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If you didn't read the first post you can do so here: risk management part I. You'll need to do so in order to make sense of the topic.
As ever please comment/reply below with questions or feedback and I'll do my best to get back to you.
Part II
Letting stops breatheWe talked earlier about giving a position enough room to breathe so it is not stopped out in day-to-day noise.
Let's consider the chart below and imagine you had a trailing stop. It would be super painful to miss out on the wider move just because you left a stop that was too tight.
Imagine being long and stopped out on a meaningless retracement ... ouch!
One simple technique is simply to look at your chosen chart - let's say daily bars. And then look at previous trends and use the measuring tool. Those generally look something like this and then you just click and drag to measure.
For example if we wanted to bet on a downtrend on the chart above we might look at the biggest retracement on the previous uptrend. That max drawdown was about 100 pips or just under 1%. So you'd want your stop to be able to withstand at least that.
If market conditions have changed - for example if CVIX has risen - and daily ranges are now higher you should incorporate that. If you know a big event is coming up you might think about that, too. The human brain is a remarkable tool and the power of the eye-ball method is not to be dismissed. This is how most discretionary traders do it.
There are also more analytical approaches.
Some look at the Average True Range (ATR). This attempts to capture the volatility of a pair, typically averaged over a number of sessions. It looks at three separate measures and takes the largest reading. Think of this as a moving average of how much a pair moves.
For example, below shows the daily move in EURUSD was around 60 pips before spiking to 140 pips in March. Conditions were clearly far more volatile in March. Accordingly, you would need to leave your stop further away in March and take a correspondingly smaller position size.
ATR is available on pretty much all charting systems
Professional traders tend to use standard deviation as a measure of volatility instead of ATR. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Averages are useful but can be misleading when regimes switch (see above chart).
Once you have chosen a measure of volatility, stop distance can then be back-tested and optimised. For example does 2x ATR work best or 5x ATR for a given style and time horizon?
Discretionary traders may still eye-ball the ATR or standard deviation to get a feeling for how it has changed over time and what 'normal' feels like for a chosen study period - daily, weekly, monthly etc.
Reasons to change a stopAs a general rule you should be disciplined and not change your stops. Remember - losers average losers. This is really hard at first and we're going to look at that in more detail later.
There are some good reasons to modify stops but they are rare.
One reason is if another risk management process demands you stop trading and close positions. We'll look at this later. In that case just close out your positions at market and take the loss/gains as they are.
Another is event risk. If you have some big upcoming data like Non Farm Payrolls that you know can move the market +/- 150 pips and you have no edge going into the release then many traders will take off or scale down their positions. They'll go back into the positions when the data is out and the market has quietened down after fifteen minutes or so. This is a matter of some debate - many traders consider it a coin toss and argue you win some and lose some and it all averages out.
Trailing stops can also be used to 'lock in' profits. We looked at those before. As the trade moves in your favour (say up if you are long) the stop loss ratchets with it. This means you may well end up 'stopping out' at a profit - as per the below example.
The mighty trailing stop loss order
It is perfectly reasonable to have your stop loss move in the direction of PNL. This is not exposing you to more risk than you originally were comfortable with. It is taking less and less risk as the trade moves in your favour. Trend-followers in particular love trailing stops.
One final question traders ask is what they should do if they get stopped out but still like the trade. Should they try the same trade again a day later for the same reasons? Nope. Look for a different trade rather than getting emotionally wed to the original idea.
Let's say a particular stock looked cheap based on valuation metrics yesterday, you bought, it went down and you got stopped out. Well, it is going to look even better on those same metrics today. Maybe the market just doesn't respect value at the moment and is driven by momentum. Wait it out.
Otherwise, why even have a stop in the first place?
Entering and exiting winning positionsTake profits are the opposite of stop losses. They are also resting orders, left with the broker, to automatically close your position if it reaches a certain price.
Imagine I'm long EURUSD at 1.1250. If it hits a previous high of 1.1400 (150 pips higher) I will leave a sell order to take profit and close the position.
The rookie mistake on take profits is to take profit too early. One should start from the assumption that you will win on no more than half of your trades. Therefore you will need to ensure that you win more on the ones that work than you lose on those that don't.
Sad to say but incredibly common: retail traders often take profits way too early
This is going to be the exact opposite of what your emotions want you to do. We are going to look at that in the Psychology of Trading chapter.
Remember: let winners run. Just like stops you need to know in advance the level where you will close out at a profit. Then let the trade happen. Don't override yourself and let emotions force you to take a small profit. A classic mistake to avoid.
The trader puts on a trade and it almost stops out before rebounding. As soon as it is slightly in the money they spook and cut out, instead of letting it run to their original take profit. Do not do this.
Entering positions with limit ordersThat covers exiting a position but how about getting into one?
Take profits can also be left speculatively to enter a position. Sometimes referred to as "bids" (buy orders) or "offers" (sell orders). Imagine the price is 1.1250 and the recent low is 1.1205.
You might wish to leave a bid around 1.2010 to enter a long position, if the market reaches that price. This way you don't need to sit at the computer and wait.
Again, typically traders will use tech analysis to identify attractive levels. Again - other traders will cluster with your orders. Just like the stop loss we need to bake that in.
So this time if we know everyone is going to buy around the recent low of 1.1205 we might leave the take profit bit a little bit above there at 1.1210 to ensure it gets done. Sure it costs 5 more pips but how mad would you be if the low was 1.1207 and then it rallied a hundred points and you didn't have the trade on?!
There are two more methods that traders often use for entering a position.
Scaling in is one such technique. Let's imagine that you think we are in a long-term bulltrend for AUDUSD but experiencing a brief retracement. You want to take a total position of 500,000 AUD and don't have a strong view on the current price action.
You might therefore leave a series of five bids of 100,000. As the price moves lower each one gets hit. The nice thing about scaling in is it reduces pressure on you to pick the perfect level. Of course the risk is that not all your orders get hit before the price moves higher and you have to trade at-market.
Pyramiding is the second technique. Pyramiding is for take profits what a trailing stop loss is to regular stops. It is especially common for momentum traders.
Pyramiding into a position means buying more as it goes in your favour
Again let's imagine we're bullish AUDUSD and want to take a position of 500,000 AUD.
Here we add 100,000 when our first signal is reached. Then we add subsequent clips of 100,000 when the trade moves in our favour. We are waiting for confirmation that the move is correct.
Obviously this is quite nice as we humans love trading when it goes in our direction. However, the drawback is obvious: we haven't had the full amount of risk on from the start of the trend.
You can see the attractions and drawbacks of both approaches. It is best to experiment and choose techniques that work for your own personal psychology as these will be the easiest for you to stick with and build a disciplined process around.
Risk:reward and win ratiosBe extremely skeptical of people who claim to win on 80% of trades. Most traders will win on roughly 50% of trades and lose on 50% of trades. This is why risk management is so important!
Once you start keeping a trading journal you'll be able to see how the win/loss ratio looks for you. Until then, assume you're typical and that every other trade will lose money.
If that is the case then you need to be sure you make more on the wins than you lose on the losses. You can see the effect of this below.
