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(Excerpts and commentary on a Yogi Bhajan lecture by Guruka Singh, from Marriage on the Spiritual Path)
In the House of Nanak, the life of the householder is the highest spiritual path. Through creative union, couples function in the sixth sense, which unites them beyond time and space. This process of amalgamation between couples is real, and it must succeed now and forever.
Yogi Bhajan teaches us that there is nothing in sex and without sex there is nothing. This seems at first not to make any sense. Like many of Yogi Bhajan's teachings, it is a purposely provocative statement. Let's take a closer look and try to understand what he is getting at.
In a yogic marriage, sexual communion becomes an instrument to raise your consciousness and take you to divinity. According to Webster, "communion" means "sharing, exchanging, common possession, and spiritual union." Sexual communion is consciously, willingly, blending with your partner in a pure sexual merging that is a spiritual act. Two become one in the sense that each represents the other, each can speak for the other, each lives for the other, and each stands for the other. It is a bonding that exists beyond this physical world, and it is a bonding that is eternal.
Sex has everything in it when it is performed consciously by two people as an act of merging the physical, mental, and soul bodies together. Then those two bodies become one simple unit. At that moment, nothing stands between those two. This pure merging causes those individuals to become one with everything. It is without ego.
If one can know that two can amalgamate to the oneness, then one can know the secret of oneness. By knowing the secret of oneness, one can be one with the One universal existence. Sexual communion is that divine. If you allow your ego to become involved, the experience is lost. For example, if a woman thinks, "I have to have intercourse with him because he gave me a necklace (or he brought me flowers)," then it becomes a business of selling character values for benefits. Sexual communion is a willingness in which two identities want to amalgamate. The amalgamation of two egos brings out a neutral, new personality.
In the scriptures it is written:
"They are not said to be husband and wife who merely sit together.
Rather they alone are called husband and wife, who have two bodies and one soul."
Understand that when you make an alloy you take two elements and put them together. The alloy cannot be separated. That is what love is, that is what marriage is, that is what life is, and that is what good luck is. When a male and a female merge together, it is a pure act in spiritual unison. It prepares them to merge consciously into the infinity on that day when they depart from this earthly world.
Sexual energy is a powerful, vital energy that is continually generated within the human body. It offers a vehicle for fulfilling a divine destiny, and therefore requires the most reverent mental, physical, and emotional preparation. During the merging of two, feelings are aroused to the point of worship. Shakti (feminine energy) worships the Shiva (male energy), and Shiva melts like the early morning nectar into her. Then there is a unity.
The act of sex is very powerful, very energetic, encouraging, inspiring, and it widens the consciousness. It does everything right when it is done with the right intention, the right environment, the right circumstances, and with the right person. But when these things are not right, then it can create psychological problems, bring out childhood traumas, and lead to guilt, insecurities, anger, and fear.
When sexual behavior is selfish, it becomes nothing but a tragedy. When one's life is motivated by unconscious sexual feelings, when one is unaware of the consequences of thoughts and behavior on the self or others, when one creates a world based on selfish sexual actions (lust), attachments, or perversions, then there is nothing that is good or real. Such behavior becomes destructive to the self and others. Sexual union is a vehicle that can create an evolution of energy unto heights of ecstasy. But when it is wrongly performed in abuse or obligation, or is misused, it can be detrimental to the same being; so in both ways, it is an energy.
This is a very tricky subject. Nobody can afford to be lustful and as such dis connected from the needs and joys of the partner. But everyone must love. Without love, you can never find your life, and with lust you can never enjoy life. Yogi Bhajan says: "Sexual communion cannot happen until a woman knows her divinity and manifests the faculties of the moon as the man manifests the faculties of the sun. Then a couple can understand and appreciate the waning and waxing of each other.
What happens otherwise in unconscious sex is an unfulfilling, draining, and mechanized exercise. You put a lot of coal on the fire, you create a lot of steam, the locomotive moves, it creates the sound, and then there is a release. That is the end of the situation. It is a purely physical act, and this leaves the couple drained of their energy.
"Sexual communion takes you beyond the five physical senses, into the sixth sense, which is the total amalgamation of your five senses at a higher frequency. We call it the 'sixth sense' or the 'sex sense.' The human body can emit a sexual scent that can affect any person. Once a woman becomes attracted by the scent of a man, she may contain the man in her psyche, and there is no power on this earth that can separate them. The human scent is very powerful.
"The sixth sense is completely intuitive. Each one feels the other. Sexual energy between couples travels in a circle from a woman's Third Eye, or sixth chakra, over to a man's sixth chakra, then down to his second chakra, over to the woman's second chakra, and then back up to her sixth chakra. Sexual energy travels in this cyclical motion, which is controlled by the woman.
"A man has to understand that a woman has all of her sexual organs internally, while a man's are external. It is a within and without situation. Her entire mechanism is inside. A man's entire mechanism is outside. So he must learn to play more to bring her out. That is fair sex. Otherwise, it is unfair sex. It is also 'ladies first,' meaning ladies should reach their tidings (climaxes) first.
"You must understand that in life there is nothing but energy. Matter is a form of energy. Matter cannot be destroyed, nor can it be created. It can only be changed. So your physical body has energy that can be transformed into matter, or matter in your body can be transformed into energy. During sexual intercourse you play out this energy exchange.
