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Eroded values: Cleric, others proffer solutions

• ‘Values Are The Ethos Guiding Our Daily Lives, They Are The Unwritten But Memorised Codes By Which We Live’
The older generation never stops to reminisce on the ‘good old days,’ when society respected virtues and values, that the occasional aberration was frowned upon and vehemently resisted. Then, family name was cherished and placed far above material wealth. The different groups that were considered pillars of society stood faithfully at their duty posts, responsibly discharging their allotted tasks. Parents were exemplary role models, who delighted in proper grooming of their children. Teachers were appreciated and given their due, a gesture they reciprocated by providing the much-needed enduring foundation for their students. The leaders were also mindful of their conducts and aspirations, knowing full well that everyone looked to them for direction and good examples. Indeed, all hands were on deck to build a wholesome society, where responsible, focused and decent persons were nurtured.

Over the years, however, things have not been the same, as all these have been thrown overboard. The quest for money and earthly fame has eclipsed all else, so much that nothing appears sacred or strong enough to deter the flagrant abuse of all society once held dear and which defined the people.

In trying to identify causes and proffer solutions to the decline, several quarters have pointed accusing fingers at dwindling values, which have been gradually eroded over the years.

A cleric with The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Abayomi Ogunfidodo, said in the late 70s and early 80s, the society was held together by a higher moral code, which determined the value system. Elders in the neighbourhood were responsible for the training of the younger ones.

He said: “And when they reprimanded you, you dare not regale your experience(s) at home, else your woes would continue. It would be further exacerbated, if the elder followed you home to make a formal report of your misbehaviour. This singular act exerted maximum punishment that could only be terminated by a reversed punishment i.e. your parents would beat you back to the elder’s house, who would now plead on your behalf.

“Values are the ethos guiding our daily lives. They are the unwritten but memorised codes by which we live. Then, short cuts to anywhere or anything (success, wealth, fame and fortune) were abhorred. Sudden wealth would surely alert prying eyes of neighbours, sneering remarks of friends and the jeers and taunts from family. The only known route was hard work. Then, hard work really and only truly paid, but not anymore.

“Now, success without preparations, wealth without work is being celebrated everywhere. Overnight millionaires are getting chieftaincy titles and honorary degrees, and nobody dares raise an eyebrow. Mothers started assigning corporal punishment of children to themselves alone. Even schools were mandated to ‘Touch not my anointed child.’ Churches became grounds for celebrating wealth and prosperity-only sermons gained prominence. This birthed prosperity-pastors, 419ers, Yahoo-Yahoo boys, ritualists and kidnappers became lords of the manor, as they are being celebrated.

“These days, a singing, dancing and beauty pageant would draw a prize of over 1000 percent of what an essay, Mathematics or spelling competitions would. And we continue to glamorise inanities.”

On the way forward, Ogunfidodo said: “We must return to the drawing board. Moral instructions must be brought back and differentiated from the Religious Studies, because they are not the same. Government must deliberately create a social system, where basic needs of the populace are given. We must become ‘our brother’s keepers,’ just as we must get interested in what they do and don’t, for it would rub off on all eventually. Sudden riches or wealth must not be celebrated, as it denigrates hard work. Whistleblowing policy should become a way of life to curb the excesses of our leaders on all spheres.

“Where a case of economic crime has been proved, punishments to show that crimes does not pay must be meted out. ‘Sacredcowism’ must be prevented. The home is the breeding ground of the society and as such, it must be sanitised. There must be a generational paradigm shift from this moral decadence for the society to stand a chance of regenerating itself or else the doomsday prediction shall be gory.”

But Helen Oshikoya, CEO, Nobelova Gradani Psychoeducational Services said it should be understood that times are changing, just like people are evolving.

She said: “For instance, the weather is not what it used to be. There are several instances of climate change due to global warming. Over time, man has moved from one location to another, while global trading and commerce, culture/tourism has become profitable. This has now been termed as “globalisation,” which has opened our society to the accompanying whims and caprices. We now have imported values, culture, beliefs, tradition, ideology, propaganda, relationship, education, technology, fashion and music, among others. The list is endless.

“Even religion, which so many societies hinge on as their moral code, is not what it used to be. For example, in Africa, we had a life, a system of belief that judged our morality and what was acceptable as morally “right or wrong.” Then, came along the Western religion, (Christianity) which discarded our belief and tagged it “evil and sinful.” Hence, our generation now accepts this as truth and disdains our original beliefs. To that extent, this was where we missed the point and the journey to moral decadence began for us in Nigeria. And not only have we accepted the Western religion, we have also accepted their system of government and culture and we have not updated it with our own rich traditions. This has affected how we exist as a society.

“I was watching television the other day, and I was angry at what was being projected on the screen! The music, home videos, cartoons, etc., are no longer portraying values that we used to hold dear. The most shocking of indecency extends to even advertisements of products as simple as Biscuits! All this demise, in conjunction with lack of home training, has posed serious threat to the posterity of our societal values.”
So, how can our value system be restored?

She urged parents to hold their wards firmly, while they are still very young, and not spare the rod to spoil the child, as the Bible says.

She explained: “There is need for parents to instill right values in their children, so that they can in turn pass the right values to the next generation. Additionally, the school is another agent of socialisation. There should be a conscious inclusion of courses that instill moral conducts and judgment of the original Nigerian society. We should be reminded of our history and culture. This will in turn help us to appreciate our heritage and background.

“Also, the government has a role to play in abolishing moral decadence in the society. Government should have the society in mind, when extending its tentacles to the states. Government officials should set example by obeying laws of the land and not granting themselves so-called office “immunity.” Thieves should not be celebrated and awarded honours on television or the social media. Rather, such should be discouraged, so as not make it a norm in the society. This portrays us as a people that reward embezzlement. People or persons that have shown or exhibited exceptional abilities in the society should also be scholarly awarded and celebrated.”

Debo Ayobade, a sociology lecturer at the University of Lagos, is of the view that values are eroding because society has abandoned everything that is traditional and embraced modern way of life.

“Kneeling down to greet one’s parents has become obsolete, and it is no longer modern,” she said. “Children are greeting their parents on WhatsApp, instead of kneeling down or prostrating as Africans. We have refused to put these children through. Even, some parents’ morals should be questioned, because when we neglect our tradition or heritage and embrace what we don’t know how it originated, what do we expect?

“We have so many challenges in this nation. High moral was a norm; it was part and parcel of our culture. But now, only a few people see taking what does not belong to them as wrong, while others see it as being smart. That is what is giving rise to such vices as robbery, kidnapping and so on. Just look at young boys and girls that are full of energy going into money rituals. These young ones are desperate to get rich quick and want to ride exotic cars and build houses that their parents didn’t have, rather than channeling their energy into positive activities. Parents no longer question how their children make money. And gradually our values have been eroded to the point we are now, where nobody cares again. Hard work is no longer appreciated. It is just what you get and not how you get it.”

