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Q: How to get subtitle from firebase push notification I am getting push notification in this format from server.
{
                title: messageTitle,
                body: messageBody,
               subtitle: messageSubtitle
}

In my android project i read notification by using following code.
remoteMessage.getNotification().getTitle();
remoteMessage.getNotification().getBody();

The above 2 lines gives me Title and Body, but i am unable to understand how to read subtitle property.

A: //remoteMessage is reference of RemoteMessage
 `val data = remoteMessage.data

    if(data.isNotEmpty())
    {

        if (data.containsKey("title"))
            title = data["title"].toString()

        if (data.containsKey("body"))
            body = data["path"].toString()

        if(data.containsKey("subtitle"))
            subtitle = data["subtitle"].toString()

        if(data.containsKey("notifyId"))
            notifyId = data["notifyId"]?.toInt()

        }`

A: Standard notification format does not include subtitle hence there is no method to fetch it, to get a subtitle message please use data key.

Standard Notification format

{
  "message":{
    "token":"bk3RNwTe3H0:CI2k_HHwgIpoDKCIZvvDMExUdFQ3P1...",
    "notification":{
      "title":"Portugal vs. Denmark",
      "body":"great match!"
    }
  }
}

if you want a subtitle please add subtitle to data field and then then fetch using getData() method

Customized Notification for subtitle

{
  "message":{
    "token":"bk3RNwTe3H0:CI2k_HHwgIpoDKCIZvvDMExUdFQ3P1...",
    "notification":{
      "title":"Portugal vs. Denmark",
      "body":"great match!"
    },
    "data" : {
      "subtitle" : "Mario",
      "subHeading" : "PortugalVSDenmark"
    }
  }
}

A: To recieve FCM notifications with custom data, we need to check the data payloads as follows:-

*

*When in the background, apps receive the notification payload in the
notification tray, and only handle the data payload when the user
taps on the notification.

*When in the foreground, your app receives a
message object with both payloads available.
In case 2 , you can simply check as below:-
String customData = remoteMessage.getData().get("customData");
And for the first case please refer to the answer;-
handle notification with custom data
Hope this helps.

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The governor made this known in a statement signed by his Deputy Press Secretary, Mr Linus Obogo on Tuesday in Calabar.
Ayade said he had directed Mr Timothy Akwaji, the state's Head of Service, to step up monitoring of civil and public servants to entrench discipline and efficiency in the workforce.
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Despite years of ill health that included heart problems, diabetes and the loss of both legs and the use of his hands, Mayes continued to surface around Houston at occasional shows to sing in a spirited shout that suggested none of his ailments had him down. A year ago Mayes said he suffered phantom leg pains that subsided only when he sang. Mayes — whose recorded output was slight compared to the number of blues and jazz greats with whom he played — died Tuesday. He was 70.
He dotted conversation with self-deprecating humor and copious laughs. Though he spoke frankly about his pains, he never once fished for pity. Despite being in a wheelchair and often tied to a dialysis machine, Mayes said last year, "These have been the best years of my life." He credited that in no small part to meeting his wife, Shirley Mayes.
Milton Hopkins, a guitarist who first crossed paths with Mayes at a club in Liberty in 1957, backed him more recently when Mayes could only sing. "Even in a wheelchair, he was a spirited guy onstage," Hopkins said.
Mayes' few recordings are best represented by For Pete's Sake, a celebratory collection he released in 1998, nearly a half-century after he first stepped onstage. He was in fine voice, and his guitar playing was peppery on the brassy, swinging 12-song mix of originals and favorites. It was his first recording to be widely distributed, and it won the Blues Foundation's W.C. Handy Award for comeback album of the year. The honor was overdue acknowledgment for a storied career that never quite flickered into full-fledged fame.
Mayes was born March 21, 1938, in Double Bayou; years later he would run the storied Double Bayou Dance Hall, a club where his appetite for the blues began.
Hopkins said he and some other blues players in the '50s called Mayes "T-Bone Man." "You could tell that's where he went to school," Hopkins said.
While in the Army, Mayes worked with a band — the Contrasts — which consisted of three white and three black musicians. The Houston clubs he'd play with his band the Texas Houserockers in the early '60s weren't as integrated.
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Hopkins was echoing a point Mayes made last year.
In addition to his wife, Mayes is survived by his son, Michael Mayes, and a brother, Calvin Carrington. Service arrangements are pending.


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Norwell is a village and parish about  from Newark-on-Trent, in central Nottinghamshire, England. The population (including Norwell Woodhouse) at the 2011 census was 490. It is close to the border with Lincolnshire and the River Trent, and lies approximately  from the A1 road and  from the East Coast Main Line.

History

Early History
"Nortwelle" is mentioned in Domesday Book (1086); it had a church, a priest and a watermill. The parish consists of Norwell, Norwell Woodhouse, and the now deserted village of Willoughby.  For nearly a thousand years the parish of Norwell was owned by the church.  Rents from land and houses were used to finance three canons (or prebendaries) of Southwell. The canons were the principal landlords and lived in moated manor houses: Overhall, Palishall and Tertia Pars. In the Middle Ages some prebendaries were national figures, such as Robert de Wodehouse (died 1346) who became treasurer of England.

Farming
In other respects Norwell was a typical farming community. Traces of the medieval open fields, with their ridge and furrow, may still be seen. Major changes followed parliamentary enclosure (1832) when the land was divided into small fields. Many small farms, possibly 28, were established, some in the village centre and others in outlying fields. Today there are a few large farms and no working farms in the village centre. Some old farmyards in the village like Church, Willoughby and Hill farms have been developed for new homes.

Self-sufficiency
19th century Norwell was almost self-sufficient. Blacksmiths, wheelwrights, stonemasons, and builders were often grouped together in yards leading off the main street. There were two windmills, two steam mills and a watermill. For a time Norwell had its own brickworks. Personal needs were met by General stores, bakers and butchers, shoemakers and a tailor. There were at least three public houses; The Black Horse, The Crown (later The Elephant and Castle) and The Plough. Norwell has had a school since 1727.

Buildings
The medieval church of St Laurence is Grade 1 listed and has features from the 12th to the 20th century. Almost all of the buildings are of red brick with pantiles. There are many timber framed buildings originally with mud and stud between the timbers. Most are now entirely encased in brick but the timber can still be seen internally. There are a few striking 19th century houses, most of which were built by Henry Clipsham, the Norwell builder who also restored the Church. A windmill and distinctive circular pinfold can still be seen.

