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Bolts Breakdown: Hedman Leads Lightning in Global Series Sweep
November 11, 2019 by Steve Marowski
It took 13 games and almost 5,000 miles for the Tampa Bay Lightning to find their game. They won both Global Series games against the Buffalo Sabres and did so in fairly convincing fashion. Their 3-2 win on Friday was one of their most complete performances this season and they were able to overcome some common issues in Saturday's 5-3 victory.
In general, it was a very positive week for the Lightning. They played well while picking up two wins, and Victor Hedman was back home in Sweden to play in front of his hometown fans. He didn't disappoint — scoring a goal and an assist in two games while being one of the best players on the ice. However, the Lightning could have let their second game slip away as puck management and defensive zone play were issues for the first 30 minutes.
Related: Lightning Have Failed to Respond to Adversity
From the good to the bad, let's break down the Bolts two Global Series games against the Sabres.
The Fourth Line
After a few weeks of shuffling lines, head coach Jon Cooper might have found one that fits. The fourth line in the Global Series consisted of Yanni Gourde, Pat Maroon and Cedric Paquette. Before the games in Sweden, Gourde failed to register a point in his last four games, but he scored in both games and was flying around the ice with a renewed vigor. Maroon was pointless in his last six games before the Global series, and then he had an assist on Friday and two goals — and nearly a hat trick — on Saturday. Paquette, who missed the first two weeks due to injury, had just one point going into the Global Series, but he had three assists over those two games.
Cedric Paquette, Tampa Bay Lightning (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
This line scored two of the Lightning's five goals on Saturday, including the game-winner by Gourde, who also scored the game-winning goal on Friday. According to NHL.com, they had 6 of the team's 14 points and all three had their first multi-point games of the season.
Now that it's been done, this line seems like a no-brainer. Gourde can put up 40-50 points a season, Maroon brings a big body and veteran leadership, and Paquette certainly isn't going to shy away from anyone when it comes to standing up for his teammates. Moving forward, expect this line to set the tone for the Lightning with their ability to score and agitate their opponents.
Hedman's Homecoming
How "Swede" it is. Hedman returned from injury Friday against the Sabres only to play more minutes than any player on either team. And they were quality minutes, too — he had one assist and was plus-one with two shots, a block and almost two minutes of shorthanded time-on-ice that held the Sabres' power play scoreless. His assist also came on the man advantage, something the Lightning missed while he was on the shelf.
Hedman's biggest moment came when he ripped a slap shot from the high slot to break a 1-1 tie in Saturday's game. In an emotional homecoming for him, scoring in front of his fellow Swedes was the cherry on top.
Victor Hedman (Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images)
After their win on Saturday, fans at the Ericsson Globe chanted "VICT-OR HED-MAN!", and as Hedman told Joe Smith of The Athletic, it was tough to put into words.
"Sweden means the world to me, so to be able to come home, play for my team, my home country, it's something I won't experience again. I'll cherish this moment forever."
from "Global Series: How Victor Hedman and the Lightning got their 'swag back' in Sweden", The Athletic — 11/10/19
Related: Hedman Vital to Bolts' Success
Star players rise to the occasion when their name is called, and Hedman is no different. Without him on their top defensive pair, the Lightning looked much less fluid and structured than they do with him. That's not to say any of the other Lightning defensemen are bad — that's just how good Hedman is at what he does. He made the most of his homecoming and was one of the biggest reasons the Lightning won both games.
Faceoffs
This one might come as a surprise, but winning faceoffs was a big reason they won their game on Friday. They out-dueled the Sabres in the dot by nearly a seven-to-three margin. No player on the Lightning who took a faceoff was under 50% for the game, and Gourde won all of his draws, according to NHL.com. Brayden Point was at 88%, Anthony Cirelli was at 67% and Steven Stamkos at 57%.
Yanni Gourde, Tampa Bay Lightning (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
As a team, the Lightning are seventh in the league with a 51.9% faceoff percentage, according to Puckbase. They barely won the faceoff battle on Saturday, winning 51% of the draws, but in many of their losses this season, they were losing upwards of 60% of faceoffs. There's a strong correlation between winning faceoffs and success in the offensive zone or getting the puck out of the defensive zone, and that rang true while the team was in Sweden.
Puck Management
On Friday, the Lightning played well with the puck and controlled the pace of play. However, out of the gate on Saturday, the Sabres came out and dominated the Lightning in their own zone, getting numerous high-danger chances that could have had a much worse result if it weren't for strong goaltending from Curtis McElhinney. But, like many times last season, the power play bailed out the Lightning, as did their goaltending, and they had a 2-1 lead in the second period.
Curtis McElhinney, Tampa Bay Lightning (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
Puck management has been an issue for the Lightning so far this season. They haven't been crisp in their own zone and have turned the puck over to give their opponent grade-A scoring chances. It wasn't terribly bad, but it was noticeable. They appeared to clean it up in the third period, but it also helps when your team scores goals and gets their confidence back. Credit to the Lightning for making in-game adjustments, but it's still something the team needs to work on for the future.
Defensive Zone Play
This ties into puck management in part, but the Lightning's play in their defensive zone was a reason the Sabres made the game on Friday close. Sam Reinhart scored both goals for the Sabres, and on the first, the Bolts turned the puck over behind the net. Luke Schenn chipped the puck around the boards to an open defenseman, he passed to Rasmus Ristolainen, and Reinhart tipped a shot through Andrei Vasilevskiy. If Schenn had better support, the Lightning could have had an odd-man rush from the play.
Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy tries to stop Vancouver Canucks defenceman Christopher Tanev (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
On the Sabres' second goal, the Lightning turned the puck over twice and gave Reinhart a great chance from the high slot. The Sabres looked faster and more hungry on the play in part because of how scattered the Lightning looked. That's been the reason for a lot of the Lightning's struggles this season, especially on the penalty kill. While their kill was perfect in Sweden, their five-on-five defensive zone play began to lapse on Saturday. But, as they did with their puck management, the Bolts cleaned it up and rode the wave that the fourth line created.
Related: Lightning Beat Sabres to Sweep Two-Game Sweden Series
All in all, the positives of this week greatly outweighed the negatives. The Lightning appeared to have found a sparkling fourth line and looked much more structured with Hedman back in the lineup, and they looked like a refreshed team in both games. While they made their share of turnovers and defensive lapses, they didn't let them linger as they adjusted to fix their mistakes. If they can continue to play a similar style throughout the rest of the season, they should have no problem getting back into a playoff spot.
Steve Marowski
A huge fan of all things hockey. Albion College (Mich.) alumni and currently a digital content producer at WZZM 13 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lover of anything Tampa Bay Lightning and Detroit Tigers related. Collector of 168 hats and counting, as well as eight hockey jerseys.
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As most of us in the music business, we had to start somewhere. This might have been in college or home taught. Either way there is nothing like the real world experience of an internship before getting that first true job in the industry. In this post I will share a few legal issues that are current in todays entertainment industry.
Justin Henry brought up a class action suit against Atlantic Records for the work he done between 2007 and 2008 as he was hired on to be an intern. Justin believes the company is at fault due to New York State labor laws. This claim was filed June 17th, 2013. Depending on what the law is in the state of New York it could be possible that Atlantic Records are labile for abusing free labor. So the real question here is who is liable, the intern for offering to work for free or Atlantic Records for allowing the intern to work for the exchange of knowledge and experience?
I believe that nearly all companies explain and make very clear to the intern what they will and will not get from the experience. They tell what is expected of each party too. At this time if the intern or person wishing to be an intern did not agree with what was to be expected of them they should have not of taken the internship. Also, after they started the internship, if they didn't agree with what was happening they could have arranged to walk away or quit. I certainly believe that this was the fault of the intern and not the fault of the record company. I think Justin is looking for a handout and companies like Atlantic records set up these intern programs for a safe and rewarding experience.
The next legal issue I would like to discuss is Pandora radio. Do you think it is fair to a songwriter, artist, or publisher to receive approximately $1300 for every one million times it plays your song on the radio? This is many times smaller than the amount an artist or songwriter would get paid if on a regular radio station. Some artist only made a few hundred more dollars than that for getting 22 million plays. I completely believe that Pandora is bluntly ripping artist off. Pandora themselves have sued performing rights organizations because they didn't receive the royalties they were supposedly entitled to. Yet they will not pay the same royalties they expect to receive. As several companies battle with Pandora to save the rights of those who create music, many people have their music played all over the world without getting paid for it. I believe the whole purpose of owning a copyright is to make a claim of work for profit. If others take your work and use it for profit then they are in violation of this copyright law and should be pursued as follows. I also think before you give permissions of any persons using your material that you dictate what you will and will not allow. Artists do not have to submit their music to sites such as Pandora, especially if they know they are getting ripped off. The only way to disarm Pandora is by all musicians boycotting it and not allow their music to be played. At the end of the day it's your music, you should be the one to choose what you want to do with it.
The last issue I would like to discuss is going to change direction toward the ownership of songwriter rights. In 1978 a provision was added to the copyright laws. It states that after thirty-five years a songwriter or recording artist can regain the ownership of work they had lost control over due to not having barging power when singing their contracts. Why is this important? Because people like Mr. Victor Willis of the Village People who signed away some of his rights can now make a claim on the work he has done. The purpose of this is to safeguard authors against unremunerated transfers and address the unequal bargaining position of authors, resulting in part from the impossibility of determining a works value until it has been exploited (paragraph four arts beat article). Sometime labels take advantage of people who do not have representation or the knowledge of what they are really doing when signing a contract. Provision like this helps those types of artist regain ownership of the rights. The big point I would like to make here is that having proper legal representation is a necessity when dealing contracts. That means to have someone experienced in that specific area such as music. Not all lawyers know music law just like not all lawyers know about dentistry.


