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Lessona, a pioneer in Piedmont
By Åsa Johansson on January 13, 2019 in Wine Regions
Nebbiolo is more than Barolo and Barbaresco!
There is much more to discover in Piedmont than just the well-known classics of Barolo and Barbaresco. Today the region is bubbling with a new generation of winemakers, almost like the Far West, and small wine regions that are in the process of rebuilding their wine production. Much, though not all, is about nebbiolo in different shapes, sometimes in styles that you may not be used to, and from regions that you probably haven't heard of. Lessona, Bramaterra, Gattinara, Boca, Ghemme, Sizzano… BKWine Magazine's Åsa Johansson takes you on a journey of discovery.
A collapsed volcano. A thriving wine region that disappeared. A handful of stubborn producers fighting back. This is not a new episode in The Lord of the Rings but the story of Lessona, the wine region of northern Piedmont that wants to return to the spotlight.
This text is about an area that fell into oblivion and is now on its way back. Vineyards, diseases of the vineyard, hail storms and a growing textile industry put an end to the earlier flourishing wine production in northern Piedmont in the early 1900s. It went from 40,000 hectares to just under two thousand. Vineyards were abandoned and swallowed up by forests. After the two world wars it was Barolo and Barbaresco were in vogue had a tailwind and made a success across the seven seas. In the northern part of Piedmont, they invested instead in the textile industry, especially the production of cashmere because the water was so extremely clean here.
Vineyards in Lessona and the Alps, copyright A Johansson
But today, Alto Piedmont, just south of the Alps, is coming back. Climate change and extreme vineyard prices in the famous nebbiolo regions change the rules of the game. Today, Barolo and Barbaresco producers are interested in Alto Piemonte, and not the other way around. For example, Roberto Conterno, from the famous producer Giacomo Conterno in Monforte d'Alba, has bought the historic Nervi winery in Gattinara and it is rumoured in the corridors that other well-known producers are interested in buying land in the area. The winds are blowing ever stronger in Alto Piemonte and the area gets a boost by the charismatic and strong-willed wine producers who are not afraid to put down all their chips to create a new and thriving (wine) future.
Conditions in Lessona
– The soil in Lessona is mostly sand. The reason is a super volcano that collapsed on itself 280 million years ago and pulled up a lot of sand from the lower soil layers, says Kerin O'Keefe of The Wine Enthusiast during a conference in Turin on the nebbiolo titled The Royal Nebbiolo Grape.
Nebbiolo is called spanna in this part of Piedmont. In Valle d'Aosta, it is called picotener and in Lombardy chiavennasca. There are about thirty biotypes of nebbiolo but it is four that have received the most attention. Nebbiolo bolla, nebbiolo lampia, nebbiolo michet and a fourth, nebbiolo rosé, which today is considered to be a separate grape variety.
Soil profile in Lessona, copyright A Johansson
-What's so special about Lessona is the pH of the soil that is around 4.2–4.8. It is one of the most acidic vineyards in the world, says Daniele Dinoia, who owns the estate Villa Guelpa.
He is one of the enthusiasts behind Lessona's awakening. During our days together, his faith and willingness to bring Lessona back into the limelight shine through everything he says and does. Daniele has extensive experience in the wine industry, both in Tuscany and in Piedmont. Together with his wife, he has bought the yellow villa, Villa Guelpa, built in 1882, which they decorated with beautiful furniture and modern art. The wines are made in the cellar in concrete tanks and large barrels of Slavonian oak.
-For retaining the elegance and the fruit in the wines, says Daniele.
Daniele Dinoia, at Villa Guelpa, Lessona, Piedmont, copyright A Johansson
Upstairs you can rent four large airy rooms if you want to stay overnight. Daniele also has an experimental vineyard where he planted a clone of nebbiolo called cobianco.
-It is a clone that is resistant to low temperatures, has compact bunches similar to pinot noir and has a good balance between foliage and vigour. It also provides elegant wines with fine acidity and ripe fruit, says Daniele.
Lessona is not like Bramaterra, Gattinara, Boca, Ghemme, Sizzano…
If Lessona has a lot of sand, the regions of Bramaterra and Gattinara, just east, have volcanic soil. If you cross the river Sesia a bit further east you come to the region called Boca, which also has volcanic soil and then the more clay-dominated areas of Ghemme, Sizzano and Fara. Lessona is unique. Not just for the sand but also because it is so extremely small.
-In Lessona we have only 25 hectares of vineyards in total, all together! We are tiny but have great potential. In the early 1900s, there were more than 400 hectares in Lessona, Daniele Dinoia continues.
This is not even a drop in the world's great wine ocean. But the wines from Lessona are something out of the ordinary. They usually have a lighter colour than their cousins in Barolo and Barbaresco (who are already light in colour!). They are very elegant, complex but with a light body and inviting aromas and with a certain saltiness as a red thread. For those who love nebbiolo, these wines are not to be missed!
Nebbiolo from Lessona, copyright A Johansson
In Lessona, unlike Barolo and Barbaresco, you can also blend in fifteen per cent vespolina, uva rara and croatina. Vespolina is related to nebbiolo and gives hints of white pepper to the wines.
Daniele from Villa Guelpa is not alone to be enthusiastic about what he does. He has good help from other producers. Among others, from Marco Rizzuti from the historic estate of Tenuta Sella.
-We have had vineyards since the 14th century but today we have about twenty hectares left in Lessona and Bramaterra, says Marco Rizzuti who owns Tenuta Sella.
-The microclimate is very special here in Lessona because even though we are so far north we have a mild climate. The Alps protect us from the cold winds from the Atlantic and we have cypresses and even palm trees that survive here, says Paolo Benassi, enologist at Tenuta Sella.
-We also have large diurnal temperature differences that make the aromas and tannins mature properly, says Daniele Dinoia from Villa Guelpa.
-Our wines manage to retain their elegance, the alcohol content rarely exceeds fourteen per cent, says Paolo Benassi from Tenuta Sella.
Lessona DOC bottles, copyright A Johansson
The desire to tell about this small wine region means that they almost talk over each other. It is an enthusiasm that's contagious on us who listen. Because you always cheer a little extra on the one who starts from a poorer position, don't you?
Another historic estate is Massimo Clerico. His family lives and makes wine in Lessona since 1640 but it was only in 2003 that Massimo decided to bottle under his own name.
-In total, I make fifteen thousand bottles from my two and a half hectares, Massimo tells us, standing in the vineyard right next to his house and looking out over the hills where the Alps rise in the background. Massimo shows us around and it seems that he would rather change and go out and work in the fields instead of talking to us. But we don't mind since his wines are very expressive and speak perfectly for themselves.
An even smaller producer in Lessona is La Badina run by the two enthusiasts Emidio and Rosa Di Betta. Their small white houses with brown roof beams look like taken out of a storybook where it stands in a forest clearing surrounded by the wood and bushes. When they bought the farm in 1999 there was not even a road up to the house. In the village, they said that Emidio and Rosa were crazy who bought La Badina. But woods were cleared, the road was constructed and vineyards were planted.
Emidio di Betta at la Badina, Lessona, Piedmont, copyright A Johansson
– We harvested for the first time in 2008 and today we have one and a half hectares of vineyards. In total, we make 1,500 bottles and we have planted different clones of nebbiolo, says Emidio.
He takes us into the tiny wine cellar where a steel tank is wrapped in a large blanket.
-We have a little problem with the malolactic fermentation this year, says Emidio laughing and pats affectionately on the tank as if it were of flesh and blood and not of steel.
A tank with a blanket at La Badina, Lessona, Piedmont, copyright A Johansson
Around the corner is the little church where the local priest once a year holds a sermon to ask higher powers for help to keep the hail away.
-in 1905 there was such a terrible hail storm that wine production never started again, says Kerin O´Keefe during her talk.
It may not be "The Lord of the Rings", but there are plenty of drama and everyday heroes in Lessona. Try some of their wines, close your eyes and be prepared that you will also be seduced by Lessona's wines.
The estates mentioned in the text:
villaguelpa.it
clericomassimo.it
tenutasella.it
labadina.com
Åsa Johansson is BKWine's person in Italy. She lives in Florence since the early '00s. Asa writes regularly on wine and food in Swedish and Italian publications as well as online.
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Great pics. Where is the Eclipse though?
Spent a weekend at Aviano AB with a broke C5 and my road bike a few years ago. Road from the base to a ski resort at the top of the mountain. Stunning views!
Thanks Jerry, yes the Dolomiti are stunning mountains.
I guess you do refer to my last post (6 lines), so the Eclipses are flying in a field close to home and to the sea, where I live. Flying on the beach during summer is almost impossible, too much people and tourists: no room to fly. Only in some days when weather isn't fine and wind is low you can fly on the beach with short lines and a SUL only just because there is less people.
Now that's what I call a flying field, that's very cool.
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Very inspiring - a man, a kite, beautiful mountains. Seems like a place to spend some quality time and certainly my idea of a great vacation.
Truly an inspirational setting for kite flying.
I wanted to play "The hills are alive, with the sound of music." while I looked at the pictures.
Great photos Paolo, where were you exactly?
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Thursday, December 3, 2015, 3:00pm to 5:30pm
CMES, Room 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents
The Lemon Tree (2008)
A film by Eran Riklis and Ira Riklis.
Set in the West Bank, where Palestinian widow Salma Zidane (Hiam Abbass) tends her lemon grove. However, when the Israeli Defense Minister moves in across the way, his security guards demand she removes the trees, which could shelter terrorists. Refusing to bow down, she engages lawyer Ziad Daud (Ali Suliman) to take her case to the Supreme Court, which brings international attention. (106 minutes)
Following the film, there will be a discussion led by Professor Roger Owen.
Movie snacks and beverages will be served.
Contact: Liz Flanagan
See also: Israel, Palestinian Territories, Film & Visual Art, Ad Hoc or Co-Sponsored, 2015-16


