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by Effy Wild
If you do circles in the circles of art journalers on-line,
then you know of today's guest for the
An incredible artist and sharer of self,
queen of the art journaling page,
and an inspiration to so many of us,
just read this post and you will instantly see and *feel* why)
Effy Wild!
Have you always identified yourself as BOTH an Artist and a Healer? If not, when did you first recognize yourself as both?
I have always identified as a creative. Ever since I was old enough to hold a chubby blue primer pencil (remember those?) in my hand and write my name, I have been writing. I wrote myself through a traumatic and difficult childhood. I wrote myself through spousal abuse and single parenting. I wrote myself through recovering from being an adult child of an alcoholic. I wrote myself through the worst of times and into the best of times.
In 2006, I stopped writing. I became as blocked as I'd ever been, mostly because my home life was chaos. One of my children developed a serious addiction to meth amphetamines and I found myself horrified and traumatized and incapable of speech most days, let alone writing. Our journey took us down some pretty dark roads, but we came out on the other side relatively intact as a family unit. The only problem was, even though our child was healing and recovering and we had started breathing a bit easier, I still couldn't write. Writing felt insurmountable to me, and in an effort to coax my muse out of hiding, I went looking for ways to be creative that didn't involve writing. My search led me to knitting lace (too hard on my eyes), beading (ditto), podcasting (not bad, but somehow not me), and finally, in 2009, to art journaling.
After about six months of taking every art journaling e-course out there and stocking up on lots of awesome, juicy supplies, I became convinced that this was it. This was the key to unlock me. I noticed, too, that not only was it just as effective in keeping me sane and honest with myself as writing, but it *worked better* when it came to helping me transform lingering problems I'd had all my life. My excitement over how powerful a tool journal art was in self-inquiry and healing led me to wanting desperately and passionately to *share* what I was learning and experiencing. Though I still have difficulties claiming both titles, I feel it, deep down in my bones. I know it every time I sit down to make a video for my tribe. However difficult claiming these labels might be for me, I am growing into them more and more every day.
I think I finally understood that my calling was to be an artist healer in 2011 when I used journal art to transform a very difficult interpersonal situation into a fulfilling and sustainable creative practice that I could not only undertake myself, but share with the world in the form of a program called Book Of Days. (
by Effy Wild
How does your creative expression inform you, or offer you unique perspective, as a Healer?
Creative expression informs every facet of my life. There is nothing I can't 'take to the page' and it is my heartfelt and honest belief that this is true for *everyone*. If you're chewing on something tough, taking it to the page will not only allow you to gain new perspectives and insights into it, but it will help you *transform* it. I think of the kind of art journaling I do as artful shamanism. You go deep. You explore the inner landscape. You find new information, knowledge, wisdom, truth, and you bring it back with you from out of your depths in the form of gorgeously rendered soul truth. Every page I make is medicine for my soul, and from what I hear from my clients, demonstrating it is medicine for their soul, too.
I think the process of getting out of my rational mind and entering into a world of symbol and colour is what really engages the healing mojo. Because when I'm arting, I leave ordinary reality in favour of something nearly trance like, I'm open to information I might not otherwise be open to. It's like a red phone to the divine. Sit down, pick up a colouring implement, a paintbrush, a mark maker, and begin, and voila. The insights flow, and with the insights come healing.
It is one thing to write from a rational place, over and over again, about what's wrong or what's not working, and that is what I did for about a bazillion years. It is a whole other thing to leave that linear place and enter the inner landscape, to find oneself cracked open and willing to know *deeper* than before. In that deep knowing, transformation becomes possible.
At this time, what do you see as your true work in the world related to Art and Healing?
My true work is this: I am a walking, talking, living, breathing shame buster. What I do is demonstrate authenticity. I demonstrate being honest with oneself on the page in an effort to celebrate what needs celebrating and transform what needs transforming. I refuse to be in the closet with any of my issues, and seeing this in my art journals and videos, other women feel emboldened and empowered to be themselves, to be 'out' with their own issues. We walk together with our heads up, embracing our own personal sovereignty while acknowledging the ways in which we struggle. We recognize that being awesome and being flawed aren't mutually exclusive. We take comfort in one another's wisdom and experience. I walk that talk every day, and when women join me, the walk it, too. It is second only to parenting in my list of amazing things I get to do in the world and I find myself waking up in gratitude and joy every single morning ~ even when things are hard.
by Effy Wild
Has anyone had major influence or impact on your journey of discovery as an Artist~Healer?
I love to give credit where credit is due, so thank you for this opportunity to gush about some of my favourite mentors! Tamara LaPorte completely changed the way I saw myself once I started to see myself through her eyes. Her gentle nudges toward Non-violent Communication got me through some of the most difficult times in my career. Shiloh McCloud (and her amazingly gorgeous portraits of the divine feminine) gave me a brand new mirror to look into, and helped me to reparent myself by providing incredibly nourishing community in the form of Cosmic Cowgirls. Lisa Cousineau reminds me time and time again who I am and how awesome I'm doing. She and her husband, Michael Cousineau are stellar friends and I'm lucky to call them that. My Tribe of The Book give me opportunities to grow and evolve every single day by challenging what I thought community was all about and morphing into a family before my very eyes.
Do you have any services or projects upcoming that you'd like to share about?
I'm currently happily throwing art journaling and self-inquiry stuff out there into the world on a twice weekly basis for free at
. There is also a premium version that includes a lot of extra goodness! In October, a self-guided version of the upcoming Book Of Days Boot Camp will be released. I'm also blessed to be a teacher for Cosmic Cowgirls!
Where can readers find out more about you or connect with you?
I am ridiculously accessible on my blog (
), in my Facebook group (
), on my Facebook wall (
) and fanpage (
) and you can watch me meet myself on the page twice weekly at
by Effy Wild
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It's been an up and down week over here (well, maybe, more technically, an up and down day). I'm working out the how/if I'm going to post on that …
For now, though, small successes that have been there this week:
1. Thankful for my husband this evening. He took the evening with the kids. I really needed some "quiet" time and the kiddos were especially rambunctious this afternoon after a good dose of cake and candy and neighbor kids and a birthday party. So, he let me leave right after dinner to go shopping. It was only food shopping and browsing the book shelves at Savers (thrift store), but still, what I needed. As a bonus I came home and the dishes were done!!
Also, thankful that God allows me to hear Him speaking through my husband. So often I get worked up by things Jared says or does that I don't like, but, when I really need it, he will say Exactly what I need to hear, and the miracle is I will actually HEAR it. And I know that's God, and I'm thankful for it, especially since there've been a few of those moments in the past week.
2. Thankful for my children. Last night I had the opportunity to lay down with both my boys (at different times), to help them get settled into bed. Normally that's not something I do, but they were (at different times), just not settling down to sleep, so I finally decided to just lay with them. Their heads so close to mine… eyelashes almost touching my cheek… glancing over at me and grinning because I'm laying in bed with them. It was something I would have loved to be able to capture on camera (how their faces looked in just those moments), but it was also something that if I had gotten up to go get a camera, the moment would have passed, and I didn't want to loose it.
I'm thankful for the blessing of my children.
3. Homemade things. Sometimes being able to create what you need, instead of having to buy it, feels like a great accomplishment, even if it's something small that no one will really notice. I love that God gave humans, I don't want to say "ability" and "talent" (although those definitely do apply to some people… I just don't have that much ability/talent with a sewing machine), but "creativity" and "imagination" might work, anyways, I'm glad He gave us those tools to figure stuff out. It makes life interesting.
~Ruth Anne
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Somalia: Alarming malnutrition rates as food crisis hits Shabelle regionby IRIN
Early warning agencies have reported a rapidly worsening food security situation in southern Somalia after the poorest harvest in a decade and escalating insecurity that has disrupted economic activities, caused high inflation and left people displaced.
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A few days ago Christine, Alise, and myself did a search for sites featuring high heels and we found a lot of them. What we will do is every now and then we will feature one of these sites. Some of the sites we found seemed to be inactive lately but we will still feature them as long as the link still works when we (I) get around to writing about them.
The first one might be another Australian site because it is hosted on the Australian blogspot. It is called 'badboyshighheels'.
This site is still active with the last post being done by the owner on the 30th of August which was yesterday.
All images in this posting have come from badboyshighheels and all images link to that site (with the "heels" category selected).
The About Me introduction says "16 years old, from The Netherlands. The things you see here are things I'm obsessed with" and, lucky for us, some of those things are high heels although sadly the postings about high heels are few and far between.
While there are high heels postings much of the content on this site is about hair, nails, rings, boys (she presumably likes), sayings, collarbones (hmmm), leggings, eyebrows, bedrooms, kittens, shorts, Megan Fox, and all kinds of other things a 16 yo would post about . . . but there is some heel candy here and there.


