alive to boast--by February 2 the next year, the Battle of Stalingrad was over. Pavlov was named a Hero of the Soviet Union, and the building he defended was made into a monument.
#4. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Half-Assed Hollywood Effort:
Hopefully you didn't see the movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but did read the comics, which feature a band of legendary fictional characters such as Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man and Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde, all coming together from separate fictional universes to save the world.
The Badass True Story:
What if we told you that there was a secret military unit during World War II which featured this guy:
And this guy:
...who operated out of Sherlock Holmes' headquarters and saved the world from nuclear annihilation at the hands of the Nazis?
Meet the Special Operations Executive, a super-secret branch of the UK military personally tasked by Winston Churchill to "set Europe ablaze." On the crew were James Bond-creator Ian Fleming (who would base Bond on his own experiences), as well as members who would be Fleming's inspirations for M, Q, Miss Moneypenny and the sultry Vesper Lynd. They were joined by the future Dracula/Saruman/Dooku Christopher Lee. They were stationed at Baker Street. Yep, the place where the fictional Sherlock Holmes solved his mysteries.
These "Baker Street Irregulars" were Churchill's go-to guys and girls for "ungentlemanly" warfare. If there was a bridge that needed busting or an Axis officer who needed seducing, you'd better believe the SOE had all the cloaks and daggers necessary to make sure Colonel Arschloch spent his last moments of WWII getting murdered in his bed anywhere from the English Channel to Southeast Asia.
The Ministry's greatest achievement, and perhaps the single finest act of sabotage in all of WWII, was Operation Gunnerside: a crossover between the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and their cousins in the Norwegian Resistance. Their mission: train a crack commando unit of former-Vikings to join SOE on a secret mission to destroy a heavy water plant in Norway before the Nazis could build an atomic bomb with it. It's thanks to these unknown bastards of WWII that Hitler didn't have any nuclear-tipped V-2 rockets to turn the last months of the war into something akin to Judgment Day.
If only.
#3. Moffat's Squadron Takes Down a Floating Death Star
The Half-Assed Hollywood Effort:
Luke's Red Squadron from Star Wars. If instead of fancy space technology, the Red Squadron used a flare gun and a slingshot to destroy the Death Star.
The Badass True Story:
Stretching at 825 feet and capable of displacing more than 50,000 metric tons, the Bismarck was the largest battleship in the world when it was launched. Seeing this bastard through a pair of binoculars, you'd have to think it was too big to be possible.
Not only did it boast eight 15-inch guns (if you're thinking that sounds tiny, understand the shells were 15 inches across) and five dozen smaller armaments, the ship's onboard targeting computer was so precise it blew away HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, with one freaking shot. The subsequent destruction of the HMS Hood and the loss of almost all its sailors was considered one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in all of WWII.
Fortunately, the battleship did have one fatal weakness: a small and vulnerable rudder, presumably located right below its thermal exhaust port. Enter Lieutenant Commander John Moffat of the Fleet Air Arm.
Just after nightfall on May 24, 1941, Moffat and his squad of biplane bombers assaulted the Bismarck from every direction, in most cases skimming just above the water-line to avoid the battleship's fire.
Although they were flying in the black of night likely using some old timey version of the Force, Moffat was able to fire a torpedo in a one-in-a-million shot that struck the Bismarck square on its rudder, the one vulnerable spot in 50 thousand tons of armor and bristling weaponry. The hit left the most feared battleship in the Kriegsmarine floating dead in the water. The Royal Navy promptly sailed in to finish the job.
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Who is going to the Ultimate Marvel Marathon?
AMC theatres is hosting the Ultimate Marvel Marathon by showing the five Marvel movies (Iron Man 1 and 2, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America) leading up to the Avengers in one day for $40 a ticket ending with the midnight premier. Who will be taking part?
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sounds pretty awesome.
Since they are including The Avengers in the ticket price, I am definitely considering it. I am wondering how they will feel about people bringing in outside food and drink, though. I don't think most people can go ~12 hours without eating something.
I really don't want to eat movie theater food (especially at movie theater prices) for the whole day.
That's pretty cool, and if it weren't for work, and the cost of parking in SF, I'd be all over this. However, missing a couple days of work (as I'd need Friday to recoup) having to spend $40 for the ticket, and whatever food ends up running me wouldn't be financially responsible of me (heh, financial responsibility on a woot discussion, I make myself laugh!)
pass.. only 3 of the movies are 3D.. and I don't want to live off Movie Theater food for 15 hours...
I will just watch all of the Marvel movies worth watching from the comfort of my own home on my 65'' Samsung Plasma at my leisure the week prior and then go watch the Avengers =D
Not showing within 700 miles of me, and even if they expand the list the closest AMC theater is 550 miles away, so it will be a no-go. I hate 3D movies, so those would be a turn off. When we went to the LOTR marathon, it was at a theater that sold half decent pizza for a somewhat reasonable price if you bought a whole pie. Once you got your seat you got a name tag to pin to it so you could leave if you wanted to and were guaranteed your seat when you got back. Three teenaged friends spent the night in line, we plied them with Starbucks and bags of burgers. They were the second ones in line and were permitted to bring up to five people each in line with them, so the rest of us got there about half an hour before they opened the box office there were 13-14 of us, we got the best seats in the house and had a great time watching the films and sharing pizzas and hanging out in the lobby during breaks. We'd love to do the same thing for this marathon, but they aren't bringing it to us.
I wonder if you can leave the theater for an entire movie, we'll just the Hulk for arguments sake, and get back in for the others. The theater showing it near me is in a mall so I could get food and walk around. Unfortunately I need all my vacation days for this summer or I would be considering this more seriously.
Can you imagine what the theater will smell like by say, 8pm?
