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The Norris Watershed Trails are a favorite of hikers, runners, mountain bikers and equestrians. Trail system consists of just under 30 miles of a mixture of singletrack and old dirt/gravel roadbeds. Winding on both sides of Lower Clear Creek Rd, trails begin just past the 18th century Rice Grist Mill and Crosby Threshing Barn. Old homesteads and cemeteries are prevalent throughout the area. One of the Watershed's best features is it's ability to dry quickly after inclement weather making this the place to go when other trails are soggy. From moderate to strenuous, the trails snake up and over the hills and wind along the eastern shore of Norris Lake, offering spectacular views of the lake and its surrounding hills and valleys. From Highpoint Trail you can connect with the lake loop of the Norris Dam State Park Trails. When traveling along the old roads, be on the watch for occasional vehicular travel.
Hunting: this area is open to hunters and some trails will close during the season. Check with TWRA or the call the city of Norris for dates (865-494-7645). There is a nearby rifle range, so don't be too alarmed if you hear shots while riding the trails and you thought it was off-season.
While in the area, hikers and birdwatchers may want to check out the River Bluff Small Wild Area.


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I've wanted to write the perfect post. About how my birth plan went to absolute shit. About being induced without warning and having a C section at the final hour. About how supremely terrified I was on our first night home with our daughter. About how truly awful those first eight weeks were. About how my life has forever changed.
But perfect is a ridiculous concept these days. I'd settle for mediocre. I feel quite mediocre. I'm still 15 pounds away from where I want to be, with the bulk of my muscle tone, after almost three years of lifting weights, gone. My maternity clothes are too big but my regular clothes are, well, it's a 50/50 shot if they'll fit or not. Suffice it to say, my regular clothes are working quite hard. I went back to work last week after twelve weeks of maternity leave. I used to work 50-60 hour weeks, often working on weekends. Those days are long gone. I have to cram as much focused, productive, streamlined work into the usual 9 – 5:30pm work day. I haven't even gotten to the gym yet – and will I be able to rationalize an hour and a half in the middle of the day when I'm leaving comparatively early to what I used to do? I think I'm doing extremely good work in those hours – but the volume is substantially decreased.
And comedy. I've been on stage twice since I've had my daughter. How will I fold stand-up back into my life? I have ideas. A handful of shitty premises. It's a start.
I'm forgetful and even when reminded, it's often as though I'm hearing the information at hand for the first time, like a constant blackout drunk. Friends text me and check on me. I'm not sure I always ask how they are doing.
Here's what's not mediocre. Not even a little bit.
That angry baby up there? She's also this goofy, precious, beautiful wonder who farts all the time.
I love her so much that it hurts. All of her firsts. I cried the first time she truly giggled (in response to me singing, in my godawful singing voice, the Doors' "Hello, I Love You.") These days, she sleeps through the night and wakes up smiling. And my husband? My kind, loving, thoughtful, silly husband is a great dad. He's a natural. I watch him with our daughter and it's almost as though he was always a dad waiting to happen. People say that Layla is special. Calm, laid-back, happy – and that that's because of us. Our days are chaotic and short and far too quick. But life is good. Life is great. And decidedly not mediocre.

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Friday, September 10, 2010
Nature Alphabet: Letter "C"
6 comments:
- Susie said...
What a wonderful day of science!
- September 10, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- Mandy said...
I've discovered that I'm a loser and I already want to give up my alphabet challenge! Sigh! I figure my daughter isn't quite three yet, and maybe we can give it a go next year when I'm not wanting to do other projects?! Good for you though! You're a rock star mom!
- September 12, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Mary said...
I found your link through Outdoor Wednesday, and I'm your new follower! I was happy to discover that you homeschool too.
Nice pictures, I thought I was the only one who ever posted about spiders... You must be in the South, we also grow okra, and I've been posting about that in my homesteading blog as well. :)
- September 14, 2010 at 10:53 PM
- Linda said...
Great post...I never saw a cicada though, I 've heard about them! I think using creations is a great way for the letter C...
- September 15, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Phyllis said...
Oh, what beautiful photos! I love them. Nature walks are so much fun.
- September 16, 2010 at 8:38 PM
- JayLeigh said...
Such great pictures! You sure found a lot of neat stuff on your walk. I like the idea of going through the alphabet like that. Very fun! :-)
- September 17, 2010 at 12:19 AM


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As GAP2 fishermen, scientists and policy makers travel around the world to learn more about successful collaboration, you can follow their progress by reading their blogs. And if you want to get involved yourself – find out more about the GAP2 Exchange here.
The Italian Exchange
- GAP2 scientist, Sasa Raicevich, travels with a delegation of fishers and local management officials from Chioggia, Italy, to visit the Dutch pulse-trawl fleet, part of GAP2's case study in the Netherlands
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The GAP2 Adriatic Sea case study has been ongoing in developing participatory research and action management of fisheries within the Adriatic Sea.
Its focus is on building and mobilizing knowledge across various stakeholders and scientists within the region. Previous discussions have generated interest between Italian and Dutch fishermen and stakeholders to learn from each other and exchange their visions and issues in relation to fishery management.
Italian GAP2 stakeholders expressed their interest in the local management of Dutch fisheries and fish market organization, and therefore it was decided that in-the-field discussions would prove beneficial in the development of fishery management in the northern Adriatic Sea. Furthermore the opportunity would allow for an exchange between different Italian GAP2 stakeholders reinforcing their collaboration and stimulating participatory action.
The objectives of this exchange are to share experiences on issues relating to the management and governing of fisheries from a multi-disciplinary focus with regards to technology, environmental impact mitigation, trade organization and product labeling. Furthermore fishing management rules (particularly concerning issues surrounding quotas and discards) and the roles of participatory science and stakeholder knowledge in fishery governance are to be looked into.
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A final instalment of the Italian-Dutch exchange project, which includes the final statements of the visiting Italian delegates...
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Blog post from the latest GAP2 exchange: the lessons learnt from the Italian-Dutch exchange and reflections for the future...
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GAP2 exchange veterans Marloes Kraan and Susan Thompson reflect on the value of learning from international fisheries.
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Did twelve smoked herrings from Italy rob a Dutch Starbucks in their desperate quest for coffee? Read on and see...
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Why Filming Corporate Events Is A Great Idea – Video MarketingBy Vilampara on
Most companies have events happening throughout the year. If your company is involved in many charities, and/or keeps employees happy with events and outings, it is time you showcase it to the world through video marketing.
Capturing company events can be very useful in increasing the PR (Public Relations) of your business. Showing the proactive steps you have taken to improve the work environment for your employees is bound to attract more clients and potential employees. If people are made aware of your contribution to the society, it will throw more goodwill your way.
There are many creative ways in which you can use the captured footage to your advantage. Using it for your company video will add a personal touch to the latter.
Here are a few reasons you should get started immediately.
Reason 1: Showcase Your Company Profile
The captured video will work help create a good impression of the company.
You can capture celebrations, functions, events like New Year's eve and Christmas on camera to show how diverse your company is. A fun work environment is sure to keep the employees happy, and they are bound to get better results.
This is a well-known fact, and you can use it to boost your company profile.
Reason 2: Encourage Clients To Work With You
You can keep your existing clients informed about the events through your website page, blog or newsletter. What better way than with a video of you and your company? This will assure them that you are a well-established company with satisfied employees.