Last week, my podcast did a deep exploration into the plague of van thefts the punk scene has experienced in recent years. Sadly, this problem is only getting worse and all the more common. In this post-Napster world, indie labels' pockets are not as deep as they once were and they no longer can offer support when a band is robbed. Instead, the compensation has been put on the backs of fans by donating to victims via PayPal, GoFundMe, etc.
To make matters worse, punk venues usually don't have safe places for musicians to park overnight, which would be the best way to prevent further robberies from occurring. Another reason these robberies occur in the same cities tour after tour is due to groups committing these thefts. So in order to stop this you need to be able to track them down. Thankfully, technology will now allow us to catch these criminals and allow fans to fund musicians' future endeavors instead of making up for their setbacks.
GPS Trackers by companies like Dewalt and Spy Tec allow you to place a tracker in an equipment case, trailer, van, etc. and find where your van and equipment have gone. These systems not only alert you when your van is broken into, but also leads the police right to the stolen property. This new technology has already allowed musician Zane Williams to get his equipment back after a recent robbery.


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'Shake Ya Tailfeather' when Nelly comes to Omaha in the fall
By Kevin Coffey World-Herald staff writer
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Grammy-winning rapper Nelly is coming to Omaha.
The St. Louis hip-hop star has four No. 1 hits, including "Grillz" and "Hot in Herre," as well as 10 more top-10 songs. Nelly also took home Grammys for "Shake Ya Tailfeather," "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma."
The diamond-selling rapper will play Baxter Arena on Oct. 17.
Nelly will be joined by Grammy-winning group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as well as Yung Joc, Mike Jones and Do or Die.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday via Ticketmaster.
Nelly's 2000 album, "Country Grammar," has a rare diamond certification, denoting sales of more than 10 million. His debut album included the hits "Country Grammar" and "Ride Wit Me," and he went on to have smash hits with "Air Force Ones," "E.I.," "Just a Dream" and "Where the Party At," among many others.
Frontman Jeff Tweedy performs with Wilco on Wednesday night at the Orpheum Theater.
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Nels Cline performs with Wilco at the Orpheum Theater on Wednesday.
Jeff Tweedy performs with Wilco at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha on Nov 20, 2019.
Les Claypool of Primus performs Monday night in Omaha. His band was perhaps the most gifted group musically.
Phil Anselmo of Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals performs at CHI Health Center Omaha on Nov. 18, 2019.
Kerry King of Slayer performs at CHI Health Center Omaha on Nov. 18, 2019.
Tom Araya of Slayer performs at CHI Health Center Omaha on Nov. 18, 2019.
Country star Alan Jackson performs at CHI Health Center Omaha on Sept. 13, 2019.
The Backstreet Boys play to a sold-out crowd of more than 13,000 at Omaha's CHI Health Center on Sunday night.
Matt and Kim touch fingers during their performance at the 2019 Maha Festival at Stinson Park in Omaha.
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Ringo Starr performs with His All Starr Band — Steve Lukather, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Rolie, Colin Hay — at Stir Cove on Friday.
Lizzo performs during the Maha Festival on Saturday at Stinson Park in Omaha.
Kim of Matt and Kim performs during the Maha Festival on Saturday at Stinson Park in Omaha.
Matt of Matt and Kim performs during the Maha Festival on Saturday at Stinson Park in Omaha.
Fans mosh as Thee Oh Sees play during the Maha Festival on Saturday in Omaha.
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Australian artist Courtney Barnett performs during the Maha Festival on Friday at Stinson Park in Omaha.
Courtney Barnett performs at Maha Festival at Stinson Park on Aug. 16.
Jenny Lewis performs at Maha Festival at Stinson Park on Aug. 16.
Behemoth's Nergal plays during the knotfest roadshow tour stop on Thursday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.
Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan plays during the knotfest roadshow tour stop on Thursday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.
Slipknot's Jim Root plays during the knotfest roadshow tour stop on Thursday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.
Jason Isbell performs with his band, The 400 Unit, at the Waiting Room Outdoors on Aug. 4, 2019.
Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan performs at Stir Cove in Council Bluffs on Aug. 1, 2019.
Method Man of Wu-Tang Clan performs at Stir Cove in Council Bluffs on Aug. 1, 2019.
RZA of Wu-Tang Clan performs at Stir Cove in Council Bluffs on Aug. 1, 2019.
Kyle Gass and Jack Black perform with Tenacious D at Pinewood Bowl in Lincoln.
Rapper Cardi B performs at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Friday.
Rapper Cardi B performs at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on July 26, 2019.
Country star Chris Stapleton performs at the CHI Health Center Omaha on Friday night.
Country star Chris Stapleton performs at CHI Health Center Omaha on July 19, 2019.
Chris Isaak performs at Memorial Park on Friday.
Little Steven sings during his performance at Memorial Park on Friday.
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul perform at Memorial Park on Friday.
Patrick Monahan of Train performs to a sold-out Stir Cove on June 25, 2019.
Fans went crazy for Goo Goo Dolls and Train at a sold-out Stir Cove on June 25, 2019.
Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls performs to a sold-out Stir Cove on June 25, 2019.
Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls performs to a sold-out Stir Cove on June 25, 2019.
Bill Kelliher performs with Mastodon at Stir Cove on June 13, 2019.
Brent Hinds plays guitar with Mastodon at Stir Cove on June 13, 2019.
Claudio Sanchez performs with Coheed and Cambria at Stir Cove ] June 13, 2019.
Todd Fink of The Faint performs at The Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha on May 24, 2019.
Clark Baechle of The Faint performs at The Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha on May 24, 2019.
Dwight Yoakam races the rain during a set at Stir Cove in front of almost 3,000 fans.
Cher performs for a sold-out audience at CHI Health Center Omaha on May 14, 2019.
Cher brought her timeless stage show to Omaha, performing a sold-out concert Tuesday at CHI Health Center.
Maynard James Keenan performs with Tool at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on May 16, 2019.
Pop star Pink performs at CHI Health Center Omaha on May 7, 2019.
Laura Jane Grace performs with her band, The Devouring Mothers, at O'Leaver's Pub on April 2, 2019.
John Mellencamp performed for a sold-out audience at the Orpheum Theater on April 15, 2019.
Justin Timberlake performs at CHI Health Center Omaha on March 23, 2019.
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The 2016 NBA draft is in the books and Harrison Wind and Jake Marsing recap the exciting night for the Denver Nuggets. The guys touch on Jamal Murray, Juan Hernangomez, Malik Beasley, and Petr Cornelie.
Harrison and Jake discuss the NBA finals, where LeBron James ranks all-time, recap the Nuggets' pre-draft workouts, preview Summer League, and tie a bow on the draft.
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The Sacramento Kings return to Pepsi Center to face the Denver Nuggets tonight. Audio in the post from George Karl's media scrum in his second trip back to the Mile High City.
Harrison Wind and Nate Timmons take you through the biggest (ha!) deals from the NBA's Trade Deadline. The Denver Nuggets moved Randy Foye for D.J. Augustin, Steve Novak and picks.
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The Visualise Tour: Live in Concert is a live DVD by Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem. Filmed during The Visualise Tour on 24 July 2005 at the Sydney Superdome, the DVD was released through Sony BMG on 13 November 2005. It debuted at #1 in Australia and was certified platinum four times.