Ok I am too stupid to get the hyperlinks to work on deals.woot side but here is a link to all 30 cities doing this:


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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will study a near-Earth and potentially hazardous asteroid. The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, spacecraft is scheduled to launch in 2016, rendezvous with asteroid 1999 RQ36, and ultimately bring back samples to Earth. The samples will be the first for a U.S. mission and may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and likely organic molecules that may have seeded life on Earth.
Lockheed Martin will design and build the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, asteroid sampling system and the sample return capsule from its Space Systems Company facilities near Denver. In addition, the company will operate the spacecraft from its Mission Support Area from launch until the asteroid samples are returned.
The asteroid, formerly called 1999 RQ36, is now Bennu. Bennu was chosen as the name of the asteroid as a part of the "Name that Asteroid" contest. The competition was open to students under age 18 from anywhere in the world.
Mission Overview:
- Launch in September 2016, encountering asteroid 1999 RQ36 in October 2019
- Study RQ36 for up to 505 days, globally mapping the surface from a distance of 5 km to a distance of 0.7 km
- Obtain at least 60 g of pristine regolith and a surface material sample
- Return to Earth in September 2023 in a Stardust-heritage sample return capsule
- Deliver samples to JSC curation facility for world-wide distribution
Science Objectives:
- Return and analyze a sample of pristine carbonaceous asteroid regolith in an amount sufficient to study the nature, history, and distribution of its constituent minerals and organic material.
- Map the global properties, chemistry, and mineralogy of a primitive carbonaceous asteroid to characterize its geologic and dynamic history and provide context for the returned samples.
- Document the texture, morphology, geochemistry, and spectral properties of the regolith at the sampling site in situ at scales down to the submillimeter.
- Measure the Yarkovsky effect on a potentially hazardous asteroid and constrain the asteroid properties that contribute to this effect.
- Characterize the integrated global properties of a primitive carbonaceous asteroid to allow for direct comparison with ground-based telescopic data of the entire asteroid population.


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Hash Named Second-Team Academic All-AmericaFebruary 19, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – Anderson University men's basketball senior guard Chandler Hash has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America men's basketball second team for NCAA Division II, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Wednesday afternoon.
Hash is the reigning South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete for men's basketball and carries a 3.51 grade point average, while majoring in nursing.
"We are proud of Chandler," said Anderson head coach Jason Taylor. "He is very deserving of this honor and recognition. He embodies everything student-athletes are supposed to be. No one works harder on or off the court than Chandler."
A native of Greer, S.C., Hash was earlier named First-Team Academic All- District for the second consecutive year and earned Preseason First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference honors. The 6-foot guard has started 51 consecutive games for the Black and Gold and has reached double figures in the scoring column in 39 straight contests, while leading the SAC in scoring and ranks fourth nationally with his 23.9 points per game average.
Hash is fifth all-time in Anderson's record books with 1,332 career points and his career-high 42 points versus GRU Augusta in November is tied for sixth highest in NCAA Division II this season. He has been named SAC Player of the Week three times in his career and is a member of Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society and the Anderson University Dean's List. He was among 202 nominees for the 2014 Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works Teams,® as announced by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and the Allstate Insurance Company on Dec. 3.
Bryce Foster of Missouri University of Science and Technology has been named the 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year for Division II Men's Basketball. Foster, a business and management systems major with a 3.89 GPA, ranks second in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in scoring, averaging 21.6 ppg, 13th in Division II. A 6-foot-4 guard/forward from Florissant, Mo., he ranks second on the Miners in rebounding (7.0 rpg), adding 50 assists, 28 steals and 14 blocked shots. He is shooting 48.2 percent from the floor (162-of-336), including a team-high 56 3-pointers in 163 attempts (34.4 pct.), and has made 117-of-142 free throws (82.4 pct.).
Three other seniors join Foster as first team Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Men's Basketball team members, Mike Dentlinger of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Austin Armga of Michigan Technological University, and Seattle Pacific's David Downs. The fifth member of the 2014 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Men's Basketball first team is junior Trey Casey of Christian Brothers University.
Joining Hash on the second team are seniors Derek Billing of Lake Superior State University and Dominykas Milka of The College of Saint Rose and juniors Nicholas Kay and Mitch McCarron of Metropolitan State University of Denver and Teancum Stafford of the University of Alaska Anchorage. Milka was also named to the second team in 2012-13.
The Capital One Academic All-America® Division II Men's Basketball third team includes seniors Carson Konrade of Fort Hays State University along with juniors C.J. Hester of West Liberty University, Tylon Smith of Southern Connecticut State University and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's Ian Vescovi. Hester was also named to the third team last year
In order to earn recognition, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution and nominees are voted upon by CoSIDA members.
The Capital One Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2013-14 D-II Academic All-America teams program.
About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $206.9 billion in deposits and $289.9 billion in total assets as of September 30, 2013. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through a variety of channels. Capital One, N.A. has more than 900 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index.


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Staycation, all I ever wanted…
This week's KnitBits, due out on Friday, is the second in a series of themed entries called the Recession Collection. Last week's issue was a collection of 50 projects you can knit for under 50 dollars–a LOT less than 50 dollars in most cases.
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The theme of this week's issue is staycations–the sort of holiday you take when you can't afford to jump on a plane headed for luxurious locales. Our feeling is that knitters know how to make the best out of a weekend on a couch. You can read our "travelogues" below but you'll have to look for KnitBits #267 to see what Norah and Margery whipped up over the weekend.
Favorite escapist movie:
N: Much Ado about Nothing with Kenneth Brannagh. I laughed, I cried, ……I sang!
M: Off the top of my head, month by month: Bell Book & Candle in December, Giant in January, All About Eve in February, Rebel Without a Cause in March, Vertigo in April, Splendor in the Grass in May, Rear Window in June, Dirty Dancing in July, A Walk on the Moon in August, Breakfast at Tiffany's in September, The Body Snatchers in October, La Strada in November.
