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Back on May 17, Zero Hedge proposed a simple trade idea, something what we called the "Great QE Unwind" trade. The trade consisted of two legs: "long Utilities and Consumer Staples while shorting Industrials and Consumer Discretionary, leaving Financials alone." We unwind this trade today, one day ahead of the announcement of QE3, as it has since returned an absolute +3.7%, and a whopping return 18.7% over the broader S&P index. Obviously this is for the less than three month period the trade was held, and not annualized. We now unwind the trade. To those who piggybacked on this trade that not only protected capital, but generated absolute return, congratulations! To everyone else, better luck next time.
Unwinding The Zero Hedge "Great QE Unwind Trade" At 18%+ Relative Return
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that's one great unwind. here's another:
great unwind of british society, bitchez.
Its basically the dirty scum here rioting. Aka: uneducated, low class, mostly immigrant, peasant chavs. They should have their state benefits cut to negative (they pay to be able to live here) and any sort of privilidges they have revoked. Or juvy for life, whatever.
It is assymetric warfare urban style, you lock us up it costs you more ha ha.
Perhaps they were thinking of something more permanent.
Just saying...
i'm more bothered specifically about the situation on the ground and police response. the real question is: will they bring the army/martial law in when the politically correct and constrained police fail to control the problem.
water, canned food and homes in the countryside, bitchez.
no wonder you get on so fabulously with the redneck scum dabolina
wish I could run into you and teach you some manners biatch
wth you'll be dealing with plenty of zombies soon!
he lives in an ivory tower, they are sub-human to him.
I guess you enjoy working and paying taxes to directly support such scum. Or perhaps you don't work, in which case that would make more sense.
Whether its the anti-globalization hippies in the US, the stanley-cup losing winers back in Canada, or the low class hipsters in the UK, it doesnt matter. All the same pile of shit.
You are being paradoxical.
The anti-globalist hippies are actually trying to ameliorate the socioeconomical conditions back in the "scum's" homelands so that they wouldn't have to leave.
Are you kidding me! They are "fighting" for NOTHING, they are simply looting thieves. Turn on the TV youll see what i mean. Unless you think theres a bigger problem with the Carphone Warehouse.
You may think yourself an aristocratic elite, but perhaps you should review the French Revolution and rediscover the road you want to head down.
It's not as simple as you'd like to see it be. Those who have less cushion will be hit first when financial crisis deepens. If you ask any poor fellow in any country what they'd like the answer is work and education, a better life. Some of those people actually do the big leap and move to a country with better possibilities. It's not their fault if a financial crisis hits and jobs go away. Funds then go to protect the needs of the state rather its citizens, who are left to fend themselves.
It's always "the dirty scum", no matter where or when. Back in the dirty factory days the cities were built so that the "scum" lived downwind. It's rather poor decision if you think about it, because of the sicknesses and other counter-productive phenomena which would drag state economy. It's actually beneficial to care for the people.
The world you are living in has been mostly built by "scum", so you should actually be grateful. Of course we agree that criminal acts should be avoided, and by burning properties and causing havoc some of the people on the streets do not appreciate the very work of their kind. There's a lot of frustration and anger that blinds reason.
Yes, it never is so simple. Yes, situations are mostly a shade of grey. But this wasn't about any sort of financial calamity and only about continuing their silly riots from the past 2 days.
As you have placed your point rather eloquently as opposed to other socialists posting otherwise, i have no beef at all with your understanding.
Zero. Your peasant civilians once kicked the Roman Empire off your shores. Do not mess with them.
The DJIA "Stick Save" appears to have started at 3:15 EDT.
MUST CLOSE OVER 11,000!!!1one
Looks like the puck ended up going through the 5-hole....
Now going long on collapse:
maybe paulson will ring you up for advice.
Does this mean we should go "balls to the wall" tomorrow?
London is also unwinding... It is complete chaos here. Fires going on left right and center.
I just cannot keep up with the DOOM today... insane.
Why trade, when you can stack?
Generating alpha amongst a sea of levered beta momo chasers.
Truth and Knowledge bitchez.
What time is the fed statement tomorrow?
BRING THE PAIN.. on wait.. the PAIN Is here.. good work tyler on covering this great 'unwind' cheers.
Another QE2 unwind idea: Long-Term bonds up 12% during same timeframe.
hahahahaha someone has been getting their face ripped off over the last week, u mad? why not throw in the complaint about tyler not posting about crude's pole-axing, and other assorted pedantic bullshit?
how much are you down? 20%?? more??? trolololololololololol
I have a better one for todays market, learned it after losing my modest fortune through stupidity and Nortel. Buy beer, you will enjoy the beer and the empties will be worth something.
QE3 will not be announced tomorrow.
shhh. if someone is gonna drink as much as tyler, there are times to just let him rave.
tyler called QEIII after the budget deal he nailed, and the market drop, which apparently came dropping to his specs, today.
so, QE III = tomorrow. of course.
at this point, let's just buy tyler the next bottle, together, and maybe a freaking case, tomorrow, if the tooth fairy flies outa his ass, too!
Well just to show how much respect I have for Tyler Durden and ZH I just closed out my positions in SPXU, SQQQ, and SDOW. If Bernanke DOESN'T announce QE3 tomorrow then I'm going to be a little pissed. But hey, I can always buy back into those shorts. As it stands I walked away with a 60% profit. Not bad for about 2 weeks.
shorting? thru ETFs?
who could have seen this coming?
+ for your + for t.d. & ++ for using someone who would blow a 3.0 for a trading indicator!
Haha. Well TD and ZH have proven to be as accurate as it gets over the past few years.
As soon as I saw TD say QE3 comes tomorrow the warning balls started ringing in my war room.
Looking at the charts if QE3 isn't announced tomorrow all of the gains of QE2 will be erased by the time Bernanke is done speaking. August 26th is almost 3 weeks away. Based on how equities have been dropping like bricks, the S&P would easily be under 1,000 by then. Could be under 900.
QE2 forced a portfolio rebalancing into equities, and commodities. But as soon as it ended, everyone rewound that trade.
QE3 will be useless, unless they don't disclose how long they will operate it for. That way, you have a harder idea when to unwind.
Kudos for Tyler! Great calls, especially considering the roller coaster they were called on.
Of course, if one happens to be long physical PMs they haven't done too badly.
That's what I'm thinking too.
Didn't Tyler say repeatedly that QE3 would be announced at Jackson-Hole on Aug 26th?
CYA For QE3
......Now is it time to short treasuries?