Norwell now
The population of the parish is about 450, much as it was around 1250 and 1700. It reached its peak in the 1860s when it was nearly 800.

Norwell Buildings

St. Laurence Church

Brief history
The first church in Norwell was almost certainly a wooden one, probably erected as a chapel attached to an Anglo-Saxon manor house standing on or near where a later moated manor house was built, immediately to the south of the present church. This may have been the church, with its priest, mentioned in Domesday, but no traces of that chapel or church remain. Shortly after 1100 it was certainly replaced by a small rectangular building like that surviving at Littleborough, Nottinghamshire. Fragmented masonry associated with this first stone church has been identified in the north aisle.

During the 12th and 13th centuries other traces were lost through major work creating the church we now see. Around 1180–1200, the south aisle was added and the south door moved to its present position. A tower with three storeys was built shortly after 1200 and by 1250 the north aisle was added. A further expansion took place around 1300, partly paid for by a legacy from Mr John Clarell, prebendary of Overhall (d.1295). The north and south transepts were added, the Chancel lengthened and, a few years later, the south porch built. Finally between about 1450 and 1500, the nave was heightened with a clerestory (a row of flat-headed windows) inserted, the transepts and Chancel were re-roofed and a fourth storey with battlements an gargoyles added to the tower. The 19th century, largely sympathetic, restoration (Chancel, 1857-8, rest of church, 1872-5) by Ewan Christian faithfully preserves St Laurence's medieval appearance. The only major structural change was that Christian restored the Chancel to its 13th century form by removing the low pitched roof that was part of the 15th century refurbishment.

Evidence from the church shows the wide variety of stone available in medieval Norwell. Much of the building is constructed in skerry, a form of pale grey sandstone, quarried locally at Tuxford, Laxton, Kneesall and Maplebeck. Magnesium limestone was brought from Mansfield and other limestone came from Ancaster in Lincolnshire, whilst local lias from Collingham and a light porous tufa, which outcrops in The Beck between Norwell and Caunton, has been identified. For high-quality monuments like tombs and effigies stone was sometimes imported over much longer distances like the Purbeck marble and Caen stone also present.

Methodist Chapel
The Primitive Methodist Chapel was built on land donated by Revd W.Sturtevant in 1827. In 1843 this chapel was bought by the Wesleyans, who re-opened it on 6 November. This flourished and was enlarged in 1909, with a school room built by Henry Clipsham & Sons at a cost of £337. It became a private house in 1991.

Norwell Schools

Three school buildings still stand in School Lane. The charity school, a Grade II listed building, has been sold, thoroughly restored to maintain many original features and is in private ownership. Since 1966 the Victorian School has been used as a youth centre and, currently, by Norwell scouts, still fulfilling the original charity requirement that it was for the benefit of the young of Norwell. It is showing its age and will require restoration work to keep it in good order. The modern school continues to change and extra rooms have been added in response to evolving requirements for the education of young children.

The Charity School
The first mention of a school in Norwell is in a grant by Thomas Sturtevent of Palishall in 1727 when he gave 4 acres of land at Holme to the Trustees of the Charity School of Norwell on condition that they pay £3 per year out of the rents thereof as a yearly stipend for his trouble in teaching six children elected by the trustees. This has often been taken to mean that the school itself was founded in 1727. However, the wording implies that the school was already set up with a schoolmaster in post. If so it was probably a private school beyond the means of poorer inhabitants, hence Sturtevent's endowment for six children to be taught.

The architectural style of the building, particularly the mannerist doorway, supports the idea that it may have been built by 1700 or soon afterwards. In any event the school was definitely operational in 1727

The school building as it exists today is an L-shape. On the ground floor there were two rooms. This would have made it possible for two classes to be taught, probably with the master in one room and his wife, the mistress, teaching in the other. Three rooms above the schoolrooms were probably reached by an outside staircase. The upper rooms may have been used as a dormitory for a small number of pupils, although there is no record of pupils from any distance attending the school.

The wing running northwards formed the living accommodation for the master and his wife. This was added towards the end of the 18th century. The school was replaced in 1872 by The National School following legislation for full-time education.

The Victorian School
The Trustees [of The Charity School] met in spring 1870 to consider the future of the school which was both small and in a poor state of repair. They proposed that alterations should be put in hand. Speaker [of the House of Commons] Denison suggested that it would be better to provide a completely new school and he offered to find half the cost whatever it might be. This generous offer was sufficient to convince the other trustees. An architect was appointed to draw up plans for a new school for 120 pupils.

It was agreed to spend £500 on the new school so long as the money for it could be raised. The site chosen for this new building was on land adjoining the existing school. An additional piece of land fronting School Lane was conveyed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the vicar and churchwardens as trustees.

The plans for the new school are most beautifully executed. The exterior could almost be that of a typical Victorian church with Gothic windows and fine tracery. It was to be made of red brick with Ancaster stone dressings. The asymmetry of the South elevation is a compromise between a central door and a fireplace and chimney also as near to the centre as possible. The interior is equally traditional; there is just one large room with a very high roof. The design suggests that there were three sections to the room. The school log book refers to a gallery which appears to have been at the west end.

Henry Clipsham, the builder, was on hand and available. He had moved to Norwell in 1857 for the restoration of St Laurence's and had set up his business, particularly specialising in building vicarages and schools. Work commenced in 1871.

There were great celebrations when the first stone was laid. The church bells were rung and the Union Jack flew on the church tower. A church service was followed by a procession to the school with everyone singing Onward Christian Soldiers. Placed underneath the first stone was a bottle containing a parchment with the wording:
"The corner stone of this school was laid on Easter Monday, 10 April 1871 by the Rt. Hon. J.E.Denison. M.P, Speaker of the House of Commons. Trustees: Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington |Rt. Hon. J.E.Denison, M.P., Ossington, John Vere Esq. Carlton on Trent, Rev. James Maxfield, Vicar of Norwell with Carlton, Rev. Samuel Reynolds Hole, Caunton Manor, Joseph Templeman, South Drain House, Joseph Curtis, Norwell, George Esam, South Field. Principle contributors, Rt. Hon. the Speaker, £200, Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the Church of England £200, Educational department £100. William Bolton, Schoolmaster, Hannah Bolton, Schoolmistress. Henry Clipsham, Builder."

The ceremony was followed by tea, sports and games, and finally a magic lantern show by Mr Bolton.