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just wondering is there a sign up link or anything? or do you just have to be a member and upload your film then send the link via email?
There isn't any, unless they've changed it.
In order to enter the contest, you just need to be a registered member of Bricks in Motion. On the day of the contest, you'll create your film and then submit your unlisted YouTube video or password protected Vimeo video to [email protected] before the deadline.
Its back! I am planning to enter this year.
Great, thanks for telling me.
1: Are you allowed to use something you already have built (MOC's, Minifigures, etc.)?
2: Are you allowed to use an idea you already have, if it just happens to match the theme? Not that you could have a script or anything, but something you already have the idea for?
3: How do you submit a film? I saw the earlier question, but I just want it to be clear. You upload to YouTube (or Vimeo), and email a link?
Yes, you can use pre-existing sets and minifigures as well as pre-existing ideas.
When you've finished your film, you'll upload it as an unlisted YouTube video or password protected Vimeo video and send the video link to [email protected] before the deadline. (You can make the video public after the contest has ended.) There will be a Submission section in the THAC -Starts Now! thread which will explain the submission details.
I'll try to enter this year. Good luck to everyone!
Hummm, how does the time zone page works exactly?
Click the Time Zone Converter link on the announcement page. From there, click the blue button to type in your city or time zone. It will then do the conversion for you.
Nice, I can't wait for this, I hope i have time to do it!
The first post is a little bit weak on explaining this part, but a mod element is a visual element (for this THAC, either two bricks of specific colors stuck together, or a letter from the English alphabet) that is included in some parts of your film to verify for the judges that the film was created in the 24 hour time period. When the contest is announced, they will also announce which brick colors and letter to use, so when you make your film you need to put those bricks or the letter in every shot (with some leeway as stated in the rule post) to make sure you qualify.
I apologize if the wording of the mod element rule is confusing. I've revised the Theme & Mod Element section.
Squash did a nice job of explaining what a mod element is. If you still have any questions, feel free to ask.
Have you ever considered doing a number mod in future contests?


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The form is defined as follows and is to be posted to the following controller:
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When I use $(formid).submit() everything works fine, the form is passed to the controller and the SpecialNoticeModel is populated with all the correct information that has been defined in the form.
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The problem I am getting is that the form is not being serialized in the way that the default submit is doing it, the the value of mod when passed to the controller is just blank default values. I have also tried renaming data in the ajax call to mod but this didn't work either.
Is there a way to serialize the form manually in a way that $(formid).submit() seems to do?