Maybe for a short term bounce. Otherwise the FED and US Treasury will conspire to keep rates low. They will never never never never allow rates to rise anything close to what we see in Europe. The FED will print to infininty and buy US Bonds until a complete hyper-inflationary collapse happens.
Are we so sure QE3 will be announced?
Unwind into what?
The next good trade? Buying TNX if they announce QE3.
PPT springing into action DOW back up over 11,000 S&P going towards 1150...
11,000 is the new 12,000
They are even recissitating BAC from the dead towards $7 despite the do not recissitate order
After the Downgrade another QE will really start to panick the markets because NONE of the companies really showed a increashe in earnings/profits.
So stocks are worthless, banks are worthless....
I don't think everybody will run back to the stock market like when QE2 was launched. Sure it will rise again but not as strong as QE2 did.
As long as it rises a tiny bit, they got their return on investment in printing. Not hard when your costs are zero!


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First, I apologize for not knowing where I got the photo--it was either here or somewhere on the 'net. I liked the pattern and would like to make something similar. I am a fairly new quilter but thought I could figure this out. I decided the small squares within the larger square would be 4 1/2" (so the finished center block would be 12" finished) and I don't have any problem figuring out most of the pieces.
The pieces that are puzzling me are the rectangles with the 45 degree angle/triangle on the end. Of course, I have already cut the fabric and the sizes are wrong! :oops: I thought starting with a 4 1/2 x 2 1/2" rectangle and sewing a 2 1/2" square diagonally at the top would do the trick but I certainly thought wrong!
I would greatly appreciate any help with my dilemma. (This table runner is a fabric exchange and quilt challenge with my local quilt guild. Maybe I should have chosen something simpler!)
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Are there any good restaurants in Magnolia, TX? I will be there for a few days in early February and don't want to eat at my cousin's all the time (my aunt, who's now 95, used to make the best gumbo around).
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Rankings for week ending Oct. 20 for books sold in print and electronic formats by independent retailers, chains and online retailers.
1. The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell. A paleontologist's disappearance turns out to be connect to crimes, medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is investigating.
2. The Panther by Nelson DeMille. An anti-terrorist task force agent and and FBI agent pursue and al Qaida operative in Yemen.
3. The Twelve by Justin Cronin. A sequel to "The Passage" continues the story of life after an apocalypse.
4. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. A college student falls in love with a tortured man who has particular sexual tastes. First in a trilogy.
5. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. The sudden death of a parish councilman reveals bitter social divisions in an idyllic English town.
6. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James. Reunited, Anastasia and Christian face possibilities and unexpected challenges. Third in a trilogy.
7. Reflected in You by Sylvia Day. Eva and Gideon of "Bared to You" continue to struggle to make their relationship work.
8. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James. Daunted by Christian's dark secrets, Anastasia ends their relationship, but desire still dominates her every thought. Second in a trilogy.
9. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
10. NYPD Red by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. Detective Zach Jordan and his partner must stop a killer who has targeted a New York film festival.
1. Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
2. No Easy Day by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. A former Navy SEAL's pseudonymous account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
3. Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly. The TV anchor recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
4. The Finish by Mark Bowden. From 9/11 to the killing of Osama bin Laden, from the author of "Black Hawk Down."
5. The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller. The pastor of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian church draws on Bible passages to argue that marriage is meant to bring us closer to God.
6. Who I Am by Pete Townshend. The rocker's memoir.
7. In the Pleasure Groove by John Taylor. A memoir by the bass player and founding member of Duran Duran.
8. America Again by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello et al. The pundit of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" tells how to bring America back from the brink.
9. The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver. An examination of predictions, the ones that come true and the ones that don't.
10. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner's story of survival as a Japanese prisoner during World War II.


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At World Health Assembly, Concerns and Commitment
The 66th World Health Assembly (WHA) opened in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday with representatives from the 194 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO). The group convenes annually to make key decisions about the future policies and key directions of the WHO. This year, the delegates will focus on the challenge of how to ensure the place of health in the post-2015 generation of millennium development goals (MDGs), including MDG 5, improving maternal and child health and MDG 6, combating HIV, malaria, and other diseases.
Welcoming the Ministers of Health and delegates from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other United Nations (UN) agencies in her opening address, WHO Executive Director Dr. Margaret Chan struck a somber tone, saying that the threat from emerging and epidemic-prone diseases is ever-present.
"The debate on the place of health in the post-2015 development agenda continues to intensify," Dr. Chan said. "The Millennium Development Goals strongly influenced resource flows. Competition among multiple sectors for a place in the new agenda is fierce – very fierce. I ask Member States to do everything they can to ensure that health occupies a high place on the new development agenda."
However, she assured the gathering that efforts to reach the health-related MDGs have accelerated during the last thousand days of the program. She said that this is especially true for women's and children's health.
As delegates took to the podium, it became clear that there is significant support for universal health coverage as the overarching post-2015 health goal.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sibelius, speaking on behalf of the Americas regional group, said that "the goal is universal health coverage" and that "access to health care is not an earned privilege - it is a right." She said that the U.S. government is working towards removing barriers to universal health coverage within the U.S., with the aim of promoting equitable access to health services and that all countries need to tackle the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health to ensure that "all people – even those at the margins of our societies -- have the full access to health coverage."
She also stressed that the two major health priorities of the Obama Administration are ending preventable child deaths and creating an AIDS-free generation.
The E.U. delegation agreed, saying that the MDGs have helped to drive improvements around the world – though there is still work to be done – and that health should be a cornerstone of the post-2015 agenda. They said that health is a human right – and that it is also fundamental to sustainable growth and development, and simply "good economics."
Delegations from the Africa region agreed on the importance of health, saying that it needs to remain a key goal in the post-2015 agenda, and many expressed support for universal health coverage. The Nigerian Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said that the Nigerian government itself is moving towards a system of universal and mandatory health insurance for all Nigerians.
The WHA will be meeting for the rest of the week, and while the support for universal health coverage as a goal of the post-2015 development agenda is clear, what this will mean for people in need of health services (including people living with HIV) will need to be debated at great length as the framework is hammered out over the next year. What is clear is that EGPAF must make the needs of the people and communities on whose behalf we work very clear in discussions going forward.
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Pretoria - The Independent Electoral
Commission's national results centre in Pretoria hummed with activity on
Wednesday morning as South Africans took to the polls.