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A group of relatives of Sept. 11 victims said yesterday they hope to raise $9.11 million by the third anniversary of the terror attack for educational and cultural programs tied to the Ground Zero memorial.
Monica Iken, a trade center widow who heads a family group called September's Mission, said money raised through the "9/11 Campaign" will pay for things like museum displays or workshops.
Money for the construction of the memorial will be raised through a separate foundation being organized by the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.
Iken said the group hopes to eventually raise a $100 million endowment for the memorial.
Memorial architects Michael Arad and Peter Walker will present their revised design – dubbed Reflecting Absence – to the public tomorrow.
A model of the memorial, viewed yesterday by The Post, highlights the key changes:
The sunken reflecting pools and cascades in the Twin Tower footprints are surrounded by rows of deciduous trees and green parkland – effectively creating a five-acre forest in lower Manhattan.
The center of the reflecting pool on the north tower footprint will contain a square opening allowing natural light to shine down onto the footprint at bedrock.


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The student Neefe took on was small, sullen, and grubby. Ludwig had two brothers, no friends, and very little schooling. Yet soon after their lessons began, in a magazine article Neefe declared that if this little boy kept going as he had, he could become the next Mozart. "" jan swafford, Language of the Spirit
it was during the beethoven stretch of this catalogue that i came into the idea for this blog---just a couple weeks removed from a year ago. i have little recollection of this Symphony No. 7 save for the wingspan of bernstein's arms spreading imperiously over the string section as he conducted, urging the taut spread of every fibre that stretched from the first violins to the back row of the cello section. (imperial is one of those dirty words that, perhaps only in the musical instance, might still be able to get free of its bad conscience. so too is gallantry, inasmuch as it describes the pausations and whisperings---interspersed by the caterwaul of the full orchestra ---that characterize this symphony throughout, and the Allegro con brio that concludes the symphony in the style of a ride). these brief moments of quiet substitute the need for an Adagio, thereby maintaining a pressing pace throughout, the pressure of which is released via cataracts blasted on trumpets and timpani.
Even if beethoven was too self-involved to much understand others, and in the end had contempt for most people in the flesh, he never deviated from his foundation in Bonn: his art was to be his gift to humanity. "" jan swafford, Language of the Spirit
RCA Recording . Printed in U.S.A. // Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) // Symphony No. 7
Philharmonic -Symphony Orchestra of New York, conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Symphony No. 7
Poco Sostenuto; Vivace
Presto meno assai; Presto
Allegro con brio
(beethoven: beyond the cliche)
i don't think i like beethoven all that much. like in that personal way, that sibelius kind of way, or the terrifyingly intimate music of stravinsky, for example. that's one of the dangers of a repertoire: that one becomes unable to hear the manifold personalities in the music. the name becomes the foremost thing. might even, at times, become louder than the music, example of which is the attendant difficulty of listening to 'beethoven' in 2019. albeit such a sentiment suggests that that hair-raising intimacy is unavailable in the music of ludwig van, and in fact to claim enjoyment is cliche:
The trick to truly getting into Beethoven, beyond the cliche, is to put aside the hoopla and rediscover the passion, the humanity, the strangeness, the unceasing variety within his tireless pursuit of organic unity. Forget the myth. Listen to the music. You will find not "Beethoven," but instead a collection of unforgettable individuals that steadily reveal new territories of sound and emotion. "" jan swafford, Language of the Spirit
there are those who might have been introduced to the classical repertoire by the most convenient means, inevitably; then there are some who come to it by need, after a prolonged expedition for the sake of taste and satisfaction, to find a medium that won't exhaust the span of their attention and can afford, occasionally, an experience of catharsis that is entirely independent from any one genre of music, (but it is language of music itself---the 'language of the spirit' according to musicologist jan swafford). to the former type, beethoven is an obvious endorsement, a necessary feature in their musical landscape. for the latter, however, there remains a tremendous question mark as relates to his work. there can be no guarantee of satisfaction. there is only the promise of a multivariety of musical inventions, one of which might unlock what huxley below refers to as the inaccessibility of the 'cosmic consciousness'…
Mystical experiences, theophanies, flashes of what has been called cosmic consciousness—these are not to be had for the asking, cannot be repeated uniformly and at will in the laboratory. "" aldous huxley, The Devils of Loudun