Proffering solution, Ayobade said there is need to return to the basics and begin again to embrace our culture.

“We have our own way of doing things. The society should punish people that have deviated from set standard. We should call a spade a spade and do things rightly. If we don’t act fast, it will get worse. Our value system is in serious trouble and custodians of morals should wake up and handle this challenge. Parents have a big responsibility to play in upholding moral values devoid of compromise and lead by example for their children to follow.”

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What is Research? Authors Anecdotes (Post No.4077)

Compiled by London Swaminathan
Date: 13 July 2017
Time uploaded in London- 10-34 am
Post No. 4077

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The Emily Dickenson house in Amherst has been converted into a shrine, preserving the memory and relics of the distinguished American poetess. During his administration, President Coolidge, chancing to pass through Amherst, stopped off at the Dickinson shrine to do it honour.

In deference to the President he was shown throughout the house; permitted to see and handle many relics carefully shut away from the general public. At last the small upper room in which Emily Dickinson had done much of her writing, the greatest special privilege was conferred upon him. Stooping down, his guide opened a locked chest and removed from it a packet of holograph manuscripts of some of her most famous poems.

These were put into Coolidge’s hand. He examined them with interest And handed them back making, at the same time, his only comment on the entire tour, “Wrote with a pen, eh? I dictate”.

Research is………………..

Nicholas Murray Butler and Prof Brander Mathews of Columbia university were having a conversation, and Prof Mathews was giving his ideas on plagiarism from an article of his own on that subject.

In the case of the first man to use an anecdote, he said, there is originality; in the case of the second there is plagiarism; with the third there is lack of originality; and with the fourth it is drawing from a common stock.

“Yes”,  broke in President Butler, “and in the case of fifth, it is research”.

Synonyms and Antonyms!

Henry James could never rest content with the phrases that came to his tongue. He simply couldn’t leave the English language alone; he would extract a word from his verbal store house, drop it, substitute another ,then a third, and so on until he had constructed a veritable pyramid of synonyms. This terrible word malady broke out once at Princes Restaurant as he gave the waiter his order,

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Monthly Archives: March 2012

The light you invoke touches everything, heals everything, loves everything. – Michael channeled by Ron Head      Press here for   Spanish   Portuguese   We will speak of your newfound and expanding abilities in visualization and manifestation.  As you awaken, these are getting stronger and stronger.  It is also that the attempts to keep them subdued are getting weaker and weaker.  You do not yet, as a rule, see and understand the effects of  that; but… Read More

Amaze yourselves. We promise it will be fun. – Michael channeled by Ron Head   Press here for  Spanish   Portuguese The time has arrived for you to begin making preparation for your new lives.  They do not exist somewhere else in another time.  They exist within you.  You have created them. But your manifesting will take giant steps forward when you find the confidence, faith, belief, motivation, etc. to take concrete steps in any form… Read More

Do not assume that there is nothing you can do. – Michael channeled by Ron Head March 24, 2012 in Ron’s Channeled Messages | Tags: Channeling, Consciousness, Michael,Spirituality, TAUK | by Oracles and Healers  Press here for   Spanish   Portuguese   Now we must discuss the effect your consciousness has on your surroundings.  Everything in your world is affected by it.  Your higher states of consciousness have even more effect than you have had previously.  That is the reason you have been able to… Read More

My dear friends, we must talk now about something we take quite seriously, ascension.  At this time you are feeling changes happening to your bodies, your lives, and your emotions, which should confirm for you that you are indeed on that path. These will continue and accelerate.  A great many changes have been promised to you, and we assure you again now that they are all coming.  Not everyone will experience the… Read More

March 18, 2012 Yeshua: Hello, my dear beloveds. Now is the time for great awakening, of substance transformed in body, mind and spirit. You may find it overwhelming at times, as you completely change in many aspects. You are transcending dimensions quite often now and may not be aware of it. Hold tight and ground yourselves daily and please keep up with your meditations.

March 18, 2012 Prilon [Hello Prilon.] Hello Suzy Dear. May we continue with our discussion? [You are referring to the 3/11/12 post about activation and rewiring?] Yes. [Excellent, let’s begin.] Ron is here as well. [Awesome, hi Dad!] R- Hi Suzy, let’s include God as well. [Sounds great! Hi God!] G- Hi Suzy, we have a full house!

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Now we move our discussion to a more practical level.  We must talk about what will happen in your immediate future.  Several events are about to happen almost simultaneously.  Each of these would alone be a major occurrence.  The abundance programs are moving to fruition.  The criminals in your financial, governmental, and religious sectors are about to be arrested.  And some of the necessary earth changes…

  March 12, 2012 God & Gabriel [Hello God & Gabriel.] Hello Suzy, can we begin with meditation? [Do a few minuets meditation while listening to Snatum Kaur.] That is wonderful. When you meditate you aura beams colors like the sunsets. Let’s begin. Today we would like to TAUK about Gaia.

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Michael We wish to talk about your immediate future at this time.  Now is the time we have all been speaking to you about for many months.  You have been able to bring this forward with your intent and prayers.  We see that much of what you are bringing forth may be much less terrible than it may have been.  Vast amounts of light are streaming…

  March 11, 2012 Prilon [Hello Prilon.] Hello Suzy, I am here to give this message. To the beings of light that read this message, high imagination and love are now in place on planet Earth so that waves of energy streams can permeate and activate your chakras.


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What is Mindfulness? Pt. 2

Something that sets humans apart from animals is not only the ability to think but the ability to think about the way we think. By practicing mindfulness we begin to examine our own mental processes in an objective way without evaluation almost like a scientist by not labeling thoughts as good or bad, just observing them the way they are. This helps us to increase our awareness into our habitual ways of thinking, as well as, our ingrained patterns of behavior. For example you start to notice yourself feeling anxious and you observe your first reaction is to avoid or escape the situation. Instead of engaging in the behavior, you just notice it and return to the present moment. You begin to notice other thoughts that reactions that arise when you feel anxious, you observe them, and return to the present moment. When you start to see how you have been trapped by your thoughts and reactions you begin to gain the ability to step out of that trap. Mindfulness is simply a matter of being present. In fact, in the very moment you recognize you aren’t present, you’ve become present. However it is not always easy. It can be difficult to be faced with all the difficult thoughts and emotions we have been avoiding. Think about it. Many of us spent every minute of our day engaged in something and not being in the present moment. The second we have a second to ourselves we whip out our cellphones and get distracted by Facebook or Instagram. Mindfulness allows you to simply observe difficult thoughts and emotions come and go without always engaging in them.How do you actually practice this technique of mindfulness? Follow the blog to find out!


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#StackBounty: #ubuntu #performance Asus ZenBook Pro with Ubuntu 16.04 has massive performance drops

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I recently bought the Asus ZenBook Pro. I use it for testing deep learning experiments locally. These experiments are often quite compute intense both on the CPU and GPU. I’ve recently experienced some huge performance drops when doing some heavy computations.

I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed.

