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Three Basic Candlestick Formations to Improve Your Timing
by Michael C. Thomsett
The study of candlestick charts is mysterious to many. You might recognize the basic significance of the chart patterns, but not know how to spot strong and reliable reversal signals.
This article demonstrates and explains three of the strongest candlestick reversal patterns. These are the bullish or bearish abandoned baby, the bullish white soldiers and the bearish black crows, and the bullish and bearish engulfing pattern.
These simple but powerful indicators are formed as chart patterns, giving you a lot of information just with a glance. The more time you spend studying candlestick patterns, the more comfortable you are going to be. The origin of candlesticks traces back several hundred years. Candlesticks originally were developed in Japan to track rice futures. Many of the early candlestick experts were able to demonstrate an ability to anticipate market trends and reversals.
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In the U.S. candlesticks were first introduced by Steve Nison, who has written several books on the topic. However, the candlestick has become popular only after the Internet made charting fast and easy. Before they were available on the Internet, charting services had to be purchased, often consisting of open/high/low/close charts (those vertical sticks for the trading range with smaller horizontal limbs for opening and closing prices). These services could be quite expensive, especially if you also paid for advice and interpretation.
With automated and free online charting services (such as StockCharts.com), you can now get candlestick charts instantly by just punching in a trading symbol. Some sites also allow you to tailor your charts by choosing the date range and adding the volume; many offer technical indicators and volume or momentum indicators as well. So no matter how much information you want to use to time entry or exit, today's candlestick chart is accessible and easy to use.
Four Steps to Using Candlesticks
Among the dozens of candlestick indicators consisting of a single session or multiple sessions, you can rely on a few very strong ones. A study of hundreds of charts by Thomas Bulkowski ("Encyclopedia of Candlestick Charts," John Wiley & Sons, 2008) has concluded that some candlestick patterns lead to reversal more often than not. If you focus only on a short list of highly reliable reversal candlesticks, you may be able to improve the timing of your buys and sells.
The smart use of candlestick indicators requires four steps:
- Pick high-quality companies. Identify companies whose fundamentals justify investment, and then track them regularly through chart analysis. The use of fundamentals to narrow down your search is a method for limiting your risk to the highest-quality companies. Among the best fundamentals are revenue and earnings (why invest in a company with falling revenues or net losses?); dividend yield (and a record of increasing dividends over many years), moderate price-earnings ratio (meaning between 10 and 25, and tracked as a long-term trend); and finally, the trend of the debt ratio (the portion of total capitalization in debt compared to the overall debt and equity, remembering that a high and growing debt ratio is a danger signal).
- Look for strong reversal signals. Find exceptionally strong reversal signals at the top of an uptrend and time your exit, or at the bottom of a downtrend and time your entry. Reversal signals come in many shapes and sizes, in candlesticks as well as other forms. To give you an idea of the range of reversals, there are approximately 100 different candlestick indicators. You cannot possibly expect to look for all of these, and some are more easily spotted than others. For this reason, it makes sense to identify the more reliable reversal signals and focus on looking for those. Some indicators work as price reversal signals about half the time and as price continuation signals the other half of the time. Given this fact, they are not very useful for timing buys and sells. You can do as well by guessing, and you might be right half the time.
- Make sure there is a trend to reverse. Remember, reversal only works if there is a trend to reverse. You cannot expect to find a bullish reversal unless a downtrend is in effect, and you cannot find a bearish reversal unless the current trend is moving upward. When you find those signals in the wrong places, they usually are continuation patterns—a sign that the price trend will continue in its current direction. The fact that the same indicator can be either a reversal or a continuation signal should not be confusing. It is just a matter of where it appears within the existing trend. But what if the price is moving sideways and no clear trend has been set? In this case, the prudent course is to wait patiently for some kind of movement to appear. If you act too quickly, you will be right half the time and wrong the other half.
- Always look for confirmation before you act. Before acting, find independent confirmation of the predicted reversal. Only when you have confirmation should you take action. Confirmation is one of the basic techniques used by technicians to time entry and exit. Because no signal is reliable all by itself all of the time, finding confirmation in one form or another just makes sense. And many are surprised to discover that confirmation among the components of trends (price, volume, and momentum) is going to occur most of the time. In addition to confirming reversal, some "confirming" indicators contradict what the candlestick foreshadows. In this case, don't act until you get additional confirmation or contradiction, or pick the indicator you believe to be the most reliable.
Following these four basic "rules" vastly improves your timing and adds to overall profits. Many of the candlestick formations that appear frequently were described as being highly reliable in the Bulkowski study. These are among the indicators worth adding to your charting strategy.
Candlestick Indicators to Watch
A candlestick formation reveals a great amount of information in a mere glance: the range between open and close, the extension of trading range, and the direction of movement. Many additional signals have meaning, such as unusually long or short trading ranges, and extended moves above or below the open/close range. All of this shows up in the basic candlestick, as Figure 1 shows.
The white candlestick is found when prices move up during the session, and the black candlestick represents a downward-moving session. The real body defines the distance between opening and closing price, and the upper and lower shadows (the thin lines at the top and bottom of a candlestick) represent the complete trading range. When you see a very long upper or lower shadow, it reveals lost momentum among buyers upper or sellers lower. This loss of momentum is one of the most important aspects of trends and how they exhaust and then reverse.
The Abandoned Baby
Candlesticks often have imaginative names. The abandoned baby is one of these, and it can be either bullish or bearish. The bullish version (shown on the left in Figure 2) signals the end of a downtrend. The key here is in the gaps and the doji session (the "abandoned" segment with little or no distance between opening and closing.
In this three-session indicator, note the gaps between sessions 1–2 and 2–3. The middle session is the doji, and this signals a likely end of the downtrend and the start of a new uptrend. According to Bulkowski's research, the bullish abandoned baby often leads to a reversal.
The bearish variety has the same formation, but with the gaps moving in the opposite directions. This is shown on the right in Figure 2. The pattern is a strong forecast of the end to the current uptrend and signals a bearish reversal.
