Albert Einstein could not speak until he was 5 and he was a rebellious child. Today we have a disease for rebellious children. It is called oppositional defiance. If Albert Einstein was born today, we would have prescribed him a number of drugs. Who knows he could have been a zombie on Ritalin and we wouldn't know E=MC2 .
In our society, we are too impatient to deal with a disease the right way and result to using pills. Time and time again we've been shown proper dieting helps diseases disappear. After all, humans have existed for thousands of years somehow. 7 out of 10 Americans are taking one or more prescription drugs (Science Daily).
We order a heart attack, high cholesterol, high blood pressure on our plates for dinner and follow it with diabetes. We act so surprisedly when we have heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, cancer, arthritis and are overweight. Very few of these are genetic.
Our health is a choice we make every day with the food we eat. Our main issue with dieting is we don't put time aside to prepare food. Time is always there. It's whether we want to use it for Facebook or to cook something healthy instead of going to McDonald's.
It's a sad fact it's cheaper to die from bad food than to live from good food. Our body can't function off cheap food. Junk food has been perfected in a lab to create an addiction.
As we explore ancient civilizations we are learning about old ways we can improve our diet.
10,000 years ago, before highly commercialized energy drinks like Red Bull and Monster, the Aztecs were undefeated warriors due to their high endurance thanks to chia seeds. Unlike Red Bull, which is banned in some countries outside the United States, chia seeds are not. According to livestrong.com red bull causes you to gain weight, insomnia (lack of sleep is another cause of weight gain), osteoporosis (caffeine depletes the body of calcium), tooth decay (high sugar content) and can interact with heart medication (Stein).
Who knew you could eat the sprouts off your presidential Donald Trump chia pet and enjoy a plethora of health benefits?
Bran Flakes! 6X More calcium than milk!
Contains boron to help your body use calcium. 15X more MAGNESIUM than broccoli!
9x the OMEGA-3 Oil found in salmon!
Plus, it doesn't taste like FISH.
3X more IRON than Spinach!
Get energized with the B vitamins. B vitamins also help process proteins, assist with muscle, nerve development, and heart function, assist with human growth and development, immunity, and creates red blood cells.
Inexpensive! Can be stored for up to 2 years!
Chia seeds have their own natural oil that keeps insects away!
Information from MySeeds Chia Test Kitchen.
Who knew all this time we just needed chia pets to lose weight?
Add Chia to Your Diet Especially If You Suffer from any of these ailments. Poor diet plays a role in these diseases.
Arthritis X -Ever since the times of the Aztecs chia seeds has been used for arthritis.
-Rich in 2 important minerals for arthritis: Zinc and Copper.
1) Prevent Overeating: It takes the stomach 15 to 20 minutes long after your stomach is full for the stomach to signal the brain to tell you to stop eating. Have a tablespoon or 2 with water or juice before your meal to curb your appetite.
2) Snack Replacement: The danger in snacking is that we react to cravings. We have to be ahead of ourselves with snacking. Add a tablespoon or 2 to tea, juice or water as a between meal snack.
Chia seeds improve digestion and stop inflammation.
When I wrote chia seeds help you lose weight I am not suggesting you should go on a diet that only consists of chia seeds. You can add chia seeds to your diet, but the goal is to make your body not work as hard as it is right now by changing your diet. Easy digestion means more energy. When your body isn't using so much energy to digest bad food in your body it can give you more energy to perform your tasks during the day.
Chia seeds help move out all the free radicals taken into your body and any of the bad food causing inflammation in your body. Positive intestinal flora is promoted by drinking or eating chia seeds. Chia seeds keep everything moving through your digestive system and makes sure you eliminate waste.
Balances blood sugar and restores the omega 3 balance.
Being overweight can cause diabetes. There are so many articles you can read online about people losing weight and no longer needing medication for their diabetes. The high fiber content in chia seeds helps lower blood sugar because it is cleaning your system of inflammation. Your omega 3 balance is what regulates your insulin levels. Chia seeds are made up of powerful omega 3's that regulate your insulin levels.
How to add Chia to your diet?
Unlike butter, you only need a little!
Add a tablespoon of Chia seeds to your smoothie in the morning.
Add Chia to your favorite tea, juice, or water. Chia will not gel in acidic drinks (MySeeds Chia Test Kitchen).
Add chia on top of salads or in salad dressings.
Make chia pudding. Here's a great recipe to start off with from Daily Burn.
Note: This recipe makes enough for two large servings, but feel free to double the recipe and keep it in your refrigerator so that you have breakfast for a few days in a row. It will keep refrigerated for up to 5 days (Morin).
Daily Burn is also a great website for at home workouts. They are local in my area in Brooklyn, New York. If you live in New York, you can even be in one of their daily workout videos! You'll be able to put your new chia energy to work.
When you don't plan your meals it becomes easy to grab food high in sugar or salt to get the energy you need. Eating is as much a promise of life as death and taxes. Consuming the wrong diet, not enough sleep, and exercise results in unwanted diseases and weight gain. Most of these consist of inflammation in the body. Signs of inflammation in the body include fatigue, aches and pains, being overweight, suffer with red or itchy skin, diagnosed autoimmune disease, and allergies or infections. Maintaining a healthy weight and diet are part of lowering inflammation in the body.
Often the root of food cravings lies in vitamin deficiency. For example, chia seeds are full of calcium. If you find yourself craving ice cream, cheesecake, or a rich, creamy pasta dish for dinner you might need more calcium advises MySeeds Chia Test Kitchen's book. The best part is chia seeds only have 7.7 calories when they are in their gel form. The majority of the gel is fiber and water. Since fiber cannot be digested or broken down by the body, and cannot absorb any calories from soluble or insoluble fiber this makes it the perfect snack between or 20 minutes before meals.
Why wait to be diagnosed with a disease to start to eat healthily and live right?
Give chia seeds a try!
If you have a favorite chia seed recipe share it!
"4 Evidence Based Weight Loss Benefits of Chia Seeds. Authority Weight. N.p., n.d. Web.
Goodyear, Tara. "Chia Seed- The Muhammad Ali of Nutrition." Breaking Muscle. Web.
Balance Blood Sugar, Feel Energized, Slow Aging, Decrease Inflammation and More!
New York, NY: Skyhorse, 2014. Print.
"Nearly 7 in 10 Americans are on Prescription Drugs." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 June 2013. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619132352.htm. 30 June 2017.
Apr. 2015. Web. 07 July 2017.
Bekermeier, Chris. Complete Protein. Digital Image. Pacmoore. Pacmoore, 15 Sept 2016. Web.
Broccoli. Digital Image. Pinterest. Rostiliny-semena. Web. 7 July 2017.
Nicklin, Lisa. Salmon With Smoked Salmon Butter. Digital image. NY Times. Web.
No Pesticides Used. Digital Image. Emaze, Web. 7 July 2017.
Osteoporosis and Calcium Milk. Digital Image. Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Web.
Uncle Toby's Bran Flakes 10kg. Digital image. Priority Health. Web.


Home People & Brands LVMH increases sales by 10%.
LVMH increases sales by 10%.
The French luxury group LVMH recorded a 10% increase in sales in 2018, to 46.8 billion euro, with a contribution of 5.1 billion euro from its wine and spirits division.
LVMH's Wines and Spirits division recorded organic revenue growth of 5% compared to 2017 and a profit of €1.6 billion, supported by strong performances in China, Europe, and the United States. Overall, the group's income rose by 21% to €10 billion.
For its Champagne brands, LVMH noted the "remarkable performance" of its prestigious vintages, with the year benefiting from an "exceptional harvest" in both quantity and quality.
The company added that its Hennessy cognac is experiencing "good growth" in the American market, while the Chinese market is experiencing "strong growth".
The Scottish brands, Glenmorangie and Ardbeg, have also "grown rapidly".
The company said it was "cautiously confident" about 2019, adding that it is well equipped to continue its growth momentum in all business groups.
Like many others, LVMH has confirmed that it is stocking goods ahead of the Brexit deadline of March 29.