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Sports Authority Seeks to Honor Gift Cards, Rewards Program in Chapter 11
If you have a Sports Authority gift card, take heart---one of the retailer's first requests in its new chapter 11 bankruptcy case is to continue honoring them.
Sports Authority, which filed for chapter 11 protection Wednesday, has asked a bankruptcy judge to approve a variety of requests designed to keep it operating while it restructures and closes unprofitable stores, including honoring gift cards and continuing its reward program. The retailer told the judge that its ability to do so "is necessary to retain their customer base and reputation within their industry."
Sports Authority has about $93 million in outstanding gift cards, court papers show. Companies in bankruptcy don't have to honor gift cards, but many do to keep customers happy. (Many retailers and shoppers have learned this the hard way.)
The retailer also wants to continue its shoppers loyalty program, called The League by Sports Authority. About 28.8 million people are enrolled in the program, in which they earn one point for every $1 spent at a Sports Authority store or online. Points are converted to rewards that customers can use on future purchases. The retailer says an estimated 128.4 million points were outstanding in January, worth about $1.1 million. Another $22 million in reward certificates were outstanding as of Jan. 25, Sports Authority said.
"Continuing the rewards program [and] continuing to award and honor the reward certificates...are all essential to maintaining customer relationships and driving sales," the company said in the filing.
Sales will be important for Sports Authority, which will be selling off the merchandise at up to 200 stores it plans to close in the restructuring. It needs to find a buyer for its remaining stores to avoid a company-wide shutdown, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Its request will be subject to the approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., which will also review such proposals as a $595 million bankruptcy-financing package.
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Frank Lampard insists Derby must not lose belief as they prepare for what he has called their "biggest test" of the season.
The Rams travel to Elland Road on Wednesday night looking to overturn a one-goal deficit in their Championship play-off semi-final tie.
To keep alive their hopes of promotion, Lampard's side must do what they have failed to do on three previous attempts so far this campaign - beat Leeds.
Marcelo Bielsa's side did the league double over Derby - winning 4-1 and 2-0 during the regular season - before a 1-0 success in the first leg on Saturday.
Lampard said: "If we work hard and play as we have done over these past weeks, we've still got a chance.
"We just have to worry about ourselves. We don't have to go crazy. We've come back well from losing situations in games this season. This will be our biggest test yet on that front. We have to believe until the very last minute.
"It's a strong atmosphere. It's a stadium of history. It will be tough but the players need to rise to that. There's pressure for us but there's also pressure for them."
"All I see is a 1-0 game that needs to be turned around. Can we get to Wembley?"
Derby are hoping that Martyn Waghorn will be fit. The 13-goal striker missed the first leg with an Achilles injury but he has been training since.
Lampard said: "Martyn Waghorn is in a similar situation to last week. He broke down on Friday but he is desperate to be involved and is training as we speak.
"So he will be assessed up until the last moment to try to get him involved. He was playing very well for us, giving us everything as a striker - hold-up play, desire, trying to win the ball back high up the pitch, scoring goals, talent - the reason I brought him to the club.
"He's a big miss for us so we hope he can be back and be involved, because he has a lot to offer."
Duane Holmes will be fit, having only recently returned from a thigh problem. The midfielder was substituted after 70 minutes of the 1-0 defeat on Saturday.
Left-back Ashley Cole could also be involved after he resumed training following an absence with a groin injury.


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A few days ago, I got a really interesting question from one of my clients. We were having a discussion about a lower-level leadership role that she needs to fill, and she asked, "What's the most common mistake you see when filling this type of position?"
The answer was a no-brainer. Way too often, companies simply promote their best individual contributor into a leadership role. Unfortunately, not all individual contributors have the necessary skillset to be an effective leader.
Think about your best individual contributor. What makes him or her so successful? Do they have a very high attention to detail? Can they spend all day analyzing a dataset looking for creative ways to learn about your company's financial trends? Are they happy to complete whatever tasks you assign to the best of their ability? These are all very admirable traits, but not ones that indicate that this employee will be good at leading a team of coworkers.
There are many inherent differences between an individual contributor role and a leadership role. Take a look at the example table below. The crucial competencies for an individual contributor position can be vastly different than those required in a leadership position.
Instead of simply observing how an employee completes their assigned tasks, try to think about how things will change if he or she is promoted. How do they interact with team members? On group projects, are they content to let others lead the way, or do they consistently step up to coordinate tasks among members of the group? Do their peers go to them for assistance or advice, or do they tend to keep a low profile and discourage interruptions in their routine? When new team members are in the onboarding process, do they go out of their way to help them assimilate to the job? When setting goals, do they focus on accomplishing the expected tasks, or do they set stretch goals that show interest in moving up in the organization?
In some cases, it's hard to observe leadership behaviors in incumbents due to the nature of the job. In those situations, consider giving the employee a chance to lead in some capacity before considering a full promotion. Ask the person to lead a task force, or see if he or she is interested in being in charge of a project that will require the coordination of individuals across multiple departments. Consider using an objective assessment to measure the employee's leadership potential. This can provide valuable insights into competencies that are required for success in a leadership position.
Related: What is Leader Derailment?
When considering a current employee for a promotion, make sure the decision is not one-sided. It's important to remember that not all incumbents are interesting in holding a leadership role. Some individuals feel uncomfortable in the spotlight and prefer to work in a position with less visibility. Others might think they are interested in a leadership position but might not have enough experience to feel confident in that decision.
It's important to assess the person to the best of your ability, but remember to keep that individual involved in the process. Have open and honest discussions about what the role would entail and how the person's skills will compliment that position. If you do decide to promote from within, ensuring that the new leader has proper training and adequate support will go a long way in making your promotion decision a success.


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This continues my list of things that are particularly German to me. I realize I'm keeping things light here. I know there's lots more and I invite you to comment and share your own ideas about things that you consider deutsch – things you remember from your travels, your childhood in Germany and/or from your German friends.
I know I'm in Germany when
- People freely discuss leftist progressive ideas because leftist ideas are an accepted part of the political spectrum.
- I see the warm glow of dozens of unattended lit candles in a church. Lighting my own by holding it close to one of the tiny flickering flames, I realize that no one is nervous about the possibility of fire.
- Counting out money becomes a daily amusement. If my groceries total 12 Euros and 27 cents, for example, I know the cashier would rather I hand him a 20 Euro bill plus a 2-Euro coin, 3 ten cent coins and one 2 cent coin than a 20 Euro bill. He will give me a 10 Euro bill and a 5 cent coin in return. Germans enjoy turning such small cash transactions into little math problems. It allows them to exercise a skill they learned in school: Kopfrechnen – doing arithmetic in their heads. There are more possibilities for every day math play because there are eight coins of different denominations in Germany as opposed to only four (penny, nickel dime and quarter) in the US.
- When the yoga gear is just a t-shirt and leggings or shorts, nothing skin tight and fancy and no visible labels.
- I head for the container full of paper and plastic packaging near the exit doors of the supermarket. In 1991, German parliament passed the first Verpackungsverordnung (great scrabble word!) – a law that required product manufacturers to dispose of packaging materials. Since then, customers can simply strip their purchases of plastic wrapping and Styrofoam padding and leave store owners to return packaging to manufacturers. (Product packaging has significantly decreased since that law was passed.)
- Every conversation contains at least one word that would make me a Scrabble winner (for example, a Zeitungskiosk, is newspaper stand, a Bürgersolarpark is a citizen-owned solar powerplant, a Zärtlichkeitsbekundung is a declaration of affection. Imagine if you had triple word count! Some words, like Schmetterlingsflügelsammlung (a collection of butterfly wings) wouldn't even fit on the board. I can choose between subways, trams and buses and it's easy to live without a car in a city.
- When cars on the freeway pass me – always on the left - at shocking speeds because there's no speed limit on the Autobahn.
- No one hovers by my restaurant table and takes my plate as soon as I've set down my fork. In Germany, diners are expected to linger.
- Waiters and waitresses take my order without writing anything down. When I signal to pay, they come to the table and calculate the bill from memory.
- A complete stranger chides me (because I crossed the street on red, for example) or tells me what to do - "put a cap on that baby, it's cold outside."
- When everyone waits for the light to turn green before walking, even if it's a Sunday morning and there's no car in sight.
- I hear church bells toll the hours.
- Virtually all stores are closed on Sundays. Bakeries are the exception because Germans like to get their fresh rolls for Sunday breakfast.
- Small children play naked on the beach.
- People mention capitalism, banks and corporations in a conversation about current events.
- People display colorful Gartenzwerge - little gnomes - in their front yards.


