Happy New Year everyone! I know it's been a little while since I posted anything, but the GOOD NEWS is I haven't had anything interesting to report about my health in recent months because ALL IS WELL!
So, I thought I'd share with you how well received this blog has been – and that's all because of you guys! As we move into 2011, I continue to be so very grateful for my perfect health, and especially for my friends, family and "angels" (both real and ethereal), and for the gift of another year to be on this path of living life as fully as possible.
In 2010, there were 29 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 89 posts. There were 85 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 11mb. That's about 2 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was January 5th with 186 views. The most popular post that day was OMG! Cancer Free!.
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So, here's to a very healthy New Year for all of us! Thanks so much for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers over the past year (and more). I know without a doubt that all that love helped heal me and keep me healthy. Many blessings to everyone for 2011.
On Monday I had the dreaded colonoscopy. In case you don't want to read all the following details, I'm just going to go ahead and give y'all the "bottom line" (no pun in this case!): The results were perfect. No polyps, no nothing. Just a healthy colon. Thank God!
When I called to schedule the colonoscopy, I asked if there was a specific gastroenterologist at The Endoscopy Center who did the procedure on patients with a colostomy. They told me all of their doctors had experience doing them with colostomy patients. Dr. Hoverson, who discovered my tumor during my first colonoscopy in June 2009, had been very compassionate with me then, so I asked for him. Unfortunately, the only time slot he had was at 2:30 PM. Having been through the awful cleaning-out process several times last year, I knew an afternoon appointment would not be fun – I'd be starving and dehydrated and grouchy if I had to wait until 2:30. But, my desire to have a doctor I felt comfortable with outweighed my desire to have an early appointment so I agreed to the 2:30 time slot.
Before I hung up, I somehow thought to ask if the prep was the same for colostomy patients. The woman I spoke with said it was, but she would ask Dr. Hoverson if I could have the "Half-Lytely" solution instead of the full "Go-Lytely" prep. When my paperwork and prescription arrived in the mail a few days later I was happy to see they were prescribing the "Half-Lytely" (half as much to drink!).
So, after breakfast on Sunday morning, nothing but clear liquids for the rest of the day. In the afternoon I took the pills that come with the Half-Lytely, then began drinking the solution in the evening. I'm sorry, but that stuff is vile! I'd drink eight ounces as quickly as I could, then set the timer for 10 minutes. It felt more like 2 minutes when the timer would go off and I'd have to drink 8 more ounces. After a while you just can't get the stuff down very quickly so the 10 minute intervals begin to feel like about 30 seconds.
I was also naive enough to think that since I had an ostomy bag, I wouldn't necessarily have to run to the bathroom every few moments. Duh! The bag would fill up in a matter of seconds and I'd have to empty it quickly before the next round! It got to where no sooner would I get the bag emptied, clean the pouch up, and wash my hands – before the bag was full again! Of course it was also rapidly becoming liquid, which my ostomy pouch is not really designed for. Emptying it soon became a very, very messy affair. One unfortunate incident occurred when the contents of the bag spurted out all over the place in the bathroom: on the floor, on the little bath rug, on the outside of the toilet, on my clothes, on my thighs and hands – everywhere! If it hadn't been so disgusting, it might have been hilarious to witness me trying desperately to clean everything up while also trying to keep the bag from spilling "liquid stool" all over again – all the while stripping off my soiled clothes and trying not to pass out from the stench!
The whole thing seems rather inhumane. Of course, somehow I survived. On Monday morning I could still have clear liquids until 8:30 AM, but then nothing – not even water – until after the procedure. I had a cup of tea and took my last sip at 8:31. It was a long, long time until 2:30.
Carol created this wonderful flagstone walkway in my front yard while she's been staying with me!
My friend Carol, who's been staying at my house for a few days while she waits to move into her new casita on Oct. 1st, agreed to be my "driver" for the appointment. (They will not do the procedure if you don't have a "driver" waiting there for you during the entire appointment). I came up with some errands for us to do just to get us out of the house and occupied instead of sitting around waiting. We finished up the errands and still had almost an hour before we needed to be at The Endoscopy Center. It occurred to me that there was a labyrinth nearby at the Museum of International Folk Art, so we headed up to Museum Hill and walked the labyrinth together. It had the wonderful effect of calming me down just in time for my appointment.
The procedure itself went very quickly. They sedated me well enough that I don't remember a thing. I awoke and it was done. I got the good news from Dr. Hoverson that all was healthy. He even said I didn't need to have another colonoscopy for three years! (Dr. Fekrazad may want me to do it annually anyway, but it was nice to hear that Dr. Hoverson thought I could wait even longer.) I got dressed and Carol helped me to the car – I was still groggy and my legs were a little rubbery – but I was clear enough to know I wanted something to eat!
We went to Pranzo and had a wonderful Italian meal of bruschetta, caprese salad, and risotto with shitake mushrooms and asparagus. Okay, we also had just a little wine (even though I read a notice before my appointment that said I probably shouldn't have any alcohol for 24 hours if I was sedated for the procedure). We were home by 6:30 and I was sound asleep before 7:00 PM.
So, that was it. The dreaded colonoscopy!
Next up: a PET Scan on Wednesday, October 6.
Shame on me for not posting anything in August! It was such a monumental month for me in 2009, but – happily – August 2010 was uneventful, at least health-wise.
The best part of the whole month was spending five glorious days in Ouray, Colorado with five beautiful women who've been like sisters to me (we all worked together at Kindred Spirit in Key West and have since scattered ourselves around the country). All of us have not been together at the same time for more than three years, so it was quite a reunion! It was also the first time I've been away from home since before I was diagnosed last summer. So, as you might have guessed, the trip was very healing for me – mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, if not physically (considering the quantities of beer, wine, Margaritas and Bloody Mary's that were ingested).
Now that more than a year has passed since my diagnosis, it's time to start having a bunch of annual tests done to make sure I'm continuing to be cancer-free. The first is a CT Scan, scheduled for Tuesday, September 7. I had blood drawn today at Christus/St. Vincent Hospital in preparation for next week's scan.
Then, on Monday, September 27, I'll have a colonoscopy. I'm a little nervous about it since it will be the first one since my colostomy. They'll perform the exam by going in through my stoma – which doesn't seem like it would be all that bad, but it's still kinda scary since I have yet to put anything in there! Plus, if you've ever done the prep for a colonoscopy, you know how, uh, explosive it can be. I'm not exactly looking forward to that new experience with my colostomy either!
After those two tests are complete, I'll see my oncologist Dr. Fekrazad again to go over the results. In the meantime, I have an appointment on Friday with my surgeon, Dr. Brown, who checks me out every three months – whether I need it or not!
The only other "medical" thing going on is that I'm now seeing a physical therapist who is working with me on the urinary incontinence issues that have developed as a result of the radiation, chemo & surgery. Heather is an amazing therapist who is using bio-feedback techniques together with exercises in our sessions. I'm reluctant to admit that I haven't been doing my "homework" as often as I should (she's given me specific exercises to do daily at home), so I haven't seen the results that I know are possible. I guess I've gotten a bit self-indulgent after a fairly challenging year, and I let myself off the hook occasionally.
But, all-in-all, things are good. I'm gardening, practicing yoga, working, creating, eating & drinking. What more could I ask?
I'll keep you posted on the results of the tests as soon as I have them.
Hearing Pasha's lilting Irish voice read these lines aloud was all the "stress reduction" I needed! I could have left right then and would have felt that I got something incredibly valuable from the class! But, of course, we went on to discuss a few stress management tools like "thought awareness" and "creating an inner sanctuary" – all very helpful in their way.
For me, though, just being reminded how any moment of our choosing can be its own New Beginning – that was enough.
One year ago today I was unexpectedly spending the night in the hospital for the first time in my life.
And here I am, one hellish year later – having come through chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and numerous other medical procedures and indignities – thanking God that I'm still here today and healthy.
Yesterday was my 49th birthday. I'm tickled to report that it was one of the best ever! My sweetheart Tim and I decided to take a leisurely drive from Santa Fe to Taos by way of what's commonly referred to as "the High Road." We stopped in Chimayo (where some people report spontaneous healings at the Santuario) for a remarkable lunch at Rancho de Chimayo. We sat on the patio under an umbrella and ate the most delicious authentic New Mexican food – I had chicken enchiladas with green chile while Tim had chiles rellenos smothered in even more green chile. When our server learned it was my birthday, a very tasty flan was delivered to the table.
We stopped along the way taking photos and enjoying the spectacular northern New Mexican scenery. In Las Trampas, we spent some time marveling at the San José de Gracia Church which was built in 1760. While Tim took photos of vintage trucks in Taos and Arroyo Seco, I stayed with my theme of snapping shots of church crosses against the blue sky. At the Rio Grande Gorge bridge, I delighted in leaning over the side looking down at the river hundreds of feet below while Tim nervously reached out to hold the railing – all white-knuckled. I bought a beautiful blue tea bowl from Rottenstone Pottery to add to my growing collection of handmade tea bowls.
As if lunch wasn't terrific enough, we had dinner at Graham's Grille near the Plaza in Taos. It's become one of our favorite restaurants. Tim almost always gets the calamari appetizer and the duck entrée. This time, I had a dish of pappardelle noodles with goat cheese, mushrooms and spinach that was superb!
The long, lovely day combined with a nice glass of red wine with dinner made me content enough to doze most of the way home while Tim dutifully stayed alert to drive. It was such a wonderful day of sight-seeing, eating, photographing and laughing – but the part I cherish the most was spending it together being thankful for the gift of another day.
I received the call telling me I had cancer on July 17, 2009. This year on July 17, I intend to spend the day creating more of my assemblage angels and being utterly grateful for the chance to do so.