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import chai from 'chai'
import QueueDS from './queue'

chai.should()

describe('[Data Structure] Queue', () => {
  it('Get the length() of the queue', (done) => {
    const queue = new QueueDS()
    queue.enqueue(1).enqueue(2).enqueue(3)

    // Assertions.
    queue.length().should.equal(3)

    done()
  })

  it('enqueue(1...3) items', (done) => {
    const queue = new QueueDS()
    queue.enqueue(1).enqueue(2).enqueue(3)

    // Assertions.
    queue.getQueue().should.deep.equal([1, 2, 3])

    done()
  })

  it('enqueue(1...3) items and dequeue() 2x', (done) => {
    const queue = new QueueDS()
    queue.enqueue(1).enqueue(2).enqueue(3)

    // Assertions.
    queue.getQueue().should.deep.equal([1, 2, 3])
    queue.dequeue()
    queue.getQueue().should.deep.equal([2, 3])
    queue.dequeue()
    queue.getQueue().should.deep.equal([3])

    done()
  })

  it('enqueue(1...3) items peek() then dequeue() and peek() again.', (done) => {
    const queue = new QueueDS()
    queue.enqueue(1).enqueue(2).enqueue(3)

    // Assertions.
    queue.getQueue().should.deep.equal([1, 2, 3])
    queue.peek().should.deep.equal(1)
    queue.dequeue()
    queue.peek().should.deep.equal(2)
    queue.dequeue()
    queue.peek().should.deep.equal(3)

    done()
  })
})

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Walking down into town today I saw that the Christmas decorations had been taken down and were tied up waiting forlornly on the pavement, gone for another year. But Christmas always seems to be on top of you before you know and suddenly the lights are up again. I took some photos of the decorations brought down from the sky, colourless drab metal frames lying on the ground, waiting to be thrown onto the back of a truck and driven away to be laid in a cold dark warehouse. But celebrations this year have been difficult as families and friends haven't been able to get together, grief and despair have been the order of the day. Add to this the fact that we are in a worse situation than when all this started, lockdowns all over the world and cases and deaths soaring, one wonders who would have the energy to call it all a hoax, it's depressing enough as it is without making it worse by trying to convince everybody that such tragedy, loss of life, loved ones and livelihoods were for nothing.
We had a notification today that from Friday here in Portugal, we are going into a month-long lockdown. We all do our best to make the best of our situation, for me adding to all this is the Brexit situation and the recent reports in the papers that the EU suggested to the UK government that there would be a visa amnesty for musicians performing in EU and UK territories and that it was turned down by the UK, just really makes everything worse. I'm hoping that with a German wife and a Portuguese residency that I will be able to perform in Europe without jumping through so many hoops, but we'll see next time I go to Sweden to work with Anekdoten, and then there's America.
The shops will now all be closed, the cafes will be closed and the book shops and the clothing stores, the electronics stores and the tourist shops. We'll be doing a lot of staying in and I'll be looking for stories and ideas to write about, songs to write and the finishing off of the mystery boxes to send, the illustrated lyrics, and those last few postcards. We'll be doing the Q&A and the online concerts. I'll be wondering if I'm able to walk around and take pictures, are we even allowed out of our area? I'll be downloading Logic Pro and trying to figure out how it all works. I'll be continuing to work with the writing projects with more records coming out in the future – Jed and Space Summit, Tony and Arctic Lake, Ahad, and I'll also be collaborating with Craig in Atlanta. I'll be writing for Matt in Brooklyn and Noelle in Montreal and for everyone else in sessioneer land, I'll be working on their material and their playing, their development, and I'll be guiding as best as I can and helping take it all to another level. I'll be talking to Jerome in Berlin and Nicklas in Stockholm and of course, Niko and I have the new MOAT album Poison Stream coming out on February 12th. What of solo albums, what of a record with Olivia, what of Noctorum 5? Haha. These days at home, I'll be learning French and Portuguese, looking at improving my Spanish, getting some serious reading done, and responding to the net where I can, I'm going to be busy.
In the cafe today there were three French girls and apart from the odd word I couldn't get a clear sentence from them. Young, quick, tricky French, it makes you realise that even after 226 consecutive days I've still got a long way to go. Olivia is doing well with her Portuguese lessons and I'm frustrated that on Duolingo they teach Brazilian Portuguese and not Portuguese Portuguese which is mad, I've said it before but I can't really understand why they don't fix this whilst offering Klingon. Talking of Klingon, Olivia wanted to watch the only Star Trek series she hasn't seen – Deep Space Nine. We watched Episode 1 yesterday, only 7 seasons to go. Add that to The Original Series, Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, and Picard. After that, it will be the films but we also heard that there's another offshoot coming with Captain Pike! Haha.
Music today has been the new EP from Ray LaMontagne. There's something I like about him when he doesn't get too slick and too middle of the road, it's a fine line but when he's on the right side of it he's a talented fellow, with a great voice, good ideas, and that most crucial of offerings – mood. His new 6-track EP Make It Last does for some reason include two tracks from the last album Monovision and one of them is the side of him I don't like. Having said that, it's just taste and I have records by Ray LaMontagne that I think are really great – it's about his different styles, his 2016 album Ouroborus is a particular standout.
Song Of The Daze

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Q: small variations in math Given, where all function are non linear functions,
\begin{align*}
\begin{cases}
f_1(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4) = y_1
\\
f_2(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4) = y_2
\\
f_3(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4) = y_3
\\
f_4(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4) = y_4
\end{cases}
\end{align*}
I am trying to generalize the problem. I want to change slightly $x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4$ such that the second and fourth functions are not varied. Let $U = ( x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4)$, then:
\begin{align*}
\begin{cases}
f_1(U+\delta U) = y_1^{new}
\\
f_2(U + \delta U) = y_2
\\
f_3(U+\delta U) = y_3^{new}
\\
f_4(U+\delta U) = y_4
\end{cases}
\end{align*}
For a regular scalar function $F(x)$, $F$ changes by its differential:
\begin{equation*}
    dF = F(x_0 + dx) - F(x_0) = \frac{dF}{dx}\bigg|_{x_0} dx
\end{equation*}
then I can write:
\begin{align*}
\begin{cases}
f_1(U) + \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_1}\bigg|_{x_1^0} \delta x_1 +  \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3 + \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_4}\bigg|_{x_4^0} \delta x_4= y_1^{new}
\\
f_2(U) + \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_1}\bigg|_{x_1^0} \delta x_1 +  \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3 + \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_4}\bigg|_{x_4^0} \delta x_4 = y_2
\\
f_3(U) + \frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_1}\bigg|_{x_1^0} \delta x_1 +  \frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3 + \frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_4}\bigg|_{x_4^0} \delta x_4 = y_3^{new}
\\
f_4(U) + \frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_1}\bigg|_{x_1^0} \delta x_1 +  \frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3 + \frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_4}\bigg|_{x_4^0} \delta x_4 = y_4
\end{cases}
\end{align*}
since $y_2, y_4$ doesn't change
\begin{align*}
\begin{cases}
f_1(U) +& \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_1}\bigg|_{x_1^0} \delta x_1 +  \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3 + \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_4}\bigg|_{x_4^0} \delta x_4= y_1^{new}
\\
&\frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_1}\bigg|_{x_1^0} \delta x_1 +  \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3 + \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_4}\bigg|_{x_4^0} \delta x_4 = 0
\\
f_3(U) + &\frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_1}\bigg|_{x_1^0} \delta x_1 +  \frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3 + \frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_4}\bigg|_{x_4^0} \delta x_4 = y_3^{new}
\\
 &\frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_1}\bigg|_{x_1^0} \delta x_1 +  \frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3 + \frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_4}\bigg|_{x_4^0} \delta x_4 = 0
\end{cases}
\end{align*}
That's only what I think about, I am not sure about the next step, I thought about derivative because they could give us an information if we should increase or decrease the values in $U$. I thought also to select two parameters and set them as fixed, and play with other two parameters. ex. if $\delta x_1=\delta x_4=0$, then
\begin{align*}
\begin{cases}
f_1(U) +&   \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3 = y_1^{new}
\\
&+  \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3  = 0
\\
f_3(U) + &  \frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_3}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3= y_3^{new}
\\
 &+  \frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_2}\bigg|_{x_2^0} \delta x_2 + \frac{\partial f_4}{\partial x_3}\bigg|_{x_3^0} \delta x_3  = 0
\end{cases}
\end{align*}
I end up with 8 derivatives variable. Any idea how to solve this issue numerically or analytically? As I said, the target point is to vary the $x's$ that all $y's$ depend on but keeping $y_2, y_4$ fixed to arrive to a target $y_1, y_3$.

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Lewiston— The Lewiston community came out to support its emergency responders and to kick off National EMS Week on Sunday. Lewiston resident Ione Kessler was eager to show her thanks to the Lewiston Volunteer Ambulance Service.
Not long ago, the ambulance crew held Kessler's life in its capable hands. In mid April, Kessler was home alone gardening when she felt a pain in her shoulder and back. After some rest, the pain receded. The next day, the pain returned, and it was worse than before. Kessler called Sandy Nisbit, a friend and emergency medical technician who lived only two blocks away. Nisbit relayed the call to the ambulance crew and to volunteer fire department members. "I don't think it was two minutes until she (Nisbit) got to the house, and from there on, the house was filling up with people," Kessler said. Nisbit, along with responding ambulance Crew Capt. Nick Haag and EMTs Kelly Dahl and Elizabeth Wirt, used a new piece of equipment to determine Kessler was experiencing a severe form of heart attack. The 12lead defibrillator and heart monitor showed exactly what the emergency responders needed to see, and they transported Kessler to Mayo Clinic Hospital  Saint Marys Campus in Rochester for a lifesaving procedure.
The EMS crew was recognized Sunday at the Lewiston Fire Department, where Kessler greeted crew members like family. Lewiston Ambulance Director Matt Essig displays a 12lead defibrillator and heart monitor that an ambulance crew used to treat Ione Kessler, pictured at left, when Kessler experienced a heart attack in April. Matt Essig, Lewiston ambulance director, said the Sunday event and National EMS Week is an opportunity to get acquainted with the community and introduce some of the equipment and technology the crews use, all learned on volunteer time. "The volunteer hours that are put in to make that whole thing happen is absolutely amazing, and it's not just here in Lewiston; it's everywhere," Essig said. Essig added the open house at the fire station was meant to make the community more comfortable with the community's emergency responders and not to paint the men and women who volunteer as heroes. "But they are; they are heroes," Kessler said.
The time and training volunteers commit to it can be onerous, but as Nisbit found out, it also can be hugely gratifying, particularly when a 40year volunteer has the opportunity to assist a close friend and neighbor. "It makes all of your years of volunteering worth it — every minute of it," Nisbit said. For more information on National EMS Week, see www.acep.org/emsweek or www.emsstrong.org.