Track listing
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Q: Como puedo el promedio con un numero dado de materias usando la sentencia while o for? Soy nuevo en esto de la programación entre las actividades que me dejaron necesito sacar el promedio de un alumno pero el numero de materias la proporciona el usuario, puedo usar la sentencia while o for, el código debe estar escrito en lenguaje c.
Esto es lo poco que llevo del código:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    int main(){

    int mate, suma, i, cal, prom;

    printf("Cuantas materias son? ");
    scanf ("%d", &i);

    for(mate=0; mate>=i; mate++){

        printf("Cual es la calificacion? ");
        scanf("%d", &cal);
        suma=cal+cal;
    }
    prom=suma/i;

    if(prom>=5 && prom<=10){
        printf("Aprobaste");
        printf("n\ Tu promedio es de &d", prom);
    }
    else{
        printf("Reprobaste");
        printf("n\ Tu promedio es de &d", prom);
    }
return 0;
}

A: El código tiene varias fallas:
-1. La variable suma debe ser inicializada a 0, de lo contrario, no podrás obtener el total de calificaciones.
-2. La condición del bucle for no tiene sentido: mate>=i. Es decir, si la cantidad de materias es 10 y la variable mate vale 0, nunca se cumplirá la condición, siempre dará como resultado un false. Así que la restricción correcta debería ser: mate < i.
-3. Esta expresión suma=cal+cal no estará sumando en cada iteración la calificación del estudiante, por lo tanto, debe ser cambiada a: suma = suma + cal.
-4. Si quieres hacer un salto de línea en la función printf, no deberías usar n\ sino \n.
-5. Para poder imprimir el promedio en pantalla no debes usar esto &d, sino %d.
El código completo con las correcciones quedaría de esta forma:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main()
{

   int mate, suma = 0, i, cal, prom;

   printf("Cuantas materias son? ");
   scanf ("%d", &i);

   for(mate=0; mate < i; mate++){

      printf("Cual es la calificacion? ");
      scanf("%d", &cal);
      suma= suma + cal;
   }
   prom=suma/i;

   if(prom>=5 && prom<=10){
      printf("Aprobaste");
      printf("\n Tu promedio es de %d", prom);
   }
   else{
      printf("Reprobaste");
      printf("\n Tu promedio es de %d", prom);
   }
   return 0;
}

Recomendación: En vez de usar la variable i como el total de materias, hubieras usado como nombre total_mate (el nombre es más descriptivo). El identificador i se suele usar para contar las iteraciones que hace un bucle.
En vez de imprimir el promedio tanto en la condicional como en el caso contrario, podemos simplemente hacer esto:
if(prom>=5 && prom<=10)
    printf("Aprobaste");
  else
    printf("Reprobaste");
printf("\n Tu promedio es de %d", prom);

Y si quieres el código más reducido, puedes optar en usar el operador ternario de esta manera:
printf("%s\nTu promedio es de %d", (prom>=5 && prom<=10) ? ("Aprobaste") : ("Reprobaste"), prom);

Nota: El operador ternario es simplemente la abreviación de un if-else, así que no es nada del otro mundo.

A: #include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main(){
    int mate, suma = 0, i, cal, prom;

    printf("Cuantas materias son? ");
    scanf ("%d",&i);

    for(mate = 0; mate < i; mate++){
        printf("Cual es la calificacion? ");
        scanf("%d",&cal);
        suma = suma+cal;
    }

    prom = suma/i;

    if(prom >= 5 && prom <= 10){
        printf("Aprobaste");
        printf("\n Tu promedio es de %d", prom);
    }else{
        printf("Reprobaste");
        printf("\n Tu promedio es de %d", prom);
    }