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July 2, 2021 In 2021 The Uluru Statement
RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly
The Uluru Statement from the Heart wins the 2021 Sydney Peace Prize Today marks the beginning of Reconciliation week, a yearly reminder of the effort needed still to bridge the gap between black and white Australians and to recognise First Nations
Uluru Statement winning Sydney Peace Prize is 'recognition' of achievement
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says the Uluru Statement from the Heart winning the 2021 Sydney Peace prize was recognition of the Statement and all who contributed to it. "This is a recognition of the Statement and all of the people
May 31, 2021 In 2021 The Uluru Statement, Peace Blog
The 'powerful and historic' Uluru Statement from the Heart has been awarded the Sydney Peace Prize
The Uluru Statement from the Heart has been recognised for its "clear and comprehensive agenda for healing and peace", as advocates call for government action on a referendum. The Uluru Statement from the Heart has been awarded the Sydney Peace Prize,
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Sign language recognition by image analysis /
Büyüksaraç, Buket
The Sign Language Recognition (SLR) Problem is a highly important research topic, because of its ability to increase the interaction between the people who are hearing-impaired or impediment in speech. However there are several limitations of the existing methods. Most applications need different necessities like making the user wear multi-colored or sensor based gloves or usage of a specific camera. We propose a simple but robust system that can be used without the need of any specific accessories. The proposed system consists of three main steps. First we apply segmentation to the face and hand region by using Fuzzy C-Means Clustering (FCM) and Thresholding. FCM is a clustering technique which employs fuzzy partitioning, in an iterative algorithm. After the face and hands are segmented, the feature vectors are extracted. The feature vectors are chosen among the low level features such as the bounding ellipse, bounding box, and center of mass coordinates, since they are known to be more robust to segmentation errors due to low resolution images. In total there are 23 features for each hand. After the feature vectors are extracted, they are used for recognition with discrete Hidden Markov Model (HMM). Recognition stage is composed of two stages, namely training and classification. The Baum Welch algorithm is used for HMM training. In classification part the likelihood of each HMM is calculated and the HMM with the highest likelihood is chosen. In order to measure the success rate of the system, user-dependent and independent tests were conducted for 10 Turkish Sign Language gesture and the system is shown to be working with 85.8% accuracy in the user independent case and 100% in user dependent case.
Sign language., Computer vision., Image analysis., Image processing., Image processing
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Sign Language Recognition By Image Analysis
Buyuksarac, Buket; Bulut, Mehmet Mete; Akar, Gözde (2016-05-19)
The Sign Language Recognition (SLR) Problem is a highly important research topic, because of its ability to increase the interaction between the people who are hearing-impaired or impediment in speech. We propose a simple but robust system. The proposed system consists of three main steps. First we apply segmentation to the face and hand region by using Fuzzy C-Means Clustering (FCM) and Thresholding. FCM is a clustering technique which employs fuzzy partitioning, in an iterative algorithm. After the face a...
SPEECH DETECTION ON BROADCAST AUDIO
Zubari, Unal; Ozan, Ezgi Can; Acar, Banu Oskay; Çiloğlu, Tolga; Esen, Ersin; Ates, Tugrul K.; Onur, Duygu Oskay (2010-08-27)
Speech boundary detection contributes to performance of speech based applications such as speech recognition and speaker recognition. Speech boundary detector implemented in this study works on broadcast audio as a pre-processor module of a keyword spotter. Speech boundary detection is handled in 3 steps. At first step, audio data is segmented into homogeneous regions in an unsupervised manner. After an ACTIVITY/NON-ACTIVITY decision is made for each region, ACTIVITY regions are classified as Speech/Non-spe...
A Low cost learning based sign language recognition system
Akış, Abdullah Hakan; Akar, Gözde; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2018)
Sign Language Recognition (SLR) is an active area of research due to its important role in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). The aim of this work is to automatically recognize hand gestures consisting of the movement of hand, arm and fingers. To achieve this, we studied two different approaches, namely feature based recognition and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) based recognition. The first approach is based on segmentation, feature extraction and classification whereas the second one is based on segme...
Finite-state sign language morphophonology
Sevinç, Ayça Müge; Bozşahin, Hüseyin Cem; Department of Cognitive Sciences (2015)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the computational power required for processing sign language morphophonology. This dissertation focuses on the objective of reducing autosegmental representations and rules defined by three sign language phonology models, namely, Movement-Hold Model (Liddell & Johnson, 1989), Hand-Tier Model (Sandler, 1989, 1990), and Prosodic Model (Brentari, 1998), to finite state machinery. By adopting Autosegmental Phonology framework (Goldsmith, 1976), these models are capable ...
Hierarchical representations for visual object tracking by detection
Beşbınar, Beril; Alatan, Abdullah Aydın; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2015)
Deep learning is the discipline of training computational models that are composed of multiple layers and these methods have improved the state of the art in many areas such as visual object detection, scene understanding or speech recognition. Rebirth of these fairly old computational models is usually related to the availability of large datasets, increase in the computational power of current hardware and more recently proposed unsupervised training methods that exploit the internal structure of very lar...
B. Büyüksaraç, "Sign language recognition by image analysis /," M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2015.