The three months that you spend at a villa in the south of France every summer provides you just the right amount of inspiration to fuel your design business for the rest of the year. What a lavish life you live.
Each of these French-style side tables features an original hand-painted finish.


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FoodShare's Community Pantry program commenced almost a year ago in response to the impacts of the summer bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic to provide hampers to those experiencing financial hardship.
One hamper recipient was so grateful for the support she received from FoodShare that she started volunteering at the warehouse two days a week. "I wanted to return the favour and help others because the community wouldn't be able to do without FoodShare" said Deanne.
FoodShare's services are free and additional funding provides even more support for families like Deanne's. A $20 donation provides someone experiencing hardship with a hamper and a $50 donation feeds a family.
To make a donation and gift a hamper visit www.givenow.com.au/albury-wodonga-foodshare
Have a safe and happy Easter!
Join the FoodShare team
FoodShare is seeking a full-time Assistant Manager to work in partnership with the General Manager.
Albury Wodonga Regional FoodShare (FoodShare) increases access to quality nutritious food for people in financial stress or need by rescuing and redistributing it through partner organisations and agencies located close to the need across North East Victoria and Southern NSW.
Currently one million kilograms of food is collected by FoodShare each year from over 70 suppliers. This equates to 1.55 million meals per year which is distributed to 24,000 people in the community experiencing financial hardship through 225 regional agencies, educational institutions and community groups. FoodShare's catchment area operates within a 150km radius of Albury- Wodonga.
In response to the 2020 summer bushfires and coronavirus pandemic, FoodShare increased the volume of food available as well as expanded its services through a new Community Pantry initiative to provide food directly to members of the community requiring emergency food relief.
To support the increased demand for services, FoodShare is seeking a full-time Assistant Manager to work in partnership with the General Manager to lead FoodShare as well as project manage the implementation and ongoing management of a new social enterprise model. This includes the establishment of a shop and logistics associated to directly support those in the community experiencing financial hardship so that they have access to quality nutritious food and daily necessities through the Community Pantry Shop.
Work in partnership with the General Manager to lead FoodShare.
Ensure FoodShare is directly reaching those in the community experiencing financial hardship.
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The hamper that keeps giving
Deanne, her husband and their two daughters moved from the family farm at Tumbarumba to Wodonga two years ago due to a workplace accident. Having to start from scratch in a new community had its challenges. After receiving some information about FoodShare's services during a class at Wodonga TAFE, Deanne contacted FoodShare and she was provided with a hamper.
Deanne said "We were able to create enough meals with the variety of items in the hamper and the hygiene products really boosted my daughters' self-esteem".
FoodShare's Community Pantry program commenced almost a year ago in response to the impacts of the summer bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic to provide food hampers to those experiencing financial hardship.
Deanne was so grateful for the support that she started volunteering at the FoodShare warehouse two days a week. "I wanted to return the favour and help others because the community wouldn't be able to do without FoodShare" said Deanne.
To gift a hamper please visit www.givenow.com.au/albury-wodonga-foodshare
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Matt Kuchar drama: What is a caddie really worth?
The debacle surrounding Matt Kuchar's pay dispute with David "El Tucan" Ortiz has ignited plenty of commentary. How much is a caddie really worth?
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — What are you worth when you show up for work tomorrow?
In monetary terms, the answer is usually pretty straightforward for most of us: We're worth whatever someone is willing to pay us, whether that's $5,000 or $50,000. Alert readers will note the "usually" and the "willing."
The debacle surrounding Matt Kuchar's pay dispute with David "El Tucan" Ortiz has ignited plenty of commentary on the values of Kuchar, but not so much on the value of caddies. Part-Sherpa, part-psychologist, their contributions are often intangible. Caddies occupy a decidedly gray area not easily measured in dollars.
"For starters, you're carrying the bag. They ain't gotta carry their clubs," said Mike "Fluff" Cowan, one of the few celebrity members of the caddie corps on the PGA Tour. "It's a second set of eyes, it's a second opinion. You're not always right. If we were right every single time, we'd want a lot of money. I don't think it can be dismissed. As long as you're not costing your man any shots, you're doing your job."
Simple as that? "Pretty much," he said firmly.
Fluff is 70 years old and has been hoofing on Tour since 1976, a few months after Tiger Woods was born. His first win came almost 40 years ago at the 1980 Buick Open on the bag of Peter Jacobsen. He worked for Jacobsen for more than 18 years and changed his children's diapers. He didn't get paid extra for that.
Twenty-seven times Fluff has been standing next to the last man standing, a win total he describes as "a drop in the bucket compared to Stevie Williams."
Williams replaced Fluff on Tiger's bag two decades ago. "I got fired right here," Fluff said Sunday morning on the putting green at Riviera Country Club. "That was February '99. And I was working for Jim [Furyk] at Augusta. That's the only break I've ever taken."
He's still on Furyk's bag today. He never did ask Woods why he was canned. Didn't care. All caddies on Tour know that one day they're the pigeon, the next they're the statue.
With his Wilford Brimley moustache and ever-present cigarette, Fluff is one of the most recognizable caddies on the circuit. I asked if he believes fans understand what value guys like him bring to a player's team. "The public have started to catch on more than they did 10 years ago. People would come up to me and say, 'Who have you got today?'" he remembered with a laugh. "I got the same guy today that I had yesterday, that I had last week, that I had last year. People thought we got assigned on a daily basis. Some — not everybody — thought we showed up and waited until there was a player available."
The relationship with his boss mattered to Fluff, and still does. "People won't understand how much of a friend he is to me and I am to him," he said of Furyk. "You gotta like the guy you are working for. If you're doing it just for the paycheck, you should go get another job."
Kuchar and Ortiz were plenty complimentary of each other in the warm afterglow of victory, of course. Kuchar called El Tucan his lucky charm. But that was before it became clear the caddie's share of the $1.296 million prize was a meager $5,000. I asked Fluff what he made of it all. He dragged hard on a cigarette and shook his head. "Man, I don't know," he finally said.
Not many guys on Tour are eager to talk about the issue since Kuchar issued a statement saying that he will finally pay Ortiz what he asked for (which was $50,000). Ask around and you won't find many who believe Ortiz deserved the standard 10 percent a professional Tour caddie would expect, but even fewer who think five grand was acceptable.
"Whatever he pays him now just won't look good, will it?" asked the caddie for a top player.
Tour players — and their managers — will absorb the lesson in seeing the reputation of a once-universally admired golfer laid waste by a social media firestorm. Caddies, too, will recognize that things have changed, that even if their value varies depending on the player, their financial worth is not something to be trifled with. Ortiz works as a $200-a-day looper on the Riviera Maya, but no one had more impact this week on the caddies working 2,000 miles to the west at Riviera Country Club.


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Georgia Baptist Convention President Tony R. Dickerson has announced the members of the 2004 Committee on Nominations.
Agreeing to serve are Fred Evers of Tifton, chairman; Kenneth Cloud of Cairo, Phoebe Dunn of Augusta, Wayne Marcus of Martin, Jeremy Morton of Fort Valley, Rusty Newman of Winder, Charles Smith of Eton, Don Spears of Aragon, Jerry Speer of Columbus, Dan Spencer of Thomasville, Jon Sullivan of Perkins, Tom Vann of Rentz, Danny Watters of Douglasville, Robert Wilson of Atlanta, and Ethel Wynn of Auburn.
Dickerson and GBC Executive Director J. Robert White will serve ex officio.
The Committee announced that at the 2004 annual meeting of the state convention, 20 full-term memberships and four at-large memberships will be elected as well as any unexpired terms which become vacant during the year. Dickerson reminded Georgia Baptists that the associations are eligible to suggest names to the Committee to fill these vacancies.
Associations preparing to suggest names for consideration will receive nominations forms from the office of the Executive Director, and are requested to mail the forms to Committee on Nominations Chairman Fred Evers, Northside Baptist Church, 302 20th Street W, Tifton, GA 31794. The church phone number is (229) 382-6855.
The Committee on Nominations will meet April 6, August 17, October 12, November 11, and November 15.
Associations for which full five-year term Executive Committee members will be elected are: Augusta, Catoosa, Consolation, Daniell, Ebenezer, Floyd County, Grady County, Habersham, Hephzibah, Kilpatrick, Little River, Pulaski-Bleckley, Merritt, Mount Vernon, Mountaintown, Northwest Georgia, Rabun, Tallapoosa, Telfair, and Tugalo.