The problem arises when I e.g. schedule a training job using TensorFlow, Keras or running a CPU and GPU heavy job in ROS or Python. After about 30-60 seconds of expected performance (i.e good and high performance) the performance suddenly dies and the entire computer becomes almost unresponsive. A complete reboot is needed to recover functionality.

Using top, nvidia-smi or the system system monitor I see no sudden spike in any processors use of CPU or memory. No other processes starts using the CPU or GPU.

When in the unresponsive-state I also see no processors using any noticeable amount of processing power.

I suspect the power management of Ubuntu to cause the problem, since my fan is also acting uncontrollably from time to time, but I’m no linux expert. However, when I installed Ubuntu I had to do the initial boot with acpi=off if it helps.

EDIT: I have tested the same code on other computers with Ubuntu 16.04 installed and see no issues here.

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Huawei pulls out of WP8 launch

The CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group has confirmed that he won’t be present at the major Microsoft occasion on 29th October that shall see the launch of its windows phone 8 OS, alluding  the “Sino-US” political and economic storm.
The announcement was made on China’s version of Twitter, Sina Weibo and he went further to comment that he hoped people were not surprised by the announcement. Huawei was expected to attend the event as it is developing a WP8 based Smartphone.
The ongoing argument over a political statement which advised US firms to avoid commerce with Huawei and ZTE could distract attention from Microsoft if a Huawei representative appeared.
Regardless of all this, Huawei will appear at the Microsoft WP8  launches in other countries though, particularly the UK which has more relaxed approach to the company than the US of A.


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iPhone SE review: Good choice at a good price

If you've been clinging on to your 5S because you don't want a larger iPhone, now is a good time to upgrade.
NEW YORK: Unless you take a lot of selfies or need a bigger phone, Apple's new 4-inch iPhone SE is a good choice at a good price.

You get the same 12-megapixel rear camera that's in the much larger iPhone 6S, but for $250 less, at about $400. You also get the same speeds and graphics capabilities.

Of course, you don't get everything. The SE isn't going to be right for everyone, especially power users. Now that Apple has started taking orders, with shipments due in a week, keep these differences in mind:

Most noticeable is the front camera. The SE has an older 1.2-megapixel camera _ not the 5 megapixel one in the 6S. But with software improvements, selfies taken with the SE came out better compared with the iPhone 5S it replaced. In addition, the SE's screen turns into a front-camera flash. That's more important than megapixels in darker settings.

Though you get the same rear camera as the 6S, you don't get an image-stabilizing feature found in the jumbo iPhone 6S Plus. This won't matter to most people, though. I typically have to blow up shots and look real closely for differences. You get the same options for panorama shots, slow motion and high-resolution ``4K'' video in all three phones.

The SE lacks a barometer, which means fitness apps won't record stairs climbed. The SE also lacks 3D Touch, in which you can press on an icon hard and harder for shortcuts and other options. Including it would have made the phone thicker. You can still perform the same tasks, but might need an extra tap or two.

The SE doesn't support "LTE Advanced'' cellular technology, which can be twice as fast as regular LTE. The iPhone 6 doesn't either, and frankly, I didn't even notice when I got the 6S. There's one SE model for Sprint and another for AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. China has its own model, though both U.S. versions should still work there and elsewhere abroad _ data will just potentially be slower without LTE Advanced.

iPhone SE review: Good choice at a good price

The SE doesn't come in a version with 128 gigabytes of storage _ just 16 GB for starters and 64 GB for $100 more. Many high-power users will probably want a bigger screen anyway, but if that's not the case, splurge for at least 64 GB. Your phone will fill up quickly _ especially as still images now come with three-second videos by default, doubling storage requirements.

Promised battery life for video and Web surfing is 13 hours _ a few hours better than the 6S. It helps that there's less screen to light up.

The SE largely retains the boxy feel of the 5S, so old cases will work, but you don't get a smoother feel from the larger phones' curved edges. On the other hand, the smaller size feels more comfortable, and had there been a curved design at that size, your phone might slip out of your hand more easily.

I ran 14 miles with the phone in my hand or pocket and forgot about it. Oh, I miss that size. But the screen now feels tiny for reading and typing, now that I'm used to a bigger one.

If you've been clinging on to your 5S because you don't want a larger iPhone, now is a good time to upgrade. A new wireless chip enables payments with Apple Pay. There's faster Wi-Fi, though not as fast as the 6S. You can also access the Siri voice assistant anytime hands-free, without pressing the home button.

Though your 5S might last a few more months, it's going to get tougher to run the latest software and apps. And the $400 price is $50 less than what the 5S sold for. If your 5S is in good condition, you can trade it in at an Apple store and get the SE for $240, in 24 monthly installments.

Many Android makers have shunned 4-inch screens in premium phones. You're stuck with mid-range phones that lack high-end cameras and speeds. I had expected older technology in the iPhone SE, as Apple usually has 2-year-old hardware at this price. Instead, much of what's inside is just six months old _ better than the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

Sure, there are trade-offs, but at least Apple didn't try to pressure people into larger models by skimping on what matters most.

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War Of The Bitters

There seems to be no respite yet for Nigerian manufacturers, especially brewers of herbal drinks whose trade has come under attack by imitators. That is why, when recently, Paul Orhii, director-general, National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, alerted the nation that the agency would soon clamp down on unregistered herbal drinks,

A Deadly Combination

A new research shows college students combining caffeinated drinks with booze and don’t realise how intoxicated they really are. Researchers at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan in the United States, US, have concluded that mixing alcohol and energy drinks poses a serious public health risk, especially among college students. “We

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Little Gems

 My Little Gems is finished. I hope yours is coming along
and you are ready to put it together. Lets take a closer look.

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Here are a few finishing details
Our quilt finishes 28" x 38"
I joined rows together using 3/4" hexagons
5 rows of 6 Little Gems
4 rows of 5 complete Little Gems and 2 halves on each end.
 I finished off the edges by appliqueing Little Gems
to a 2" strip and adding 3-1/2" border.
Here is a detail of the back of the quilt. Please email us with any
 additional questions, we would be happy to help.

  1. You are absolutely PHEN OM EN AL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thank you for sharing your multiple talents with us.

  2. I LOVE IT!!!! I enjoyed seeing all the little hexies again only this time in the whole project.

  3. Gorgeous! And thank you for the explanation and all the pictures.

  4. Stunning! All your quilts are beautiful!

  5. Appreciating work, thank you so much for sharing here.. Love your work a lot..
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  6. Your little gem quilt is GRAND. I enjoyed the blocks as you made them. The finished quilt is amazing!!!! You tempt me....

  7. This is such a beautiful little quilt. It's nice to see how all the little gems went together.

  8. That's awesome! It goes to show that with a little gem here, a little gem there, you can end up with something gorgeous!