IEC official on electoral matters, Stuart
Murphy, explained the centre was on the "pulse" of internal
The "cross" or operations floor, a
cordoned-off area in the middle of the centre, received and handled mostly
internal complaints reported to the IEC from various parts of the country.
"We deal with operational challenges...
voting stations not opening, ballot paper issues, training, logistics, any
internal IEC challenges," Murphy told Sapa.
Directly in front of the cross was a large
blue electronic board that would display polling results once they started
filtering in, possibly between 21:00 and 22:00 on Wednesday.
Murphy explained that capturing the actual
results did not happen at the centre. This would take place at 234 municipal
IEC centres across the country and then these would be filtered to the Tshwane
Murphy said the IEC was "ready to
Polling stations across the country opened at
07:00 and voters could cast their ballots until 19:00.
In the 2009 national election, the shortage
of ballot papers was a huge problem for the commission, particularly in
Gauteng. Murphy said this was unlikely to repeat itself as voters had to make
their mark at the station at which they were registered.
"With national elections, you can
basically vote anywhere. But local elections are different and that's why we
don't anticipate that challenge."
Broadcasters had set up makeshift studios at
the centre and were already live on air an hour before polling stations opened.
Two private security companies and police
were handling security at the centre. Eighteen police officers were on site,
with additional "standby tactical capacity", said a senior officer on
duty. There were 36 guards from one security company deployed for the day and
24 would be coming on shift on Wednesday night. Fire safety, the fire brigade,
emergency services and disaster management were all on standby at the centre,
ready for "any eventuality."
Nkosi Sickaleli Afriga lalalallalalla laaaaaaaa.What BS.!!
Just finished voting in Lorraine PE, only 1 scanning machine for two separate queues A to M and N to Z with hundreds of people in each. When approached, local DA councillor Gustav Rautenbach said "Its a mess, IEC say 1 scanner will do, I'm trying to sort it out" Further, with the two queues now building up to some 200 meters long the "presiding officer" comes out to tell us "NO no no, the one queue is for AAA (whose surname starts with that?)to MAI and the other queue is for MAJ to Z!!!! WTF. If this is IEC's way of antagonising citizens they not doing badly. Lots of irate voters who had to re-queue. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!!!
I smell a rat,,,the anc have already rigged this election,democracy will never raign in SA ,they will take the Western Cape too by rigged votes,I warned everyone to move to the Cape and declare it independent,we missed the bus ,,too late now.


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Mondelez International, Inc. (MDLZ) recently announced its plans to enter the Australian and Dutch coffee markets with the launch of Carte Noire and Velours Noir branded coffee products in the countries.
In Netherlands, the Deerfield, Ill.-based food and snacks company will launch a range of Velours Noir-branded roast & ground coffee, wholebeans and pods. In addition, Mondelez will also launch Velours Noir branded single-serve espresso capsules which are compatible with Nestlé's coffee machine, Nespresso. All these products will be launched in partnership with local retailer, Albert Heijn, and are expected to be available early next week.
In Australia, the company will launch Carte Noire-branded wholebean instant and premium freeze-dried coffee products.
Mondelez also announced its plans to launch Carte Noire-branded Nespresso-compatible espresso capsules in Spain in mid-October. The company already sells these espresso capsules under Jacobs and Carte Noire coffee brands in Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland.
These expansion efforts are in line with Mondelez's plans to improve revenues and profits in Europe. Moreover, these product launches underlie management's plans to gain share in the global coffee market which is growing at 10% per annum.
Mondelez emerged from a split of Kraft Foods, Inc last year when the latter was de-merged into two companies — Mondelez and Kraft Foods Group (KRFT). Kraft Foods Group consists of the North American grocery business of the old Kraft Foods while Mondelez handles the latter's snack business, which includes brands like Cadbury and Toblerone chocolates. Currently, Mondelez carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) as it is in a transitional stage and is likely to take some time to stabilize.
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Other stocks in the food industry that are currently performing well and have a bright outlook include Pinnacle Foods Inc. (PF) and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc (GMCR). Both the companies carry a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
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Testing to prevent bad translation: Brand name conversions in Chinese-English contexts
This research investigates bilingual consumers' evaluation of brand name translations from logographic-Chinese to alphabetic-English language systems. The research examines four possible methods of translation -- semantic, phonetic, phonosemantic and Hanyu Pinyin. Consumers' chronic differences in language proficiency levels and the presence of situational primes relating to phonological or semantic processing jointly influence preferences for the translation methods. In addition to findings consistent with the premise that phonological/semantic processing is effective in alphabetic/logographic languages, this research shows that consumers who are strong in Chinese and weak in English prefer Pinyin translations across all conditions.
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Mac Lethal ft. Aesop Rock & Soulcrate Music - Woodchip Grinder (Remix)
If you're a relatively unknown artist, getting a major artist on your track can be the surest way to attract new listeners. Case in point: Mac Lethal's new track Woodchip Grinder, a smoothly produced, lyrically deadly track featuring verses from Aesop Rock (my dark horse nominee for best rapper alive) and Soulcrate Music. I may have first listened to the track for Aesop, but I stayed for Lethal, as the Missouri-based rapper/entrepreneur delivers a flow that's by turns hilarious and disturbing but always on point. If you've never heard Mac Lethal before, I can't think of a better track for him to make his DJBooth premiere with than this. Now who else wants to ride in the woodchip grinder? By the way, how was the name Mac Lethal not taken before? I would have thought a name like that would have been snatched up years ago. Anyway, if you're in the mood for more lyrically intense creativity, be sure to check out Lethal's latest project Love Potion 5 (Deluxe Edition), available now.


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Stanford alums Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Dominic Inglot and Colin Fleming 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 on Saturday to pull the United States to 2-1 against Britain in the first round of the Davis Cup in San Diego.
The Bryans, twins from Camarillo, breezed through the fourth set and won the match on a smash by Bob.
"We brought some good energy," Bob Bryan said.
The match will be decided Sunday in reverse singles, when Wimbledon champion Andy Murray faces American Sam Querrey and James Ward of Britain plays Donald Young.
With Britain leading 2-0 entering Saturday, captain Leon Smith rested Murray for doubles.
The site is a clay court in a temporary stadium built against Petco Park's left-field bleachers.
Switzerland also clinched with a 3-0 lead over Serbia. The other matches are 2-1 with the Czech Republic ahead of the Netherlands, Japan leading Canada, Italy in front of Argentina, and Kazakhstan ahead of Belgium.