White Soldiers and Black Crows
The white soldiers and black crows are three-session indicators that appear quite often. The white soldiers pattern is bullish and consists of three upward-moving sessions. Each session opens within the real body of the previous session and then closes higher, as shown in Figure 3.
Also referred to as "three white soldiers," this pattern can actually continue beyond the three sessions. The consecutive higher lows and higher highs is a very strong reversal signal as long as it shows up after a period of downtrend movement. This signal can be a reliable reversal sign.
The opposite of white soldiers is the black crows pattern. It is a strong bearish reversal when it is found at the top of an uptrend. Each session opens within the real body range of the previous one and then moves lower. Lower highs and lower lows characterize this pattern, as shown in Figure 4. This is another exceptionally strong reversal signal.
Engulfing Pattern
The engulfing pattern is so named because the first session is "engulfed" by the second. In other words, the real body extends higher and lower. This is always a two-session development and appears frequently. When confirmed, it is one of the most reliable of the candlestick reversal signals.
In the bullish version of the engulfing pattern, a black session is followed by the engulfing white session. There is a price gap between the first session's close and the lower opening of the second session. This is shown on the left in Figure 5.
The bullish engulfing pattern is easy to spot, and it will mark the end of the downtrend and the start of a new uptrend.
The bearish engulfing pattern is the opposite of the bullish one, as shown on the right in Figure 5.
This pattern is even more reliable as a reversal than the bullish one. The bearish engulfing pattern can lead to a reversal in which a price decline occurs.
The Basic Rules
When you find often-appearing candlestick indicators with high reliability, you can proceed with confidence, assuming that you also seek and find confirmation. This is an essential part of the process for improving entry and exit. Candlesticks can serve as the first signals to be confirmed by another; they can also serve as confirmation for another signal.
Nothing works 100% of the time, of course, but even conservative and fundamental investors can vastly improve the timing of entry and exit in long stock positions by studying and confirming candlesticks. Forms of confirmation include:
- Doji sessions, also called narrow-range days (NRDs), often signal the end of the current trend.
- Volume spikes, a signal of possible exhaustion after a trend, often appear on the same session as other reversal signs.
- Unusually long shadows, those sticks above and below the real body. A big upper shadow is a sign of lost momentum among buyers, meaning sellers will probably take the lead next; a long lower shadow means the same thing among sellers.
- Traditional western indicators, such as gapping price action, head and shoulders, double tops or bottoms, and other well-known signals based on price patterns.
- Volume indicators, such as on-balance volume (OBV), track dominance among buyers or sellers and, as this shifts, indicate a change in price direction.
- Momentum oscillators are among the most valuable confirming signs. The strongest of these include the moving average convergence-divergence (MACD), which tracks changes in two moving averages; and the relative strength index (RSI), which measures the strength and direction of price movement. You do not have to know how to calculate these, as many free charting sites allow you to add them to charts.
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You can learn a lot about candlestick trading by applying what you already know and then expanding your knowledge base through reading books and going online to various websites, where you can find free and fast learning tools for candlesticks and methods for improving your basic skills. Analysis of charting of all types is improved with practice, whether you are a very conservative value investor or a speculative trader.
Gary from CA posted over 4 years ago:
Any recomendations as to the free on-line site to visit for continuing candelstick education?
Wilfred from OR posted over 4 years ago:
Stockcharts.com has an extensive free "chartschool" including candlesticks. I would recommend them as a starting point.
Werner from PA posted over 4 years ago:
Is there any information on how well these signals work on indexes, such as the S&P 500, etc.?
George from MI posted over 4 years ago:
a graph of an active chart with items of study being circled to illustrate the effectiveness would be nice.
Daniel from FL posted over 4 years ago:
How does number of shares traded rate as an indicator in relation to MACD?
Donald from KS posted over 4 years ago:
There must be some serious statistical studies of the predictive efficiency of these "candlestick" signals. Anyone know where I could find them?
Edward from VA posted over 4 years ago:
Very well written. Thank you.
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Eric from CT posted over 4 years ago:
is it just me or are all of the Figures extremely small, difficult to read, and even more blurry when you enlarge them?
Jean from IL posted over 4 years ago:
Eric, after you enlarge the figure, you will see a button that says "Click here to view the full image." This opens the figure in its own window, where it should be large and clear. Jean, AAII
Vaidy Bala from AB posted over 3 years ago:
As a newcomer senior to this site, I wish to ask how does this compare with other techniques, any technical evaluation study in any journal?
Neil from OH posted over 3 years ago:
It should be noted that in abandoned babies, the real bodies AND shadows cannot overlap from bar 1 to 2 and 2 to 3. This makes this pattern very unique, rare, and reliable at the same time. This is very similar to the morning star and evening star (small real bodies, and shadows can overlap). Rallies off an abandoned baby bottom can be very rapid as short sellers will be forced to cover fast.
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Dewsbury Rams have today announced that Scott Spaven, announced as their joint captain for 2013, has asked that he be allowed to leave the club, a request which has been reluctantly granted. Scott has had some personal/family issues for some time and the regular travelling to and from his home in Hull hadn't allowed him to devote the time he needed to these issues. He has said that he doesn't intend to pack in the game altogether and will continue to keep fit by playing for an amateur club close to his home and family.
Scott arrived at the Rams from Doncaster at the start of the 2012 season. He played a total of 21 games last season scoring four tries and four goals and has appeared in six games (including three from the bench) adding a couple of goals to his career tally.
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Interestingly I wasnt his biggest fan, but I think its worth noting that everyone that GM has tried since has been no better and I think we are actually missing is kicking game. I wish him the best.
Posted 18 April 2013 - 08:53 AM
Shame. I think he was underrated by many and has a lot of potential. Family comes first though.
Good luck Scott.
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All the best to him,does this mean we will be trying to keep hold of Bobbie Goulding Jr for more then the one month we have him ?
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Only trying to help you understand ;o)
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With all the spare cash the rams have at the mo perhaps a bonus payment Pryce might lift his enthusiasm?