  9. hello, I would like to make this quilt , but I do not find anymore the kit in the shop.
    will he soon ? or at least the templates ? Thank you in advance for your answer
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Schedule & Tuition

School Schedule

Religious School (Grades K-7) Sunday 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Hebrew School Wednesday 3:45 – 5:45 pm
B’nai Mitzvah Class Monday 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Metivta (Grades 8-10)

1st & 3rd Quarter: Sunday 1:00pm – 3:00 pm
2nd & 4th Quarter: Wednesday 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Tuition Fee

Effective 2014/2015 School Year

Kindergarten Free
Grade 1 – Grade 3 First Child in Family $460.00
Each Additional Child $414.00
Grade 4 – Grade 7 First Child $870.00
Each Additional Child $785.00
Grade 7 – B’nai Mitzvah Each Child $720.00
Grade 8 – 10 Metivta First Child $400.00
Each Additional Child $370.00
Mommy, Daddy, & Me Member Families $180.00
Non-member Families $230.00

If there is one child registered in any program, except Mommy, Daddy and Me, the second child receives the discounted fee listed above.

Enrollment – Membership Policy

It is the general policy of Temple Sinai that students may attend our school only if their families are members of the congregation. The only exceptions are “Mommy, Daddy & Me” and Adult Education programs which are open to non-members.

If Membership Dues are a financial issue, we encourage you to look in to the Temple’s Dues Adjustment process. Don’t let financial considerations deprive your children of Jewish education.

Scholarships and Camperships

Scholarship aid is available in cases of financial need to cover all or part of Temple SInai’s tuition fees. This is now handled through the dues adjustment committee of the Temple Sinai Board so that your total financial obligations to Temple Sinai – dues and all applicable school fees – are considered together in determining a workable arrangement.

In addition, high school students whose families are members of Temple Sinai may apply for scholarship funds for study in Israel. Contact the Director of Education to apply for Israel scholarships. Sisterhood (Women of Reform Judaism) provides camperships to help students attend Jewish summer camps. Contact Sisterhood to learn how to apply for these awards.


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Outernet, first look

Internet for the Rest of the World

I love disruptive technologies; especially when they are inexpensive, fly in the face of commercialized internet services, and promise to put information in the hands of a large number of people who otherwise lack access to information.

Outernet is just that.  I became aware of Outernet a year ago: a relatively low-bandwidth free satellite internet downlink delivering 20mb of information daily across nearly all the globe.

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Outernet global satellite coverage.

The first time I read about Outernet, the downlink was on Ku band satellite; users were re-purposing dish-tv antennas.  I was intrigued, but time prohibited me from experimenting.

Fast forward to 2017, and for the sale price of $69.00 US, an L band satellite receiver now sits on my windowsill.

Outernet Receiver System

Comprised of an L-band patch antenna, a tiny low-noise amplifier, a software defined radio dongle and a single board C.H.I.P. computer, it’s an amazing little appropriate-technology system.   Save even a few more dollars and build your own antenna from a soda bottle and aluminum foil.

Downlink Only

This is not internet-as-you-know-it.  At 2 kbps it will need to work at downloading for several hours.  After that, what you have downloaded is what you can read.  A variety of news from the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America.  Some satellite weather maps.  Some selected articles on Wikipedia.  Some digital packets uploaded via Amateur Radio APRS digital mode, and community-curated filecasting.  You can read what’s there, and honestly the content is probably deeper and better balanced than anything on television or radio.  It is not graphically rich, but there is quite a bit of  content.

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Weather screen from outernet.is

There are not really links to click on, you read what’s there, and several hours later, you can see what’s new.  It probably won’t replace internet in most of the 1st world, but knowing that a few tens of dollars of parts gets you a satellite downlink over most of the world’s surface is pretty amazing.

Quick Setup

I am not averse to soldering and programming, but this setup is workable out of the box.  An elastic band to hold the patch antenna to the box, the battery to hold it at an angle–plug the bits together and with a vague sense of what direction south-east is I had a whisper of a wifi connection  indicating I was downloading data from Inmarsat I-4 F3.

Outernet.is receiver screen

The entire rig fits in a container no larger than a box-set of DVD’s.  It boots up within seconds, and real-time interaction via wifi and a browser page allows the antenna to be angled for the lowest signal-to-noise ratio.  3dB should produce a connection, on a clear night through a window I see 10dB plus.  With overcast and condensation on the window the signal comes in at 6dB with no fuss.

What to do with it?

I don’t have a specific usage for this, aside from certain liberal-prepper instincts of disaster preparedness.  The idea of supporting a company which promises delivering low cost information into classrooms and homes around the world, places which currently have no access seems worth supporting.  The C.H.I.P. board, low noise amplifier and SDR dongle are easily enough re-purposed for other experimentation should one choose.

Singe board C.H.I.P. computer

In short, I’m enjoying the service.  As some of you may know, I’ve cut off Facebook, favoring RSS feeds for news and direct interaction with friends.  This little satellite internet downlink in a box feels like it is an appropriate addition in my cable-cutting world.

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Fresh-to-Death at Chez Panisse Café

I can still picture that wide, California sunshine grin on my host friend’s face as he told me, “Don’t make dinner plans for Monday night.” I didn’t. As we had for many of our meals on this Bay Area trip, my Belgian travel buddy and I left restaurant selection up to him, fully confident that he would not lead us astray. He didn’t. That Monday night, we dined at Chez Panisse Café, opened by Alice Waters in 1980 right above the Chez Panisse main restaurant as a way to make her food more accessible to those eager to try it. While the café features most of the same local, organic ingredients as the restaurant, it’s menu is a daily-rotating a la carte that gives the guest more options than the daily-rotating prix fixe downstairs. The café even has its very own charcoal grill and wood-burning oven, which we indirectly ended up taking full advantage of in our own meal.

A little history, I feel, is necessary here on Chez Panisse and it’s famous proprietor, Alice Waters. Chez Panisse was named Best Restaurant in America in 2001 by Gourmet. It was ranked one of the top 50 restaurants in the world for 7 consecutive years (from 2002 to 2008) by Restaurant magazine. It received a Michelin each year from 2006 through 2009. The California-style pizza, featuring a variety of local ingredients, was said to have been created there in 1980.

The iconic restaurant was founded in 1971 upon a principle which is now pretty widely acknowledged but was back then a relatively novel idea in the U.S.: Cooking should be based on fresh, seasonal ingredients that are produced sustainably and locally. Waters and her co-founder, Paul Aratow, were inspired by their travels to France, where the food and market culture centered (as it does today) on the concept of locally grown and fresh stuff. This stood out as a contrast to the high-end restaurants in the U.S. which, at that time, did not stress these two qualities as much. Chez Panisse has always prided itself on maintaining excellent (some decade-long) relationships with a very sturdy network of local farmers, ranchers and dairies.

Having left the kitchen in very able hands, Waters is rarely at Chez Panisse anymore. Nowadays, she’s probably pretty busy being one of the most well-known food activists around the world. Among various other do-good’er activities, she runs Edible Schoolyard, a program that involves students at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley in all aspects of farming and food prep. The program is meant to “encourage awareness and appreciation of the transformative values of nourishment, community and stewardship of the land.” You know the kind of thing Michelle Obama is trying to do with the White House organic vegetable garden? That kind of thing. Alice Waters.