Mixed martial arts
Renan Barao (32-1) retained his bantamweight title with a first-round knockout of Davis' Urijah Faber (30-7) at UFC 169 in Newark, N.J. Barao knocked Faber down, then jumped his back before referee Herb Dean stopped it at the 3:22 mark. Barao won a unanimous decision when they met at UFC 149 in July 2012.
Horse racing
Unbeaten Shared Belief leads the list of 413 early nominees for the Triple Crown series.
The CashCall Futurity winner is co-owned by Bay Area-based trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and sports talk host Jim Rome.
The Triple Crown begins with the May 3 Kentucky Derby. The Preakness is May 17 and the Belmont is June 7.
The Tour de France will stage "La Course by Le Tour de France" on July 27 — a one-day women's race that will take place just hours before Tour riders race on the same circuit to finish the three-week event in Paris. American Evelyn Stevens called it "a great step for women's cycling."


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Senator Dilan Joins Advocates to Call for 20 MPH Limits, Expanded Enforcement
Senator Martin Malavé Dilan recently joined Families for Safe Streets to speak in support of initiatives and efforts to reduce the spate of deaths at the hands of reckless and dangerous driving in New York City.
Among the initiatives Families For Safe Streets is seeking is S.6496-A, sponsored by Senator Dilan in the Senate, and carried by Assembly Member O'Donnell (A.8478A) in the Assembly. The legislation would allow the city of New York to establish 20 m.p.h speed limits in problematic areas. The legislation also calls on municipalities that do enact lower speed limits to report what effect the speed reduction, and other traffic calming measures, has had on serious accidents and deaths.
"Danger will always be inherent in a large city where so many vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians share the road, but the recent spate of traffic-pedestrian incidents and deaths can't be overlooked. We have to consider every option to address the issue, from enforcement to outreach, to traffic cameras and speed limits; we also need to ensure that New York City has these tools at its disposal," said Senator Martin Malavé Dilan.
Families for Safe Streets is a group of families whose loved ones have been killed or maimed by reckless driving and dangerous conditions on New York City's streets.
"We are parents, children, partners and siblings who represent the full breadth of New York's diversity," said Amy Cohen, who lost her 12-year-old son Sammy Cohen Eckstein in 2013. "We envision a city where pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers safely co-exist, and children and adults can travel freely without risk of harm – a city where no loss of life is acceptable," she said.


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I cannot defend my actions. My behavior was self-serving at a time when I was emotionally unstable and very hurt. I wanted to be wanted at both times when I was feeling emotionally rejected. Both instances occurred when each woman made clear sexual advances
but I did not stop the situation.
Some would argue that my upbringing is immaterial. But I came into the relationship intellectually mature but emotionally immature. During the course of our dating I began to go into short bouts of depression that would progressively descend into something more significant.
After marriage, I took a leave of absence from work and wanted to find an apartment for us to live together. It needed to be near her university which made it difficult for me to return to my job. She was finishing her last semester as an undergraduate, which can be a very stressful time. I found a place and organized the move. But she was not happy. I came to find out later that the stress of moving and the stress of school was not welcomed. To me it was an exciting opportunity to be together. It hurt me that the excitement was shared.
The trigger for my first affair came soon after moving in together. One night while we were well into sexual foreplay I heard her say she didnt want to have sex with me. She wanted me to be emotionally there and not distant. First, I was incredibly hurt at being rejected so soon after being married (and so soon after moving in together). Second, I had no idea what she meant or how to be there in the way she wanted. Not long after that, the ex-wife of a friend made it clear she wanted to seduce me after her friends had left. I did nothing to dissuade her and gave into my urge to be sexual again. I did not attempt to continue the affair and things ended there.
In the intervening years before the next one-night affair, my fear of rejection stayed with me. I was afraid of being judged and found lacking. Intimacy and sex were rare. Also during these years I began to descend into mental illness. It took more than 10 years for me to be diagnosed bipolar with generalized anxiety (pre-dating the marriage). What I see in retrospect is my inability to cope with the loss of my faculties and emotional stability while trying to hold down a demanding job and a marriage with emotional expectations beyond my understanding. My frustration and anger with my deteriorating inner life came out in my behavior towards my wife. I was self-centered, condescending, disrespectful and unpredictable. It is something I look back on with heavy shame.
The second affair came over 6 years later with a former work colleague. I was traveling for work and had a free weekend. So I went to visit. The day I landed was the day that the movers arrived at our new house. We had moved across the country as I tried to continue my career from afar. For me it was a move that would sooner-or-later end my career with my employer of over 10 years.
I had managed the moving out and she would be preparing the new house and managing the arrival of the movers. I recall talking with her on the phone conversation upon landing on a work trip. She was not happy. The paranoid side of me looked at the risk I was taking to my career and the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent to buy her the farmland and house that she wanted. I was crushed. My first day with my friend was cordial and fun. But in the evening it became clear that she wanted to have sex with me. She made advances and I did not resist. Somehow it helped with the pain and the fear. I left the next day.
My wife found out when she was reading my emails looking for something else. She was devastated. I admitted to that affair
and later we both admitted to things in the past. Me: my first affair
her: sex with another man while we had been dating. We went into counseling. Around this time my bipolar disorder was diagnosed and I was put on medication. I have been predominately stable for over 6 years and completely faithful. I saw the incredible hurt that I had inflicted on her and never wanted to do that again.
The stability Id found the bipolar medication allowed me to see what I had done and gave me a place to work on becoming more emotionally mature. But it has been very slow for me to gain the ability to deal with my immature emotions and engage emotionally in an adult way. This is something that should have been part of our relationship from the beginning. As for repairing the damage to our relationship, my focus has been on stopping all the unpleasant behaviors of the past. But that is clearly not enough. I am still avoidant of emotionally uncomfortable situations and it has never been easy for me to bring up things for discussion. My attempts are short lived as my emotional states still change and I have some memory loss with each bipolar cycle. But I admit that I have not pushed myself in the way Ive need to.
I have since quit my job due to the ending of my work project. But it was also about the toll it had been taking on me and my wife. My work stress came home as stress for her. I think its been good for us to be together without my constant travel. Its been good to be able to work together with the small scale farming/homesteading. Things are better but not great overall. Shes unhappy with a distant and somewhat unstable partner. And it has been far easier for me to coast along without a job.
Any advice for moving forward?
How long have you two been "stuck"? Is your W on SI?
What work has your W done regarding her unfaithfullness to you? What are her reasons "Why"?
By the same token, what work have you done? What are your "Why's"? Have you communicated to your wife the intimacy issue you posted about?