Reason 3: A Boost For Employees
Apart from the advantage of increasing the PR of your company, an outing is sure to encourage your employees. It will energize them to get back to work with a fresh and focused mind. It is also a good way to appreciate their efforts for all the hard work they put in.
Team outings and other team events will also help your employees interact outside the office. This can contribute to improving their work relationship as well. A video of the same works to your advantage.
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Using the footage taken during company events will attract more clients and customers. If you have a fun and productive environment, you are sure to create enough publicity to attract the attention of prospective customers.
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If you don't already capture company events, outings, and charities, get started today. You will find the recordings very useful both now and in the future.


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Ep 105 : Finding Penny Stock Trading Opportunities
Hey, this is Sasha, and welcome to another episode of let's talk stocks, episode number 105, finding penny stock trading opportunities.
I know I don't focus a lot on penny stocks when it comes to making videos, and there's a reason for that, I typically try not to promote too much on penny stocks, and I'll tell you those reasons in a second, but I know that you guys have been asking me a little bit more about penny stocks, day trading, so I'll try to focus a little more on those contents and subject matters because you asked for it.
As a full disclaimer, number one, the first main thing is an example that is here, especially in this trading video or any other, are merely just for demonstration and illustrated educational purposes, they're not any recommendations for you to buy, trade or sell any security and that only is also because you probably have different risk profile than I do, or you might be watching this video at some time in the future. I think most of you understand that by now.
Why I don't promote penny stocks
The other thing is that regarding penny stocks, you need to be aware of certain things, that as you're trading these vehicles or looking to trade these vehicles, there's a reason why I usually don't promote them or teach about them so much, because I want you to get away from that in the future as you trade and as you evolve as a trader.
Why is that? Well, here's a few insights, of course, we could make a video just about this one course topic of why personally don't promote it.
In general, number one, they don't really trade a lot of volumes, so the liquidity is weak, so if you're looking to trade penny stocks, it's a little difficult to get in, and out of those positions, sometimes you have to get up early and request those shares from your broker if you're looking to short that stock or the stock isn't traded that heavily.
Another thing is that there's a lot of manipulation that goes on, for some people that know and understand this, you can capitalize on that, which makes it very profitable for those of you that are aware of what's going on and happening underneath the surface.
The other thing is that as your account grows and you become more significant as a trader; let's say a 10 million dollar trading account. You typically want to get away from trading penny stocks, because you can move that sock way to quickly, so if you're looking to buy a particular stock that only trades 10 thousand shares at $20, that's not a lot of money to move that stock on a day to day basis. So as your account grows, you'll probably need to move to different vehicles, because you'll need a bigger vehicle to trade that.
It's kind of like when you're hauling lumber in a car, in a hybrid, it is a little more difficult than hauling lumber in a truck. Or if you get a big semi-truck, you can haul a lot more lumber in those as well, so the bigger your account size gets, the larger vehicle that you need to trade, the larger the stocks, the larger the ETF and so on.
Keep those things in mind as we go through this session, and this is one of the reasons why I don't hone in and promote this because you have to evolve.
But for those of you starting that are interested in penny stocks, maybe you have a smaller account, it feels good or you think it's an excellent way to get out of an inevitable slump or grow your account, you, by all means, can do it, so long as your personality matches trading penny stocks.
It's a faster type of trading
It's a little bit of a quicker type of trading, because these stocks don't move for weeks or months to the upside, some do, but very rarely do you see a penny stock heading for multiple years to the upside, from $1 to $50, most of the times they have quick bursts of energy to the upside, and then you're getting out.
It's more so like a day trading kind of concept or personality that you have to match this. And then a shorter swing trading, it could be a couple of days on hold.
If it works for you, do it
That's some of the reasons for me personally, I'd rather sit in my positions a little bit longer, have a different quality of life, that's for me, but for you, if it works out for you as far as penny stock trading goes, and as far as trading stocks in that way, and that matches your personality, then by all means, of course, you can trade them.
Let's get into the lesson with these things in mind and look at scanning for some penny stock trading opportunities, because the concepts are still the same, you can of course apply some of these concepts to swing trading as well, but I general, we're going to hone in a little bit more on the cheaper stocks and penny stocks, but more so the penny stocks.
Let's take a look on screen here. As we start looking at penny stocks, you're going to have a lot of different stocks available to you, especially in the cheaper range.
The platform that I'm using is called TC2000, by Worden, you, by all means, can get it for free at freestockcharts.com, but you could use any platform really to scan for your stocks.
Shorting penny stocks
Some of the things that I look for when trading penny stocks in general, most of the time I will look to short penny stocks, and that is simply because if you take a look at this stock right here, which is basically at $1.82, you'll notice the trend of it pretty much is to the downside, so the momentum, the energy, the natural way that these penny stocks move is typically you need to be comfortable with shorting.
Just because they're manipulated, the little spikes that they may get from time to time to the upside, usually people sell those off within a few days, and then they continue rolling back over to lower price levels.
That's why you need to be really comfortable with shorting, you'll also notice there's a lot of weird things that happen within penny stocks, you might get this stock splits right here, a 23/20, a 32/29, 20/29 and that is simply to probably prop up that stock price a little bit, which again goes along the lines with manipulation.
These are some of the things you'll see, as far as trading them, you can trade them, they are in my opinion a little more risky for the average or general person. Can you trade them? Yes, you can, but you need to be aware of those risks.
Here's the thing that you want to watch for as you start looking and scanning for these stocks, or finding these stocks and trading these opportunities.
Again, it just gives you some insight to what I would watch for as I used to do some of these penny stock trades, apparently now I don't do them, just due to my account size and some other things, my personality just doesn't fit with it.
Building your watch list
But when looking at these stocks, you start taking a look at building your watch list, some of the stocks you like trading, or you could also look at the volume and the action of what's going on.
You can't be biased towards one stock or another, it's working off of movement, so if you see a stock moving, you're getting in it, and that's what you're doing with penny stocks. If you see it moving to the downside or upside, you're just getting in on that trade.
When we look at this concept, if you're looking to build a basic watch list from the beginning, here you could see I've opened up an NYSE and the way you do that goes up here and create a new watch list, you can just basically create a scan, and if you just type in NYSE you can load that up and you'll see all these stocks that are being traded, and you can sort by price and now you'll get the price based on ascending and descending order. You'll see some things that are 59 cents, 70 cents.
There are also multiple other watch lists, for example, if you go to a watch it like the NASDAQ you could trade these as well.
You've probably also noticed, when I look at these things on the watch list, there's the bulletin boards, the pin sheets; I recommend you stay away from those. Those are worse off, regarding risk.
If you're going to trade some penny stocks, the least stick to something like the NASDAQ, NYSE, there's also the AMEX, if you look at the AMEX composite index right here, which also has some stocks in here that you could look at sort through. So again, these are just different indexes that you could search through. In either case, you're just looking through these different platforms here.
Look at price patterns and movement
When you go through these, you're basically looking for nice price patterns, or you're looking for a break out or a movement, so at first, why don't we just take a look at some general penny stocks, I'll just use the NASDAQ or the NYSE, just to get started for conversation sake.
If we look at some of these, you can see that this one, for example, is trading 20 cents, apparently it's fairly cheap stock right here, it just started because there's no data over here in this area, so this is not one I like because there's a lack of data, I want stocks that have some history.