While Tony Bourdain has expressed serious beef with the unrealistic nature of what Waters expects of Americans in terms of dietary choice, he seems to also admit to the value of the philosophy expressed through Chez Panisse. He once said, “True, I am suspicious of wealthy suburbanites who preach ‘back to the soil’ philosophies, as if most — or even many — could start digging subsistence gardens in their back yards or afford expensive organic or locavore lifestyles. But Chez Panisse was inarguably a cradle of the food revolution. I respect Alice Waters’ enormous contribution to changing the way we eat and cook today. No one can take that away from her. No one should try.”

I’m glad I got to experience her legacy first-hand.

12I think I managed to incorporate heirloom tomatoes into almost every single meal I had on my trip to San Francisco. And I was right to do so… At Chez Panisse, we started with an Heirloom Tomato and Avocado Salad, which came sprinkled with grated ginger and cilantro. Fresh-to-death tomatoes in a wide array of sizes and a rainbow of shades. They were sliced into wedges and disks for a nice alternation in textures and served with amorphous hunks of buttery ripe avocado. The ginger added a floral zing and spice, while the cilantro gave the salad a citric, herbal kick. Then, a trace amount of good olive oil, coarse salt and pepper. A no-brainer besides some creativity with adding ginger, really just a way to show off incredible produce that speaks for itself. One dish every guest should order.

3Another awesome starter was the Roasted Eggplant Soup, a delightfully comforting and thick puree of smokey roasted eggplant and red peppers for some extra caramelized sweetness. This was a special dish for me because it was probably the first hot soup of the year that really hit the spot after a chilly autumn day. The warm, velvety soft blanket of soup was nicely painted over with a cool dash of tangy yoghurt, which provided a great contrast, waking up the sleepy flavors of the pureed vegetables with its acidity. The bright white sheen of the yoghurt was also rather beautiful juxtaposed with the rusty orange-red of the soup. Fresh green chive painted little lines over the plate. Toasty-warm, intense in flavor and beautiful. Definitely one of my favorite dishes of the night.

4And then there was the Warm Baked Andante Dairy Goat Cheese, which came topping a bed of fresh, springy garden lettuces. My Belgian friend was not too impressed, but then again, she’s Belgian and takes her constant accessibility to quality goat cheese for granted. I do not. Two pillow-soft balls of dense yet airy-light, toasty warm goat cheese, wonderfully tart and nutty in flavor. These were coated in golden brown panko-type breadcrumbs, which added a nutty, oily toast flavor. Their crunch took over in texture – snapping, crackling and popping like Pop Rocks on the tongue – after the balls of goat cheese melted into a silky-soft spread. Chewing is hardly necessary with this one, pushing my tongue up against the roof of my mouth to squish the cheese was enough to release all of its wonderful acidity and sweetness. Fresh herbs mixed into the breading added a good layer of flavor as well. Garden lettuces on the side were leafy, crisp and refreshing, cool against the warmth of the cheese. I eventually came to learn that this dish was one of the first ones ever offered at Chez Panisse, back in the 1970s. Thankfully not much has changed to the recipe since then.

5My friend got the steak special of the evening, a grilled skirt with a creamy herbed marrow butter spread on, with a side of what seems to be the Chez’s signature side, crispy and brittle shoestring potatoes. The quality of the meat was excellent; I think I remember it to be from Magruder Ranch, close-by. It was cooked a bit to the medium-rare side, despite the request for rare, but remained wonderfully juicy and quite bloody inside. The crust was not overdone in the least, but seasoned very well and the marrow added a mouth-watering buttery moisture that licked the crispy, charred crust. The shoestring potatoes did their job very well, each piece crunchy and caramelized golden-brown. A nice steak frites special which came with a wonderfully tannic red at a price that was shockingly moderate.

6My host friend ordered the Riverdog Farm Chicken Leg Alla Diavola (Devil style!) with some shoestring potatoes, crunchy Romano beans and a salsa rustica. The chicken leg was grilled over fire to a moist, tender point, while the skin remained nice and crispy. Very good, although I never get too excited about chicken and this was no exception. I honestly don’t remember this dish too well and reached mainly for a handful of shoestring fries when my friend offered his plate up for critique. The fries stole the show.

78The entree I remember the most was my own, the Hog Island Clams Cooked in the Wood Oven with peppers and new potatoes. These were heavenly. Perfectly succulent and extremely flavorful Manilla clams tasted of the sea and the creamy white wine sauce drizzled over. The slightly chewy, tender meat was contrasted by plump, not too starchy little balls of new potato which were cooked to the perfect texture – mushy, soft and buttery when bitten into but maintaining a crisp, tight exterior. The slivers of pepper were likewise great in there, slippery-smooth and playing around in the sauce with their marine buddies. Some non-pasta-topper clam dishes have a tendency to leave the eater unsatisfied, as most of the volume of the plate is taken up by shell which gets discarded anyway. Not this one. The clams, when combined with the veggies, made for a very full dish, hearty though not too heavy, even with the cream sauce. I’m glad I picked this one, though my second choice – the Llano Seco Ranch Pork Meatballs – didn’t look bad either…

910Though I continue to rave about Hog Island clams and eggplant soup when Chez Panisse is brought up in conversation (which it does, and with surprising frequency), my favorite-favorite dish of the night was actually one of our desserts, the Black Mission Fig Galette with Wild Fennel Ice Cream. With this one it’s not too difficult to know where to start: the figs. Oh the figs…  Chewy, gooey, stick-to-your teeth caramelized wonder, with a natural sweetness akin to maple and a very slight bitterness lingering in the blackened skin. The texture of the roasted fruit was mushy and satisfying, with the crispy little seeds adding a funky texture to keep the tongue from falling into a endorphin-induced trance. Moving onto the crust, which actually stood up in quality to the flawless produce topping it, a fact that I very much appreciated. A buttery, flaky pie shell with just the right amount of sweetness to let the fig shine, but to back it up still. None of that unpleasant undercooked baking soda harshness – just golden-brown, crumbly smooth sailing. The wild fennel ice cream on the side was perhaps the best compliment I could imagine, both in cutting the toasty warmth of the galette with its icy coolness and moving the ripe sweetness of the fig into a slightly savory, green, herbal direction. The flavor of the fennel when combined with the fruit added a maddeningly fantastic complexity to the dish, in a way similar to how incorporating aged balsamic into a dessert can do it wonders. After a slightly disappointing fig dessert (which ended up pretty fig-less, indeed) only a few days prior, this dessert was a heaven-send.