    return 0;
}

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Can We Have A Reasonable Conversation ..
The appointment of Major General Anthony Anderson as Commissioner of Police in Jamaica should not be viewed in the narrow parochial way many of us tend to view issues.
There has to be an acceptance in a fulsome way of the many sides to each and every issue. It is always better to air out ideas, giving equal time and attention to all sides before arriving at a conclusion.
Of course, those like myself who oppose Anderson's appointment have no personal vendetta against the man, I don't even know him. Neither am I on a personal crusade against the JDF as some closed-minded, intellectually challenged people are wont to accuse.
Nevertheless, it is always easier to make ad hominem attacks rather than having the chutzpah to have an open debate on the merits.
Look, I could roll over and simply sing praise to General Anderson like Keith Trinity Gardner now an attorney at law and former Assistant Commissioner of Police, but I can't, despite whatever successes I may have attained the elitist club in upper Saint Andrew was never on my bucket list.
So I have a couple of suggestions to make (1) I would like to see former Commissioner of Police Carl Williams appointed Governor of the Bank of Jamaica.
By the standard of thinking in Jamaica being supremely qualified in one discipline qualifies one to do every job right?
Former Commissioner Dr.Carl William Ph.D. has an impressive record in law enforcement, particularly in the area of narcotics and he has written policy papers on crime in Jamaica, most notably 'Consequences of the War on Drugs: The Jamaican Experience. http://digjamaica.com/blog/2014/09/09/who-is-police-commissioner-designate-carl-williams/
I'm not sure what Dr. Williams is doing these days but I say let's remove the BOJ head and make him the Governor[sic].
While we are at it (2) Portia Simpson Miller has attained the highest executive office in our country, she is now out of work I'm sure Sista P would like to be back being useful so why not make her head of neurosurgery up there at Mona?
You see qualification is qualification so it does not matter if you have a liberal arts degree you are certainly qualified to fly an airplane right?[sic]
What do you mean no? So you are saying whats good for the Goose isn't good for the Gander? Oh, I see……..So the fallacy of the Anderson appointment as the savior of policing in Jamaica just crumbled under the light of a little scrutiny.
Like I said I have zero desire to move to Upper St Andrew or rub shoulders with the largely pretentious hypocrites who live there. I have no desire to go to their little Kiwanis clubhouses, and I certainly do not crave their friendship.
Sorry, Mister Keith Gardner.
I certainly could buy a house where they live if I wanted to, by I'm a simple country boy from rural St, Catherine who like real people, and oh despite living in a foreign land since 1991 my Jamaican accent is still the same.
The bottom line is that Jamaica has resilient people many of whom have accomplished exceptional things particularly in the area of Education and Sports. Whatever we put our minds to we generally stand out and are easily identified. Unfortunately, there is another side of our Jamaican-ness the fame of Usain Bolt and Anthony Anderson is always countered by the infamy of our worst criminals.
As we celebrate the accomplishments of our best we have to be guarded that the actions of our worse are appropriately countered by the best trained, best experienced to do the job.
We have to have the best doctors treating our sick, not the best bankers. We must have the best lawyers defending our interest in a court of law, not the best firemen.
Despite Anderson's impressive resume,^ as a soldier, he is exactly that, a soldier, not a cop. The best indicator for a way forward is to look at precedent.
Twice before have former heads been parachuted in to save the Constabulary with disastrous consequences.
The best way to fix the Constabulary is to fix the constabulary.
Imagine dragging an unwell pilot out of the cockpit and placing the flight attendant in his seat with the hope of a pleasant landing.
If the Pilot cannot be resuscitated it's up to the co-pilot to take over not the flight attendant.
What is it in the history of the JDF which makes it's ex-offices equipped to fix every problem in our country?
From Football to the voting rolls to everything in between, I don't get it?
Apart from the many years of training and education which goes into the elevation to the topmost positions in police departments the expertise garnered over the course of time is invaluable to the discipline.
Even more consequential to the debate is the question of morale at the entry level. As I pointed out in a recent article, morale is particularly important in a job like the police force in which offers sub-standard remunerations, lack of political support, poor working conditions, lack and a shortage of equipment and tools and an overabundance of danger at all levels.
That danger is ever present even when they do their jobs by the book in a country like Jamaica in which the justice system is heavily slanted toward the protection of criminals.
The idea that each constable can be commissioner has been a valuable carrot to the otherwise harsh stick of being a police officer in the hostile Jamaican working environment. Take that away and the harm will be catastrophic.
At present, the police force struggles to attract enough new candidates to fill recruitment requirements. On the other hand, roughly 600 officers are walking away from the JCF each year.
The Minister of National Security recently bragged that fewer police officers are leaving the department which is actually laughable because under the recently passed ZOSO law the Government codified into law provisions which criminalize police officers for daring to leave the JCF without giving a 6-month advanced notice to the department.
How the Minister is able to determine that fewer officers are leaving as a result of any strategy outside that draconian provision in the ZOSO law, given insufficient time for the data to be credible is beyond me.
Former JDF head Hardly Lewin, who was also one of the firemen asked to do heart surgery[sic] claims Anthony Anderson will be successful because he has the support of the political directorate.
His statement is confirmation of what I have personally believed and spoken to. The high crime rate is not a problem attributable to the police but a problem of a lack of legislative support so that officers may have a reasonable shot at getting it right.
When all is said and done, if we do not fix the areas of resources, legislative support, better pay, and respect for our police officers, crime will not ever decrease. You can pretend the problem is the police and point fingers in order to avoid responsibility.
There may even be some silly officers past and present who believe the police will do better by having an overlord parachuted in.
The fact of the matter is that there are some fundamental changes needed which has nothing to do with who sits in a chair at 103 Old Hope Road but with the 63 dimwits who bang on desks in that building on Duke Street.
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Christopher Porter says:
Mike, I enjoy reading the article. It's surprising how "Trinity" has become an advocate for the elitists, and it was the same people who wanted him to go to prison for killing his wife. It was us, members of the Jamaican Constabulary Force during his ordeal never abandoned him or throw him to the wolves.
The love that I have for the police force I did the entrance exam/test in August 1986, when others were planning on furthering their education. I was forward to the dream job of mine, wanting to be a police officer and then a Detective. It was Douglas Guthrie style of policing left that lasting impression on me as a little boy growing up.
As long as I am alive, I will never forget where I am coming from and the organization that has helped me to become a no-nonsense man. The Jamaican Constabulary Force is my first experience of graduating from any significant institution in Jamaica. I went to the Jamaican Police Academy as a CADET and the love for the organization has never changed.
The corruption in Jamaican Constabulary Force is the working, meddling, and interference by the elitists, business leaders and the political leaders there. So those who are denouncing, demoralizing, and denigrating the members need to look in mirrors because most of them are the MOST corruptors in Jamaica.
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When we see this world as a means to an end rather than an end in itself, it puts a totally different perspective on life.
If this world is a means in itself then it can be compared to a supermarket grab competition. In a supermarket grab competition you get 5 minutes to fill your trolley with as much stuff as you can, and the winner is the one that is able to fill his trolley with the most stuff. Likewise, in this world a person is here for an average of about 70 years, many people think that during that time they are to gather as much wealth and possessions as they can – but for what ? Based on that philosophy, once he passes on, does anything that he did in his lifetime really matter ?
If this world is a means to the next world, then quantity becomes irrelevant. Every action, every thought and every conversation becomes a significant event that will have ramifications in the next world. Since we don't know what is considered valuable in the next world we have been given the Torah with its 613 commandments as a blueprint of what we need to do in this world to collect the 'diamonds' for the next world. But what can we expect when we move on to the next world ?
'An hour of spiritual bliss in the world to come is better than the entire life of this world' (Pirkei Avot 4:22).
Clearly the world to come is in a dimension that we just cannot even comprehend as human beings.
Can you imagine taking all the pleasures that you have experienced in the past day and condense them into one minute ? Now add all of the pleasures from the last month, the last year, and your whole life. Now do the same for all of your friends and family and add them together. Now do the same for all the people in your town and your country. Now add all of humanity into the equation. Now add all of the generations since the beginning of time and condense everything into the same 1 minute. We cannot even imagine the intensity of the pleasure.
The Mishna is telling us that an hour of spiritual bliss in the world to come is better than what I described above.
(Based on an essay in Michtav M'Eliyahu).
When Kabala books discuss the concept of G-d, they very often talk about a very intense light. A light that is so bright and intense that a human being would not be able to experience such a thing. Not a physical light, but a spiritual light.
Darkness is obviously the lack of light, when there is no light there is darkness. Light pierces through darkness and negates it. Darkness cannot negate light – (i.e at night time, so that it is dark you turn the light off, you don't turn the darkness on).
Most people are aware that in Kabbala light represents good and darkness represents evil (the explanation above can be used to understand why good will always ultimately prevail over evil).
In our morning prayers we say that G-d "Yotzer Or U'Boreh Choshech", this is usually translated as 'He forms light and creates darkness'. We see from this that G-d 'forms' light i.e. makes it out of something that already exists (like a potter taking a piece of clay and forming a pot), whereas darkness is something that is created – i.e. it never existed in any kind of form before creation (and that would apply obviously to evil also).
When we do something that is morally good and correct we usually feel good about ourselves. On a spiritual level through our actions some kind of spiritual force has been created that will give testimony for us in the world to come. The opposite is also true, that if we do something bad there are spiritual forces created that will stand up against us in the world to come.
When a lot of people are doing a lot of good in the world, not only will each person have his personal spiritual forces created, but G-d's 'light' will shine upon the world.
Many people have experienced a situation whereby they made some right decisions consistently, and then (as if by chance) they experienced a series of coincidences one after the other that are completely unexplainable, but gave them tremendous benefit. – That is G-d's light in this world.
This can happen on an individual level, on a national level and even on a global level. Some people might call this 'a miracle'. On a Kabalistic level, there is no difference between that miracle and the ordinary working of the world – everything is happening because G-d wills it to happen.
The same is true with evil.
When a person goes against the will of G-d then G-d's light so to speak is taken away from him. He will no longer see G-d's hand in anything, there will be no 'coincidences' in his life, he sees everything within the bounds of the physical working of nature, and anything that does happen that is slightly out of the ordinary will be seen as 'mother nature'.
When mankind takes this even further in the wrong direction, it is no longer that that there is less of G-ds 'light', rather there is spiritual darkness.
As 'light unto the nations,' it's our job to illuminate the world. That way, we make this world into the world to come.