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(4) Individual and group presentations.
(5) Community-based book signing events.
(1) Fosters critical thinking in student authors.
(2) Teaches students to practice effective problem solving.
(3) Instructs students on creating an outline for their writing project.
(4) Teaches students to develop promotional and advertising tools.
(5) Provides students with an understanding of how to create a literary character and an engaging plot.
(e) A grant recipient shall collect and provide to the California State Library, on a reporting schedule set by the California State Library, any information sought by the library, including achieving the outcomes listed in Section 54801 and the reporting data described in Section 54803.
(1) The extent to which the project accomplished the outcomes described in Section 54801.
(2) Demographic data about program participants, disaggregated by race, gender, foster youth, and English learners.
(b) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subdivision (a) is inoperative on January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(a) (1) The California State Library shall provide grant awards for purposes of this article to nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and local educational entities that have demonstrated experience in providing similar literacy programs to children in extremely low-income communities.
(2) The California State Library shall select grant recipients for the California Student Author Program with the participation goal of at least 1,000 public school-age students, cumulatively, over the course of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years.
(b) A grant recipient shall use the funds awarded pursuant to this article only for the purposes described in this article.
(c) The California State Library may use up to 3 percent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this article for administrative costs.


Future Education and Research Trust, a registered non-profit educational trust, was created in 2001with an aim to provide wide angled education in the fields of technology and management. The founder trustees are Dr. Mousumi Ghosh who after resigning from her Finance Faculty position in Indian Institute of Management Calcutta joined Team Future and Mr. Silajit Ghosh a professional Chartered and Cost Accountant with an extensive industry experience, the latest being with Price Waterhouse Coopers.
Today, Team Future spans across education, publishing and healthcare verticals with a group net worth of over 100 cores. The Team continues to strive towards using the best resources available to achieve inclusive learning and innovations.


In this episode, I discuss the importance of getting out in nature and spending time in nature a part of your regular practice.
Nature is an eloquent teacher and connecting to nature is monumental to gaining an understanding of your Pagan path. There are a variety of ways you can get yourself connected to nature. You don't have to live in a rural area or near large parks. Find a location that resonates with you and spend as much time there as you can.
Perhaps your area for connecting to nature is a short trail behind your office, or in a small local park. Maybe it is sitting under your favorite tree listening to the birds sing. Perhaps you are fortunate enough to live in a rural area, and you have access to a forest you can explore. Look around for your resources and make an effort to spend time in nature every day.
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The company stands out for having a supply chain which is entirely organic. Through years of work, Monterosso has managed to enter the world of biodiversity, a dynamic market, both nationally and internationally.
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KDE Signs the User Data Manifesto 2.0
Submitted by Jonathan Riddell
KDE, through its legal body KDE e.V., is one of the launch partners and initial signatories of the User Data Manifesto 2.0. The User Data Manifesto defines basic rights for people to control their own data in the internet age:
Control over user data access
Knowledge of how the data is stored
Freedom to choose a platform
KDE e.V. President Lydia Pintscher explains "I believe that in today's world where more and more of our daily life depends on technology it is crucial that people have control over that technology. You should be empowered to know what your technology does and you should be empowered to influence it. This is at the core of Free Software. Unfortunately it is not at the core of most of the technology people interact with every day – quite the opposite – walled gardens and locks wherever you look with few exceptions.
"KDE is working hard to provide you with technology that you control every single day so you are empowered and the one ultimately in charge of your technology, data and life – the basis for freedom for many today. This is written down in the first sentence of our manifesto: "We are a community of technologists, designers, writers and advocates who work to ensure freedom for all people through our software."
"Do you want to join us in providing more people with more access to Free technology? Today is a good day!
Nice to see as GNOME apps seem to go the other way
This is good. Recent GNOME apps such as "Music", "Photos" and "Boxes" all are locked down and won't let you configure where your data is stored. Hopefully they will reverse this trend. It's hard to share when it's like that.
By George at Wed, 2015/10/07 - 10:52pm


