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College Professor Cheers After Tricking Students Into Disrespecting American Flag
It often seems like disrespecting the American flag has become the new normal. First, it was dozens of players in the NFL who knelt during the national anthem and refused to respect the flag; now, it's a college professor who turned an American flag into a doormat.
Broward College in Florida is hosting an art show from Jan. 25 to Feb. 21 of this year. According to BC's website, this art show is supposed to be an "eclectic show," with "painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and multi-media installation."
However, one piece of "artwork" is making headlines after students discovered exactly what it was.
"A professor at Broward College in Florida cut an American flag in half, painted it white, and laid it on the ground as a doormat for a school art display," Campus Reform reported.
However, while the professor and other radical leftists may have thought this was a brilliant idea, one student, Marine Corps vet Jess Karcher, penned his disgust on Facebook.
"So it appears this is ok to do at central campus Broward College. This is a American Flag Painted white and cut in half and used as a door mat. From what I was told by school officials this is freedom of expression by one of their art professors at the schools Full time Faculty Exhibition going on Jan 25-Feb 21 and nothing can be done," Karcher explained.
According to Karcher, most people didn't even know that they were stepping on a flag, and were never told what they were stepping on.
He went on to write that someone was there with a camera taking pictures of students walking on the flag. The person taking the photos turned out to be none other than the professor who made the display, Lisa Rockford. As if that weren't enough, Karcher said Rockford was laughing as she was taking the pictures.
Talk about disgusting.
Karcher decided to write to the college president and let him know exactly how appalled he was by the display. "I am sorry to have to write this letter to you, but I am a student at Broward College Central Campus and I am a disable [sic] Marine Corps veteran. I find this extremely disrespectful and kick in the gut as a veteran. I have lost many friends whose caskets were draped with that same flag," he wrote.
After receiving some heat from social media and Campus Reform, Broward College issued a response. "Broward College understands that the piece, currently on exhibit, is controversial. The provocative nature of the piece is protected by the artist's [c]onsitutional rights, specifically the First Amendment right to the Freedom of Speech. The piece represents the opinions of the individual artist and they are not indicative of the values at Broward College, the Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, or the other artists featured in the exhibition."
In other words, they're totally OK with this piece.
They continued, "Broward College supports the United States Constitution, the right to the Freedom of Speech, and the American Flag. The College has taken measures to ensure attendees of the exhibit know the art and opinions expressed are controversial and do not represent the institution's values."
Here's one thing I've just learned about life: just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD do something. Writer G.K. Chesterton articulated this well when he said, "To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it."
You may have a right to free speech, but that doesn't mean you should pull off tasteless and disrespectful stunts like this.
Men and women have given their lives to protect this woman's right to "free speech." That flag was carried over the shores of Normandy, hoisted at Iwo Jima, and transported across the deserts of Iraq.
So, if you have a problem with the U.S., find another way to protest and leave the flag alone.
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Elk Grove has hits own magazine called the "Ardent." It comes out every other month, they are placed at various businesses around Elk Grove, and most wonderful of all, they are FREE.
Local educator and Elk Grove historian, Elizabeth Pinkerton always writes an article of local interest. In this Autumn 2020 issues she writes about how the telephone was introduced to the community to present day use.

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Complicated hemangiomas are unique problems in which intervention with the proper laser can be an ideal solution. In this study we evaluated the toxicity of 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and Photofrin® using in vitro models. The in vitro toxicity of 5-ALA and Photofrin® was examined in a microvascular endothelial cell (MEC) culture system. The measurement of the percentage of MEC killed by various drug concentration using fluorescence viability assay. MEC incubated with 5-ALA at various concentrations for evaluation of dark toxicity showed less than a 50% cell kill. A comparison of different intervals of subcultured MEC showed that the early subculture (3 days after primary culture) is more vulnerable than later subculture (7 days after). Cells treated with Photofrin® at various concentrations exhibited less than 50% cell kill (dark toxicity). The comparison of different intervals of subculture (3 days and 7 days after primary culture) showed a result similar to that of 5-ALA. All controls showed 0% cell kill. In conclusion, both 5-ALA and Photofrin® are capable of destroying human microvascular endothelial cells in vitro. Drug concentrations and the power density for photodynamic therapy should be considered and will be included in our subsequent studies.
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Pages (from-to) | 83-87 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Sept 22 1997 |
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By Steve Roatch, CEO of Twentyseven Global
Twentyseven Global completed a rich array of mobile app development services for Winebuys, a new wine app for consumers, retailers and winemakers. Winemakers can use the app to market their labels; retailers can use it to notify consumers about new wines, wine tastings, pricing and gifting promotions; and consumers can use it to find that perfect bottle of wine and share information across social networking sites.
Winebuys, available for iPhone and Android.