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For the first time in the history of this blog I posted a entry and then pulled it down. Some of my more ardent readers took issue with the quality of the argument and although I had spent some chopping and channeling it might have not been ready for public consumption. This is a second and final pass.
I don't like writing about the pandemic. The meniscus on treatments, lockdowns and hospital case loads shifts daily. Too much thinking about it leads me into very dark, anxious places. A couple of nights ago I was out with a group of people and one of the women at the table got right into the conspiracy theories the minute she sat down. There's something in the swabs, the nasal test gives you brain damage, the vaccines are really part of a depopulation program, that colloidal silver you've been taking will kill you, COVID can spread to your clothes… enough.
Yes, the fact that a) I was out, and b) I was out with people, might have been a clue that I'm not in Kansas anymore. I'm in Miami and this is not a vacation per se but a bona fide sabbatical. Not that I have to justify anything. I earned this. This is my second winter here, in Miami Beach to be specific, for reasons that are obvious to anyone who has watched a Canadian TV weather report in January. In my religion this is 'The Land Of Our People'. However, for the purpose of this discussion, we will put the balmy clime aside and make a qualitative and quantitative comparison to what passes for life here versus that in Toronto. I will stick to the facts.
From the minute I got off the plane in Fort Lauderdale the differences in social distancing were quite a shock. From the scrum at the rental car shuttle to the lineup at the Budget counter, there was no difference from what I experienced a year ago. Maybe the plexiglass partition at the counter was new. But that was about it. And although Florida has a blanket mask law in public places, there were very few masks in use in the airport. I imagine people were taking the word 'vacation' as a totality and I do empathize. No point spending thousands of dollars to feel guilty because your N95 that you had just worn for several hours on a plane while cultivating a nice veneer of 'maskne' had slipped down to your navel. Whatever. That changed once I was settled. Mask wearing on the street is de rigueur for the vast majority of people outside their home. And it's a fair trade off because virtually everything is open, from the restaurants operating at full capacity to stores to bowling alleys to gyms, to tennis courts, to movie theatres to, wait for it, schools. This is a Red State and the Governor, Ron De Santis, after some severe shutdowns in the early going, made the calculated decision that a fluid economy was more important to the well being of his people than the possible casualties that might go with the surge that could result from such a radical strategy. Let's see what the collateral damage is.
Miami's population is close to Toronto's, 2.71 million vs 2.93 million. Again, just talking inside the city limits here. In Miami-Dade county, as of January 27, 2021 there was a running total of 366,126 cases. In Toronto, as of the same date there had been 84,653 cases. Miami's death tally of 4,797 was, at this writing, just double Toronto's 2,402 fatal outcomes. A lot of old people live here. Or used to. Not sure there's enough statistical evidence on the deaths to justify the lockdowns in Toronto right now and for the foreseeable future. Again, not sure.
Let's talk about vaccinations.
The state of Florida has given 7.5% of its population one dose of the Pfizer (or Moderna) and about 1.3% has had a second shot as of January 30th (NYT source). Ontario, by comparison, has vaccinated just 2.3% of its people with one shot. Only about .66% have had the second shot. In Ontario about 100,000 people have had both shots. In Miami-Dade alone its close to 90,000. But vaccine supplies have gone sideways in both Canada and Florida so it's early to predict who is going to do better in the long run. However, we in Ontario pay over 30 cents of every tax dollar to health care and for that we deserve better. Vaccines are free here against a mostly private health care system. Somebody calculated that at this rate, according to a current article in the National Post, Canada is looking at seven years until we get herd immunity. Whatever, this year is a write-off.
Ultimately, it's the federal government that has to take the blame for this. The fact that Justin Trudeau has asked Joe Biden to spot him some dosage – Joe rightfully told him where to stick it – and then had the gall to approach the COVAX people to divert vaccines earmarked for developing nations to Canada is enough to prompt an election call. The best Trudeau can do is throw shade on the small community of Canadians who exercised their right to snowbird, seek medical help unavailable in Canada, do business, visit failing relatives etc. outside the country and create a new criminal class who have to surrender to a long weekend (on their dime) in a Hanoi Hilton even if they show up with a negative test (and a vaccine). This is the worst kind of scapegoating and I hear now that the pause button has been pushed on the whole spiteful idea because it kind of violates our basic human rights as Canadians.
So what are we to make of this ball of confusion as the song goes?
Personally, I am worried about the future of civil liberties, the basic premise of free speech, the end of travel and international experiences. I am worried for the quality of life my kids will end up with. Then there's the years children cannot get back. The sports, the birthday parties, the summer camps, the thrill of living to be blunt. Teen suicide rates, divorces, psychiatric trauma are all on the rise. Why pay university tuition if your kid is going to sit in front of a computer all friggin day.
Which is the better place to reside at this moment? Let's put the metrics aside and touch on a recent incident in Simcoe Ontario, in which police ran down a mother who dropped off her kids at her mother's while she went grocery shopping only to be ratted out to the cops by the neighbors for 'having a party'. She got an $800 ticket for what I don't know and the informers were thanked I guess. On that revelation alone I will go with Miami because that shit would never happen here. Police have better things to do with their lives…and deaths. Last week, two FBI agents were killed during a raid on a Fort Lauderdale condo while trying to serve warrants on a child abuser. No, South Florida is far from perfect.
I'm also surprised that a lot of my friends, many with graduate degrees and some facility in the area of critical thinking, have bought into the fear mongering of the media and the government. Their silence is tacit approval of the ratty behaviour in Simcoe. They spend most of their waking moments cowering in a fetal cringe in the back of their new 'safe room' hoping that the lamb's blood they smeared on their doorpost will keep the Angel of Death away. They are routinely paralyzed by the news that a cousin of a friend's brother-in-law almost got it because someone in his book club in Phoenix knew someone who had a test that was positive but then it proved to be false. Whew. Talk about a near miss.
This extends to our generation's children, many of whom are denying their parents entrance to their homes and access to their grandchildren because of the above paranoia built on stats that support none of this behaviour. Toronto has lost about 3,000 people to COVID over ten months. Do the math and then realize that the vast majority were over 80 with compromised immune systems. Again, Dougie Ford is blaming everybody else for his government playing slumlord at the province's retirement and nursing homes. No accountability.
Here's my point. I think its starting to set in that this little episode is turning into a mini-series that you can't binge. It's clear that the Americans will be past this by the end of the year or will be within a couple of plays of the goal line. With every passing day you will see the inoculation stats diverge between Canada and the U.S. And for us in our 60s, late 60s personally, we don't have years to wait this out. We can't sit at home, check in on the rolling lockdowns, and trust our last good years in the hands of people who don't give a shit because they are getting paid win, lose or draw.
My friend 'Binny" counselled me years ago when a relationship was on its last legs and asked me if I had "controlled the narrative." I hadn't and it cost me. My coming to Florida was not about sun, surf and sushi. Well maybe a little. You can't put a price on the healing powers of putting your ass in the sand. What it was really about was self-determination and, yes, writing my own script while I can.
Mark my words, it will be a long time before any spectators will be at a Leaf game, or a movie. How about live theatre? I don't think the Canadian Football League will survive this. The Toronto International Film Festival is toast. My yearly trips to the CNE with my brother are over. You indoors at a restaurant? Heaven forbid. All for your "safety".
So lock me up at the Hotel Rwanda when I come back. Submit me to ridicule by the Pod People. I don't care. Life is short.
I'm repeating myself here but Pink Floyd said it best in Wish You Here, "Did you exchange a walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage?"
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Thank you Jonathan for putting a voice to sentiments I've heard echoed by many! The sheeples should start exercising their critical thinking again. I'm in a hospital with my mom whose had surgery and it's tragic the number of people who are alone and crying because loved ones won't or can't come see them. Solitaire confinement is a form of torture and even in the prison system you can't lock someone up for more than 15 days, we're into 10 months. Time to wake up !
MSB says:
Thank you for humorously articulating what should be painfully obvious to anyone with nominal neurological activity. Enjoy your freedom for those of us stuck in norhtern prison(s)
Jonathan Gross says:
Sending you some sunshine…appreciate the comments
Malcolm says:
Thank you kindly for words/observations. Being in Toronto for the first time ever in my lifetime sucks. All the blue masks, double masks and tards telling me how much that they are looking forward to getting the vaccine. I am agast that in my estimation, 80% are mindless sheep. Despite the above…. I am speechless.
Felicia Benarroch says:
A really good article, makes us think.
Thank you so much for reading…
Ricardo Samuels says:
Disappointing that the man who runs one of my favourite Canadian companies is complaining about masks and "pandemic" nonsense instead of supporting solutions to minimize the impact of COVID. Not too surprising with his recent company newsletter outing himself as a hating Hollywood "wokeness" that has already existed for as long as Hollywood has. Kinda feel bad for his employees in Toronto and hope they are keeping safe with him at the helm.
Vera Fischer says:
Wow, so insightful. You really articulated the absurdity we are living. Vera
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I am spending way more time in the drug store than I am on the ski hills these days. Having said that, the winter solstice was managed in the 'Land of Our People' so I got just one day on the slopes with my daughter during a visit home in February. It was liberating although I almost needed assistance boarding the aircraft the next day.
SWIPEOUT
This installment was on permanent hold until I ran across a recentish commercial for Match.com. In earlier installments, the courtesy reads from friends all came back with comments about the tone and somewhat caustic edge. Writing can be, as I have said, cathartic.
Fourteen Days In The Hole – The View from Solitary.
The morning sun in Miami Beach was hot, Cool Hand Luke work gang hot. I was into the metaphor so I asked the woman driving the Uber to the Con Air hangar to soap up and slap herself up against the windshield. There was a big tip in it for her. Told her I was going upstate for a bid. She wasn't into it and forced me out of the car at gunpoint. Forgot about the Stand Your Ground and Open Carry laws in Florida. She screamed something to me in Spanish about my plummeting passenger rating but I didn't care. I was going away. For a long time.