A combination of win % and risk:reward ratio determine if you are profitable
A typical rule of thumb is that a ratio of 1:3 works well for most traders.
That is, if you are prepared to risk 100 pips on your stop you should be setting a take profit at a level that would return you 300 pips.
One needn't be religious about these numbers - 11 pips and 28 pips would be perfectly fine - but they are a guideline.
Again - you should still use technical analysis to find meaningful chart levels for both the stop and take profit. Don't just blindly take your stop distance and do 3x the pips on the other side as your take profit. Use the ratio to set approximate targets and then look for a relevant resistance or support level in that kind of region.
Risk-adjusted returnsNot all returns are equal. Suppose you are examining the track record of two traders. Now, both have produced a return of 14% over the year. Not bad!
The first trader, however, made hundreds of small bets throughout the year and his cumulative PNL looked like the left image below.
The second trader made just one bet — he sold CADJPY at the start of the year — and his PNL looked like the right image below with lots of large drawdowns and volatility.
Would you rather have the first trading record or the second?
If you were investing money and betting on who would do well next year which would you choose? Of course all sensible people would choose the first trader. Yet if you look only at returns one cannot distinguish between the two. Both are up 14% at that point in time. This is where the Sharpe ratio helps .
A high Sharpe ratio indicates that a portfolio has better risk-adjusted performance. One cannot sensibly compare returns without considering the risk taken to earn that return.
If I can earn 80% of the return of another investor at only 50% of the risk then a rational investor should simply leverage me at 2x and enjoy 160% of the return at the same level of risk.
This is very important in the context of Execution Advisor algorithms (EAs) that are popular in the retail community. You must evaluate historic performance by its risk-adjusted return — not just the nominal return. Incidentally look at the Sharpe ratio of ones that have been live for a year or more ...
Otherwise an EA developer could produce two EAs: the first simply buys at 1000:1 leverage on January 1st ; and the second sells in the same manner. At the end of the year, one of them will be discarded and the other will look incredible. Its risk-adjusted return, however, would be abysmal and the odds of repeated success are similarly poor.
Sharpe ratioThe Sharpe ratio works like this:
You don't really need to know how to calculate Sharpe ratios. Good trading software will do this for you. It will either be available in the system by default or you can add a plug-in.
VARVAR is another useful measure to help with drawdowns. It stands for Value at Risk. Normally people will use 99% VAR (conservative) or 95% VAR (aggressive). Let's say you're long EURUSD and using 95% VAR. The system will look at the historic movement of EURUSD. It might spit out a number of -1.2%.
A 5% VAR of -1.2% tells you you should expect to lose 1.2% on 5% of days, whilst 95% of days should be better than that
This means it is expected that on 5 days out of 100 (hence the 95%) the portfolio will lose 1.2% or more. This can help you manage your capital by taking appropriately sized positions. Typically you would look at VAR across your portfolio of trades rather than trade by trade.
Sharpe ratios and VAR don't give you the whole picture, though. Legendary fund manager, Howard Marks of Oaktree, notes that, while tools like VAR and Sharpe ratios are helpful and absolutely necessary, the best investors will also overlay their own judgment.
Investors can calculate risk metrics like VaR and Sharpe ratios (we use them at Oaktree; they're the best tools we have), but they shouldn't put too much faith in them. The bottom line for me is that risk management should be the responsibility of every participant in the investment process, applying experience, judgment and knowledge of the underlying investments.Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital
What he's saying is don't misplace your common sense. Do use these tools as they are helpful. However, you cannot fully rely on them. Both assume a normal distribution of returns. Whereas in real life you get "black swans" - events that should supposedly happen only once every thousand years but which actually seem to happen fairly often.
These outlier events are often referred to as "tail risk". Don't make the mistake of saying "well, the model said…" - overlay what the model is telling you with your own common sense and good judgment.
Coming up in part IIIAvailable here
Squeezes and other risks
Market positioning
Bet correlation
Crap trades, timeouts and monthly limits
Disclaimer:This content is not investment advice and you should not place any reliance on it. The views expressed are the author's own and should not be attributed to any other person, including their employer.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Apple Pockets
These have got to be one of the tastiest little pockets of goodness I've gotten to enjoy!
Despite their appearance, these were really easy and quick to prepare. The dough was fabulous to work with, and requires just a 10 minute rise before you fill the pockets.
They are like mini apple pies... awesome. The dough is yeasty, and the apples are sweet -- in my mind, that's a delicious combination.
These make the perfect dessert at holiday time because everyone wants just a little slice of all the desserts. These little guys are only 136 calories!
Apple Pockets - Adapted from Taste of Home
2 C flour, divided
1/4 C wheat flour
2 1/4 tsp. quick rise yeast (1 pkg)
1 T sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 C water
1/4 C butter
4 C tart apples, peeled and sliced
1/3 C sugar
2 T flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 T milk
1 T brown sugar
Combine 1 C flour, yeast, salt, and sugar in a large bowl.
Meanwhile, heat the butter and water to 120-130 degrees in a saucepan over medium heat.
Add the melted butter mixture to the flour/yeast bowl, and stir until just moistened.
Then, add in the wheat flour, and remaining white flour until a smooth dough emerges.
Knead on a lightly floured surface for 5-6 minutes.
Cover, and let rise for about 10 minutes. My dough ended up sitting about a half an hour, and that was just fine.
While dough rises, cut apples and combine with sugar, flour and cinnamon.
Cut the dough into 4 quarters.
Roll each quarter into a rectangle.
Cut dough into 4 rectangles.
Place 1/4 C of the apple filling in the center of each rectangle.
Pull the ends up over the filling, pinching in the center to seal.
Place pockets on a greased cookie sheet (or 2).
Set the cookie sheet in a warm spot in your kitchen, and allow the pockets to sit, covered for 30 minutes.
When ready to bake, place the milk in a bowl and brush onto the pockets. You can either dissolve the sugar in the milk or you can sprinkle the sugar onto the pocket.
Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes until pockets are lightly browned.
Verdict: Smiling Frog Prince.
With apples, these are perfect for fall. But, the possibilities for fillings are endless.... cherry, peach, blueberry, raspberry...!
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41 comments:
these look delicious. i just went apple picking and needed more ideas besides the standard pie. i have a mini pie maker (http://www.rkwltd.com/product_info.php?products_id=22570) that i picked up at a yard sale that im gonna use for this. thanks for the recipe!!ReplyDelete
Those are perfect. Oh wow how I want to eat one of those.ReplyDelete
Those look so good! I love fixing apples different ways and this is a great idea! Thanks for the step by step too - yeast intimidates me at times :)ReplyDelete
Oh wow... that looks really good :)ReplyDelete
Those look fantastic! Thanks for the recipe. I can't wait to try!ReplyDelete
These look so good! I will definately be trying these this weekend!ReplyDelete
These are adorable and look so good! Perfect for an autumn baking day! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Wow these look great, and perfect for a fall treat! Thanks for sharingReplyDelete
I love to try new apple recipes in the fall,these look so good !!ReplyDelete
These look amazing. My mouth is watering.ReplyDelete
These look so good, love the step by step. I will be trying these soon!ReplyDelete
These are such beautiful morsels! Just when I think there can't be another recipe for apples I stumble on one like yours. Thanks for posting this. I hope you are having a wonderful day.ReplyDelete
yum yum yum and perfect serving sizes for a sweet toothReplyDelete
These are so cute! I will have to try them. We just got a bushel of apples, so I definitely have the ingredients!ReplyDelete
I will have to try this...with some peaches or berries, I think...thanks for sharing...the pictures really add a lot....ReplyDelete
These are little beauties. I love anything you can pick up with one hand. So cute and so delish I am sure.ReplyDelete
Joining MomTrends for the 1st time so wanted to come by and say hi.
