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Are You Focusing on the Big Trading Picture?
No one likes to be in a state of emotional pain, so we typically avoid acknowledging what we have learned to define as a mistake for as long as possible.
Which way is the market going tomorrow?
How can I never lose again?
Is your equity curve going up or down?
Right? That's what we want to do in the market – make money. We want to start out with a certain amount of equity – and we want that equity to INCREASE. We won't be right on all of our trades and so we need to know which trades are working and which aren't.
If trades aren't working we need to cut them as fast as possible. If trades are working we need to let them work so they can accumulate capital for our accounts. Over time, if you are managing your positions sizes correctly, and know your method's win/loss and ratio stats, cutting your losers short and letting your winners run will increase your equity curve.
So why do a lot of equity accounts go the wrong way? Well, I'm not sure – but I can take a guess.
Maybe. Some traders say emotions blow up their trading accounts. It's an interesting theory. Traders get caught up in the greed or fear cycle and they don't behave as they should. But last year I did an exercise . I set up a simulated trading competition on a message board I post on. The competition didn't use real money. Just stock picks.
Ego because traders don't like to be wrong.
We will let a losing position slide and slide until the pain of being wrong is eclipsed by the agony of losing money. For some people this can take a very long time.
Method because most traders don't have a clear cut method.
Or, if they do, they simply don't follow it. Why? Because it can get boring doing the same thing over and over and over again. But – once you lose enough money you figure out that boring is better than equity loss and you start following your rules.
If and when you notice that you're not focused on your objective or on the incremental steps to accomplish your objective, choose to redirect your thoughts, words or actions in a way that is consistent with what you are trying to accomplish.
Cut your losers short and let your winners run.
A lot of traders do the opposite. And they should probably stop doing that. But it's hard. It's like eating less junk/carbs/wheat/sugar and exercising more to lose weight. That's really all you need to do. But yet we're bombarded with thousands of books on the topic because people think their should be an easier way.
So don't forget: above all else, you want an equity curve that goes up. Sure you will have drawdowns – that's a natural part of trading. But in the long run – you want your equity going up. And by focusing on the big picture (the direction of your equity curve) you have a real shot of making that happen.
Until next time — good luck out there!
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US - The National Chicken Council has released the 2014 Animal Welfare Guidelines and Audit Checklist in what it describes as "the most comprehensive guidelines to date for the well-being of chickens".
Consumers want to be sure that all animals being raised for food are treated with respect and are properly cared for during their lives. The people and companies involved in raising chickens for food share the public's concern.
To assist chicken producers and processors in this effort, the National Chicken Council (NCC) in 1999 developed the NCC Animal Welfare Guidelines and Audit Checklist which have been widely adopted by chicken farmers and processors to ensure all US chickens are being properly cared for and treated humanely. Periodically revised, the guidelines cover every phase of a chicken's life and offer the most up-to-date, science-based recommendations for the proper treatment and humane care of broiler chickens – those chickens raised for meat.
The US national broiler flock is incredibly healthy and is the envy of the world. Mortality and condemnation rates for broilers, the most sensitive indicators of the health and well-being of any flock, are at historical lows.
Building on that success, the 2014 update of the NCC Animal Welfare Guidelines has more substance than ever before and incorporates new parameters to improve bird welfare. The new guidelines include a whistleblower protection, more assistance for training programs for proper handling, more documentation and monitoring of various practices and a more streamlined auditing tool for ease of auditing.
"The chicken industry has come together on a specific set of expectations that will continue to ensure the birds we raise are taken care of with the highest standards starting at hatch," said NCC President, Mike Brown.
The guidelines were updated with assistance from an academic advisory panel consisting of poultry welfare experts and veterinarians from across the United States, including: Sarge Bilgili, Ph.D., professor and extension poultry scientist, Auburn University; Michael Hulet, Ph.D., associate professor of poultry science, Penn State University; Joy Mench , Ph.D., professor of animal science, University of California, Davis; Tony Pescatore, Ph.D., professor of poultry production and management, University of Kentucky; Yvonne Thaxton, Ph.D., professor and director, Center for Food Animal Well Being, University of Arkansas; and Bruce Webster, Ph.D., professor and extension coordinator, Poultry Science Department, University of Georgia.