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TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 1 Avatar Fox $50,306,217 -26.6% 3,422 -39 $14,701 $430,846,514 $237 4
2 2 Sherlock Holmes WB $16,585,327 -54.7% 3,626 - $4,574 $165,153,093 $90 3
3 3 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $16,566,489 -52.9% 3,641 -106 $4,550 $178,451,165 $75 3
4 N Daybreakers LGF $15,146,692 - 2,523 - $6,003 $15,146,692 $20 1
5 4 It's Complicated Uni. $11,007,875 -41.5% 2,955 +58 $3,725 $76,370,540 $85 3
6 N Leap Year Uni. $9,202,815 - 2,511 - $3,665 $9,202,815 $19 1
7 5 The Blind Side WB $7,531,467 -36.8% 2,880 -46 $2,615 $218,978,376 $29 8
8 6 Up in the Air Par. $7,159,294 -33.2% 2,218 +323 $3,228 $54,801,035 $25 6
9 N Youth in Revolt W/Dim. $6,888,334 - 1,873 - $3,678 $6,888,334 $18 1
10 7 The Princess and the Frog BV $4,651,156 -52.7% 2,620 -708 $1,775 $92,546,727 $105 7
11 23 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus SPC $1,762,637 +377.9% 607 +559 $2,904 $2,989,290 $30 3
12 9 Invictus WB $1,722,246 -55.9% 1,340 -830 $1,285 $33,506,889 $60 5
13 11 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Sum. $1,703,809 -50.5% 1,167 -460 $1,460 $290,743,279 $50 8
14 10 Nine Wein. $1,614,900 -58.6% 1,060 -352 $1,523 $16,837,007 $80 4
15 8 Did You Hear About the Morgans? Sony $1,546,172 -68.7% 1,820 -898 $850 $28,346,423 $58 4
16 15 The Young Victoria App. $1,180,595 +16.7% 476 +283 $2,480 $4,588,617 $35 4
17 12 3 Idiots Relbig. $595,438 -60.2% 156 +24 $3,817 $5,604,042 - 3
18 16 Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire LGF $464,718 -49.7% 408 -221 $1,139 $44,311,459 $10 10
19 28 Crazy Heart FoxS $462,126 +109.1% 33 +21 $14,004 $1,246,747 $7 4
20 22 Broken Embraces SPC $370,691 -15.7% 111 +40 $3,340 $2,547,040 - 8
21 14 2012 Sony $367,265 -66.4% 351 -449 $1,046 $164,105,051 $200 9
22 13 Brothers LGF $364,633 -69.4% 428 -430 $852 $28,198,793 $26 6
23 20 A Single Man Wein. $359,845 -26.1% 48 +2 $7,497 $2,286,364 $7 5
24 17 Old Dogs BV $297,828 -58.1% 352 -268 $846 $47,695,255 $35 7
25 21 Fantastic Mr. Fox Fox $285,239 -40.4% 265 -9 $1,076 $19,559,123 $40 9
26 19 The Road W/Dim. $253,455 -53.3% 207 -99 $1,224 $7,361,887 $25 7
27 24 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sony $195,935 -44.7% 222 -34 $883 $124,542,775 $100 17
28 27 Where the Wild Things Are WB $171,676 -35.1% 243 -24 $706 $76,826,594 $100 13
29 26 An Education SPC $167,839 -38.3% 89 -62 $1,886 $8,168,597 $7.5 14
30 29 Couples Retreat Uni. $147,750 -31.1% 197 -25 $750 $108,731,660 $70 14
31 45 The Men Who Stare at Goats Over. $120,976 +191.6% 198 +124 $611 $32,158,526 $25 10
32 31 Law Abiding Citizen Over. $110,626 -32.8% 194 -11 $570 $73,106,880 $50 13
33 25 Armored SGem $99,082 -68.7% 118 -126 $840 $15,988,876 $20 6
34 32 Planet 51 Sony $82,049 -48.7% 132 -77 $622 $39,688,154 $70 8
35 30 Ninja Assassin WB $71,024 -62.5% 101 -65 $703 $37,627,463 $40 7
36 N Crazy on the Outside Free $64,438 - 75 - $859 $64,438 - 1
37 33 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day App. $60,974 -48.4% 62 -40 $983 $10,082,650 $8 11
38 39 Under the Sea 3D WB $59,199 -6.7% 28 +2 $2,114 $19,509,797 - 48
39 18 A Christmas Carol (2009) BV $57,221 -89.7% 118 -863 $485 $137,619,783 $200 10
40 41 The White Ribbon SPC $48,374 -19.2% 5 +2 $9,675 $168,533 $18 2
41 36 Astro Boy Sum. $44,287 -40.5% 106 -46 $418 $19,515,628 $65 12
42 44 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans First $42,814 -3.8% 43 +5 $996 $1,497,352 $25 8
43 38 The Lovely Bones P/DW $38,572 -40.4% 3 - $12,857 $448,080 $65 5
44 34 Me and Orson Welles Free $35,598 -61.3% 35 -45 $1,017 $1,021,113 $25 7
45 46 Space Station 3-D (IMAX) IMAX $34,518 +18.9% 6 +1 $5,753 $80,660,896 - 404
46 42 Magnificent Desolation (IMAX) IMAX $27,548 -53.3% 4 +1 $6,887 $31,628,398 - 225
47 40 Paranormal Activity Par. $27,023 -56.2% 103 -42 $262 $107,901,736 $0.015 16
48 50 The Messenger Osci. $17,386 -7.3% 22 +1 $790 $680,966 $6.5 9
49 54 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (IMAX) NGE $15,986 +28.3% 8 - $1,998 $22,732,355 - 119
50 48 Coco Before Chanel SPC $15,580 -23.8% 23 -5 $677 $6,027,993 $23 16
- - La Danse: Le Ballet de L'Opera de Paris Zipp. $12,975 - 14 - $927 $442,537 - 10
51 N Bitch Slap Free $12,254 - 3 - $4,085 $12,254 - 1
52 53 Deep Sea 3D (IMAX) WB $11,762 -20.8% 2 - $5,881 $42,825,806 - 173
53 57 The Maid Elep. $10,189 +56.0% 11 +6 $926 $505,181 - 13
54 52 Amelia FoxS $10,160 -37.1% 22 -6 $462 $14,241,034 $40 12
55 N Sweetgrass CGld $9,870 - 1 - $9,870 $12,864 - 1
56 47 Red Cliff Magn. $9,299 -61.4% 16 -14 $581 $550,914 - 8
57 55 Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean 3D 3D $5,559 -48.0% 4 - $1,390 $7,265,454 - 100
58 N Wonderful World Magn. $4,582 - 4 - $1,146 $4,582 - 1
59 66 Until the Light Takes Us Vari. $3,004 +213.2% 1 - $3,004 $50,311 - 6
60 - The Sun Lorb. $2,599 - 2 - $1,300 $48,967 - 8
61 N Waiting for Armageddon FRun $2,579 - 1 - $2,579 $2,579 - 1
62 - Good Hair RAtt. $2,577 - 3 - $859 $4,149,065 - 14
63 - Horse Boy Zeit. $2,534 - 2 - $1,267 $140,825 - 14
64 58 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Scre. $2,338 -63.5% 2 -4 $1,169 $266,891 - 7
65 61 The Yes Men Fix the World Shad. $2,117 +13.3% 5 +3 $423 $164,255 - 16
66 60 A Town Called Panic Zeit. $1,662 -40.1% 1 -1 $1,662 $20,479 - 4
67 76 Four Seasons Lodge FRun $1,505 +307.9% 2 +1 $753 $44,979 - 9
68 69 The Beaches of Agnes CGld $1,470 +69.0% 4 +1 $368 $226,658 - 28
69 67 The Wedding Song Strand $1,449 +63.5% 4 +3 $362 $18,067 - 9
70 - Small Change (re-issue) FDesk $1,317 - 1 - $1,317 $17,220 - 7
71 - Under Our Skin Shad. $1,294 - 2 - $647 $93,316 - 25
72 71 Big Fan FInd. $1,220 +63.3% 1 - $1,220 $232,732 - 20
73 63 35 Shots of Rum CGld $1,082 -36.9% 2 - $541 $134,347 - 17
74 - The Slammin' Salmon Anch. $914 - 1 - $914 $39,834 - 5
75 - The Missing Person Strand $815 - 1 - $815 $10,837 - 8
76 72 The Damned United SPC $790 +31.4% 2 -4 $395 $442,054 - 14
77 - Galapagos (IMAX) IMAX $664 - 1 - $664 $17,666,197 - 525
78 65 Departures Reg. $657 -34.6% 2 - $329 $1,493,358 - 33
79 68 The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry 5&2 $645 -26.4% 1 - $645 $1,169,828 - 17
80 - Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love Shad. $600 - 1 - $600 $164,529 - 30
81 - Amreeka NGE $484 - 2 - $242 $621,164 - 18
82 - Monsieur Verdoux (re-issue) FDesk $246 - 1 - $246 $49,519 - 69
83 - Trucker Mont. $190 - 2 - $95 $51,446 - 12
84 62 The September Issue RAtt. $30 -98.3% 1 -1 $30 $3,818,032 - 20
85 79 From Mexico with Love RAtt. $12 -73.3% 1 - $12 $548,787 - 14
TOTAL (86 MOVIES): $160,275,182 -27.3% 39,359 +1,747 $4,072
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Filipinos sing while they are at work – in the department stores, in the fish market and in the kitchen of a big container vessel – and music makes them feel good and alive, with a permanent mood of happy-go-lucky even if life does not treat them always very nice. On board, the karaoke 'department' always include a few good singers and one or two very good ones. During my voyages so far, most of the barbeque parties ended up with a karaoke session – where more or less singers showed their abilities to my greatest pleasure and content. Sometimes, when there were numerous singers involved, real karaoke competitions were organized where lots of applauses and real prizes were offered.
I usually do not sing – as my voice does not help me at all – but I sometimes take part in a duet or a group singing if I up to it. I did it a few times and I had a lot of fun. In the end, the real fun comes with sharing good vibes, not only with a high quality performance.
Apart from singing, Filipinos are very good at playing different musical instruments – mostly acoustic and electric guitars. They are doing this without a proper musical education, but with a great passion which helps them improve themselves through a lot of practice and also from teaching one another.
For this reason, on all the vessels I have been so far there were always at least one guitar and at least one Filipino good at playing it – mostly strumming. On some vessels, there were different instruments – good enough to make up a real band – but not enough musicians to put the idea into practice, although some were trying hard.
Most of the guitar players I met so far on board were good at strumming and playing along with other singers, like they did for a Christmas party two years ago, while playing Christmas carols.
I can say that, in terms of playing the guitar, I had the pleasure of listening to some good songs played by some guys – mostly Filipinos – but nothing quite extraordinary, until last night, while attending our outside barbeque dinner, on board ALS Fauna.
My husband had already told me about two guys playing the guitar on board and I was looking forward to hearing them. I was hoping to watch them perform for our New Year's Eve party, but this didn't happen. After so many voyages at sea, I learned that Filipinos can sometimes be very shy and that they need at least one week to adjust to a new face on board, especially if that face belongs to a woman – a passenger or an officer's wife. So, if the guitar performance was not included in our New Year's party, it was surely included in our next barbeque party.
Unfortunately, the two guitar players decided to bring the guitar when most of the crew members had already left the party, leaving only a few of us there, but making the performance nevertheless beautiful and quite emotional, at least for me. Andrew and Dominique played some of our favorite songs – belonging to our favorite artists (Bon Jovi, Scorpions, and The Eagles) – and the rest of us accompanied them with soft voices, singing the verses we knew well or just humming the ones we didn't. I really loved listening to these guys who were playing so passionately, with their bodies physically on board with us, but their hearts far, far away, together with their loved ones whom they miss dearly. I felt happy and grateful again for taking part in such an emotional evening, among beautiful, kind and good people. Grateful for having the chance of breaking down cultural and language barriers through music. Two hours passed in no time and we would have stayed there for two more if rained hadn't come to put an end to our party and send us all to sleep.
Thank you, guys, for another memorable evening which I will cherish forever.