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Kurnell family left to mop up after wild weather hits Sydney home for second time in a month
By Jackson Vernon
Updated January 15, 2016 17:14:53
Photo: Michelle stands in her home at Kurnell in the wake of a storm that swept through Sydney. (ABC News: Jackson Vernon)
Related Story: Power restored to thousands after deadly storms slam NSW
Related Story: Disaster appeal set up for Kurnell residents affected by tornado
Related Story: Clean-up underway after tornado wreaks havoc in Sydney's south
Map: Kurnell 2231
A southern Sydney family have suffered their latest "crushing" blow after their home was damaged by a wild storm for the second time in less than a month on Thursday night.
Michelle and Frank Partlic's Kurnell house was one of the houses damaged when the Sutherland Shire suburb was rocked by wild weather yesterday.
On December 17 last year a tornado devastated the area, with winds measuring up to 213 kilometres an hour leaving 25 homes severely damaged.
The storm last night brought tarps off damaged roofs, seeing many homes waterlogged again and leaving dozens of residents, including the Partlics, to mop up.
The family had already been reeling because their house was not insured and they had sold the property a day before the tornado, but the buyer has now pulled out of the sale.
"We couldn't give them the property when settlement was due so he had every right to pull out," Ms Partlic said.
She said the effect of the wild weather meant they were now back to the start of the recovery, with flooding in the bedrooms and dining rooms.
"This is probably the worst it's been since the tornado," she said.
"We haven't had this sort of water come in so far so the rain must have been really, really heavy last night.
"It is crushing because the house was starting to dry out and the walls were starting to dry out.
"Then this morning you come and see all this water and then all the walls are just going to start swelling again and it's going to take a while for it to dry out.
"It's heartbreaking but you have just got to be positive and eventually it will get fixed."
Extra storm damage 'may be worse'
Steve Wilson was another Kurnell resident who spent the day cleaning up.
Photo: Steve Wilson cleans up his home in Kurnell, in Sydney's south, after a storm. (ABC News: Jackson Vernon)
He rushed to his home before the storm hit to try to cover exposed windows but was unable to stop the water.
"The tarp has blown off so all the roof is exposed again and all the water damage is back and probably a little bit worse," he said.
He said he was now worried about how much extra the recovery was going to cost after the latest storm.
"It was dried out. The assessors have already been in and done their quotes to the insurance company so now that the water is back in the house, there could be more damage possibly," he said.
"They've said the roof has got to go, the ceiling has got to go but now that water is coming in more I don't know what other damage there is to the walls.
"Overall the builders and insurance companies have done quite a good job out here under the circumstances."
The latest figures from the Insurance Council of Australia show more than 4,000 claims from the Sydney tornado have been lodged, totalling more than $200 million.
Photo: A tree collapsed into a home at Mount Druitt, in Sydney's west. (ABC News: Dean Asher)
Photo: Storm damage at Rockdale in south Sydney on the Princes Highway. (ABC News: Ruby Cornish)
Photo: A fallen tree at Oatley landed next to a car in a school zone. (Audience submitted: Keith Begg)
Photo: A tree is down in a front yard at Oatley, after a severe storm hits New South Wales, including Sydney and the Hunter region. (Audience submitted: Keith Begg)
Photo: Passengers at Hurstville Railway Station, in Sydney's south, were unable to board a train due to delays. (ABC News: John Gunn)
Photo: A severe weather warning was issued for Sydney, the Hunter and other parts of NSW. (Supplied: Twitter: Dr Sally @sisandpet )
Photo: Wild weather caused trees to fall at Berkeley Vale on the NSW Central Coast. (Supplied: Fire and Recue NSW)
Photo: A power pole was damaged at Berkeley Vale, on the NSW Central Coast, after a storm hit the area. (Supplied: Fire and Rescue NSW)
Photo: Strong winds brought trees down at Schofields in Sydney's west on Thursday. (ABC News: Mark Reddie)
Photo: Homes in Kurnell, damaged in a tornado last month, had tarps ripped off in a storm that swept through Sydney. (ABC News: Jackson Vernon)
Photo: Wild weather in Sydney ripped a tarp off a home in Kurnell, just a month after it was damaged in a tornado. (ABC News: Jackson Vernon)
Gallery: Wild weather hits Sydney and the Hunter region
Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, weather, storm-event, kurnell-2231, nsw, australia, sutherland-2232
First posted January 15, 2016 16:45:02
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The I Corps band from Joint Base Lewis-McChord performed before and after the color guard presented the flag during a ritual of silent dignity. Old Glory was elevated to the top of the flag pole and as it flapped in the breeze, against the cloudless sky, the effect was as stirring as it was stunning.
Elsewhere, workers still were applying last-minute touch ups. Literally, as in a coat of white paint for the hand railings along the stairs outside the media center.
Early-arrival competitors got some warm-up rounds in and had access to the range and putting green, but their practice was closed to the public. That didn't prevent 20-minute long waits for shuttle buses transporting customers to the merchandise tent in the "Spectator Square" district of the park's central meadow.
A prediction: The 115th U.S. Open will be, oh, about five times more secure than the 114 Opens that preceded it.
Bags larger than 6 inches by 6 inches are prohibited, a measure that forced some fans with purses and handbags Sunday to return to their cars.
"If you came here with a pocket knife, either take it back to your vehicle or it will not be your pocket knife anymore," informed a security-service employee, apparently more experienced at working as a dive-bar bouncer than at the check-in gate for a golf tournament.
Seriously? A heads-up warning to keep those knives in the car?
Then again, I haven't attended a major championship since the 2013 U.S. Open at the Olympic Club outside San Francisco. Perhaps there's been a subtle shift in the traditional golf-fan demographic, from financial analysts and sales reps to outlaw bikers.
Because I had a print out of a temporary press credential enabling me to pick up an actual press credential, I was allowed to carry in a bag quite larger than 6 inches by 6 inches. It contained a laptop, a windbreaker and a newspaper sports section.
Windbreakers as contraband items, that's a new one. But I get it: Zero tolerance. Fortunately, I doubt I'll be needing a windbreaker at Chambers Bay, where it appears the weather will be more telegenic than it was for the only other USGA event held on the course, the 2010 U.S. Amateur.
Rain wasn't a factor, but I recall overcast conditions during the final round that suggested rain could be a factor. And while some inclement weather wouldn't trouble USGA executive director Mike Davis — he believes an Open champion ought to be a man for all seasons — perfect weather gives the Puget Sound a crystal-blue glow.
For USGA president O'Toole, who is from St. Louis — where the weather is comfortable for six minutes in the spring and eight minutes in the fall — Chambers Bay must look like a piece of blue heaven.
A magical week awaits. When University Place resident Michael Putnam puts the first tee shot in play at 7 a.m. Thursday, the paint will be dry, the shuttle service will be efficient, the sun will be in cloud burn-out mode and spectators will be forewarned.
Keep those knives in the car.


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Q: Error passing strings as pointers, cannot assign const char* to char* I am learning C++ from a textbook (C++: A Beginnners Guide, Second Edition, Herbert Schildt).  The following program code is from the book, but results in error, can someone please explain to me why this is not allowed?
The aim is to demonstrate a pointer as a parameter:
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

char *get_substr(char *sub, char *str); //function prototype

int main()
{
    char *substr;
    substr = get_substr("three", "one two three four");

    cout << "substring found: " << substr;

    return 0;
}

I'll not list the function body because it goes as you would expect, but even if it just returns zero, this results in the following error:
E0167   argument of type "const char *" is incompatible with parameter of type "char *", referencing the function call. My understanding is a string is basically an array of char in C anyway, why is this not allowed, and what is  a suitable alternative?  Thank you in advance.