"We are very pleased with the inclusion of many of the panel's recommendations into this revision," said Dr Bilgili, who chaired the academic advisory panel. "As a result, the NCC Animal Welfare Program is significantly improved and, more importantly, the continued well-being of broiler chickens will be assured."
The new guidelines also:
Increase emphasis on corporate commitment
Require internal and external auditing for animal welfare
Require increased oversight by veterinarians, service technicians and live production managers
Provide more details on acceptable euthanasia practices from the hatchery to the processing plant
Provide new requirements to make sure the chickens are properly monitored for healthy legs
Require stunning procedures to be more effective
Change the audit scoring system to emphasise each step on the process from the hatchery to the processing plant, and
Highlight the implications of non-conformances to the guidelines.

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Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News – During the era of Yellow Journalism in the U.S. which defined the type of journalism that existed before the start of Spanish-American War in 1898. The term, 'Yellow Journalism' was associated with various major newspapers that held no journalistic principals or truth, "sensationalism" or "eye-catching headlines" was the only truth that mattered for newspaper owners that exaggerated stories to sell newspapers and fill their pockets with profits. Today they sell you lies to support the agendas of major corporations and the Military-Industrial Complex because corporate interests pays the MSM handsomely to sell their wars, drugs and propaganda.
The accelerated downfall of the mainstream media (MSM) occurred since the election of Donald Trump. It's apparent that the MSM has caught TDS, or Trump Derangement Syndrome. I don't know what you feel or sense when you are watching the MSM, whether it's CNN, MSNBC who are obviously liberal networks or FOX News who is aligned with the Republicans party, it's almost like watching the twilight zone. Journalistic integrity has been absolutely flushed down the toilet. For the record, the MSM has been losing its reputation as a reliable news source way before Trump became US president, he just added TDS to the so-called "television journalists" on CNN and MSNBC. However, that did not stop CNN's president Jeff Zucker to propose a weekly show with the US President on a call with Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen according to The Hill, "I have all these proposals for him," Zucker reportedly told Cohen "I want to do a weekly show with him and all this stuff." Despite the fact that anti-Trumpism is alive and well in the MSM, it's hypocritical. CNN and MSNBC will surely miss Trump if Joe Biden officially steals the election because low-ratings will collapse both networks and even FOX news will suffer to a point without Trump being showcased regularly on television networks and that's probably why Jeff Zucker, had reportedly called Trump "the boss" if he would have signed a contract with CNN.
The print media is also guilty for publishing numerous false claims, accusations and lies that has led to wars and regime change in various countries for decades. One recent example is the case with The New York Times who published an article with the worst possible title 'The baseless 'Great Reset' conspiracy theory rises again' yet, on November 1st, Time magazine published a cover story that read 'The Great Reset' on its front page. The media must think the people are that stupid, it clearly shows how they view its target audience. There are many reasons why liberal networks with the possibility of FOX news following in the same direction will collapse due to low-viewership ratings. CNN, MSNBC and FOX employs a long list of liars and state propagandists who were in previous administrations that offer their one-sided analysis and reports in domestic and foreign issues presented to the viewer. In an important note, all of the MSM networks are on board and all agree that no matter who is president, they know who their foreign enemies are when it comes to war because they all obviously work for the same US war machine. Remember when liberal media host on MSNBC, Brian Williams and his comment on U.S. missiles hitting Syrian airfields with Trump's approval in 2017 as "beautiful"? I guess he thought Trump wasn't so bad after all. The MSM is a propaganda organ of the Democratic party and to the Republican party if we include FOX news. All of US viewers are beholden to the US war machine that includes all special interest groups and major corporate powers that dictate to the MSM what to report and say to the public. Since 2016, the MSM has stooped to its lowest level of lies and deceit. Its journalistic principles have evolved into a joke, a laughing stock in the world of news. Here is a short list out of many lies by the MSM:
The Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax: 3 Years Worth of Conspiracy Theories
The Trump-Russia Collusion scandal was proof in itself that CNN and MSNBC are conspiracy theorists with no actual facts. Conspiracy theorists is defined as those who create "a theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators" Well there is a group of "powerful conspirators" that does explain a set of fake circumstances surrounding Trump's collusion with Russia which in under the definition of a conspiracy theorist. It took 3 years of this non-stop nonsense about Trump and Russia colluding 24 hours a day which was way over the top for anyone, even for some democrats who turned into republicans because of the MSM lies. The nearly $32 million spent on the Trump-Russia Collusion report turned out to be a devastating blow to the Democratic party.