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Treasure Hunts in Brighton/
The Treasure Hunt Company provide fun, energetic and competitive corporate team building events for groups of all sizes, from an intimate group of 6 to departments of several hundred. We can tailor our treasure hunts to suit your business needs in the location of your choice! To help you choose your ultimate destination we are going to highlight some of the UK's best cities to run your event in our Top 25 Cities for Treasure Hunts series... starting with the wonderful seaside city of Brighton!
Teams are given their treasure hunting kit and set off on a scenic route that takes them through The Lanes, past The Royal Pavilion and a must see visit to the beach of course!
They must complete as many challenges as possible in order to win points, and what do points mean? Prizes! Will you be in the winning team?
Brighton is an absolutely fabulous destination for one of our Treasure Hunts as there's so many sights to see, and lots of quirky, weird and wonderful clues to find. Plus Brighton has more pubs and bars per square mile than anywhere else we know, so it's brilliant to end up in one of the best haunts for a well deserved drink at the end of the challenge!
There are a wide range of treasure hunts we can run for you from the most popular City Explorer to the high tech iSpy, so visit our website to have a look at the options, or call 0845 006 06 06 today!


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Thank you for your interest in leading a Dinner Party at The Table Church!
Looking for the Dinner Party directory to join a group? Click here.
What exactly is a Dinner Party?
Dinner Parties are how The Table does small groups. These spaces provide an opportunity to talk about life, pray together, and spend time discussing questions that foster spiritual growth around a meal. At their core, dinner parties have a spirit of invitation. These spaces are designed to be welcoming and inviting, not only to new people in our church, but they're also a space where people can invite their friends and neighbors.
Dinner Party groups have similar conversation prompts week to week so that we can move together in the same direction as a church. The unified conversation allows people to choose a dinner party in their neighborhood and not based upon the topic of conversation. This also allows groups to build localized community and shared expectations so newcomers have a better idea of what they're walking into.
I'd like to lead a Dinner Party! What's required of me?
We trust our leaders to carry the vision of The Table and set an example for others in our community. The questions below help us learn a little more about you and your commitment to The Table's vision, ministry, and plans for those in our community. We expect all Dinner Party leaders to
Live a life of discipleship
Attend church regularly
Give sacrificially of their finances
Attend a training with our Director of Community Ministry
For more detailed information, you can read the Dinner Party Training Guide (.pdf for electronic OR .doc for print)
Upon receiving your application, we'll email you once you are approved. Please note, all new leaders must complete an application. If you haven't attended a training with Josh McComas, our next trainings will be on December 4 and December 8.
If you have any questions, email Josh McComas.
Dinner Party Leader Application
We'll see you at the Dinner Party Leader Training!
If you have any questions, email Josh McComas.


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From the photo shoot with Natasha on a tree we have already shown two photos ("Clothespin" and a "On a tree"). When we shooted "Clothespin" we liked specific spots of light on the body of the model. And then forgot about this experiment.
Three years later sorting our old archives, we found it in a heap unsuccessful shots and discerned in it elusive charm. It is useful sometimes to sort out old files, we recommend to do it periodically, looking at old photos from other points of view.