These look amazingly beautiful and delicious!ReplyDelete
My family would LOVE these! I just copied the recipe down. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Great recipe! These look wonderful!ReplyDelete
These are so cute! I especially like them because they have a high crust to filling ratio. Often, the crust is my fave part :)ReplyDelete
Apple desserts are definitely some of the best things on earth. And you know what they say...an apple a day keeps the doctor away. I maintain that these count for at least two apples. Just because their goodness factor adds some endorphins which also strengthen your immune system. Delicious!ReplyDelete
Those look so good!!!ReplyDelete
I see we were thinking along the same lines - bundles of goodness :) The dough sounds good too!ReplyDelete
You make it look SO easy! They look yummy and I can't wait to make these (or should I say attempt):)ReplyDelete
I'm a visitor to your blog and I'm really enjoying it...thanks for visiting mine :) Cooking can be such fun, and it's great to share our recipes! These apple pockets look so great, but I'm a softy for anything apple! ;)ReplyDelete
this is a great recipe for the season of the yearReplyDelete
These look wonderful! Thanks for posting :)ReplyDelete
Must try! Looks delicious!ReplyDelete
Love this for packed lunches too!ReplyDelete
I made these tonight! Really fabulous! My dough did not rise well though, so mine are miniature compared to yours. I also cooked for only 10 minutes, so the bottom was firm but the dough was still soft.ReplyDelete
I just bought a bushel of apples so I may be creating more of your apple recipes. I am so thrilled that I have found your blog. I like that you actually "cook" not just grab a bunch of frozen stuff that is on sale. ha. I dont mind a sale, but I do try to stay away from heavily processed foods. I get tired of seeing recipes where you open a bunch of cans and bags and mix everything together and call it cooking!!
Would you mind if I posted my version of the recipe next week and linked to you?
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Oh. My. Goodness!!!!ReplyDelete
My mouth is watering at just the thought! Yummm! I love apples! Got to try this soon!...like now!!!! :)
Perfect for this time of year! Can't wait to see what you come up with for tomorrow's Momtrends Friday Food feature. My recipe is pork--until then!ReplyDelete
Those look yummy! And they're so cute too! Thanks for joining in the fun at the Holiday Food Fest! I hope you join us next Thurs. too.ReplyDelete
What a GREAT!!! little treat filled with apples.ReplyDelete
Yum! Anything apple is delicious. ;-) But these look adorable too. Just what I needed for the dinner party I'm invited to this weekend.ReplyDelete
Thanx for highlighting this recipe again. These are perfect for a quick snack without the fuss of cooking a full size pie.ReplyDelete
Have you ever tried cherry pie filling?
I love the look of these! So cute & perfect for the upcoming Fall season!ReplyDelete
This is an old post, but I am going to try your apple pockets. But of course I won't be making my own crust this time.....ReplyDelete
This looks delicious! I have apples in the fridge that need to be used! :)ReplyDelete
These look fantastic! Now I know what to do with the last of my McIntosh apples I picked this morning. :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Thanks! These turned out awesome!ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by! I'd love to hear from you; especially how you're finding JOY in your kitchen.


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January 4th is "National Trivia Day" in the USA. [You're welcome to play along no matter where you live]. It seems only appropriate I should share some interesting Mormon Trivia. So, here's everything you need to know, and more, about:
A large majority of Latter-day Saint ("Mormon") Temples across the world have a gold-leaf statue perched on the top spire. The statue depicts a man in flowing robes blowing a trumpet. This recognizable Mormon symbol represents a heavenly messenger [angel] named Moroni, who appeared to the first Latter-day prophet Joseph Smith , visiting on several occasions. Moroni showed Joseph where the records of an ancient American civilization were buried, which were translated into the Book of Mormon. [extra trivia tidbit: the prophet Mormon which the book is named after and where Latter-day Saints get their nickname, was Moroni's father]
The first angel placed on an LDS temple was the original Nauvoo Illinois Temple built in the 1840's and destroyed by fire in 1848. The angel fulfilled a tri-functional purpose as religious symbol, weather vane, and lightning rod. This statue did not officially represent an angel Moroni. It was depicting a "Flying Angel", as inspired by Revelation 14:6,
"And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people."
The Salt Lake Temple, dedicated in 1893, was the next LDS temple topped with an angel, and, the first to be formally identified as representing the angel Moroni. This statue was designed by an American Presbyterian sculptor living in Salt Lake City named Cyrus Dallin.
Cyrus Edwin Dallin was born in Springville, Utah, on 22 November 1861. His ancestors converted to the LDS Church in England and immigrated to Utah in 1851. Once there, however, Dallin's parents joined the Presbyterian Church. As a child he loved sketching and modeling with clay. Eventually he studied art in Boston.
When LDS President Wilford Woodruff asked Dallin to create the statue, he declined, saying he "did not believe in angels." President Woodruff was not deterred. He encouraged Cyrus to consult with his mother, a former Latter-day Saint.
The sculptor's mother felt strongly that her son should accept the commission. When Cyrus repeated he did not believe in angels, his mother asked: "Why do you say that? You call me your 'angel mother.' " She encouraged him to study LDS scriptures for inspiration, which he did.
Dallin's design was a dignified, neoclassical angel in robe and cap, standing upright with a trumpet in hand. The original 40-inch plaster model was completed by 4 October 1891 and exhibited at the Salt Lake Fair. A full-size model was sent to Salem, Ohio, where the statue was hammered out of copper and covered with 22-karat gold leaf.
The 12-foot-5-inch statue stands on a stone ball on the 210-foot central spire on the east side of the temple.
Dallin's reaction to his experience is enlightening:
"I consider that my 'angel Moroni' brought me nearer to God than anything I ever did. It seemed to me that I came to know what it means to commune with angels from heaven."
(Levi Edgar Young, "The Angel Moroni and Cyrus Dallin," Improvement Era, Apr. 1953, 234 as quoted)
Today, nearly every Latter-day Saint temple includes an Angel Moroni statue. Since Cyrus Dallin, other significant sculptors have been involved in designing the statues:
1. Millard F. Malin created the 2nd Angel Moroni Statue, placed on the Los Angeles California Temple in 1953 (dedicated 1956) . His angel was cast in aluminum, and stands 4.7 meters high and weighs 953 kilograms. It has Native American features, wears a Mayan style cloak and holds the gold plates in his left hand. You can read a fascinating trivia article about this statue at Keepapitchin entitled "Angel Moroni's Secret".