A: ANSWER - The problem was after serializing the form I was wrapping it in a json object which was causing problems. Instead I did this and it worked fine:
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YouTube offers paid subscriptions
YouTube has a billion unique viewers watching for over six billion hours a month and is apparently watched by more 18-34 year olds than any single cable network in the United States. The online video site now offers a paid subscription option for video channels, in addition to its advertising model. Asked when YouTube would surpass television, Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, said: "That's already happened."
"It's not a replacement for something that we know," he went on to explain. "It's a new thing that we have to think about, to program, to curate and build new platforms."
Not content with a billion viewers, he added: "Wait until you get to six or seven billion."
Estimates vary but the current world population is around seven billion, while less than 40% of them use the internet.
The time spent watching YouTube is currently marginal compared to television. In the United States, comScore estimates that over 150 million viewers watched an average of nearly 400 minutes a month. That is significant, but nothing like the six and a half days a month the average American spends watching television.
Nevertheless, there is a sense that the whole world is watching YouTube and as a platform it is bigger than any single broadcaster. YouTube is available on virtually every connected video device, from smartphones to smart televisions, and offers access to a global audience.
By and large, YouTube viewers are all watching different things, often at the recommendation of others. It is both a personal and a social experience and as such it is very different to television as we have known it.
Since 2007 YouTube has offered a partner programme and there are now over a million channels generating revenue on YouTube through a share of advertising income.
Now YouTube is launching a pilot program for a small group of partners that will offer paid channels on YouTube with subscription fees starting at $0.99 per month, with $2.99 being more typical. Partners will apparently receive"the majority" of that revenue. Every channel has a 14-day free trial and many offer discounted yearly rates.
Once subscribed from a computer, registered users will also be able to watch paid channels on their connected phone, tablet and television, and will soon be able to subscribe from more devices.
The 50 or so pilot channels are a rather random selection. They include Acorn TV, which promises a selection of classic British television programmes, shown without commercials, for $4.99 a month.
So far absent are programmes from the main American networks, although National Geographic is offering a kids channel, consisting mainly of cartoons.
YouTube has gone a bit quiet about its previous efforts to launch channels in association with traditional broadcasters.
As Robert Kyncl, the head of content for YouTube said: "I thought that YouTube was like TV, but it isn't. I was wrong. TV is one-way. YouTube talks back." In his view, "TV means reach. YouTube means engagement."
While the early indications are not promising, the implications of the subscription model are significant. There is the potential to move from the five hundred channel universe of cable and satellite to millions of niche channels with individual subscriptions.
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Aspinall Foundation, which protects endangered animals, lionizes the boss's wife
Damian Aspinall's foundation is under investigation over £150,000 in payments
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Saturday November 20 2021, 6.00pm, The Times
Victoria, who married Damian Aspinall in 2016, is at the centre of two investigations
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When Victoria Aspinall was first taken to the sprawling animal park owned by her future husband, the arm of her white Burberry blouse was ripped clean off by an overly friendly gorilla.
Unfazed by this encounter, the business strategist fell in love with both the multi-millionaire gambling tycoon and conservationist Damian Aspinall, 27 years her senior, and his animal parks.
Questions are now being asked by the charity commission about why Victoria, wife of the chairman of the Aspinall Foundation, which protects endangered animals, was paid £150,000 last year — 10 per cent of the charity's donation income — for interior design work at two wildlife parks.
Guests at the animal parks' lodges can have a view of lions
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One of the trustees of the charity, which employs Carrie Johnson, the prime minister's wife, has suggested that


Francois Quarez has joined the Essential Drinks Company as managing director, based in the Quintessential Brands Group office in Soho, London.
Francois brings over 25 years of FMCG industry experience in senior sales and business leadership roles, most recently with Cott Beverages and previously with Pepsico Inc and Proctor and Gamble. Francois has a proven track record of building businesses and working with major multiple European retailers in new international markets including central and Eastern Europe.
Francois, who has spent the majority of his career working in Europe, extends the international executive leadership team at the Quintessential Brands Group.