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Die 4-mal-400-Meter-Staffel der Frauen bei den Leichtathletik-Europameisterschaften 1998 wurde am 18. und 19. August 1998 im Népstadion der ungarischen Hauptstadt Budapest ausgetragen.

Europameister wurde Deutschland in der Besetzung Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer (Finale), Silvia Rieger und Grit Breuer (Finale) sowie den im Vorlauf außerdem eingesetzten Anja Knippel und Martina Breu.Den zweiten Platz belegte Russland mit Natalja Chruschtscheljowa, Swetlana Gontscharenko, Jekaterina Bachwalowa, Olga Kotljarowa (Finale) sowie der im Vorlauf außerdem eingesetzten Jekaterina Kulikowa.Bronze ging an Großbritannien mit Donna Fraser (Finale), Vicky Jamison, Katherine Merry (Finale) und Allison Curbishley sowie den im Vorlauf außerdem eingesetzten Michelle Thomas und Tasha Danvers.

Auch die nur im Vorlauf eingesetzten Läuferinnen erhielten entsprechendes Edelmetall.

Bestehende Rekorde

Der bestehende EM-Rekord wurde bei diesen Europameisterschaften nicht erreicht. Die schnellste Zeit erzielte Europameister Deutschland im Finale mit 3:23,03 min, womit das Quartett 6,16 s über dem Rekord blieb. Zum Welt- und Europarekord fehlten 7,86 s.

Vorrunde
22. August 1998

Die Vorrunde wurde in zwei Läufen durchgeführt. Die ersten drei Staffeln pro Lauf – hellblau unterlegt – sowie die darüber hinaus zwei zeitschnellsten Teams – hellgrün unterlegt – qualifizierten sich für das Finale. Bei nur neun beteiligten Mannschaften wurde nur eine einzige eliminiert.

Vorlauf 1

Vorlauf 2

Finale
23. August 1998

Weblinks
 Budapest European Championships, european-athletics.org, abgerufen am 14. Januar 2023
 Women 4x400m Relay. European Championships 1998 Budapest, todor66.com, abgerufen am 14. Januar 2023
 European Championships - Statistics Handbook Athletics, 18th European Athletics Championships Budapest HUN 18–23 AUG 1998 Népstadion, Women 4x400m, S. 645, englisch (PDF, 30.741 KB), downloads.european-athletics.com, abgerufen am 14. Januar 2023
 Track and Field Statistics, XVII European Championship, Budapest 1998, trackfield.brinkster.net, abgerufen am 14. Januar 2023

Videolinks
 Women's 4x400m Relay European Champs Budapest August 1998, youtube.com, abgerufen am 14. Januar 2023
 Women's 4x400m Relay European Champs Budapest 1998, youtube.com, abgerufen am 14. Januar 2023

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Wettbewerb der Leichtathletik-Europameisterschaften 1998