A: Your book is old and doesn't conform to the standard anymore, as char* litterals must be const since C++11:
const char *get_substr(const char *sub, const char *str);

Have a look at the curated C++ book list.

A: String literals like "three" are of const char [N] data-type.
The arguments passed are not compliant with C++11 standards.
The following usage should fix your issue
const char *get_substr(const char *sub, const char *str);

Here is a quick guide for you
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-const-char-p-char-const-p-const-char-const-p/

A: Your compiler complains because you are feeding a string literal to a function that may want to modify it.
Presumably, your get_substr() function does not modify the input string, nor the string you are looking for (either of the parameters).
If you know this about your function, you can change its prototype to
const char *get_substr(const char *sub, const char *str);

This has following effects:

*

*the compiler will complain if you try to modify either of the strings in the body of the function

*the compiler will be free to assume that your function does not change the data and will not complain when you use const data (such as literals) as parameters for the function

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What is the education sector looking for? How a digital marketing strategy can help you achieve your goals? It is clear that the main objective for schools and educational centers is to offer the best education, through various curricula that form integral citizens capable of creating a more critical and better-prepared society.
No matter the school grade, what is really valuable is that the education sector is able to provide real value to society, transmitting knowledge and good actions to their students.
But of course this is not possible without students, that is why the challenge of the education sector is to attract new and better students, willing to optimize and take advantage of knowledge.
But to achieve this, it is necessary that the education and training centers make some changes in their operating models.
Society has changed drastically and education is not a product that is sold for its packaging, but for its long-term results.
Remember that we are in a time when customers no longer arrive alone, today it is necessary to be noticed and tell them that we are here to offer the best option in education but being careful not to exceed the limit, because the marketing that the education sector needs It should not be invasive, on the contrary, it should provide the same value that you offer your students.
Society today and as time progresses is increasingly diverse. We speak of a society made up of a great cultural diversity: different languages, different religions, homoparental couples, children connected to the network every day at a younger age, economic crisis, and many other factors that determine today's society.
The challenge is to create a marketing strategy for the education sector able to put before the needs of society, only then you can offer different things within the competition and the parents of future students or new students will make the decision to choose you ; keep in mind that, not being an educational institution, you will have assured success.
We have before us more capable consumers, more aware and who increasingly demand more attention.
In the education sector, it could not be the exception, since consumers are not only students, parents are increasingly aware of their children's education and the fulfillment of the curriculum, that is, that the service they hired is exactly the one they are receiving.
In this way, we have that the marketing strategy for the education sector should be focused on the parents, who during most of the student years of their children will be the ones who decide which is the best option.
The increase in the demand for attention by consumers resulted in personalized marketing, based on emotions and experiences.
In the education sector is more complex and very interesting, will there be more excitement for parents than choosing the best place for the care and learning of their children?
Surely not, in schools will be where they discover many things and acquire new knowledge, are the foundations for a successful life, here lies the importance of reaching a good school.
But part of the marketing that must be done for education is based on experience, how are you going to create good experiences for your new students? Through a personalized strategy made and carried out by experts in the field.
Although all the institutions belonging to the naked eye education sector offer the same services, you must be sure that this is not the case and find the value offer that you should emphasize in the communication.
Maybe they are violin classes or some other extracurricular activity that influences and improves the concentration of children.
You must commit to the marketing strategy because it is useless to "promise" if you are not willing to fulfill it.
It is important to bear in mind that an educational institution is responsible for the children during a great amount of time, it is normal for parents to want to be in constant and direct communication with the school.
So we recommend you to maintain accessibility, understanding, and attention towards them.
What is the future of Marketing in Social Networks?


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Q: StrSplit in Pig functions Can Some one explain me on getting this below output in Pigscript
my input file is below
a.txt
aaa.kyl,data,data
bbb.kkk,data,data
cccccc.hj,data,data
qa.dff,data,data

I am writing the pig script like this
A = LOAD 'a.txt' USING PigStorage(',') AS(a1:chararray,a2:chararray,a3:chararray);
B = FOREACH A GENERATE FLATTEN(STRSPLIT(a1)),a2,a3;

I dont know how to proceed with this..
i need out put like this below.Basically  i need all chars after the dot symbol in the first atom
(kyl,data,data)
(kkk,data,data)
(hj,data,data)
(dff,data,data)

Can some one give me the code for this

A: You can try with STRSPLIT() by following,
A = LOAD 'C:\\Users\\Ren\\Desktop\\file' USING PigStorage(',') AS(a1:chararray,a2:chararray,a3:chararray);

B = foreach A generate SUBSTRING(a1,INDEXOF(a1,'.',0)+1,(int)SIZE(a1)),a2,a3;

A: Here is what you need to do -
Here is an escaping problem in the pig parsing routines when it encounters the dot as its considered as an operator refer this link for more information Dot Operator.
You can use a unicode escape sequence for a dot instead: \u002E. However this must also be slash escaped and put in a single quoted string.
The below code will do the work for you and you can fine tune it as per your convenience -
A = LOAD 'a.txt' USING PigStorage(',') AS(a1:chararray,a2:chararray,a3:chararray);
B = FOREACH A GENERATE FLATTEN(STRSPLIT(a1,'\\u002E')) as (a1:chararray, a1of1:chararray),a2,a3;
C = FOREACH B GENERATE a1of1,a2,a3;

Hope this helps.

A: A = LOAD 'a.txt' USING PigStorage(',') AS(a1:chararray,a2:chararray,a3:chararray);

B = FOREACH A GENERATE FLATTEN(STRSPLIT(a1,'.')),a2,a3;