C: Right now, Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette."
Favorite libation or wintery beverage:
N: Hot cocoa with a star anise pod thrown in.
M: Just a nice glass of Chianti.
C: Pumpkin beer–bottled dessert!
A guilty pleasure snack or comfort food recipe:
N: Chocolate and honey toasted on good bread.
M: Tarmasalata (Greek caviar spread) on a tuscan cracker.
C: Grilled cheese made with Cotswold cheddar–a double Gloucester cheese with chives.
Who or what surrounds you on the couch?
N: Lena and Jake, some tapestry needles (fallen behind the cushions) and big comfy pillows.
M: Memories of my dear cat Fred.
C: A laptop playing episodes of the British comedy "Peep Show."
How do you unwind and shut out the world at the end of the work week?
N: I like to plant myself on the couch and watch long marathons of TV – like the Gilmore Girls or Project Runway.
M: We take Max, Olivia and Noah [Ed: Margery's son, daughter-in-law and beloved grandson] to our favorite Indian restaurant and we have a Bombay Sapphire Martini while Noah drinks a mango lassi and we all munch on pappadam. MMMMM!
C: Yoga and some difficult cooking–at least two hours in the kitchen! Last weekend it was matzo ball soup and the weekend before that was bourbon bread pudding. Okay, now my stomach is growling…
What does the knitting glitterati do behind close doors when they're knitting for themselves and themselves alone?
N: When I'm really fried – garter stitch.
M: My new love is my sewing machine, so that is were I go to update my wardrobe. When it is yarn I am craving in my hands, I crochet and felt, hats, bags and other vessels.
C: Like Margery, I've been 'cheating' on my needles…I spin or weave! It's a good way to get a little instant fiber gratification without having to think about shaping or fit or gauge…as long as I'm touching yarn, I'm happy! And like Norah, I always love garter stitch.
I hope you'll join us–answer any of the questions you like, either in the comments or at your blog.
Happy knitting,
Pretty darn creativeNovember 19, 2008
hmmm, weaving. now that could be the next obsession. Seriously tempting!November 19, 2008
chelsea #
Peep Show is my absolute favorite thing right now!November 19, 2008
Susan #
Right now I'm cheating on my knitting with inkle weaving–doesn't take up much space and you can do some fun, quick projects with it.
Loved all the answers, but M's movie choices rocked! Gonna put on Rear Window and finish a felting project, surrounded by my dog and two cats, of course.November 21, 2008
Meg Caulmare #
What fun to know more about my favorite design team! Margery, my condolences on the loss of Fred.
My favorite Please Myself knitting is a saddle-shoulder sweater knitted in the round out of my own handspun. NOTHING comforts like yarn I knew as a fleece, yet there are "pay attention" points along the way, enough to wake me up now and then, with plenty of plain 'round and 'round knitting in the middle.
When the going gets tough, I park myself on the couch with several wonderful cats, a handspun sweater OR a lace project, and Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares on the tube (drama and lots of beautiful food on BBCAmerica).
Another great favorite movie is Local Hero. I defy anyone to watch that movie and hear that music, and NOT cast on for a Fair Isle, or some other form of color-patterned knitting, although Kilt Hose can work, too.
None of those things, except for my wonderful cats, would be anywhere near as much fun if I didn't have my knitting and spinning to go along with them.
A happy and safe Thanksgiving to all.November 21, 2008
The blog I list there has become more fibery than ink and scrappy, lol! Neglected of late, tho.
As has been much. Let's see. There's one project, that has my first sort of "designing" in it, insomuch that the middle motif is a purchased one, but I'm offing the designer's borders (washcloth) and putting my own – I can say here because I doubt (hope!) my recipient isn't reading this). It's geeky – I play Everquest 2, and so does the friend who encouraged me to knit when I never thought I could (she's someone I've never met in person, only online) by saying, "After all, it's just sticks and string!" so I gave it a go . . . . anyway . . . . here I am, with an old Mon Tricot stitch dictionary mag thingie, changing a chain link looking stitch that's vertical only into horizontal as well, so I can frame this purchased gryffon motif with a medieval-looking chain . . . . and THEN I'm going to do something else I've never done, and crochet a two color border around the whole thing that'll be reminiscent of castle bricks, with a transition between the chain area and that, of course, which I've sort of accidentally made up a stitch in trying to do something else that looks really pleasing (not sure if, for this purpose, but will definitely use it for other purposes). Kept notes all along the way . . . . (glad my first "designing" has been and "is" on such a small scale, lol")
Anyway!! When I DON'T want to think, which I must do in COPIOUS amounts for the afore-mentioned project because I'm a fairly new knitter (sarebear on Ravelry) . . . .
Fave escapist movie – Besides disaster movies, I really escape into Sense and Sensibility, my all time fave – the language, the everything!!!
Fave libation or wintry beverage – Stephen's Gourmet Candy Cane Cocoa – Discovered this two years ago, it's MARVELOUS!! Love it!!! oooo yum……
A guilty pleasure snack or comfort food recipe: Hrm . . .. Dreyer's Butterfinger Ice Cream, or Farr's Peppermint Ice Cream, or Farr's Peanut Butter Lover's (I think) Ice Cream . . . or Dairy Queen's Chocolate Covered Strawberry Blizzard, mmmm. And here I am, lactose intolerant . . . . . thank goodness for Lactaid, whee!!!
Who or what surrounds you on the couch . . . . . laundry!!! a bag with my current project in it, my beading stuff that I may not have touched in awhile but I'm definitely getting back to, my first spinning that I can't finish until I get s'more dyed up so I can ply it along the whole length of the first 4 ounces so any differences will well be in the 2nd ply on the whole length, not changing mid-length in the skein. Didn't know enough to order 8 oz to start, if I wanted to make a scarf, when I first started. Want that first spinning started to be plied, I want to learn that, and start knitting it!!! You can see the spinning in my ravelry projects. Oh, and TONS more laundry.