Of course, we are on the monthly here, if I change it to a weekly, you can see some data starting to come in, but the trading volume is very light a weak. Of course, it's only 20 cents. In either case that's not one, I would personally trade.
This one you can also see, as we take a look here at the monthly, you can also see, again the tendency, it shows you the way that most of these stocks move, it's usually to the downside, you'll notice split in there as well.
The volume also is weak, but it's picking up to the short side, so look at this, people are shorting this stock or selling it at least at the 30 cent level, so this is not one that has a lot of movement.
You need to buy a lot of shares or have a lot of leverage, to either get some upside movements or some downside movements in this or exposure.
Look for stocks that have the potential to move
Typically for me, I would say, looking at a sweeter spot for this kind of stocks, you're looking at maybe, even if it's something really cheap, let's say on the really cheap end, $1.50, $1.70, you're starting to look for things that actually have the potential to move.
And you could say that, this chart, and again don't' know what this stock is, I don't recommend it, but let's just say this chart looks like there's some break out, so you have some basic knowledge of technical analysis, and you look at it and you say, there's my break out point on that bar, and I see the volume that was coming in right here that was bullish. The stock was testing it for a while, and then it broke out.
If you wanted to get into this stock, you could've gotten in it right around this level, and now you ride it for a little bit. This run right here, from $1.52 about let's say $1.75, it's about a quarter that you're making on it.
It's not a lot when you're talking about stock market terms, but I also understand that everybody is at different portfolio sizes and they like to trade different things, but you're looking at making a quarter.
When you're looking to make a quarter, you're still doing the same concept as far as taking profits into strength, as you see a significant bar like this, you take profits into strength, and as you see this rolling action, again, you might want to get out of your full position, because these things will come back, most of them do. Not all of them, but most of them do.
Penny stocks tend to go down
If we take a look at this when we start back checking it on the weekly, the monthly, you cans yeah, this stock was at that $6 level before, and look at it, what has it been doing from time to time?
You take the oldest point and draw it to the current point, most of the time it's been going down, very simple, very clean and comfortable to understand, you're just getting it at a catch when there's a little bounce at this point in history. That's what's happening, and this is what you do in penny stocks.
If you're the contrarian, or if you're trading it differently, you could say, I'm going to wait for these penny stocks, and wait for them to explore a little more, and I'm going to start shorting so I start shorting at these different levels, and then once these stocks start rolling over, you primarily short the stock.
Sometimes it's difficult to short these because not every broker has these available. And you might want to have two, three, four different brokers to see who has shares available for you to borrow. But in general, that's really what you're doing.
If you're doing it the other way, you're looking for these big full price spread bars, these wide bars that go higher and then start to die out. It's like the gas is dying out and then things roll over, so that's kind of what we're looking for, that's a general base concept for trading penny stocks.
As I start looking to building these things in my watch list, and as I start looking for trading opportunities, I'm looking for, is there a consolidation pattern? I'm looking for, how was this stock moved or behaved? Is there some volume? Because some of these stocks don't trade a lot of volumes, take the little calculator right here, 10 thousand shares, times $2 a share, what do you get?
Trade only 10% of the daily average
How many shares or how much money does it take to really move that stock that's only $2? 10 thousand shares times $2, really doesn't take a lot of money to move this stock, so for me, I don't like trading these things in that way, but if you're only getting, 200 shares, 100 shares, it's not that big of a deal, but as you start trading 5-10 thousand shares of these, you're going to move the stock, so you definitely don't' want to do that, you want to trade less than 10% of what the daily average, not the daily total, the daily average
If you look at the average, it is 33 thousand shares, times $2, and you're looking at about $66,000, not that much money in the stock market world to move that stock, and that is, the reason for that is because you want to be like a ninja. If you need to get out of it, it's a lot easier to get out of it, because you don't want to get stuck in a position.
Penny stocks are cheap for a reason
As you start scanning these things, you'll notice most of them are pointing to the downside, like these. And that's just because they're cheap for a reason, and they break down, they typically don't' appreciate.
For me, as far as a long-term investing concept, I look for longer-term growth stocks for the future. These are typically just trading vehicles, and here's what happens.
If you're looking at this one, let's say you ran across this one. If we're looking at a monthly time frame. Where is my problem areas?
You can see it right here, right away, my problem area is right there in that stock, the highs of 2012, you can see. The high is $2.93 and where do we get to over here? $2.84. Fairly close.
If we go into the weekly, you can see it came right into that, we had a break out right here, so there's a little break out, if you do a small descending trade line, a short break out right here, stock starts moving to this upside, and now we're starting to again, break lower.
That's your shorting opportunity, for those of you that are shorting these, you'll be shorting around this level and this level for those of you that have been long, or looking for long trades, you're setting up your alerts to see different strategies and different situations.
If you were doing the moving average, you could've gotten into the stock right here, where the volume crossed.
I hope you start seeing these things. As far as shorting goes, I'd rather get into a $5 – $7 stock; it's a little bit more favorable. Like a $3 stock right here, this stock was a $15 stock, still a cheaper stock; I wouldn't say is a penny stock.
The definition of penny stocks
The penny stock definition has changed from time to time. It used to be stocked under a dollar, now its stocks under $5. For me, it's cheaper stocks.
In this case, you can see that this was a support line, the stock broke down, and we sold off right there, from that point, $11.33 and this stock continues to head lower, that to me is a penny stock.
That to me is where you go short, have your support, have your resistance, have your lines in the sand, and one these stocks break below it they're usually tossed, they're usually in the gutter, and most of the time you're going to be a short in these positions, you're going to be a person who shorts.
Penny stocks can break out to the upside
There are rare situations where these things do break out to the upside and stay above there. For example, 1-800 flowers I think did that ok, a very popular company.
Basically this stock was fairly in the gutter, it was right around this price point $1.91, and it broke out, you could say it somewhat broke out, so here we're looking at the monthly, so we were at $1, we went up to $3, we went up to $7, so in this situation and instance, even then you can see we got back into the highs right here, about the $13 range and the stock pulled back.
Because a run from $1 to $13 is explosive, and that is one of the reasons why a lot of people are attracted to penny stocks, but it's also where a lot of these start pulling back.
As you start looking for this extension, if they're too far extended, if they're like a rubber band, too far stretched, they typically pull back.
If you are on the long side, perfectly fine to trade them on the long side, here was your point, you had a consolidation point right here, It's a little triangle you're looking for, the stock initially kind of broke these levels of resistance, support, and then again, you had this coming in, with larger volume.
The volume kicked in, you had a little pullback, here was another opportunity and again, any time you get into these, you're taking profits, a little bit later, because you don't know how long these things are going to power higher.
If you look at it on a weekly time basis, again, you can look at it like this, and you could say, this stock right there, that was my entry point, I take some profits into strength, stock pulls back, powers higher again, you go a second time again, and then again, you're taking profits into strength.
And as it hits this level, you're looking at the other charts, you're still looking at the monthly, because look at what that would've told you, it would've said you there are some problem areas right there. Very clear, very simple, and now the stock is rejecting, and you can see now for the last year it's been selling off and basing, we're still above that $1 range, we're at $9.21, so we're not at $1 like it used to be over here in 2010-2011 but in these instances, this is a rare kind of thing that happens.