2. Avard Fairbanks sculpted the third Angel Moroni statue which was placed on the Washington D.C. Temple, dedicated in 1974.
This angel was created as a one-meter model which was sent to Italy where it was enlarged, cast in bronze, and gilded. The finished statue is 5.5 meters high and weighs over 4,000 pounds (1814 kg). The Seattle Washington, Jordan River Utah, and Mexico City Mexico Temples each have a 4.6 meter casting of this statue.
3. Torlief Knaphus is most famous for creating the Hill Cumorah Monument – [another Moroni statue] which stands atop the historic LDS site believed to be the location where Joseph Smith received the ancient Book of Mormon records [golden plates] from the angel Moroni. [Bonus trivia: This angel statue was the first designed holding the plates in it's left arm. Today, 5 Temples have an Angel Moroni statue depicted holding the gold plates in its left arm – Los Angeles California, Washington DC, Seattle Washington, Jordan River Utah and Mexico City] Located near Palmyra New York, just southeast of Rochester, this is also the site of the annual Hill Cumorah Pageant. Torlief created a second Moroni statue design which was eventually used for the Idaho Falls, Atlanta Georgia, and Boston Massachusetts Temples.
4. Karl Quilter studied under Avard Fairbanks, and sculpted his first Angel Moroni in 1978. Two sizes were made, one 3 meters high, the other just over 2 meters.
These statues were designed to reduce the cost and weight of the previous Angel Moroni statues, in order to become a standard part of the temple architecture. These angels are made of fiberglass and covered with gold leaf. In 1998 with the construction of many new smaller temples, Quilter was commissioned to create a new angel. This angel was similar in design to his previous angels, but he gave Moroni a slightly more massive build, his left hand is opened, and his body is turned slightly showing more action. The photo attached is a 1998 design found on the Bern Switzerland Temple 2005 replacement Moroni. Quilter's Angel Moroni design is found on well over one hundred (100) temples around the world. (J. Michael Hunter, "'I Saw Another Angel Fly'," Liahona, Aug. 2000, p. 12.)
FACING EAST or WEST?
The Angel Moroni statues are traditionally turned to face East, to herald the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ. However, a handful of angel Moroni statues face West due to the orientation of the lots and the placement of the spires (or towers). These are the Seattle Washington Temple, Spokane Washington Temple, rebuilt Nauvoo Illinois Temple, and Taipei Taiwan Temple.
Update July 2014 – go check out the cool graphs over at 3DTemples "Moroni Always Faces East [Except When He Doesn't]"
The Monticello Utah Temple is the only temple to have had a white angel Moroni. President Gordon B. Hinckley had envisioned all of the "smaller temples" to have a white enamel angel, however the Monticello experiment proved the white statue was too difficult to see, especially in cloudy weather. It was replaced about a year later by a larger, traditional gold-leafed statue, which remained the standard from then on.
For various reasons, eight (8) current temples do not have an angel Moroni. They are the St. George Utah, Logan Utah, Manti Utah, Laie Hawaii, Cardston Alberta, Mesa Arizona, Hamilton New Zealand, and Oakland California Temples.
One of the most beloved and popular Angel Moroni's during the early 20th century did not top a temple – but rather, it crowned the Washington D.C. Chapel.
This Mormon congregation had the distinction of having the only chapel adorned by a golden angel Moroni (an exact replica of Cyrus Dallin's Salt Lake City Temple Moroni). The stone used to construct the exquisite chapel was taken from a granite quarry in Utah and transported to the nation's capital. Dedicated on Nov. 5, 1933, this beautiful and unique building served the church for over 4 decades, until it was sold in 1975 to the Unification Church. The unique Chapel Angel was removed at that time, and is now displayed inside the Museum of Church History in Salt Lake City.
[Extra Trivia: My father attended church in the Washington DC Ward Chapel during the late 1960s and early 70s. During that time, Dad served as a Ward Missionary Leader and credits many baptisms to their Angel Moroni. He recalls that visitors would be drawn to the beautiful building with the beautiful statue on a daily basis. They would come inside, and request to learn more about the church.]
ANGEL MORONI and LIGHTNING
The angel atop the newly constructed Oquirrh Mountain Temple was struck and blackened by lightning on June 13, 2009.
Many people enjoyed poking jabs at this incident, and/or trying to devise some sort of "sign from God" theory. However, the plain and simple fact is that being the highest point on a very tall building, all Angel Moroni statues are frequently hit by lightning. They each include a lightening rod to protect the building, which emerges from the top of the statues head, and they also include special varnish to protect against extreme weather.
It appears that this particular angel suffered from a fluke strike which bounced and caused scorching:
"The original Angel Moroni statue suffered damage when the June 13, 2009 bolt hit the lightning rod on its head and arced beyond that point." – Deseret News Mormon Times
The poor damaged Moroni was replaced successfully. The new one included an extra lightening rod, for extra protection.
ANGEL MORONI and EARTHQUAKES:
The trumpets of the angel Moroni statues have been launched right out of Moroni's grasp during earthquakes near the Santiago Chile Temple, Tokyo Japan Temple, and Apia Samoa Temple [see these Temple facts]
As of this publication date there are 130 Operating Temples, 8 Under Construction and 13 Announced – (click this link for monthly update). As stated above, 8 temples do not have an angel Moroni statue. That adds up to a lot of angel Moroni statues!
The event of an angel Moroni being placed upon the top of a new temple is always a very exciting celebration.
VIDEO: The Helsinki Finland Temple Thursday, October 13, 2005.
Courtesy Google Videos
Each Angel Moroni is a special symbol to the Latter-day Saints. They are a reminder of the miraculous and holy circumstances which surround founding events of the church, and a declaration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ being available and declared to all nations of the earth.
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I've realized from about October to February, is our season of family. Hunting alone facilitates a great portion of this, and then the holidays manage to cement the rest. We just don't have time to spend with many friends, as much as we'd like to. Family really takes priority.
During the harvest season, I think it is easy to start feeling like you are drowning in the work of a homestead. I generally feel like I tread water pretty steadily around here, but after a spastic comment on the Apron Stringz blog, when both CJ and Erica of NWEdible reached out to me to make sure that I was alright, I realized my Shiny-Happy exterior was cracking a bit. While I'm afraid that the comment I left came across way crazier than I intended, the truth is, I have been somewhat overwhelmed.
In April, Rick's dad was diagnosed with ALS (aka Lou Gehrig's disease). I've sort of kept this under my hat, since Rick wasn't keen on talking about it with anyone, even in person. He got pretty tetchy when I mentioned it to our neighbor (who is getting to be like family) and to our midwives while I was still pregnant with C. So I've kept it off the blog all this time. But I started bracing myself. I've seen diseases before.
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ALS makes cancer look like the freakin' flu.