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Diversity 2.0 : Inclusion of Global Talent
Why Organizations Need To Include International Applicants
The importance of global diversity cannot be understated. Leading companies recognize the significant advantages associated with diversity in the workplace. Companies who integrate employees from culturally diverse backgrounds perform better for they are adaptable to cultural market changes. As businesses expand into global markets those organizations with international diversity are better poised to succeed.
Even though American's bring vastly different perspectives to the table they still think within certain parameters, the American box.
The standard practice to creating a diverse workforce combines workers from different backgrounds within America. Even though American's bring vastly different perspectives to the table they still think within certain parameters, the American box. Expanding diversity to including foreign nationals breeds a more creative, innovative, and productive workforce who are better equipped to take on the challenges of global growth.
The value America receives from international professionals is still not fully recognized. Foreign nations are responsible for creating 40% of Fortune 500 companies and 25% of all new businesses in America. Foreign nationals bring experiences, ideas, and solutions tapped from their home environment which often provide solutions to opportunities we have yet to recognize. With more and more companies expanding into global markets it's only logical to include internationals.
Immigration has always been a cornerstone of America's success
Most foreign business founders first worked for an American company under an H-1B visa. There are countless stories of missed opportunities by organizations like Facebook, who had the opportunity to hire Jan Koum the founder of Whatapp. Facebook would later purchase Whatsapp for $19 billion. The recruiting team made a billion dollar mistake by declining Jan Koum's application, imagine if that decision was made due solely to immigration concerns.
Illustrated below are 3 strong reasons for including foreign nationals in your recruiting efforts.
- Diversity in the workplace is necessary to create a competitive economy in a globalized world. In an increasingly competitive economy, talent is vital and necessary to succeed. America's largest advantage is diversity and a large factor why the United States is the top competitor in the global economy. By capitalizing on the unique talents and contributions that diverse communities bring to the office organizations excel.
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- More qualified candidates. Companies are only as good as their employees. To hire the best and the brightest you must actively seek, invite, and recruit from a diverse set of candidates, including international applicants. Hiring managers are more likely to hire "A" employees when provided a strong pool of applicants. Recruiting is a numbers game, having 3 qualified candidates is better than 2 candidates.
There will always be critics who claim it's unpatriotic to hire foreign nationals. Success is the American way. Unsuccessful companies don't hire so hire the best person and be successful. Simply put, international professionals add value either by niche skill sets, creative ideas or work ethic.
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Card-Carrying MembersPeople will often choose one product over another based on features that they may never use. Sometimes it's just nice to know that if you ever need a particular feature, it's available to you. Most Alesis synthesizers and the latest Alesis drum module offer you such rarely tapped capabilities. For example, on the backs of these units are slots for cards that provide space for many additional samples and programs. You can even store MIDI sequences that are instantly available for playback.
Even though many Alesis owners have taken advantage of the wide variety of ready-made sound cards (known as QCards), few have dared to explore the many exciting possibilities of rolling your own. Wouldn't it be amazing to have your background vocal hits ready to beef up your live performances? How about having all of your best groove loops ready to go with zero loading time? Wouldn't it be convenient if you could have up to 100 of your own sequences ready to play without a computer or hardware sequencer? In this "Master Class" I will cover the tools, soundware, and software that you'll need to create your own sound cards.
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Every synthesizer manufacturer has its own software and hardware development tools: the engineers at Alesis had a handy little tool called Sound Bridge. That software let them gather their samples and programs and burn them to a card. Why doesn't the public have access to these proprietary tools? Development software tools are often very quirky and nowhere near user-friendly. These tools are often cobbled together as each engineering need pops up, which hardly makes for a consistent and streamlined user interface. If you add the manual that would have to be written and technical support issues to this user- hostile mix, you would probably agree that such software is best left to the engineers. Despite these very daunting considerations Alesis released Sound Bridge software as a freeware tool for QuadraSynth owners. Version 3.0 is the most recently available version as of this writing.
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Let's ConnectCheck the Sound Bridge manual for your specific computer platform and interface (MIDI or serial connector), and follow the instructions regarding necessary drivers and MIDI Setups. Note that Sound Bridge expects to see responses from a single QS or DMPro device. Temporarily remove or power down any other Alesis synths in your MIDI system to prevent problems.
Creating a ProjectA Project is any collection of instruments, samples, programs, and sequences that you choose to send to your sound card using Sound Bridge. Once this data is in place, you can use Sound Bridge to compile it onto a PC Card or store the Project on your computer's hard disk for later use. Place your PC Card securely into the top card slot (if you have two slots) found in the back of your QS or the front of your DMPro.
Open the installed version of Sound Bridge on your computer. This will automatically begin a new Project and open the main window. Go to the Project menu and select Card Info. In this window (see Fig. 1) you can input your own card name, your personal version code, and the memory size of your PC Card. Once you've indicated the memory size you'll be able keep track of the remaining sample memory in the bottom of the main window. You will also need to indicate the type of instrument this card is intended for (QS synth or DMPro).
Group HuddleOn the left side of the Project window you'll see 13 groups: 8 Keyboard, 3 Drum groups, a Sequences group, and a group for Programs. These are for the different types of data that you may wish to send to your sound card.
You can load Instrument and Sound files into either the Keyboard groups or the Drum groups. Standard MIDI files are loaded into the Sequences group, and SysEx files of Program and Setup banks are loaded into the Programs group. For more info on which specific types of files are supported for each Alesis device, see the sidebar "Sound Bridge Compatibility."
Loop and LoadFor our first experiment let's try something simple-a single sound effect or rhythmic loop will do. Click on the Add Files icon (the folder with the red arrow). On the left side you'll see a pull-down file menu that will allow you to navigate through your hard drive or CD-ROM until you find the desired samples. Compatible samples will be listed in the window on the left. By double-clicking on a sample, you will transfer it to the right window (see Fig. 2). You have now placed the sample into group 1. If you wish to place it in a different group, use the pull-down menu on the right side to select a different group.
For now, double-click on a single sound effect or rhythmic loop to make it part of group 1. Next, press the Done button. After a moment you'll be back to the main window. If you click on the group 1 icon you'll see your sample listed. Double-clicking on its icon will open the Voice Info window where you can rename the sample. Don't worry about the Lower Key and Upper Key parameters-they will be grayed out at this time. If you double-click the sample in the Voice Info window you can indicate the sample's Root Key. The default is Middle C (or C3). Checking the Smooth Attacks box will remove an unwanted click from the sample start if it begins at a nonzero value.
The next three choices-Use Left Channel Audio, Use 50/50 Mixed Audio, and Use Right Channel Audio-allow you to make use of stereo samples. By adding a stereo sample twice to the Group, you can then select Left Channel for one and Right Channel for the other. You can have one layer use the Left Sample and another layer use the Right Sample when you use the samples in a program. By panning these layers in opposite directions you will then hear the original stereo image. An easier way to deal with many stereo samples is to go to Preferences in the Edit menu and check Auto-split Stereo Files. This will automatically split stereo samples into separate mono Left and Right samples for you. When you're finished, press OK to return to the main Voice Info window, then press OK once more to return to the main Project window.
Wide ReceiverNow that you have a simple project with a single sample in group 1, it's time to send the sample to your QS or DMPro. Simply click on the rightmost icon that has a picture of a red arrow pointing from a computer to a synth. The display of your QS or DMPro should say Receiving MIDI. That's all there is to it! It might take a little while for the data to reach your synth (you'll definitely want to grab a cup of coffee for larger dumps). Now, let's set up your synth so that you can play your new sample.
Trick of the TradeThere's a neat little hidden trick to make an initialized Program. Simply power cycle the QS while pressing the 0 and 3 buttons-you'll then have a blank Mix and a blank Program. The unit will default to the Mix mode on power-up, so you'll have to press the Program button one time to see the blank Program. Save this program to a location that you don't mind overwriting.