A letter that was addressed to Senator Lindsey Graham that was signed by John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence (NIA) for the Trump administration requested information on the FBI's behalf concerning their Investigation. Ratcliffe declassified the information which exposed the scandal and as many of us knew from the start, it was a hoax. It all turned out to be a major humiliation for the MSM after the dossier was exposed as a Hillary Clinton smear campaign against President Trump. Hillary Clinton was on board with a plan to link candidate Trump in 2016 to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "In late July 2o16, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained insight into Russian intelligence analysis alleging that U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump by typing him to Putin and the Russians' in hacking of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The IC does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication." It also stated the following:
According to handwritten noted, former Central Intelligence Agency Director Brennan subsequently briefed President Obama and other senior national security officials on the intelligence, including the 'alleged approval by Hillary Clinton on July 26, 2016 of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisors to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services
The letter also included that "On 07 September 2016, U.S. intelligence officials forwarded an investigative referral to FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok regarding 'U.S. President candidate Hillary Clinton's approval of a plan concerning U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russian hackers hampering U.S. elections as a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server." The MSM including MSNBC's Rachel Maddow (who cried on air) after the hoax was exposed was humiliated. The MSM has lost time, money and whatever they had left of their credentials based on Trump's alleged collusion with Russia lie, at this point they should be all crying themselves to sleep at night.
CNN Claimed Ecuador's Embassy in London is a 'Russian Hacking Hub'
Another case of pure MSM propaganda was against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange who at the time was in exile in Ecuador's embassy in London. The former President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa criticized the MSM's side of the story on Ecuador's Embassy in London as a 'Russian Hacking Hub.' Correa was interviewed by RT.com and this is what he said about CNN and other US media sources:
We never approved interference in the internal affairs of other countries, we respect every nation, that is why when we saw that Julian Assange was publishing the data of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election campaign, we warned him two or three times, and on the third or fourth time we acted, we cut the internet. The story that CNN wants to build, that in the embassy there was a center for espionage operations with Russian support, that we knew about it and approved it. That's how they want it to appear. what they want to sell to the world. What CNN and other media are saying is rubbish, but were use to it. They are prepping for the show. The reason is, when they extradite Assange to the US and sentence him to life, they want the honest backing of the public, they are setting the stage
What CNN reported on December 9, 2017, was that Donald Trump, Jr. was offered "advanced access" to the DNC and Podesta emails published by WikiLeaks before those emails were made public. MSNBC also jumped on the band wagon and "independently confirmed" CNN's evidence about the collaboration between the Trump team and WikiLeaks over the hacked DNC emails. It all turned out to be false information. The email which Donald Trump, Jr. received was a link that was published online and open to the public. If that is not reckless and irresponsible journalism on a grand scale or just plain spiteful propaganda to paint Trump's team as Russian assets, I don't know what is.