Thanks for the great post, if you have read this far, congrats . . . . when my project is done it'll be more hand-towel size (the project that requires thinking, lol, and the reason the gryffon is because our guild name has a gryffon in it!) Also the chain is done on a reverse-stockinette background and the gryffon on a stockinette, so designing a nice transition (working with ideas in the Mon Tricot book that I like and adapting, still takes alotto thinking and notes! kudos to you designers, I'm a determined newb tho) is also part of it. I Love geek+knit! Anyway, thanks for all the knitting goodness!
I think I'll go check out Much Ado About Nothing, I'm in a Kenneth Branaugh kind of mood . . ..November 22, 2008
Favorite escapist movie:
Anything funny – Baby Boom, Funny Farm – but also the HP movies and the first 3 of the Star Wars movies released
Favorite libation or wintery beverage:
cocoa, cocoa, cocoa
A guilty pleasure snack or comfort food recipe:
pot roast with mashed potatoes and homemade gravy
Who or what surrounds you on the couch?
ckns poked into a Lopi afghan, dpns, knitting books, balls of yarn, hard ruler, tissues, something to drink, scissors, tapestry ndls, WIPs – there's hardly room for me!
What does the knitting glitterati do behind close doors when they're knitting for themselves and themselves alone?
Plain stockinette knits – thick wool socks especiallyNovember 22, 2008
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All of your ideas make me wish for an empty house with the exception of my dogs, yarns, needles & the radio.
So for me this winter I will be finally able to finish up me knitting/sitting/computer room. I just finished painting it. Tried my hand at sponging. It turned out really neat looking. No to get all of my yarn stash in there & something to sit in, comfy of course. This room is a 12X12 room & it was my daughter's room. So now that my last baby is out of the house, it is just my husband, my dogs & 1 cat & me. I will have to get some pictures of it once it is completed.
Take care all & stay warm & cozy…..November 23, 2008
This is a lot of fun!
Favorite escapist movie:
Pride and Prejudice- (the BBC mini series one)
Favorite libation or wintery beverage:
a nice Malbec
A guilty pleasure snack or comfort food recipe:
a nice cheese plate!
Who or what surrounds you on the couch?
My cat: Queen Elizabeth, the husbands computer, a stack of patterns I'm thinking about knitting for Christmas, and usually a glass of water
How do you unwind and shut out the world at the end of the work week?
Buy some dumplings, watch some House, and have a knitting marathon!
What does the knitting glitterati do behind close doors when they're knitting for themselves and themselves alone?
All wool, lots of stockinette.November 25, 2008
Becky #
We miss the mini videos, Norah & Margery used to do. My mother has been knitting since she was three, in Europe. Her and I used to watch both of your segments, which inspired us to knit even more.
BRING THEM BACK PLEASE!!! We miss them, and the music was good too.November 26, 2008
Tenli #
I am curious about Cirilia's Matzoh Ball Soup. I consider myself a maven in that area. Cirilia, do you use chicken fat? Do you boil the M.B.s in the soup or in a separate pot of water?November 27, 2008
Laurie #
What surrounds me as I knit? All four cats (the kitten gets swatted because she thinks ALL yarn belongs to her) small projects (mittens & scarves & hats oh my!) for Christmas presents, a self-designed gansey for my 18-month old grandson (in a size 4 to grow into!) and dreams about other projects from all the new knitting books I just got (since knitters must start early, so do their presents!) I also have a loom but haven't used it for a couple of years…no more table to load it on!November 30, 2008
Seen your site via msn the other day and absolutely like it so much. Keep up the fantastic work.August 30, 2010


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Friday, October 17, 2008
When Good Trading Leads to Bad Trading: Breaking Problem Cycles
1) A woman is motivated to lose weight and goes on a diet, losing 20 pounds over time. As she becomes more comfortable with her weight, she relaxes the diet and begins to put the pounds back on. Only after she has returned to her original weight does she reinstate the diet with renewed motivation.
2) An alcoholic attends AA meetings every day and remains sober for months. He tells himself he can become a social drinker and control his intake, only to relapse into his prior pattern of overdrinking and erratic behavior. When he is given another DUI citation, he is in jeopardy of losing his driver's license and returns to his AA meetings and prior sobriety.
3) A trader has gone through losses and trades smaller and more cautiously, planning out trades carefully in advance to maximize reward and minimize risk. As he makes money, he relaxes his trading criteria and takes a number of unplanned trades, resulting in losses. Once he loses the money he had made during his good trading, he returns to trading smaller and more carefully.
Each of these is a situation in which problems occur in cycles. The cycle involves strict, conscious, and motivated attempts at self-control followed by lapses of self-control. During the periods of self-control, the unwanted behaviors are contained; during the lapses, they spiral out of control and bring undesired consequences. Think about the eating patterns of a bulimic patient or the interaction patterns of spouses who repeatedly fight and make up. The problems are different, but the cyclical quality of the problems is constant.
Much of my book The Psychology of Trading deals with this problem of "multiplicity": how people can behave one way, in one state or frame of mind, and quite the opposite when those states shift. Reviewing cognitive neuroscience research, I conclude in the book, "People lose money in the markets because the person who places the trade very often is not the same person who manages and closes the trade. Quite literally, another self has taken over--another mind...People cannot sustain purpose in their lives--and trading is certainly a purposeful act--because they are fundamentally divided beings" (p. 79).
It takes the shock of significant consequences to change people's feelings and state of mind and shift them into the self-controlling mode. Once those consequences are not salient, the mind state becomes more relaxed, the urgency of maintaining control is reduced, and old behavior patterns come to the fore.