The majority of these stocks are typically stocks that will continue selling off. Even if I look at a $7 company. You can see that this stock came out, sold off, trying to move higher, and now again, starting to sell off, if you look at the weekly you can see what's happening, so we opened up, sell off, move sideways, well off, try to get higher. You maybe got some people thinking" oh yeah, it's going to get higher," could be the day traders or just the manipulators, but again, we are starting to sell off again. It could be the owners of this trying to get out slowly.
You don't want to trade light volume
You're very cautious, but what you want to watch for when you're doing this, you can see that some of these don't trade a lot, this one you can see is frozen, there's no volume, nothing's happening.
Look at this, 64 thousand shares, not much at all. This one, 48 thousand shares, averaging about 176 thousand, that's not a lot in the stock market world, so as you look at these volumes, you don't want to trade light volume, and you can look at this on the NYSE as well, so as you start looking at the NYSE, you can see some of these right here, the volume, you start looking at the volume, you start looking at where are the trades? This one right here is completely done.
There's nothing that's happening, and it's the worst thing, if you long this stock and you're stuck, and you can't' get out of it, your money is garbage, you might as well give it to a homeless kid, a person in need, bought some books and give it to school kids, whatever, do something more useful for the world with your money.
That's one of the main issues with these penny stocks, and why you're getting in and out of them usually fairly quickly and look at this, HHGregg, a big company but it's still technically a penny stock, and if you look at this company overall, it's been heading lower. The stock price reflects it, most of this move that way.
Finding penny stocks
Looking at the volume, you want to see the volume a little bit higher, so if you do a scan, and you're looking for this, one of the ways to eliminate this, the AMEX Composite is about 293 stocks here, this one about 3159 in the NADAC, the NYSE is about 4781 stocks, I'm looking at the lower left here.
As you look through this what you could do is set up scans to find these stocks, there are a few different ways. For me, I'm looking for specific price criteria and volume criteria, so what would I do, what kind of search wood I go for, and that's more ideal?
Let's just say we start an easy scan and let's see, if we make a new scan, we go here, easy scan, create a new scan, I want the price is between, the daily, let's just say I want a $2 stock, the maximum let's say $11, just because I don't want to eliminate certain stocks in case the $11 stock is breaking down lower, so let's say $2.5, right around that range, so I'm looking for this kind of stocks, so that's a price condition that I put in.
The scan that I want to do let's do the NASDAQ, and the volume, if we search for volume, I could do a volume search in the last 5 days, that's one option, the other option is, I could just do the volume is between more significant than, crossing above, below, or ranks. So, if I'm looking at the ranks, as far as US stocks go, I can compare it to the ranks.
Instead of getting the cheaper minimum ones, you have to remember these are penny stocks, so let's just knock out the bottom 50% or so, or let's just say the bottom 48%, let's just see how that goes, as far as the ranks go and let's do a quick scan and see what happens. You can see it brings my scan down to 376 stocks.
That now basically compresses my view on the stocks I need to go through, and the stocks I need to watch. Now I can start with my $11 stock, and I can say, the volume on a week is 3.4 million, that's pretty good. I'm looking, and there's a nice explosion.
Choosing penny stocks to trade
How do I select the ones I'm going to trade? Well, there's a few different ways, apparently it's going to depend on your system, your strategy, that could be a whole other multi-hour video on its own, but to give you a rough idea, let's just say, in general, you're trading stocks that more people are trading, you can do something like a volume search for the 5 days, or a volume search in general, so you could just do it by that.
You can see right here, as you look at it, for the day, this stock is surging in volume, now you start asking yourself, is the price moving as well and behaving with that stock? And the answer is no, and it's not.
So you don't' want to trade it, because if price isn't moving with it, you don't want to trade it, so you take a look also at the weekly, you take a look at the monthly, and you see, no, it's not set up, I only have nothing in my favor, I have volume but I don't have anything else.
Then I might look into the next thing. Let's go ahead, and let me see here, the search volume, this one, and this one, let's go to the next one.
Here's another one, there's another one that came up. So again, this one, a lot of volume coming in, as you can see, I probably missed it going long, because this stock already exploded.
But I could probably short this stock, looking at it, because it's already stretched, it's already extended, if I look at the weekly, look at this, it's coming in right here, it has some trouble in this area and now this area.
More than likely this is a good shorting candidate. If I look at it, and there's a gap right here, there's a couple of gaps, more than likely this one's going to pull back, that's the way I'm looking at these stocks because these stocks are weak.
Don't get emotional
I don't bias or favor one stock or another or one thing or another. I'm looking at my probabilities I'm looking at my risk, what do these things usually do? That's what I do. A lot of people, they get emotional when they are trading stocks, they get emotional, I even get emails about "you shouldn't have said this or that."
For me, when I'm looking at stocks, I'm looking at it statistically, at my probabilities, I'm looking at the numbers, that's really what I'm looking at.
And for me, when I'm looking at penny stocks, most of them are going to continue selling off. So the probability of most of these stocks to sell off, or the probability of me choosing one penny stocks that are going to run higher, are kind of against me, so it's better off for me to find stocks that are ready to break down, if they're at that $7 – $9 level, trading lighter volume, or popping from the $1 to the $10, more than likely it's going to come back, it's going to probably come back to the $5 range, because that's a better price.
Look at statistics and probability
It's kind of like, imagine a cellphone in this day and age, and you might get a cell phone for $100, then you might also pay $600 for a cellphone. But let's say cellphone prices skyrocket it to $2000 per phone, that's a little bit extreme, you would think, maybe they're increasing in price, but they're not going to be $2000, they may come down to $800, $900, $1000, but $2000 compared to where they are right now, it's a little extreme.
That's what you do with the stock market, where you're trading, you're looking at statistics and probability, the chances of those things.
And the more things you have in your favor, like if you have volume, if you have price action, behavior, if there' all these things working together, for you, then the more chance of percentage of success that you're going to have.
Let's take a look at a few of these others. Again, this one you can see. It's got some volume action, and it's got this volume surge, but look at the way it's traded, this is a chart that you should not be trading. Look at this chart; it's all over the place, that's not one that you're trading.
This one, again, look at it, you have some movement, but it's staggered movement to where there's no clear trend, it's kind of sideways, it' just like a little dot matrix that's moving sideways in a way and it's trying to get a little pop, but then look what happens when you get that little pop, these things come back.
Look for movement
They pop, they come back, look at the volume on the sell action, they barely do any movement, so for you, you're looking for movements, you're looking for setups in a way. And with these setups, they can range in all kind of different setups, because there are so many different set ups that you can do. There's a lot of variation.
You can see, look what happens most of the times, as you start looking for a support line, and you see a volume increase, and you do this, right in the morning, you would do this almost that first half hour.
When you trade penny stocks, some rules change
Usually, I'd say I don't trade the first half hour, that's typically my rule for most people. And that generally is because when you're trading that first half hour, you don't know which way stocks are going to go.
But when you're looking at penny stocks, the rules are a little bit different, because you need to get into those stocks fairly quickly, but it can whip you around, so again, different kinds of risk, a different type of trading, apply for a different type of person.
But if it's a quick type of personality that you have, if you're in and out fairly quickly. If you have that personality, then it may fit you.
In general for me, it doesn't fit me, I used to try and trade penny stocks, it's not for me, it's not the type of game I like to trade, and as your account grows, you see that as your mind continues to increase, you just can't trade these stocks, so for me I just can't do it.