By the late 1890s the building was no longer large enough, and there were problems with teaching infants and the older children in the same room. Inspectors complained that the accommodation was inadequate. In September 1893 tenders were invited for building a new classroom, cloakrooms and outhouses. The school was enlarged at a cost of £230. The new room which provided accommodation for the infants was attached at right angles to the west end of the school partially obscuring the porch.

The school continued to be improved throughout the first half of the 20th century. The outside offices were a constant source of displeasure to pupils and inspectors alike. In 1905 an official visitor commented that the offices are in an unsatisfactory state. They should be cleaned out regularly – at least once a fortnight and once a week in summer. In June 1907 one of His Majesty's Inspectors reported The school is without a lavatory. Clearly these words were heeded as the Head Teacher wrote in October, presumably with some relief, The school has been supplied with towels, soap, and a water-can for use with the new lavatory"". The school must have felt truly modernised in 1946 when electric light was installed!

Finally it was decided in1965 that a new school building was needed and nearly a century of education in the Victorian School drew to a close.

In December 2018 the building was offered for sale by the Trustee's and sold in 2019 with permission having been granted for change of use to a private dwelling.

The Modern School
In the middle of the 20th century yet more changes were taking place in education. Elementary schools for pupils of 5 to 14, with just a few taking the scholarship examination and going on to grammar schools or technical schools, were replaced in Nottinghamshire by primary schools for 5 to 11-year olds and secondary schools for those over 11. The school leaving age was also raised to 15. At primary schools children were taught in smaller groups by their own teacher. The arrangement of the rooms in the Victorian school did not adapt well to this type of teaching.
There were problems with heating and ventilation. The Local Education Authority agreed to provide a new school serving Norwell, Norwell Woodhouse, Ossington, Moorhouse and part of Carlton on Trent. Building started on the new school in March 1965 on a site in School Lane opposite the Victorian School on land acquired by the LocalAuthority and the Diocese. The construction of it, too, was typical of its time. It was built in the C.L.A.S.P. System by Messrs Ashley of Mansfield Woodhouse.

It is best described by using the words on the leaflet produced for the official opening ceremony on Friday, 4 November 1966, by Lt. Col. W M E Denison:

"The school, which is designed for 70 pupils, has three classrooms grouped around a small assembly hall. The hall is separated from one of the classrooms by a partition which can be folded back to give extra space when required. Each classroom has its own toilet and cloakroom facilities, and an outside door opening into a small lobby, useful for growing plants and keeping pets. Storage spaces for chairs and physical education apparatus are incorporated into the hall which is also used for dining and has a modern kitchen adjoining it. A staffroom completes the accommodation."

How different from the Victorian school! The toilet facilities must have delighted those familiar with the provision in their previous school. The design for 70 pupils reflects the changing population in the area; not just a fall in population but in the structure of families with a smaller number of children.

Norwell School has had a relationship with Ossington over the years. Speaker Denison, as well as being much involved in the building of the Victorian school in Norwell also established a school in Ossington in 1826. In 1941 this school was closed and demolished to make way for an RAF airfield (RAF Ossington), and Ossington pupils and teachers were transferred to Norwell. With these connections it was only fitting that as Speaker Denison had presided over the opening of the Victorian school in 1871 so his great nephew should do the same in 1966.

Material is reproduced with permission of Norwell Parish Heritage Group.

The Pinfold

The village pinfold or pound is located on Bathley Lane (west side) close to its junction with Main Street and Woodhouse Road. The 18th century circular structure is of brick with half round ashlar copings with a pair of square gate pillars with ashlar capitals. The wooden gate is 20th century. The pinfold is approximately 10m (33') in diameter and is reputedly the largest round pinfold in the county (Nottinghamshire).

The structure is Grade II listed by Historic England (listing number 1045950).

An attached plaque carries the inscription:

PINFOLD
BUILT CIRCA 1830
TO REPLACE AN EARLIER
WOODEN PINFOLD USED TO
PEN STRAY ANIMALS WHICH
COULD THEN BE RECLAIMED
ON PAYMENT OF A FINE
TO THE PINDER
[Signed] NORWELL PARISH COUNCIL

The Tower Mill/Steam Mill

A date stone suggests that Norwell's tower windmill, in Main Street, was built in 1852. It is a five-storey brick tower, standing 43' (13.5m) high to the curb, with Yorkshire sliding windows. The cap was a typical ogee shape and probably originally covered in iron plates. There were three pairs of millstones on the first floor, overdriven by a wooden upright shaft in wooden bearings. The stones could be disengaged by means of elm glut boxes (glut box timbers have a slot cut in them to allow the top of the quant (the vertical shaft) to be removed, enabling the stone nuts (pinions), and hence the millstone to be disengaged from the great spur wheel).

The mill had four sails which used the Cubitt patent system of a striking lever to the rear so that the shutters could be furled by only removing the weight from the chain to the striking lever. It was winded by a fantail which served to turn the main sails of the mill automatically into the wind.

On the ground floor there was a hurst frame supporting two pairs of stones which were driven by a layshaft from a steam engine and later a mobile oil engine. A layshaft to the mill, the bearing stone block and cast iron boxes for the bearings were present in 1977.

A 1910 description, which was part of a national survey to establish a new property tax, states that the Mill House was in good repair, with two living rooms, kitchen, dairy, and three bedrooms. Outside there was a coal house, an outside privy, a stable (with two stalls), chaff house, cart shed, bake house, engine shed (wood, iron), and a mill powered by steam and wind in good repair. The whole property was assessed at a market value of £480 of which buildings accounted for £420.

Plans to restore the Tower Mill have failed and Planning permission has been granted to convert the building into a dwelling integrated into the existing 1970's bungalow alongside.

Transport

Road
Norwell roads including Main Street, Carlton Road, Ossington Road, Bathley Lane and Woodhouse Road are unclassified. The speed limit through the village is 30 mph with an advisory 20 mph along part of Main Street due to the proximity of the school.

The A1 Trunk Road (Cromwell Bypass) passes the parish approximately 1.5 miles to the east of Norwell.  Although not within the parish it is of interest that Cromwell Bypass was the location of highly collaborative trials of the slip-form paver in 1964/65. The first such machine to be brought into the UK was used to trial the laying of unreinforced and reinforced concrete carriageways with dowelled contraction and expansion joints. The surface has now been rebuilt using tarmac (asphalt concrete). The A616 road passes approximately 2 miles to the west of Norwell.