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Pricey WILL come good and be made captain.
Johnson will be superfluous to requirements at Cas and join us permanently
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We will sign a big fast winger soon.
Just hoping you understand.
Posted 18 April 2013 - 02:13 PM
Send her my way please
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crystal b.alls too much making predictions
like that...hope you correct in all you wish for mate
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great servant always had time for the fans wish him the best of luk for the future goes with our well wishes
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The exodus has begun! Who will be next? i understand some players attend all training sessions, but don't get a look in; Young Schofield springs to mind.
I also have to wonder about the explanation for the release, nicely phrased with 'personal problems' and to 'spend time with family'.
I wish him well.
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One player is not an exodus and the fact he has not signed for another team suggests it is for personal reasons. Has he joined another club you might have been right.
The problem is WR, usually when a club says "...has left for family/personal reasons" it translates directly to "has decided he doesn't want to play anymore or been sacked" (Put it into google translate, from Bullshitting to English and you'll see)
That said, if it is a genuine reason then I do wish him all the best.
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Hey – good luck! I hope it does turn into a full time job! And I really think you should put a book together based on your history of the Phillies!
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HIMYM's Josh Radnor at OWU: 'Kindness goes a long way'
The Columbus Dispatch - March 25, 2014 02:55 PM
How I Met Your Mother star and Bexley native Josh Radnor visited Ohio Wesleyan University last week to address about 400 students about his life and career, reports DelawareO.com.
The Kenyon alumnus spoke about writing his own films, starring in a long-running CBS sitcom (now approaching its series finale) and how his Ohio upbringing has affected his work.
Speaking of his Ohio upbringing, here's a 1993 Dispatch file photo of Radnor (with Rachel Emmers, left, and Marianne Timmons ) in a Columbus Children's Theatre production of Into the Woods, in which he played the Baker. See more at the Theatre Talk blog.
"If I've learned anything in my acting journey, it's been that kindness is a premium and character matters," Radnor said. "I never gave up being from the Midwest in my values."


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Chalk up another win for the taxpayers in the secret war against transparency being waged by our local governments.
As I wrote last week, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill improving the Open Meetings Act to require government meeting agendas to adequately describe matters they intend to vote on.
The reason for the clarification is to ensure that a taxpayer can look at a meeting agenda and have something of an idea as to how the elected officials plan to spend our money.
Savor. Gloat.
Republican Rep. Sandra Pihos, who authored the bill, cited examples of agendas from public bodies (Illinois has 7,000 of them, by the way) with one-word agenda descriptions such as "revenues" and "rumors". As a veteran journalist, both in the suburbs and downstate, I've seen many of these non-agenda agendas myself.
My story singled out the McHenry County College Board of Trustees – its April 21 agenda for a special meeting described its vote to spend $750,000 to buy land for a future expansion as "Resolution to make offer."
It's way too easy to highlight the MCC board as a poster child for secrecy. But MCC's aforementioned agenda is not an isolated incident or one bad apple.
[To save us all from a guest column, I cite examples of MCC's transparency track record here, here, here, here, here and here.]
All too often, I have come across agendas like this:
1) Pledge of Allegiance
2) Roll Call
3) Executive Session
[AUTHOR'S NOTE: The law calls it "closed session", but many governments call it "executive session" to make themselves sound more important than they really are.]
4) Return to open session
5) Old Business
6) New Business
a) Salaries
b) Budget
c) Action from executive session
7) Adjourn
Before the reform signed by Quinn, this school board could have voted for staff raises under a), a tax hike under b), and a superintendent pay raise under c), and met the legal description of advance notice under the Open Meetings Act.
And that's probably why local governments lobbied hard against the reforms.
As I have written, Metro Counties of Illinois (to which the McHenry County Board belongs) and the Illinois Municipal League (to which most of our cities belong) fought against the requirement. With your tax dollars, as always.
To the County Board's credit, its agendas are adequately descriptive and I often go into a meeting knowing what's going to happen. I think what happened is the counties saw "improve" and "Open Meetings Act" and reflexively lit the torches and brandished the pitchforks.
But that doesn't make the county lobbyist's position any less perplexing. After all, as I blogged here, board members keep telling us that the only way to fight rising property taxes is to go to all of the gazillion meetings of the gazillion taxing bodies on our bills and beg them to stop spending like drunken sailors on shore leave.
Don't we need descriptive meeting agendas to do that?
Unless, of course, this new fad among our elected officials to "hold the line" on taxes mysteriously evaporates on Nov. 7 ...
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The Community Foundation Awards $32,500 for youth programs in Weld County
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- A Kid's Place – for operational purposes.
- Book Trust –to support Billie Martinez and Maplewood elementary school students with book purchases.
- Colorado State University Foundation – for the Concepts in Color science program at Milliken Elementary School.
- Goodwill Industries of Denver – to support at-risk students at Greeley Central, Greeley West, Northridge and Jefferson high schools.
- Lutheran Family Services – for the SafeTouch: Body Safety program.
- Weld Food Bank – for the Backpack Program.
The Littler Youth Fund, an endowment with the Community Foundation, was established in 1972 by Hubert and Mary Littler for the benefit of youth in Weld County. Since 1986 when the Fund began making quarterly distributions, it has made grants to hundreds of youth programs totaling more than $2.6 million. Based on the changing needs of the community, it has been able to support a variety of youth organizations. From the joy of hearing a professional jazz band to mental health counseling, education and cultural activities to providing healthy snacks, the fund has provided opportunities for children that they may have not had otherwise. The Littler's generosity has created a lasting legacy that addresses the needs of today and the challenges of tomorrow by providing grants to support programs that benefit the youth of Weld County.
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How to Grill Burgers
Learn how to prepare and grill burgers in this video from EVERY DAY WITH RACHAEL RAY magazine, plus get tricks and tips on the best way to use your outdoor grill and barbecue. From our collection of Step by Step cooking videos.