Steve Roatch, CEO of Twentyseven Global, said, "We are excited to launch such a robust and flavorful app for the wine industry. This will be a new opportunity to connect consumers, winemakers and retailers so they have one place to get everything they need to know about wines. Additionally, the gifting component we built allows retailers to collect new information about their customers as well as customize offers they want to push out when new wines, offers or tastings are available. By leveraging mobile technology, the wine industry can maximize its connection with consumers, promote its products and build valuable customer data."
According to Andrew Hoehner, "Twentyseven Global knocked it out of the park. We were looking for a mobile and software development firm that could come to us with the best and brightest ideas to modify and streamline our app for the entire industry. Steve Roatch and his team knew exactly what to propose and did it in a way that was easy for us non-IT folks to understand. We are so happy with the application and know it will be a huge success! We could not have done this without Twentyseven Global and highly recommend the company."


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There are more than 20 million traffic signs within the federal territory of Germany. On average, that means there is one sign for every 32 metres of road. That's an enormous amount, and it's a challenge for some adults! That's why, at MobileKids, it is important for us to support children in this fundamental area of traffic education. Children need to learn how to behave near roads, and especially how to understand traffic signs.
According to the psychologist Jean Piaget, primary school children mainly act in the specifically operational phase. Owing to this cognitive development stage, they have difficulties in associating a "traffic sign" as a symbol with a specific rule." (MobileKids-Schulmaterial)
Traffic signs are important
Children undergo various phases before they become cautious traffic participants. When your child is cycling, section 2 of German road traffic regulations permits them to use the pavement until they turn eight. Until your child turns 10, they can choose between the cycle lane or the pavement. From this point, at the latest, traffic signs are hugely important, helping them with orientation and correct behaviour.
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When children have mastered traffic signs, this means that they both know their meaning and how to act. As a parent, you can help out on this latter point, in particular. After all, you're not just a role model in your children's eyes: you're the expert. You should do exercises that include familiarising your child with dealing with traffic, such as on the way to school (more on this in module 1). This has been recommended by the Conference of Ministers of Education and Culture since 1972. These guidelines, which are of fundamental importance even today, can be easily integrated into day-to-day life. Tell your child why, when you see the corresponding traffic signs, you can only stand still, or why traffic coming from the right has priority in your street.


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One of the best snack stops in the Magic Kingdom. During the winter this is a great place to pickup a evening snack like hot chocolate and a funnal cake. On summer day's ice cream, a float, or just a cold drink are also great options. This may be the place you want to send one from your group while waiting for the fireworks or a parade as it is very close to the central hub.
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Richard Antonio Dupre Jr., April 22, 1968- May 14,2019.
Richard, 51 of Killingworth was the son of Richard Dupre Sr and Sandra Dupre.
He is survived by his brother Steven Dupre, his sister-in-law Coreen Dupre, his two nephews Dylan and Aiden Dupre, his two daughter's Jessica Branciforte and Ashley Dupre, his two grandchildren Michael and Madelyn Branciforte, along with many aunts, uncles, cousins and endless amounts of friends.
He graduated Old Saybrook High School in 1986. He had many hobbies but his most favorite was enjoying his time on the water, especially with his dad. He was a family man and had a heart of gold. His contagious laugh and sense of humor will be missed dearly.
He will be laid to rest on Friday May 24, 2019 at 10 am at Riverside Cemetery, 59 Sheffield St in Old Saybrook, CT 06475. Afterwards, please join us for his celebration of life at Beechwood Community Center, 18 Swan Lake Trail in Killingworth, CT 06419.


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GET INVOLVED – Launch of Volunteer Bahamas from FNM Restoring Your Trust on Vimeo.
THE PRIME MINISTER: Ladies and Gentlemen: This evening we launch "Volunteer Bahamas".
Through Volunteer Bahamas we seek to:
• Create safer, healthier and more non-violent communities
• Build on existing community building initiatives by churches, corporate citizens, charities, clubs, philanthropic groups and private individuals
Volunteer Bahamas includes community service in many and diverse areas of national life from mentoring young men and women, to caring for the elderly, to environmental protection and to preservation of Bahamian heritage.
It means giving of our time, talents and treasure.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We seek to build a more peaceful and non-violent society. We seek to build a society marked by genuine patriotism and love of country, measured by a commitment to fairness and care and concern for the more vulnerable among us.
We seek to foster virtues such as kindness and compassion, civility and comity, gratitude and generosity.
Gratitude and generosity are companion virtues. The most generous people are also those filled with gratitude.
The response to the call for an era of volunteerism is encouraging, testifying to the essential goodness of the Bahamian people and our yearning to renew the spirit of community and fellowship. To date some 359 people have registered to volunteer; that number continues to grow. While Government has an essential role in society, it is no substitute for the personal responsibility required for good family life and avoiding criminal and antisocial behaviour.
Nor is Government a substitute for or a replacement for the role of civil society. This is why Government alone cannot fully address matters such as criminality, incivility and anti-social behaviour.