Next, press Edit Select and then the Sound 1 button (on QS6 and later synths, press the 00 Piano button instead). Using the Page Right button (to the left of the screen), press until you see the Group parameter. Now use the Value Up button or the Value Slider to go all the way up to your new group. Now try any key on your synth. Voila! There's your sample, and it will play across the entire keyboard.
Cellular StructureNow that you've got the hang of sending a single sample to your sound card, it's time to experiment with the next level of complexity. The easiest way to get multisampled instruments into your sound card is to import them from a SampleCell CD-ROM. Go back to your Project (or start a new Project if you wish) and click on the leftmost icon with the picture of the keyboard and light bulb. (This feature is available only with Sound Bridge 3.0 and higher.) That will open the Create Instrument window. On the file pull-down menu you will be able to go to your SampleCell Instruments. When you see them in the left window you can double-click on them to put them into the right window. Once again, you can use the right pull-down menu to choose which group will contain each instrument.
At this point you can press Done and then press the Send to synthesizer icon. It will probably take longer than your previous sample dump to get all that data across. If you really want to speed up the transfer time, go to the Alesis Web site and download the most current serial driver for your computer. By using a serial cable directly to your computer instead of the MIDI interface, you can get up to a 45 increase in transfer speed. Be sure to follow the directions in the Sound Bridge manual.
Sax, Violins, and Hair LossThe most exciting aspect of Sound Bridge 3.0 is that you can now create your own sample keymaps; you no longer need to own a SampleCell editor. Simply click on the leftmost Create Instrument icon in the Project page and use the left pull-down menu to get to the source of your multiple samples.
Here are several tips that will save you days of exasperation and hair pulling-pay close attention! Make sure that the instrument samples you have are already in perfect tune: there are no provisions in a Sound Bridge Instrument to fine-tune each sample. Next, make sure that the name of each sample contains its root key-for example, use ViolinC2, ViolinFs4 (s often substitutes for #). Remember that in Alesis-speak, Middle C is C3. Some manufacturers designate Middle C as C4, so be certain to use Alesis's octave designation. When it's time to double-click the samples to put them into your new Instrument, be careful to add them in precise order from lowest root key to highest root key. (Don't forget that A3 and B3 come after G3, not before C3.)
When you've added all the samples for that Instrument, press the Done button. You'll be asked to name your new Instrument. You will then find yourself back on the main Project page. Double-click on the new instrument and you'll find yourself once again in the Voice Info window. This time the Lower Key and Upper Key parameters will be available to you. You can now create a keymap without having to use a SampleCell editor. Be forewarned: this area gets a little quirky. (I did warn you about in-house software, didn't I?)
Changing KeysIf you single-click on any of the samples you'll be able to set their Lower Key and Upper Key values. However, no sample key range can overlap another key range in that Instrument and each key range must be contiguous. You have to be very clever about the order in which you work or you'll quickly find yourself hopelessly boxed in. This was where I lost the majority of my hair. To add to the confusion, the Lower Key and Upper Key range each have a separate field for the Note name and the Octave number. If you move the Note name first, you'll find that you've violated the "no overlap" rule, even if you were about to enter the correct Octave number. Always assign the Upper Key and Lower Key parameters in the precise order that I'm about to detail.
First, click on the sample with the lowest root key. It should be the top sample in the list. You did add the samples to your new Instrument from lowest to highest root key as I suggested several paragraphs ago, yes? You did include their root keys in their title, yes? Just checking. Set the Lower Key parameters to C and -2. Now go to the Upper Key parameters and assign the Upper Key note to exactly one half-step below the next lowest sample's root key. That one was easy-there were no other samples to get in the way.
Click on the next lowest sample. This next move is important: Change the Upper Key's Octave number from 8 to 7. Now change the Upper Key's Note name to the letter that's one half-step below the third- lowest sample's root key. Only now can you safely set Upper Key's Octave number so that it's just below the next sample's root key.
Now click on the sample with the third-lowest root key. Again, go to the Upper Key's Octave number and change it from 8 to 7. Now change the Upper Key's Note name to the letter that's one half-step below the fourth-lowest sample's root key. Then finally set the Upper Key's Octave number to match the sample's own root key. Continue this exact procedure until you've reached your last and highest sample. On this last one simply let the Upper Key remain as G8.
There is one last step. You still have to double-click each sample so that you can indicate its actual Root note and Octave (see Fig. 3). Press the OK button when you are finished. Clicking the Send to synthesizer icon will send your new instrument on its way to the sound card. You can now use this instrument just as you would any other ROM-based instrument in your QS synth.
Sequential CircusYou can add up to 50 Standard MIDI Type 0 and 1 files per sound card. Click the Add Files icon on and use the file pull-down menu to navigate to your source of Standard MIDI Files. Simply double-click on each SMF in the order that you want. When sequences are selected, you can decide if you want the sequence data to be played on the QS or transmitted to external MIDI devices. With your sequence selected in the File window, open the Project menu and select Sequence Info. If you leave the button for Sequence Data via Out Port unchecked, the MIDI sequences will play internally (see Fig. 4). When you're through, press Done. The next time you press the Send to synthesizer icon you'll have all your samples, instruments, and Standard MIDI Files ready to go.
To select a sequence on the QS6.1, QS7.1, or QS8.1, just press the SEQ Select button and use the 00 through 40 buttons with a 0-9 button to select any of 50 sequences. If you have two sound cards with SMFs you can use the 50-120 button and a 0-9 button to select those sequences.
For Alesis keyboards other than QS6.1, QS7.1, or QS8.1, see your owner's manual for sequence selection.
Saving ProgramsYou can save Programs to the sound card via a SysEx file. First, create a bank on your synth that contains the Programs and Mixes you want. You can use internal ROM instruments or the samples and instruments on the sound cards, or any combination that you choose. When your bank is completed, send a MIDI SysEx dump of that bank to the FreeLoader program and save as a binary SysEx file.
Using the Add Files icon you can once again go to the leftmost file pull-down menu to get to your SysEx file. Make sure that you select SysEx Files in the lower left Show field of the pop-up window. Double-click on your SysEx file and press Done. Once again you're ready to send everything to your synth with the Send to Synthesizer icon. Remember that each time you send, you're rewriting everything from scratch on the card, so you don't have to erase the card. You will now find that you have an extra bank available when searching with the Bank buttons (to the right of the QS screen).
Playing My Final CardI hope I've piqued your interest enough to experiment with creating your own sound cards. I promise that it will add tremendous possibilities to your already powerful QS synthesizer and DMPro.
Daniel Fisher is the product evangelist for Parker Guitars as well as a programmer for Alesis, E-mu, Korg, Kurzweil, TC Electronic, and Yamaha. He blames his success on Sweetwater Sound and his Berklee College education.
Alesis instrument:Any Alesis QS synth from QuadraSynth+Piano to current QS series or DMPro drum module.
PC Card:Any Type I SRAM PC Card, all AMD "C" series and "D" series 5V-only Type I Flash cards, and AMP Flash 5-C series 5V-only Type I Flash cards. These PC Cards may be of any memory size, but user sample storage will be limited to a maximum of 8 MB.
Macintosh computer:Macintosh 68030; 8 MB RAM; Mac OS 7.1; and any standard Mac MIDI interface or direct QS/DMPro serial connection.
PC computer:Any PC running Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, 98, or NT; 8 MB RAM; and any standard PC MIDI interface or direct QS/DMPro serial connection.
Cables:2 MIDI cables (between MIDI interface and QS) or a single serial cable (between computer and QS).
Software:Sound Bridge for burning samples, programs, and sequences to the PC Card; and FreeLoader (or any SysEx compatible software sequencer) for receiving and sending program data.
Optional equipment and software:A CD-ROM drive for loading SampleCell files, sample files, audio CD samples, and other data.
Digidesign's SampleCell to audition and create SampleCell instrument files.
(Note that Sound Bridge does not require that you own SampleCell hardware in order to use SampleCell instrument and sample files. These may be loaded directly into Sound Bridge from CD-ROM, floppy disk, or hard disk and then transferred directly to the PC Card.)
Samples/Instrument files:Sound Bridge instrument files; SampleCell I, II, and SampleCellPC instrument files; AIFF sample files; Sound Designer 1 and 2 sample files; Mac OS system sounds; and Windows WAV sample files. (Other file types are possible, provided that you input their correct parameters in the Voice Info menu.)
Sequences:Any Standard MIDI File, Type 0 or Type 1.
Program banks:Any QuadraSynth/QS and DMPro raw SysEx bulk dumps.
To find out the software version currently running in your QS-series synthesizer or DMPro, follow the instructions below. The software version and date will appear in the unit's display.
QuadraSynth, S4, QuadraSynth+Piano, S4 Plus: Hold down Global and press Program.
QS6 1.00: Hold down Program and press 00 Piano.
QS6 2.00 and higher, QS6.1, QS7, QS8: Hold down Program and press 0.
DMPro: Hold down both cursor buttons.