"There are many kinds of physical intercourse i.e. intercourse through verbal dialogue with the tongue, intercourse through seeing with the eyes, intercourse through listening with the ears. But the question is, 'Does the couple consciously understand the frequency of communication and the flow of energy?' Until a couple consciously moves the energy with the sixth chakra in unison with the second chakra, they do not know sex at all."
When sex is only a physical impulse, it does not encompass the entire experience because the couple does not exchange the energy of each other's psyche, which connects the electromagnetic (energy) fields and produces the experience of one soul in two bodies. This exchange can bring happiness, better communication between the couple, and the amalgamation of two psyches in which neither is an individual. As Yogi Bhajan explains:
"Couples can have sex and produce children, and they can have a sexual release, but that release brings only temporary satisfaction. We call it 'rupture sex,' i.e. sex for the sake of sex. Lay your number, lay her up, and go away. This makes a man non-communicative, and any guilt derived from the act can also make a man unproductive. It is a serious handicap for males and females in this society.
"Let us take an example. Suppose a boy starts when he is just 13 or 14, scattering his seed among as many girls as possible. Then he marries when he is 26. So by that time for 12 years he has been following this behavior, and it has become habit. He may want to change, but it is almost impossible. Here in the West, girls come from the same training school. Both have been trained to have quick sex and depart. For years men in the West have been trained to be selfish, and then later on in marriage they are supposed to become very homogeneous and cooperative.
"Realistically, people go right on behaving as they were trained. 'You know, she has the habit of sleeping with Joe, and she has been with Robert and Henry...' up to 11 or 12 people. Her psyche carries an imprint on her aura of each man she has been with, and this makes it difficult for her to concentrate at all.
"And he also has the habit to be with 32 girls so he is going through his mental movie. Both are in their mental movies and neither knows how to be for the other, or to feel the other, or live for the other. These old habits are some of the main causes of every known trouble in the sexual life in this country.
"We usually act as the by-products of circumstances, environments, and actions that constitute the habits that make up our behavior. Habits are embedded in the subconscious, and on the average our subconscious guides about 60% of our actions. Prejudice and bias guide about 25% of our actions, and only 15% of our behavior is conscious. Our sexual failures, our social failures, our family failures, our individual failures, and our human failures are failures because this is how we have been trained.
"We can look to an alternative training. In the yogic scriptures life has been divided into four phases or 'ashrams.' First is 25 years of celibacy when a man may retain within himself all the semen for growth and knowledge. After 25 years of age, man and woman may marry and have children, up to 50 years old. From 50 to 75 years, one may travel the Earth with his or her partner, sharing teachings and wisdom from experiences in life, re-establishing contacts from youth, and inspiring people to become healthy, happy, and holy. From 75 to 100, one may sit and meditate and wait for the call to quit. This is how 100 years of life have been divided in the normal prosperous growth of a human being.
"If somewhere within a human, the ego gives up and the will of the Infinite prevails, then one can become healthy, happy, and holy and consistently experience a sacred sexual life. Every human being has a choice and the power to change.
"These days many marriages are dissolved between the age of 36 and 45. That is a period when marriage has become boredom, and everybody wants to look to new values. You must be aware that nobody looks to new values, and there is no such thing as boredom."
Marriage is an institution that cannot get boring because it is a continuous battle against time and space. How can a thing become boring when you have to exert every minute of your life to keep going?
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Those who live on emotion respond to revenge! Yet, This life is a heavy burden! And those who seek revenge will find it!
It is better to not revenge! It is better to go to the light of God and ask " God" " what is going on" " why are you not protecting me"! And thus is its! I don't sell my soul out away from God?!
I continue to stay with God, not be enticed by the evil! And my it can be overwhelming! Yet, attacking God is not the answer! Meaning, going to war against God! That is Satins Job, not mine! I job is to talk to God!
Don't think that I don't fight with God! I fight and struggle with him all the time! I have come up with new slang cussing vocabularies to yell at God! And I yell at him all day long! He is my father and when Im in need, I yell at him; sometimes, when he did not show up! I yell at him twice as hard and twice as loud!
It is God I serve and no one else!
Incitements is a nasty machine of hatred and contempt and disgust turned against its owner! The point of incitement is to pull away! To manipulate or conjure! To create confusion! To render the enemy useless then gain his trust and pull him in a specific direction to his death!
The point is; enticement ( How ever you spell it), is a weapon used to kill the enemy! in this case, you are the enemy! at what point when the enemy steals your goods, will you respond with anger and rage and revenge! You eyes are not on God! can you not see this is a war, and the enemy is attacking you!
I must turn to God and the light! it is God that I worship; Not just " sometimes" or, " somedays!" !
Life is a lesson playground! its a play ground for child adults!
One must stay steady; stay on course with God! One must stay on course with God; not Satan!
One must not be enticed to go in the direction of Satan! Satan can appear very scary and large! so, I the child can be frightened by him and feel like I must follow him or Ill be left all alone! and thats a scary deal! I must turn To God!
Im must work on resentments; seeing them clearly; Its important to see only my role! meaning, I see what the other person did! then its my turn! What could I have done different! Im only interested in shoring up my side of the street; not the other persons! when Im worried about how a perpetrator feels; then Im still their victim!