This will seperate a1 into 2 parts which is before dot and after dot, from this you can select after dot operator.
C = foreach B generate $1,$2,$3;

where $1 is after Dot operator


Why do so many business transformation initiatives fail?
In transformation, sometimes you have to go slow to go fast.
Some companies achieve breakthrough performance results from their transformation initiatives, but they are rare. In companies of all sizes and industries, transformation journeys have a very high degree of failure. They fail because of organizational pushback, like tissue rejection in an organ transplant. What enables the successful companies to get beyond the pushback? In working with and observing many companies trying to achieve a transformation, it's clear to me that approach is the issue.
Typically, the initiative starts with a visionary executive who has a vision of driving big change in performance and a big transformation. Then the company hires an outside service provider or consultant and moves straight into putting its transformational agenda in place. But the project grinds to a halt when it encounters employee and manager behaviors based on the WIIFM ("What's in it for me?") principle.
WIIFM is the enemy of transformation. Let's take an automation program for example. When you try to digitize a workflow, what makes sense for the company probably doesn't make sense for the individuals that will have to identify the opportunities and work with the automation to get it stood up or manage it. And WIIFM means the individuals in the business process will be either automated out of existence or will have to work in the new digital world.
Yes, a transformation project may cut across the interests of employees or managers; but more often than not, the bigger problem is that it isn't well explained up front.
Building belief is essential to a successful transformation. Consequently, it makes sense initially to go slow. By going slow, you ensure that everyone in the organization understands and buys into the need for change and understands how they will meet the change before you start making major investments in technology and ecosystem adjustment.
If you start down the path of trying to enable the change before enough stakeholders understand where the project is going, you've built enough belief as to why you need the change, and that the change is possible, then you'll run a very high risk of pushback and debilitating, passive-aggressive behavior.
Spending time up front to build that belief is well worth it. If you spend enough time to build the support from not only the senior stakeholders but on down into other levels of the organization, it will dramatically improve the chances for success.
No matter what the company's objectives are for transformation, if you start in on a detailed plan without support at all levels of the organization, the initiative may achieve early gains but will fall dramatically short of the desired end goal. Sometimes you have to go slow in order to go fast.


Ever wanted to be able to restart your application from within your app? Look no further than this tutorial.
This tutorial shows you how to add a custom view to the top right-hand corner of the window chrome, a la iCal.
The definitive guide on creating themes for Bluebird.
This document is a conversion guide for converting Bluebird themes designed for 1.0 Beta 1 to themes that will work with 1.0 Beta 1.1 and later.


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Quest is an American digital multicast television network owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in travel, historical, science, and adventure-focused documentary and reality series aimed at adults between the ages of 25 and 54.

The network, which broadcasts in 480i standard definition, is available in several large and mid-sized markets via digital subchannel affiliations with broadcast television stations. Stations have the option of placing their Quest-affiliated subchannels on cable television providers serving their market (via existing carriage agreements for local broadcast stations) to provide additional local coverage.

History
The formation of Quest was announced on November 7, 2017, as a partnership between Cooper Media (a company formed at that same time to serve as the owner of Quest and its sister network, Justice Network) and Tegna Inc. The network was given an expected launch date of January 2018. Tegna tapped several of its 46 owned or operated television stations to serve as the network's charter affiliates, in exchange for maintaining a minority ownership stake in the network.

The network was officially launched on January 29, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time with an episode ("Air Ambush") of the 2006–08 History series Dogfights as the network's inaugural program.

In May 2019, it was announced that Tegna would be acquiring both the Justice Network and Quest.

Programming
Quest's program schedule consists of a mix of programs that originally aired on A&E, Discovery, History, Smithsonian, and truTV cable networks, as well as those which premiered in 3D (aired on Quest in traditional 2D) from the now-defunct DirecTV channel 3net:

 10 Things You Don't Know About
 America's Book of Secrets
 American Restoration
 American Underworld
 Ancient Discoveries
 Appalachian Outlaws
 Auction Kings
 Aussie Gold Hunters
 The Aviators
 Ax Men
 Backroad Bounty
 Brojects in the House
 Build It Bigger
 Cajun Pawn Stars
 Chasing Monsters
 Command Decisions
 Dangerous Flights
 The Detonators
 Dogfights
 Doomsday Preppers
 Dual Survival
 Factory Made
 Food Factory USA
 Giant Lobster Hunters
 How Booze Built America
 How to Build Everything
 How the Earth Was Made
 How the States Got Their Shapes
 How Do They Do It?
 Huge Moves
 Ice Road Truckers
 Life After People
 Live Fire
 The Lost Evidence
 Machines: How They Work
 Made by Destruction
 Massive Moves
 Mayday: Air Disaster
 Mega Builders
 Mega Movers
 Mega Shippers
 Modern Marvels
 Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters
 MonsterQuest
 Most Daring
 MysteryQuest
 Myth Hunters
 Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy
 Seconds from Disaster
 Shipping Wars
 Storage Wars: Texas
 Storm Chasers
 Unchained Reaction
 What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
 Yukon Gold

Affiliates
, Quest has affiliation agreements with television stations in 67 media markets (including 24 of the top 30) encompassing 35 states, covering 60.81% of all households with at least one television set in the United States.

When its launch was announced, the network reached a charter affiliation agreement with network co-partner Tegna, which initially planned to debut the network on 22 of its television stations. On December 20, 2017, the network signed a multi-station agreement with Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivision USA to carry its programming on five of its Univision and UniMás owned-and-operated television stations as well as one station affiliated with Justice Network.

List of affiliates

References

External links

2018 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Television networks in the United States
Companies based in Atlanta
Television channels and stations established in 2018
Quest (American TV network)
Travel television
Tegna Inc.