The Pentagon with Help from the MSM is Pushing Regime Change in Venezuela
The MSM's Commitment to the Pentagon's agenda of regime change in Venezuela has been steady as well with CNN has been following Trump's Line on Venezuela who falsely claimed in the SOTU address last February when Trump declared Juan Guaido as Venezuela's true and legitimate president. CNN claimed that the voters wanted Maduro to step down since the elections in January 2019, but there's one problem with that statement, Venezuela's presidential election was actually held on May 20, 2018. CNN's story 'Military helicopter crashes in Venezuela, killing 7, amid protests' first reported on a helicopter crash that killed seven military officers then redirects the story to the political scene mentioning Juan Guaido, the unpopular political figure who was unpopular among the opposition he's part of. Washington chose Guaido as the best puppet they can manage as it's "acting President." After all, Uncle Sam still makes important decisions for the Venezuelan elite and the rest of its Latin American puppet states. CNN said that "pressure is mounting on Maduro to step down, following elections in January in which voters chose opposition leader Juan Guaido over him for president." Current president Nicolas Maduro won that election by more than 67% of the vote as Juan Guaido and his followers decided not to participate in the elections as a way of protest against the Maduro government.
Eventually Big Tech Will Collapse, And The Alternative Media Will Rise
I feel sorry for the MSM's faithful viewers, frying their brains with absolute propaganda from their preferred sources of information. They could have done more productive things with their lives. Just imagine, decades of endless lies by the MSM. It's hard to wrap my head around what and how the MSM reports to its target audience who accept what is reported as the truth. The media has used propaganda and flat out lies to manipulate the public into believing whatever they said to further Washington's agenda at all costs, even if it means losing viewership and they still get paid no matter what. Real journalism has died a long time ago in the US and that's why the alternative media has grown significantly to challenge MSM's narrative.
Big Tech companies such as Face book, Twitter and YouTube are trying to suppress the alternative media and the truth it reveals to the public by way of censorship, but guess what? There will be alternative platforms that will compete and outperform Big Tech in the future. We already have numerous platforms where alternative voices are heard such as www.bitchute.com, www.minds.com, ise.media, Global Research.ca, Information Clearinghouse, The Corbett Report, The Gray Zone, rt.com, sometimes even Al Jazeera can be truthful when it wants to be and many others that will rise to the occasion of telling or spreading the truth on various platforms. The MSM has embarrassed themselves to the point of no return. They are dead in its tracks and the world is waking up to that fact.
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For those that haven't read the following books below, but want more details & facts on the rapid deterioration of the media, I suggest the following books:
Giants – The Global Power Elite, by Peter Phillips
The New Media Monopoly, by Ben Bagdikian
A Republic No More, by Jay Cost
National Security and Double Government, by Michael J Glennon
In Giants, Peter Phillips outlines how the largest investment banks have become a Cartel, not only existing as the largest shareholders of the largest "competing" corporations, in most every single industry, but also the largest shareholders of each other.
These investment banks exercise active control over the CEO's, Executives and Boards of the companies they hold, using their massive shareholdings as leverage (in the corporate world, the more shares one holds, the more voting power they posses over those corporations).
Even the wealthiest & most powerful CEO's owe much of their wealth to this Cartel of investment banks (even individual billionaires are no match against the Cartel that collectively owns the trillions, and controls the tens of trillions of dollars).
In the New Media Monopoly, Ben Bagdikian outlines how the number of corporations controlling most of America's daily newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, book publishers, and movie companies has dwindled from fifty to ten to five, in under 30 years.
These media companies generate entertainment, not news. The content of that entertainment is specifically skewed towards their audience (i.e. CNN creates entertainment for "Liberals. Fox News creates entertainment for "Conservatives), in order to create the sense of reliability (via confirmation bias).
Take a look at the largest shareholders of outlets like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, et al, you"ll see the same largest owners.
Also note that the largest "news" organizations are owned by the largest entertainment corporations.
Where exactly does entertainment end and "news" begin? There is no longer true distinguishment between the two.
In A Republic No More, Jay Cost outlines how Big Monied special interests have commandeered American politics and governance, turning the country into a corporatocracy.
When you have dullards & dolts in political office, they are even more prone to propaganda (via "news" and Lobbyists), promulgated by the Elite.
In National Security and Double Government, Michael J Glennon outlines how democracy in the United States has trended towards mere symbolism (a concept also described by 19th century Political Scientist Alexis de Tocqueville), as the Constitution and the rule of law have been eroded by national security concerns and unelected bureaucrats.