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Posted byNew York Teacherv January 17, 2023 January 18, 2023 Posted inCOVID vaccine, LegislationTags:Autism Action Network, COVID vaccine, Jeff Dinowitz, TEACHERS FOR CHOICE
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Today we remember the life and work of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Who has not been moved by the soaring oratory of his "I Have a Dream Speech" he delivered on the mall in Washington, DC to help pass what became the Civil Rights Act of 1964? The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in the Unites States on the basis "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."
New York Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz, the drug industry's most loyal toady in Albany, has a bill, A8398, that seeks to repeal in effect parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dinowitz's bill seeks to ban religious exemptions from vaccine mandates for employment and to attend college. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 gives people with religious beliefs, including beliefs contrary to some or all aspects of vaccination, a right to a "reasonable accommodation" by employers, which is exactly what Dinowitz seeks to eliminate. How a state law would supersede a federal law is something we will leave up to Dinowitz to explain.
Please use the panel to the right of this message to send emails to your Assemblymember and State Senator letting them know you oppose A8398. We are moving to a new online advocacy tool which is why the appearance here has changed.
Dinowitz knows nothing about vaccines or vaccine policy and has contempt for religious beliefs different from his own. In a video still on the New York Assembly website Dinowitz's calls religious beliefs that conflict with vaccination policy "utter garbage." You can see a video of Dinowitz making this statement on his Facebook page at 3:15 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=441644779709395
No matter what else you might say about Dinowitz there is no denying that he is the hardest working person in Albany for the giant companies that control the global vaccine market and public health apparatus. His bill A8378 would require Covid shots for all K-12 students to attend school, and his A2316 mandates annual flu shots for K-12 kids, and his A7829 mandates Covid shots for college students. Obviously, Dinowitz does not think that anyone should have any say about what goes into our own bodies. He is also the author the bill that passed in 2019 that eliminated the religious exemption for K-12 students, which made New York one of only four states that have repealed their religious exemption.
There is still no identical bill in the State Senate and the bill has no co-sponsors in the Assembly which I attribute to the pressure you have exerted on the legislature. Keep it up.
That could change very quickly though. Pfizer and other drug/vaccine companies can start squeezing them and turn on the money taps.
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HP Omen 27 Gaming Monitor review
Fast gaming monitor with an understated look
By Michelle Rae Uy published 29 January 19
As far as gaming monitors go, the HP Omen 27" performs incredibly well with a gorgeous display that's crisp and fluid, and it has a few nifty features as well. However, it's also a bit expensive for what it is.
Vibrant 1440 display
Impressive response time, overclocking to 165Hz
G-Sync enabled
Difficult to navigate menus
Color banding in shadows
Weird placement of buttons and ports
HP's 27-inch Omen gaming monitor boasts a crisp and fluid display that's clearly designed (and is especially great) for gaming. It delivers an impressive 1-millisecond response time and a 144Hz refresh rate that can be overclocked to 165Hz. Even if there's a ton of action, you won't miss a thing with this display and there aren't any discernible issues.
It's also G-Sync enabled, which works with any computer equipped with an Nvidia graphics card with G-Sync capabilities to maintain a consistent refresh rate and prevent screen tearing. Plus, it has a number of available options for different settings like color, brightness, contrast, and response time, making it fairly customizable.
All that, coupled with its sturdy design and subtle gaming look, might make it a good choice for your gaming display needs. But at a little less than $500 bucks, it's definitely not an impulse buy. Let's dig in deeper to see if it's worth the price.
Though not burn-a-hole-in-your-pocket expensive, the HP Omen 27-inch gaming monitor is still pricey for what it is and what it offers. There are other gaming monitors in the market with similar or better specs that are a tad or even much cheaper.
To name a few, the $479 (£599, AU$999) 32-inch Samsung CHG70 QLED with its 144Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time and curved design. There's also the 25-inch BenQ Zowie XL2540 – priced at $449 (£429, AU$749) that boasts a blazing fast refresh rate of 240Hz, but only features a standard 1080p resolution.
Prices range for the HP Omen 27, from $429 on Adorama to $$474 on Amazon in the US. It's also available in the UK for £699 and in Australia for AU$1,399. A 25-inch model is also a cheaper option at $279 (£269, AU$599), but this version only has a 1080p display.
Those who are not big fans of that aggressive gaming look that many peripherals (and computers) sport these days might appreciate HP Omen's understated gaming look. We do.
It has a few touches of gamer aesthetic, specifically the logo stamped on its diamond-shaped base with a red, metallic version of the same logo on the back – where you'll also find a built-in headphone stand. In addition, it also has customizable RGB lighting pointing down at its base, which you can use as a task light or simply as mood lighting to add to your immersive gaming experience.
The rest of it, however, just looks like a regular monitor, with a textured finish, very thin bezels for better use of real estate and a firm stand with adjustable height. It feels sturdy and made of quality material, which is to be expected considering its price tag. It has several inputs and output port options: HDMI and DisplayPort for input, a CPU-powered USB Hub built-in to connect your peripherals and for charging devices, and a headphone jack.
The design isn't perfect though. There are a few things we don't like about it, the first of which is its five buttons in the back to access the menu and settings. The menu itself isn't as user-friendly as we would have liked it to be, but having flush buttons that are placed in the back makes the task of personalizing your display settings an even more frustrating task. If the buttons were set on the side, things would have been a tad easier.
There's also the fact that its ports are downward-facing, making it not only harder to see which port is which especially when you have the monitor set up against the wall and you're coming at it from the front, but also trickier to attach any cable. We get it's built that way for a cleaner look, but is it worth it when it takes you longer to connect and set things up?
Finally, there's the fact that the base is doesn't swivel. Not that it's that important of a feature when gaming, but it would alleviate our issues with inserting cables and it's nice to have for things like reading documents.
Performance contains the HP Omen's strongest features, with its lightning-fast response time and refresh rate, its beautiful color reproduction, and its tack-sharp 1440p display. These qualities are fully realized when connected to a source through the DisplayPort, which allows refresh rate overclocking at 165Hz.
Admittedly, we did encounter the same issue many monitors that use DisplayPorts have – that is, we couldn't get it to work at all at first – but all it took was a simple fix. We just turned everything off and unplugged everything, then turned the computer on, plugged in the Display cable, and turned the monitor on (in that exact order).
Once we got the display working through the DisplayPort, we just needed a bit of calibration to get that look we want (the menu offers several modes that boast different looks, hues, white balance, and level of contrast) and everything was in great form.
It's very responsive, and the games are crisp and fluid, giving you a highly immersive gaming experience. If gaming is what you're really after with a monitor, this is definitely an excellent option.
As we mentioned earlier, it is also a G-Sync enabled monitor. That means that you can sync it with any computer with an NVIDIA graphics card with G-Sync capabilities, which basically forces the monitor and the GPU to have the same refresh rate to avoid screen tearing issues.
On the downside, the HP Omen does have some very noticeable grain and color banding issues that are especially obvious when you're watching movies. It doesn't affect its overall performance, but frankly, it's unattractive and distracting.
Additionally, the HDMI connection only offers a refresh rate of 60Hz, which means that while it still looks good, it's not as crisp or fluid and you're likely to start noticing frame drops and screen tearing. It's best to stick to using a Display cable and connecting through the DisplayPort if you want the best visuals.
Another glaring flaw is its viewing angle. While you'll have a pretty good viewing angle from left to right with the HP Omen, its color banding gets even worse when viewing from above or below.
It's simple design and subtle gaming look, great display and performance features (including a 165Hz refresh rate when overclocked) that matches well with gaming, and G-Sync features, the HP Omen 27-inch is an overall great gaming monitor.
However, considering its recurring color banding issue, hard to access buttons and ports, and underwhelming refresh rate when using HDMI, not to mention the DisplayPort issue we encountered at setup, we don't think it's worth its price tag.
If we're being honest, we'd probably check out a few other options first before committing to the HP Omen 27. Don't get us wrong; it's great and your games will look beautiful and immersive in it, and movies will look great as well, if not as good. It's got crisp and fluid visuals, nice color reproduction, and super smooth gameplay when using the DisplayPort.
But it also has a few flaws that are too obvious to ignore, considering you're paying shy of $500 for it and considering that there are cheaper options out there that offer about the same level of performance. Maybe if it was a lot cheaper, we might be convinced to overlook these flaws. But at that price tag, we'd shop around first.
Michelle Rae Uy
Michelle Rae Uy is a Los Angeles-based editor, writer and photographer with a bad case of wanderlust. She is a regular contributor for Thrillist, TravelAge West, HuffPo Travel, Paste Magazine, and Travel Pulse. She has written for publications like Nylon, Fodor's and SmarterTravel, and is also the contributing editor for MiniTime.com.
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The CAS contains a raft of agreed PQQs that include financial, health and safety, environmental, quality and other topics. During 2019, assessment bodies such as CHAS, Constructionline and Achilles, along with others will be using the CAS to assess contractors' general capabilities.
Once assessed, suppliers should increasingly find that the CAS is recognised as the industry PQQ standard for construction, and related activity such as maintenance. Furthermore, when data sharing arrangements are in place, suppliers should not need CAS certification from more than one assessment body.
Currently, industry pre-qualification is dominated by health and safety-related questions, and many buyers and suppliers engage with commercial assessment schemes which operate under the umbrella of Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP). The health and safety questions in the CAS are closely aligned with the questions asked by SSIP assessment schemes, which will also help to reduce suppliers' and buyers' costs, with less duplication and wasted effort.