Conversely, when consequences are *always* salient, there is no problem maintaining desired behavior patterns. Most of us don't feel particularly tempted to steal merchandise from stores or drive at high speeds on the wrong side of the highway. We're quite aware of the consequences and following rules and doing the right things take no particular act of effort or discipline. Similarly, when a heart attack patient realizes his fragile health status, he finds it relatively easy to stick to a regimen of medications and proper diet. Salience of consequences promotes consistency in behavior: in classrooms, at work, and in day to day life.
The first step in breaking problem cycles of behavior is to become aware of those cycles as they are occurring and to focus attention on the likely consequences of those cycles. In practice, this means being very sensitive to the triggers that set the problem cycles in motion. For the alcoholic, the triggers are cravings or thoughts that it might be possible to engage in controlled drinking. For the trader, the triggers often are frustration and perfectionistic thoughts about how much money one should have made (or shouldn't have lost). If those triggers are accompanied by alarm--a concern for consequences--it will be relatively easy to interrupt the problem cycle and, in the case of trading, step back from the screen, calm oneself, and redouble efforts at careful, planned trading. The entire key is attaching that sense of alarm to those triggers.
I'll have much more to say about this in my forthcoming book on self-coaching, including specific techniques for sustaining self-control. Readers of the Trader Performance book might want to consult the chapter on "Behavioral Techniques for Enhancing Performance", which outlines, step by step, how to identify triggers and use exposure techniques to interrupt and reprogram them. In the exposure method, you use relaxation and guided imagery to vividly walk yourself through specific trigger situations, while you keep yourself physically calm and cognitively focused and mentally rehearse the concrete actions you want to take in those trigger situations: recognizing the trigger, reminding yourself of the dire consequences of repeating the problem pattern, and redoubling your efforts at cautious, controlled trading.
In other words, you want to respond to the trigger situations--the frustration, the thoughts of needing to trade to make money back, the overconfidence--the same way that you respond to losses of significant money. Instead of waiting until you lose money to become virtuous in your trading, you train yourself to become virtuous when you recognize the trigger situations and feelings that would take you out of your game. The more you mentally rehearse the trigger situations in the right state of mind and body, the more prepared you'll be to respond to them in a calm and focused way when they arise in real time.
Problem and Solution Patterns
Breaking Trading Slumps
Top Reasons Why Traders Lose Discipline
Understanding Lapses in Trading Discipline
5 comments:
- ivanhoff said...
"People lose money in the markets because the person who places the trade very often is not the same person who manages and closes the trade."
I believe that the said above might have a positive effect on trading. When the person who closes trades literally (physically) differs from the person, who initiates trades, the result would be much more disciplined trading: strictly following of stop losses and not putting good money after bad. I believe this is how most banks and hedge funds trading desks should operate.
- mr rolfsson said...
This is sooo much me! I make a few good trades and feel like king of the world. Next trade Im all in and the trade goes against me. Im sure Im right so I keep it running and loose all my profits and are deep under when I close it. This almost always happend when I have decided to stop trading for the day and I see this golden opportunity that I cant miss. It almost always leads to a loss. But will a book change my trading personality?
- Globetrader said...
It doesn't matter how bad your screw-up was, if you recognize it as a screw-up, if you are able to see, why it happened, you are already on your way out of the woods.
Losing 30% of your account in one day? With the recent turmoil in the markets it can happen and has happened to more than one trader I know.
But the question is, what do you do next? Why did it happen? Was it your system, which made you consistently money in the past, only to be lost within a few bad bad trades, or did you change your own behavior, your own responses to the market.
Certain trading techniques work great in a ranging or slightly trending market. But if the range/trend goes 500 points as you see in the YM recently only to reverse within the next 30 minutes, any trading method designed to scale into a trade, when it is at a loss, might not work, because the range is just too high. It worked in calmer markets, but it does not work right now, as you can't afford the risk involved.
Did you ever try to swim in the ocean, when the waves are between 1 and 2 or 3 meters? When they go beyond? If you are not careful and a wave breaks over you, and you are pressed under water, struggle to come up, only to have the next wave break above you again, you might feel real panic. Only by calming yourself and diving below the next wave instead of tumbling around, will you reach the surface again and be able to swim to shore.
Using trading methods, which worked for years will kill your account in this environment. But the problem is not your trading approach, your trading rules. They are most likely still sound, even if we have very high volatility.
Good trading rules work on small intraday timeframes as well as on daily charts. The only difference is, that the risk and the possible reward increase the higher the timeframe becomes.
Currently we see daily or weekly ranges made within minutes and hours. But that doesn't mean, you won't get good trade entry signals.
But your money management rules, they need adjusting!
Why are you a daytrader? I know, why I'm a daytrader. I can't afford the risk associated with holding overnight. My targets are smaller and the risk I take is smaller, as I place the stop nearer. But right now -as we all know- we see daily ranges within minutes. That means you need to adjust your stop or you get stopped out a lot more often than you are used to. Most of us trade with targets. If the Internet connection breaks down, at least a stop and a target order are placed. But did you adjust your target to the higher volatility, to compensate for the wider stop?
Most likely not, because you trained yourself to be content with 10 or 20 points even if the market ran another 100 points after you exited. Adjusting this is very difficult, as you need to overcome your fear of losing paper profits.
And, at least I, can sit calmly in a trade in the red, as long as my stop is not hit, waiting for it to return to green, while sitting in a green trade for a longer time always urges me to take profits now, instead of waiting for the next leg and the continuation of the trend.
Adjust your maximum position size. If you scale into a trade adjust the levels at which you scale in. be prepared to go out in a moments notice, if the trade does not work, because some moves just don't stop at the moment.