I must keep forgiving the people of the past! The idea is to get healthy enough to accept what happened and then keep forgiving and taking nothing personal; understanding that God can bring back anything to me at anytime! first, I have to get those people are their power; out! it must leave! they still control me even though they are ghosts!
I must keep forgiving and facing things and work on resentments!
The violent nature created in me of what happened to me when young is not good! It has no place! and its deep inhuman or non human created resentments! that means its at the level of rape, torture, cultural Genocide; Things of that nature!
I live in a society that simply does not have the depth carved out in them to understand such things! They don't think in terms of problems at this deep level! Thats my opinion! I could be wrong! I don't think so! Truth will tell! I don't know everyone! Certainly a number of the people I knew from the past; they had no depth to understand the horrors I was put through! the traumatic fear and terror!
I was terrified into submission! and broken the same way! I feel for it; I was to young, and did not know better! I was living with a psychopath!
Anyway! violence rings from such forced experiences! It makes one war violent! and that violence never leaves! If I think someone is ######6 with me! I take it as an act of treason against myself as a citizen! I say kill them on the spot! If it wasn't for the district atturneys office running everything! if it were legal! Id kill the person ######6 with me! I waist his whole family and blood line! id go to war with them; Id exterminate the whole tribe!
The problem is; most people don't think in terms of war! they are regulars from the regular world; they've never been through anything horrific that changed them!
I do not want to be violent! that is not my nature; but Im not the only one living in this body!


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Photographer's Note
Galata Bridge is one of Istanbuls iconic landmarks. Indeed no visit to Istanbul is complete without walking along or ferrying under the Galata Bridge. The bridge spans the Golden Horn to connect the citys two European sides.
The present Galata Bridge was built as late as 1994, though it was in 1845 that this bridge was built for the first time and Galata was connected to the old town.
The bridge is quite low to sea level, meaning that only small ships can pass under it .and that brings us to one of Istanbulites most favorite pastime fishing. The bridges most enduring image is its shoulder-to-shoulder fisherman casting off into the water below. The almost unbroken line of bobbing rods is a romantic sight, but not all the fishermen pay careful attention to where theyre swinging....so be careful while walking :-)
In this view, standing on the Galata Bridge, I also tried to capture in the frame, the Yeni Camii - the New mosque which majestically rises on the Eminönü side at the southern end of the Galata Bridge. It is one of the best-known sights of Istanbul.
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SnapRJW (31631) 2013-12-02 2:12
Hello Angshu - This is a super shot of Galata Bridge; one place in Istanbul that I can happily stand and watch the life around me for ages. It's just so fascinating to see how many and who stands here fishing and with such intense concentration too. You've composed this well as we are left in no doubt as to where we are, the mosque and ferry both being synonymous with the area. You managed to get some good side light on the mosque and I like the way the ferry just fits in nicely under the fishing rod. Nicely done! Warm regards rosemary
jhm (201681) 2013-12-02 4:02
Hello Angshu,
You place these man excellent to the right side, this makes that we the boats and minarets very well can see.
I can enjoy of these picture.
Nice depth and perspective picture.
Very well composition, good presentation too. TFS.
Best regards,
Sergiom (117241) 2013-12-02 4:08
Bonjour Angshuman,
J'aime beaucoup cette scène de la vie quotidienne sur le fameux pont d'Istambul. J'aime la perspective sur la célèbre Mosquée. Une belle image profonde et nette d'un très beau point de vue.
Romano46 (18472) 2013-12-02 4:11
Ciao Angshuman
ho lasciato il mio cuore su questo ponte di Istambul che considero uno dei punti più belli e caratteristici del mondo.
E da qui hai scattato questa foto che è un bel condensato della città di Istambul con i suoi colori, i traffici marittimi e le sue moschee monumentali.
Ciao e buon inizio di settimana
pierrefonds (102321) 2013-12-02 4:39
Hi ANgshuman,
The fisherman is helping to frame the scene. The distance between the bridge and the buildings is giving depth to the composition. The point of view is showing the details, the colors of the boat and of the buildings. The good luminosity is enhancing the colors. Have a nice day.
danos (110395) 2013-12-02 4:57
Hi Angshu,
nice the snaphot from the lovers of fishers from Galata bridge.I like the scenery with the Yeni Camii to dominating the backdrop of the scene.Excellent the light and the colour management as the beauty of the place.
dkmurphys (77892) 2013-12-02 7:20
Iconic scene from Galata bridge. I like your image very much, well taken.
Have a good week.
abmdsudi (87749) 2013-12-02 8:29
Namaste Angshu
I think he is so dedicated angler fully engrossed with his hobby awaiting for a big snatch there, but he also becomes the victim of your keen eyes. Interesting daily life, good placement with some nice colors on bright day and the scenic background with the minarets equally demand the same attention and complement the shot attractively. Good capture, Congrats, TFS
Best regards
holmertz (91864) 2013-12-02 8:49
Hello Angshuman,
You have successfully combined severeal iconic features of Istanbul, apart from the bridge also one of the famous mosques and a Bosphorus ferry. I have tried many photos of anglers at this bridge, and the Atatürk bridge further up the Golden horn, but I found it trickier than expected to get a good view, so I am very impressed by your effort. Apart from the atmosphere you have captured the strong and vivid colours are most impressive,
Kind regards,
lousat (128915) 2013-12-02 14:54
Hi Angshu,this very famous bridge is full of great and different opportunities for the photographers,i like your original composition with the fishermen on the right and the beautiful view on the rest,great details everywhere and perfect colors too.Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano
adidas5nb (5743) 2013-12-02 22:10
this is a great shot.love the pov with the most famous structure of the city in view.lovely light.great presentation.
jjcordier (79299) 2013-12-02 23:12
Ce pêcheur d'Istambul crée un bon premier plan pour mettre en image cette mosquée. Bonne et intéressante photo.