These Bureaucrats are similarly heavily-lobbied by that Cartel of Big Monied interests, and participate in the Revolving Door of politics.
The largest "competing" defense contractors are similarly owned by this same Cartel of largest investment banks.
This is an age of Big Everything, with that Big Everything largely owned & controlled by the same Elite.
Researching further, one can view the WTID inequality graphs, and GINI coefficient index and see the U.S., and world, are seeing amongst the greatest levels of wealth concentrations in modern history.
Publicly available SEC filings show the massive degrees of wealth & asset concentrations.
In his 1928 book (another period of vast wealth concentration) Propaganda, the "Father of Spin", Edward Bernays wrote:
"In almost every act of our lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons […] who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world."
"Who are the men, who, without our realizing it, give us our ideas, tell us whom to admire and whom to despise, what to believe about the ownership of public utilities .. about immigration who tell us how our houses should be designed, what furniture we should put into them, what menus we should serve at our table, what kind of shirts we must wear, what sports we should indulge in, what plays we should see, what charities we should support, what pictures we should admire, what slang we should affect, what jokes we should laugh at?"
"If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it?"
"If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway."
Propaganda is only most effective when it isn't recognized as such.
So many people think they can recognize propaganda, but truly have little to no idea the massive amounts of truly covert propaganda they are bombarded with, every single day, hour, and minute.
Taking the facts & info presented by each of these books, and combining them, one can perhaps gain a better understanding how the Global Elite own & control most everything.
They are the illusionists described by Plato in his Allegory of the Cave.
The greatest propagandists of Ancient Greece used the entertainment of the Greek Theater in a similar fashion to sway political and public opinion.
Read, for example, about the theatrical props used by people like Heronis of Alexandria to create illusions of power & divinity.
I've worked in politics, government, media, PR, and banking/finance/investments.
I've seen first-hand how each is controlled by those Elite with the power & money, via their Cartel.
I've seen how those greedy selfish Elite will stop at nothing to acquire even more.
Centuries of popular resistance, uprisings and revolutions have only taught the Elite to maintain better, more covert, & more effective control of the masses.


I thought today of Gene Logsdon's book Gene Everlasting and the piece entitled "Secret Crying Places." Inside the back deer fence, among tall weeds, from the mud I extracted mostly rotten Yellow Parma onions. Though the wasted onions did not make me happy, they were not what was responsible for my tears. Clark Howard Willis heads to kindergarten next Wednesday.
Amidst the work and demands and exasperation, however, profound joys bloom, sometimes sneakily. I realize—in the middle of my exhausted complaint—that flowers have been taking root. Things have been growing that I did not know were there. I quit quibbling. I smile at my sons, and I am glad to be present. I savor a fleeting moment.
Even on days when I spend so many solo hours in the field it is sickening, separated by some space from Clark and Campbell, they have almost always been within a short walk. I come in for lunch and say hello. We know each other are near. Our selves have been entwined, like carrot roots diving down deeper together.
Whereas Clark cannot wait to acquaint himself with kindergarten, I have trouble accepting the passage of time. Friends say, "When you blink, he'll be 30," and I know it is true, and I rue the fact that my buddy is graduating from me, slowly but surely, like all seeds do their parents.
Farming and parenting can become a perfect pair. With babies it is harder, but with young boys, earnest and bright and interested, the intentions can intersect. An important job can be done well, by my child, triumphant and proud. Life has allowed me a good number of precious moments. None have been more precious than the oneness between a farm, a father, and his son(s).
It's August. The sweat is streaming down. Perspective wanes. I am prone to melodrama. A farm grows more than crops. We are nourished by more than food. I could not sit there and cry forever; there is much more work to be done. But Clark Willis is going to kindergarten, and that, for me, is something new under the sun.
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U.S. Documentary Crew Barred From Filming In Xiahe, Gansu
Authorities barred a U.S. film crew from using e-mail or leaving its hotel, and abruptly terminated its plans to continue filming at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu province.