If you lost high, do what you always do, see where you failed and continue trading your signals. You can't climb out of a 30% loss in a day. But if you have a sound system, it will work in this environment, if you adjust your money management rules. And once you made it back, don't relax, continue doing what you did to climb out of the hole, so you can start the next leg up in your account.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Thanks for the comments on the post. Very good point, Ivanhoff: by controlling your state, you can also promote positive decision making. Mr. Rolfsson, you're right: a book can't change trading personality, but it can outline exercises and techniques that help us change our thought and behavior patterns. Finally, excellent, excellent points about adapting to the volatile environment, GlobeTrader. Thanks much.
- kltrue said...
If you stop trading like a gambler, you stop having all these justification of reasoning to your recent losses. The deeper you dig a hole the deeper you get stuck in it. So stop digging.
"Never try to earn back your losses by how you made your losses..."


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My bathroom walls are done in concrete not drywall. I installed a ceiling fan. After showering, the walls are covered with moisture.
What can I do to eliminate the moisture?
Condensation happens whenever hot air meets cold surfaces, and the air after a shower is hot and very humid.
You'll always get some condensation, but there are a few things done to mitigate this:
If your walls are actually solid concrete or concrete blocks, then they definitely are going to be colder as concrete is a poor insulator. This is why in the same room concrete will feel cooler to the touch than drywall, which will feel cooler to the touch than a towel.
Are they solid concrete? Is it colder outside than in? If so, not much you can do. Steam will condense on cold surfaces. The exhaust fan can certainly help, though.
You could try leaving the bathroom door open while showering or opening it afterward when you are done. Opening the window will also help a bit (if it's cold open it only a crack and close it when you're done).


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i dont know but i am diggin, this chics bottom half lol
I'm too sexy for these hose
Passive income for life my a**. Get back in the house Fred, there are chores to do.
"One size fits most 90-160 lbs."
Guess I need to gain 10 lbs. =(
I'd stripe her "neon" if you know what i mean
@jeshuaenriquez: wink, wink. nudge, nudge,. Know what I mean ;)
Mom does look pretty sexy in these.
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Guess I'd have to lose about 60 lbs but I think I'd really turn my wife on strutting around in these...


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How many wooters use a double-edge razor?
I'm curious, how many wooters use a double-edge razor. I've had mine for over a year, and have been very pleased with it.
If you have one, what did you switch from and why? Are you happy with your choice?
Any lady wooters using a double-edge?
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I don't use one yet, but I am researching them. What did you start out with, and what would you recommend, especially for shaving cream?
@drfaulken: I went with a parker 22r - because I was specifically looking for a TTO (butterfly). And it looks really cool. I'm not looking to get something else, but I don't recommend that one because of the odd arrangement of the opening knob.
As to shaving soap, It hasn't made much difference for me. I shave in the shower, and my beard is not overly coarse. The VanDerHagen works fine, although I'm hoping that Old Spice starts making theirs again.
I would love too but I'm always rushed in the morning. From what I've read its a great shave but only if you take your time.
@jeremytheindian: Honestly it doesn't take much longer than shaving with a multi-blade razor.
On the weekends, I will occasionally take my time and go all out re-lathering & making three passes. Especially if we're going out.
@drfaulken: I recommend Proraso shaving products. I have a Merkur 180 razor.
I use one. I have used cartridge and electric prior. The cartridges give a good shave, but the refills are expensive. Electrics can give an OK shave. I have a Panasonic electric that I take on trips.
I made the switch about 7 months ago and will never go back. The real reason was the cost because I was tired of paying $25+ for 4 razor heads when a 10 pack of double edged razor blades at Walmart will set you back $1.75.
So after talking to the guy at the Cutlery Store at the local mall (I was looking at the Merkur model 180 Long Handle) he let it slip that he is still using the same Gillette safety razor for the past 40 years.
Now I live in an area with an over abundance of antique shops. And to make a long story short, I bought out everything the town had (average cost $4 per razor). Brought them home, spent a couple hours deep cleaning them, and then handed them out to my friend and family as well as keeping a couple for my self.
I know I could have sold them on ebay for about $50 each, but it just feels so much better "converting" people to the world of a cheaper and far superior shave.
Plus, how bad ass do you feel shaving with something that is 40+ years old!
@blakemorillas: I've been using the same Gillette for almost 50 years.
I got it when my Dad upgraded to a better model @ 1966 or so. Never had an acne problem, either!
I really liked the Wilkinson brand of blades, but they're hard to find these days.
I've found that the disposables take more than one trip to shave me, whilst my old double edge cleans me with one swipe.
@gidgaf: I too enjoy Wilkinson brand blades. As a matter of fact, I prefer them over the Merkur brand because 1. its tough to beat the cost ($2 vs $9 at the cutlery store), and 2. . . well its tough to beat the cost for a sharp blade that gets the job done. Furthermore, with its value pricing you can use once and trash without hurting your wallet (if you choose to do so)
Have you checked your local Walmart? That is where I pick up my Wilkinson Sword blue pack (10 blades) for about $1.85


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NEED HELP Trade Advice: He is giving me Gio Bernard and Roddy White/Trent Richardson for Emmanual Sanders and Zac Stacy. And if I do take it should I ask for Trent or Roddy? thanks!
I'd take it with roddy
ceever 10/08/14 08:51 AM
How does CJ Spiller keep ahead of Fred Jackson week after week w/o the production? I see the age/potential/injury angle, but Fred keeps doing the damn thing!
deejaygraves 10/08/14 09:29 AM
Shady McCoy again? I guess if you put him in the top 3 every damn week, you have to be right eventually, right? Until he learns how to run north/south, he will continue to be asscheeks.
Homerjdoh1069 10/08/14 10:57 AM
mccoy is even less impressive all around with sproles on the team
mjb5310 10/08/14 01:50 PM
RSA: great trade for you. I'd take Gio and Roddy. Sanders is having great WR3 numbers, but Stacy has a rough next 4 weeks ahead, plus Cunningham will start taking some of his snaps. Strength of schedule favors the trade coming your way
Zpak15 10/08/14 03:03 PM
where is joique bell?
aarontevis 10/08/14 05:47 PM
please can you post the rankings on Tuesdays ??? Most leagues have waiver pickups Wednesdays - and its almost pointless to have this information after the fact !
swim_ny 10/08/14 05:55 PM
Thanks for the help, I took the trade.