Rail
The East Coast Main Line crosses the east of the parish in an approximately north/south direction, passing approximately 1 mile to the east of the village itself.

The nearest railway stations are in Newark-on-Trent, seven miles to the south-east. Newark North Gate is located on the East Coast Main Line, between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley, and Newark Castle is located on the Nottingham to Lincoln line.

References

External links

Community website http://norwell-online.org.uk
 http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk

Villages in Nottinghamshire
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Last month we talked about the importance of reducing food waste and how controlling portion sizes can help prevent food from landing in the trash. Now let's take a deeper look at why portion control is necessary for health, what proper portions should look like and how you can easily estimate serving sizes—no scales or measuring cups necessary!
Over the last few decades, portion distortion has gotten out of control in the United States because we are used to seeing super-sized servings. Gigantic burgers, humongous soft drinks, and oversized cupcakes have become the norm at restaurants and eateries, and as portions grow our waistlines follow suit. With a national obesity rate of over 68% there needs to be a change.
While several restaurants and companies are making strides to reduce portion sizes and increase the nutritional value of the foods they sell, one of the easiest ways to control portion sizes is to cook your food at home—and it doesn't have to be a nuisance. This chart shows how simple it is to estimate proper portion sizes using household items or your hands, a method recently validated in an Australian study published in the Journal of Nutritional Science. Follow this guide to make a perfectly portioned plate.
Keep in mind, everyone has different nutrition needs and these serving sizes are a starting point. Work with a dietitian to determine the best diet plan for you.


What do they say about gangster style? Not knowing when to stop with the good taste? I'm not sure that applies to Harold Shand, the protagonist in the greatest British gangster film, The Long Good Friday. Shand's style is understated and smart, but it's never too much, which helps put the charisma and quiet menace of the character into sharper relief.
What a performance by Bob Hoskins as Shand, the patriotic East End villain, leader of men and a man imbued with ambition and a (slightly skewed) moral code. The ending mesmerises each time — an absolute acting masterclass from Bob Hoskins. As a consequence of watching this film, who could ever forgive Jeff or Councillor Harris?
As an aside, Hoskins was also excellent in a BBC version of Middleton and Rowley's The Changeling. I can't find a copy of this anywhere. Please let me know if you can. The music wasn't as memorable as with The Long Good Friday though. Francis Monkman's wonderful soundtrack for the film blends jabbing synths, disco strings and jazz sax sounds to make a distinctly London sound — somehow.
Let's listen to the famous Taken from the close of the film and witness bravura acting with perfectly fitting music. I don't want to spoil your fun, so don't press play if you've never seen the film and fully intend to. Or perhaps listen to the music with your eyes closed — better.


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San Bernardino County Fire hosts one of California's 12 Regional Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Task Forces certified by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
County Fire's USAR Task Force is identified as Regional USAR Task Force 6 or CA-RTF-6.
County Fire's special USAR equipment includes seven Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) vehicles, three of which are Type 1 Heavy Rescue companies, which provide the highest level of local USAR response capability. A Regional USAR Task Force includes 29 specially trained personnel and is authorized to respond to major rescue emergencies including mass transit accidents and large-scale disasters such as earthquakes or major terrorist incidents.
This status also allows for County Fire's Regional USAR Task Force to respond to requests for assistance from other agencies in California when requested through the Master Mutual Aid System.
County Fire's USAR task force members are fully trained and equipped in five areas:
Supervision, to manage all aspects of the following functional elements.
Search, to find victims trapped after a disaster, utilizing technical search equipment and techniques, trained search dog and handler teams, and structures specialists to ascertain stability of structures to be searched. Structures specialists also work with rescue specialists to design emergency building shoring systems that temporarily support damaged and collapsed structures, allowing for effective search and rescue operations.
Rescue, which includes safely accessing victims after constructing emergency building shoring systems.
Tool and Equipment Support, to supply the team's needs including technical search cameras, seismic and acoustic listening devices, power tools for breaking concrete and lifting heavy objects and/or materials.
Medical Specialists, who care for victims and rescuers during and after a rescue.
Urban Search and Rescue teams respond to events such as earthquakes or terrorist incidents that cause widespread damage to a variety of structures and entrap up to hundreds or thousands of people. Other examples of USAR events can range from mass transportation accidents with multiple victims to single-site events such as a trench cave-in or permit required confined space rescue and swiftwater rescue.
SBCoFD's Swift Water Rescue Team is one of the few in the county that is capable of responding to both man-made and natural water channels using boat-based, shore-based, and helicopter-based rescue platforms. The team is also trained to respond to animal rescues when needed.