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The New 'Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life' Trailer is Here!
Netflix has released a brand new trailer for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life!
The trailer is showing us some insight into what to expect; we see Luke and Lorelai, Emily dealing with Richard's death, and Jess and Rory having a conversation. We also get our first glimpse of Jared Padalecki as Dean in the trailer, Melissa McCarthy's return, Matt Czuchry as Logan as well as a few other familiar faces.
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life is set to premiere on Netflix on November 25!
Tell us your thoughts on the trailer!
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Non-standard Forex patterns: special view on habitual forms
Written by Anna Collins
Category: Forex basics
The main idea of the Dow`s theory («history repeat») is constantly criticized, however, traders continue to look for on the price schedule the constructions which can be treated unambiguously and applied for the entrance to the market. We offer graphic Forex patterns demanding independent way of thinking, but increasing chances of success.
Standard graphic models are described in detail long ago, and in the market, all «see» them almost equally. Those who has no million capitals or fundamental ways of influence on the financial market should look for themselves trade advantage in the sure technical analysis and original approach to the market. We will begin with the most beautiful, rare and ambiguous:
«Diamond» Forex Pattern
Rare, but very strong «Diamond» figure (or «Rhombus») means a condition of market instability – almost equivalent periods of growth and falling, therefore, chances in both directions are considered as approximately equal. But the breakthrough, finishing model, which will be used for an entrance the market, will happen surely.
Technically the «Diamond» pattern can be divided into two sites – the extending and converging triangles with the common tops, therefore, the closed figure, which borders are considered as lines of support/resistance, turns out. A price exit out of the ready model and the opening of transactions is carried out by rules of a triangle: in case of a breakthrough of the lower bound – for sale, top − on the purchase.
The «Diamond» model is formed as a «bear» turn (down) − in the top range of the price or as a turn of the descending trend up − at the bottom of the market, and the pattern in the bull market is constructed much quicker than a figure in the basis. Just because players always sell assets much more willingly, than buy, the «top» model always contains the periods of bigger volatility. The dispersing site has to consist of three waves, at least, and the model most often comes to the end with two strong compressions. The more number of fluctuations get to a pattern zone, the more strong movement is expected at the exit. There are periods of relative consolidation inside a figure – an accumulation of small fluctuations in a central line zone.
The figure of correct «Rhombus» when the period of growth is approximately equal to the falling period will be the most reliable. On the time frames from D1 above a Forex pattern, most often, works for a turn. On the small periods, it is hard to identify «Diamond» at all, but if it appears, then with a high probability it needs to be treated as a model of trend continuation. The reliable signal requires confirmation by dynamics of trade volumes − according to the scheme which is identical to all «Diamond» options, irrespective of the direction:
At an expansion stage (the first 2-3 waves) volumes are slightly higher than the average value, and on the way to the central extremum – decrease.
On the site of the converging triangle, the growth of volumes on the lowered volatility is expected (a set of transactions in both directions).
At the time of border breakthrough the volume sharply increases (buyers and sellers hurry to open transactions in the direction of break).
The entrance to the market can be executed in several cases:
just after the breakthrough of a pattern border (for purchase – up, for sale – down), it is more reliable – after closing of a candle behind the trend line;
above/below model extreme points;
above/below the model last key point;
after a retest of the border which was broken through.
We open transactions only in case of the completely created model. Signals according to the scheme 1 and 4 are considered as the most reliable.
We place StopLosses at the level of the last extremum (short option) or under the general model extremum (more conservative option).
In case of Forex «Diamond» pattern fulfillment, the first target point settles down at distance of the general height of model (from a breakthrough point). It is recommended to transfer the transaction in the black as soon as possible and further to fix a profit gradually. The figure is fulfilled very seldom above a target point. Minimum recommended time frame for the analysis and an entrance – not below H1, for support of the transaction – not below H4.
The «Brilliant» model sizes can be rather big, but trade in the created figure is considered risky and it isn't recommended to beginners. If «Diamond» appears on the period of D1 or above, then in case of rather rigid money management it is possible to trade on the small periods according to usual techniques, but at the same time, you have to control the general model.
All options of the «Diamond» model, despite the long period of formation, are unstable constructions and can be «broken» at any time.
Forex pattern reliability decreases because of speculative volatility, especially as it is difficult to identify it, and constantly there is desire such figure visually «to finish drawing» − without the corresponding confirmation. For instance, «Head Shoulders» which gives a strong turning signal, but much later, than correct «Diamond», is very similar to such pattern. It can lead to the earlier entrance to the transaction and, as result, – to serious losses.
For real trade, a «Diamond» Forex pattern has to be created completely, fulfill necessary conditions of a trade signal and then medium-term transactions can make a quite good profit.
«The quickest» of non-standard
«Thorn» Forex Pattern
Such symmetric models are called spikes or V-shaped Top/Bottom. They look like «Hammer» candle constructions (or «Hung up»), though actually it is hypertrophied option of the «Head Shoulders» model. They work as turning, but rather problem figures – it is difficult to distinguish them from situations of usual correction, and technical indicators, such as oscillators or traditional movings, don't help with such cases because always delay real prices dynamics.
«Thorn» Forex pattern is a sharp movement of the price in the strong direction, with the same fast return to the previous level. It is usually formed during the trading day, sometimes only 2-3 price bars are necessary, and at the same time there is no consolidation of the price at all at the top (or the basis) of the model for this purpose.
Technically spikes are caused by an excess of Forex speculative transactions volume over actual exchange volumes, for instance – currency or index futures. The higher time frame on which «Thorn» is formed, the stronger it potential.
Jack Schwager was the first who has begun to analyze spikes in 1995, he has offered the first criteria of an entrance. «Thorns» reflect the real crowd psychology – spontaneous acts and panic. The speculative market reaction is supported by small players who haven't managed to enter on the first sudden throw, therefore, on kickback urgently close positions to lower losses. Fundamental factors (news, force majeure, political events) are usually the reason, the first reaction to which is too exaggerated, and after real assessment of the situation the price quickly comes back – the first short-term correction can be up to 50% of breakthrough range.
Spike range can reach hundreds of points, and on both pattern sides, there shouldn't be price fluctuations. From the point of view of Elliot`s wave theory, the «Thorn» corresponds to the extended fifth wave after which there is a turn and further the standard correctional ABC model is formed.
The model is formed very quickly, on speculative volatility and large volumes, and therefore trade is risky and nervous. Though as a result of «Thorn» formation the probability of a trend turn rather high, there are almost no accurate criteria for the definition of an entry point and the TakeProfit/StopLoss parameters. Most often «Thorn» is used as a strong auxiliary signal for the definition of the strong direction, and the entrance is carried out on more exact technical signals.
The «Thorn» Forex pattern is considered a speculative figure − before its formation there shouldn't be an essential consolidation in the market, and just before a pattern decrease in trade volumes is observed. The model amplifies if there are in the market:
a strong trend before pattern appearance;
a gap between a «Thorn» final point and the previous extremum;
the long shadow of a basic candle.
Sometimes the price can continue the movement after formation of small «Thorn», and the turn occurs on the 2-3 candle. The last extremum before model appearance is considered the support/resistance price level.
Classical StopLoss is placed above/below a final point, but not less than the 61,8% Fibo`s level of the «Thorn» range. We put the first TakeProfit on the height of «Thorn» from an entry point − we will transfer the transaction in the black, the second TakeProfit – on 2 model heights from an entry point.