Thanks for the help, I took the trade.
Thanks for the help, I took the trade.
Joique Bell is on track to play more than Bush at this point yet Bush is ranked and Bell isn't?
Mario2384 10/08/14 08:44 PM
I have a huge trade opportunity in my other league and I know this probably gets old, but yall have not stirred me wrong yet. I give marshawn lynch and marvin jones for Lamar Miller, Kelvin Benjamin, and Desean Jackson. I have murray as my other running back, but I am seriously lacking at receiver position.
RSA - don't like that so much - Moreno is coming back into the mix so Miller's future work is in doubt
ceever 10/09/14 03:33 PM
Ok what about this one (I am receiving interest from multiple parties). Marshawn lynch, Mike Evans, and Marvin Jones for LeSean McCoy, Golden Tate, and Deandre Hopkins?
I don't know your format but in my standard scoring league Lynch is #2 with has 81 points and McCoy is #31 with 35 points so unless you think that trend is going to change I'd keep Lynch unless they offered a lot more on the receiver side - somebody like Julio
Lynch is the main guy - McCoy is competing for touches now that Sproles is in the mix. I get the feeling McCoy is hurting - or maybe its his o-line
look at the numbers - Tate would be nice but not enough IMO
ceever 10/09/14 07:10 PM
RSA - Lynch is too good to trade for mid-range WR2s. Hopkins is TD dependant as we saw last night, Golden Tate has good value as long as Megatron is hurt, but don't expect Megatron to be down close to the last few weeks of the season and fantasy playoffs, so that hurts Tate's value.
Try getting a stud receiver for Lynch, or trade off your other RBs for mid-range WR2s
Zpak15 10/10/14 11:50 AM
yeah agree w/ zpak - I'm playing Tate this week but as soon as megatron gets healthy its back to the bench with him
ceever 10/10/14 08:00 PM
Torn between Andrew Hawkins or Jeremy Hill, 0.5 PPR but Carolina run D is terrible. Not convinced losing AJ Green is a guaranteed boon for Hill.
Martinicow 10/11/14 03:28 AM
murray or gore?
firstname.lastname@example.com 10/11/14 06:52 PM
How many more weeks before FF realizes Spiller has no business being even near the top 15 running backs in the league?
He's a good running back, believe it or not (his ypcarry is quite good), but he only gets the ball 12 times a game.
That is barely a backup. Not a 1op 15 running back.
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I want to ask is it possible for a stone to have some magnetic power different from power that we see in ordinary metal magnets (something like earth gravity that attract everything). Someone told me that he saw a stone that attract other smaller stone but did not attract metals.
Is it practically possible in science?


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I have SQL file with US zip codes (over 41000 lines of code). I want make a plugin that inserts this SQL file into WP database so user can do a search by zip codes. I want to insert SQL with PHP rather than PhpMyAdmin
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See the WordPress Codex on Creating Tables with Plugins.
I have not created a plugin that does what you want, but I have been playing with a plugin that creates its own tables. The plugin in comes with an SQL.txt file in case your WordPress install does not have permissions to create tables (in which case you would have to manually run the SQL file)
So it seems that a plugin that creates tables could potentially be problematical during install.
Another thing that this same plugin does is use an array from another file to display things. This seems like it would be a better approach because you would not have to mess with people's DB, and you could easily update the file that holds your array of zip codes.
Here is some of the code it uses for doing that:


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So, I was brewing distracted, which I will never do again, did everything right...except I didn't remember to add the big jug of liquid malt extract to the wort, or hopped water in my case! You would think it was my first batch. At least then I would have an excuse. I added it, brought it to a boil added my last amount of hops and turned it off. Should I just throw it out and start over or will it be ok?
Your hop utilization (bittering) will be off, but don't throw out the beer. You have the huge advantage of extract beer already having been boiled to remove DMS, etc. Consider it an experiment and keep going.
On the plus side, you'll be able to add some insight to this question.
Late additions of malt extract are actually a normal thing, although usually there will be a base wort that has some malt going. This is going to affect 2 things: First, the late addition can improve hop utilization. Secondly, the extract won't darken so much from the cooking time, and will result in a lighter beer. A google search of "Late Extract Addition" will return a number of pages covering the topic. So RDWHAHB, your beer is probably going to be A-OK.
You'll be fine if you had SOME extract in the boil (even if it were just steeped grain extract). You need some malt for the hops to isomerize.. you can not just boil them in plain water.
You will get a higher bitterness out of your beer because of the late malt additions. This is good if you were making an IPA. If you were making a lightly-hopped beer, the extra bitterness will knock it out of style guidelines. Maybe the beer will be too bitter to be enjoyable, but it could also be better this way (really!).
FYI - What you did by accident, I have done deliberately. Occasionally, I need to do a "partial boil" where the batch size is LARGER than the pot (you add top-off water to the fermenter). A drawback to this approach is loss in hop utilization efficiency. HOWEVER... that inefficiency is completely offset by adding half of your malt in the last 10 minutes of the boil. Basically the less dense your wort, the better utilization you have during the boil. I normally do a full boil, but once in a while I will squeeze 10 gallons into a 7.5 gallon pot. :-)


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Which is/are the correct and natural answer(s) to this question?
- It is ten miles far from here.
- It is ten miles far away from here.
- It is ten miles far away.
- It is ten miles away.
- It is ten miles away from here.
Which is/are the correct and natural answer(s) to this question?