To put it more affirmatively, it is the citizenry acting individually and sometimes collectively, through families, churches, service clubs, schools, Lodges, foundations, businesses and other private groups in collaboration with Government can cause renewal of community life, combat the negative influences harmful to and destructive of our communities and assist in our return to good old traditional Bahamian values like respect for our elders. Service
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The call of service is one of the deepest desires of the human spirit. It finds expression in many fields of endeavour including in public service.
The rewards and fruits of service are not to be found only in those individuals and institutions who are the recipients of such service for those rendering service often receive many intangibles in return for their service.
Those intangibles often include the joy and satisfaction service brings. Someone who mentors a young person may discover that genuine service is that of empathy and understanding; that it is not about doing something for someone. Instead it is about the kind of solidarity and reciprocity one will find in any relationship of mutual respect.
We instituted community service programmes in our junior and secondary schools. The intention was to ensure that as a prerequisite to school-leaving every student in the government-operated school system would be engaged in a service-learning experience.
The idea has enjoyed success, but we seek more and hence the Minister of Education and his staff have been charged with revamping and retooling the programme.
Launching Volunteer Bahamas
To spearhead Volunteer Bahamas we have designated a National Committee, the New Providence members of which I am pleased to announce today:
*Mr. K. Darron Turnquest – Co-chairperson
*Mrs. Pauline Davis –Thompson – Co-chairperson
*Mr. Algernon Allen – Member
*Mr. Charles Sealey – Member
*Ms. Nicole Martin – Member
*Mr. Winston Rolle – Member
*Mr. Ray Jennings – Member
*Dr. Victor Cooper – Member
*Father James Moultrie – Member
*Ms. Charlotte Albury – Member
*Father Kendrick Forbes – Member
*Ms. Deandra Cartwright – Member
* Mr. Alphonso Major – Member
To highlight and help support those social entrepreneurs and community leaders who are engaged in innovative and effective youth and urban outreach programmes, we will make available small grants. I should note that the amount of funds available may be increased depending on the needs and available resources.
I use this occasion to thank our Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations for their good works and to encourage them to become even more involved in mentoring, volunteering and giving, especially as regards young people in general and for youth-at-risk in particular. I note in particular the urgent need for mentoring and tutouring programmes for young boys and adolescent males.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Get Involved
The inspiration behind "Get Involved" composed by Tyrone Fitzgerald, "Dr. Off" is still timely. With the gracious consent of his family and the talent of a new generation of artists, the "Bahamian All-Stars" Dr. Off's message has been tweaked to speak to us today.
Inspired by the Sermon on the Mount and an ethic of love, the Christian community has for generations clothed, fed, comforted and helped to heal tens of thousands of Bahamians; and they continue to do so today.
Inspired by humanitarian values and the call of service, men and women's service clubs, uniformed youth organizations and other groups have afforded thousands of citizens the opportunity to serve while helping thousands of others through the gift of service.
Inspired by the challenges of physical and mental health in areas ranging from autism to cancer, HIV/AIDS to autism, to Parkinson's Disease, to diabetes, to heart-related and to other diseases of body and mind, scores of organizations have been formed to care for and comfort individuals and their families.
Inspired by the need to assist children and the elderly many have come forward in service of those at the dawn and those at the evening of their lives.
And, inspired by the desire to help preserve and showcase our natural and built heritage many work tirelessly to protect our natural environment and cultural treasury.
The spirit of service and giving has also found common cause in those foundations, corporate citizens and individuals who have generously donated, sometimes anonymously, their financial assistance in areas ranging from education and scholarships, to sports and the arts, to youth development and assistance with a range of projects such as the Betty Kenning Aquatic Centre and public recreational spaces.
The thousands of volunteers who give of their time, talents and treasures speak to the best of the Bahamian spirit. They volunteer not for the sake of recognition. They volunteer because it ennobles the human spirit and gives voice and wings to the better angels of our nature, individually and collectively.
The many faces of volunteerism include Bahamians and residents. It includes a husband and wife team who every Saturday, along with other volunteers, run a model youth development programme, and another husband and wife team who have given significant pro bono work to assist in heritage development.
It includes veteran coaches who have for years mentored young Bahamians in teamwork and discipline through athletic competition. It includes men and women who have made volunteerism their life's vocation by helping disabled and orphaned children.
It includes teachers, nurses and social workers who serve far beyond the call of duty to assist those in need of special support and attention.
It includes winter and other residents of The Bahamas, who, throughout the length and breadth of our country have donated financial assistance, computers and scholarships to help thousands of students throughout the islands, settlements and cays of our Commonwealth.
The faces of volunteerism include those who are responding to the challenges of today, including combating criminality and its causes, through dedicated programmes from alternative sentencing initiatives to efforts in urban outreach.
I acknowledge too the many fine community service programmes of the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Conclusion
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Amidst the challenges of today, let us not be blinded to the goodness among us and the possibilities of tomorrow. We are a fortunate people, and there is much for which to be grateful.
In gratitude for all that we have and in recognition that there is much we can do to renew the bonds of community and civic pride, let us dedicate ourselves anew to the potential which lies within our reach.