But if you're starting out, and you're building your account, you're building your portfolio, you want to trade these stocks, you have to take into account that the majority of them are probably going to sell off, the majority of them are weak for a reason, and most of them just will never see the sunshine, they just try to get up there, but then they just keep coming down in terms of price.
Take your profits quickly
Most of the time you'll probably be shorting these stocks, and if you're looking for the long play, there are sometimes where there's news announcements, or even manipulation, where it may work out for you to trade these things for the long side, but then you want to take those profits fairly quickly, you want to take half off, or a third off, just to reduce your risk, because if they pull back the next day so fast, as you've seen in the examples, then you don't want to get burned.
You could say, I want to raise my stop, or I'm going to keep raising my stop very tight, but if in one day it just comes back right away, all those profits are gone, and you might actually get stuck in that position, so be very, very careful, as you're trading these penny stocks, because you don't want to get stuck into that position.
Let's look at a couple more real quick as we do some scans, just look at some of these, you can see this one, this one would've been really nice, if you're long for a little play right here, you're looking for a nice volume search like that, and even if you missed it there, you could say, I'll wait a couple of weeks, see if there's a basing pattern and then again right there, that would've been another opportunity, the volume wasn't as big, but you still had some nice volume. And now it continues to run to this upside.
I think in this area, already we're getting a little toppy, so more than likely we'll come back, somewhere back into this price level, but it's possible, it can get to the $6 range, and that's why you start checking the weekly chart in this area as well, so you start looking, can we get into the $5.89? It's possible, we can get into this price level, right there, into that level, and that could be why we're selling off, more likely than right there, because you have that support, which is now resistance, you have some issued right there, and that could be your problem area.
But even then, if you look back on the daily, you still had multiple opportunities even for the long side, so this would be your first opportunity, this consolidation right there could've been your second opportunity.
Look at things in context
If you really were timing it very carefully and you were a day trader, you could say that was your third opportunity, but indeed by now you're kind of extended, especially when you compare the run from here to here, from $2 to $4, doubling the stock price, it's pretty fast.
Think about it as if Apple just doubled right away in a month. Going from $100 to $200, or an Amazon stock going from $800 to $1600 in only one or two months. It's just a little too fast, too quick, so you have to look at it in the context in that way.
If you miss the move, move on
Looking at these, you slowly start scanning for these things, but you're watching the volume, things like this already, when they gap down, and you see these things right away, I typically don't chase these things, because if you're looking for these, and you're thinking, let me short this one right now. You have to remember that now these shorts are going to take profit, and this could come back to this level halfway, and you might get burned because you missed the move. If you lose the move, you continue, you move on.
If you look at it here on the monthly, this stock has been building the case, look at it on the weekly. So your trading opportunities, that's why I always say look at the weekly, your trading opportunities right here, A to B, B to C, C to D, your trading opportunities, if you were trading this stock, let's say this one was not a penny stock earlier, but here was your first short, you have to look at the big picture.
The stock was rejected, you could've probably shorted it here, perhaps here, so you're watching these different areas, and you start getting familiar with the charts, the way they move, that's what you want to do.
As you start looking at these things, you are going to check, the daily, the weekly, the monthly, and it gives you a big picture, like this one, same thing, I check the daily, maybe it was a good opportunity right here, I'm watching it, I see it, I'm seeing the volume picking up right there, I might get into the stock, let it run, and then I'm taking my profits. And you see what happens.
But these are short, notice these are not multiyear trends like if you go into an apple to the monthly chart, these are not multiyear trends to the upside like this.
These stocks, typically the trend, just pick a point from the end to where it is now, most of these are down, and if you look at the weekly, the same thing, pick an ending point, pick where it's now, most of the times it's going to be a cheaper price value, and they're typically selling off.
That's what happens, and that's why in general, I'm more biased on these to the short side, if I'm doing anything with penny stocks, I will short them more than going long. There is in certain instances where you do, and if the charts are set up to show you that, you may.
But the point is, and the problem is that most of the time, they will come back, they selloff, they're cheap for a reason, in this case, you can see there's a hand full of going extended opportunities, which does happen, in this stock from July to now September, it has been running well, and you may be lucky to catch that.
And you can see even back here from 2016, it worked out, and sometimes this happens, so long as the volume is there.
If you see the volume keep putting in more people and more people are buying, and more shares are being bought, then, of course, it's going to happen, but when you get too far an extension, you're going to see a pullback.
Find trading opportunities that match your personality
That's the thing, and you're watching these levels, you're watching the stock, you're watching how it moves, how it behaves and you're finding trading opportunities that match your personality, that's what penny stocks are.
When you're looking at trading, you're trying to find a personality that matches for you, and if you're trading penny stocks, it's typically a personality that's a little more quick, a little more active on the computer, you want to be a bit more aggressive in your trades, your decision making is a little more rapid.
If you're the type of person that runs around little more, you're a tile bit here, there, everywhere, maybe that's the right type of person for penny stocks.
Also if you're trading a smaller account, for some people they're attracted to this, because you can leverage and buy more shares.
This is not always the best idea from my point of view, because if you get a $50 stock, and you say, let's say trade 10 shares, that stock might be able to go up $5 – $10, a penny stock, if you do a $2 stock, you might only get 75 cents, or a quarter, or $1 at most.
Be mindful of the risk
Yes, you might get a little bit more on a percentage basis, because remember, it's percentage gain, not just dollar gain. So you might get a little bit more on a percentage basis when it comes to penny stocks, but then, you wonder, is the risk worth it when it comes to holding on to a stock that's $50, versus a stock that's $2?
Because a stock that maybe is a little bit more favorable, has a foundation as a more solid company, those stocks, at least I'd rather get stuck holding those than maybe a penny stock that I can't get out of. Those are some of the things that you have to consider.
Whereas if you take a look at a company, like let's say GE, you could say that, this stock it doesn't move that much, it's a slow mover or bank of America, it's a cheaper stock, but ultimately I'd rather be holding bank of America for a longer term play, at $15 or even call it like a sprint, a much larger company, than something that's really unknown for $1 or $2.
Only because they have a business that's stable, a lot more stable than maybe some of the other companies out there.
Anyways, you have to ultimately decide if trading penny stocks is for you, again, all the stocks that we covered, not recommendations to buy or sell any of those stocks, because you right be watching this video sometime in the future, so you need to make your own decision of what works for you ultimately.
There are different personality types, for some people, penny stock trading is not for them, if it's not for you, if you don't want to sit at the computer, you can't' short a stock, then you probably don't want to trade penny stocks.
And of course as your account grows, you're probably going to want to move to other trading vehicles, if you're looking for stability, if you're looking for retirement income, you could trade penny stocks, but I find that most of the people, if you're looking for more stable income, trading penny stocks is not the way.
I often find that people who are interested in penny stocks are looking to get the quick gains and quick money, only to be able to grow their account. Which in that case you could use it to have a stepping stone to grow your account in the future, but be mindful of the risks, that's ultimately the key. Be mindful of the risks that you have.
If you're trading a stock that has low volume and you get stuck in it, that's it, and you're stuck in it. If you have a stock that's moving to the upside, and it's moving well, and you think that stock is going to do phenomenal, chances are it's going to pull back, because they were cheap for a reason before.
Most of them, they sell off, and there's a reason for that, so again, don't buy into the hype, trade it based on what you see, on the price action, the behavior.
Those are some of those concerns that you need to be mindful of as you're trading these types of vehicles, as you're trading these types of equities when you're getting started in trading, or even if you've been trading for a while.