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Our very popular Mindful Yin Yoga workshop with Emilia is back on Sunday 4th November from 10:45am - 1:30pm. A real treat for the body, mind and spirit as we welcome the dark winter season.
This workshop uses Mindful Yin Yoga and Mindfulness (MBSR) with elements of Restorative Yoga to create a space of allowing a deep letting go at all levels. We will complete the practice with Pranayama (breathing practice) to bring profound sense of internal balance and harmony.
All levels of experience welcome. Available on MoveGB. Book now with Emilia if you like to come attend the excellent yoga workshop!


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Hoist trailer modifications
We have learned over the last year or so that moving the hoist around is not quite as simple as we first thought.
Brian Catchpoole has been leading a project to modify the trailer and the hoist to make transportation much more user-friendly and safe. You can see here recent work with Brian's brother-in-law to lengthen the trailer door/ramp and make the incline less steep for the hoist to ascend. We are working on putting logos on the trailer – and then we are ready to hit the road!


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Folk Clothing & Footwear: Men's and Women's London Fashion
View Folk Fashion collections on London Fashion Review Blog
A Brief History of Folk Clothing
Founder of Folk, Cathal McAteer, cut his fashion teeth at an early age, with a Saturday job in Glasgow's designer boutique, Ichi Ni San. Throughout his time at Ichi Ni San, he gained more responsibility on the buying side of fashion and made some important contacts, including Jimmy Collins of YMC (You Must Create), who would provide him with job opportunities in the future. Upon leaving Ichi Ni San, McAteer spent a short amount of time working in Brussels before relocating to London. Once in London, through connections formed at Ichi Ni San, he was soon working for the likes of French Connection, Nicole Farhi and YMC.
In 2001, Cathal McAteer set up his own men's fashion label – Folk. His aim was to create clothing that his friends would wear; simple everyday clothing with subtle, innovative and sometimes playful detailing. The Sister label, ShoFolk (with a focus on men's and women's shoes) followed in 2004.
As of March 2011, Folk had four successful standalone stores as well as selling in 200 other retail outlets globally, including Liberty and Selfridges in the UK, Lane Crawford in Hong Kong and the brand is soon to be stocked in Paris' Bon Marche. A full list of stockist can be found on the official Folk website.
- 2001: Folk clothing is founded by creative director Cathal McAteer as a menswear brand.
- 2004: The sister brand to Folk, Shofolk is launched selling men's and women's footwear.
- 2009: Collaborative project between Japanese denim brand Edwin and Folk is launched celebrating the shared ethos of craft and modern styling in both brands. The second standalone store opens in London's fashionable Brick Lane in East London.
- 2010: Opening of the womenswear store on London's Conduit Street, stocking top designer brands such as Sessun, Humanoid and Acne as well as Folk shoes and accessories. The fourth standalone store opens in Amalienstrasse, Munich as a dedicated menswear space to build on the brands presence in Munich with stockist including Serie A and Harvest.
The Folk Clothing Design and Aesthetic
"The details are not the details, they are the design". – Charles Eames, Iconic Furniture Designer
The quote above by Charles Eames, describes the Folk design ethos for clothingand footwear collections. The focus of Folk design is on developing and using their own fabrics, trims and design detail to create easy to wear garments with an added sense of fun. McAteer, creates collections that he and his friends would like to wear; this approach to fashion can be seen in the look books of Folk, which often has Cathal and his friends modelling the brand's clothing.
Shofolk: Folk Clothing's Sister Brand
"Never skimp on your shoes" – Cathal McAteer.
Shofolk emerged on the fashion scene in 2004 as the sister men's and women's footwear brand to Folk clothing and accessories collection. All shoes for the collection are handcrafted in Portugal from raw, natural leather Like Folk, the design ethos of Shofolk is to create a line of footwear that friends would wear. Cathal McAteer and Elbe Lealman are the duo behind Shofolk. The collections are made up of classic designs with contemporary twist to create comfortable footwear that is functional but still retaining the sense of fun that the Folk brand is known for.
Future of Folk
Since its inception in 2001, the Folk brand has gone from strength to strength. In fact, Cathal McAteer was voted one of the top 100 men in fashion by GQ magazine in 2010.
Over the next few years, expect further stand alone stores in more fashion-statement cities. The brand expansion will be bolstered by the launch of the Folk womenswear line, which is expected to arrive in the Winter or 2012.
To take a full look at the recent collections of Folk, visit the official Folk website.


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Mom's deserve more than just flowers on their big day, and let's be real, you all are foodies, so we have have a good feeling your Mom's are too! We put together different trios of preserves you can bundle for your Mom based on her specific tastes.
P.S. But be sure to scroll to the bottom for exciting news about a special Mother's Day Jam to be released next week!
If your mom has an undeniable sweet tooth, delight her with our sweetest jams for her morning toasts, ice cream, desserts, and so much more. Caramel Apple + Sea Salt, Blueberry Lavender Vanilla, and Chai Red Grape are just some of our favorites!
For the Spicy Mama
Some like it hot! So if your Mom falls into this category, delight her taste buds with a collection of our spiciest jam, pickle, and mustard. Garlic Dill Habanero Cucumbers are sure to bring the fire, Pear Ginger Habanero jam will sweeten and burn to perfection on a goat cheese log with crackers, and our Spicy Brown Stout Beer Mustard will make a tingly dressing or sandwich topper!
For the Sweet + Savory Mama
For the Mom with that sweet + salty combo taste, we recommend our sweet and slightly savory Smoked Paprika Tomato + Basil jam. Adding on our savory Chili + Fennel Brussels Sprout for a salty snack crunch, and our Sweet German IPA Beer Mustard for a sweet and spicy kick, will be sure to hit all of her favorite flavor profiles!
For the DIY Mama
Maybe your Mom likes to get out there and learn new things! We created a special class on Mother's Day for the special lady in your life. It's also a fun class to take with her for some Mother/Daughter time (hint, hint). We'll be learning how to make a delicious cashew nut cheese, and blueberry jam. The afternoon will be spent cooking, snacking, and laughing. You can purchase tickets here!
But don't miss out...
NEW: Limited Chocolate Bouquet Jam
We're so inspired by our Mom's we couldn't let this holiday pass without making a special jam just for her. Next week, we'll be releasing our limited batch Mother's Day jam: Chocolate Bouquet Jam!! Filled with fresh blueberries, our favorite Pinellas Chocolate, and flower buds, we think your Mom would feel pretty special opening this up on Mother's Day! Grab this delight starting next Tuesday in our tasting room and market next week, OR preorder now for shipment by Wednesday 5/9 (cut off for preorders will be Monday 5/7)!


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Since the initial test of the 65sma-3cc model was encouraging, we can now do more testing. The first item of business is to insert an initial money management stop into this model. Our detailed analysis of the MAE showed that we could safely set bur stop at $1,000, or even as high as $1,750, and capture substantially all profitable trades.
However, we should insert another condition into the formulation of the model before testing for the effect of initial stops. If our stop is too "tight" during testing, we will be stopped out right after the first signal. Then, there may be a succession of trades, all in the same direction (all long or short signals), that will also result in losing trades, before one of them kicks into the major trend. Thus, the analysis would be distorted. What we want is to pick off exactly the same trades as we did without any initial stop. To achieve this goal, we must insert rules that do not allow successive trades of the same type, to ensure that we will not have two back-to-back long or short trades if we get stopped out after the first signal. In effect, with this rule, if we get stopped out, we must wait for the opposing signal before getting in. Of course, you do not need this condition for actual trading.
Inserting an initial condition should have two effects. (1) It should reduce the maximum intraday drawdown, since some potentially large losing trades will be cut off. (2) It should also reduce the number of profitable trades and the total paper profit, since the same stop will also cut off some potentially profitable trades. Some calculations will show if we can verify these expectations.
The results of these calculations are shown in Table 4.3, which can be compared to the results in Table 4.2. The markets and test periods are identical in both tables. Adding a $1,000 stop reduces total paper profits by 21.5 percent, from $1,386,747 to $1,088,804. Similarly, the number of winning trades fell to 689 from 810, or by 17.6 percent. As expected, the average maximum drawdown and its standard deviation also decreased, showing the desired smoothing effect due to the initial stop. The reduction was about 18.5 percent in the drawdown, and 40 percent in the standard deviation. Thus, adding a hard dollar initial money management stop had the desired effect of reducing drawdown and smoothing out the variation in system performance. There was also a resultant reduction in total returns.
We chose the $1,000 initial money management stop from the MFE plot. Calculations for a $500 stop result in an even greater reduction in profits, drawdown, and volatility.
We can continue this line of thought by looking at the U.S. bond and deutsche mark markets. Our analysis of 777 profitable trades showed that once the drawdown exceeded -$1,750, few trades ended with a profit. Hence, the initial stop is varied from $250 to $1,750 in the following tests to look at the effect on the total number of profitable trades. As the initial money management stop increases, the number of profitable trades increases and then levels off (see Figure 4.12, page 90). This shows that the initial stop acts as a filter, and as the stop widens, it allows more trades to pass through. Eventually, the filter is too big, and does not cut off any trades. This allows the number of profitable trades to level off.
We have so far placed our stop using a dollar figure without ac-counting for market volatility. However, whereas in the coffee market, a $1,000 stop may seem too tight, in the corn market it may seen too wide. Thus, in some markets, a given stop will work like a stop near the left edge of Figure 4.12, and, conversely, in other markets, the same dollar stop will work like a stop on the right side of the figure.
We can get around this problem by using a volatility-based initial money management stop. For our calculations, we can set an initial money management stop as a multiple of the 15-day SMA of the daily true range for measuring volatility. We use the same continuous contracts as in Table 4.2 to test the U.S. bond market with volatility-based stops ranging from 0.25 to 3.0 times the 15-day SMA of the daily true range.
Figure 4.13 shows that a stop set at less than 1.25 times the average volatility is too tight. Once the stop increases past 2.00, the paper profit increases and the drawdown increases. The drawdown is minimized at a 1.50 stop. This means there is a balance between being too tight or too loose. The same behavior can be seen very nicely in the live hogs market (see Figure 4.14, page 93).
As might be expected, when we increase the money-management stop, the largest losing trade will probably increase. This happens be-cause our stop is farther and farther away from the entry price. The sugar market shows this nicely (see Figure 4.15) when tested over the same period as Table 4.1. Other calculations (not shown) show that the largest winning trade is affected only a little by the initial stop, since these trades usually are profitable from the very beginning. You may set a volatility-based stop or a hard-dollar stop with equivalent results. You may have to set a different dollar stop for each market, although you could use the same volatility stop across all markets. Note that with a volatility stop, the actual dollar amount changes over time, aad hence you must ensure that this stop is within your overall hard-dollar limits for risk control.
You should note some limits on how the initial money-management stop can be tested. In most cases, the amount of the stop must be larger than the daily trading range. The software cannot determine if your stop could have been hit intraday if the stop is smaller than the daily trading range. Unless you have intraday data, you cannot test the effect of, say, a $250 stop using daily data.
In summary, adding an initial money-management stop is useful from a risk-control point of view because it reduces the largest losing trade and the maximum drawdown. But, it also cuts off some winning trades, and hence total profits are lower over the long term. You may add a dollar stop or a volatility-based stop, but both must follow sound guidelines.