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March 17, 2022updated Mar 15, 2022
Octopus: On Board the Original Explorer Superyacht
Fresh from an extensive refit, Octopus is ready to become one of the world's most spectacular charters.
By Ellie Brade
Octopus has visited every corner on Earth since her launch / ©Camper & Nicholsons
Built in 2003 for Microsoft co-founder, the late Paul Allen, and sold to her current owner in 2021, the 414-ft Octopus is one of the world's largest private yachts. At the time of her launch, she was the biggest explorer superyacht ever built. Little detail was known about her until she was first put up for sale in 2019. With Octopus now available for charter following a two-year round-the-world adventure, we take a closer look at one of the original explorer yachts.
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Effortlessly pairing adventure with high luxury, Octopus is the ultimate explorer yacht. She remains as impressive and timelessly stylish as the day she was launched 19 years ago. The work of a powerhouse design and build team, she was built in Germany by Lürssen, with naval architecture by Espen Oeino and an interior by Jonathan Quinn Barnett. "She is arguably the most iconic and versatile megayacht in the world," says her lead charter broker Gayle Patterson of Camper & Nicholsons. "There is nowhere on the four corners of the Earth that she cannot go."
Octopus's core purpose was to cruise extensively and see the world. A fast-growing number of explorer-style yachts have followed in her wake, but it would be hard to find many that were designed and equipped so well for this purpose, or many that have ticked off so many destinations. With a range of 12,500 nm, Octopus can go just about anywhere and she has certainly made the most of that ability.
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Octopus's core purpose was to cruise extensively and see the world / ©Camper & Nicholsons
Helicopters can be stored on the helipad or a giant internal hanger / ©Camper & Nicholsons
She was the first of the big explorer yachts and was also significant as one of the first major solo projects for her naval architect Oeino, who is today considered one of the masters of superyacht design. According to Oeino, one of the bigger challenges was meeting the owner's brief that that none of the many tenders, water equipment or helicopters be visible when the yacht was underway.
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Oeino's resulting design was a timelessly elegant, yet hardy exterior with a distinctive blue hull and white superstructure. Equipped with an Ice Class 1A hull, Octopus can navigate through sea ice with ease. Other key design elements include two helipads, which are positioned on the bow and stern, and a huge hangar for storing the helicopters.
Creating a yacht that still felt personal despite her gargantuan size was an important goal for interior designer Barnett of JQB Ltd. "It was a challenging task to make 9932GT over eight decks feel intimate and comfortable, safe and secure over every possible sea state for guest combinations from two to 24," says Barnett.
"We developed an overall theme of timelessness with warmth and security for family fun and security when exploring vast open oceans and unseen coastal landscapes; I used soothing and calming colors with open graining and limestone course, satins, and matte finishes for natural textures."
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Despite her enormous size, Octopus retains an intimate and personal feel inside / ©Camper & Nicholsons
The entertainment deck includes a 15-person cinema / ©Camper & Nicholsons
When creating the interior, the JQB team were able to take full advantage of Lürssen's exceptional capabilities to create a very personal and visually stunning design. "The worst mistake, as far as I was thinking, would have been for us not to ask enough of Lürssen," says Barnett. "It was clear to me that their skills and technology could produce details and quality beyond even our ability to imagine it."
A core part of the interior design brief was to incorporate the owner's many passions and hobbies, which meant utilising and co-ordinating a large team of specialists in their field. "We called upon the expertise of recording artists, studio and art museum lighting techs, aviation and submarine operations techs, librarians, art curators, telecommunications experts and so many more," says Barnett. "Success looked like playing first violin with the greatest orchestra assembled by a living Einstein for Jimmy Hendricks and Captain Nemo."
The resulting yacht is extraordinary. Spanning eight decks, with her length of 414ft and beam of 68ft, there is certainly no shortage of space or features on board. Able to host 12 guests across 13 cabins, with numerous different cabin configurations available, her 42 crew ensure no guest need ever lift a finger.
Those 13 cabins include an owner's master suite with its own elevator, two VIP cabins on the observation deck, seven doubles and three twins. Each cabin is its own private sanctuary, but it is the shared guest spaces that really shine.
Popular interior spaces include the entertainment deck with its large 15-person cinema, library, observation lounge, gym and wellness hub. Guest-accessible observation lounges are positioned at each extremity. "Deck Eight provides a window to the horizon and stars, while the underwater glass-bottomed observation lounge on Deck Zero gives wondrous glimpses into the watery depths," says Barnett.
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Octopus is able to host 12 guests across 13 cabins / ©Camper & Nicholsons
The underwater glass-bottomed observation lounge gives wondrous glimpses into the depths / ©Camper & Nicholsons
The beach club on Octopus / ©Camper & Nicholsons
A huge swimming pool is located on the bridge deck. "The spectacular pool area leading into the newly furnished beach bar is a well-used on board, as is the 7m pool, which has a retractable floor that can be raised to create a central dance floor," says Patterson. "This deck area also boasts a large Jacuzzi, a pizza oven, BBQ grill and Tandoori oven."
Throughout the yacht, numerous spaces for sunbathing and relaxing are found inside and out, with equally plentiful options for every dining style whether formal, relaxed or al fresco.
While her design features are impressive, so too is a vast list of toys and tenders which are testament to the fact that when it comes to exploration and enjoying the ocean, Octopus means business. These include no less than seven tenders, a full dive center with a hyperbaric chamber, an SUV for exploring onshore, electric foils and an ROV (remote operated underwater vehicle).
Where is Octopus heading?
As one of the world's most traveled yachts, Octopus has undertaken a lengthy list of expeditions, and frequently acts as a base for scientific exploration expeditions. Highlights include the recovery of the bell from the wreck of the historic HMS Hood and discovering the wreck of the WW2 battleship IJN Musashi off the Philippines.
The new owner is reportedly keen to continue this legacy of marine protection and discovery. It is therefore fitting that over the next two years, Octopus will be doing what she does best – traveling the globe once again. Fresh from a refit, she is in peak condition and ready to go.
Fresh from a refit, Octopus is in peak condition and ready to go / ©Camper & Nicholsons
"Notable destinations in the plan are Costa Rica and Cocos Island in spring 2022, French Polynesia and Thailand in summer 2022 and Antarctica this coming winter," says Patterson. "The world is her oyster."
Octopus is available for charter through leading yacht company Camper & Nicholsons from $2,200,000 per week. Contact camperandnicholsons.com
[See more: What are Explorer Yachts?]
Ellie Brade


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Der Whitrope Burn ist ein Wasserlauf in den Scottish Borders, Schottland. Er entsteht als Butter Sike westlich der Limekiln Edge und fließt zunächst in westlicher Richtung. Er unterquert die B6399 road und wendet sich dann in südlicher Richtung die westliche und östliche Seite der Straße mehrfach wechselnd. Er mündet südlich des Weilers Hermitage in das Hermitage Water.

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In the race to build the city of the future, numerous countries are looking to seize the opportunity and leave the United States behind. China, particularly, is the image of the grand cityscape of the Sino-futurist imagination, the science fiction present in Neuromancer, Blade Runner, and other classics about techno-cities of the future. Once the US dollar is no longer the main mode of financial transaction worldwide, the Chinese will easily take the first place mantle. Now, Saudi Arabia also wants a slice of the pie.
The city wishes to combine technological progress (AI and automation) with "untouched beaches and pristine coastline", as well as education, Michelin-star restaurants, biotechnology (human manufacturing, additional machine 'parts' in our bodies) and solar panels. There would, ideally, be more robots in the city than humans. It'll be a strange place indeed.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is actively seeking investors, and thus far has $500 billion guaranteed to fund the robot city of Neom. The metropolis would also present a chance for Saudi Arabia to move away from its dependence on an oil economy. Salman claims to wish to return Saudi Arabia to "moderate Islam", but it is unclear if the beheadings and shadow wars will stop.
The frightening part of Neom is that it will be "independent of the kingdom's existing governmental framework, excluding sovereignty." What that means is simple: the companies investing in Neom will own Neom. Essentially, it will be Silicon Valley: the city, with all the horrors of rule by Amazon Prime that come with it. We may be seeing a technocracy on the level of some dystopian Ayn Rand novel, an entire city owned and operated by a CEO-in-chief, total authoritarianism.
What do you think of this robot city? On one hand, it looks to be an excellent opportunity for the Saudi royalty. On the other, creating a corporate city-state inside a repressive theocratic monarchy sounds intensely dystopian. Like, seriously bad. Either you pay fealty to the king, or to the CEO. Where is human freedom?
The genre of science fiction is also just kind of depleted. We can already imagine virtual reality, I Robot, artificial intelligence, all the works. It's just routine now. If such a world became true, would it really afford anything new? Or just be a new cage, mental and virtual instead of physical? Data farms feasting on your information, algorithms knowing more about you than you know about yourself?
We'll have to answer the question, sooner rather than later: do we choose freedom or convenience? I don't know what we'll choose, but a robot city may lead to a spike in depression. Don't get microchipped.