Graal (103040) 2013-12-02 23:21
Hi Angshuman,
nice picture from Istnbul. I like the composition with anglers on FG and mosque in BG. Fine POV on the bridge. Well done photo.
Have a nice day.
Highmountains (2674) 2013-12-02 23:59
As usual, the clarity and sharpness is absolutely fine. However, here your positioning and composition is stunning.
You have caught the 'hookers' mood spot on.
The photograph meanwhile fishes for scenes that are popular tourists attractions and captures them with elan !
The Yeni Camil looks very elegant and the colours have depth. We see this mosque from above the fisherman's line. This is what appeals to my senses.
Thanks for sharing, Angshu, its a thematic beauty.
Nicou (193806) 2013-12-03 0:49
quelle vue sur ce pêcheur sueprbe sur le pont aves sa canne et la vue en fond sueprbe iamge et cpatage mervielleux.
Bravo et amitié
papagolf21 (152423) 2013-12-03 2:42
Bonjour, cher Angshu,
L'endroit doit être poissonneux pour que les pêcheurs étalent leurs cannes !
En tout cas, une chose est certaine, le choix du cadrage est parfait pour inclure la mosquée et le passage du bateau.
Belle réussite.
Subhogen (4067) 2013-12-03 5:57
Hello Angshuman,
You did very well to include perhaps the most famous landmark of Istanbul in the middle of your frame. I like the intense attention in the expression of the fisherman in FG. Very good clarity and sharpness. Thanks for sharing.
P.S Thank you for your comments on one of my photos, I value it.
Fis2 (154205) 2013-12-03 6:18
Witaj Angshu!
Wonderful view, nice scene.
Good frame and colors.
I like a building in the background.
Have a nice evening
pajaran (101602) 2013-12-03 9:02
Dobro vece.
Ja sam strastven ribolovac, volim ove trenutke ...
Interesantan i dobar tekst, o mestu i trenutku ...
Dobra kompozicija i perspektiva, lepo pokazano mesto i trenutak, sa lepim pogledom na dzamiju.
Dobar trenutak snimka i kontrast, lepe boje.
Prijatno vece i lepa noc, sve najbolje.
Good evening.
I am an avid fisherman, I love these moments ...
An interesting and good text, information and moment ...
Good composition and perspective, nice place and shown the moment, with a beautiful view of the mosque.
Good time recording and contrast, beautiful colors.
Have a nice evening and night, all the best.
macjake (96143) 2013-12-03 16:08
Hi Angshu
great looking shot!
nice to see the Mosque in the bg too, that can only make the scene that much better :)
Surprising to see how clear it is in the bg at F2.8
I plan on getting some similar photos as i'll be in Istanbul in the same month as you were, in May, but in 2014. How was the weather you had?
great shot
subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2013-12-04 1:16
wow, dada, a nice one from your last Istambul tour. Great moment here with those men fishing. Excellent depth that we can clearly see the beautiful mosque at back. Superb shot with such a pleasant light. Khub bhalo ekta chhobi.
arnie (1817) 2013-12-04 2:46
Hi Angshuman,
A great composed shot, my favourite place in Istanbul.
I love to see shots of the area around Galata Bridge.
mkamionka (59528) 2013-12-04 3:21
Hi Angshu,
lovely composition so very original. The view at the back is obviously spectacular but the fisherman adds a nice touch in the foreground and so you got also some diagonals across the frame.
Very well done!!
ChrisJ (158334) 2013-12-04 10:19
Hello Angshu
It was raining when I visited the New Mosque in the bg so you had much better weather! Good sharpness and vibrant colour in this superb daily life scene. The fisherman at right anchors the shot and provides scale and context. Tfs!
Didi (61587) 2013-12-05 4:15
Salam Angshu
Very nice scene with a vey good soft lights ambiance
In this case I suggest you a little wider position to include the fisherman line and his arm on the right :)
Kind regards
josepmarin (59385) 2013-12-09 2:47
Namaste, my friend Angshuman,
a real landmark of Istanbul, its iconic fishermen, who crowds the Galata Bridge. In this shot you have caught clearly one of them, but you have reserved a good space for the white ferry and the splendid architecture of the Yeni Camii in background.
All elements offers us the fantastic atmosphere of this wonderful city.
A beautiful composition.
Best wishes,
PS: about my last photo of the spiral staircase in my hotel, I took it from the 5th floor, but I was lodging in the first floor.
batalay (41261) 2013-12-16 18:41
Hello Mr. B,
It's a scene I know well, with "Yeni Cami" ("New Mosque") prominent in Eminönü on the other side of Galata Bridge. With all the lines and hooks hanging below the bridge, I've frequently wondered about the gauntlet that the fish must encounter, and what the probability of their eluding those lines. This such a familiar view for Istanbulites with a Ferry just leaving the dock in Eminüonü, but also a scene of nostalgia for me.