11Our second dessert was okay, though definitely overshadowed by the fig galette. Clay’s Bittersweet Chocolate Ice Cream with a slightly salted caramel sauce and crunchy candied almonds sprinkled over the top. Served with it was a piece of Alice’s signature Chez Panisse Biscotti, a crunchy twice-baked with slivers of almond and a very subtle hint of anise lingering shyly in the background. The almond in the biscotti waived happily to the almonds sprinkled over the ice cream, and the caramel went nicely with the nutty, toasted flavors. The flavor of the ice cream was nice, bitter and deep, a gelato at heart. I wish the ice cream had been served at a slightly higher temperature though, as it seemed a tad too frigid still and was difficult to warm up enough to enjoy. The flavors of the chocolate were tied up a bit by the frost and I just think serving it slightly more melted on the exterior would’ve allowed those flavors to come out more. It also would’ve provided a bit of moisture for the biscotti to soak up – as it stood, both ice cream and biscotti were rather hard and didn’t really have too much to say to one another. Maybe I should’ve asked for a cappuccino to dip in…

Overall, I had a great experience that evening. I had been expecting the Chez to put on airs much higher than it actually did. The place is set in a cool Arts and Crafts house and the atmosphere seemed comfortable, intimate and informal. Our server was a very nice older gentleman who, after noting my excitement over the fact that they feature Tokaji on their dessert wine list, brought me out a Hungarian Furmint to try out. I ended up ordering it and this great wine lead me by the hand through the line of excellent dishes hitting out table at a well-timed pace. If ever in Berkeley, I will be back for the set dinner experience downstairs.

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Index Announces Winners of 15th Annual Freedom of Expression Awards

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March 22, 2015

A Kenyan woman speaking out for women in one of the world’s most dangerous regions and a female journalist who exposed an unreported uprising in Saudi Arabia are among the winners of this year’s Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards.

“Our shortlisted nominees are all tackling direct and serious threats to stifle free speech,” said Index on Censorship CEO Jodie Ginsberg. “We were humbled and inspired by their stories, and their dedication to ensuring we can all speak freely.”

The awards were presented at a ceremony at The Barbican, London, hosted by comedian Shappi Khorsandi whose father Hadi was forced into exile from Iran because of his satirical writing.

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Stanley Is Coming Revisited Pt. I

The 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are now underway. I made some predictions for the first round last year which were disastrous. My prediction rate isn’t the best but it isn’t exactly a science to it like visiting a fortune teller… So I am going to do the same this year and stick with it…

Eastern Conference

  • In favour of the Pittsburgh Penguins over the New York Islanders in a sweep of four.
  • In favour of the Montreal Canadiens over the Ottawa Senators in the best of seven.
  • In favour of the New York Rangers over the Washington Capitals in the best of seven.
  • In favour of the Boston Bruins over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the best of seven.

Western Conference

  • In favour of the Chicago Blackhawks over the Minnesota Wild in a sweep of four. (Suck it Koivu!)
  • In favour of the Detroit Red Wings over the Anaheim Ducks in the best of seven.
  • In favour of the St. Louis Blues over the Los Angeles Kings in the best of seven.
  • In favour of the Vancouver Canucks over the San Jose Sharks in the best of seven.

A Dog’s Purpose; A Book Review

I have recently read A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron. I saw A Dog’s Purpose on the shelf at a locally owned bookstore. I picked it up and read the backflip about the novel. Intrigued, I read the first chapter and instantly fell in love. I knew I had to own this book and purchased it right then and there.

People cannot be surprised that I’m a dog lover. They’ve been apart of my life from the very beginning. In my twenty-seven going on twenty-eight years on this planet I’ve had six dogs. Rex the Doberman, Samantha the German Shepherd Cross and of course our Airedales: Amie, Baylee, Emma and now Archer. Dogs have been a major part of my life as you all have come to know in my previous blog entries chronicling my love for the Airedale Terrier breed.

I’ve never had a ‘favourite’ book before as an adult. I usually read two books a year since they’re sometimes up over a 1,000 pages each. However, A Dog’s Purpose is my absolute favourite. It reminded me of my relationship with my canine roots, my family, my pack. It’s an emotional story: you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll love, you’ll experience joy — and if you don’t – you probably don’t have a soul.

Bruce Cameron does a great job in capturing the personification of a dog. The book follows a dog trying to find its purpose in four different lives through reincarnation. The stories are different and the dog’s purpose changes but ultimately it is to love their humans. The book was a refreshing read and I’m pretty excited to pick up the sequel A Dog’s Journey when it’s released in book stores in paperback.

Go read this book. I give it 5/5 stars.


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The Weekly Call – Trade Setups for the Week of June 24th

The Weekly Call – Trade Setups for the Week of June 24th

The Weekly Call provides perspective on high-quality setups and trading strategies. Our current performance is showing more than a 284% return since October 2016. The purpose of this blog is to demonstrate how to swing trade futures using our methodology to select high-quality setups and manage the trade with our risk management approach. This week, I am managing trades in Sugar, Natural Gas, Soy and Gold and looking to possibly initiate new trades in Lumber, Lean Hogs,  Coffee, and Live Cattle.

All trades posted here are discussed in detail in our Daily Update Subscription Service and posted on our private Twitter feed.  Our track record is posted below under Completed Trades. See some of our completed trade videos below.

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Soy – Re-entering the Trade

5-27 – Gap up last week on the news about the China Tariffs being put on hold. This news reaction will unwind and I am still expecting lower lows into the 990 area. From here I am interested in a long as this is the completion of a flat. We can retrace to the trend line but lower prices are expected.

6-3 – Still waiting on the setup for the long in Soy. When I see 990 I start getting interested. Low window into mid June is where time and price should come together. Being patient and waiting on the setup.

6-10 – After the interruption of the trend with a news reaction on China tariffs, price action and the trend has reasserted itself. We have achieved target on Soy and I am looking this week for an entry. I like to capture the dominate trend on the daily chart and weekly chart, the trend is up in Soy. Positive D this week and I will begin a 1/2 size position.

6-17 – I have started a new position on Soy and the tariff news has driven price lower. At this point I see a big cycle low this week and am holding until I see the price action. I expect 917 to hold. The rally Friday was a dead cat bounce, we should see a full retest of the low and likely a lower low before we see a reversal.

6-24 – Big cycle low last week, so far the retest has been shallow, we may still see a 50 back before we see the rally break the trend line. I am expecting higher prices and 1050 or so. The low last week was likely a capitulation move, I am expecting a turn here.

Sugar – Managing the Trade

4-29 – I have doubled my size in Sugar at $11.34 and it appears we may have a turn. For now we are three up and a re-test down to $11.45, the weekly pivot, should call price higher into $12.50s by May 12th. Divergence has held so we have a candidate low. Time will tell if this is the turn or just a flag setting up a lower low.

5-6 – I have taken 1/3 off the Sugar trade in profits at 11.80 and am watching with interest the current test of the support trend line. If it holds we likely see the next legg higher into 12.25-50 or so. If it breaks, there is risk to 10.50. Bigger picture, I am looking for a major turn in Sugar and higher prices. So far the structure is very flaggy, so the declining resistance trend line is key this week.