Usually you imply the current position in the question, and imply everything except the distance in the answer (as it's given in the question), so it would be just:
If you flesh that out with all the redundancy, you get:
You can of course leave out different parts of the answer, and change the order:
You can use away instead of from here:
Both of these are correct:
Far is an adjective that denotes an indeterminate distance. It's almost synonymous with distant, although that usually denotes a distance which can be measured.
Consequently you can say How far [away] is... because you are asking about a distance which is not known.
For the answer, the distance is known, so far should not be used, and It's ten miles away is correct. Again, distant isn't generally used. It's ten miles distant is technically correct but not idiomatic.
You don't need to add "from here" because you have referenced it in the question, so it's implicit in the answer.
Assuming "ten miles" has to be a part of the answer:
You've already established the starting place in the question:
So the answer need not include this. Ten miles is the shortest possible answer. Ten miles away is good too.
Ditto Cornbreak, Indrek, and JLG.
Let me just add, after seeing options you considered: "Far" is being used as an interogatory word here and would not normally be part of the answer to such a question. Just like if someone asked you, "Who is the owner of the safari park?", you wouldn't reply, "The owner is who Fred Smith," but just "The owner is Fred Smith" or simply "Fred Smith".
Side note: For some reason I've never understood, school teachers in America routinely insist that the answer to a question must include all the information from the question. That is, if a test question asks, say, "On what continent is France located?", the student is expected to answer, "France is located on the continent of Europe". The student who writes simply "Europe" is marked wrong. I always thought this a silly rule. But if you take classes in America, you may have to deal with it.


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Clinical studies are investigating the effects of Revlimid® on myeloma in newly diagnosed patients and on in patients with relapsed and refractory myeloma. Clinical trials are also studying the use of Revlimid® for maintenance therapy.
Based on the data from two pivotal Phase III clinical trials of Revlimid® and high-dose dexamethasone versus high-dose dexamethasone alone in patients with relapsed or refractory myeloma, in June 2006, the FDA approved Revlimid® in combination with dexamethasone for use in patients who have had at least one prior therapy. This relapse setting approval is the norm for most countries, with specifics varying from country to country.
This study, sponsored by Dr. Paul Richardson of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, was designed to answer a very important question in myeloma: In the era of novel drugs, is high-dose therapy (HDT) still necessary in the initial management of multiple myeloma in younger patients? In this study, the addition of HDT to conventional dose treatment (RVD) as compared to conventional-dose treatment (RVD) alone would be considered superior if it significantly prolongs progression-free survival by at least 9 months.
Revlimid from the Celgene Corporation was just approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat certain patients with a malignant blood condition called MDS.


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I'm trying to add a 20 amp circuit breaker into my existing main panel. The main panel has one vacant slot to put the breaker, but the neutral and ground bars have no more vacant slots. My question is this -- can I hook up the new neutral and ground wires to an existing slots? Meaning if the slots are already being used by another breaker, can I also hook up my new neutral and ground wires into these slots since there are no more available slots? I also see that the neutral and ground wires are all mixed up on the two bars. I'm saying that neutral wires and ground wires are not hooked up seperately from the two bars. I guess they're okay if done in the main panel.
So if more than one conductor can be placed under a lug, it must say so somewhere on the panel (or in the panel documentation).
If you have a bus bar on each side of the panel like in the diagram above, you should not connect the neutral to one bus and the ground to the other. Neutral and ground from all circuits on the left should go to the left bus bar, and Neutral and ground conductors from the right should go to the right bus bar.
So if the panel allows multiple conductors under a lug, you can terminate multiple equipment ground conductors under a single lug. However, you cannot use a single lug for multiple grounded conductors (neutrals), or a mix of equipment ground and grounded (neutral) conductors.
Here's why you can't have multiple neutrals in a single terminal.
And this is why you can't have a neutral and a ground in a single terminal.
You can , however, have both grounded conductors (neutrals) and equipment ground conductors connected to the same bus bar in the main service panel if the grounded conductor bar/bus (neutral bar) is bonded to the equipment ground bar/bus (it's different if you are dealing with a sub-panel, since the bar/bus will not be bonded).
Long story short
You'll have to check the panel documentation to determine if multiple conductors can terminate under a single lug. If they can. You can connect a couple equipment ground conductors to a common terminal, which should free up enough space to add the breaker.
NOTE: This only applies to bus bar terminals, most breakers are not rated to be "double tapped". So you should never have two conductors under a single breaker lug.
Yes, it's fine that the neutral and ground wires are intermixed. The ground and neutral bar and both bonded inside the service panel, so even if all of the ground wires go to the ground bar and all of the neutral wires go to the neutral bar, they are still electrically connected via the bonding jumper. It is only once they exit the service panel that they must remain separated for various reasons. For appearance reasons, however, it definitely looks tidier if the neutral and ground wires go to their designated bars.
To answer your main question, no, it is not usually acceptable to have two wires go to the same screw on the neutral or ground bus bar. The only exception to this case is if the bus bar is UL-listed for that purpose. Call the manufacturer if you want to find out, or you can just play it safe and use wire nuts to combine the two wires into one wire, and then connect that single wire to the bus bar.


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The show will feature a variety of students and community members singing, acting and dancing. Community guests include: Debra Nasca, Jack Ewing, Derek Meyer and Scott Powell.
There will be a variety of music from opera to pop to country to contemporary Christian to rap. The show should last about an hour and a half. Donations will be taken at the door.
"We have a variety of fantastic students who will be performing a wide variety of music and some improv," said Misty Beck, theatre instructor. "Several of our major community supporters will also be performing so it should be a great time."
PCC's performing arts department has numerous opportunities for students to get involved through theatre productions, vocal music and instrumental music. There are two vocal music groups for students to participate in, along with the band groups Beaver Jam and the theatre department, all of which perform multiple times throughout the year. For more information contact email@example.com.
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