My best wishes to you and your family for the Holiday Season,
rigoletto (34279) 2013-12-20 0:24
another one from my backyard, hehehe :)
i was there two days ago, we recovered from a 3 days snowfall, now all has melted yet it is still chilling with a strong breeze, and the fishers do have the thickest garments possible, only visible are the eyes and noses. you were very very lucky with your splendid weather.
emka (150975) 2013-12-21 23:56
hello dear Angshu,
This is an iconic view from Istanbul - they are always fishing on Galata bridge and here is with the view of the new Mosque in Eminonu. Also for me it was my favorite place and I was nearby every day. excellent composition.
beautiful scene, nicely presented.
Warm regrads Malgo
Waylim (25436) 2013-12-31 10:50
Namaste Angshuman,
A classic shot from Istanbul on this famous bridge. I have seen a few shot from here with the people fishing. However this may be one of the best POV I have seen and best light with the fisherman dorminating the foreground and yet the beautiful city scape in the background, featuring the city's landmark of the mosque. A wonderful combination of both with good sharpness and clarity throughout. My sincere complements.
Thank you. Wishing you and Happy and Healthy New Year.
ps. other than pf and here, I'm not posting anywhere else. I look in fricker but I got lost there. will see. Any other site you recommend?
wolf38 (30) 2014-01-17 7:01
Hello Angshuman. The photo shows a famous view of Istanbul. On this bridge, I also stood and watched the anglers. Yes, Istanbul is a cosmopolitan metropolis with a lot of flair.
Best rgds, Wolfgang.
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- Date Taken: 2013-05-19
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Equity futures are higher overnight, ramping initially on more trumped up economic reports from China overnight – what both our countries can't print monetarily, they simply make up. The dollar is diving, the Yen is climbing, bonds are falling, oil is zooming straight up now well above $81 a barrel, and gold is again setting new highs just below $1,320 an ounce.
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It's a good thing that personal incomes rose in August by .5% then, right? July rose .3% (oops revised lower to .2%), and this was above the .3% repeating monkey consensus. Here's Econopay:
Despite sluggish job growth, the combination of modest growth in average hourly earnings, private employment, and steady or firming weekly hours is gradually boosting wages and salaries-at least in the private sector. Personal income in August advanced a healthy 0.5 percent gain, following a 0.2 percent rise the month before. The latest number for personal income topped the market forecast for a 0.3 percent gain. Unfortunately, a notable part of the latest increase came from a jump in government unemployment benefits. Still, there was moderate strength in wages & salaries component which posted a 0.3 percent boost after increasing 0.4 percent in July. Private industry wages & salaries rose a sharp 0.5 percent, matching the July gain.
In August, consumers kept their wallets open. Personal spending advanced 0.4 percent, equaling the pace in July. The August figure matched analysts' expectations. By components, durables slipped 0.2 percent, nondurables jumped 1.4 percent, and services gained 0.2 percent
PCE inflation was a little higher than usual at the headline level but still quite subdued at the core. The PCE price index rose 0.2 percent in both August and July. The core rate firmed 0.1 percent in each of the last four months. The market had called for a 0.1 percent uptick for August.
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Oh, wait, did you catch why it jumped? This is according to Bloomberg, "Incomes were up 0.5 percent, the biggest advance this year, propelled by the resumption of extended and emergency unemployment benefits."
Niiice. Here's the thing – government deficit spending only adds to the DEBT which is a drag on the economy. Is it sustainable? Don't think so.
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Motor vehicle sales are released throughout the day, Consumer Sentiment comes at 9:55 Eastern, the Manufacturing ISM at 10 Eastern, and Construction Spending will also come at 10 this morning.
Yes, this September was the best since 1939 all the media shouts! Yet they fail to tell you what occurred just following that… WWII immediately began and the markets swooned for 4 more years, that's all. And before you think that events like that won't happen this time, I will remind you that the type of volatility we are seeing now is most definitely NOT normal! The largest gains and losses occur when volatility is high. These times historically see overall FALLING prices, not rising prices! If you don't believe that's true, just pull up a chart showing the last 11 years in the NASDAQ, or draw a line from where the SPX was in 2007 to now. Alternatively you can look at the SPX and go back in time to the first time we were at this level, the year was 1998. So now we get to see how volatile this October will be. It'll be interesting one way or the other.
Yesterday's up/down action produced yet another small movement in the McClelland Oscillator. Again, we can expect a large price move either today or tomorrow. The McClelland is still positive, but barely.
All the major indices produced Key Reversal candlesticks yesterday by running to new highs and closing below the prior day's lows. This is a marker that should not be ignored, it greatly raises the odds of a significant decline. You can see that candle on the DOW, and it came on much higher volume:
The VIX jumped higher yesterday, closing above both the 200 and 50 day moving averages. It was above the upper daily Bollinger band for a time, but closed beneath it, thus avoiding the set up for a market buy signal. Note how price is climbing the wick of that inverted hammer from two days ago. The Bollinger bands are pinched, that means that a large movement is likely to follow. Also note that it's been awhile since we got the VIX market sell signal, and since that time we ran from being beneath the lower bollinger to tagging the upper bollinger yesterday! While that was occuring the price of equities continued to rise - that is a MAJOR divergence:
BANK produced a potential shooting star right on the 50dma, we need to watch today's action to see if prices close today below yesterday's low (the XLF closed below its 50dma):
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Neck-Wrecker wrote:KDibildeaux wrote:Neck-Wrecker wrote:Thanks for a great time!