There's a lot of penny stock experts out there, and a lot of people like to get into penny stocks, especially if you have a light account, high school, teenagers, college people, they love getting into them, and I get emails about them, but just be mindful of the risk, that's all I can really stress, just be mindful of the risks, because they're definitely out there, and if you're just new to trading, start with 5 shares, start with 10 shares.
Trade a lot lighter than you think you need to, simply because experience takes time to build, and as you build that experience you can always increase those share numbers and share counts in the future.


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Air strikes by Syrian regime ally Russia have killed 10 civilians including five children in a northwestern jihadist bastion, a monitor said Monday, hours after Moscow announced a ceasefire there.
The Russian army said the air raids overnight on the town of Kafranbel, in Idlib province, came after it pinpointed the area as the launchpad for rocket fire on its key Syria airbase of Hmeimim.
Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, controls a large part of Idlib province as well as parts of neighbouring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces.
The jihadist stronghold is supposed to be protected from a government offensive by a September buffer zone deal, but regime and Russian bombardment has increased there since late April.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Russian air strikes overnight killed five children, four women, and one man in Kafranbel.
The raids hit near a hospital in the town, knocking it out of service, the Britain-based monitor said.
An AFP correspondent saw five homes on the edges on the town that were destroyed or damaged after the strikes.
Survivors picked through the debris to save the belongings they could, the reporter said, while a young man covered in dust from head to toe leant against a wall, shell-shocked after his father was killed.
Umm Wasel narrowly missed the air strike on her home after relatives invited her over to break her daily fast of the Islamic month of Ramadan with them.
'I came back at night to find my home devastated,' said the 72-year-old, dressed in a long red robe and a black scarf covering her hair.
People 'had thought I was under the rubble', she said.
The Observatory said six other civilians also died in bombardment by regime forces in other parts of the Idlib region on Sunday.
Fighting raged in the north of Hama province between loyalists and jihadists early Monday, the Observatory said, after relative respite in bombardment over the past three days.
Russian aeroplanes pounded the south of Idlib province, while government aircraft targeted the north of Hama province with machine guns, missiles, and crude barrel bombs, the monitoring group added.
Save the Children said 38 children had been killed in shelling in northwest Syria since April 1, including nine at school, seven at the market and one in hospital.
'Schools, hospitals and other vital civilian infrastructure must be protected from attack,' the charity's Syria director Sonia Khush said.
'Children are particularly vulnerable to the impact of explosive weapons, and warring parties should make a particular effort to protect them,' she said.
The deadly Russian air strikes come after Moscow on Sunday said Syrian armed forces had 'unilaterally ceased fire in the Idlib de-escalation zone' from May 18 at midnight, but that fire of loyalists had continued.
Russia and rebel ally Turkey inked a buffer zone deal to protect the Idlib region of some three million people in September, but regime fire has increased there since HTS took control in January.
Syria's war has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions inside Syria and abroad since starting in March 2011 with a crackdown on anti-government protests.
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The Green Party have welcomed comments by Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party (SNP) over the importance of nuclear weapons as an election issue. Plaid MP Adam Price said that he hopes to see Green leader Caroline Lucas elected to Westminster to add another anti-nuclear voice.
The friendly comments from both sides suggest tentative moves towards greater co-operation, but the situation is complicated by the reality that Greens in Wales and Scotland are standing against Plaid and the SNP.
The Greens were quick to commend the two Celtic parties after they attacked the Liberal Democrats for their policy of replacing the Trident nuclear weapons system with a different set of nuclear arms, rather than ending the UK government's ownership of nuclear arms altogether.
Referring to recent polls, a Green spokesperson said, "Scrapping nuclear weapons is yet another policy where the Green Party is more closely in tune with the British electorate than Labour, the Tories or the LibDems".
In the recent televised Leaders' Debates, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has come under attack from his Labour and Conservative opponents for refusing to support the renewal of Trident. He wants to replace it with a different, cheaper nuclear weapons system.
The Green Party pointed out that the "LibDems are not anti-nuclear, just anti-Trident". The Greens, Plaid and the SNP have all objected to being excluded from the UK-wide Leaders' Debates.
But despite their support for the nationalists' remarks, the Greens criticised the SNP for the "disingenuous tactic" of saying that they offer Scottish voters the only "real alternative" to pro-nuclear parties. They pointed out that "the Scottish Green Party has always been opposed to nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction". The Scottish Socialist Party is likely to make a similar point.
Plaid and the SNP have always been reluctant to recommend a vote for any particular party in England, for fear of being accused of interfering in English affairs when they criticise London-based parties for their involvement in Scotland or Wales. Most parties standing in England are standing throughout Britain and thus competing with Plaid and the SNP.
But Plaid MP Adam Price said on Friday (23 April), "I think it would be good if Caroline Lucas gets elected in Brighton. That would be a different voice." Price was keen to stress that this was a "personal view" and that his party did not make recommendations to voters in England.
The Green Party have rarely had much success in Wales, possibly due to the similarity of their policies with those of Plaid. But the Scottish Green Party currently has two Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Between 2003 and 2007, there were a significant number of MSPs to the left of the SNP, including seven Greens and six Scottish Socialists.
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5 Ways to Improve Your Decision-Making Process
You've tried flipping a coin. Shaking a Magic 8 ball. Even good old eeny, meeny, miny, moe. The next time you can't make heads or tails of a situation, try something new: one of the savvy and surprising ideas on the next page.
Biologically we're programmed to make snap judgments. And today's technology—text messaging and e-mails—encourages that hurried behavior. But instantaneous decisions are not in our best interest and can lead to bad outcomes. Waiting gives you the opportunity to learn more about the situation at hand and to process it in a more nuanced way. When I have a decision to make—even something like what gift to buy for a family member—I ask myself, "What is the longest amount of time I can wait before rendering a verdict?" Then I do just that.
Frank Partnoy is an attorney and the author of several books, including, most recently, Wait: The Art and Science of Delay ($27, amazon.com). He lives in San Diego.
Close Your Eyes
The hardest calls are often those that involve a moral judgment. The next time you face one of those dilemmas, be it small (pondering whether to tell your spouse a white lie) or large (thinking about driving away after hitting a parked car), try this: Close your eyes. I conducted a study that discovered that people make more ethical decisions when their eyes are shut. Why? Blocking out stimuli, even briefly, allows you to imagine the choice you're facing in vivid detail, and it intensifies your emotional reactions as well. You'll tend to feel better about being righteous and worse about being unscrupulous. Hence you'll come to thoughtful conclusions.
Eugene Caruso is an associate professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Assume the Choice is Easy
People believe that to get the best result, they need to work hard. And they apply that same logic to decisions: To make the right choice, the process should be arduous. I know I do that. When my wife and I were apartment hunting, for example, the first place we looked at had all the features we wanted. But instead of being satisfied, we tried to find some downside to the place. When solving a problem seems easier than we thought it would be, we're apt to make things harder for ourselves, resulting in unnecessary thinking and legwork. Luckily we opted to buy the apartment. But we made the experience more difficult than it needed to be.
Rom Schrift, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Consult Your Polar Opposite
Having someone to bounce ideas off of helps me tame my thoughts and come to smarter conclusions. My business partner, with whom I run a nonprofit, is perfect for this because we're complete opposites. We disagree on just about everything, and as a result we help each other see unique angles on a problem. Recently we needed new computers. I wanted to buy low-cost machines; he wanted an expensive brand. He convinced me that they weren't a rip-off, and the ones he advocated for have revolutionized our business. Friction between people who think differently means better decisions.