The «Thorn» structure can be created as a gap (or their sequence), without obvious basic levels. The «Thorn» pattern can develop descending («bull Spike») or growing («bear Spike») trend. They still allocate expanded option of a V-shaped pattern when after the main falling some accumulation of the prices, most often, in the form of «Flag» with an inclination to the opposite side, is observed. It means that some time market participants try to hold the market from sharp growth/falling.
«The Double Thorn» can be considered as a more radical option (PipeTop/PipeBottom) – turning model from two (sometimes − several) next bars in the form of price spikes of the different direction, but about one size located in parallel each other. The optimum period for such construction – week. The turn of a trend occurs as fast as possible, without intermediate candles, the «bear» spike option is considered more reliable. If the volume on left spike is more than average level, and on right – less than average, but at the same time the right spike is longer than left – the signal amplifies.
It is difficult to trade on such figure even to professionals, and it isn't recommended to the beginning players at all. At experience, it is possible to try scalping, but only on the postponed orders and after the careful preliminary analysis. It is recommended to use a trailing for protection against losses and profit fixing, of course, if your broker moves your StopLoss after actively «running away» price in time.
Non-standard flat or
«Base» candle pattern
One more successful setup Price Action adapted for Forex from the stock market. It was called because of special price behavior which bargains in the very narrow range that reminds creation of some foundation («Base») for the subsequent strong movement. In case of correct identification breakthrough of such channel in 80% of cases will provide a stable profit, at least, on 5-10 candles after the border of «Base».
The model is formed almost on any time frame, but the most stable and «liquid» are considered H1 and H4. For trade, any assets with stable volatility are recommended.
The «Base» Forex pattern means that the market has temporarily stopped, but it hasn't fallen asleep too «deeply». Externally it looks as usual consolidation, but has several special requirements:
the strong price level is required (a cost zone) that should be confirmed with additional indicators;
«Base» range has to be really narrow − from 5 to 50 points (depending on a time frame, of course), but no more than 10-20% of the trade asset daily average volatility;
the model has to have not less than 3, but no more than 10 bars (it is optimum – 6 candles);
price dynamics has to be confirmed by characteristic volumes dynamics.
The «Base» best pattern has to have a rigid price channel, an exit of candles «body» behind its borders isn't allowed, exits of candles «tails» out of channel borders are admissible, but no more than 30% of the channel width. The entrance is usually carried out on the 3-5 candle, StopLoss is put on 5-10 points above/below than an extreme point of a candle shadow as a part of the model.
«Base» pattern coordination with ordinary technical indicators – is obligatory!
«Base» Forex pattern is fulfilled according to two standard schemes – on a border breakthrough/kickback.
On a kickback: «small» bars are accumulated near price border (without a breakthrough) and the trend (with a high probability) will be developed.
On breakthrough: the localization zone (consist of bars of approximately identical size and a look) appears after «puncture» of the key level and thus the signal on continuation is formed.
From the point of view of the market, before an exit from «Base» channel «Stops are always removed» from the estimated movement side – do you remember classical councils to put the postponed orders behind borders of a flat? Swings (bars with small «body» and big «shadow») are always appeared before breakthrough to terminate the postponed orders which have «collected» during weak volatility.
If the market is going to go up (that is to break the upper bound of the channel), then it is necessary to cause operation of small BUY orders before it, to push out from the market just those inexperienced players who so like to put StopLoss too close to the opening price. As a result, the candle with a big shadow appears in the channel (in this case – down) before the true breakthrough, and it is already possible to enter on its correction, and we put StopLoss slightly below than such «tail».
It is not so unambiguous situation with the estimated movement down − stops are removed not always before falling, because the trading psychology works – the market always falls much easier and quicker than grows. We will open a position down when the price falls, at least, to the «Base» width (1,5 width better). In that case more difficult to determine the StopLoss level – it is recommended 5-10 points above the «Base» lower bound.
If the «Base» is formed not in a zone of the significant price level, it can give a stable signal on an entrance to the market too, but weaker. Then we recommend to put the first TakeProfit level at the next key level, and StopLoss – similarly.
Cunning, predatory, turning
«Dragon» Forex pattern
The idea of a pattern has arisen from a Price Action technique which estimates all graphic figures, first of all, from the point of view of trade volumes and requires accurate proportions between key points. The model which has received the name «Dragon» (Dragon Pattern) is an option of a standard «Double Bottom» with certain internal parameters and target reference points. The inverted option of «Dragon» is fulfilled as «Double Top». As well as standard double figures, a «Dragon» pattern is based on usual rules of turning points that allows opening a position at the very beginning of a new price trend.
We will consider a basic pattern «Dragon» structure:
Point A: «The head of a dragon», the main site of the model, defines the main target points.
Point B: «The left paw of the Dragon» or first cavity
Point C: «The Dragon hump» (has to be in limits (0.38-0.5) from length of the site of AB)
Point D: «The right paw of the Dragon» (within (0.618-1.27) from length of the site of AB)
Point E: the moment of the breakthrough of the model trend line – a signal for purchase opening.
The main site of any «Dragon» Forex pattern is the first one − «Head», further, there are the « Left paw» and the «Right paw» price difference between which has to be no more than 10%.
The pattern center is the point of the first kickback – a «Hump» point through which a basic trend line is drawn. It is a local extremum of the correctional movement, and the three first points just create a standard «Double bottom» Forex pattern. Practice shows that the «Hump» point is placed between the levels 38% and 50% of a Fibonacci`s grid: from the «Head» to one of «Paws» − the lowest for basic, or to the highest – for the inverted pattern.
In particular second «limb» has to rely on key pivot-level. The turn signal has to appear on the «Right paw» – we look for confirmation on any oscillator (standard MACD, RSI or Stochastic will be enough), it can be turning bar or divergence. There surely has to be the growth of trade volumes before the turning moment. The breakthrough and closing of a candle behind the trend line «Head»-«Hump» is necessary for an entry point.
The main model turns towards growth, that is it gives a signal on the purchase, the return forms the descending trend and suggests to open transaction for sale.
The first target point for partial closing of profit is at distance 1.27*CD.
The second target point – in the range (0.886 − 1.0) from BC piece length.
The third purpose – at distance of 1.38 AB or until the return moment.
Distance from the position opening point to the third purpose is called «Tail of the Dragon» − its length in points shows a potential profit of the transaction. The first StopLoss is placed 5-10 points below than the lowest minimum of two «Paws of the Dragon», in case of achievement of the profit first level we transfer stop in the black, and further, we move it according to the usual principles of a money management.
The «Dragon» Forex pattern analysis and trade on its signals should be continued only if the model internal trend line is well visible. «Dragons» are appeared on all trade assets, including stocks, but, as well as the majority of graphic models, they are considered as steady only on the periods from H1 above and stable volatility. We don't trade «Dragon» on news!
The sharp and steady trend turn occurs extremely seldom − as a rule, several extrema in the small range appear. The «Dragon» pattern is formed much more often than «Double bottoms» and «Double top» similar to it, and, therefore, it is possible to use it both in long-term, and short-term trade.
And as the conclusion …
The Forex graphic and candle patterns subject is inexhaustible, but at the same time is rather subjective. As well as in art, each trader sees something special on the price schedule and, as a rule, estimates the reliability of that by some personal criteria. In search of profitable models with obvious points of an entrance and exit the trader almost doesn't pay attention to global things (trend, key supports/resistance, volumes, base and so on) and as a result – makes a mistake. The majority of classical patterns work at the modern market not as it is stated in works of classics, therefore, it is important to find urgent tactical situations and constantly to verify the obtained knowledge with the current market situation.
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