5-13 – Sugar has traded lower and I have been stopped put of my second entry at 11.34. I continue to hold my original 1/2 size entry and plan to add lower. Target are 10.50 and possible a double bottom at $11.00. From a timing standpoint, sugar is past the low window of 4-24 so I am expecting a double bottom this week and a turn into $12.50

5-20 – Sugar has turned and is forming a flag channel. Resistance at 12.10 may cause the lower trend line to break and open the lower target at 10.50. If we break up above 12.10 we have a good chance of breaking out. The lower trend line must hold for higher prices to occur.

5-27 – Sugar has broken the flag that we have been discussing and that is a bullish sign. The retest of the broken trend line is key this week as we are in a retest and I am expecting to see support in the 11.80 area. I exited the second 1/3 size position at 12.50 this week and plan to enter a new position on the retest. I am leaving the trailer on for now. There is risk on the break of the lower channel trend line to 10.50

6-3 – 2/3s off and holding my trailer in Sugar. We rejected after a 5 up structure so likely we see a retrace into 12.10-12.30. I will be adding a new position and plan to carry my trailer higher into July.

6-10 – Still holding my trailer on Sugar and I am about to add size. I missed the perfect add at the broken trend line which is what I advised my clients this week. Retest of last week’s low is what I am looking for and roughly 11.90ish or so. I am a buyer of Sugar into the July window.

6-17 – We have reached the shallow three back area on Sugar and I will be looking to add size this week for the next impulse higher. Next high window is 7-20 and I am looking for roughly $13.50-$14.00.

6-24 – Trend line test this week is key, convert and we have a confirmation of the turn and see the next legg up into $13.90. WE still have risk on a break of the support trend line to retest the low. Exiting the long on a break of the lower trend line is wise.

Natural Gas – Entering the Trade

5-27 – Natural appears to be in a channel here and I am expecting resistance in the $3.00-3.05 area. Timing cycles are pointing lower and a retest of the current low is likely. I am expecting 2.40 by Mid July. I have entered Natural Gas 1/2 size short at 2.97 and plan to add the second 1/2 after a full reversal is signaled. There is still a chance to see a higher high here with neg D on RSI which would sweeten this setup. All entries for the weekly call are posted on our private twitter feed.

6-3 – I have taken 1/3 off in profit on the first decline at 2.897 as posted on our private twitter feed. I am looking to potentially add size if $3.00 is breached as a higher high is still possible. I am planning the low into the cycle window of 7-14 and have another cycle low into August to consider.

6-10 – I have taken another 1/3 in profit in Natural because we have morphed into a potential triangle. This may or may not be a triangle so if we break the swing low, I will add size on the conversion. More likely however is a break higher into 3.05-3.10. My stop is at even and if stopped out, I will re-enter higher.

6-17 – Stopped out of my last 1/3 in NG as we have broken in the $3.00 area as discussed. Likely we see a reversal pattern between 3.05 and 3.10. I am still expecting the move lower into 2.40, the triangle that emerged is driving a termination move higher. I will be planning another entry when a reversal pattern is seen. Last trade completed with two leggs in profit and a 31% profit on margin.

6-24 – Last week saw 3.05 as our target and a nice rejection. This week I am expecting the trend line to convert and lower lows. 2.75 is the alternate at the trend line so keep that in mind. I am expecting to see 2.40 in the beginning of August.

Live Cattle – Entering the Trade

5-20 – Live Cattle is in the last legg lower into the 18 month cycle window. I am expecting a major turn and a big rally from that area. We have not yet broken Wave y which should occur this week. This will set up positive D on RSI which is what I want to see before choosing my entry. I had a similar trade when I started the Weekly Call in October of 2016, this turn should not disappoint.

5-27 – Patiently waiting on lower prices and the 18 month cycle low on Live Cattle. We are approaching the slaughter peak and seasonality should press prices lower. I am still expecting wave y to break and see a lower low into our cycle date.

6-3 – Live Cattle may retest this week and then move higher. The 18 month cycle window may already be in. The retest this week if it finds support at 100.20 will call price higher into the 7/7 window and $108. If the trend line demonstrates support, I plan to enter long.

6-10 – Live Cattle price is inside the channel and heading into my cycle date. A retest is coming this week, so the lower trend line may be seen. This is a decent entry if the trend line holds. I like Cattle long into November.

6-17 – Lower trend line support on Friday as the retest occurred as expected. – Looks good long into 108.60s and the 7-7 high window.

6-24 – Waiting on the cycle window and the 7-7 high. On track to see that number and maybe more. Upper trend line is in the 111s. Once seen we have a more significant retest coming then higher into 120 next.

Coffee – Entering the Trade

5-13 – A small retest is needed at this point into 120s and then lower prices expected into 114s as mentioned. This is the perfect area for the alternate to play out which would be a rally into 130s. Although my lean is lower, I am watching for the possible alternate this week which would play out Monday/Tuesday if seen. Given the seasonality, I am expecting this to continue lower into 114s and setup a turn in the next week or so.

5-20 – No change in forecast, seasonality points lower and I am still expecting 114s. We will likely get there after the current retest finishes into 120.

5-27 – The retest appears done and I am expecting lower prices into 114s. Commercial sentiment has not shifted yet and I am watching this with interest as we are approaching the Brazil harvest season.

6-3 – Coffee may be forming a flag here. I am still expecting lower prices after we finish the three up. I am expecting a low in the month of July. A short entry may present itself this week which I will be looking for.

6-10 – Seasonality still driving the bus on Coffee as previously mentioned. Likely the move continues lower into the July cycle date and 114s. We have a lot of time to consider a major reversal in Coffee. – No rush to get long here, just keeping it on my radar for now.

6-17 – Retest and lower, still waiting on the long and the turn. Likely an 18 month cycle low in July in a few weeks. We now have a new low and also positive D, so I will be looking for a reversal pattern.

6-24 – We have a potential candidate low last week. Nice positive D, cycles are pointing lower. At this point I am waiting to see the outcome, form a reversal pattern and I plan to enter. Unless the setup is really good, I will wait for the cycle date.

Lean Hogs – Entering the Trade

4-29 – Lean hogs is an interesting chart and is setting up for a rally. A lower low into my cycle date may get me long with a target roughly in the $90 area. I like the commercial and retail COT positions here and I also like the seasonality long into June. I will be posting my entry on lean hogs and the other commodities listed here on The Art of Chart private twitter feed.

5-6 – We are now past the cycle window and may have turned. The current price action may be the retest. I like this long and will be looking for a possible lower low to set up positive D on RSI. Commercial sentiment favors a rally here.

5-13 – So far so good on the rally. Expecting continuation higher into the 6-11 high window. The monthly pivot at 74.025 must now hold as support.

5-20 – Monthly pivot holding as expected and we are set up for a rally this week. I am expecting the upper trend line and roughly $83 next. A break of the channel signals and confirms that the X wave and turn are confirmed.