In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with hearts full of grace and souls full of love and as testimony to ourselves of all that is good and noble in our Bahamas, let us Volunteer Bahamas.
I acknowledge the efforts of the Ministers of Social Development and Labour; Youth, Sports and Culture; and Education and their staffs for the hard work and considerable enthusiasm they have demonstrated in the creation of Volunteer Bahamas. I thank also the media representatives and civic-minded individuals who are involved in today's launch and in helping to making real the dream of marshalling an army of volunteers dedicated to community service.
I thank you and good evening.


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Human threats to whales and dolphins on IWC's agenda
Thirty years after the International Whaling Commission (IWC) implemented the moratorium on commercial whaling – an agreement that ultimately saved many great whale populations from certain extinction – cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) worldwide are facing grave and growing threats from a range of human activities.
The 66th Biennial Meeting of the Commission (IWC66) opens in Slovenia next week and expert Oceans campaigners from the Environmental Investigation Agency will be at the meeting, advocating a precautionary approach to cetacean conservation
Key issues on the agenda include:
- small type coastal whaling and special permit whaling in Japan;
- the critically endangered vaquita;
- Iceland's commercial whaling;
- human-caused environmental threats to cetaceans;
- proposal for a South Atlantic whale sanctuary.
EIA has prepared a new report, Plight of the Ocean Sentinels, on human activities threatening cetaceans:
Since the moratorium on commercial whaling was agreed, the intensification of human activities has wrought unprecedented changes on the marine environment upon which cetaceans depend and their survival is now threatened by the impacts of these activities, including:
- bycatch kills hundreds of thousands of cetaceans annually;
- specific chemical pollutants are associated with immunosuppression and reproductive impairment and are identified as key drivers of population declines in some European small cetacean species;
- cetaceans are exposed to high levels of marine debris, including microplastic pollution, with direct and indirect impacts;
- noise pollution has escalated over the past 50 years and poses both a chronic and acute threat;
- ocean changes due to climate change will likely pose one of the greatest threats to cetacean populations, through ocean acidification, melting of ice sheets, changes in ocean temperature, disruption of food chains and changes in the supply and cycling of nutrients.
Plight of the Ocean Sentinels explores some of the major environmental threats facing cetacean populations and offers recommendations to IWC Contracting Governments on future steps to expand the IWC's efforts to conserve the world's cetacean populations.
If you're a Twitter user, you can keep up to date on the latest from the IWC via our account @EIAinvestigator – look for the hashtag #IWC66


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I didn't catch the game at the start, when apparently North Texas was down a few buckets.
By the time I was able to get in front of my laptop, NT had a small lead (36-30) and this looked normal. This month I have been considering how long I have been running this little blog and how way back when I as trying to find streams of the game online some place. It involved signing up for some month-long pass and waiting as it buffered on some proprietary player.
Now, I can find the streams on the school site (helpful) and while they are still blurry, it is nice tuning into YouTube instead of some weird $10 pay stream that works intermittently. Sure, I am paying with my personal information so people can attempt to sell me oddly specific items on my instagram feed, but it is relatively frictionless. That is what we are after here. I do not have time for buffering.
This game is the kind of forgetful one that doesn't excite on the schedule It hurts the resume if you lose. When NT struggled to start the game the twitter timeline was a bit nervous. In the end, NT won going away — 81-56 was the final. All is well that ends well.
Zach Simmons could have gotten much more than his 12, but tried too many finesse things inside. When he decided he could get buckets without being clever — a thing that happens to all big men at some point — he got what he deserved. Simmons finished with just 12 on 5 of 8 shooting. That doesn't tell you the whole story, however. He had just two in the first half on 1/2 shooting and two turnovers.
Zach has been underrated. We've highlighted some of the good things he is capable of on this site previously. He still has all of that and among the CUSA folks, he is one of the best in the league. He's not WKU's Charles Bassey but few are. He has touch around the rim and can finish with both hands. Tonight, he kind of tried a little too much when he could simply just bully-ball and get buckets. It happens.
Terrence Lewis II had his second-best game in green-and-white, finishing with 11 on 4/5 shooting in just 13 minutes. The advanced numbers liked Lewis and Simmons.
The slow start gave the cynics something to complain about but the result was what was expected. Job done. NT moves to 2-3 on the season. They face Houston Baptist — another game they are expected to win big — on Thursday before the Saturday game against LSU in Baton Rouge.
That's two warm-up games before a tough 'A' level matchup. After that a week-off before the conference season begins. North Texas was not going to earn any bids with their regular season schedule. If you allowed the CFB playoff announcement you can see the anti-G5 bias in football. If you followed some of the NCAA Tourney selections in hoops you have seen some of that in basketball, as well.
The surest way to getting a bid is to win the league tournament. NT is building up the team chemistry for that moment when they have to get big buckets against the league's best in whatever bubble that will be the CUSA tournament this March. So far, so good.