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Since making his recording debut in 2005, Trey Songz has patiently and artfully crafted some of the most acclaimed and compelling R&B music of the decade. His first two Songbook Entertainment/Atlantic albums, "I GOTTA MAKE IT" (2005) and "TREY DAY" (2007), yielded a trio of top ten singles, "Girl Tonight," "Last Time," and "Can't Help But Wait." And when the latter song garnered Trey a coveted Grammy nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, it marked the validation of the faith shown in Trey by the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, who hailed him as one of "the most promising R&B artists we have had since we started the company 60 years ago." Now, with the 2009 release of "READY," Trey Songz is more than ready to claim his place in the pantheon of R&B greats.
"READY" draws music and lyrics from such accomplished producers and songwriters as Eric Hudson, Sean Garrett, Stargate, Bryan-Michael Cox, Soul Keys, Jermaine Dupri, Soundz, and long-time collaborator Troy Taylor.
From the street single, "Brand New," to his self-described male version of Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You" in "One Love," the Virginian draws on a range of influences to craft an album that will thrill his longtime fans and happily surprise all newcomers to the Trey Songz story. Indeed, with its blend of hip-hop, R&B, and pop – exemplified by tracks like "Black Roses," where Trey croons over a distorted guitar – "READY" demonstrates his growth on every front. The third time around, Trey displays a new vocal maturity combined with his renowned ability to twist notes and keys effortlessly, while presenting an increasing breadth of subject matter.
Born Tremaine Aldon Neverson, Trey was raised as a military brat, with his family eventually settling in Petersburg, Virginia. Ironically, as a teen he wasn't particularly interested in singing. Only after continuous encouragement from his mother, and drawing on his grandmother's example as a devoted church choir member, Trey entered a local talent show at 14 years old. He won that competition and several more, eventually amassing 19 trophies. At 15, Trey crossed paths with producer Troy Taylor, who's worked with everyone from Boyz II Men to Lionel Richie, and Taylor immediately recognized Trey's talent.
After high school, at Taylor's invitation Trey moved to New Jersey, where he developed his vocal, writing, and production skills. Trey soon found himself driving from the Garden State across the river to New York City. As he learned to record songs, Trey completed a proverbial musical boot camp, absorbing music by artists like Prince, Marvin Gaye, and Steely Dan during his commute between the two states. To earn his keep, the Virginian worked as Taylor's vocal production assistant and transformed that experience into his debut album, "I GOTTA MAKE IT," after signing with Atlantic Records in 2003.
Among Trey's numerous activities, he – along with fellow Atlantic artist Flo Rida – wrote and produced a street-smart rendition of "Jingle Bells" especially for clothing giant GAP, which proved to be a sensation during the 2008 Christmas season.
In August 2008, Trey added the philanthropic organization Songz For Peace to his repertoire, launching the charity with community activist Noonie Ward in Chicago's crime-ridden Southside before bringing his message to his native Petersburg. The youth-centered organization, which attracted 500 kids at its opening event, travels to different cities speaking to teens about the dangers of violence and life's positive opportunities. Songz for Peace is scheduled to visit several more cities across America this year, including Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Baltimore. "The violence within the youth is rising at an alarming rate," says Trey earnestly. "I get to speak on that, and children listen to me."


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Starting from pole position, Vettel won the Singapore Grand Prix in 2015, won the most 42 career victory, third in the current season and the fourth at this track. And Seb won almost the same style as he did behind the wheel of Red Bull during his dominance. They finished second and third, Daniel Riccardo and Kimi Raikkonen, ie in the same order that they were qualified the day before. During the race on the track the safety car appeared twice (the first time due to contact of Felipe Massa and Nico, and the second – because of the appearance of a stranger on the road, which is safely left it). The first time Daniel has passed forward a couple of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes, and the second – ahead squeeze even on Bottas and Walter Williams. The seventh in the race Sergio Perez finished in the Force India, ten closed Felipe Nasr in the Sauber, which is literally on the last lap tore his position in the struggle with Roman Grosjean, and the eighth and ninth were representatives of Toro Rosso – Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, respectively. Moreover, the team asked Carlos Max skip forward, but he did not. Surprisingly, the Dutchman stalled at the start, and when the engine on his car started, he had lost all round. After the first safety car Verstappen returned to the circle with all (as provided by the rules), and after the second – could be attached to the tail. A large number of retirements and the high speed of his car enabled him not only to finish in the top ten, but also to be ahead of team-mate. Well, the next race will take place just one week – it will be the Japanese Grand Prix at the legendary Suzuka.


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Pumice stone is a piece of volcanic rock used for removing dead skin from the feet. It is usually available in the local drug store. Soak your feet in warm water for several minutes until the skin softens. Rub your feet with the pumice stone to slough off the dead skin. Don't rub too hard or for too long. Excessive removal of dead skin will make the area sensitive and painful. After removing the dead skin, moisturize the feet with moisturizing lotion (1).
Fill a tub with ankle-high hot water. Dissolve a cup of salt and soak your feet in the warm salt water for 15 minutes. Pat your feet dry. Now rub damp salt on each foot for three to five minutes. Rinse off the salt with lukewarm water and dry your feet. The abrasive quality of salt helps in removing the dead skin (2).
Oatmeal and cornmeal work great in removing the dead skin from the feet. Mix one-fourth of a cup of oatmeal with equal amount of cornmeal and coarse salt. Add ¼ cup unscented body lotion and two tablespoons of aloe vera gel. Mix the ingredients well. Rub a generous amount of the mixture on each foot. Rinse off with lukewarm water (3).
Sugar is a gentle exfoliant. Scrubbing the feet with sugar gently removes the dead skin and softens the area. To make a sugar based scrub, you will need one-fourth of a cup of brown sugar, one cup of coconut oil, two tablespoons of aloe vera gel and a tablespoon of turmeric powder. Rub your feet with a generous amount of the mixture. Scrub daily, preferably twice a day to exfoliate the dead skin (4).
Baking soda is a good abrasive that you can use to get rid of the dead skin from your feet. Make a thick paste by mixing baking soda with a small amount of water. Rub the paste on your feet. Rinse off the paste with lukewarm water and pat the feet dry with a soft towel (5).
A mixture of apple cider vinegar and lemon juice when applied to the feet helps in softening the dead skin so that it easily falls off from the feet. It even helps in softening and removing stubborn calluses. To a basin filled with ankle-high warm water add a cup of apple cider vinegar and the juice of a lemon. Soak your feet for about fifteen minutes. Rub your feet with pumice stone. Rinse with warm water and pat the feet dry (6).
Scrub your feet with ground apricot seeds to remove the hardened dead skin. Make an exfoliating foot scrub my mixing one ounce of finely ground apricot seeds with one ounce each of sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil and beeswax, 12 oz warm water and few drops of peppermint essential oil. Use a double boiler to melt the wax and blend it with the oils. Remove the melted wax and oil mixture from the heat and add the warm water and mix well. When the mixture has cooled down slightly, add the ground apricot seeds and the essential oil and mix well. Rub the mixture on your feet. Leave it on for a few minutes and then rinse (7).


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Q: How to run a sub on Excel Ribbon action? I've recently installed a free Excel Add-in called Essential Regression. I want to make a ribbon button to call a specific macro from the VBA project associated with that excel add-in er22.xlam file.
So, basically i want to run the macro multistart that is located in the module ModMultiRegStart in the VBA project mult24.xls (er22.xlam)
After some googling i found this:
<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/01/customui">
<ribbon startFromScratch="false">
<tabs>
  <tab id="CustomTab"
       label="Eregression">
    <group id="SimpleControls"
           label="Essential Regression">
      <button id="Button1"
              size="large"
              label="Start Eregression"
              onAction="mult24.xls!multistart"/>
    </group>
  </tab>
</tabs>
</ribbon>
</customUI>

It generates the button but it doesn't work when I press it. I'm guessing mult24.xls!multistart is not the correct way to refer to that particular sub but I have no clue on how i should refer to it.
I can still go to the developper tab and select the VBA project and press F5, then select the macro multistart but it would be much easier if I didn't have to do that every time.
Any help?

A: It looks like your onAction button is trying to call a macro in multi25.xls, but you say the macro is in er22.xlam.  In general, the syntax for calling a Sub / Function is as follows:
myWorkbook.xlsm!MyModule.MySub
You CAN ignore the module if the sub is uniquely named, but it is best to include for clarity.