Authorities also ordered the eight-member crew not to talk about the police in riot gear and soldiers it saw headed toward Labrang monastery, one day before news broke of riots in Lhasa on March 14. The crew had been at the monastery for two days filming a documentary on Tibetan culture for a six-part series titled "Change in China."
On the afternoon of March 13, sound man Spence Palermo says he passed a half dozen local police in riot gear headed towards the monastery. "On their heels were two separate columns of about two dozen Chinese soldiers each, also decked out in shielded helmets and night sticks."
At dinner authorities informed crew members they would not be allowed to film the monastery the following day as planned. Instead, they filmed a monastery of the "Ben sect" about 40 miles outside of Xiahe. On the night of March 14, they were individually escorted to their rooms and told they wouldn't be allowed to leave their rooms until the next morning. The next morning, Palermo heard a commotion outside the hotel and saw a convoy of Chinese military trucks.
"I figured over 400 soldiers were headed to the monastery. Suddenly there was a pounding on the door and a very irate and panicky official started grabbing my gear and hustling me down to the lobby, saying that we had to leave 'immediately.' We were led out of town."
After the crew filmed at an ancient fort, its members were told they would not be allowed to return to Xiahe. Instead, their Chinese assistant went to the hotel to pick up their equipment and luggage.
"Apparently the protests had spread through the whole town and our hotel – state-run of course — had been targeted [and] all of the windows smashed out," Palermo recalls, "[There were] fires burning on the street. The word was that under no circumstances would Western media be allowed anywhere near the town."
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New owners, fresh ideas on Gunflint Trail as old lodges change hands
Wi-Fi? Sure. But North Woods will still be a bucolic getaway.
By John Reinan Star Tribune
June 3, 2017 — 4:57pm
After 14 years in the military and 21 years in his family's St. Paul produce business, Andy DeLisi wanted to call his own shots.
"My wife and I wanted to run our own operation and we wanted to live on a lake in the woods," said DeLisi.
They got their wishes.
In summer 2014, DeLisi and his wife, Ida, opened the Big Bear Lodge on Poplar Lake along the Gunflint Trail. They are part of a wave of new owners taking over some of the most iconic properties in a resort area that's been a favorite for generations of Minnesotans.
It took a lot of work to make the DeLisis' dream come true. After they bought the former Old Northwoods Lodge, the couple spent three years renovating it before they opened for business. They changed the name of the place, which can accommodate 26 guests, to reflect the fresh start.
The influx of new blood in the lodging business is a welcome change, said Linda Jurek, executive director of Visit Cook County.
Andy and Ida DeLisi bought the Big Bear Lodge on the Gunflint Trail and spent three years renovating it before reopening in 2014.
"I think the most prevalent piece of it is, the people that are taking over are a little bit more young in age and young in spirit," Jurek said. "I don't mean the people who sold were old and worn out. But the hospitality industry, and the seasonality of it, can make it really challenging."
More than a dozen lodges, resorts and restaurants on the Gunflint Trail and in Grand Marais have changed hands in recent years. Some of them are among the largest and best-known properties in the region.
Bearskin Lodge, with room for more than 100 guests, is in the midst of a family transition. Owners Bob and Sue McCloughan are slowly stepping down in favor of turning things over to their son Quinn and his wife, Kate.
"We're easing out, and they're easing in," said Sue McCloughan.
The granddaddy of all resorts in the area is the Gunflint Lodge, which can handle more than 200 guests and which had been in the Kerfoot family for nearly 90 years. Mindy and John Fredrikson bought the lodge last year and dove right into their first summer season.
The Fredriksons have added some modern amenities to appeal to a younger generation — items such as rock climbing, couples massages and child care for parent "date nights" once a week. But Mindy Fredrikson and other owners say they're not trying to turn their bucolic retreats into digital hangouts — although everyone agreed that Wi-Fi has become a must-have offering.