The Sealskinz Halo cycling gloves make commuting to work in the winter safer and more enjoyable. The Halo gloves feature a highly emitting powerful LED light integrated into the back of the glove which alerts road users of a cyclist's presence. The Halo gloves are also waterproof and thermally conductive helping to keep extremities protected and pliable all through the night.
Comfy and feel like they will last longer than an average pair of riding gloves. The LEDs are a bit pointless as no one would/should rely on them as a navigation light. Haven't tested them in the wet yet so can not comment on weather proofing quality.


The idea of being "one-in-a-million" is ideal for characters in romantic comedies, but it's not really a great way to think of your blog. However, unless you produce insightful content that reaches the right audience, that's exactly what your blog will be: just one of millions of sites that no one visits.
So, how do you actually make your blog relevant, and more importantly, a potential source for revenue-generating leads? The answer lies in the details, the many, many details. We will use a fictional company, the Boston-based Bob's Bike Shop, as an example, and walk you through the steps to creating a blog that stands out from the competition and helps move some inventory.
Because, let's be honest, the best possible scenario for your blog is that it turns into a catapult from which customers are launched into your sales funnel. Follow this example and you'll be able to construct that proverbial catapult.
Basically, you want your blog (you will likely want to use WordPress as the actual content management system – where you produce/post content) to have the right combination of quality, SEO-laden content, best practice-oriented lead generation tools, and readability. You want potential customers to come to your blog, click through to one of your product or service landing pages, and complete the conversion cycle.
1. Product news and descriptions – these articles, often short and to the point, would be about new bikes that come into the store and descriptions of our existing line of products, as well as content related to bike accessories that we also sell in the store. Also, we would highlight the great expertise, service, and advice that we provide in-house, which aren't available from online retailers.
2. Ideas for bike-related activities – this would be the "fluffier" content on the blog, as these articles would be about new bike trails in the area, races and other bike-related events, and content about the potential for biking to enable a healthy lifestyle, etc.
3. Industry news – these pieces would be about the broader world of biking, and we would try to establish our blog as a place where potential and existing customers could come and learn about the latest biking trends and biking community news.
Now that we have an idea about the areas in which we want to write, we should come up with a content calendar and examine the actual style of writing for our blog. Our content calendar would be quite basic, as we would want to rotate between the 3 aforementioned categories.
So, with regard to the actual writing, let's start with titles. The titles of our blog articles are of the utmost importance with regard to the success of our content. These titles need to be an invitation to the reader, as well as being completely optimized with the right keywords for search engines (more about this later).
10 New Bike Models That Will Transform Your Riding Experience – This title has a list, which immediately gives the reader the idea that they will have 10 distinct takeaways/options. Also, "new bike models" and "transform your riding experience" are keywords for which our potential customers will be searching.
Is Your Bike Outdated and Hurting Your Body? – This title asks a question that could resonate with your audience and contains language that raises eyebrows and interest in the piece – people respond to potential negative consequences. It also presents an easy opportunity to sell new or used bikes!
Biking vs. Running: Wheels May Be the Better Exercise Choice – this type of headline, complete with two distinct thoughts combined via a colon, allows for the insertion of multiple keywords and the presentation of a multi-dimensional comparison.
Titles are extremely important for our content, and the frequency with which they appear on our site can have a big impact on readership. For our blog, we would want to have one or two posts a week, at most. There is no point in inundating readers with content, and this way we won't run out of ideas and force articles that may not add value to our site.
The titles for articles should be drafted during the outlining process – each article should be mapped out prior to writing. During this process, we should identify: the main point of the article, the takeaways for the readers, how the piece will be structured, where we can use source material/research, and into which category the post would be placed.
Once we have an outline (see above – pen and paper work best for article planning!) for a specific article, we would look to write the actual copy – the industry term for the written words. In terms of the length of the post, there are guidelines, but they are constantly changing. Most likely, we will see how long each post will be based on the outline.
The most important thing we can do is create QUALITY content and not focus on length. First things first: we need to focus on being grammatically correct! For every article that I write, I will have it proofread by at least two other people. We would have style guides and spell-checking tools open at all times at the bike store content desk.
Take these tips to heart – our readers aren't hoping for a doctoral thesis! Now, being concise doesn't mean that our posts should be limited in length, as the opposite may be the most effective approach. It just means that our content shouldn't be filled with fluff. If we can write a 2,500-word blog post that's chock full of great takeaways and insightful commentary about the latest biking trends, then we will do it!
In fact, longer posts tend to do better in terms of getting clicks and site visits. Several studies have been performed in this area, with one saying that 1,600 words is ideal, and another noting that 2,450 is the perfect length in terms of value on Google. Ideally, and this is difficult, we want to write an article without looking at the word count – if 600 words cover everything, perfect. If we can write a 1,600-word article that has no filler, then we owe it to our readers to put in the extra time! However, brevity should take precedent over babbling.
Perhaps most importantly, our article should have some easy-to-find takeaways. These can be directly pulled out of the content, usually a summary or bullet list at the end, or implied by emphasis within the article.
One way to do this is to add subheadings and also break up the content with things like bullets, numbered lists, bolded content, and italicized words.
Subheadings should be used constantly throughout your content – my general rule of thumb is to use 2-3 subheads for every 600 words of content. Subheadings should contain a keyword phrase that's relevant to the content, so most of ours would contain the word bike or biking. Subheads not only add value to the content in terms of search engines, but also help to break up the copy and make it more readable for the audience.
If we are writing a piece about the best bike trails, after a couple of paragraphs, we would throw in a subhead that is something like "Navigating Tough Bike Trail Terrain," or something similar. We would hope that we would "rank" for a search containing any variation of the above phrase. So, what exactly does rank mean?
When we say "rank" or "keyword," we are referring to search engine optimization (SEO). Keywords are the delivery mechanism through which people get to our content. By entering in a search phrase, they are directed to our site, as it contains these key phrases. For our site, we would want to do some keyword research and actively engage in keyword planning/tracking, which is one of the services that Google offers.
Notice how we use geographic keywords for our business – using broader, less area-specific keywords would make it hard for us to compete with the large national chains. Our potential customers would be coming into our store from the Boston area only, so that's what we need our keywords to reflect.
By including the right keywords, we can take our content from backwater blog to viral voice of our brand. Our content and site infrastructure need to have the basic components in place that coincide with the end results for which search engine algorithms are scanning the internet. If we adhere to SEO best practices, by including the right keywords and optimizing subheadings and titles, then our content will appear on internet searches in a more prominent manner.
It's important that we don't get bogged down in SEO, however, as quality of content is the most important thing to search engines. The better the written work, the more likely it is to appear on the front page of Google (this is the gold medal standard for blogs – we want our content to appear high up on the first page of Google search results).
But, say we optimize our content and we still aren't getting traction. Now what?
Every piece of content that we create needs to be pushed out on our social media channels. Facebook and Twitter are great platforms for distributing blog content, as they provide us with unique targeting mechanisms. Newsletters are also a great medium for pushing blog content out to our potential customers. If people subscribe to these newsletters, they will see a selection of our content without having to do more than click links in an email.
Each of these platforms can help to get our content out to as many people as possible. Putting money behind a Facebook or Twitter campaign will allow for an even greater reach – this money is often well spent if we are able to convert some of our readers into customers. Basically, we want to select a great image for our tweets or Facebook posts, highlight the best part of the given blog we are promoting, and come up with a catchy phrase to try and get our followers to click through and read the content.
Remember, the best marketing strategies are aligned! We need to have all of our posts sent out via the right channels, at the right times. If we write an article about a certain bike event that's happening locally, we need to reach out to all potential riders via social media in the weeks that are leading up to this day.
Another way we can extend our reach and become more visible is to guest post/become a guest contributor for another site. We would look around to companies within our industry, or ones that are tangentially related (outdoor companies, biking industry groups, or cycling news sites), and see if they are accepting articles. By guest posting for one of these sites, we can draw some of their readers to our page (via promoting our site in our guest blogging bio). Also, we can look to get one of these companies to post on our site, as this will give us some quality content to promote as well!
If we can successfully guest post and receive some articles from other sites, we can cross-promote via social media platforms. When we publish an article from a guest poster, we would ask them to post on their accounts. This type of reciprocity helps to grow both brands, as it could lead to customers engaging with both brands.
So, now that we have our quality articles, we've incorporated keywords and SEO best practices, and we are driving people to our site by sharing the content and guest posting, how do we make our readers our customers?
The hardest part of having a blog is getting your customers to read the content. Once, we've accomplished this feat, we need to make our blog into a money-generating machine. The way we do this is via a call-to-action plan. We need to insert links to product landing pages, actionable phrases that inspire clicks, and internal promotions into our content.
In our "Is Your Bike Outdated and Hurting Your Body?" article, we should insert links to our products that coincide with this message. If we have some new bike seats that are more comfortable and ergonomically viable, a link should appear somewhere within the article so that the reader can make a purchase or at least peruse our offerings following their reading of the post.
We should also try and get them to follow us on social media if they came to our post via another site. This is done by us placing "follow us on…" calls to action throughout the page (not within the content, but on the side or the bottom of the page).
We will place links throughout the page that direct readers to sign up for newsletters, subscribe to our blog, follow us on social platforms, or to take a look at some of our new products. While we don't want to inundate readers with numerous links to click, it's better for us to have a number of ways to convert our readers than to have too few opportunities.
Our readers are important to us, especially if they become our customers. Our blog is a chance for us to have some fun with our brand, promote ideas or marketing strategies that normally wouldn't fly elsewhere, and share our p***ion for our products, services, and industry. It's not enough to just post some zany articles, however, as every blog should have a clearly defined purpose!