A great book for you both to read together is, "The Five Love Languages" by Gary Chapman. Every person has a hierarchy of needs. For some, physical touch followed by acts of service followed by gifts are a person's love language and their partner's could be gifts followed by physical touch followed by words of affirmation followed by quality time.
You stated that some would argue your upbringing is immaterial. The consensus here isn't so. Many of us here, WS & BS believe very much that a person's FOO (family of origin) play a vital role in why they're here as well as the choices they make.
[This message edited by stilllovinghim at 6:15 PM, August 8th (Thursday)]
Weve pretty much been stuck to some degree since D-day. My progress at having emotional discussions without getting unstable have significantly improved. But it has been slow. Counseling helped to a point. But beyond that it was expected that I resolve my issues and be a good partner. Ive developed considerable acceptance of other people (and myself). But she seems to interpret many of new actions/intents as the same poor past behaviors. Each time I make a mistake it sets things back considerably. You might see my frustration that occasionally boils over.
I believe my Why came from insecurity & self-centeredness that were magnified by bipolar/anxiety. I wanted the validation of approval for my self-esteem. I had extremely low self-perception both times. This was based on my interpretation of her behaviors that resulted in me feeling hurt. My reaction to being hurt early in the relationship was to hurt back. I admit to saying things that she interpreted as me not finding her attractive. Ive been able to stop hurting back. But what I said has had lasting sting.
My wife and I have had continuous discussions about physical and emotional intimacy. Its clear that weve both been hurt and it stands in the way of initiating contact. For me, it is much more difficult to initiate an emotional connection simply by talking. Its not something that was done in my family so it does not come naturally. I make efforts during one bipolar swing
then lose continuity and lapse. So we go through good patches, my mood swings, she gets frustrated, bad patches, etc. I do not begrudge her the terrible experience of having an ill spouse. Sadly, I do not expect some parts of my illness to ever recover. In some ways, the worst part for her is that I cant remember and for her she cant forget.
Thanks for the response and the book recommendation.
When you post, there is an option to uncheck the stop sign for BS responses. However, for this post we are going to leave the stop sign on for WS responses only.
A big problem I'm seeing is your W and you are both rug-sweeping her A. There are no "mulligans" kwim? I can tell its bothering you and you're wanting to keep the peace. However, communication leads to intimacy. Your W can't heal from what you did if she ignores what she's done. It doesn't work that way.
You both are BS as well as WS. You can only fix yourself. She can only fix herself and the M must be mended by you both. Your W doesn't get a pass for her A just because you guys weren't married yet. That's a load of bull and is, IMHO, one of the main reasons you guys have been stuck for so long and a question I have is, how long would your W had held on to her "secret"? Forever? I mean, she didn't tell till you did. She's walking around with a lie up until the day she confessed.
As far as her dealing with your illness, you know you're responsible for taking your meds, going to therapy, finding healthy outlets, etc. You keep up your end of the deal. This is a mental illness you didn't choose to have. Your W promised in sickness and in health. If she can't help take care of you, watch for warning signs of mania and depression, etc, then she needs to find someone who will. I know its exhausting and frustrating but there's a bunch of websites for caretakers of ppl with BP she can go to. If you had cancer would she act the same way? I hope not. I can tell this is a hinderance as well. Your W either needs to learn to accept this and find healthy outlets and coping mechanisms or hire a care taker.
Anyway, I wish you both a lot of luck. Also, do you both have an agreement on posting on here? As in, you're okay with her posting on your threads, she's okay with you reading/posting on hers etc. Or she can read but not respond on your thread, vice versa or some type of agreement?
[This message edited by stilllovinghim at 9:27 PM, August 8th (Thursday)]
I see your point concerning no mulligans. But I also understand the situation and see parallels. So I accept it knowing it was in her past and before she made her vows of commitment. Those vows are incredibly strong and important to her. So not a mulligan
but a shot out of bounds in a practice round that was honestly offered up and in a very mature way (completely unlike mine). I have respect for that.
Your suggestion of BiPolar support is oddly prescient. After she read my post we had a long discussion about the dual burden of my infidelity and my descent/stabilization in BP. The damage to the relationship both did was enormous. Ive never been quite sure she completely buys into my diagnosis
but she sees the stabilizing effects of the meds and thats a good thing. But it hit me how heavy a stone simply dealing with a BP spouse is
independent of my emotional immaturity or my infidelity. I started looking for good Spouse of BP support sites after we had our talk. Good suggestion.
Im reasonably set on the maintenance of my BP. Ive had decent stability for over 6 years
still mild highs I self-moderate and lows that manifest as sleep. Youll see another post I made this morning that shows how a social/exercise activity helps me stabilize and be happier. But my, there was a bevy of thoughts on my running group.
We dont have a formal protocol on reading or posting. Well discuss it. My position is she can read my posts but we discuss content privately. I do not feel that I am owed access to her posts and would never consider replying on the site. That is for her to discuss with me on her terms.
I have a feeling you agreeing to her statements regarding her cheating because you feel guilty for what you did and she's helped feed you that load of malarki.
If you two continue to trivialize her actions, that's ultimately your decisions. However, what happens when she doesn't feel so committed to you again? What does it solve for her internally to choose to be inactive in grevious acts of betrayal?
Anyway, there are awesome sites that you both can go to for knowledge and support regarding the BP. I get what you said as well about the posting here being like journaling, its a good start and I think there's even a feature to start a journal here but its public....not sure if it can be set to private.
Anyway, once your more comfortable posting here, try to make it a point to journal at least once a week. Pick out a cool journal that reflects your personality, hell I draw these goofy little doodles in mine from time to time, but it helps and I like to pretend I can draw really well.
One of the things I find great about this site is the wonderful open sharing of thoughts/opinions. It really helps think through my situation, especially the insightful questions.
It also strikes me how difficult it is to accurately convey my situation and some of the replies that seem to assume detailed knowledge. Maybe I am missing something...just observing and wondering what I could do better. Any thoughts from your experience?
When you asked what you could do better, are you referring to how you relay your story here or in regards to the work in your M?
I've definitely drafted somes questions (and responses) to replies I've received. Even that seems to force me to think about things more thoroughly...which is good.


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SMYER Not much good news can result from a football season in which a team wins one game and is outscored by 253 points.
But Smyer head coach Desmond Ayala has found solace in the fact that many of his players will be bringing the experience of last year's misery back to school this year.
Still, however, Ayala realized his team will still have to overcome the same problems as last year's Bobcats team.