With cancer, there are treatments, even cures for some. Hope. With ALS, there is nothing. Just waiting, watching, making your loved one feel comfortable as they lose the ability to make their muscles work. The prognosis for ALS is more than bleak. Stats vary, but we've been told that up to 70% of people diagnosed with it die within 18 months. It is always fatal. Less than 10% live longer than five years.
Rick's dad was beginning to show symptoms last October, though we didn't recognize them. He'd been feeling weaker for a while longer before that, but just chalked it up to being tired. He just turned 51 last month. Because of my experiences with my own dad, I keep expecting to see things plateau with him, but the disease has not slowed at all. In April, his words were slurred, by May he was hard to understand. By June or July, he would only answer yes or no questions out loud. Now it's even hard to tell the yeses apart from the nos. His hands and arms are atrophied pretty severely, so he can't write. This past weekend, they gave him a feeding tube.
Through this, my, uh… "greenisim" is wavering. I'm feeling the urge more an more to take the easy way out. To throw the proverbial grey water down the drain instead of out the window. (Here's where the crazy comment on the Apron Stringz blog comes in). Part of me doesn't want to care anymore where my food comes from. I want to turn the heat up to 69° from 67° and not feel any guilt. Bag the whole Riot for Austerity. Throwing in the towel looks appealing. Part of me is wondering why I should care about organically grown green beans when my father-in-law is struggling to swallow. I'm wondering if we can sustain our sustainable life style? And is it worth it?
The truth is, I know in my heart that it is worth it. But I need to find a way to be ok with what I can do right now. Maybe the Riot is beyond my reach at this point in our family's journey. Maybe CJ's Quiet Riot, or even just tracking our energy use is good enough for right now. Maybe I need to be ok with the things we are doing and hold the space while our family gets ready to walk through the coming grief.
I've known somewhat more loss than anyone in Rick's family (all his grandparents are still living), and I know my strengths can be quite helpful in hard times like these. The loss of his dad is going to be a devastating blow. And I'm grateful to have this time with family right now.
So here I am, holding the space. And turning up my thermostat to 68°.
Related articles
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- New "Culprit" Found in Lou Gehrig's Disease (northwestern.edu)


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Have you already tried the dozens of new diets that have emerged since the beginning of the year? Even if you're only on your first or second fad diet, it probably already feels like you've been down that road before. Millions have, with still only a less than 5 percent success rate for diets overall.
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4 dried whole-grain lasagna noodles
3 medium green bell peppers, finely chopped
1 small zucchini, finely chopped
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce (lowest sodium available)
1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil, crumbled
1 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
16 turkey pepperoni slices, quartered (lowest sodium available)
1 (14.5-ounce) can artichokes, drained and finely chopped
2 ounces shredded low-fat mozzarella cheese
1 tablespoon shredded or grated Parmesan cheese
Yields 4 servings.
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Place 2 noodles in the baking dish. Make sure the edges of the noodles are tucked under to keep them from drying out. Spoon 2 tablespoons spaghetti sauce over each noodle. Sprinkle with half of each of the following, in order: basil, oregano, pepperoni, artichokes, bell pepper mixture and mozzarella. Repeat the layers.
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December 3, 2012 — An international team of genetics researchers has discovered four new gene regions that contribute to low birth weight. Three of those regions influence adult metabolism, and appear to affect longer-term outcomes such as adult height, risk of type 2 diabetes and adult blood pressure.
"This large study adds to the evidence that genes have a strong influence on fetal growth," said one of the co-authors, Struan F.A. Grant, PhD, associate director of the Center for Applied Genomics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "The cumulative effect of the genes is surprisingly strong; it's equivalent to the effect of maternal smoking, which is already recognized as lowering a baby's weight at birth. We already know that a low birth weight increases the risk of health problems in adult life."
The article, published today in Nature Genetics, was the second major study on birth weight by the Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, composed of groups of scientists from multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands, and the United States. Earlier this year, Grant was the lead investigator of an EGG study — the largest-ever genome-wide study of common childhood obesity — which found two novel gene variants that increase the risk of that condition.
The lead investigator of the current study was Rachel M. Freathy, PhD, a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow from the University of Exeter Medical School in the U.K. Other co-authors, from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, included data analyst Jonathan Bradfield and Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Applied Genomics.
The meta-analysis and follow-up study encompassed nearly 70,000 individuals, of European, Arab, Asian and African American descent, from across 50 separate studies of pregnancy and birth. In addition to confirming that three previously discovered genetic regions increased the risk of low birth weight, the consortium discovered four new regions: genes HMGA2, LCORL, ADRB1, and a locus on chromosome 5.
Two of the previously identified gene regions are connected to a risk of type 2 diabetes, while two of the newly found regions confer a risk of shorter adult stature. A third region, ADRB1, is associated with adult blood pressure — the first time that scientists have found a genetic link common to both birth weight and blood pressure.
The biological mechanisms by which the identified genetic regions function to influence early growth and adult metabolism remain to be discovered, although, said Grant, these regions offer intriguing areas on which to focus follow-up research.
Freathy, the study's lead investigator, summed up the study's findings by saying, "These discoveries give us important clues to the mechanisms responsible for the control of a baby's growth in the womb, and may eventually lead to a better understanding of how to manage growth problems during pregnancy."
"This study demonstrates that genes acting early in development have important effects on health both in childhood and beyond," added Grant. "While we continue to learn more about the biology, an important implication is that designing prenatal interventions to improve birth weight could have lifelong health benefits."
Financial support for this study came from the National Institutes of Health (R01 HD056465), the Wellcome Trust, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, the European Union, the Medical Research Council in the U.K., and the Academy of Finland.
"New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism," Nature Genetics, advance online publication, Dec. 2, 2012. doi:10.1038/ng.2477
John Ascenzi, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 267-426-6055, firstname.lastname@example.com


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September 12, 2012 — A national study conducted by researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) shows increased use of powerful antipsychotic drugs to treat publicly insured children over the past decade. The study, published today in the journal Health Services Research, found a 62 percent increase in the number of Medicaid-enrolled children ages 3 to 18 taking antipsychotics, reaching a total of 354,000 children by 2007.
Increased antipsychotic use was observed across a wide range of mental health diagnoses, and was particularly high for children with ADHD or conduct disorder, although the FDA has not approved the drugs to treat these conditions in children. In total, 65 percent of children prescribed antipsychotics in 2007 were using the drugs "off-label," or without FDA safety and efficacy data to support their use to treat young patients.
The CHOP study is the second released this month that focuses on the use of antipsychotic drug use in children and is largest of its kind, representing 35 percent of children in the country.
"Given the significant proportion of off-label use of antipsychotics in children, it is reassuring that these drugs have been recognized as a priority for pediatric research by the National Institutes of Health," said David M. Rubin, MD, MSCE, a senior author of the study, attending pediatrician, and co-director of CHOP's PolicyLab. "If a child is prescribed an antipsychotic, it's important for doctors to inform parents and caregivers if the drug is being prescribed off-label, of potential side effects, and of counseling therapies that might be offered as an alternative to medication."
The frequent off-label use of antipsychotics has raised concern among many healthcare providers, especially in light of evidence linking antipsychotics with an increased risk of serious metabolic side effects in children, including weight gain and diabetes.