I have to say that most YouTube cooking shows leave me cold. There's a little too much shaky cam footage and a few too many unfunny asides, and not enough serious, engaged cooking for my taste. So when Kenji told me about Binging with Babish, I watched one episode and got hooked. And I'm not alone: More than two million people now subscribe to the show.
I got so hooked that I had to have its creator, Andrew Rea, on Special Sauce. And I'm glad I managed to track him down: During our chat, Andrew revealed himself to be as smart and interesting and focused and idiosyncratic as the show itself. Which makes sense if you listen to how he puts the show together: "Every episode takes a bare minimum of 30 hours, sometimes up to 60 or 70 because I'm a one man band. I shoot it myself, I edit it myself, I color correct, I do the voiceover, all in my apartment, just me."
Here's the kicker: Up until a few months ago he also had a demanding full-time job, forcing him to work on Binging with Babish in the spare time he didn't really have. So if you've ever wondered what it takes to both produce a YouTube cooking series worth watching and develop a huge audience for it, check out this week's Special Sauce, which is just part one of my chat with Andrew (or should I say Mr. Babish?). When you do, I'm sure you will check out Binging with Babish yourself, and maybe his new series, Basics with Babish, too.
Want to chat with me and our unbelievably talented recipe developers? We're accepting questions for Special Sauce call-in episodes now. Do you have a recurring argument with your in-laws over the most reliable way to roast a turkey? Have you been struggling to get the right consistency in your Thanksgiving stuffing over the years? Does your brother always turn up with the worst pumpkin pie, and you want to help him make it better? We want to get to know you and solve all your food-related problems. Send us the whole story at [email protected].


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Refuge launch new short film about domestic abuse
Refuge has launched a new short film, to draw attention to the huge numbers of women reaching out to its services during lockdown, and to remind women living with domestic abuse that Refuge's life-saving specialist support services are here for them.
Surfaces sends a clear message of hope to survivors. Whether they have already fled their perpetrator, or are still living in constant fear, it tells them that there is a life after abuse, and that support is available – and that they are not alone. Refuges are still open and the National Domestic Abuse Helpline is still running twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The film ends with details of how to get in touch with Refuge and access its Helpline.
You can view the film on Refuge's website HERE.
Refuge is calling on anyone worried about a loved one, or about isolating with a perpetrator, to call its National Domestic Abuse Helpline on: 0808 2000 247 or contact the Helpline via Refuge's contact form at www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk.
In an emergency, always be ready to call 999.
The film is available to view on Refuge's website: www.refuge.org.uk/surfaces and on its YouTube channel: @RefugeCharity.
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An exceptional and rare set of twelve gilded English silver and Guilloche enamel demitasse spoons, hallmarked Adie Bros Birmingham 1935.
These finely crafted spoons are of gilded sterling silver and Guilloche enamel and come in their original satin and velvet lined Shagreen box. In outstanding condition for their age.