"Last year, we were hoping to be better, but we played with a small senior class," he said. "This year will be kind of the same as we only have four seniors and just two of them were starters. We'll be leaning heavily on freshmen and sophomores this season again."
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Those few seniors and juniors Ayala has at his disposal are at least concentrated in a key area. The Bobcats will be returning their entire defensive and offensive lines, including senior tight end/defensive end T.J. Boren and senior offensive and defensive tackle Curtis Villegas.
"Our strength is on the offensive and defensive lines," Ayala said. "We didn't graduate anyone there, but they're still all sophomores. We'll actually have only one senior up front in the middle in Villegas who will be starting."
Behind those offensive and defensive lines, however, are unknown qualities. On defense, a unit which allowed a District 5-1A high 297 points, the entire starting secondary graduated.
"Defensive positions will be up for grabs as we lost our entire secondary and our leading linebacker," Ayala said.
And on an offense that averaged only 4.4 points per game last year, Ayala is planning to move starting wide receiver Justin Preston to quarterback and start sophomore Rodney Moore at running back.
Smyer will have some experience, but that experience will still be young. Nevertheless, the Bobcats should have a shot at improving upon last year's disappointments.
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"Don't bag it,"? the catchphrase for leaving grass clippings on your lawn, was coined in the 1980s by Extension horticulturists. Since then, Extension educators have taught thousands of Minnesotans to "green up"? their lawns with fewer pesticides, less water and less work. Decades of turfgrass research by University agronomists backs up Extension's information. Lawn-service businesses and the government benefit, as well. An added bonus is research-based information about composting. Thanks to Extension, Minnesotans are making more informed choices and protecting other natural resources such as lakes and streams by caring responsibly for their lawns and green spaces.
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Gary Lemon's Unlikely Underwater Adventures
February 18, 2009
For 14 years, Professor of Economics and Management Gary D. Lemon has traveled with Winter Term students to Cozumel, an island 12 miles off Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Home to the Palancar Reef, Cozumel is considered one of the best and most accessible diving locations in the world, allowing Lemon's neophyte divers to visit an underwater ecosystem that is as breathtaking as it is fragile.
The last place you might expect to see an economist is underwater, swimming with nurse sharks and other sea creatures, but, for a few weeks a year, that's exactly where you'll find Lemon. He admits that his time in the water hasn't made him an expert on marine biology, but he says that his trips have helped him connect the dots between economics and the environment.
"Winter Term allows me to explore something that I wouldn't normally do," says Lemon, a microeconomic specialist who studies consumer and business behavior. "I've found that the diving world and the complexity of its ecosystems are fascinating. It has allowed me to be much more aware of my own impact, and the impact of others on the world. The reefs grow very little each year, but some are quite tall and are therefore thousands of years old. Coral has little temperature tolerance, so you think to yourself, 'Are my actions killing what I saw?' Quite frankly, it's in our self interest to make responsible economic decisions when it comes to their impact in places such as Mexico, because they'll end up even affecting those of us in Indiana."
Lemon recently added an above-ground component to the trips. He now takes students to Chichen Itza, Tulum and Cobá, Mayan sites that contrast the permanence of their architecture with the delicacy of the coral in the surrounding waters.
"I hope students gain appreciation for an ancient culture that was very advanced in areas, such as the Mayan's concept of time," says Lemon. "Mayans built things that exist a thousand years later. Will any of our buildings still be around in a thousand years?"
The sites themselves are lessons in economics for the students. Much of Cobá remains covered by the Mexican jungle, while Chichen Itza's walkways are lined with souvenir peddlers. Naturally aware of the impact of tourism from an economist's perspective, Lemon has also made sure to educate his group about how to be responsible eco-tourists, especially when diving. His early-and-often warning is remembered by students: "If I see you grabbing on to the coral, you better have one heck of a reason."
The Cozumel trips serve as an introduction to diving for most of his students, most of whom earn their diving license at the start of the course. With an often-unseen world before them, the experience has even refocused some students' academic interests. Katherine E. Wirt '09 entered Lemon's Winter Term two years ago as a "relatively content" physics major, but, immediately upon returning to DePauw, she started searching for a study abroad program in marine biology. Wirt found one at the School for Field Studies in Turks and Caicos Islands and, as a second semester junior, changed her major to biology.
"My experiences in Cozumel and Turks and Caicos transformed me from a lab dwelling scientist into someone who spends days at a time outside collecting data," says Wirt. "I'm now in the process of applying to graduate schools that offer degrees in marine biology, and I am proud to say that I have already been accepted by one institution. I could not be happier. Without the experience in Cozumel, I don't know where I would be or what I would be doing. I do know that I would not be as happy as I am now."
Results like that raise the question: why aren't more economists scuba diving?Back


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While talking at the Microsoft Partner Conference, Steve Ballmer announced a music service application coming to the 360 dashboard this fall.
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Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
can a person file for back pay on child support if u an her lived together for all an then most of ur two young sons lives. an in this situation you were the one payin all the bills an welfare of the children because she was not workin but going to school.
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Fran Brochstein Attorney & Mediator
A person can file.
If you can prove that you were living together, then you don't owe for those months.
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Veteran art director Gregory Burke has scored a full-time position as the new executive director and CEO of Saskatoon's Mendel Art Gallery. The confirmation of his appointment Friday occurred two years to the day after it was announced that Burke was resigning as director of the Power Plant, the prominent Toronto-based not-for-profit contemporary art gallery he helmed for almost six years.
A New Zealand native, Burke, 55, said in an interview from his current home in Toronto that he hopes to start his new position, a five-year appointment with an option to renew, by the end of April.
Founded in 1964, the Mendel is in a period of major transition: Its collection is expected to be incorporated into the new $85-million Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan, whose construction is scheduled to start this year, with a projected completion date of 2015.
Hired, in the words of the Mendel board, because "he is an institution builder," Burke indicated that while he wants to "make sure the artists of Saskatchewan are well represented" under his auspices, the much-publicized donation last year of 405 Picasso linocuts to the Mendel by philanthropist Ellen Remai indicates that the new RAGS is primed to "take quite a big jump from where it was … and play its part on the world stage."
Since leaving the Power Plant, Burke has worked as a consultant, curator and writer. Among his major activities in the last two years have been the co-curatorship of the Montreal Biennale, to open this fall; and the curatorship of a survey of work by the late Len Lye, the New Zealand experimental filmmaker and kinetic sculptor. The Lye exhibit opens next year at Manhattan's Drawing Center.