-Hi, I'm Terry Singh, the food editor here at Every Day with Rachael Ray Magazine. And today, we're going to be talking about everyone's favorite summertime activity, grilling burgers. We've actually got some turkey patties here as well as some beef patties and some onions that we're going to be grilling up. And just some fix things for your burgers. And the first thing that you want to remember about grilling is you'll always pre-heat your grill. You want it to turn it on with all burners up on high. This will, number one, give you an opportunity to clean the grill as you don't want any leftover bits stuck to the grill. You don't want them on your food and it also prevents the food from sticking or keeps the food from sticking. So, my grill is up about 400 degrees which is perfect. And first, I'm going to brush the onions with a little bit of olive oil. Again, this will help them keep from sticking. And if you'd like, you can also skewer the onions which might help them from sort of falling apart and just for ease in flipping them. But this look nice and compact so I'm not that worried about that. All right. Just take your tongs and open up the grill. And I'm going to stick these over indirect heat. Now, let's clean that for you in just one second. And when you're grilling, make sure you line things up in an order in which you'll remember. So in this case, I'm working from left to right, from bottom to top. And I'm also going to add the turkey patties. And the reason why I'm putting all of these on first because they take a little bit longer to grill than the beef patties. The turkey patties, however, I'm going to use with the spatula here and add this over direct heat. The turkey patties will cook for about 8 minutes in total, so about 4 minutes and you're going to want to flip them. And make sure to cover your grill when you're actually like doing the cooking because what the grill does is sort of act like an oven. Set this down here. And it just keeps the heat circulating so you don't lose the heat which will, number one, change the cooking time if you leave it up and it also might prevent the center from cooking through and sort of burn the outside which is definitely not what we want. And I've mentioned earlier that there's a difference between direct and indirect cooking. For most foods that take around 15 minutes to 20 minutes, you're going to want to use indirect heat which allows it to sort of cook in a more like oven-like surrounding and what that does is prevent the outside from burning but allows you to still maintain enough heat so you'll cook all the way through it to the middle. And so for something like a beef patty where you might want to eat it medium rare and that sort of thing, you can do it actually over direct heat the whole time and that will just burn the outside or char the outside-- excuse me-- for a nice, smoky flavor without cooking through all the way to the middle. Whereas for the turkey burgers because you want them cooked completely through, you're going to want to start them on direct heat so they get that nice and sort of charred outside and then finish them off on indirect heat which is where the onions are. So, this will also take about 10 minutes. So, the turkey burgers and the onions have been on for about 1 minute or 2 minutes. And I'm going to add the beef patties now. This will take about 4 minutes to 6 minutes depending on how rare you like your burger. And as you can see from this indent, I've sort of just press my thumb to create a little valley if you will on the burger patty. And what this does is it helps the burger from doming while it grills and it just makes a nice sort of smooth top to the burger patties for placing your condiments on. And these, again, I'm also going to cook over direct heat. I'm just going to use my hands because these are firm and a little bit easier to work with. And again, I'm going to close the grill to keep the heat inside. So the burgers have been cooking for about 3 minutes to 4 minutes and I'm going to check on them. And the heat is still about 350 degrees which is great. All right. And they smell fantastic. And one tip to keep in mind when cooking burgers is that if they-- when you slide the spatula underneath, if they don't release naturally on their own, then they're probably not ready to be flipped. And if you've got any flare-ups, bad ones at least, it always good to keep a thing of course salt near the grill to sprinkle it over if needed but this will die down. You're going to cover up the grill again and let it cook for another 3 minutes to 4 minutes. And at this time, this is when I usually stick the buns and the cheese on top because you want the cheese to melt during the last minute of cooking. When flipping the burger patties, be sure to use a new spatula especially when working with poultry like chicken or turkey. You don't want to cross-contaminate the patties. And so I started with this one for the turkey patties. I'm using this guide actually to flip them. I'm going to remove the onions from the grill and then add the cheese and buns. So, let's take these guys off. Another thing that's tempting to do when you're grilling burgers is sort of to press down on the burgers to release the juices. That is not a good idea. You want the juice to stay in the patties because that's what keeps them nice and juicy and prevents them from drying out. These onions look fantastic. And I'm going to toast some of these buns, but I'm also going to show you a great tip that we learned from our test kitchen director to just warm the buns. And the buns are also going over indirect heat so that you don't char them on the outside. Add slices of cheese. If you're worried about the cheese sort of dripping off the burger patties, you can always cut them a little bit smaller than the patties. And again, be sure to add this in the last minute of cooking as you don't want them to actually melt off the patty. I am going to close up the grill and just let it go for about another 1 minute. And here is a great tip that I was talking about warming up the buns. As the cheese starts to melt, I'm going to add the top part of the bun to a few of these guys. And then, invert the bottom part of the bun on top and this will just warm them through. So for those of you that don't like toasted buns, do not stick with the toasted bun. And just close this up again for just a few more seconds like 30 seconds or so. So, we've grilled the onions. We've added the cheese. We're toasting the buns. We're warming the buns. And the patties should be done. So, I'm going to check on everything and take them off if they're ready. All right, everything looks great. So, I've got this platter here. And again, I'm going to use the same spatula I used to flip them in touching the cooked meat and not the raw meat. You can see the bottoms are nice and toasted for those of you that like toasted buns. Grab these turkey patties from the back. And we're going to clean the grill in a bit too. So, it's best to do it at the end of the grilling so that everything is sort of nice and so it can be easily scrape off with the grilling brush. So, I'm going to add lettuce and tomato and these great grilled onions to my burger. All right, thanks for watching and happy grilling.


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Miss USA 2014: 5 Things to Know About Nia Sanchez, Miss Nevada USA
There was some tough competition for Miss USA 2014, but it was Nia Sanchez, Miss Nevada USA, who walked away wearing the crown!
The 24-year-old is gorgeous, obviously, but she's much more than just a pretty face! Here are five things you need to know about the newly crowned Miss USA.
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Walker ex-aide to be sentenced on theft conviction
A close associate of Gov. Scott Walker is due to be sentenced after he was convicted of felony theft.