For as long as I can remember I have been interested in family dynamics and human development within the family structure. I could talk for hours on end about relationships throughout the life cycle, the societal development of the family, or birth order. I actually wrote a 15 page paper back in college on that very topic. I took many interesting classes (in the psychology, sociology, and human development departments) on family life and parenting. I often regret majoring in psychology as I gained more of a scientific analysis of brain development and human behavior, as opposed to behavior within the family system which I was more interested in. I did however, take some interesting and thought provoking classes that tended to lean more toward a study of the individual within the system of the family and society as a whole.
One of these classes was The Sociology of the Family. What sparked this post was a visit to my old blog (now my baking blog) where I wrote a post about this class. I was in a very different place back then and was somewhat more naive, but I still enjoyed reading how passionate I was about the topic. I still am. In a society where family is taking the backseat to technology and busy schedules, I want so much to help people realize what an intregal part the core family and the surrounding community of people plays in a child's life.
Although the Nature/Nurture debate is practically over, we're pretty sure it's both : ), both aspects are much more convoluted than we like to think. Think about it; in the nurture camp alone we have influences such as parental attachment, parental style, birth order, sibling spacing, family dynamics as a whole, peer relationships, schooling/education, and the child's exposure to events and experiences both within and outside of the home. It's so overwhelming it can almost make you wonder if you're capable of raising a child into an adult. Almost. All that to say, I love this stuff. And I'm thinking about quenching my thirst by seeking some more education. Maybe. Just maybe.
That's so exciting Han – you go for it!
you go girl! I am excited to see your passion coming out, especially in this area. Look forward to future discussions on the subject 🙂 love you.
nice one hannah jane 🙂 be excited about your passion for this!
haha all the watson's posting in response to this post. so why dont you just pop out some kids and then you dont just read about it in a text book….
All of these smiley faces make me very happy! Thanks!