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The average direction index (ADX) is used to find price trends. ADXR supplements it with price trend strength info. Use them with trend-following strategies.
- DXR (Average Directional Movement Index Rating)
- Interpretation
- ADX in Trending and Range Identification
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ADX evaluates absolute values, meaning that it works out how strong a trend is regardless of which way it's heading, so whether the trend is pointing upwards or downwards, the strength value it's given is the same.
The ADX appears at the bottom of the price chart, and it shows the price using the difference between a pair of directional movement indicator measures labeled +DMI and -DMI. The plus and the minus of each of them obviously indicates which way the trend is heading.
The ADX usually has a (14,14) setting, which means it includes 14 past price bars, that's what the first number is saying. The second function is a smoothing setting that can raise or lower the amount of importance given to recent price information.
Lowering either number in the settings results in more standout trends (ADX number goes up) because then it's looking at a narrower portion of the price data. The lower the setting the stronger the apparent trends will seem because every fluctuation will be given greater significance than it probably deserves. At the other extreme, higher settings will likely miss some trends altogether.
DXR (Average Directional Movement Index Rating)
ADXR works out the extent to which momentum is changing in the ADX, and it's represented by another line. You can alter the number of period bars used to get the amount of change over time that suits you.
A 0 period effectively means that the ADX and ADXR are the same. Changing the period to 90 means that the ADXR measures the momentum change over a longer stretch (the ADX for the previous 90 price bars) which will probably mean that you won't get much useful information from it. A setting of 10 is more usual and more helpful.
In essence, ADXR is a lagging indicator that works as an averaged ADX. With trending signals, the ADXR always produces them after the ADX.
Some traders take it as a buy signal when ADX heads above ADXR, and when it drops below then they see this as a sell signal, assuming either ADX or both of them are at either 25 or above.
ADX and ADXR interpretations amount to the same thing. The higher the value, the stronger the trend. Using them together and looking for conjunctions between them is a more conservative approach but one that should yield more accurate trading signals.
25 or higher on either indicator is seen by many as a good sign that price has enough momentum to make it a tradable trend. For anything less than 25, trend-following is to be avoided.
Whichever way the ADX line is going tells you the strength of the trend. When the ADX is going up, the strength of the trend is doing the same. A falling ADX signals a slowing and that price may become range-bound. This doesn't point to a reversal, just increasing weakness.
Even if ADX is heading down, as long as it's still at 25 or higher, it's the sign of a strong trend.
Letting trades run when ADX is higher than 25 (or by combining a 25 or higher reading with crossings of ADX/ADXR under the more conservative system) is touted by momentum/trend traders who believe in letting "winners run".
A trend that is slowing but is still over 25 isn't a signal to exit, but it does point to slowing momentum.
ADX can also point to a parting of the ways between price and momentum/trend. If price is hitting at a higher high, but ADX, though strong, is on a downward slope, it could be a sign that momentum may be easing back.
In this instance, a trader might want to cash out some profit or reduce their position size or maybe move their stop-loss nearer to where the price is currently sitting. Whatever your response to this kind of change it's a good idea to think about the risk implications and manage them appropriately.
ADX in Trending and Range Identification
Price is the most important part of technical analysis, but it's only the beginning, and traders need to add to the total picture with appropriate technical indicators.
In markets that are range-bound, received wisdom is that when a trading range becomes tighter the chances of an imminent breakout become greater. ADX can help traders find these opportunities and tell them whether they have self-sustaining momentum, usually indicated when a breach goes over 25.
When ADX dips under this point, price could still look to be in a clear trend but it will be taken as one that is growing weaker or that range-bound behavior is likely to happen. In such markets, buyers and sellers pretty much agree on price. These markets feature narrow bid-ask spreads, and for any type of trend to take off will take some kind of impetus to alter the dynamics of supply and demand.
ADX and ADXR can give traders signals to inform momentum or trend-following strategies. The overarching idea behind this approach is that trending markets yield better opportunities for profit than ranging markets.
ADX tells us if price is trending or not, and ADXR then tells us if ADX is heading up or down.
ADX higher than 25 and higher than ADXR could be seen as a buy signal. When ADX is 25 and ADXR goes over ADX, you may take it as a sign to leave a long trade or start a sell trade. When ADX is between 0 and 25 you could see it as a call to stay away from trend-following strategies completely.
There are those who use ADX on its own and who take trades in the direction of the current trend on a pullback to a support or resistance level. Whichever approach you decide to take, consider using ADX and ADXR only as part of a comprehensive and risk-managed trading strategy.


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Stocks jumped on Thursday as Wall Street recovered from a tumble in the previous session that sent two of the major indexes into the red for 2018.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 401.13 points to 24,984.55 — snapping a three-day losing streak — as Microsoft outperformed. The S&P 500 gained 1.9 percent to close at 2,705.57 as consumer discretionary and tech both rose more than 3 percent. The broad index also closed higher for the first time in seven sessions. Both are back into the green for 2018, but barely.