Burke, who will be joining the Mendel almost a year after his predecessor, Vincent Varga, resigned, said that his new job's "overall attraction is to be able to help build quite a major new building and gallery. And it's not like it's just a new building for the Mendel; it's transforming into the Art Gallery of Saskat-chewan, and with that, there's the process of developing a whole new brand." Burke added that he's pleased that the Remai's principal architect is Bruce Kuwabara, of the Toronto firm KPMB, with whom Burke worked closely on renovations to the Power Plant in 2010-11.
Director of the Govett-Brewster gallery in New Plymouth, New Zealand, for seven years before coming to Canada, Burke acknowledged that he had never been to Saskatoon until last November when, after responding to an online ad for the Mendel job on the website of the American Alliance of Museums, he travelled there for the first of two interviews. "When you have a career like mine, you contemplate the possibility of shifting countries. But I'm very pleased to be remaining in Canada. I feel more Canadian every day," he said, laughing, "and I've lived almost a fifth of my life here now."
Once in Saskatoon, Burke said, he intends to lead a "visioning process with the board and staff as we begin to define what the identity and what the future ambition will be, including in the area of collecting." After being at the Power Plant, which did not have a permanent collection, he adds, "I'm attracted to be returning to a collecting institution."Report Typo/Error
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I own and love an "advanced student" instrument and am not yet looking to upgrade. But I'm also one of those perfectionist types always looking to make things better by experimenting with different rosins and strings and anything else that might it sound even better. So I sometimes wonder if my setup is "maximized." Is it worth bringing such a violin into the shop for some experimental adjustments? The "if it works don't fix it" part of me says no, but still I wonder. The problem is that I read about superstar violinist X who trusts only superstar luthier Y to make soundpost adjustments to their zillion dollar violin. And I'm worried that any adjustments might make things worse rather than better, and then can't be undone. Any advice?
I move the soundpost only if I'm not happy with the sound. Or, the sound somewhat changed due to various reason like humidity and plate expanding/shrink/settling. These are very good chances to explore the potential the violin.
If it's nothing wrong to begin with, I wouldn't touch it. Adjusting soundpost will only change character, but not quality. It will not magically make a advanced student violin sounds like professional violin. To me, soundpost adjusting is more like a problem fixing, than enhancing.
You can learn about your instrument's potential by experimenting, but prepared to spend a hell lots of time to get back the good old setting. It's very difficult to get the exact same spot before the adjustment. Unless the luthier is highly skilled.
Do it or not, it's up to you.
If you find a good luthier GO FOR IT!!! Sound post adjustments MUST figure in a good "health routine" for any violin. My maker keeps telling me how bad it is to have it stuck in one place for many years. The wood becomes hard and... your instrument can "die". It's always a pleasure to have an instrument back from a maker that does sound post adjustments since they always put it to its maximum "sound post" fit. Depending on the seasons, humidity of a specific period in the year etc it can become too tight or too loose. It has to be just ennough of the two for the ultimate performance of your instrument. I presently play on a "cheaper" violin that she has kindly lend to me since my violin is having his "yearly check up". But she put it at its best and I swear it's very very playable and sounds ok even good. The same thing baddly adjusted could be a nightmare so I think it does a big difference. But some try to do it at home and... almost always miss their shot. This is not recommended!!! Good luck and... nice cat!
If you elect to get somebody to tinker with it, get somebody who will jam it in there ala Rene Morel. There will probably be people who object to this suggestion but I am not kidding and you will notice the difference (for the better). Tom
I normally have my 1626 "Brothers" Amati adjusted 2 times per year on account of weather change in TX. This is a normal amount for any instrument. A soundpost adjustment done by a qualified repair person is totally reversible, if you are not satisfied with it. The violin makers on the site can discuss why periodic soundpost adjustment is necessary, if they feel inclined. My very general understanding is that when the weather gets wet, tighten the post, when it is dryer, loosen it. mine currently needs adjustment as the weather here in Waco TX is turning from frightful summer to rather nice autumn.
"If you elect to get somebody to tinker with it, get somebody who will jam it in there ala Rene Morel. There will probably be people who object to this suggestion but I am not kidding and you will notice the difference (for the better). Tom"
Wouldn't be so sure about that! I knew a certain man (now deceased) who once held the position of "top salesman" in Morel's shop. Said that he personally watched as Rene Morel SPLIT the back and belly of a Stradivari violoncello by "jamming it in there". Also stated that Morel showed him a fine but unlabeled Italian violin while saying: "You know what ------? I can make this violin become anything I want it to be." What goes on behind closed doors....
Faye, the Rene Morel story, as told by the salesman, is a little suspect strictly from a practical standpoint. While it is possible to do damage to an instrument by making the soundpost too tight, I'll say with some certainty that damage to the top and the back wouldn't occur at the same time.
My own approach to sound adjustment is a little different from his, but I think we verified that Rene gets good results when we brought in some high level players who wanted their instruments adjusted, and he satisfied almost all of them. In addition to "live listener' and player opinions of the changes, we also did "before and after" recordings. These reinforced the initial impressions.
As far as how soundpost tightness changes the sound, this will vary from one instrument to the next.
How often should someone have a soundpost readjustment?
Thanks for the replies so far. I'm wondering if there is a consensus re: Bruce's statement: "A soundpost adjustment done by a qualified repair person is totally reversible, if you are not satisfied with it." If so, it seems worth a try with nothing to lose. If others have had a different experience, I guess I'm back to square one. Thanks again.
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Thanks for the replies so far. I'm wondering if there is a consensus re: Bruce's statement: "A soundpost adjustment done by a qualified repair person is totally reversible, if you are not satisfied with it." If so, it seems worth a try with nothing to lose. If others have had a different experience, I guess I'm back to square one. Thanks again.
Well Anthony, writing as a luthier,...a very good adjuster will put your post back within 0.25mm or so of where it was..should sound similar to before...depending on how sensitive you are...if you can find a good adjuster that is.....
.In your case I'd not try to fix what ain't broke if you are happy with your violin now . If you came to me I'd not move your post. I'd tell you to go home and carry on loving your violin. If you had a specific problem like balance between the strings etc I'd happily fix it.
Quite often players and some adjusters think that a quick tweek on the post is a cure for all ills. Sadly this is not the case. Lets look at this in several steps.
First it is damaging to the post and the instrument and totally wrong if the post is moved with the strings at full tension.