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Camping World Is New Title Sponsor For Orlando Bowl
ORLANDO – Camping World, the nation's top retailer of RVs, RV accessories, and RV-related services, has reached an agreement with Florida Citrus Sports (FCSports) to present the Camping World Bowl in Orlando, Fla.
The game, known most recently as the Russell Athletic Bowl, will continue to feature top teams from the Atlantic Coast and Big 12 Conferences in late December each year.
"We're excited to extend our successful partnership with Florida Citrus Sports and the collegiate partners who participate in this great game each year," said Marcus Lemonis, Chairman and CEO of Camping World and Good Sam Enterprises and host of CNBC's The Profit. "The core platform we have in Orlando with the stadium naming rights and Camping World Kickoff game makes this expansion a natural fit. Florida is a key market for us and that coupled with the nationwide exposure of this post season bowl game, makes it an ideal opportunity."
As part of the multi-year deal, Camping World will receive national exposure through television, radio and online media and will be recognized in broadcast, outdoor and print advertising throughout Central Florida. Camping World will also be featured on signage and event collateral throughout bowl week and in the stadium on game day.
In addition to this new agreement, Camping World and Florida Citrus Sports have previously partnered in naming rights for Orlando's host venue, Camping World Stadium, as well as a series of season-opening neutral-site college football games, the Camping World Kickoff. The inaugural Kickoff game in 2016 saw Florida State rally to defeat Ole Miss in front of a sellout crowd.
"Florida Citrus Sports is thrilled for the opportunity to deepen our relationship with Camping World, who has proven to be an incredible partner to our organization and to Orlando," said Steve Hogan, CEO of FCSports. "We're also humbled that they chose to partner with us again and believe that to be a testament to the value that our community, our stadium and our events provide."
Camping World takes over for Russell Athletic, who previously had sponsored the game since 2012.
This year's Camping World Bowl will be the 28th edition of the game, and its 17th in Orlando. Since relocating to in 2001, the game has developed into one of the top postseason contests. It currently hosts the top non-New Year's Six selection from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the second non-NY6 selection from the Big 12 Conference. Last year's game featured the Miami Hurricanes defeating the West Virginia Mountaineers.
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Digest: New suitor comes to call on Avon
FROM WIRE REPORTS May 15, 2012 Updated: May 15, 2012 10:33 p.m.
Richmont Holdings, a closely held investor in consumer brands, is exploring an offer for all or part of Avon Products and has approached Avon to express its interest, according to people familiar with the matter.
Richmont, which approached Avon before Coty withdrew a sweetened $10.7 billion bid on Monday, is betting Avon would consider its proposal a friendlier alternative, said the people, who declined to be identified because the matter is private. Richmont may consider offering to buy a minority stake of 25 percent or more, they said.
Having fended off the Coty offer, Avon is focused on a stand-alone plan and doesn't take Richmont's interest seriously, said another person familiar with the matter. AUTOMOBILES
Auto industry: Nissan gears up to battle Camry
Nissan Motor Co. said it plans to run three daily assembly shifts at U.S. plants building a revamped Altima, as the company tries to challenge Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry, the top-selling U.S. passenger car.
Production of the 2013 Altima began Tuesday at Nissan's plant in Smyrna, Tenn., and the car goes on sale late next month. The Yokohama, Japan-based company's sedan outsold the Honda Motor Co.'s Accord in 2011 and takes aim at Camry this year, according to Bill Krueger, Nissan's vice chairman of the Americas.
Competition among midsize sedans is fierce this year, with the Altima coming on the heels of General Motors Co.'s new Chevrolet Malibu, and followed by Honda's revamped Accord and Ford Motor Co.'s restyled Fusion.
Toyota redesigned the Camry in 2011.
Video games: Ex-pitcher to get big league assist?
Rhode Island leaders are working to help former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company remain viable after it failed to make a $1.1 million payment to the state's economic development agency.
Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Tuesday that the state must do "everything possible" to assist 38 Studios and prevent the state from having to pay the Providence- based company's debts.
The Economic Development Corp. has scheduled an emergency meeting Wednesday to address the matter.
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13. The tallest useable pogo stick is 2.91 m (9 ft 6 1/2 in) achieved by Fred Grzybowski (USA) at the Toronto International Busker Festival.


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A Market Profile is an intra-day charting technique (price vertical, time/activity horizontal)
devised by J. Peter Steidlmayer, a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), ca 1959-1985.
Steidlmayer was seeking a way to determine and to evaluate market value as it developed in the day time frame. The concept was to display price on a vertical axis against time on the horizontal, and the ensuing graphic generally is a bell shape--fatter at the middle prices, with activity trailing off and volume diminished at the extreme higher and lower prices. In this structure he recognized the 'normal', Gaussian distribution he had been introduced to in college statistics (3).

The Market Profile graphic was introduced to the public in 1985 as a part of a CBOT product,
the CBOT Market Profile (CBOTMP1) (2). CBOTMP1 included the new Liquidity Data Bank (LDB)
data; end-of-day clearings, all trade was categorized and identified by the class of trader in the pits ( (1) local, (2) commercial, (3) members filling for other members and (4) members filling orders for the public).
The Profile was proposed as a visual organizing methodology in addition to these new data.
CBOTMP1 advertised the Profile/LDB as the way to 'Improve Performance'. It is described as
"the only variable-cost ticker service in the commodities industry."

The promotional material says the Profile is to be the link between the CBOT data and the market. A Profile graphic is to be used to tell "what the market is doing"; the LDB data is for finding the market's 'condition'.
As a part of the data-display connection in CBOTMP1, the price of the peak cleared volume is identified as the Point of Control (POC). Following the normal distribution analogy, the central seventy percent of trading activity about POC (+/- one standard deviation) is termed the 'Value Area'.

Section Headings for "CBOT Market Profile, 1986" are:
 Using the CBOT Market Profile to Improve Performance
 The Profile: The link Between CBOT Data and the Market
 Part I What the Market is Doing: The Market Profile Graphic
 Part II The Condition of the Market: Liquidity Data Bank
 Appendix

In 1987, Professor Thomas P. Drinka of Western Illinois University launched the first Market Profile®  course in academia. As of 2010, Western remains as the premiere and only academic institution to offer such a course as part of curriculum.

A new and expanded 335 page CBOT Market Profile manual, CBOTMP2, was released in 1991, (5). In this volume the first five sections are devoted to profile analysis. The last section discusses LDB data. Unlike CBOTMP1, there is no emphasis on a Market Profile ticker product. In the period 1985 - 1991 the profile concept caught on with the public (in one Chicago Tribune article Steidlmayer was identified as "the man who knows where the market is going").