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A Beating in Fort Bend County
Posted in African Americans, Memory by Andy Hall on April 26, 2019
[This post originally appeared in 2011.]
The other day a commenter dismissed my argument about the importance of interpreting the historical evidence, and making a critical assessment of each bit of documentation that bears on a particular subject. Practicing history, I had said, requires making careful judgments about the sources at hand. "I make no judgments on [sic.] way or the other. . . ," my correspondent assured me, "I just present the historical fact."
I thought about that little bit of self-deception this weekend when I came across two accounts of the beating of Captain William H. Rock (right), the Freedman's Bureau Agent at Richmond, Texas, late on New Years' Eve, 1868. Captain Rock was appointed to the bureau in June 1866, and in January 1867 was assigned to the office in Fort Bend County, west of Houston. Fort Bend lay at the heart of Anglo Texas, being part of Stephen F. Austin's original colony, and was later home to several of the state's largest plantations. At the time of the 1860 U.S. Census, slaves outnumbered free persons in Fort Bend County, two-to-one. By 1870, the ratio of "colored" persons to all others in Fort Bend was more than three-to-one.
One of the particular difficulties in writing about the Texas and the South in the immediate postwar period is that much of the press at the time was highly partisan, with individual newspapers closely aligned with specific political parties and candidates. During Reconstruction, Texas papers were particularly divided over the threat, and even the actual existence, of the "Ku Kluxes." Some, like the Houston Union and the Austin Republican, spoke out early and vehemently against the group, while others insisted they were a myth, and argued that the violence and intimidation attributed to them were actually the work of Radical Republican groups like the Loyal League.
So here's your chance to wade into two very different accounts of the same incident, published in different newspapers. How would you assess these two accounts? What might make you question the reliability of one or the other, and why? What makes your Spidey Sense tingle? What questions do you have after reading these, and how would you address them?
From the Houston Union, January 8, 1869
OUTRAGE AT RICHMOND, TEXAS
The Ku Klux Rampant! They assault and attempt to assassinate Capt. Rock, Agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. – They leave him for dead.
From Capt. W. H. Rock, who has been living at Richmond, Fort Bend County, and acting as agent for the Freedmen's Bureau for that county, we learn the following particulars of a most cowardly and brutal assault upon him upon the night of the 1st of January. The Capt. was first attracted by a noise about his premises, and glancing out of the window of his private room discovered a number of white men about his house. He immediately went from his private room to his office adjoining. On opening the door he was knocked down by an unprincipled negro [sic.] named Tom Sherrard, who he afterwards learned had been employed by the Ku Klux to do the deed. After knocking the Capt. down, a couple of the Klan filed into the room, and standing between a colored man who had come to the Capt.'s rescue and the prostrate Capt., permitted the black ruffian to kick and beat him until it was supposed life was extinct. The names of the white men so far as known to Capt. Rock, who participated in this brutal assault upon a representative of the United States Government, are James McGarvey, Joe Johnson, and the Sheriff of the county, one J. W. Miles. The two former, with drawn six shooters, prevented aid from Capt. Rock's friends, while the latter was heard to remark as they left the house, "it was well done," supposing, of course, that Capt. Rock was dead. Life, however, was not extinct, and after departure of the murderous crew, his friends succeeded in caring for, and restoring him. Knowing that if it was found out he was alive, they would return, Capt. Rock secreted himself in a neighboring hen-coop, where he remained until next morning, when he made complaint to the chief justice of the county, but perceiving the signs about him and the information brought to him by trusty colored men, that his life would pay the forfeit of an appearance against the parties, Capt. R. concluded to leave the place. Accordingly, Saturday night he secreted himself in the cabin of a friendly colored man, where he remained until Sunday night. In the meantime, the country round about was scoured, and every negro cabin entered and searched, but in vain. His hiding place was secure. While this secreted, word came to him that Capt. Bass, the County Assessor and Collector had made threats to shoot him on sight. Sunday night the 3d., he started to get across the Brazos. Monday night found him across, but without means to getting to Houston some thirty miles away., as the colored people in the whole neighborhood had been visited and their lived threatened if they gave him any assistance in escaping. Monday and Tuesday thus passed away, and as good luck would have it, a horse was procured and after riding all night the Capt., arrived safely in Houston covered with mud and disfigured and sore by bruises.
We are assured by Capt. Rock that the above statement is a true narrative of this great outrage and that it can all be sustained in a court of justice, or before a military commission. The colored men who all know the facts of the case, would not dare to testify in any court at Richmond without the presence of troops. One of them, expressing sympathy for Capt. Rock, was most cruelly beaten, and subsequently, at night, taken from his cabin and beaten until he was supposed to be dead, after which, tieing [sic.] a rope about his neck, he was dragged to an out of the way corner and left for dead.
Other outrages have been committed recently in this delectable town. Last Sunday a band of young rowdies went to the church where the colored people were holding [a] religious meeting, and literally drove them out, and broke up the meeting.
The teacher of the colored school in Richmond, has been driven away, and violence and treason stalks abroad in all its hideous deformity.
This is a terrible picture, and we shall be denounced for exposing it to the public; but the truth is not half told. In truth, there is not a loyal man in the town of Richmond. As an example, a prominent merchant there, named Greenwood, and the express agent, one Albertson, openly avowed they would spend their money freely to prevent the hired ruffian, Sherrard, from being brought to justice. We call upon the managers of the Express Company in this city to remove this man, who thus, by his means and influence, encourages the commission of outrages upon representatives of the Government.