My neck is surprisingly not sore. Tons of wonderful memories.
See you next year, no doubt about it
I'm pretty sure I saw you several times but wasn't sure if it was you
I feel the same about you! I honestly had a really hard time finding forumites. I didn't get one sucessful nap in all cruise so I only made it to Karaoke sparingly (which is where I assume everyone was)
I wore a black kilt on the third day with a Rotting Christ shirt. I also tend to headbang a lot by myself :)
If i could figure out how to share pictures of things on the forum i would (other than using a URL)
I think I saw you....I had a hard time finding forumites too. A lot of the time I would see a forumite but they were preoccupied and I didn't want to interrupt. No big deal, I met most of the top 20 posters though. I ALMOST didn't meet Debb, but then I saw a huge-breasted shirtless blond woman at karaoke the very last night. So I ran up and said hi


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Grandmother to be Jade Jagger has announced that she is six months pregnant.
Jade's 21-year-old daughter Assisi, 21, recently confirmed that she is expecting a child with chef boyfriend Alex and will give birth in April.
Now her jewellery designer mum, 42, has revealed on Twitter that she is expecting a baby a month later, in May.
Showing off her bump, Jade, the daughter of Rolling Stone Sir Mick Jagger and activist Bianca, wrote: "Happy to announce this granny is going to become a mummy. I'm six months pregnant xx double whammy this year."
Jade married DJ and festival promoter Adrian Fillary in 2012, in a bash attended by Jerry Hall, Kate Moss and Jade's parents, Sir Mick and Bianca.
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On a September morning, a coastal lagoon in Alaska glistens like smooth glass. The Tlingit village on the shore is still quiet. But a delectable aroma in the air reveals something at work: salmon were hung in the smokehouse with care. Alder smoke now wafts across the lagoon, down the lanes of the village and past a curtain of lush rainforest.
People in the village of Klawock, pop. 813, live with salmon in spring, summer, fall and winter. Jon Rowan, whose ancestral roots in this place reach far back in time, says catching salmon – and sharing it with others – is at the center of everyday life.
"For generations, salmon have sustained our people," he says. "Each year we catch and put up salmon for the coming winter. We take only the salmon we need for ourselves and for those who may not be able to harvest for themselves."
Salmon is often served at the ceremonial potlatch, or koo.éex', in Tlingit. Standing is measured not in what someone possesses, but in what is shared with others. "The wealth," Rowan says, "gets spread around a lot."
Now in the depths of winter, larders in many Alaska homes are stocked with salmon put up in glass jars. At Rowan's home, there's a great variety: smoked, pickled, hash, salted, half-smoked, kippered. He's an artisan.
When Rowan was younger, he fished with his older cousins and his clan leader, who taught him the intricacies of working the net, tending the smokehouse and caring for the tools of the subsistence fishing tradition. He also taught him something more: Always share the catch.
"I keep my freezer full," he says. "If somebody in the village needs something, I've got extra."
Fish Are Returning
Rowan, a carver, lives on Prince of Wales Island, at the southern tip of the Alaska panhandle. Most of the island's 2,577 square miles fall within the Tongass National Forest, a place of rainforest and salmon streams. Totem poles – like those Rowan carves – stand tall in its Native villages.
The Nature Conservancy helped to fix a problem with a fish passage here in 2011. A highway built in 1964 blocked a natural tidal channel, and for nearly 50 years no fish passed through here. Today the natural fish passage is rebuilt. Tides are again carrying fish through this channel.
Rowan isn't old enough to remember the way it was, but the history is well known. While assisting on archeological digs, Rowan has helped uncover ancestral fish weirs traditionally used for catching fish along the old channel.
Last summer, in the restored channel, Rowan watched the miracle of the salmon life cycle pass before his very eyes –– practically from his doorstep. And all of a sudden, kids with fishing rods catch salmon here.
Teaching to Give
The Tongass is home to all five species of North America's Pacific salmon, but local Native tradition considers the sockeye salmon a favorite.
"It always has been, as far back as I can remember, and listening to my father talk, the sockeye has always been prized for its richness," Rowan says. "It's like the prime rib, you know?"
As he himself was taught, he now teaches his young nephews the lessons that serve them far beyond the confines of a fishing skiff, a household, or even a village.
"We're teaching them the same values we learned when we first started out," he says. "They learn their responsibilities not only to their immediate family but to the rest of their community. You help everybody."
[First image: Strips of wild sockeye salmon hang in a traditional smokehouse in the Tlingit village of Klawock, Alaska. Image source: Eva Rowan. Second image: Jon Rowan leads young community members in subsistence salmon fishing. Image source: Amanda Armour]


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Since a very young age, I have been a fan of the Two Ronnies. It's a comedy love that I still carry to this day and continue to enjoy looking back on every now and then. But despite this love for two comedy greats, I have always struggled with Ronnie Barker's sitcoms. I have seen numerous episodes of Porridge and Open All Hours, but in all honesty have never found them to be all that funny. I have watched plenty of episodes; maybe an odd wisp of laughter here and there, but on the whole, just did not get them. If anything, the only thing that would get a faint pant of air from my lungs would be the spring-loaded till in Open All Hours. Despite this lack of understanding on my part, one thing though that has shined on to me in a way is how sometimes on occasion, I cannot help but at the end of the day say; "It's been a funny day". Well, looking back on the movies of 2016, I now cannot help but say "It's been a funny year".
