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Family and friends are welcome to attend the commencement ceremony
We look forward to welcoming you to campus as we celebrate the wonderful accomplishments of your student. Family and friends are welcome to attend the commencement ceremony and this special event will not require a ticket this year. Below is information to help you plan your visit including accessibility accommodations, hotels, religious offerings, dining hours, parking, and more. Please contact us with any questions we may not have addressed here. Contact us by email at email@example.com or phone us at 781-283-2375.
Start planning your trip to Wellesley College months in advance. Many book hotel rooms months in advance in antiicpation of graduation season.
The Office of Parent & Family Programs has reserved a room block at a group rate for the families of the Class of 2020 at several area hotels. Rooms are based on availability. Please make sure to request the Wellesley College Commencement room block.
- To reserve the Hampton Inn, Natick, MA click on the hotel name or call 1-508-653-5000.
- To reserve the Verve Crowne Plaza in Natick, MA please call 1-800-265-0330.
- To reserve the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, MA, please contact the hotel by phone at 1-781- 239-4000, ask for the Reservation Office, and request the Wellesley College Commencement room block.
- To reserve the Marriott Courtyard, Natick, MA, click on the hotel name or call 1-508-655-6100.
- To reserve the Residence Inn, Natick, MA, click on the hotel name or call 1-508-651-5250.
The Wellesley College 2020 Commencement Ceremony is taking place just after the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which falls on Thursday evening, May 28, 2020 through Saturday, May 30, 2020. Shavuot services will be held on Thursday, May 28 and Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30 at the following local synagogues:
Need disability-related accommodations? Students or guests needing disability accommodations during Commencement should make accommodation requests using the Disability Accommodation Requests online form by May 15, 2020.
Questions? Email email@example.com or call 781-283-1300 or 781-283-2434. View map with disability access points on campus.
Manual Wheelchair for use during Commencement
Requested wheelchairs will be available on the morning of Commencement. Your family member will need to sign for the chair at pickup and return it by 3:00 p.m. To rent a wheelchair privately, you may contact Byrne Home Health Center in Natick by calling 508-655-3656.
Accessible Seating because of a mobility, hearing, seeing, or health-related disability or impairment
There is limited seating capacity in the accessible areas of the Severance Green Tent, as well as indoors at Alumnae Hall Auditorium. When registering for accommodations, please alert us if you would prefer to use one of the tickets for the main tent your student has been allotted, or if you would prefer to have seating indoors at Alumnae Hall Auditorium, which is air conditioned. We will do our best to accommodate your first choice.
Accessible Seating with Aisle Space for a guest using a wheelchair
Please make a request to ensure enough maneuvering and aisle space.
Accessible Drop-off Area
There will be a drop-off area at Commencement for guests with disabilities who request this and are being driven to the ceremony.
Accessible Parking Area
A designated parking area will be provided for guests who have mobility impairments and are driving themselves and make this request.
Transportation between Parking Area, Ceremony, and Reception with lift-equipped Van
Transportation will be available upon request to get guests with disabilities to and from parking, the ceremony, and the reception.
Interpreters, Transliterators, and Captioning for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing
Requests may be made for a sign language interpreter for American Sign Language (ASL), Signed English, Cued Speech, and Video Captioning Seating.
Alternative-Format Programs for individuals who are blind or have low vision
Requests may be made for audio, large print, or Braille Commencement programs: Please make your request for a large print or Braille Commencement program early to allow for production time.
Wellesley Fresh Dining Hours for 2020 will be posted in the Spring.
2019 Hours:
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Bae Pao Lu: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Tower: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Ramadan Service 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Pomeroy: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Bates: 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Emporium: 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Leaky Beaker: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Bates: 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Bae Pao Lu: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Tower: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM * Closed for Picnic Lunch
Ramadan Service 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Pomeroy: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Emporium: 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Leaky Beaker: Closed
*Optional Picnic Lunch at Tower Courtyard. See Ticket information.
Friday, May 31, 2019
Bates: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Tower: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Pomeroy: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Collins Cafe 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM *Near ceremony venue
Emporium: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Leaky Beaker: Closed
More information about our culinary centers
There is no shuttle service or golf cart service on Thursday. If you are attending any activities on campus, please only park in public parking areas. The Davis Garage and the Science Center Meadow may be used for all activities. Founders Lot parking will open for the public after 3:30pm.
Parking attendants will guide families to several locations around campus. Once you have arrived on campus via the Route 16 or Route 135 entrances and are on College Road, parking attendants will be available to help you find a parking space. A designated parking area will be provided for guests who require accessible parking and have the appropriate tag.
Please take note of the lot you are parked in. It is easy to forget which location you are parked in as many of the spaces are in fields.
There will be transportation, both shuttle service and golf car service, from the parking areas to the ceremony and back to the parking areas.
View the Commencement Map and print a copy to note where you have parked.
Commencement Exercises Sunday:
Tickets will not be required for the ceremony in 2020. There should be adequate seating to accommodate your guests. Additionally, there is seating available in air conditioned venues including Jewett Auditorium, Collins Cinema, and Pendleton Hall. This ceremony is also livestreamed.
Baccalaureate Saturday:
Each graduating senior will be issued one complimentary guest ticket for the Baccalaureate service at Houghton Chapel. Seating is limited in the chapel. No additional tickets may be purchased. Only seniors and guests with a ticket will be seated inside the Chapel. Additional viewing areas will be available for family members and the service will be livestreamed.