This the second in a two part explanation on the basics of CFDs and how they can be traded. To ensure your understanding of terms used in this page, please refer to the Glossary.
Developing a good trading plan will provide you with a solid framework to improve your trading. The first step to developing a trading plan is to define your specific goals and a time frame to achieve them. Successful trading is a by product of adhering to a sound plan that addresses your entry and exit strategies, risk and money management.
Fundamental or technical analysis can be used to analyse signals to determine when you should enter into a trade. There are a number of methods that can be used to determine your entry including 'buy low, sell high', 'buy high, sell higher' or 'buy high, sell low' for short selling.
A good trade entry price will generally account for around 10 – 20% of your overall trading success. Successful traders are able to pick entry points accurately, however overall they can often have more unsuccessful trades than successful but are still very profitable, through utilising good risk and money management strategies.
Technical Indicators: Analyse technical indicators to determine stop-loss levels.
Re-tracement methods: Analyse movements in the share price and place the stop-loss based on a set reduction in the share price (e.g. a 5% reduction signals your exit).
Volatility based stops: These stops are triggered by considerable volatility. A stop order is triggered if volatility occurs past a pre-defined level.
Pattern based stops: Analyse trend lines or lines of support. Trend line breaks represent an ideal time to open or close a trade.
Drawdown refers to the amount of money that is lost trading, expressed as a percentage of your total trading capital. If every trade you took was profitable, your account would never experience a drawdown. Drawdown measures the money that is lost while trading but does not measure the overall performance. Drawdown is calculated when a trader experiences a losing trade and continues as the trading account hits new equity lows.
a further $2,000 loss, your capital is now $8,000 so your drawdown would be 20%.
($10,000 – $1,000 +$1,000 – $2,000) = $8,000 a 20% loss on the $10,000 capital.
drawdown would be 30%. The process of recouping drawdowns is referred to as drawdown recovery which becomes increasingly difficult as drawdowns increase.
Drawdown recovery highlights the importance of intelligent money management and refers to the percentage gain necessary to recover from any drawdown. If you experience a 20% drawdown you need to make 25% (not 20%) profit to break even.
As the drawdown increases the percentage gain needed to recover the loss increases rapidly as illustrated in the following table.
Always use actual stop-losses, 'mental stops' do not work.
Minimise the capital you risk on each trade, ideally you should aim to risk no more than 2% of your capital on any one trade.
Limit your total portfolio risk – Your overall portfolio risk should be kept within 20% (i.e. if all your positions were stopped out you would retain 80% of your original trading capital).
Never average down a losing position – If a position moves against you get out and cut your losses.
Keep your reward-to-risk ratio at a minimum of 2:1, and preferably 3:1 or higher. This means that for every $1 used to trade you stand to profit $2.
Understand the volatility of the markets you trade – You should adjust your position sizing accordingly. That is, you may take smaller positions in shares with greater volatility.
Use trailing stop-losses to lock in profits.
Move stop-losses as the market moves in your favour to lock in profits.
Take at least a portion of profits – As the market moves in your favour close a portion of your position to take profits then move the stop-losses accordingly to lock in further profits.
Ensure you have adequate capital and take small risks. This will allow you to trade profitably over the long term.
Have a thorough understanding of the markets you are trading.
Be willing to stop trading and re-evaluate the markets and your methodology when you encounter a string of losses. The truth is losing trades are inevitable.
In the previous section, we have covered why it is important to manage your money correctly, that it becomes increasingly difficult, deeper you dig into your capitol. In this section, we would like to discuss how we can manage this risk.
Trading in CFDs requires astute money management to be successful in the long term. As a trader your ability to collate, retain and use your knowledge and trading information will increase your likelihood of trading successfully. The traders who tend to enjoy the greatest sustained success are those who stick to predetermined, clearly defined rules.
The number one and most important rule of trading is – preserve your capital. Without capital you are unable to trade. As Jesse Livermore said "A trader without money is like a shop owner without inventory".
Preservation of your trading capital is perhaps the most important goal. Regardless of whether you make bad decisions during any trading period, if you employ capital preservation, you will have a chance to recoup losses and ultimately achieve success. The common-sense rules we suggest that you impose on your trading will enable you to survive all market conditions. If you understand and observe these rules, you will already have an advantage over most traders. That advantage means you should, of course, not only survive but outperform the market.
The single factor that causes most traders to overextend themselves and suffer losses is greed. Greedy traders take unnecessary risks. Typically they will fool themselves that a single indicator is the absolute key to success.
Unfortunately, there is no secret to sure-fire gains in the markets. Most traders have confidence in specific indicators. Many focus on particular markets and hope that this focus, and the quantitative or qualitative data they collect, will prove to be the key to investment success. But markets are dynamic and essentially volatile. In such an environment there are no cast-iron certainties. To help you avoid a roller-coaster ride, we are going to show you how to live to trade another day so that, no matter what changes take place in the market, you can enjoy at least modest and worthwhile success.
Know what you are willing to risk before you enter a trade is the basic tenet of living to trade another day. If you do not risk too high a proportion of your capital in any one trade, or in a handful of trades, then you will be able to continue trading whatever the outcome of your trades. In other words, it is not sound investment practice to put too many eggs in one basket.
With this style, all trades will risk the same percentage of capital. Once you decide the percentage of capital you are willing to risk, the rest is simple math. Most traders feel comfortable risking approximately 2 percent of their total account balance in any one trade. This is a general rule of thumb, but it is up to you to decide how aggressive or conservative you want to be. If you want to be more aggressive, you could risk a larger percentage of your account in any one trade. If you want to be more conservative, you could risk a smaller percentage of your account in any one trade. It is up to you to determine how much you are willing to risk.
Assume you have an account balance of $50,000 and would like to risk 2 percent of your account in any one trade.
When using a fixed contract style you trade every position in the same way. This style is reasonably safe, but limits the growth of your account. This method does not cater well with varying share prices. This is because of its very nature – it says "I will do 'x' CFDs on every position".
If you decide to enter 5 trades you will allocate the same number of CFD contracts per trade regardless of the share price.
You decide to enter five trades allocating $10,000 to each trade.
Remember that whatever money management style you use the amount is the maximum amount you will risk in any single trade. If you have multiple positions open you should be aware that you will have more at risk. If you are employing the fixed capital % style explained above on a $50,000 capital with a 2% fixed risk each position and decide to open 5 x $10,000 positions, for example, you would risk only $1,000 per trade but have a total amount at risk of $5,000. After deciding how much you are willing to risk, you are ready to determine your trade size.
What we should emphasize at this point is that while you wish to limit your potential loss to a pre-determined amount you should be aware that the total amount of your investment is potentially at risk unless you have a 'stop-loss' (we will explain stop losses below but in short a stop loss is a limit at which you would definitely sell an investment that was losing money and minimise your losses).
You need to know how to determine trade size to prevent unnecessary exposure to risk. Trade size is the volume of CFDs you buy or sell in any individual transaction. Once you know how much you are willing to risk, you need to know how to set up your trades so that you do not risk more than you are comfortable with. It is pointless deciding what risks you will tolerate but then, entering a transaction that exposes you to more than your comfortable level of risk.
To determine your trade size, you must first decide what level you will set your stop loss. Once you have decided where to place the stop-loss, you will calculate the difference between the stop loss price and the point where you enter the trade. Then you enter that difference into the following simple equation.
The size of your trade is now, in effect, not the whole amount invested but the part of it which is at risk between your entry point and the stop-loss.
Knowing exactly how to size your trade will help you eliminate a situation where you could lose more than you are comfortable losing. Using a stop loss you will make investing much less stressful, and the presence of such boundaries will increase the likelihood of you making an overall profit on your trading.
Hedging is the action of taking an equal but opposite position usually through a derivative, such as a CFD in order to mitigate or reduce the risk of an existing open position. A hedge will create neutral market exposure so any price changes will be offset by opposing positions.
A short hedge using a CFD is one of the simplest ways to lock in a price by short selling a share to offset the risk of any adverse price movements. A hedge allows a trader to offset any losses in a long position with profits from an opposite short position.
CFDs are a useful tool for hedging existing shareholdings because a short position can be made to hedge the exact position size required. Some hedging tools have standardised specifications and may not move in the same correlation of the underlying share. The risk that the hedge does not cover all the risk of the position is commonly referred to as basis risk. As CFDs are priced mirroring the market a neutral position hedge can be created with zero basis risk quickly and cost effectively.
Traders will short sell for two distinct reasons; to speculate and profit from selling high or overvalued shares with the intention of buying back to close the positions at a lower price in the future and to hedge risk.
Hedging via a CFD allows you to protect physical share positions without the complications of traditional short selling such as borrowing shares to sell.
This popular strategy uses a CFD hedge to protect a single share position.
Imagine you currently hold 10,000 XYZ Bank shares. It is October 2008 and the bank is experiencing problems due to the current credit crunch stemming from difficulties in the U.S. housing market – creating what you believe is only a short-term weakness, you believe the bank is a sound long-term investment.