In early 1986 Steidlmayer and Kevin Koy started Market Logic School to teach profile trading. Around the same time the CBOT gave up on marketing the Liquidity Data Bank directly to the public (CISCO Futures became their vendor). Public access to tick data increased greatly so that profiles could be constructed real-time intra-day (whereas the LDB data breaking out the category of participant at price was still generated at the end of day). It was becoming increasingly clear that pit trading's days were numbered. By 1991 it was obvious that the focus was on the profile technology and less on the database used to support the calculations. Hence the change in emphasis on the Profile vs the LDB data in CBOTMP2.

In both CBOTMP1 and CBOTMP2 'Market Profile' occurs in the name, but it is hard to find a definition of exactly what a Market Profile is. Many, many examples are given in both publications. A working definition from Mind Over Markets (9) is: "the market's price activity recorded in relation to time in a statistical bell curve". Added to this would be a definition of the price and the marker, a 'TPO' (time-price opportunity), with TPO defined in CBOTMP1 as: "opportunity created by the market at a certain price at a certain time". For example:

101150 A      A = 08:00 to 08:29
101125 AB     B = 08:30 to 08:50
101100  B     C = 09:00 to 09:29
101075  BC

Letters identify time, as does position (A's in one column, B's in the next, etc.
A, B, C are TPO's (that price occurred).

Section Headings for "CBOT Market Profile, 1991"
 Reading the Market Profile Graphic
 Profiles for Long Term Trends
 Perception of Value Fuels Market Activity
 Market Profile Data and the Distribution Process
 Market Profile Tools to Support Trading Decisions
 Liquidity Data Bank Volume Analysis

Volume is said to identify signs of continuation or change, to infer the directional facilitation of trade, but "volume data, by itself, is meaningless". The reason given is that "it is essential to know what market participants are doing". Many 'profile readings' are shown in both CBOTMP1 and CBOTMP2, inferring who is trading what and what message they are sending. One method, apparently, is to see if volume is increasing to the upside or downside intra-day. The LDB data discussed here is end of day. Some time later the CBOT began releasing clearings during the day on the half hour. These clearings when compared to tick data indicate an approximately half hour delay. It is not explained just how reading trade facilitation with delayed data is effected.

At the beginning of the day the first hour of trading creates a range (the Initial Balance). Then, as additional information on the day's trading continued, certain chart formations, called day types, are recognized. These formations have names (1), (2), such as 'neutral day', non-trend day, trend day, etc. Another concept, the 'third standard deviation' or Steidlmayer Distribution has been discussed (1) possibly in support of day types. The Steidlmayer Distribution begins as the current, equilibrium, distribution moves out of equilibrium (1, p 175).

Objective and Subjective Elements in a Market Profile
The objective part of a Market Profile is the profile display. This comes directly from the data itself, creating TPO's (either from LDB or tick data (11)). A key element is the Initial Balance, the range and price location of the first hour of trading.

Subjectively, Steidlmayer recognized a few behavior patterns or 'Day Types' in the early part of the day (tied to the Initial Balance), defining 3 types (CBOTMPG1, Pg 12) and later, 4 (CBOTMP2, PG 4, 12). Each type developed certain characteristics, telling which sort of trader is in control (short term traders, longer traders, etc.). Mind Over Markets lists 9 day types (9). See reference 10 for a discussion of this point.

Day types, of course is chart reading and forecasting. The well known problem with interpreting charts is the multitude of potential interpretations for most any chart. Mastery theory offers some hope for traders who are willing to spend the time and effort in understanding the auction market environment. But that path can well take 10,000 hours of training. A large part of CBOTMPG1 and more particularly, CBOTMPG2, is devoted to 'reading' the profile as it develops throughout the day. CBOTMPG1 suggests that it will take six months to a year to learn the Market Profile methodology.

Limitations on Market Profile
1. The primary condition for a valid profile is a normal, equilibrium distribution. If the market is not in equilibrium there is no valid POC or standard deviation. A simple visual examination will often be enough to certify that the distribution is abnormal: the day may have two distributions (two peaks) or the trading may be directional, etc. Although unfit, non-equilibrium data can still be operated on as usual by a computer program, the results are likely meaningless or misleading. Most traders who use Profiles seem oblivious to the requirement for normality.

2. Even in overall equilibrium markets there can be days in which the market prices jump out of bounds (false breakouts) and then return later in the day or the next day. A single day's Profile does not provide a reliable measure of market condition (3). Research indicates that a three-day measure is the minimum preferred (4).

3. Markets have changed since 1985/1991. Pits are approaching extinction. In 1985 and earlier, trading by members in the pits was by open outcry; commercial traders were in view and the 'trade' dominated the markets. Today (2011) there are few pits and public traders dominate the trading volume. Certainly, an intelligent and alert trader like Steidlmayer in the pit had much more to go on than just the Profile graphic available today.

4. Profiles were defined to use LDB data. Point of Control is the price at maximum cleared volume. Few traders today have access to LDB data. Research on cleared volume being substituted by TPO's found the TPO's were reliable in locating the Point of Control (6, 7). The Meta-Profile Point of Control from TPO's is not an exact duplicate of the Market Profile Point of Control (13). Users of the Meta-Profile need to be aware of the differences and their potential differences in trading.

5. The time which is spent on individual prices does not necessary imply that the same amount of volume took place there. For more precise results, it is sometimes advisable to use Volume Profile, which is based purely on volume and price and does not take time into account at all.

References
1. Steidlmayer on Markets, J.P. Steidlmayer, Wiley 1989
2. CBOT Market Profile manual, 1985, published by CBOT, 115pg
3. The Normal, Gaussian Distribution, Wikipedia
4. The Three Day Balance Rule for Profile Value Area, Nov 11, 2007**
5. CBOT Market Profile manual, 1991, published by CBOT, 335pg
6. Determining the TPO Value Area, D. Jones, The Alumni Letter, Market Logic School April 13, 1987
7. Estimating the Market Profile Value Area, D. Jones, Technical Analysis, September 1987
8. Market Profile/Meta-Profile History, 1985–2004, Nov 18, 2004**
9. Mind Over Markets, Dalton, Jones, Dalton, Probus, 1991, paper 1993
10. Profit with the Market Profile, Dr. John Keppler, Marketplace Books Inc., 2011
11. Dialog on Two Systems
12. Market Profile MetaTrader Indicator
13. Market Profiles/Meta-Profiles Develop Market Structure
14. Auction Market Theory
15. Market Profile, Meta-Profile and Market Condition
16. Market Profile® and Volume Profile trading indicators designed for MultiCharts (professional electronic trading platform)
17. Volume Profile trading Konzept und Anwendung
 Value Based Trading Research
** Located on CISCO Futures

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