Timothy D. Russell pleaded guilty in November to stealing more than $20,000 from a nonprofit group. The 49-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday morning.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. But as part of a plea agreement, prosecutors have agreed to recommend a sentence of two years.
Defense attorney Parker Mathers has said he'll request a sentence of probation only.
Russell was one of six people charged in a secret investigation of Milwaukee County executive's office back when Walker held that office. Russell and four others have been convicted. The trial for the sixth begins later this month.
Walker has not been charged with wrongdoing.
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Illinois needs a new state flag.
Its central theme is the state seal on a field of white. The word "Illinois" was added about 45 years ago because no one knew it was Illinois' flag. One state seal looks like another. "Illinois" wasn't added to make the flag more beautiful but to make it identifiable. That's how bad it is.
But Illinois is not alone with dreary state flags. More than half the states in the union fly their state seals, or worse yet, coats of arms on their flags. It's a complete lack of imagination.
You should be able to distinguish one state from another by its flag. Old Glory is a hard act to follow, with its 13 red and white stripes and the 50 stars on a field of blue. It's a beautiful flag – simple in design – but should another state be added, it's just a matter of rearranging the stars. Old Glory represents the United States well.
But when states were tasked with coming up with flags, most of them fell back on their ugly and complicated state seals, which might looked fine painted on a piece of plywood and attached to a politician's podium, but look indistinguishable when put on cloth and flown as a flag.
The predominant feature in the Illinois flag is the eagle with its wings spread and red ribbon in its beak with the words "National Union" and "State Sovereignty" emblazoned on them. It doesn't help that the hardest word to spell and pronounce, sovereignty, is upside down.
Flags shouldn't have hard words on them. Flags shouldn't have words on them at all. But Michigan takes the prize for words. They're in Latin. Don't ask about the moose and the elk standing on their hind legs, ready to fight as soon as the eagle flies away. By the way, the longest Latin phrase translates, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." Pleasant peninsula? Blah. Sounds better in Latin.
From New Hampshire to Washington back across Nebraska to Florida, state flags are a mishmash of intricate seals. Flags shouldn't be double ply so the words can be read on both sides. California almost had it with a bear and a star, but it had to add "California Republic" to ruin everything. The bear and star can stand on their own to represent California.
That doesn't mean there aren't winners out there. It can be done. Good flags can be designed, even if there are 50 states.
Alaska takes the prize for simplicity: The golden stars of the Big Dipper point to the North Star against a blue field. It captures the essence of our most northern state without having to resort to words.
New Mexico is next with a red circle in the center representing the sun, a sacred symbol of the Zia people who populated New Mexico. Four rays – four is a sacred number for the Zia – radiate from the sun in each of the four directions of the compass. The symbol is against a yellow field.
Ohio scores for originality and simplicity. Its flag is a swallowtail pennant. If you don't know what that is, it is a flag that looks like an isosceles triangle with an equilateral triangle bite out of the end of it. The 17 stars in the field of blue at the base of the pennant represent Ohio being the 17th state. And the O in the blue field represents Ohio.
Tennessee's flag is wonderful with a circle of three white stars against blue surrounded by a white circle of unity. It is in the center of a crimson field that ends on the right with vertical white and blue bars.
The best flag in the union belongs to Texas, with its large lone star in the center of a blue panel on the left. On the right, two broad horizontal stripes of white and red are positioned on the end of this elegant flag, which is the 1839 national flag of the Republic of Texas.
It galls me that Texas has hands down the best flag in the union, it being my least favorite state, beginning with its unofficial motto, "Don't mess with Texas," and ending with the lead it takes nationally in executing people.
That leaves us in Illinois lagging in last place with a whole bunch of other states that use unimaginative and hard-to-decipher variations on seals or coats of arms as their flags. Illinois should have picked up on the hint in 1969 when "Illinois" was added because too many people were saying, "Huh?"
A $25 prize was offered in 1915 for the best flag design, and 35 designs were submitted. The winner passed the Legislature, but the governor let the flag fly without his signature on the bill. He knew something wasn't right, but he didn't want the Daughters of the American Revolution pounding on his door at all hours.
It's time to make it right.
• Dick Peterson, who lives in Woodstock, is a mental-health advocate. He is a freelance writer and a former Northwest Herald Opinion Page editor. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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So, I found out that I needed to get my gallbladder removed when I was 5 weeks pregnant with my twins. I decided to put the surgery off for as long as possible because I was scared I might have a miscarriage. I really didn't have any problems with the gallstones during or after the pregnancy… that is until about 2 weeks ago. I started having all of the "fun" symptoms (nausea and intense pain after I eat), so I went back to the surgeon. He wants to do the surgery THIS Friday! I don't think I can put this off any longer, so I agreed to it. However, I am still BFing the girls, and I don't know what to do. I really hadn't planned on weaning them just yet. They are only nursing two feedings a day now, but I really do not want to give those up.
I guess I am posting to see if anyone has any advice for me. Do you think I should just come to terms with it and stop nursing? Or should I "pump and dump" until I am finished taking pain medication to keep my supply up? Has anyone had to stop nursing for surgery, and then pick it back up after you've recovered?


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The Crying Game Revisited
As if the world didn't have enough real problems already: things that make your skin crawl, keep you awake at night, disrupt your thoughts…
Let us take a look at who's crying about nonsensical surface crap today:
Hillary Clinton: "I wasn't even vetted"
So? Who cares? You lost the primary. Get it? You lost. That means: you didn't win. Why not being chosen as the party's candidate should make you an automatic lock to be vetted for V.P. is beyond me. US America already decided that you weren't the one to represent, so why should you be considered for the position? Since when does losing make you eligible to be second in command?
The answer: it doesn't.