Initially you bought 10,000 shares at $5.82 back in November 2005 for a total of $58,200. Currently, XYZ Bank is trading between $7.20 and $7.40. But, with the current credit crunch, you anticipate short-term losses. However, you expect to see the share price will find resistance and increase in the future.
You decide to hedge your position rather than sell out. Therefore you sell an equal number of CFDs at the current market price to offset your share investment and create the hedge. That will be 10,000 XYZ Bank CFDs at $7.40 to cover the 10,000 shares of XYZ Bank shares you own. Assume the margin rate on XYZ Bank is 10%, you are required to pay a margin of 10 percent of the value of XYZ Bank shares – at a cost of $7,400 (10,000 shares × $7.40 per share × 10% = $7,400).
Share price rises– if the share price rises, you will gain on your share trade which offsets against the loss on your CFD trade. If the share price climbed from $7.40 to $8.40, for example, you would make $10,000 on your share position but lose $10,000 on your CFD trade.
Share price falls– if the share price falls, you gain on your CFD trade which offsets against the loss on your share trade. If the share price dropped from $7.40 to $6.40, for example, you would make $10,000 on your CFD trade but lose $10,000 on your share position.
Share price stalls– if the share price stalls, both positions will be neutral and you will not incur a gain or a loss on either your share or CFD. For example if the share stalled at $7.40 you would make $0 on your share trade and lose $0 on your CFD trade. At this point, you could either retain the hedge to protect from any potential negative price movement or you could unwind the hedge and buy back the CFDs.
Regardless of the share price, the hedge lets you retain any profit from the point at which you sell the CFD to when you purchase it back.
It should also be noted that when you hold a short CFD position you receive financing on the position.
Another popular hedging strategy involves buying a company's CFD and simultaneously selling a rival company's CFD. This is called pairs trading because you trade a pair of CFDs. The shares of companies in the same industry tend to move in the same direction so, if the industry performs well, most of the shares of the companies within that industry tend to do well too. Of course, the converse is equally true.
In both scenarios, you hope to lose money on one of your CFDs and expect to make sufficient on the other CFD to offset your losses and leave a net gain. It is like making a prediction that, if a new Porsche raced a 1961 Volkswagen Beetle, the new Porsche would win. Of course the new Porsche might get a flat tyre or hit a wall before it finished the race, allowing the Beetle to win, but the chances of that happening are slim and the odds are in favour of the Porsche.
Both trades could conceivably move in your favour – allowing you to profit from both the CFD you bought as its underlying security moves higher and from the CFD you sold as its underlying security moves lower.
Conversely, it is also possible that both trades could move against you. You could lose on the CFD you bought as its underlying security moves lower, and likewise lose on the CFD you sold as its underlying security moves higher.
Imagine you wish to pair trade on shares in the Resource Sector industry, and you think BHP Billiton and RIO Tinto make great candidates for a pairs trade. BHP trades at $27.00 whilst RIO trades at $75.00.
It is crucial you balance your trade, otherwise it may not perform the way you expect it to. So ensure you control the same amount of value in the assets on which the CFDs are based. In this case you want to control approximately $100,000 worth – or 3,703 shares at $27.00 per share (3,703 × $27.00 = $99,981) – of RIO Tinto shares and approximately $100,000 worth – or 1,333 shares at $75.00 (1,333 × $75.00 = $99,975) – of RIO Tinto shares.
Once you know how many CFDs you wish to purchase, and the current price, you can enter your trade. Because you are trading CFDs, you are only required to deposit a portion of the total value of the position as margin for the trade. As the margin requirement for BHP is 3% and 10% for RIO you only have to outlay 3% of the value of BHP's share price, or $2,999 ($99,981 × 3% = $2,999) and 10 %t of RIO Tinto's share price, or $9,997.50 ($99,975 × 10% = $9,997.50). This means that in total you provide approximately $13,000 in margin to enter this trade with CFDs, not the full $200,000 require if you were to open the share positions.
Remember that you pay, or receive, interest on a CFD position held overnight. In the above example you pay interest of $21.91 per day on the BHP Billiton CFDs you have bought, yet simultaneously receive interest of $10.96 per day on the RIO Tinto CFDs you have sold.
Now imagine that the price of BHP rises slightly to $27.40 and the price of RIO Tinto falls to $74.75 over the next fortnight, and you exit your trade. Your profit on the BHP position is $0.40 per CFD, or $1,481.20 (3,703 × $0.40 = $1,481.20). Your profit on the RIO Tinto position is $0.75 per CFD, or $999.75 (1,333× $0.75 = $999.75). Your total profit on this pair trade is therefore $2,480.95 ($1,481.20+ $999.75 = $2,480.95).
Hedging does not necessarily need you to be in two offset positions simultaneously. You can also hedge your overall account risk by diversifying your investments. Whether you expect shares to rise or fall, you can insure against the price movements by buying or selling a broad range of CFDs.
You may believe that shares in general will rise but you may not be sure about which specific shares to buy. You could buy Index-tracking CFDs – eg ASX200, FTSE 100, NASDAQ, S&P 500, Dow Jones or DAX index tracking CFDs. If shares in general increase in value you will attain a profit from your trade. Whilst a few stocks in each index might decrease in value, the average performance of the entire index will counterbalance any shares that underperform.
This concept also works when you predict that shares in general will fall. You can then sell index-tracking CFDs to benefit from any adverse movement in the underlying market.
When trading you complete not only against other traders, but against yourself. Traders can be emotional and irrational and while such emotions and instincts can provide trading successes, they are more likely to hinder your trading unless you learn to control them. This is why understanding trading psychology is important.
It is not possible for a trader to remove themselves from their emotions therefore it's useful to learn to understand yourself as a trader, identifying your own strengths and weakness, so that you can opt for a trading style that best suits you.
Overconfidence bias is an inflated belief in your skills as a trader. Any traders who finds themselves thinking that they know the business inside-out and that they have nothing more to learn, may well suffer from an overconfidence bias.
Overconfident traders tend to get themselves into trouble by trading too frequently or by placing extremely large trades with the intention of making a killing. It's not inevitable, but an overconfident trader invites disaster.
One way to overcome an overconfidence bias is to stick to a strict set of risk-management rules. These rules should limit the number of markets you invest in, the number of shares or CFDs you trade at one time, how much you are willing to risk on any one trade and how much of your account are you willing to lose before you take a break from trading and re-evaluate your trading strategy.
Anchoring bias is a belief that the future is going to look extremely similar to the present. When you anchor yourself too closely to the present, you may fail to notice dramatic changes in the offering.
If you want to know if you have any anchoring tendencies then ask yourself, "Have I ever lost money because I couldn't accept that a trend had ended?" If you have done this, you need to be aware of that tendency.
One way to overcome anchoring is to seek a new perspective. Look at different time-frames on your charts. If you usually rely on hourly charts for data, look instead at the daily and weekly charts to examine long-term trends as well as levels of support and resistance. You could also examine shorter-term charts to see if trends are reversing.
Broadening your perspective in this way will help you to avoid anchoring yourself to any one point.
Confirmation bias is the habit of only looking for information that supports your beliefs. If you anticipate the price of BHP Billiton (BHP) is going to rise, for example, you will only really take in news and data that reinforce your belief.
Traders who pursue confirmation of their beliefs tend to miss warning signs that would otherwise protect them from unnecessary losses. Ultimately, this can only lead to losing money because decisions to buy or sell, or even to do nothing, are being made on false premises.
To know if you have any confirmation bias tendencies, ask yourself, "How often do I look for signs that I may be wrong in my analysis?" If your answer is rarely or never, you may be a confirmation seeker and you need to actively work to ensure that such a bias never interferes with your better judgment.
One way to overcome confirmation bias is to find an individual or group with whom you can discuss your trading. You don't need somebody who will perpetually agree with you. Traders with different perspectives and ideas will help you to be more circumspect. Sometimes your convictions will only be reinforced by talking with other traders, but at other times, they may force a total and timely rethink.
Loss aversion bias is based on the theory that losing $1,000 will have a bigger impact on you emotionally than gaining $1,000 will. In other words, fear is a more powerful motivator than greed.
Ironically traders who fear losses are much more likely to hold onto losing positions than traders who are able to accept short-term losses and exit their trades. A reluctance to give up a losing position will not only cause you to incur bigger losses but also preclude you from finding better alternative positions.
If you want to know if you have any loss aversion tendencies, ask yourself, "Have I ever held onto a losing position, beyond the point where I knew I should have quit, because I hoped the trend would reverse and wipe out my losses?" If you have, then you need to be aware of that tendency.
One way to overcome a loss aversion bias is to trade with physically-set (i.e. automatic) stop-loss orders. Many traders trade with just a mental stop-loss that, when it comes to the crunch, they fail to honour. They let their emotions interfere with their better judgment as they try to justify irrational decisions that prevent them from quitting and cutting their losses.
In conclusion, as soon as you invest in anything you should set your stop-loss order. It should be physically set, operate automatically, and you should respect it.
The rapid growth of CFDs has in part resulted from their similarity to share trading but has been fuelled by the advantages that CFDs offer retail clients. Two key advantages are the ability to profit in falling markets through short selling and the ability to gain additional market exposure through leveraged trading.
We have introduced the concept of leverage and aimed to highlight the benefits it can present and also illustrate the potential dangers. It is essential that all traders employ a level of leverage which is appropriate to their experience and capital. We have highlighted the fact that establishing a trading plan that covers entry and exit criteria, sound risk and money management is essential for your trading success. Spend time trialling the various systems available to ensure you are using the most appropriate systems for your trading style. As this manual has illustrated, CFDs are a powerful product that enable you to make more effective use of your capital. They present a flexible and low cost alternative to traditional share trading.
CFDs are a powerful product that enable you to make more effective use of your capital.