The researchers note that the increase in antipsychotic use is due to in part to an overall increase in the number of mental health diagnoses assigned to children. Researchers found a 28 percent increase in the number of children with a mental health diagnosis, but this alone did not account for the spike in prescriptions.
"We knew that the number of children prescribed antipsychotics had grown steadily over the past two decades, particularly among children with public insurance," said Meredith Matone, MHS, the study's lead author and a researcher at PolicyLab. "With this study, we wanted to learn more about why these drugs are being used so often, what diagnoses they're being used to treat, and how prescribing patterns changed over the course of the last decade."
While schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism were the most likely diagnoses to result in an antipsychotic prescription, children with these disorders did not make up the majority of antipsychotic users. Children with ADHD and those who were diagnosed with three or more concurrent mental health disorders made up the largest group of children taking antipsychotics. In 2007, 50 percent of children taking antipsychotics had a diagnosis of ADHD, and 14 percent had ADHD as their only diagnosis.
"The fact that we see an uptick in prescribing antipsychotics for many diagnoses tells us that antipsychotics are likely being used to treat specific behaviors, like aggression, that are shared among a variety of mental health diagnoses," explained Matone. "Insights like this are only available by conducting very large-scale studies like this one. Reaching an average of 15 million children a year provided the needed national perspective on medication use. Continuing to conduct population-based, public health studies is crucial to inform policies and guidelines for the use of antipsychotics for children."
For more information about the study and on PolicyLab's body of child welfare work, visit the PolicyLab website.
PolicyLab develops evidence-based solutions for the most challenging health-related issues affecting children. PolicyLab engages in research that is both responsive to community needs and relevant to policy priorities, partnering with practitioners, policymakers, and families throughout the research process. Through its work, PolicyLab identifies the programs, practices, and policies that support the best outcomes for children and their families, disseminating its findings beyond research and academic communities as part of its commitment to transform evidence to action.


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Carnes indoor meet wraps up
Youth gave way to experience on the last day of the 6th Annual Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track and Field Meet as competition in the College/Open division was held Sunday in the O'Connell Center.
While most of Florida's men's and women's squads went to Fayetteville, Ark., to compete in the 2013 Razorback Invitational over the weekend, a handful of Gators who stayed behind competed Sunday.
One of them was junior Caitlin Schuessler, who responded with a win in the women's pole vault.
Schuessler, who competed for UF as a freshman in 2010, is just working her way into form after undergoing back surgery last August to repair a herniated disc.
Her winning effort of 12-1 1/2 was her best indoor mark since going 12-4 as a freshman.
"It's been really good," Schuessler said. "I had back surgery last summer, so I've just been trying to recover from that and slowly get back into pole vaulting again. I'm healing still, but it's getting better.
"I'm very excited about competing in more meets this year and hope to keep improving."
In addition, current UF sophomore Arlithia Mackey finished third (43-10) in the women's shot put.
A pair of ex-Gator greats who hold the school's respective all-time indoor shot put marks picked up wins. Kemal Mesic captured the men's title with a winning mark of 63-11 3/4, while Mariam Kevkhishvili won the women's title with a mark of 51-9.
There were two featured high school races — the mile run and 55-meter hurdles — held Sunday.
Miami Belen Jesuit Prep's Avery Lopez scored an impressive victory over a strong field in the boys' mile, taking control early and winning in 4:24.87, almost six seconds ahead of runner-up John Lindsey (4:30.20) from Winter Park.
"I was able to get out quickly, and that's what the game plan was," Lopez said. "With about 1,200 meters to go, that's when I really took the initiative and started pushing the pace. Nobody was really testing me, so I just kept on building and building on that."
Emily Edwards (Fort Myers Canterbury) took the girls' mile, winning in a time of 5:04.98 that was just .82 off the meet record of 5:04.16 set in 2010 by current UF junior Stephanie Strasser.
Edwards pulled away over the last half of the race to win by almost 10 seconds over runner-up Anne Kelly (5:14.37), who won the girls' 3,000 meters Saturday.
"I'm really pleased with how it went," Edwards said. "I'm very happy with the time. This gave me the chance to see where I'm at, so it was really good overall."
A number of Youth Invitational meet records were set over the weekend.
Among them were new marks by Stanton Prep's Kendal Williams (200 meters, 21.62) and St. Petersburg's Cayman Ellis (pole vault, 16-0) on the boys' side, while Boyd Anderson's Daeshon Gordon (55-meter hurdles, 8.20), Royal Palm Beach's Erin Ford (400 meters, 56.51), Lake Mary's Erica Sergeant (pole vault, 12-4), Boyd Anderson's Kali Davis-White (200 meters, 24.52), and Eastside's Shadayzha Bullock (shot put, 40-5 3/4) all set new girls' marks.
"I think it was outstanding," meet director Larry Holsey said. "It was a very fulfilling weekend. The kids had a great time, there were a lot of records broken and the fans really enjoyed themselves."
Also, while not a meet record, the 6.28 run by Gainesville's Tony James in winning the boys' 55-meter dash Saturday is the nation's fastest time this year.
"That lets you know that kids in this area are serious about track," Holsey said. "It's very popular."
Complete final results can be found online at www.halfmiletiming.com.


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Fraud Prevention Tips
- Preventing online Fraud
- Be wary about inquiries from anyone outside our local area
- Common types of Internet fraud
- Who should I notify about fraud?
- Other helpful Resources about protecting yourself online
- Examples of fraudulent "offers"
Preventing online Fraud
NJ.com and its affiliate(s) The Star-Ledger, The Times of Trenton, The Jersey Journal, The Hunterdon Democrat, The Reporter, The Warren Reporter, The Suburban News, The Independent Press, The Gloucester County Times, Today's Sunbeam, Salem, The Bridgeton News, The Express Times DO NOT perform any of the following services in connection with advertiser offers:
- Collect funds from/for the buyer or the seller
- Hold funds from/for the buyer or the seller
- Guarantee funds from/for the buyer or the seller
- Store merchandise from/for the buyer or the seller
- Ship merchandise from/for the buyer or the seller
If anyone that you contact regarding merchandise, pets, vehicles, housing or employment indicates that NJ.com and its affiliate(s) The Star-Ledger, The Times of Trenton, The Jersey Journal, The Hunterdon Democrat, The Reporter, The Warren Reporter, The Suburban News, The Independent Press, The Gloucester County Times, Today's Sunbeam, Salem, The Bridgeton News, The Express Times in any way insures or endorses the transaction - this is FALSE.
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Be wary about inquiries from anyone outside our local area. We encourage you to deal locally. Placing classified ads online with NJ.com and and its affiliate(s) The Star-Ledger, The Times of Trenton, The Jersey Journal, The Hunterdon Democrat, The Reporter, The Warren Reporter, The Suburban News, The Independent Press, The Gloucester County Times, Today's Sunbeam, Salem, The Bridgeton News, The Express Times is a fun and cost effective way for your message to reach a broad audience within our local area. Most of our readers have great experiences using our online classifieds. However, there are Internet scams and frauds that you should be aware of, and many of them involve 'offers' from people outside our local area. This doesn't mean that all such offers are fraudulent - just be careful.