The Nasdaq Composite climbed 2.95 percent to 7,318.34 as Amazon rallied 7.1 percent ahead of the release of its earnings report. A 3.4 percent jump in Facebook and a 3.7 percent gain in Netflix also lifted the Nasdaq.
"What happened yesterday was the market got way oversold," said Tom Essaye, founder of The Sevens Report. "Was a decline on earnings warranted? Yes, but not 10 percent."
"The market is now correcting that a bit," Essaye said.
On Wednesday, the Dow plunged 608.01 points, erasing all of its gains for the year. The dropped 3.1 and also turned negative for the year. The Nasdaq fell 4.4 percent, entering correction territory.
These losses added to the indexes' steep decline for the month. Through Thursday's close, the Dow and S&P 500 were down 5.6 percent and 7.2 percent for October, respectively. The Nasdaq, meanwhile, had lost 9.1 percent. It's going to be more volatile on Friday after Google-parent Alphabet and Amazon sliding after releasing their quarterly results.
"The technical picture has turned increasingly bearish this month," said Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research. "The percentage of S&P 500 companies trading above their 200-dmas was down to 37% after yesterday's debacle." DMA refers to daily moving averages, a common measure of trends on Wall Street.
He noted, however, that prior similar declines during this bull market have "marked buying opportunities." Yardeni added: "If this is still a bull market, as we believe it is, then the latest bearish technicals and October's swoon should mark the latest buying opportunity."
Several factors have conspired to knock markets this month — some earnings disappointment, fear of rising interest rates, a brewing conflict between Italy and the European Union over budget spending, criticism of oil power Saudi Arabia after the killing of a dissident journalist and finally, worries that world growth is losing steam.
"Corrections like this are actually healthy for the market," said Amanda Agati, co-chief investment strategist at The PNC Financial Services Group. "What is surprising to me is where the finger is being pointed at. It's not clear to me that anything has changed in the last month."
"This is much more of a sentiment shift than a fundamental shift," Agati said.
Thursday's bounce comes as several major companies posted strong quarterly results.
Microsoft reported earnings and revenue for the previous quarter that easily topped analyst expectations. The Dow component rose 5.8 percent on the news.
Tesla, meanwhile, posted a surprise profit, sending its shares up by 9.1 percent. Twitter also surged 15.55 percent on better-than-expected results. Not all quarterly reports were good, however. AMD shares tanked more than 15 percent after the company issued weak revenue guidance for the fourth quarter.
Thursday is the busiest day of the earnings season. Thus far, the corporate earnings season is off to a good start. S&P 500 earnings are up 24.8 percent so far, with 82 percent of the companies that have reported beating estimates, according to data from The Earnings Scout.
The data also show that earnings growth forecasts for the first two quarters are holding up nicely. As of Thursday morning, S&P 500 earnings were expected to grow by 8.44 percent in the first quarter of 2019, up from 8.39 percent on Wednesday. Expected earnings growth for next year's second quarter also increased to 6.48 percent from 6.36 percent on Wednesday.
"Are actual earnings and changes in earnings expectations confirming such a steep drop in price? No," said Nick Raich, CEO of The Earnings Scout, in a note. "While stocks got crushed yesterday, 1Q 2019 and 2Q 2019 S&P 500 EPS growth estimates went higher."
—CNBC's Natasha Turak contributed to this report.


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GODFREY – The Alton Redbirds and Quincy Blue Devils renewed their long-distance regional baseball rivalry Thursday.
The fledgling rivalry remains all Redbirds.
Alton scored twice in the fourth inning to take a lead it would not relinquish and put away the Devils 3-1 in a semifinal of the Alton Class 4A Regional. The Redbirds improve to 23-12 and will play top-seeded O'Fallon (31-5) for the regional championship at 4 p.m. Saturday.
It is the third straight season Quincy had its season ended by Alton in the regional semifinals. The Redbirds then fell to Edwardsville in the title game each of the last two seasons after beating the Tigers in 2013 for Alton's last regional title.
The new sub-sectional postseason format has Alton and Edwardsville in separate regionals for the first time in nine years of four-class baseball. But the Redbirds get no favor with O'Fallon expected to start ace Bradley Harrison (11-0, 0.28 ERA) in Saturday's title game. Harrison already owns two shutouts – 5-0 and 7-0 – against the Redbirds this season.
Alton earned another shot at the Panthers by again putting down the Devils. Jacob St. Peters went four innings for the win, giving one unearned run on three hits, one walk and six strikeouts. Devin Colley worked three scoreless innings for the save.
Quincy led 1-0 before Steven Pattan put Alton up 2-1 with a two-run double in the third inning. The Redbirds tacked on another run in the sixth on Jacob Kanallakan's RBI triple. Steve Nguyen and Kanallakan each had two hits for Alton, which outhit Quincy 8-7.
The champ of the Alton Regional will meet the Belleville West Regional champion on Wednesday at a Metro East site yet to be announced. Edwardsville plays the winner of a semifinal match Belleville West and Belleville East at West.