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CHLORINE
Due to the water treatment process chlorination, drinking water smelling of chlorine is not uncommon and is not necessarily cause for alarm. Chlorine is a powerful disinfectant and as such, can be detected by our noses at levels below those that constitute acceptable. Over-chlorination can be an issue, however, so if the smell of chlorine is particularly strong and in excess of what you would usually expect, then testing of your water should be carried out to ensure chlorine is only present within acceptable limits.
ROTTEN EGGS
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This gas can be present in drinking water due to the decay of organic materials, chemical reactions of sulphur-containing minerals found in rocks and soils or from bacteria which reduce sulphate into gas.
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Your tap water smelling like a wet dog can be unusual but concerning. This odour is usually generated as a result of a build-up of naturally occurring minerals (such as lead, copper, magnesium, iron, and sodium) in your pipes coupled with a warm temperature which then generates an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. This bacteria then releases organic compounds which cause the smell. When this odour is related to a private water source, then testing is necessary to check for the presence of harmful bacteria.
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John Purroy Mitchel died one hundred years ago today. Mitchel served as mayor of New York City from 1 January 1914 to 1 January 1918 and joined what became the Army Air Service days after leaving office. He was killed in a flight training exercise in Louisiana on 6 July 1918, two weeks shy of his thirty-ninth birthday. John P. Mitchel is less well known than figures like Jimmy Walker and Fiorello La Guardia, but New York's "Boy Mayor" embodied his time in office just as much as his two successors personified the period of the Roaring Twenties through the end of the Second World War.
John Purroy Mitchel, was born in the Bronx in 1879. Young John graduated from St. John's College (today Fordham Preparatory School) in 1894, earned his bachelor's degree at Columbia College in 1899, and graduated with honors from New York Law school in 1901. He quickly rose in politics, earning a reputation as an idealistic reformer unafraid to take on Tammany Hall. In the 1900s he helped Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. weed out corruption and held increasingly important posts into the 1910s. In 1913 Woodrow Wilson nominated Mitchel for the Collectorship of the Port of New York. He served in that capacity for about five months until stepping down with Wilson's blessing to run for mayor. Mitchel ran on the Fusion ticket and was a popular candidate who drew support from such powerful sources as Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt. John Purroy Mitchel won in a landslide and at thirty-four became second youngest mayor of New York City.
Mitchel pursued his reformist agenda but things changed suddenly when the war broke out in Europe. After the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915 Mayor Mitchel became a greater advocate for Preparedness and attended the Plattsburg Camp that August. He and other civilians, including some of Roosevelt's sons, paid their own way to march, drill, and study the rudiments of military tactics. There was national controversy that August when Theodore Roosevelt showed up and gave a fiery speech denouncing the Wilson Administration and what he viewed as its do-nothing response to the Great War. Roosevelt, Leonard Wood, Mitchel, and others, primarily successful Northeasterners, continued strenuously advocating for Preparedness into 1916 all the way up until America's declaration of war in April 1917. That November Mayor Mitchel ran for re-election. While he retained the strong public support of prominent figures like Theodore Roosevelt and former Supreme Court justice Charles Evans Hughes, he nonetheless lost the race.
Mitchel did not remain in New York very long. The very day he lost his re-election bid he had begun corresponding with Secretary of War Newton Baker, seeking an officer's billet in the infantry. Baker remained noncommittal even after a face-to-face meeting in Washington later that month. Mitchel also pleaded his case to President Wilson's most trusted advisor, Colonel House, but he too rebuffed the overtures. Baker and House's reluctance should not be surprising. Mitchel had been a Wilson ally in the Administration's early days. A rift was inevitable though once the mayor began attacking the Wilson Administration over its Preparedness stance. The determined Mitchel did eventually find a place for himself in the military, accepting an officer's commission in the Army Signal Corps' Division of Military Aeronautics in early January 1918.
In mid-February Major John P. Mitchel boarded a train at Grand Central Station headed for San Diego with his wife. For the next two months the former mayor of New York City would learn to fly various small planes and was soon performing barrel rolls and other maneuvers. Mitchel was next ordered to Gerstner Field near Lake Charles, Louisiana. It was tough duty. The base was remote and the Louisiana summer heat oppressive. Still Mayor and Mrs. Mitchel made the best of the difficult situation. Things were going routinely until a training exercise on 6 July. His instructor remembered that Mitchel did a few basic maneuvers until losing control of the small aircraft. Then, he saw Mitchel tumble from the plane. Investigators later determined that he was not strapped in to the seat belt. Death was instantaneous.
Mitchel was given a funeral with full military honors in New York City on 11 July. When St. Francis Xavier, of which Mitchel was a member, proved too small to accommodate the growing number of mourners, the funeral was moved to St. Patrick's Cathedral. An airplane dropped roses from above. There in support was former president Theodore Roosevelt, who after his friend's death had written to the now-widowed Mrs. Mitchel that "In all our country there was no finer American and no more upright and able public servant." Some speculated in those July days that had Mitchel survived he might have gone on to win the the presidency some day. Mitchel was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.
Soon the commemorations began. The military aviation base in Long Island was renamed Mitchel Field that very week. On Alumni Day 1921 Columbia's Class of 1899 dedicated a tablet to Mitchel in Hamilton Hall. That July the New York City Fire Department christened the "John Purroy Mitchel," the first-ever oil-fueled fire-boat in the line. New York's waterways were still thriving in this era. Its harbors were constantly active and ocean liners crossed the Atlantic daily pulling into its piers. In the ensuing decades the fire-boat put down some of the most intense conflagrations in New York maritime history. In 1928 admirers dedicated a John P. Mitchel Memorial in Central Park near the 90th Street and Fifth Avenue entrance. Mayor La Guardia attended Memorial Day services there annually throughout the 1930s and 1940s, rarely missing a ceremony. The New York Public Library dedicated two flagpoles to the memory of Mayor Mitchel in 1941 outside its iconic 42nd Street branch.
These observances tapered off in the 1950s as the Great War began receding from memory into history. In 1966 the Fire Department retired the "John Purroy Mitchel" after the fire-boat's more than four decades of hard service. The Uniformed Firemen's Association and other advocates issued a protest but eventually accepted the inevitable. Sadly John Purroy Mitchel became increasingly forgotten over the following years. Not even yet forty when he died, the Boy Mayor may have gone on to take the White House, perhaps becoming the first Catholic to assume the presidency decades before John F. Kennedy.
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1. Ignoring or not understanding the parameters of implied volatility versus historical volatility can lead to big losses: Implied volatility is used by options traders to gauge whether an option is expensive or cheap. The future volatility (likely trading range) is shown by using the data points.
A high implied volatility normally signifies a bearish market. When there is fear in the marketplace, perceived risks sometimes drive prices higher. This correlates with an expensive option. A low implied volatility often correlates with a bullish market.
Historical volatility, which can be plotted on a chart, should also be studied closely so as to make a comparison to the current implied volatility measures being calculated.
2. Ignoring the odds and probabilities associated with options trading can be a recipe for loss: The market will not always perform according to the trends displayed by the history of the underlying stock. A belief that leveraging capital, by buying cheap options, helps alleviate a loss due to an expected major move by a stock, can certainly be overrated by traders not adhering to the rules of odds and probabilities. Such an approach, in the end, could cause a major loss.
Odds are simply describing the likelihood that an event will or will not occur. Whereas, probability is a ratio based on the likelihood that an event or an outcome will, or will not, occur.
Investors should remember that cheap options are often cheap for a reason. The option is priced according to the statistical expectation of its underlying stock's potential. Therefore trading outside this option strike price, which is based around a time frame, requires cautious consideration.
3. Neglecting a cheap option's delta by ignoring its intrinsic value at expiration time is not a smart move: A delta refers to the ratio comparing the change in the price of the underlying asset to the corresponding change in the price of a derivative. If the delta is close to 1.00, a call option would be appropriate. If the delta is closer to negative 1.00, then a put option is the play. It is more opportunistic to select higher-delta options as they are more in line with (have similar behavior with) the underlying stock. This, in turn, means that there is a possibility of quicker gain in value as the stock starts to move.
4. Not selecting appropriate time frames or expiration dates can be a problem: An option with a longer time frame will cost more than one with a shorter time frame – due to the fact that there is more time available allowing for the stock to move in the anticipated direction. The lure of a cheap front-month contract can, at times, be irresistible, but at the same time, it can be disastrous if the movement of the shares does not accommodate the expectation for the option purchased. Another consideration is that it is also difficult for some options traders to psychologically handle the stock movement over a longer period of time – as a stock movement will go through a series of ups and downs, consolidation periods, etc. – causing the value of the option to change accordingly.
5. Sentiment analysis (another overlooked area) helps determine if the current trend of a stock will continue: Observing short interest, analyst ratings and put activity is a definite step in the right direction in being able to better judge a future stock movement.
6. Relying on guesswork in regard to a stock movement can be a mistake: Whether the stock goes up, down or sideways, when purchasing options, ignoring the underlying stock analysis and the technical indicators is a big error of judgment. Easy profits have usually been accounted for by the market; therefore, it is necessary to use technical indicators and analyze the underlying stock, so the timing of the options trade is appropriate to the situation.
7. Another area often overlooked is the extrinsic value and intrinsic value of an option: Extrinsic value, rather than intrinsic value, is the true determinant of the cost of an options contract. As the expiration of the option approaches, the extrinsic value will diminish and eventually reach zero.
8. Commissions can get out-of-hand: Brokers are keen to have clients who wish to buy cheap options – the more cheap options that are bought, the more commission the broker will make.
9. Not using protective stop losses can be detrimental to capital preservation: Many traders of cheap options forego this facility and instead prefer to hold the option until it either comes to fruition or let it go until it reaches zero. Usually, this type of pattern relates to laziness or an acute fear of risk – and with this mindset, the trader really should not be trading options at all, let alone cheap options.
Traders that take this approach are the ones that avoid proactive trading, and instead, allow the market to consistently make their decisions for them by taking them out of the trade at the time of expiration. This pattern of behavior frequently leads to a downward spiral of increasing losses, which the trader may seek to ignore by dodging phone calls and discarding unread statements. All of this clearly equates to a highly detrimental perspective on trading options.
10. Sound strategy is often overlooked by novice options traders: New options traders tend to start trading on the wrong side of the spectrum, due to the lack of knowledge and insight, as they aim for pie-in-the-sky profits without a good comprehension of the realities of trading.
11. Succumbing to the lure of cheap out-of-the-money options is really easy to do: However, what seems cheap isn't always a great deal. While buying out of the money options can be a profitable strategy, the probability of making money should be evaluated against other strategies, such as simply buying the underlying stock, or buying in the money or closer to the money options.
Both novice and experienced options traders can make costly mistakes when trading in cheap options. Do not assume that cheap options offer the same value as undervalued or low‑priced options. Of all options, cheap options can have the greatest risk of a 100 percent loss as the cheaper the option, the lower the likelihood is that it will reach expiration in the money. Before taking risks on cheap options, do your research and avoid overpaying where you shouldn't be. To get a head start, take a look at Investopedia's list of the best options brokers so you can have more confidence investing your money.