Second consider that a violin strung to full tension is like a loaded spring with some lag. Simply taking the tension off the strings for a minute or so, not touching the sound post and re tuning the instrument will make it sound different . This makes a short term evauluation of an adjustment very difficult for the ultimate fine tuning but is less of a problem when the post is very obviously wrong.
Third it's a well known phenomenon and source of mirth for luthiers though the ages that a placebo adjustment.....ie one where the violin is simply taken into a different room while the player waits10 minutes while nothing is done to it at all and it is then returned to the player often has miraculously joyous results.
All the above being said the post IS important and needs to be in the right place for both the sound and the structural health of the instrument. In climates of extreme variation as already mentioned an instrument might need not just a post but a bridge adjustment twice a year.
One thing a luthier will look at even if you are happy with your post is how the post fits in with the structural integrity of the instrument...if it is too short and the belly is sinking or the instrument has moved and the post is pushing the belly up too much ......a slightly different length post in the same place might be suggested.
For very obvious faults caused by a soundpost a skilled adjuster will have a faster solution. The most subtle adjustments for very good reasons can take quite a lot of time and expense.
This is an interesting topic and I think it touches something perhaps goes beyond adjusting the sound post... I tried to adjust the soundpost many times in the past but I don't any more. If my violin doesn't sound good, it's either me or the violin or both. When in doubt, I'd hand my violin to my teacher and ask her to play it and the answer would come to me clear and loud with no discussion needed.
But is it really about the soundpost? I can only speak from my own experience, but when I catch myself trying to fiddle with something normally would call for a professional job, such as trying to trim my own hair or to adjust the setting of my violin, I know something else is going on that I'm not happy with. Just thought to share my $0.02.
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All too often I have students beating themselves up about being unable to play something when the problem lies with the instrument itself. The various instrument problems are not only related to soundpost adjustment, but to other factors. These can include string height and length, condition of the fingerboard, bridge construction, etc. It is important for a student or professional for that matter to know that the equipment they are relying on is at its best level. I like to use the analogy of a carpenter. If his saw is not sharpened, then it will take him a lot longer to accomplish his task.
Dr. Berg,
Thank you so much for your response and my own experience with a few violins that I played adds confirmation to what you said. I believe that initial proper setup and teacher's monitoring to ensure proper instrument is used at certain developmental stage are absolutely essential. Once these have been established, if it doesn't sound good, my default assumption is it's either the bow arm, or something else in life, or both:)
"Third it's a well known phenomenon and source of mirth for luthiers though the ages that a placebo adjustment.....ie one where the violin is simply taken into a different room while the player waits10 minutes while nothing is done to it at all and it is then returned to the player often has miraculously joyous results."
I love this quote! I have never had my soundpoint adjusted on my 15 month old 2006 violin, but I have messed with the strings to finally find a set that I love. I am scared to mess with the sound post however! I figure if it's not broke...
That said, at some point I suppose it needs a tune-up...but how to know when? So far, she's a steady fiddle...
I've actually installed a new sound post in my violin, but I'm a beginner and my violin was $130 new! Not that I would want to treat any instrument poorly, but I guess now is the time for me to experiment with something like that while the cost of a mistake is not too high. I even made my own tool to help with the task:
Admittedly, I copied the design of a sound post setter being sold for $75. Being a person who enjoys crafting things, the price was a bit too steep for me.
As for why I was messing around with it in the first place, my violin was set up by the seller from whom I purchased it. As I got to know my violin and learn more about the sound post and its proper placement by researching online, I realized that it was positioned very crooked. I can't say for sure whether it was originally in that position because I didn't take note of the sound post when I first got the instrument. As it turned out, while trying to straighten it up I found that it was in there way too tight. I had it pretty close to the "correct" position when it finally fell over while trying to make that "one last adjustment" because I couldn't leave well enough alone! That was just as well, since as I already mentioned it was very tight -- I corrected that later. I removed and inspected it and that is when I was surprised to see that the grain was not properly oriented. This was based on my observation of the location of the tell-tale hole made by the luthier's traditional sound post setter tool, as well as the angle at which the ends were cut in order to match the top and back plates. So, even if it they initially intalled it without the tilt, it was in there too tight and the rotational angle (grain orientation) was not correct. I will be writing an email to the seller to notify them of the incorrectly oriented sound post, since they did advertise that the setup work is "superior." Anyway, I was using some probes that I already had in the home workshop to try and push the post into position while it was still standing, but once it toppled over I needed to have the proper tool to get it in there standing up again. That's when I found the device online which I proceeded to copy at home.
That's my experience with a sound post thus far and I don't regret having rolled up my sleeves to go in there considering my particular circumstances. I guess what my message offers is that maybe you should buy a low-cost violin to practice with if you are at all interested in learning more about this aspect of the instrument. This way you can get comfortable with the traditional tool. Of course you could buy the original of the one I copied. It is the Gemini Sound Post Setter. I have to say it is really easy to use and is probably worth the $75 if you want to adjust your own post, but definitely practice on a cheaper violin if you want to use the traditional setter tool because it looks to be more of a challenge doing it that way. There are youtube videos that make the old way look easy, but I didn't even try. Now that I'm thinking more about it, you still have to use a tool to push the post around. Either way, there will be potential to ding the edges of the f-holes. On the traditional tool, one end gets the post in there standing up. The other end has notches that are used to push/pull the post into final position. So you'll still need to perform those push-pull maneuvers with a notched tool even after you've used the Gemini setter.
One caveat based on my research so far, if not already mentioned in the thread. You really need to fashion the sound post properly so that the dimensions and angles are correct. If not, you could cause scarring/deformation where the sound post makes contact with the back and top plate if anything is too far askew. This is especially true of the softer spruce wood that is used to make the top plate. The sound post itself should be spruce, I believe. Anyway, no sense ruining a really expensive violin if you don't have everything right. Good luck.
I adjust the post seasonally for quite a few players. I get to see them at least twice a year, near the beginning of winter, when it turns dry, and again when it turns wet in the spring, and we use that time to check for loose seams and other problems.
Usually pulling the post east in the summer and west in the winter, by less than 1mm, does the job, if the post was done right in the first place. If your violin is unresponsive in the winter when it's dry (this shows up easily on the lower strings at light pressure) the post is probably too tight. The symptom of too loose is harder to recognize in a definitive way--players say the violin has lost some of its usual life and sounds relatively feeble, but that's not a great way to describe the problem.
Regarding the original question, few violins are at their tip-top all the time, so someone who knows what he's doing can usually make things better. Someone who doesn't can make them worse, so you have to choose carefully who you let try.
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