Sandra Tsing Loh is the author of several books, including Mother on Fire, and the executive director of the nonprofit LDOS Media Lab, which produces the radio show The Loh Down on Science. She lives in Los Angeles.
The next time you need to make a series of decisions in a short amount of time (say, you want to buy a new car and will be asked about numerous options and upgrades), drink a glass of water about 45 minutes in advance. Once your bladder fills, you'll be less impulsive in your choices. My research has found that when you exert self-control in one area of your life (for example, the need to use the bathroom), you're more likely to restrain yourself in other aspects, too. So while it sounds strange, holding your urine really can help keep you from making bad calls, such as choosing a bold paint color that you'll probably tire of within a few years.
Mirjam Tuk, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of marketing at Imperial College Business School, in London, and a visiting professor at INSEAD, a business school in Fontainebleau, France.
When making a decision, are you a maximizer or a satisficer? Find out by going to realsimple.com/decisions.


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Apple was denied permission to compel Google to deliver files about its Android operating system or acquisition of mobile hardware maker Motorola Mobility today after a judge decided Apple was being to broad in its request.
"The motion is vague and overbroad and Motorola's objections are persuasive," U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner wrote in a sealed filing, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
The iPhone maker, which has been locked in an intellectual property battle with Motorola, was originally granted the request on March 5. On March 16, after Apple complained that Google had not yet acquiesced, Google's legal representation, Amanda Williamson, e-mailed an Apple attorney. She stated that Apple needed to specify its demands, and that the request was not well-defined.
Judge Posner shared that sentiment. "If Apple desires a further court order compelling production of data within the scope of the March 5 order, it will have to narrow its request to a manageable and particularized, set of documents," he said today.
Google agreed to acquire Motorola Mobility in 2011 for around $12.5 billion according to a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The European Union and the U.S. Department of Justice recently approved the deal. However, a decision is still pending in China.
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First and foremost, determine your budget. Prioritizing quality or unique features is great, but expect luxury choices to come with luxury prices. Automatically ruling out appliances too far above or below your price range will save you some time and energy. Settle on a figure first; then you can set out to find the best shapes, sizes, styles and setups for your space. Next, you'll want to determine the dimensions of the space your appliances will go. This way, you can avoid the heartbreak of finding that your dream fridge won't fit in your kitchen. From there, you can start checking off your list!
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The serious home chef needs a ventilation system that can keep up with their cooking. Range hood choices are as diverse as the cooks who use them in both functionality and fashion. From professional-grade models to rival the power of jet engines to whisper-quiet vents for more casual needs.
Choosing a separate oven and cooktop is a great, versatile alternative to the traditional range. The flexibility of this setup opens the aspiring chef to specialty choices such as efficient, quick-cooking convection ovens, double ovens, wall ovens, warming drawers and steam ovens. The sky's the limit!
Complete your setup with an electric or gas cooktop. Induction cooktops are steadily gaining popularity for their fast performance and high BTU capacity. Whether you adore built-in wall ovens or just want to keep cooking and baking work areas separate, a separate cooktop will be key.
A large, luxurious fridge may be tempting, but consider your actual needs for food storage before picking a model with a hefty footprint. Thankfully, you have no shortage of choices in finding the perfect counter-depth, full-depth or built-in model.
The trusty microwave may not be your prized possession compared to other gourmet equipment, but it's an essential piece you'll likely use frequently–so don't forget it in your plans! Whether you pick a built-in or countertop model, be sure it blends with the rest of the space, both in color and placement.
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Making your kitchen accessible and comfortable for people with a broad range of physical ability is a significant investment to consider–even if yours is a starter home. If the primary users of the space don't have a need of unique accommodation in the kitchen, guests or future owners might.
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When my friend Mariterese called and told me she had purchased a home in "Alligator Point", I had to google it just to see where it was! Located on Florida's "Forgotten Coast", this picturesque beach is surrounded by towns with names like Sopchoppy and Appalachacola - pretty laid back place. Not much to do but watch fish jump out of the water, bald eagles soaring ahead, and pick up the most awesome shells on the beach!
Now to the most important part of this post - DECORATING the PLACE! This home has walls of vintage pecky cypress - another new thing for me. So incorporating that into our decorating scheme was tricky. So in "PURE MARITERESE STYLE", we began to mix together a not so traditional beach pad! Mix together a little Louis IV gilded, mid century industrial, a bit of cottage ticking, a touch of Asian, a lot of burlap and taffeta, and VOILA - a beach cottage! And of course, we had to have the largest french tear drop crystal chandaliers we could find! No beach house is complete without one! This decorating mix should have a name - how about SopChoppy?
The pictures show the fun mix of a concrete dining table with Louis IV dining chairs and a quirky "vintage "wine chest. Note the bedroom in the back with the sumptous Bella Notte linens on the awesome bed, flanked by the asian nite stands. More about Alligator Point later on our next post!


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Let's just get this out of the way: Yes, I'm a Grandpa! My grandson was born on April 17, 2015 @11:23 p.m. and weighed in at 7 lbs 13 oz. I'm as proud as I can be!
Okay, back to brewing and fermenting stuff. Three things: Steinpilz Gose, Belgo Paleo Pale Ale, and kombucha.
The Steinpilz Gose has been in the bottles for a couple of weeks now an my friend picked up the rest for kegging a little over a week ago. I have opened a bottle and tried it and she has tried it from the keg. Unfortunately, she does NOT like mushrooms, so it isn't really her "thing", but she said that it is "technically" good. Haha…I'll take it. I think the bottled version needs more carbonation, but it is not bad. There's not much aroma, but what I get is that German wheat beer smell with the earthiness from the mushrooms. The flavor is good…definitely has the German character. As for the gose style, I thing the tartness is good, but it could use just a little more salt. The earthy mushroom flavor is very present, but not overpowering. I look forward to trying the kegged version and getting some feedback from some more people (that like mushrooms, hopefully!).
Belgo Paleo. This has been an odd start. The home brew shop guy said the yeast, Safbrew Abbaye, is the one some brewers use for Belgian trippels and quads, so to not let it go crazy…maybe put it in my spare shower and run some cold water into the tub to lower the temperature a little. The first two days, the yeast ripped into the wort…it actually seemed finished after three days. Late at night on day 2, I replaced the blow-off tube with an airlock and moved the carboy to the shower and added water to the tub. The initial temps were around 70-72F. The tub water slowly leaked out over the course of a week. Last night, I took a sample for hydrometer testing and the temp was 68.5F. The thing is, the SG is 1.020 and it is supposed to get down to 1.009. I reached out to my online brewing friends and it was suggested that I should have increased the temperature after the first day or two…exactly opposite of the advice from the LHBS guy. *steam* I have brought the carboy back into the kitchen and need to check it in another week.
Kombucha…I have SCOBY's to spare and plenty to share! The 1 gallon jars with spigots are working out great for draining off the ready-to-drink kombucha.
Now I can add the tea, sugar, and water back without having to remove the SCOBY and extra starter kombucha to start the next batch. I am on a fairly regular staggered schedule 2 batches fermenting and 1 batch in the fridge to drink.


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A House committee has voted for fast-track rules for healthcare legislation, the first step toward a decisive floor vote on President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul.