The Maroons and Lancers played to a 5-5 tie through nine innings Thursday before darkness suspended play. The semifinal will resume at 12:30 p.m. Friday.
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A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of Selected Ekegusii Pop Songs
Pop songs convey social messages in different perspectives. Studies on pop songs reveal that composers employ metaphors to express their subjective feelings. The meaning of the metaphors in Ekegusii pop songs need to be interpreted to understand the message of the composers.The purpose of the study was to undertake a cognitive semantics analysis of Ekegusii pop songs. The study was guided by the following research objectives: to identify the metaphors in the Ekegusii pop songs using the Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit; to analyse the metaphors in the Ekegusii pop songs using the Conceptual Metaphor Theory; and to determine the influence of the demographic variable of sex in the conceptualization of the metaphors in Ekegusii pop songs. The Conceptual Metaphor Theory was employed to map the metaphors in the Ekegusii pop songs into different corresponding conceptual mappings.The study employed the mixed methods research design. The target population was the Ekegusii speakers. An interview was conducted among the 36 participantsselected based on sex. The Ekegusii pop songs were purposively sampled using the criterion of richness in metaphoricity. The qualititative data were analysed thematically by classifying the identified metaphors into four conceptual domains using the principle of Great Chain of Being metaphor. Four annotators, including the researcher, collected 54 Metaphor Related Words basedon the criterion adapted from the Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit. The identified metaphors were translated into English and presented in a table which containedthe metaphor value and the level of the metaphor in the principle of Great Chain of Being Metaphor. Three lexical units were marked as Discard From Metaphor Analysis. The study further classified the Metaphor Related Words as direct, indirect and possible personifications. The quantitative data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences in which Chi square at a significance level of 0.05 was employed to test the statistical relationship between sex and metaphoric conceptualization. The study found that sex significantly influences the conceptualization of the conceptual domains of: A HUMAN BEING IS A HUMAN BEING, A HUMAN BEING IS AN ANIMAL and A HUMAN BEING/EDUCATION IS AN OBJECT. However, Chi square test analysis showed insignificant association between sex and the conceptual domain ofA HUMAN BEING/EDUCATION IS A PLANT in the negative metaphor value.The research concludes that metaphor is a useful cognitive tool of conceptualizing human beings and the concept of education in Ekegusii pop songs. The study recommends that language researchers should employ the Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit in metaphor studies.The findings of the study will benefit the audience of the Ekegusii pop songs, ethnographers and metaphor theorists to conceptualize Ekegusii pop songs and culture.


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"A book is a link between the past and the future. It is a bridge between generations and across cultures. It is a force for creating and sharing wisdom and knowledge." - excerpt of the message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the World Book and Copyright Day. On 23 April 2016, we celebrate World Book and Copyright Day to promote books, reading and copyright. This date also marks the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Cervantes, as well as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors. "A window onto our inner lives, books are also the doorway to mutual respect and understanding between people, across all boundaries and differences" - Ms. Irina Bokava To celebrate World Book and Copyright Day and share our love for books and reading, we are having a limited time promotion from 22-24 April with 20% off all Oyez! titles. BONUS: Get our specially designed World Book Day poster for FREE with every order. Just enter "WORLDBOOKDAY" in the coupon code upon checkout. Do spread the word and help us commemorate this meaningful day.
Pustaka Bookaroo Festival of Children's Literature is back! Running from 16-17 April at Pustaka Negeri Sarawak in Kuching, it promises to be an exciting affair with a lineup of international and local authors, illustrators, storytellers and more. With the theme Bringing Children and Books Together, the weekend will be packed with storytelling, crafts, doodling, poetry and art workshops for children from 4 up to 12 years of age. This event is truly something for parents, children, teachers, educators and just about anyone who is interested in promoting books and reading for children, to look forward to. Speakers at the event come from far and wide such as India, Singapore, and Australia. From Malaysia, five Oyez!Books authors/ illustrators will also be participating at the event! They are :
Bookaroo Festival was founded in India in 2008 and made its debut in Kuching last year in partnership with Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, the National State Library. Check out the exciting programme and download the schedule at the Bookaroo website. So don't forget to bring the kids out for a weekend of books, stories and fun activities with all the Oyez! authors and international personalities at Pustaka Bookaroo Festival of Children's Literature! Admission is FREE.
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What does a progressive foreign policy look like? Rep. Ro Khanna says he has the answer
Since he was first elected in 2016, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna has become one of the House's most recognizable progressive voices. Although the district he represents includes Silicon Valley, he's made a name for himself as an ardent critic of big tech companies, and is a co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign.
Yet despite a historic lack of bipartisanship in Congress, Khanna is also a sometime ally of the House's most conservative members. And given his prominent roles on the House Armed Services and Oversight Committees, he's been at work crafting a foreign policy that could carry serious weight in the next Democratic administration.