A Funny year is indeed how I feel this year has gone by in terms of movie releases. There have been several high-profile and low profile releases that have caught the eyes of myself and many other movie goers. We have seen live action remakes of animated classics, rebirths of classic comedy, and revolutionary new ideas in already popular genres as well as the usual treasure trove of sequels and heart-warmers. For me personally it's been a weird one, with a lot of films that I wanted to see being released in the first half of the year, with the second half being a collection of films that I was wavering watching or not. Quite a few of these films were pretty fun and are included in this list, but there have been one or two disappointments. Firstly I did not get to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows or Kung Fu Panda 3 (not forgetting the new Japanese Godzilla film which nobody considers releasing for people living in the UK!), but the big disappointment for me had to be Dad's Army. It was funny in places; but everything else was just boring by comparison with an acting pool not living up to their own acclaim and a story that was not worth bothering with!
There have been some high's thankfully, some of which are unable to be featured in this list and just want to give a quick shout out to (in no particular order): Allegiant, X-Men: Apocalypse, Eddie The Eagle, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. But now the main event; as per usual: films will be rated in ascending order with Number 1 being my favourite and 5 being not as much my favourite but still a good film, and as always, the list applies to films that were released and shown on the big screen between the traditional 12 month period of January to December. So without dragging this on any further, here are my Top Five Favourite Films of the year (yes, this year it is actually 5).
5. Ethel & Ernest – Based on the Raymond Briggs graphic novel of the same name, Ethel and Ernest is about the life of Briggs's own parents as they meet, date, marry and live their lives through the changing face of Great Britain. Originally meant to be shown on TV during Christmas 2016, special big screen showings were done in places around the country including at The Dukes in Lancaster. Before seeing this film I had no idea what it was about, thinking it was When The Wind Blows by mistake (having forgotten what that was called), then my Mam told me differently; a little unsure but still interested I decided to go see it, and really enjoyed it. I liked how it was less a film, more an animated slide show of the lives of an incredible couple living through the hardships of London life during WWII, to raising a son, to a new way of life compared to their own upbringing. I especially enjoyed the shots of WWII city life as most documentaries I have seen have mostly focused on evacuations and the front line, but this instead showed what life was like in a major city. Overall I enjoyed this film a great deal, from its unique form of storytelling to its charming and colourful animation style.
4. 10 Cloverfield Lane – If you are like me, then over the last few years you will have been calling out for a Cloverfield sequel since Cloverfield's original released in 2008. For years I have kept tabs on it to see if such a film was going to happen or not, and so far no official sequel has appeared; a spiritual successor has though. 10 Cloverfield Lane is a very different film to the original Cloverfield. Whilst the first film was a found footage drama about a group of people trying to survive a monster attack on New York City; 10 Cloverfield Lane is about a young lady (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who finds herself in a bomb shelter with two other people, and begins to get cold feet surrounding the older of the two (John Goodman). The film in essence is both a psychological and science fiction horror as for the first good half you get the feeling that something is going on above ground as the characters get used to a new life underground, until the main character finds evidence that suggests that everything underground isn't groovy either, eventually leading to a tense situation that culminates in a giant twist that makes you rethink everything you have just seen. 10 Cloverfield Lane is a one-of-a-kind film that makes you want to feel out for your Teddy Bear and grip it tight.
3. Independence Day: Resurgence – Much like number four on this list, if you are like me and absolutely love the Roland Emmerich science fiction film Independence Day, you will have also been hoping that maybe one day there might be a sequel to it; well (two decades later), one has indeed been released. Twenty years after the events of the first film, humanity has used the technology scrounged from the remains of the alien fleet to upgrade their own technology and bolster up defences of planet Earth. This however has not turned out to be all that fruitful however, as the once defeated alien empire has decided to enact a counter attack by sending in a much bigger force than the last one. The first film's core cast (minus an obvious one) have returned to fight alongside a new cast of characters including (but not limited to); Liam Hemsworth, Jessie T. Usher and Maika Monroe. The film itself was once again packed with a jaw dropping cavalcade of special effects that once again bring the awe and fascination that the first film did so well, but does not content itself by making a simple remake, but a strong sequel that does things a little bit differently and contains several other genres, not just the basic few. Overall I was mightily pleased with the end result.
2. Your Name. – If you look through the prolific catalogue of films produced by Studio Ghibli, there are many highlighted classics. Having recently become a major fan of the studio's works, I am always on the lookout for new films to watch to add to my growing collection. Some of the films on show though that do not necessarily grab my attention however are the convoy of teen based romantic dramas. In most cases I actually try to avoid them as they don't really appeal to me. Well this year, I saw a film which was along those lines (not released by Studio Ghibli) while also entwined with a Science Fiction enhanced story that within an instant became one of my favourite films this year. Your Name. is a Japanese Anime film directed by (Makoto Shinkai), which tells the tales of a boy and girl who have never met and live in completely opposite locations miles apart from each other, but for some reason get connected, as when they sleep, they dream the lives of the other, not realizing at first, that in reality they have in fact changed bodies. It is a strange film to begin with that leads to some really funny situations, but things take a sudden turn which causes one character to search out the other and come across a grim reality that makes them attempt to change the course of history. I must say I actually really enjoyed it. I was put off at first by its romantic idea, but upon finishing wanted to give it a standing ovation. It was so different, yet so unique that I was left gobsmacked for one that I enjoyed such a film that I would have normally tried so hard to put off. By failing to look round that I did not properly foresee the science fiction elements that I just so love and the two together created a potent mix that made me leave the cinema with a smile across my face. I absolutely enjoyed this film to its absolute core and it has made me rethink my earlier stance on romantic teen anime films.