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Technical Notes
This map shows the proportion of reported cases of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) between 1987 and 2016 in that territory, excluding cases happened in the United Kingdom.
Data sources
This map uses data by World Organisation for Animal Health (last accessed October 2018). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.
Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.Download data file


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Why Pt78?
How to connect with our customer in an increasingly fragmented communications market...
It gets us up in the morning. It keeps us awake at night. The more we deploy technology, the more we leverage digital solutions, the less insight we seem to gain about the return on our total media and marketing investment. Is all of it needed? Do I have my mix right? Should I be doing more programmatic? How do I measure the impact of content marketing? Are my agency partners playing nicely together? Should I be more innovative on social?
We've wrestled with these challenges, and more, for decades. We understand and that's why we know we can help.
We have 4 core principles that guide our business
Constant innovation to help you respond to an ever-changing consumer and media environment.


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Power failure leaves several passengers stranded at Brussels airport
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Brussels [Belgium], June 15 (ANI): Hundreds of people were left stranded outside Brussels' Zaventem International Airport after it suffered a power outage on Thursday. Though power has since been restored, the disruption in flight schedules has caused many delays, local media reports said. Passengers reportedly complained about being left in total darkness when the outage took place. According to reports, the flight registration system was apparently down.

Power outage update: Systems are running again but delays are expected throughout the day. More info: https://t.co/tWqbWwVvQn
— Brussels Airport (@BrusselsAirport) June 15, 2017
  The ISIS suicide bombers had targeted the Brussels airport along with Maalbeek metro station in March last year in which 32 people were killed and more than 320 injured. (ANI)


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"Always remember that you are absolutely unique, just like everyone else." - Margaret Mead
One of the most remarkable revelations I've ever received, was discovering just how useless comparing myself to others is. Unfortunately, I struggled with this misconception for more years that I care to admit.
It started around high school when I slowly began unjustly judging myself on a great number of things. Whether it was my athletic prowess in gym class, my popularity among the student body, or my academic performance, I would regularly measure myself against the talent, charisma, and intellect of others.
This tendency lamentably lingered on into my young adulthood, where I put away my childish judgement ruler and began scrutinizing my strengths and weaknesses using a much bigger, more adult yardstick.
I graduated to comparing job titles, income, vehicle make and models, and other worldly possessions as my perceived basic standards of success.
Too Hard on Yourself
"Comparison is the thief of joy." - Franklin Roosevelt
My tendency to compare may have worked in my favor had I used it as a motivational tool for personal growth. Instead it became a source of pain because I took the strengths of others and compared them to my weaknesses, so it seemed to me as if I was failing.
This sort of self-criticism obviously doesn't feel good!
Self-judgement is often at the root of our pain. We judge ourselves harshly, we judge our past, present, and future experiences, and we even judge our feelings.
From my limited and shortsighted perspective, everyone seemed to be doing better than me, as I hadn't yet learned how to:
Create my own standards for success
Choose my own path of fulfillment
Set goals that were authentic and not superficial
As a result, I felt as if I were constantly marinating in a stew of disappointment, frustration, discouragement, anger, and anxiety.
The Consequence is Low Self-Confidence
"Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle or your middle to someone else's end." - Tim Hiller
When we compare ourselves, our self-esteem takes a major hit - This could cause us to stop pursuing our goals and dreams before we even really get going.
For example, when I first began writing picture books, I would often compare myself to other authors. However, I made the mistake of measuring my efforts against writers who had been in the game for years - writers who had paid their dues behind the scenes and were justifiability being rewarded the fruits of their labor. They were experiencing a level of success that took them sometimes years to gain, yet I wished to be decorated with those same accolades right out of the gate.
Was it fair to compare my beginning effort to someone else's middle effort?
Instead, of comparing, I learned to focus on my strengths - writing honest, substantive stories that have meaning for me; knowing that with some effort and patience, I would manifest what success looked like for me!
You Do You, I'll Do Me
"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde
It's so cool that we have the ability to acknowledge the fact that so many people have a variety of talents - and when those people let their talent shine, we can all benefit from that. However, we should try spending a little more time focusing on our own talents and strengths instead of the strengths of others. We will be of greater service to ourselves and those whose lives we touch by developing a true awareness of our own value and self-worth.
How do we go about learning what our value is? Here's a link to The Seven Signs You Know Your Value.
Develop Resilience
"To love is to stop comparing." - Bernard Grasset
So how do we stop squandering our happiness and get out of the comparison trap?
Be aware. We've been comparing ourselves to others for so long that it has become a bad habit. Like other bad habits, we must first admit that we have a problem to become more conscious. Becoming aware of the thoughts that are going through our minds helps us to identify who or what triggers our envious thoughts. Be mindful of the fact that these thoughts add no value to our lives and STOP!
Pause. Remember that these are real emotions that may show up every day, or even moment to moment. Putting them in their proper place will take time and practice. Don't beat yourself up! Acknowledge the thought and then shift focus.
Be grateful. Shift your focus back to yourself and what you've already been blessed with. Count what you have and look forward to the things you plan to gain by focusing on following your unique path.
Have hope. To compare as a source of motivation is one thing, but to "covet" is not cool! Do you admire these people, or do you want what they have? Let's be real, you will never have exactly what they have. It may look similar, but it will always be different. Embrace that fact. You can use people as motivation because they inspire you, but when you just want their "stuff" then you've entered into unhealthy territory.
The only person you should be better than, is who you were yesterday.
Remember that they are just people too, and if they can do great things, so can you.
Don't fall for the okey-doke by allowing other people's successes to make you feel a sense of lack. Flip the script and use comparisons as motivation to become a better person so that maybe you can use that energy to increase the joy in your own little corner of the world.