Those Who Won't Accept the Fact that Money Can't Buy Everything
Finally, it ain't all about the benjamins, folks. The Yankees, the Tigers… they're not going to make the playoffs this year despite their big fat payrolls. This makes me extremely happy. Now you know how it feels — Yankee fans — to be a midwesterner rooting for a small market team. How you're feeling right now is how we feel almost every year. Doesn't feel very good, does it? Well, now you know. Oh… and Tiger fans… you know this feeling all too well; it's just extra special sad for you this year since you decided to pretend to be the Yankees with your wallets this season. Whoops.
Cub Fans Who Are Upset that they Haven't Been Crowned World Series Champs Yet
Look, I get it. The Cubs are good this year. They're really good. As much as I hate to admit it, you won't get an argument out of me. The thing is (and believe me, I know: see St. Louis Cardinals 2004, 2005 as to why): you have to play through August and then September and then the playoffs (NLDS, NLCS, WS) and then you have to win all of those series too to be considered the World Series Champs. You can't just go and crown yourselves with six weeks left to play. My advice to you? Chill the hell out. Let the Cardinals and Brewers battle for the Wild Card and just be glad you've made it this far because we all know the Cubs — if anything — will always be the Cubs (double meaning intended).
Cry all you want, but don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Its a shame all you yankee haters year after year, can only come up with the same thing. A remark about our bank. Just because you live in a rats hole with a poor midwest team doesnt mean anyone else should feel sorry for you. Do us a favor and move. Even if the yankees dont make the playoffs this year is no problem. Because with that big piggy bank, we'll be right back in the race next year and the year after that. And i dont really know how it feels to be you, but i know one thing…The New York Yankees will always be a contender,and there is no blog that can change that!
Gee, phunprod2000, thanks for illustrating my point so well with your comment. I couldn't have asked for much more than that. Keep on cryin'…
Hey we can't help it if Yankee gear sells a lot more then any other team… the only reason we got so much money is because everyone contributes to it… Oh maybe 26 world championships may help as well :D… So I wonder, back in the days how did we win so many championships before our bank roll became an issue? It's funny how that is a popular excuse now. When your team builds a dynasty from the ground up like we did, your team will have money too. Then you can spend like we can. Don't hate, appreciate.


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What are basal and squamous cell skin cancers?
Cancer starts when cells in a part of the body start to grow out of control. Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancer. To learn more about how cancer starts and spreads, go to What Is Cancer?
To understand basal and squamous cell skin cancers, it helps to know a little about the skin.
Normal skin
The skin has 3 layers. From the outside in, they are:
- Epidermis: This top layer of the skin is very thin. The flat cells at the top of this layer are called squamous cells, and below this are cells called basal cells. These are the cells that can become squamous cell or basal cell skin cancers. The epidermis also contains cells called melanocytes, which make the brown pigment melanin. These are the cells that can become melanoma.
- Dermis: This middle layer of the skin is much thicker than the epidermis. It contains hair shafts, sweat glands, blood vessels, and nerves.
- Subcutis: This deepest layer of the skin contains proteins and fat, which help keep in body heat and act as a shock absorber to help protect the body's organs from injury.
Types of skin cancer
There are many types of skin cancer, but by far the 2 most common types are basal cell cancer (also known as basal cell carcinoma) and squamous cell cancer (also known as squamous cell carcinoma).
Basal cell cancer
About 8 of 10 skin cancers are basal cell cancers (BCCs). This is not only the most common type of skin cancer, but the most common type of cancer. BCC begins in the lowest layer of the epidermis, the basal cell layer.
BCC usually begins on skin exposed to the sun, such as the head and neck. It was once found mostly in middle-aged or older people. But now it is also being seen in younger people. This may be because people are spending more time out in the sun.
BCC tends to grow slowly. It is very rare for BCC to spread to other parts of the body. But if it is not treated, it can grow into nearby areas and spread into the bone or other tissues under the skin.
After treatment, BCC can come back (recur) in the same place on the skin. New basal cell cancers can also start in other places on the skin. As many as half of the people who have one BCC will get a new skin cancer within 5 years.
Squamous cell cancer
Squamous cell cancer (SCC) starts in the squamous cells in the upper part of the epidermis. It accounts for about 2 in 10 skin cancers. It most often starts on skin that has been exposed to the sun, like the face, ears, neck, lips, and backs of the hands. It can also start in scars or chronic skin sores elsewhere. Less often, it forms in the skin of the genital area.
SCC is more likely than BCC to spread into deeper layers of the skin. It is also more likely to spread to other parts of the body, but this is not common.
Keratoacanthomas are dome-shaped tumors found on sun-exposed skin. They may start out growing quickly, but their growth usually slows down. Many shrink or even go away on their own over time without any treatment. But some keep growing, and a few may even spread to other parts of the body. Many cancer experts think of them as a type of squamous cell skin cancer and treat them as such.
These cancers start from the pigment-making cells of the skin (melanocytes). Melanocytes can also form growths called moles that are not cancer. Melanomas are much less common than basal and squamous cell cancers, but they are more likely to grow and spread if left untreated. Melanoma and moles are discussed in Melanoma Skin Cancer.
Less common types of skin cancer
Other types of skin cancers account for less than 1% of all skin cancers. They include:
- Merkel cell carcinoma
- Kaposi sarcoma
- Lymphoma of the skin
- Skin adnexal tumors (tumors that start in hair follicles or skin glands)
- Sarcomas (soft tissue cancers)
Pre-cancerous and pre-invasive skin conditions
These conditions may develop into skin cancer over time, or they may be very early stages of skin cancer.
Actinic keratosis
Actinic keratosis is also known as solar keratosis. It is a pre-cancer caused by too much time in the sun. It appears as a small, rough or scaly spot that may be pink-red or flesh-colored. It is most often seen on the face, ears, back of the hands, and arms of middle-aged or older people with fair skin. People who have them often get more than one.
Actinic keratoses are slow growing and do not usually cause any problems, although some might be itchy or sore. But they may turn into squamous cell cancers. This does not happen very often, but it can be hard sometimes for doctors to tell these apart from true skin cancers, so doctors often advise treating them. If they are not treated, your doctor should check them regularly to see if they have changes that could mean cancer.
Squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowen disease)
Squamous cell carcinoma in situ is also called Bowen disease. In situ means that the cancer is only in the epidermis where it began. This is the earliest form of squamous cell skin cancer. Bowen disease looks like scaly, reddish patches that may be crusted. Like actinic keratosis, it often doesn't cause any symptoms, although it might be itchy or sore.
The major risk factor for Bowen disease is too much sun exposure. Bowen disease in the anal and genital skin is often linked to the virus that causes genital warts (human papilloma virus or HPV).
Bowen disease can sometimes become invasive squamous cell skin cancer, so doctors usually recommend treating it.
Skin tumors that are not cancer
Most skin tumors are benign (not cancer). These tumors include:
- Most types of moles (see Melanoma Skin Cancer for more about moles)
- Seborrheic keratoses: tan, brown, or black raised spots with a waxy texture or rough surface
- Hemangiomas: benign blood vessel growths often called strawberry spots
- Lipomas: soft tumors made up of fat cells
- Warts: rough-surfaced growths caused by some types of human papilloma virus (HPV)
Last Medical Review: 05/06/2015
Last Revised: 02/01/2016


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Italian for Eight.
Lame post by me...=\
I was reading Bill Simmons' chat yesterday, and someone referred to Danillo Gallinari as "The Situation". I personally think this nickname is hilarious and that it should be Gallo's nickname when Jersey Shore 2 inevitably fizzles out and The (Other) Situation's celebrity comes to a screeching halt.
1) Danilo Gallinari is Italian.
2) I'm sick of these nicknames that are shortened or modified versions of the guys name...We used to have Hakeem "The Dream", David "The Admiral", now we have T-Mac for McGrady, CP3 for Chris Paul...let's get a good nickname in there.
3) Danilo Gallinari has a sweet, Jersey Shore-style faux-hawk.
4) Maybe this will encourage Danilo to abide by Gym-Tan-Laundry as touted in the show, especially the gym part (like the guy, but he needs to work on his strength).
5) Gallo's other nickname, "The Big ****", is not quite appropriate for print...
If we start the movement here and now on KnicksOnline, I bet it catches on (especially if we get LeBron or Wade) and this site blows the eff up with followers like I think it will...
Also, any other nickname suggestions besides Danilo "The Situation" Gallinari are welcome...
Note: THIS THREAD IS INTENDED TO BE FOR FUN!
Italian for Eight.
Lame post by me...=\
Well it's true that is more of an appropriate nickname that could leak out to the media. It's pretty funny. Hopefully something like that would wake Gallo up?
But on this site, his nickname will always be the Big ****, idk who made it up, but its hilarious lol.
I like Itallion Stallion or however the **** you spell it. Or Ralph Machio lol
i've always thought of him as zepole canoli.... but recently just ''zip'ole... as he suxs when the pressure is on...
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I'm pretty sure the "Big ****" name comes from his Italian days.
Gallo in Italian means "Rooster" or "****"...but I think MSG brought it to the board's attention.
the **** needs sum viagra....no homo
He is a great shooter and with that in mind..
"The Sniper"
"The Assassin"
Lame I know but Intimidating and a few extra t-shirt sold...
The Situation doesnt sound all that bad, lol...


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Where there's a still, there's a way
Extracting water from the desert with a solar still
By Christopher Nyerges 02/26/2009
Water, water everywhere, or so it seems. But sometimes in summer, in the dry deserts, the water that's so critical to life can be hard to come by. Yet as Aborigines and Native Americans and desert explorers have learned, there are various ways to find water when there appears to be none.
Dew can be collected in the early morning by taking a clean cloth, and wiping off the surfaces of rocks or leaves and then squeezing the water into your canteen or mouth. Cactus pads can be singed of their spines, peeled, and the interior can be chewed for the water. No, this is not water you can fill your canteen with, and it is a bit slimy, but it will keep you alive.
On a recent wilderness training field trip in the nearby Big Tujunga Wash, students learned another relatively modern method for obtaining water from the desert called the solar still.
Here's how student Denise Williams describes the process.
"While foraging, camping, or just surviving, you can collect water by digging a hole several feet deep and several feet wide. You place a receptacle in the bottom-center of the hole and surround that receptacle with leaves from local trees and forage. Then you completely cover this hole with a piece of plastic, placing large stones and sand around the outer top edges to secure the plastic from slipping into the hole. Water, evaporating from the vegetation and then gradually condensing, collects on the bottom side of the plastic and finally drips into the receptacle. For this process to be totally effective, you must place small stones onto the upper top center of your plastic to cause a downward indent so that the water droplets drip right into this receptacle."
Of course, the key to success is to dig your hole where there is the greatest likelihood of underground water. Such places might be at the base of hills, or in dry stream beds. Location is very important.
Also needed is some digging implement, since without a shovel the only digging you can do is in the sand. Clear plastic is best for this and a cup or receptacle of some sort is needed. We took a discarded water bottle, cut off the top and used the bottom for the cup. We also placed grass and willow leaves around the receptacle, so we could also capture their evaporating moisture.
Our class spent about 30 minutes preparing the site and setting up the still. We returned about three hours later to find about a half-cup of distilled water.
According to Denise, "This was an awakening experience to learn how to capture water if none was available. I had often wondered what techniques to employ that could be easily understood and effective to stave off dehydration. What an eye-opening experience."
Chris Haynes adds, "One of the most important lessons of my wilderness survival class was learning how to acquire water by constructing a solar still. I think that this method is a great example of 'where there's a will, there's a way.' Although this water still is very simple to make, it taught me that with a little insight and a lot of common sense ideas like this can be developed."
Indeed! Another method we tried that day was the transpiration bag, a clear plastic (not black) bag, as large as possible, wrapped securely around the leafy end of a willow tree. It's imperative that only non-toxic bushes and trees be used. When we came back after three hours, the transpiration bag had about as much water as the solar still, and it required hardly any labor. The water, however, had a very strong taste from the willow. We concluded it was wise to always plan ahead for any contingency, and that the transpiration bag would be a better, quicker choice — assuming we had the clear plastic bag with us.