Capt. Rock has often signified to the commanding General the necessity of stationing troops at Richmond. He has for a long time been cognizant of the disloyal disposition of the people there, and knew that as soon as the Bureau was discontinued the rights of the colored people would be utterly ignored, which he now informs us is the case. They are intimidated, brow beaten and worried, and unless a stop is put to it, a fearful outbreak ere long will be the consequence.
An official report of the state of affairs in Fort Bend county will be made by Capt. Rock to Gen. Canby, and we hope and trust the latter will send sufficient troops there to bring all concerned in this affair to justice, as well as protect the loyal men of the county from the malignant persecutions of the Ku-Klux cut throats.
The town where public sentiment permits such outrages as narrated above, should be put under military government and kept there until its return to good behavior makes it safe to remove it.
A week later, on January 16, 1869, Flake's Bulletin in Galveston published a rebuttal signed by prominent members of the Richmond community, including two men implicated in the previous article, Sheriff J. W. Miles and Express Agent William H. Albertson:
ATTACK ON THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU AGENT AT RICHMOND.
Special to Flake's Bulletin.
Houston, Jan. 7 – Capt. Rock, lately in charge of the Freedmen's Bureau at Richmond, has just arrived in this city, having ridden from that place last night, in order to escape the pursuit of a band of desperadoes in that county. – He was attacked, badly beaten, and was left for dead. His present appearance is sufficient evidence of the treatment to which he was exposed. The outrage occurred on the night of the 31st ult. and the 1st. inst. The majority of citizens deplore the act, and assisted the Captain to escape.
Flake's Bulletin, Jan. 8.
We desire to speak in defence of our county, and give a truthful account of the subject in the above extract.
Capt. Wm. H. Rock, Sub-Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, lived in this county for about two and a half years, and during that time was regarded with favor by nearly all the citizens. Several decisions of his bore heavily with some, but they, as well as the public, were charitable enough to attribute the same to the evil machinations of the "ardent," instead of any ill feeling that the Captain possessed; and towards the close of his administration it was often remarked that he had made about as good an officer of the kind as we probably could have gotten. Many regretted that his office compelled one who seemed so much a gentleman to associate with freedmen to the exclusion of whites.
Well, the Bureau collapsed, and when Captain Rock became free – no longer obedient to his masters – it was expected that he would assert his rights, and fully justify the good opinion that had been formed of him; but his actions on the event proved most conclusively that his just, and even willing disposition to deal fairly with the whites was caused alone from fear, and that the "nigger" was in him from the first, but for that aforesaid fear. Now comes the cause for which this Sabraite was forced to flee the land, as alleged above. During Christmas week Capt. Rock, having no further use for an office, converted his establishment into a ball room, and darkey maidens, accompanied by African beaux, held nightly revels to sweet sounds of music. It was at one of these lovely affairs that Tom Sherrod, a very worthy freedman, attended – not, however, without an invitation from "Captain and Mrs. Rock," in writing. This last personage, a dark and bony [bonny?] Venus, formerly the property of one of our citizens. Previous to the time, Capt. R. had insulted the wife of Tom, yet he (Tom) went to the ball, was ordered out, and it is reported that Capt. R. drew upon his a double-barreled gun, and that Tom was acting in self-defense.
This may be so or not; certes that Tom demolished the valiant captain in the presence of the whole party. Now we firmly believe that no jury in the United States would have convicted this boy Tom, or any other man, for chastising the brute who insulted his wife, even had the charge been murder instead of simply assault.
Upon the following day Captain R. made an affidavit that Tom had assaulted him with brass knuckles, and a warrant was issued for his arrest; in the mean time a distress warrant was issued, and Capt. Rock's furniture, etc., was attached for house rent, and he left in charge of same – not being able to vacate on account of the wounds from which he was still suffering. That night, though, the attached articles were conveyed, under cover of darkness, to some unknown place, and the captain ditto, no one knows where, and few except his creditors care. He leaves many debts behind, due to both whites and blacks. The latter he deceived by telling them he was going to Austin after troops, while the former knew he was making tracks from the countless hundreds of dollars which were pressing him.
This is but a meagre account of all the acts of Captain Rock in this place, and we would have preferred his departure from our midst in silence, and would have done so except for the flagrant falsehoods contained in the above extract.
Since writing the above we learn that the freedman Tom was arrested and tried yesterday, and was fined ten dollars and costs.
C. H. Kendall, D. C. Hinkle, J. W. Miles, W. C. Hunter, Geo. O. Schley, E. Ryan, G. W. Pleasants, S. R. Walker, Ed. D. Ryan, W. Andrus, T. J. Smith, G. F' Cook, J. P. Marshall, H. L. Somerville, R. F. Hill, B. W. Bell, G. M. Cathey, J. T. Holt, Chas. C. Bass, Alex Curr, Wm. Ryon, W. K. Davis, J. H. Hand, N. G. Davis, S. Mayblum, H. Jenkins, W. H. Albertson.
The statement of the foregoing extract is not true.
W. E. Kendall, B. F. Atkins
Why did not Captain Rock pay me his board bill, and settle with the Union League for money of theirs that he used for his own purposes?
W. P. Huff, Member Union League, Fort Bend Co.
Image: The Freedmen's Bureau at Memphis, c. 1868. William H. Rock CDV portrait via Cowan's Auctions.
Tagged with: Freedmen's Bureau, Ku Klux Klan, Loyal League, Reconstruction, Richmond
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kbrown2225 said, on April 27, 2019 at 3:30 pm
Thanks, Andy. Disturbing to read but very informative as to the political climate and horrendous actions of the time.