1. Deadpool – Just bear with me for a moment as I get my head in the right frame of mind for this one…
With all the super hero related movies that are getting released these days, I think it's good that we have at least one film that we as an audience can actually connect with. Saving the world is good and all, but what about when you return home and find out that some maniac has kidnapped your girlfriend, I think we can all agree that that is probably far more important! Deadpool is the next major spin-off in the X-Men Film Series and stars everyone's loud mouthed mercenary as he sets out not to save the world, but rescue his girlfriend and hope he can receive some good plastic surgery in the process. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, Deadpool stars Ryan Reynolds in the lead role, backed up with the talents of Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller and Morena Baccarin in what has to be one of the strangest films of all time. Deadpool is not your run of the mill superhero movie, as Deadpool isn't really a superhero, more just someone rather deadly you don't want to offend. Deadpool comes wrapped in a neat pile of action, guns, violence, comedy, sexual antics and fourth wall breaking moments to create a truly incredible experience that will have other superhero movies (and super heroes) taking notice. Altogether this film creates a matchless form of cinematic awesomeness becoming not just the most standout film of this year, but also my absolute favourite film of 2016.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
'Lines and Colors' Review
review on "Trail Of Steel" in his fantastic 'Lines and Colors' blog, of which I have been a follower for many years now. To go with my new post today, here is a number of options I sketched when researching for the graphic novel's cover.
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
See You At CTNX Burbank Soon!
CTN Expo in Burbank this coming Saturday November 17th between 3 and 5 pm in one of the booths set up for the occasion in the perimeter hall (see map), around the area where the stands are. So I hope to see you there soon!
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Sunday, November 04, 2012
Drawings And More Hometown
Palma called Cappuccino (this particular one in Carrer Sant Miquel, really fantastic place).
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|Double Tiger Lily 'Flora Pleno'
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I rejoice this summer for all the rain and "normalness" we've had, weatherwise.
As many others experienced or recall, last year was the hottest, driest summer we have ever lived through in this part of the United States. It set all kinds of records that I hope never to see broken. My bloom day post for July 2012 shows a pathetic lack of blooms.
This year the garden is blooming and showing all kinds of blooms in mid-summer.
Shall we take a walk around the backyard and see what we can see?
Please ignore all of the weeds, tree seedlings and general lack of deadheading, as this has also been a busy summer, and I was on vacation out of town for ten days just a week ago.
We'll step off the patio, past this container which contains a banana plant and some vinca.
|Common banana plant with vinca flowers
In the corner of the fence, a hydrangea is beginning to really bloom.
|Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'
We'll head down a path now called Ridgewood Avenue where we can see the "backside" of the August Dreams Garden border.
|Eupatorium dubium 'Little Joe'
Further down, a tall white phlox is showing its stuff.
|Phlox paniculata 'David'
We'll leave this border now, and head over to the Vegetable Garden Cathedral.
|Dill setting seed
Elsewhere in the garden, the corn is tasseling.
Leaving the vegetable garden,we come around to another garden border called The Shrubbery.
|Buddleia variety not remembered
No time to rest, we are coming up now to Plopper's Field.
|Heliopsis 'Loraine Sunshine' and Phlox paniculata
The main section of the border shows just how "full" Plopper's Field has become.
|Plopper's Field looking south
Or walk around the border and see the daisies and coneflowers.
|Plopper's Field looking east
One more view of Plopper's Field from the other side.
|Plopper's Field looking north
I also see a clematis scampering through the serviceberry tree on the corner of Plopper's Field.
|Clematis triternata 'Rubromartinata'
Let's go around to the front garden to see some blooms there, too.
|Burpee's Cool Wave® Pansies
On the other side of the sidewalk, in a border I have yet to name, some pink coreopsis self-seed themselves around every year and I just let them be.
|Coreopsis rosea with Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
There are other flowers to see, but nothing else too exciting in the front, where the theme is "let's not go all wild so they think a crazy gardener lives here". We'll return to the back where we started, and admire the black-eyed Susan's in August Dreams Gardens.
|Rudbeckia hirta
What is blooming in your garden in mid-July? I'd love to see and read about whatever it is that brightens your garden on the 15th of every month.
Please join in with your own Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day post. Just post on your blog about what is blooming this month in your garden and then come back here and leave a link to your blog post in the Mr. Linky widget below along with a brief comment to entice us to virtually visit your garden.
The rules for Garden Blogger's Bloom Day are simple... no rules! You can include pictures, lists, no lists, common names, botanical names, whatever you'd like to do to showcase your blooms. You can post early, you can post late. We are grateful for whatever you share with us. Thank you, and all are welcome!
Now, say it together with me...
"We can have flowers nearly every month of the year." ~ Elizabeth Lawrence