"We really want to preserve that legacy and tradition," Mindy Fredrikson said. She told of hearing from a man who had worked at the lodge as a teenager 70 years ago, and how it made her realize the comfort that places like hers can offer simply by continuing on generation after generation.
"It's not like a hotel," she said. "It's like you become part of the story of someone's life."
DeLisi said he's not bending over backward to appeal to millennials. There are still plenty of people who want what a wilderness lodge can offer.
"This area is rich in history and unspoiled wilderness," he said. "I think there is a good group of millennials who want to experience that. Yes, they do want to hang onto some of their technology. We do offer Wi-Fi.
"But our deal is, unplug and unwind. Step back in time. We feel we can find our following. There is still a core group that digs that."
Quinn McCloughan agreed.
"Technology is such a big part of people's lives, but there are a lot of people who want to get away from that," he said. "What we're doing, and what businesses up here always have done, has become more appealing as the world changes. What you can find up here is harder to find than it was a generation ago."
John Reinan is a news reporter covering Greater Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. For the Star Tribune, he's also covered the western Twin Cities suburbs, as well as marketing, advertising and consumer news. He's been a reporter for more than 20 years and also did a stint at a marketing agency.
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Concert Band Score and Parts
Re-released in 2009, this Leroy Anderson classic work typifies his musical genius. Freshly engraved with a full score for the first time, Anderson's own arrangement of the third movement from his Irish Suite is full of excitement and energy. Three movements of the six-movement suite are now available for concert band. The remaining three movements will be released in 2010. Performable as a stand-alone work, or in tandem with the rest of the movements.
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Products may be exchanged or returned for a full refund within 30 days of the purchase/shipping date, provided they are in original condition and include all of the original accessories and packaging. Returns are subject to restocking fees at St. John's Music's discretion.
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Guide for Returning Product
Web store returns can be made at any St. John's Music location across Canada, or be sent back directly to our warehouse in Winnipeg. If you are returning your product to a store, please have your order number available for reference.
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You have contacted us to let us know of the return by emailing us at info@stjohnsmusic.com
Product(s) is/are in original packaging and condition
All accessories and/or manuals/literature are included
Original shipping carton or alternate box is used for secure shipment of merchandise
Items can be returned to:
St. John's Music
1570 Church Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2X 1G8
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Opened Box Reeds
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Print music (books and sheet music)
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Some homemade sauerkraut, which I'm calling sauerkimchi since I seasoned it like crazy.
Mallows roasting on an open grill.
so impressed with that last picture!!!!
ummm, indian food that delivers. I'M MOVING.
What is this Indian restaurant?! Also, that last picture is my post-baby goal. Amazing!
Pincha / fore-arm stand is my favorite pose, but hot damn it kills my shoulders. You look fierce and strong in your pose!!! Werk!
Caro looks so happy walking on her leash! I love it!
Holy hot body alert! You look amazing!
Those s'mores are ridiculous!!!! But–you must check this out. I was literally drooling over my iPad.
reese's s'mores!!! what didn't i think of that?!
Your legs look amazing in that last pic! I've always wanted to be about to do a headstand, but never bother to try and work up to it. Cutie little beach baby you have!
Oh my gosh, I need some Indian food. Your arm balance is perfect!
You can totally do the scorpion with splits! to build up your muscles and balance you may want to try doing dolphins – going into downward dog on your forearms ears in line with your upper arms. then move your chin over your knuckles, then back to your starting position. I have found this really improves your base for the pose so you can add some flair with the legs!
That indian food looks amazing!
Looks like a great weekend. I am working on my goal to do a handstand….I still get freaked flipping upside down!
lol, "sauerkimchi" sounds like something my mom would adore. Nice forearm stand!! I can't seem to move past the headstand inversion myself.
Forarm stand, my goal too! My handstand is coming, so nice!
Avoiding toppling over is key! I used to dance (acro) and I can't even hold a handstand for longer than 10 seconds anymore. Crazy the things you lose that were so natural when you were younger (<—now I'm just making myself sound incredibly old even though I'm only 28 hahah).
Please let us know how the sauerkraut turns out!!!