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Home Business and Money Comeback Tuesday: US stocks try to bounce back from Monday carnage
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Comeback Tuesday: US stocks try to bounce back from Monday carnage
by Terry Ponick Aug 6, 2019
written by Terry Ponick Aug 6, 2019
WASHINGTON. As of today's closing bell, we can confirm it was Comeback Tuesday on Wall Street. Though we can't exactly guarantee that Comeback Wednesday will follow. But today's bullish bounce back rally was still a welcome relief. It gave US stocks at least a few hours to try recovering from Monday's hideous bloodbath. Yesterday, the bulk of US equity issues were metaphorically hanged, drawn and quartered in the worst full-fledged bear attack we've seen in quite some time.
But today on Comeback Tuesday, Mr Market recovered a little less than half of Monday's losses. However, restoring full health to this badly event- and headline-driven market of stocks could end up taking lots more time. I.e., we're not out of the woods just yet.
That said, today's nice move back up was fun. And quite a relief, too, at least for those bulls that remain. Whether or not this was only a dead cat bounce, however, remains a tantalizing mystery. But today, we'll take what we can get.
Let's go to the charts: The McClellan Oscillator indicates a deeply oversold stock market
Need confirming evidence for what happened and why during today's Comeback Tuesday? Take a look at our two favorite key charts (hat tip, Stockcharts.com), a team of technical pix that gives us some insight in troubling times like this.
First, here's the horror show otherwise known as the McClellan Oscillator, as of Monday's 4 p.m. ET closing bell.
McClellan Oscillator, COB 08/05/2019 illustrates a badly oversold market. Chart courtesy of Stockcharts.com.
The wavy lines at the right of this chart are all you need to understand just how nasty Monday's Doomsday Trade scenario really was. It's the lowest we've seen this measure of the market's trading move this year. And, appropriately, it illustrates a deeply oversold market situation. Confused? Let's take a look.
An instant McClellan Oscillator primer for those who don't care about lots of technical details
For those new to this column, and without getting into minute details, the McClellan Oscillator charts the market depth of advancing vs. declining stocks. It quite accurately (in my view) indicates whether stocks are "oversold" or "overbought." The zero line on the chart equals the neutral point. But nearly always, the chart line closes moderately above or moderately below the zero line on any given day.
If we find the chart closing or spiking considerably above the zero line, that usually signals that markets have become overbought. That means, effectively, that investors are proving rather definitively too bullish on the market. Which, for McClellan Oscillator fans, means that stocks are topping and heading for a downside drubbing, perhaps within just a few days or less.
We experience the same phenomenon if the Oscillator closes or spike considerably BELOW the zero line. That tends to mean that bearish sellers have decided to massacre stocks indiscriminately. It's a mirror image of the bulls deciding to BUY stocks indiscriminately when the oscillator spikes way above the zero line. When this happens to the downside, it's highly likely that at least an impressive dead cat bounce is in order to correct the fact that traders and investors have gotten absurdly bearish. Which likely provides a graphic illustration as to why we experienced today's Comeback Tuesday action.
Monday's chart is a snapshot of an oversold market situation
Looking at the chart above, we can easily see that last week, the Oscillator began trending down, down, down from the zero line with some force. Downside action accelerated last Friday to the extent that Monday was nearly guaranteed to give the bulls a serious case of heartburn. This was aided and abetted by the increasing US-China trade brouhaha over the weekend. The mood was not helped at all by the twin massacres in El Paso and Dayton. The effects of this tragedy on emotions and on trading psyches were considerably worsened by the media's balls-to-the-wall flogging of these events to flame out and promote gun control and bogus charges against Trump of alleged "white nationalism."
All this created a rotten mood among traders Monday. And that wasn't helpful, because the McClellan Oscillator already warned us Friday that markets teetered on the downside of a slippery slope already. They didn't need provocations. But they got it with both barrels, if you'll pardon our metaphor. Monday's opening bell created a vast and frightening sinkhole from which few stocks escaped. And you can see that quite dramatically in the McClellan Oscillator chart created after the market closed on Friday, August 5.
Enter the spiking VIX, a key tell that spikes when traders freak out
To add to the drama, check out the August 5 COB VIX chart below.
Chart of the VIX as of COB Monday, 08/05/2019. Traders and investors are hitting the panic button. Chart courtesy Stockcharts.com
The VIX is a chart that gives you a picture of stock market "volatility." Which we can roughly translate into "unpredictability," "wild buying or selling swings," or, in general, "a very treacherous environment for investors."
Again looking to the far right of the chart, we can see that the VIX began to spike way up from the zero line (more volatility) last week, with that move accelerating dramatically on Friday. All of which paved the way for Monday's violent upward spike.
A +16 on this chart indicates that volatility is getting scary. But Monday's dramatic spike indicated the VIX – and thus the market – were getting way beyond control.
Both charts, viewed in sequence, provide a broad hint that Monday's violent selloff was overdone
Taken together, the McClellan Oscillator and the VIX presented a frightening picture Monday evening for all but the craziest day traders. Things could have gotten worse Tuesday morning. BUT… when both these charts look too exuberant on the upside, meaning an extreme oversold McClellan Oscillator and a VIX close to flatline; or a time when the Oscillator plunges powerfully to the downside while the VIX spikes above the zero line and closer to the stratosphere… we generally experience an impressive reversal in direction, often within 1-3 trading days. Just like today on Comeback Tuesday.
Based on long experience, plus, persuaded by Friday's already negative McClellan and VIX charts (see Monday's initial column), we guessed Monday's movements in both these charts would end up extremely bearish. So we actually started buying a few issues that already resided in disgustingly oversold territory. When make a move like this during a crash, you wager you can win this somewhat risky bet within a few days. But we've learned that the Oscillator is an awfully good indicator of what's about to happen. So when this chart and the VIX hit absurd extremes, we go contrarian
And voilà! We had a winner this morning, as all three major stock averages spiked way up at the open to relieve oversold conditions. This move has wobbled throughout the day, and there's no guarantee that we'll close on the upside. Or that this mini-rally – or dead cat bounce – will continue.
So how about what happens tomorrow?
But today's at least half-hearted move back into equilibrium is moderately assuring. So we added a little more to our favored positions this morning when things dipped a bit between 10-11 a.m. ET. And as we finish this piece, the market is getting close to its earlier 200+ point spike on the down. And even those recently battered techs are getting some helps from buyers.
At this point, there's no reason to believe that the bulls have returned with enough force to kick the bears back out of their Wall Street dens. But today's action does at least offer some hope that the bearishness may not get out of hand after all.
And, better yet, this action helps us justify putting the bulk of our portfolios into less volatile preferred stock issues and broad-based index ETFs. This likely helped us from a far worse battering than we sustained in Monday's market rout.
— Headline image: A new dawn? Image via Pixabay.com. CC 0.0 license (public domain).
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Terry Ponick
Biographical Note: Dateline Award-winning music and theater critic for The Connection Newspapers and the Reston-Fairfax Times, Terry was the music critic for the Washington Times print edition (1994-2010) and online Communities (2010-2014). Since 2014, he has been the Business and Entertainment Editor for Communities Digital News (CDN). A former stockbroker and a writer and editor with many interests, he served as editor under contract from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and continues to write on science and business topics. He is a graduate of Georgetown University (BA, MA) and the University of South Carolina where he was awarded a Ph.D. in English and American Literature and co-founded one of the earliest Writing Labs in the country. Twitter: @terryp17
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