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Floral Hills All American Veterans Memorial. In Memory of All American Veterans These flagpoles are dedicated to the memory of our loved ones who served in the Armed Forces. The American Veteran - Forever a symbol of heroism, sacrifice, loyalty, and freedom. [Separate markers, around the base of the main flagpole, read]: Flag flying in memory of all veterans who served their country . This memorial is Near Lancaster in Fairfield County Ohio
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Hindu Economic Forum New Zealand was officially launched by Swami Vigyananand, founder of World Hindu Congress on Sunday, November 18, in Auckland, with the vision "Grow Together; Share Together".
The Hindu Economic Forum New Zealand (HEFNZ) aims to bring together Hindu industrialists, business persons, traders, exporters and importers, bankers, technocrats, investors, professionals, economists, academicians and thinkers, so that each group can share their knowledge, experience, expertise and resources in order to contribute and make New Zealand Society prosperous.
"The world is interconnected through digital technology especially in the area of commerce and economy. Hindus have settled all around the world and linking those successful business people with New Zealand business community will definitely help New Zealand business, which also includes Maori business," the press release further adds.
Swami Vigyananand also announced the 1st New Zealand Hindu Economic conference to be organised by Hindu Economic Forum New Zealand in late 2019.


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Created: Posted on July 29, 2014 by Colleen Lynn
2014 Dog Bite Fatality: Visiting Child Killed by His Uncle's Two Pit Bulls in Hillsborough County, Florida
Logan Sheppard, 4-years old, was mauled to death by his uncle's two pit bulls.
No Criminal Charges
UPDATE 07/30/14: Authorities will not pursue charges -- see memo from State Attorney Mark Ober. New information reveals that the adults were sharing "half a joint" in a back room when Logan Sheppard slipped outside and was mauled to death by two pit bulls. The dogs tore off his entire scalp and inflicted bites to his neck, according to police records. The adults left Logan with his 15-year old cousin, who was wearing headphones and watching a movie on a computer.
Arriving deputies smelled the marijuana, but no drugs or paraphernalia was located or confiscated by police. Ober called Logan's death a "tragic event" in his memo to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Ober also explained some of the charges his office had considered, including child neglect and aggravated manslaughter. Ober did not believe any of the charges would hold up in court. Recall that criminal prosecution requires proving a case "beyond a reasonable doubt."
"The evidence does not indicate that anyone responsible for caring for the child neglected the child knowingly, intentionally and purposely. Instead, the evidence indicates that the death of the child was a tragic event brought on by a mistaken belief that the dogs had been secured in a pen in the yard. The fact that the dogs were able to escape the dog pen was unknown at the time of the tragic event." - State Attorney Mark Ober, July 28, 2014 Memo
While some media sources continue to report that, "Billy let the dogs out" after Logan and his mother arrived, it is clear that this allegation remains unverified by police. At least now, instead of blaming the boy for unlatching the pen, how the dogs escaped is simply "unknown." After the attack, the owners of the dogs, Delores and Billy Fredericks Sr., surrendered their two adult female pit bulls for destruction. The dogs had no prior history of aggression, according to animal control.
07/21/14: Father Blames Uncle
Not unexpectedly, family members are casting blame after the violent pit bull mauling death of 4-year old Logan Sheppard on Saturday evening. The boy's father, Michael Sheppard, and the child's grandmother, Norma Jean Bridges, blame Billy Fredericks Sr., for the child's death. Michael was not at home when his son was attacked. Michael and Norma believe that Fredericks was careless and negligent. Both also support a theory first presented by commenter Ted Teger.
The neighbor also said she doubts Delores and Billy Fredericks started locking up the dogs on Saturday when Logan was mauled to death.
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Investigators say the attack happened when Logan and his mother walked to the Fredericks' home nearby. Detectives say Billy told them he crated the animals so the mother and child could come inside. But family members say Billy didn't leave the animals inside the kennel during their visit but, instead, wanted them be out so they could roam "to protect his property." -10 News, wtsp.com
Notably, none of the people interviewed showed their faces because they are likely afraid of Billy Fredericks. Despite the father and grandmother's accusations, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is not convinced. At least for now, no criminal charges will be filed. The Fredericks' also have a home in Las Vegas. According to 10 News, the two may be packing up and heading out of town. Michael Sheppard said the family is setting up a fund to help pay for funeral expenses.
In a 10:43 pm update from the Tampa Bay Times, the blame game grows even more ethereal. The boy's father, Michael Sheppard, told the newspaper that Logan loved to play with his three family dogs -- also pit bulls -- Sheppard said. "He grew up with those dogs and never had problems with them," his father said. With pit bull owners now blaming other pit bulls owners, it is understandable why the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is not convinced of the father's recent accusations.
07/20/14: Blame Casting Begins
Billy Fredericks Sr., the uncle and owner of the two pit bulls that killed his 4-year old nephew while visiting his home on Saturday evening gave consent to have his dogs put down; both have been euthanized. Now blame is being cast upon the boy's mother for being in the next room talking to adults while her child sat in the living room eating a bowl of ice cream. Speculation is also being cast upon the young child for unlatching the two kennels while holding a bowl of ice cream.
Many things are possible at this early stage, including what commenter Ted Teger speculated:
Missing from this story must be that the owner not only carted the dogs before they arrives but UNCRATED them after they were all indoors1....and then they left a 4 year old unattended in the living room knowing there were dangerous dogs on the other side of the door. No parent is perfect and oversights happen all the time, and most parents are fortunate enough that their little mistakes do not end in tragedy.
I hear pit bull owners tell how friendly and loving their dogs are.... but I never trust them, nor do I trust any dog completely as much as I love dogs and have 3 myself....but I would never want a dog that can kill so easily with those powerful jaws. -Ted Teger, The Tampa Bay Times
It is important to recall the recent thoughts of Quadirah Banks, whose child was nearly mauled to death by two pit bulls after the babysitter let the dogs into the house because it was raining. "Does it matter if it is the fault of the owner of the dog? Does it matter if it is the fault of the dog, when pit bulls themselves are disproportionately responsible for serious and fatal attacks?" What we know does matter is that if pit bull owners fail to maintain the "zero margin of error" rule tragedies occur.
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07/20/14: Visiting Child Killed by Pit Bulls
Riverview, FL - In a developing story, a 4-year old boy was killed by two pit bulls while visiting his aunt and uncle's home in Riverview. On Saturday, Logan Sheppard and his mother, Stephanie Groulx,2 walked to the home of Groulx's sister, Delores Fredericks, and her husband at 12509 Rhodine Road. Just before they arrived, Fredericks' husband placed their two pit bulls in a crate. Logan was given ice cream and left alone while the adults went into the master bedroom to talk.
When the adults heard the child scream, they ran out and discovered that Logan was gone. At the same time, two deputies from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, who were conducting an unrelated traffic stop nearby, also heard the child's screams. The deputies raced to the home and found Logan Sheppard on the front lawn of the house with the two pit bulls standing over him. The little boy was pronounced dead at the scene around 10:30 pm. The investigation continues.
Q: How safe are crated pit bulls around children visiting the dog owner's home? A: Not very safe.
1While complete speculation, this is most certainly possible with many-a-die-hard pit bull owners.
2The mother's Facebook page shows that she is a considerable pit bull enthusiast. Given that "Proud Pitty Parent" was uploaded twice to her album, it is safe to assume that she currently or in the recent past has owned pit bulls.
07/15/14: New Brunswick Pit Bull Attack: Babysitting, the Zero Margin of Error Rule and...
05/08/14: 2014 Dog Bite Fatality: 'Visiting' Child Killed by Pit Bulls Owned by Friends...
01/20/14: 2013 U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics - DogsBite.org
09/23/13: Collection of Pit Bull Scalp Attack Victims - DogsBite.org
07/26/13: Beyond the Interview - Essay of a Fatal Pit Bull Mauling
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4 thoughts on "2014 Dog Bite Fatality: Visiting Child Killed by His Uncle's Two Pit Bulls in Hillsborough County, Florida"
EricDalnas on July 21, 2014 at 6:16 am said:
The same story over and over again and the same excuses. The blame doesn't matter. Kids will be kids, parents will make mistakes and so will owners. Those mistakes kill. That alone should be enough that dogs capable and likely to kill should be licensed and handled differently. Vicious dog laws are useless once someone is already mauled or killed.
RSM on July 21, 2014 at 9:00 pm said:
Poor sweet baby. RIP little angel.
Farmer Jane on July 22, 2014 at 12:36 pm said:
Blame is like a chain with each link leading to the next. Do we blame the mom for not watching her child every second? Or the child for not sitting absolutely still? How about the uncle for choosing a dog that is bred to attack and kill for a pet? Or the dogs for doing what their instincts tell them to do? Or all the idiots out there who pose as professionals and tell the us that these dogs are wonderful family pets? Or our lawmakers who refuse to admit that there is a problem and barely enforce the weak laws that are in place? There is so much wrong here, it's hard to know where to start.
OT on July 23, 2014 at 1:50 pm said:
Zero margin of error. The PB apologists and propagandists tell people that they are the best breed for anyone, families included. But when there is an attack it's always the fault of the person who was mauled or killed, and stated in a way that tries to say any dog would do the same. Open my mutts crate and she will not kill. I have fallen down in front of her and not been killed. My young nieces have played with my non-PB mutt and not come to any harm. Most people who own dogs that aren't grippers can say this. The PB lovers blame the victims then try to make all dogs look like potential killers who have the zero margin of error that their dogs do. This is all lies; as is the new trend of calling them "America's Dog".


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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;

import au.gov.amsa.ais.rx.Streams;
import au.gov.amsa.util.nmea.NmeaMessage;
import rx.Observable;

@State(Scope.Benchmark)
public class BenchmarksDecodeManyNmea {

    private static final List<String> nmeaLines = Streams.nmeaFromGzip(new File("src/test/resources/ais.txt.gz"))
            .toList().toBlocking().single();

    private static final List<String> nmeaLinesShorter = nmeaLines.subList(0, 1000);

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Nike Releases Inspirational Ad Celebrating US Women's Football Team's Historic World Cup Victory
No one was more confident that the US Women's football team would take out a record fourth world cup win than team sponsor Nike.
The sportswear giant sent out a powerful new ad, aptly titled 'Never Stop Winning', as the team was celebrating the 2-0 victory over the Netherlands in France overnight.
The 60-second ad from Wieden + Kennedy Portland features black and white images of the players and begins with the famous 'I believe' chant, before continuing into an empowering speech.
"I believe … that a whole generation of girls and boys will go out and play and say things like, 'I want to be like Megan Rapinoe when I grow up' and that they'll be inspired to talk and win and stand up for themselves," the voice in the ad says.
Rapinoe, who collected both the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards for the tournament, has made headlines throughout the campaign both for her strong performances on the field and her anti-Trump comments in which she said she wouldn't go to the "f*cking White House" if the USA won the World Cup.
The ad not only celebrates the victory but also highlights the significance the highly-successful team has had off the field.
It includes messages like: "We will keep fighting not just to make history, but to change it forever" and "This team wins. Everyone wins."
Nike also released a commemorative jersey after the win featuring a fourth star above the emblem to celebrate the team's fourth world cup victory and 'Champions 19' on the back.
The latest ad follows on from Nike's "Dream Crazy" work, also by Wieden + Kennedy Portland, taking out the inaugural Grand Prix in the new Entertainment for Sport Lions at Cannes last month.
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Talking with some friends who have achieved many meaningful things in their lives, or at least, that is what most people around them think, I had some interesting epiphanies.
Viewed from my perspective, most of them have achieved wonderful things, one of them has written more than 30 books, some of them best-sellers in different countries, another one has a company that helps poor people in different countries, the other one has made many movies that were really famous worldwide, and he is still very respected in the film industry.
Yet, they do not see themselves as overachievers, despite the fact that most of us around them see them as role models to emulate.
When talking to them in a reunion, I was amazed to see that they actually see themselves as "regular" people, they always have someone "above" them that they admire and wish to imitate at all costs.
When we open a book or a movie begins, we take the first lines or scene as the "beginning" of that story.
Have you ever asked yourself how to know if you are doing something right? Well, I think this might interest you.