"I do believe American leadership in the world matters, that we can't just disengage from the world," Khanna told CBS News. "I definitely think America should seek to lead and shape the world and make it safe for liberal democracy. I just don't think military intervention is going to get us there."
Non-interventionism and American leadership
Khanna, the grandson of an Indian political activist who spent time imprisoned with Mahatma Gandhi, cites such figures as John Quincy Adams and Jimmy Carter as influencing his foreign policy perspective.
"I think that when you look at our founding principles, it was based on America as a nation committed to universal human rights and a nation that was weary of foreign entanglements and foreign alliances that did not keep us safe or promote our interests," Khanna said.
He paraphrased a quote from Adams on why U.S. foreign policy should be based on restraint: "America should promote and stand up for the ideals of liberty and equality around the world … But we should be very wary to use military force in promoting those ideals, because that force will often backfire, and we will often be seen as a dictator even if we intend to be a liberator."
Khanna's non-interventionist philosophy does not verge into isolationism. He believes that the U.S. needs to be involved in global politics, while being more judicious when it comes to deploying the military.
Yet Khanna also believes that it's important to counter the influence of China in particular, particularly since the country is throwing up what he called a "Berlin digital wall" to keep out American competitors.
"We want to make China dependent on our technology. The biggest way to make sure that a) we avoid a war, and b) that we have a check on China, is if they're dependent on our technologies," Khanna said.
Khanna also said that he would want to strengthen alliances in the region to counteract China, although he does not support re-entering the Trans Pacific Partnership, a trade deal negotiated by President Obama and scrapped by Mr. Trump, which was designed in part for that purpose.
Unexpected bipartisanship
Khanna's views on foreign policy, however, don't just appeal to those on the left end of the political spectrum.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Republican from the Florida Panhandle, has made waves with his fiery Fox News appearances and his staunch support for the president. But although they are ideological opposites, Khanna and Gaetz agree on a key issue: The president can't start a war with Iran without Congress' stamp of approval.
Khanna and Gaetz introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent federal funds from being used for any military force in Iran without congressional approval. The House overwhelmingly passed the amendment to the NDAA in July, although it failed in the Senate.
"There are two insights that many Republicans in the Freedom Caucus have that can build a coalition with progressives. First, they are wary of war and they believe the executive branch has gone to war too many times for too long without congressional authorization or involvement," Khanna said.
"And second, they understand that our competition is China, and they want to make sure that we are being strategic in winning the 21st century for American values."
Khanna is hoping that the final version of the NDAA negotiated in conference with the House and the Senate will include his and Gaetz's amendment.
Foreign policy, Sanders-style
Khanna and Sanders have collaborated on some foreign policy bills in Congress, such as the act to end U.S. involvement in the conflict in Yemen. This bill passed in the House and the Senate, but did not have the two-thirds majority needed to overturn Mr. Trump's veto. Mr. Trump also vetoed a bipartisan bill to block the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, which was co-sponsored by Khanna in the House.
Now Khanna is advising the Sanders campaign on how best to communicate their foreign policy beliefs to voters.
"My point to the senator is to make sure you're talking about this in the campaign. This is an issue that people do care about. They care about us not getting us tangled in foreign wars," Khanna said about his advice to the senator on foreign policy.
"You should make one promise to the American people," he said he told Sanders. "Under your presidency, there will be no more unconstitutional wars."
"I think he has the most credibility to do that given the track record of his success in Yemen," Khanna said, referring to the legislation to end U.S. involvement in the country. He also cited Sanders' support for his NDAA amendment, and his work to ensure that it would be included in the final form of the bill.
Khanna said that Sanders' action on Yemen and Iran showed a "clear distinction between Bernie Sanders and the rest of the field and Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump."
Protecting journalists from the Espionage Act
Khanna may have another opportunity to work across the aisle, as his office is currently crafting legislation to amend the Espionage Act so that it cannot be used to indict journalists.
Julian Assange was charged under the Espionage Act in May for obtaining and publishing classified information. These indictments raised concerns that the act could be used against national security journalists who publish state secrets which is provided to them, such as the news outlets that published information provided by WikiLeaks via Chelsea Manning, then a soldier in the Army.
"The Trump administration charging Assange opened up a chilling effect on journalism," Khanna said, noting that President Obama had considered using the Espionage Act to charge Assange and decided not to do so.
"If you are the recipient of information that is sensitive and you haven't been involved in assisting the collection of information, but you're just receiving that information from a source and publishing it for journalistic purposes -- then you can't be prosecuted," Khanna continued. He added that news outlets publishing sensitive information often provides "greater transparency" into human rights violations and matters of war and peace.
Khanna said his office is currently working with the American Civil Liberties Union and other experts to ensure that the language in the legislation is "precise." Once it is finalized, he said he will discuss it with independent Rep. Justin Amash and other conservative members of Congress, who may be open to a bill limits the power of the federal government.
Khanna hopes to have the bill introduced by the end of the year.
"It will be a major protection for journalists' ability to work on these critical issues," Khanna said.
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