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Physiotherapy treatments have multiple effects on the human body. As a result of their application diminished pain syndromes, normalizes secretory and motor functions of the organs, decreases activity of inflammatory processes, improves trophism of organs and tissues, intensifies reparative processes. The basis of these clinical effects is a normalizing effect of physiotherapeutic procedures on metabolism, redox processes, neurohumoral regulation of functions of internal organs, blood and lymph circulation in them. In General, they exert a powerful sanogenetic effect, promote the mobilization of protective forces of an organism.
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- Water (about a quart)
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Place glove in the freezer for at least 12 hours.
Step 2 (The Punch):
- 2 cans Hawaiian Punch Red, COLD
- 1 liter ginger ale, COLD
- 1 can (6 ounces) frozen orange juice, defrosted in the fridge
- Optional, if an adult party: 8 ounces Jack Daniels
Mix all the above ingredients in a punchbowl.
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There are a few places that one conjures up in their minds when they think of South America; like Macchu Pichu, the Galapagos Islands, and of course, the Amazon.
Prior to actually setting foot on the continent I didn't even consider the fact that the Amazon river and jungle actually extend past Brazil. It actually reaches into Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela and Colombia as well as the famed Brazil, and while not every country boasts the same experience each region has its own unique charm.
The cheapest place to do a tour is Bolivia, so it was there that this budget traveler decided to tick this jungliest of jungles of the 'ole bucket-list. In bolivia there are two options for tours from the northern town of Rurrenabaque- the Pampas tour and the Jungle tour. The Pampas is largely a boat-tour from which you float the rivers and spot myriad different hilarious and awesome animals, and the Jungle tour is a survival tour that teaches techniques and tricks for living in the jungle (eating ants, making fire, wanting to die etc etc). Guess which one I chose?
The Pampas tour was everything I wanted from a tour- minimal exercise, lots of delightful animals, and some light (read: flat) trekking. We walked for hours in search of Anaconda and failed to find any, except for the most wondrous experience of spotting a cobra in the field we were walking through and, after our trust guide chased it down and picked it up, proceeded to see it vomit out a baby Anaconda. You can't say it was boring. Also I had a bad stomach and had the splendid choice of either pooping my pants or taking a squat in the very same field in which we had just found not one but two cobras. Yay.
We also woke up for sunrises
And fished for piranha (success!)
We played with monkeys
Nearly hyperventilated with joy at the sight of Capybara (the largest rodent in the world and also the most wise-just look at those furry faces)
Spotted squillions of alligators and cayman
and even more birds
and even some frisky turtles
In those same waters that the alligators and pihana reside are the elusive pink dolphins, which we also had the opportunity to swim with. Now, I am a complete water-baby and love to swim anywhere from wrecked ships to glacial lakes. However, on this particular occasion it wasn't just that we had just seen an alligator and were expected to swim in the same water, it was that I happened to be experiencing that monthly joy of womanhood- my period- and was afraid that the piranhas would eat my vagina. So there's that.
I did get some glimpses of the pink dolphins, though not enough to catch on camera or even film unfortunately. It is also possible to see toucans and sloths (ohhh, would that have been amazing) but such is a trip into wildlife in all its unpredictability. Still worth it.
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Thursday, July 13, 2017
Quilted Mug Rug
This little mug rug was too much fun to make! If you're cutting a fabric and you definitely want to place a certain motif in a certain spot, there are a few options that can make that easier. Quilters call it "fussy cutting," but it's a lot less fussy if you have the right tools!
1) Template Plastic
2) Swedish Tracing Paper
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As I mentioned in my last post about the Harry Potter party, my friends really like being crafty. We routinely have themed parties, and when we all lived in the same state, we'd scrapbook together often. This year for Christmas, we decided a favorite things party would be the perfect twist on the traditional grab bag and we could have lots of fun in the process :).
In short, a favorite things party is where you bring your favorite things! For us, we chose to bring 3 $10 favorite things (as in, we bought/made three of the same gift, spending about $10 on each one). We'll pull names out of a hat to see who gets who's gifts.
I had a smidgen of trouble coming up with my favorite thing. These are my oldest, dearest friends (we'll be celebrating our deccenial friendaversary this year…..long story) and so nothing I pick would really be a surprise. In addition, although I was supposed to bring MY favorite thing, I certainly wanted the recipients to enjoy it, as well! And, of course, I wanted to be cute and crafty.
However, I ended up deciding on something I'm really excited about, and you'll get to see it after our favorite things party! For now, here's some things I ended up NOT picking…just in case you're looking for ideas yourself!
1) A book.
(I nixed this because I wanted to be more creative, but reading is certainly one of my favorite things!)
– Book (Perhaps The Night Circus?)
– Bookmark
2) Pamper Your Hands
– Nail polish.
– Hand lotion. My favorite scent is Bath and Body Works' "Twilight Woods":
– Nail file
3) Crocheting
(Had to nix this because the coupon for a tutorial wouldn't have been effective, as I live states away from the rest of my friends at the moment!)
– Yarn
– Crochet Stitch Markers
– Coupon for crochet lessons from your truly
4) Pittsburgh
(My home town. Need I say more?)
– I didn't have the details of this one quite figured out, but I thought perhaps a mug and ornament that both had the city skyline (or the Steelers!) on them.
5) Organization Lover
– Made a DIY to-do frame, using the tutorial here:
– A 2013 calendar, with photos of my friends and me in it.
6) My Friends
(Cheesy, but they're my favorite, too!)
– A 3 4×6 opening frame with pictures of us inside through the years of our friendship.
Have you ever done a favorite things party? What would be your favorite thing?


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State Authorization Requirements & Complaint Resolution
Online and distance education is an important part of Goucher College's Robert S.
Welch Center for Graduate and Professional Studies. The center offers ten master's
degree programs, including eight programs offered in low-residency, distance learning
State Authorization
On October 29, 2010, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) released "program integrity" regulations that focused on the need for institutions offering distance education programs to acquire authorization from any state in which they operate. As an institution that has students residing across the United States, Goucher College is required to obtain such authorization to operate based on the activities it conducts in those states.
In most states Goucher is authorized to operate through what is known as the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement or "SARA." SARA is an agreement among member states, districts, and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state.
The State of Maryland is a member of SARA, and Goucher participates in SARA and thereby has permission to operate in SARA states.
In the remaining "non-SARA" states, Goucher is exempt from requirements to obtain
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If the complaint cannot be resolved informally, you are encouraged to use Goucher's Student Grievance Procedure. For information or questions about this procedure, contact Barbara Stob, General Counsel, at 410-337-6011 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Other policies and procedures may apply, depending on the nature of your complaint.
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Provision AWS EC2 Virtual Machines With Terraform
This tutorial explains how to manually provision an AWS EC2 virtual machine using Terraform. Before you start, you should be familiar with the following concepts:
The best way to get started is to install Terraform and run scripts manually on your local machine to provision a VM. Once you understand the mechanics of it, you should consider automating your workflow by following our documentation on Automated provisioning of AWS EC2 using Terraform.


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It's nearly the end of February, there is still frost at night and some of the plants look shabby… Before I can see where the weeds are, I need to 'tidy up'.…
They will thrive in most garden conditions, they will prefer a warm summer. Shelter from hot sun, especially in warm summer areas.
Propagation is from cuttings in the summer.