Common types of Internet fraud
Wire fraud. In this scenario, the scammer/buyer will request permission to wire-transfer money directly into the seller's bank account. By providing confidential bank account information to the buyer, your account may be compromised. Always use caution when providing any form of personal information.
Overpayment Scam. In this very common scenario, a scammer/buyer will contact a seller and negotiate a deal on merchandise. Many times, this buyer is located outside of the United States, and poses as a "broker" or a "third party" on behalf of another interested party. The buyer will send a cashier's check (or money order) for more than the asking price of the merchandise. The buyer will instruct the seller to send the difference for the overpayment. Unfortunately, the cashier's check or money order used to originally pay the buyer is counterfeit and will be returned to the seller with insufficient funds. The seller is then cheated out of his or her own cash, plus any merchandise that was sent.
Too good to be true? Products that are priced way too low should raise a red flag. For instance, if a motorcycle is stated to be in "excellent" condition and yet is priced thousands below book value, you should proceed with caution. While not all bargains are scams, you may see clues when you contact the seller. Be wary of sellers from out of state / country; incorrect phone numbers or the inability to reach the seller via phone or physical address; and special situations such as the seller needing money quickly. To protect yourself, ask specific questions about authenticity, serial numbers, etc. Do your part to protect yourself - if you feel like a deal is too good to be true, it usually is.
Work-at-home scams. Be very skeptical of any "company" that advertises a work-at-home opportunity and requires advance payment or deposits on items or services. Be skeptical of earnings claims that sound too good to be true. Ask detailed questions about what exactly you will have to do to earn money with the program; i.e., who will pay you, will you be paid on commission, etc.
Customs scams. There are recent reports from the IFCC involving Eastern European countries and high incidences of fraud. Many of the fraudulent buyers of items are located in these countries and often ask that the seller ship in a manner that will avoid customs or taxes. Sellers should be wary of this type of behavior.
Message Relay Application Scams. Some scammers will use VOIP applications like Skype and other message relay applications to call the advertiser to get them to send emails with information that can be used to steal identity. Sellers should only accept live calls from local shoppers and never accept indirect request for information or anonymous phone calls. With these forms of abuse, you may wish to report this to your cellphone carrier and ask that the specific phone number used by the relay app source be blocked due to an attempted scam. Some cellphone carriers can set this up as an available option for users where specific phone numbers can be blocked.
Many internet scams involve one or more of the following:
- NJ.com will never contact you for your personal information, such as password or credit card number.
- An inquiry from someone in another country
- Western Union, Money Gram, cashier's check, money order, shipping, escrow service, or a "guarantee"
- Inability or refusal to meet face-to-face before transaction.
- Be wary of anyone claiming they are acting on behalf of another customer.
- Be wary of postings that do not provide any contact information.
For Pets: Do your research
- Ask if the breeder is a member of an AKC-affiliated club and contact that club to verify membership or check recent listings of available AKC Litters from breeders at: www.akc.org/classified/index.cfm.
- You can also check with the AKC (919-233-9767) to see if there are any complaints about the breeder.
- Request references and speak to other people who have purchased dogs from this breeder especially if the breeder does not live near you.
Who should I notify about fraud?
- FTC toll free hotline: 877-FTC-HELP (877-382-4357)
- FTC online complaint form (www.ftc.gov)
Other helpful Resources about protecting yourself online
- FTC, Internet Fraud - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-internet.htm
- FTC, Identity Theft - http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/
- Better Business Bureau - http://bbb.org/
- Internet Fraud Complaint Center (http://www.ic3.gov)
Examples of fraudulent 'offers'
Below is a sampling of fraudulent letters circulating on the Internet. This is a non-inclusive list that is meant to give you a sampling of the types of fraudulent letters criminals are using. (Spelling and grammatical errors are included in the examples below, as they are often found in fraudulent letters. Common fraudulent key phrases are bolded below for your reference.)
Example #1:
Thanks for your mail back concerning the inquiry mail i sent to you. The price,condition also the pics i viewed is okay by me. And my client confirm there is no problem about the price($975 ) ,my client do pays with a {USA}cashier check,he has agreed to mail out as bank cashiers check of $3500. to you on my behalf to cover the shippment fees.About the shippment, that we be taken care by my me & my personal assistant,my personal assistant will be using his shipper to do the quick processing of the shipping of the(1987 Toyota Celica) to my client. So all you are to do after you will received the check in your mail, Just take out your sale amount and refer the remaining money to my shipper immediately through the westernunion or the money gramm outlet so to get the money fast and start the fast arrangement for the pickup of the (1987 Toyota Celica).Since you are the original owner of this item,and i am buying the item directly from you i will like you to write your full name to be on the check,with the mailing address which my client will be using to issued out the check to you.I do wish to trust you by refering the rest balance back to my shipper and also your fast doing to this transaction. I will like to hear fromyou if this is okay by you and you are ready to process,if you aready to sale your item and promise refering the rest balance to my shipper immediately you received the check so can start the quick arrangement for the pickup. Any body that want to buy this item this item just tell therm that it as been sold. I will like to copmplete this transaction befor the new year. I be at my computer waiting to see your epky to my payment method mailed. THANKS AND MAIL ME BACK WITH YOUR DETAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Example #2:
Thanks for getting back to me, i will be purchasing the motorbike Like i said earlier i am based in the netherlands(holland). there won't be any probs about the shipment,after payment ,the pick up will be made at your place. i have made arrangements with the prepaid shipping company. As regards payment,this is what i am going to do;I have a client in ENGLAND who is owing me 5800POUNDS i would instruct him to make out a money order/certifiedcheck to you in that amount and as soon as it clears your bank. you can now deduct your money from it and send me my balance,i will using use part of the money to pay for the shipping and other expenses .you will then send my balance by via western union money transfer.Although the value of the check is more than the asking price but i think i should be able to trust you with my balance. The reason why i am doing this is that it would take a check sent from over here in HOLLAND 21days to clearover there,whereas a check sent from the US would clear tops within 48hrs. So i would like you to deduct the western union charges from my balance.So if my terms are acceptableto you,i would like you to give me your fullname,address and phone number so that i can instruct my client to make out the check to you. Pls get back to me as soon as you get this mail so that we can round things up in a timely fashion..i willbe trusting in this business transaction.