5-27 – So far the channel is holding and bulls must perform here as a break of last week’s low would cause a retest of the current low. The turn is not confirmed yet and I am waiting to see if we complete the first three up. Upon completion, I plan to enter on the retest.

6-3 – Bull have performed so the are still alive here. Three up into the next cycle date of 6-11 is expected. The retest after that move is key to the rally and $78 needs to hold. I will be considering a long entry at that time.

6-10 – Reversal coming this week in Lean Hogs, a higher high first then the turn. Likely we see the lower trend line. If it holds, we see a strong move higher into October. Watching for a break of the RSI price cycle to indicate the beginning of the retracement.

6-17 – Cycle date has passed and we are at target and the retest has begin. Lower prices expected into 74.80-75 and the trendline. If support is found we should see higher prices into October. Break the flag and we open a retest of the low. Big decision this week in Hogs.

6-24 – As expected, turned in our cycle window and lower to the trend line. Hogs needs to find support at the trend line this week or we risk a full retest of the low. If support is found, the next legg up should last into October.

Gold – Entering the Trade

6-3 – Gold is at an inflection point and DX is turning. I entered a long in Gold last week at 1302.1 and may add size this week if we see 1290. Right now I am small, 1/2 size on this setup and am looking for a high in the July time frame. No stop on this trade as I am managing risk with size.

6-10 – DX turned beautifully as expected, and Gold is a bit disappointing here. Silver and Copper have rallied nicely, Gold is lagging. Trend line needs to hold this week, the lean is higher into the July cycle date. Holding my current 1/2 size and I may take first profit at 1314 or 1328.

6-17 – ECB news Thursday and a big rally in the US Dollar and a dump in metals. The trend line which was support has broken and we are in the alternate scenario which is price heading fopr a touch of the lower trend line of the wedge into 1270-80. Likely we see another legg lower and a reversal pattern this week. DX is driving the bus and this turn will depend on a reversal in the US dollar. I have added a second legg at 1281 and am now holding a full size position.

6-24 – The USD has signaled a turn and Gold may have put in a bottom. I was expecting 1270 and divergence last week, we saw 60s and positive D. This week bulls must perform and convert the trend line and weekly pivot. Failing to do so will open lower prices. There is risk on this trade to 61s.

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Track Record of Completed Trades

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Track Record October 2016 – December 2017 Click Here.

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Completed trade in Cattle as of November 28th

We expect subscribers to have captured 60% of the swing in live cattle which is over $14,500 in profit using a margin of only $5,115. A great example of using leverage in futures.

Completed Trade in Coffee as of December 12th

The total swing was $37.00 and we expect subscribers to have captured 60% of a wing or $22 in coffee for a profit of over $25,500 using a margin of $8,850. A great example of using leverage in futures. See the video below for the review of the trade.

Completed Trade in Natural Gas as of January 2nd

We were stopped out of out last 1/3 position as weather-related news created a gap down on January 2nd and a possible flat with support at 3.196. This concludes our trade with natural gas; we exit with 550 ticks on 2/3s of a position with $8,500 in profit.

Completed Trade in Coffee as of January 19th

We exited the coffee trade on January 19th with $17 or over $15,000 in profit using a margin of $8,850. A great example of using leverage in futures.

Completed Trade in Gold as of February 8th

We exited the gold trade on February 8th with over $14,000 in profit. We entered on January 3rd and held the trade into the high window. We will re-enter gold in a few weeks after a backtest.

About the Author

Stan Nabozny
Stan is a 20 year retail trading veteran and Co-Founder of The Art of Chart. A registered Commodity Trading Advisor, his specialties include using futures and options to trade Energies. Precious Metals, Equities, Currencies, Bonds, Softs, Grains and other commodities. Stan believes that Risk Management and Trader Psychology are more important that technical analysis and spends his time teaching and coaching other traders on these topics . Stan uses various trading systems and technical analysis approaches that integrate time and price in his work. See his latest articles here and

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Alliance: Oneworld

Location: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Airport Gate S

Lounge Rating: 3.5 Stars

Whilst American Airlines is the dominant Oneworld carrier in America, their lounge product is sadly more sporadic and in parts of the States non-existent. Naturally I thought American would have a lounge in a port as large as Seattle but I discovered that was unfortunately not the case. That said British Airways has a lounge which is the only offering for passengers travelling on a Oneworld carrier. Despite the Oneworld website stating that the BA lounge was open to all Oneworld top tier members, the lounge has been known to pick and choose when they feel like letting partner members in. I encountered this type of attitude the moment I arrived at the lounge but after some perseverance I was fortunately let in. So is the BA Terraces Lounge in Seattle worth the early pit stop for a beverage or two before a flight? I was keen to find out…

Lounge access options

  • Lounge access is available for passengers who are:
    • flying on a scheduled British Airways flight in First
    • a Gold Member of the British Airways Executive Club on a scheduled flight operated by British Airways or one of our oneworld partners
    • an Emerald member of any of the oneworld airline frequent flyer programmes on a scheduled flight operated by British Airways or one of our oneworld partners
    • over the age of 18 years, or if under 18 years you are accompanied by a responsible adult. (Local laws relating to the consumption of alcohol will apply)

    As a Sapphire or Emerald member you are welcome to invite one single guest per each departure flight to join you in the lounge.

Lounge location and opening hours

The BA lounge located at the S gate is open 4 hours before the morning and evening flights with BA. Those with Oneworld flights outside of these times will have to slum it in the terminal.

The ambience of the Terraces Lounge is dull at best. Whilst certainly not horrific the furnishing were tired and the general design bland. Some of the seats including mine showed signs of severe wear and tear. Overlooking that the location of the lounge provided some nice views across the tarmac (when Seattle isn’t foggy) as well as natural lighting.

The bathrooms were a different story and look like they had been modernised a couple of years ago. Shower facilities were also available to those who wised to have a flight before their international flight.

Bread and butter (food and drink)

Unfortunately this is where the lounge suffered the most with slim pickings being the most apt way to define the food experience. Food wise there was nothing substantial to eat here. Everything was more of the snack variety such as crisps, cheeses and small sandwiches. Admittedly the cheeses sourced from Pikes Place Market were rather tasty.

Drinks wise was also limited but the selection was well sourced with wines from France to New Zealand. I went with the Italian prosecco which is palatable. The highlight of the lounge was the bar service rather than self pour. The lady behind the bar was making some decent looking cocktails and mixers for those waiting around the lounge when I was there. The Terraces Lounge

The Terraces Lounge isn’t something to write home about. The bland interior and rather rude reception was disconcerting. Despite the food offering was rather poor the bar service for drinks shone. Overall the experience was satisfactory but if I had to decide whether I wanted to spend more time in the lounge or the option of taking time having a Starbucks in downtown Seattle before my flight, I would take the Starbucks Seattle experience any day.

Have you experienced the British Airways Terraces Lounge in Seattle? Love to hear from you about your time in lounge – did it shine or were you expecting something better?

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