There are many other ways to extract water from the desert, but more on that later.
Christopher Nyerges is the editor of Wilderness Way magazine, the author of "How to Survive Anywhere," and an occasional blogger of current events. He can be contacted via this paper or at ChristopherNyerges.com.
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Generally, you'll sweat more water out of your body while building a still than you will recover from the still. Case in point: The whole class works for half an hour, and three hours later they have 1/2 cup of water. One half cup every three hours isn't going to do much for a class, and the still will not necessarily keep producing at that rate; the vegetation placed inside will dry out.
Even if you could recover more water from the still than you exuded while making the still, the amount of water recovered will typically not be sufficient for your survival needs (depending on the season and climate).
The transpiration bag mentioned later in the article is a better option, particularly if you can set up several of them. However, you do need to carry around large, clear plastic bags with you, which most people don't.
The real survival technique? Make sure you either carry enough water with you or plan your trips around reliable water sources. Most water procurement methods* won't do much for you.
*The exception being the water procurement devices on life boats. When you're in the ocean, you have plenty of water; you just have to render it potable.


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The National Weather Service cancelled a flash flood warning for the island of Kauai at 2:04 p.m. Wednesday.
A flash flood watch for Kauai has also been cancelled.
Hanalei Elementary School was closed on Wednesday due to dangerous road conditions and the closure of the Hanalei Bridge. The school will be open on Thursday.
One lane of Kuhio Highway in the vicinity of the Hanalei Bridge is now open, and traffic in the area is being controlled by police officers.
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Green waste is currently not being accepted at all refuse transfer stations except for Hanapepe. Additionally, the Kapa'a transfer station is not accepting scrap metal and appliances.
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By Ruth Ann Hales, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Agent, horticulture
It's raining. You're glad because the weather has been hot and dry. Then the shower turns into a torrent of rain and hail, and your pleasure turns to dismay as you remember the unprotected young flowers and vegetables in your garden.
Coping with hail can be tricky because it comes suddenly, but gardeners can use several strategies to protect tender transplants.
If you have an open-style fence, you can plant vegetables and flowers along it and create a protective "lean-to" with wooden slats or cardboard boxes when hail threatens.
In small city gardens, leave clay pots scattered upside down throughout your garden. When hail clouds roll through, quickly cover young transplants. Plastic milk jugs with the bottoms cut off can offer protection as well, although hailstones more than an inch in diameter have been known to take out both jug and plant.
Pieces of fiberglass, wood or sturdy cardboard fitted together in the shape of a teepee with open sides can protect transplants growing in raised beds. Because they provide good air circulation, a gardener can set such protective coverings over plants in the morning and leave them on all day if a severe storm is predicted. Avoid using clear fiberglass for an open-style teepee. It might create a greenhouse effect, causing plants to wilt or die from excessive heat.
Another strategy is to grow plants in containers. Small pots are easy to move to shelter during a storm. Put large, heavy containers on wheels to facilitate moving them inside or under a patio quickly.
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#203904 - 12/25/11 07:18 PM Often
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For years and years, I haven't been able to find the complete, accurate answer. /often/ or /ofen/. Which is the right way to pronounce it?
Please don't tell me it depends on the area where English is spoken. Are there any specific rules available?
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#203906 - 12/25/11 11:08 PM Re: Often [Re: carmita9]
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it depends on the area.. no, I won't say it.
#203907 - 12/25/11 11:19 PM Re: Often [Re: carmita9]
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It's not as simple as just where English is spoken. It can vary from speaker to speaker in the same area. You can go either way and someone will be irritated, but that's their problem, not yours.
#203909 - 12/26/11 11:24 PM Re: Often [Re: carmita9]
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Hi, carmita, and welcome. I'm afraid that both pronunciations are considered correct; but you can hear for yourself here. Click on any or all of the dictionaries listed.
#203914 - 12/28/11 09:35 AM Re: Often [Re: carmita9]
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The silent 't' was the prescribed pronunciation back a generation or two, but now many pronounce the 't'. (I have even been corrected by people, when I don't pronounce the 't', which is what I learned in school. As others have said, both pronunciations are considered correct, at least in US English.
There are other words, where English silly spelling system has influenced pronunciation. When Middle English speakers borrowed parfit from the Normans, it was pretty much pronounced as spelled. Then the spelling changed to reflect its Latin etymology, perfect, but still pronounced parfit. Before you knew it, it was being pronounced /'pErfEkt/.
Even Spanish has some differences in pronunciation (that have changed over the years and are partially regional, url=v]link[/url]). (Although its orthography it much better than English.)_________________________
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#203916 - 12/28/11 02:23 PM Re: Often [Re: zmjezhd]
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Originally Posted By: zmjezhd[url=v]link[/url]).
Meanwhile, I'm patiently waiting for someone to pronounce the S in island.
#203952 - 12/31/11 12:53 AM Re: Often [Re: Faldage]
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Loc: down under
you'll be waiting forever Faldo
no-ones going to take that on, its too difficult!
#203958 - 12/31/11 07:25 AM Re: Often [Re: carmita9]
Carpal Tunnel
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If you leave the S unvoiced it's just like Iceland. Not particularly difficult on this side of the equator. Voicing the S doesn't add to much to the difficulty. I guess the fact that we don't pronounce the S in isle helps us not pronounce it in island. Still, it's a solecism. Five hundred years of misspelling it doesn't make that spelling correct.
#203960 - 12/31/11 07:40 AM Re: Often [Re: Faldage]
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Posts: 1706
Loc: down under
Its not just misspelling...some letters are obsolete like in esophagus or oesophagus..but some of us (me) like the original spelling!
#203966 - 12/31/11 12:01 PM Re: Often [Re: Candy]
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.. and just to add my bit to the confusion, the C19 UK received pronunciation of 'often' was "orfen". W.S.Gilbert used it to comic effect in The Pirates of Penzance
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