Example #3:
My puppy is AKC Registered and has all shots upto date. she's also vet checked. But unfortunately,she's just been adopted,some few days ago. But you can get in touch with Another One of my customer that I sold another puppy to,who is looking for caring parent to adopt the the lil pup now. His name is Evangelist Michael Smith, he called me that he had been transfered to west africa on a christian mission,because of his immediate relocation, he went with his wife, and the puppy with him overthere.Her commitment to the work of God could not enable him to stay with the puppy often enough,and that the climatic condition of the country is too harsh for the puppy's health, so he needs a caring parent who can adopt the baby back to the united state of america asap. he will provide the shipping agent to have the puppies shipped back to you. But i suggest you contact him soon as possible Via Email. He will be very much delightfull to hear from you,so as to have this puppy shipped to you asap. HE REQUESTED, a caring and loving parent for his lil baby,and i am so sure he will be so excited if she knows I directed you to her. Kindly notify me immediately by mail. Thanks
Example #4:
I am Very Great full for Your interest in Adopting My puppy,He is 12 Weeks old. His AKC Register,Up to date on all shots and worms, His well potty Trained and his papers are complete,I give you 100 % Health Guarantee,Vet Examinations,Health Cert, friendly with both adult and kids and adorable. He is Ready to go to new a home and the reason is because of the sudden death of my wife Shes the one that take good care of him but now there is noone to take good care of him i am located at Indiana, so If you are ready to adopt him You Get Back To me with the following details...
- 1.Your full name and address
- 2.Marriage Status
- 3.Kids and there ages
- 4.occupation
- 5.Are you sure you will take good care of my baby?
Please promise me to give my baby good home, Where are you located? I have a reliable shipping agent that will take care of the puppy to your end The Next day delivery to you location will cost only very little,,If You Need Any More Information You can mail me back or give me a call.Waiting to read back from you Soon.


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How Not to Get Eaten By an Alligator
I was cruising the Orlando Sentinel looking for stories about Orlando fence contractors or Orlando fences or, like, a neighbor dispute that would prove that "good fences make good neighbors". Instead, because I am an expert Web surfer, I found instructions for alligator safety. This might be the best article I have read all week. What I love about the article is how local it is. I mean, you have to live in Florida (or somewhere else in Alligator country) to even need such instructions. What comes across as kitschy in New York City, is probably actually serious stuff in Orlando.
How does one avoid getting eaten by an alligator? Well, the articles suggests things like: Don't swim in alligator-infested areas; Deon't feed alligators; Don't try to take an alligator as a pet; If you see one, run away in a straight line for at least 30 feet; If an alligator bites you, hit it on the nose repeatedly and scream. Good to know the next time you're fishing in an alligator-filled lake.View original post


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This blog is my way of opening the door to the world of photography, and learning along the way. Also, it is a look into the life of my dog, called Nash. He is a Portuguese Water Dog (or portie) that was born in August 2014. Every day he grows and changes and I have been documenting this through my amateur photography. I love his different faces, as they change and evolve every day. I found that when I researched the breed, I didn't have a great look into what makes a portie, a portie. I am attempting to do this with my blog and I hope you enjoy the photos! If you have questions about him, the breed, or raising a portie puppy, please let me know in a comment!


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Thanks to the wars in the Middle East, drones like the Predator have become household names. They're getting more powerful and more lethal every day, and these combat drones have begun overshadowing important developments. The really exciting recent drone developments haven't been on military airfields—they're in university labs. To find these advances, don't look to the nightly news. Advantage: YouTube.
If you're reading this article, chances are you've seen a few of these videos: flying robots flitting through windows, swarms of hovering machines moving in choreographed precision, miniature helicopters playing catch and assembling buildings or dancing. What distinguishes these small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from their hulking military cousins isn't just their agility, but their intelligence. These little machines are autonomous. Whether building walls or performing acrobatics, they perform their tasks without a human pilot sitting at the other end of a radio link.
Over the past decade, there's been an explosion in the capabilities of these UAVs. Smaller, more power-efficient hardware for laptops and mobile computing have also brought about a revolution in aerial robotics. Ten years ago, research in automated flight needed big, fixed-wing RC aircraft that cost tens of thousands of dollars and could only be flown from airports. Now, it's possible to fit the same abilities into a tiny helicopter that fits in the palm of a hand.
Still, even with advances in hardware, it's always a challenge to fit enough computing onboard a flying robot. This has driven the other side of UAV development: the creation of smarter algorithms that let these UAVs fly, learn, and sense their environments. These algorithms are the brains behind the amazing YouTube videos, and through those videos we'll explore how these UAVs think.
One of the first things you might notice about these UAVs is their incredible agility. If the Global Hawks and Predators are the condors and eagles of the unmanned aerial world, then these little guys are the hummingbirds.
One of my favorite examples is this video from the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception (GRASP) Lab at the University of Pennsylvania:
The UAVs in this video are called quadrotor helicopters, or quadrotors. Unlike a normal helicopter, these fly with four rotors instead of two. Quadrotors are incredibly maneuverable, and they're a good way to introduce the most basic needs for UAV flight: control and trajectory planning. The UAV needs to know how to fly itself, and how to get to a goal.
Let's start with how UAVs fly themselves. The basic hardware is pretty common across UAVs: motors and actuators, computing, gyroscopes that report the attitude angle (roll, pitch, yaw) of the robot, accelerometers, and often sonar to report altitude.
Most modern UAVs have their computing split into two levels, like the higher and lower brain functions in humans. There's a powerful, high-level computer that handles things like communications, sensing, and path planning. Then there is a lower level processor, often a micro-controller, which stabilizes the UAV in flight. The low-level processor acts like the involuntary nervous system, which controls reflexes like balance. It samples the gyros and other sensors several hundred times per second, adjusting the motors to keep the UAV stabilized in the air.
But how does the low-level computer know what to change and how to make adjustments? That's the role of the control algorithms, the code running on the computer that samples the sensors and decides how fast to run the motors. Designing and building a control system means first understanding how motor commands change the physical states of the UAV (things like acceleration, rotational rate, etc).
The ironic thing about quadrotors is, although they may look more complicated than regular helicopters and airplanes, they're actually simpler to control (at least for a computer). It's this simplicity that made them so popular, and it makes possible the kind of maneuvers we see above.
Take a look at this comparison between the main rotor of a regular helicopter, and one of the rotors on a quadrotor. The helicopter has a complicated collection of linkages and gears that control the exact angle of the individual rotor blades. On the quadrotor, the propeller is directly attached to the motor, and the only thing that changes during flight is how fast the propeller spins.
A helicopter changes directions in the air by tilting the entire rotor disk: to fly to the left, the pilot tilts the rotor to the left, and so on. The pilot uses the controls to change the pitch angle of the rotor blades as they spin, so a blade generates more lift on one side of the helicopter than on another. This literally causes the blades to fly up and down as they rotate, tilting the angle of the rotor disk and moving the helicopter in the desired direction. The process itself is not simple. Because of gyroscopic precession, the lift offset is actually 90 degrees out of phase with the actual deflection of the rotor blades, so a leftward tilt of the rotor disk is actually created by increasing the blade pitch at the rear of the helicopter, and decreasing it at the front. A helicopter's controls have to automatically account for this when mapping the pilot's control inputs to the rotor system.
As you might imagine, tilting the rotor blades like this is complicated, and helicopters are really hard to fly without a lot of training. A small change in a single control input like rotor angle affects the helicopter in many different ways. And this also makes life rough for a robot designer: it's hard to predict how changes in the controls will affect the flight of the helicopter. Human pilots train for hundreds of hours to develop the muscle memory that enables them to fly a helicopter.