Please take into consideration the ever-changing nature of New England Weather. The Commencement ceremony under the tent on Severance Green Lawn will continue rain or shine. In the event of rain, please be prepared to wear appropriate shoes and clothing. We also recommend bringing your own reusable water bottle to help reduce the use of disposable plastic bottles and cups. This is particularly helpful in the case of a very warm day. There will be water stations set up at the ceremony.
Commencement Flowers will be set up on Severance Green on Friday morning to offer beautiful bouquets of flowers for sale. You may also pre-order flowers if you prefer. Order Flowers in advance or at the kiosk located near the ceremony.
Class Rings, Diploma Frames, Announcements are available through Herff Jones.
The Wellesley College Bookstore has wonderful gift ideas. The Bookstore Hours will be:
Friday: 9am-3pm
Saturday: 9am-3pm
Sunday: 9am-5pm
Safety and security are paramount at Commencement.
Our safety precautions are intended to ensure Commencement and related events run smoothly. We appreciate your assistance as we work to ensure that Commencement is a joyous occasion for all.
Bags, Luggage, Backpacks, and Other Large Containers
Commencement attendees are respectfully discouraged from bringing large bags, luggage, backpacks, and other large containers to any Commencement activities. Please know that all such bags and containers are subject to search. Attendees are also asked not to leave personal property unattended while attending Commencement.
In the event unattended property is discovered, it may be inspected in place, removed, and searched for ownership information by College officials. Any removed property may be recovered at the Wellesley College Police Department located in the Davis Parking Facility or you can call campus police at 781.283.2121 (extension 2121 on-campus) to inquire about removed or recovered property.
Obtaining a travel visa for family members to visit from other countries?
If you would like to invite your immediate family members to visit the United States for your graduation ceremony, they may need to apply for a B-1/B-2 tourist visa at the American Embassy in their home country. The Registrar's Office will assist you by providing the letter authenticating that your student is a graduate at the commencement ceremony. Students should visit this page and submit the Google Form to the Registrar's Office to begin the process. Questions? contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Wellesley College videotapes the full Commencement Exercises and posts this video on YouTube for students and families to enjoy.
The respective companies will contact graduating seniors directly to offer these items for sale. You are not under any obligation to purchase the photos.
Panoramic Photos of Senior Graduating Class on Severance Hill:
Panfoto, 781.788.9595, Order form
The senior class photo is scheduled to be taken on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 1:15 p.m.
Individual Photos of Graduates Receiving Diplomas:
Grad Images is the professional photographer hired for this event to capture three different photographs of each student during the conferring of degrees. These photographs will be available for students and their families to order. We encourage all students to pre-register with Grad Images in order to have viewing access to the proofs. Pre-Registration closes on commencement day. Register here
Once pre-registration closes, students and families who would like to see the proofs and haven't pre-registered should contact: Customer Service Department at (800) 261-2576, online at www.gradimages.com, or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Grad Images has a large team of customer care representatives ready to help graduates and family members with anything they may need.
Additional Photo opportunities with your student
Wellesley College Campus is alive with beautiful plantings and gorgeous outdoor settings. Throughout the Commencement activities, there will be many opportunities to take photographs. Here are some of our favorite photo opportunities:
Senior Week activities
Saturday Senior Class Photo
Saturday Procession to the Chapel for Baccalaureate
Saturday post Baccalaureate Reception
Sunday pre ceremony and post ceremony
During the commencement ceremony we recommend that families stay at their seat and snap a photo of the Jumbo Screen showing their student processing and more fun candid shots that will appear on the viewing screens in all locations.
Friday post ceremony light lunch is a beautiful setting for gathering everyone together for celebratory photos.


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A Plush Retreat!!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Oh my gahhhh.... a PLUSH RETREAT?! SHUTTUP! Apparently, there's an etsy street team called, "Plush Team" and they just had a retreat in Virginia this past weekend. Oh man... Amazing! Read more here. I'm just geeking out like whoa right now.
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I've been working hard on custom orders, craft fair prep, outgoing orders & this newly acquired part time gig... OMG SO BUSY but SO HAPPY! Closure at last with long overdue unresolved personal stupidities & openness with new projects & friends. FEELS GOOD (yeah). I think it feels especially great because I'm doing all this while within my own personal 'home.' And I have kitties. I love them they're so cute!
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Potrero View: January 2018
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Last year, I recounted in this column that, while walking home from an automobile repair shop, I discovered Martita's Kitchen, a Mexican … Keep Reading
St. Ignatius College Preparatory, a Catholic Jesuit high school located on 37th Avenue, has been educating Bay Area children for 160 years. … Keep Reading
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Marco Piro is one of those guys you see at almost every local show on any given evening. Ever the polite gentleman, Marco always makes it a point to walk up and introduce himself to anyone he hasn't met at the end of each show, and instead of bailing once his set is over, he always stays and supports the bands on the rest of the bill.
I've had the pleasure of seeing Marco play in numerous bands over the years and watch him grow into the well-rounded musician that he is today. He knows just about every band currently playing in our local circuit and has probably played with the better half of them. That's why Marco is the quintessential North County drummer; not because he was born in a Cadillac off the 805 freeway, but because he's been born and raised in the scene that we're all a part of today and knows it like no other.
It's because of this that I wanted to shine a light on him and his life so the rest of North County can better get to know their true ambassador of the scene. Like most young musicians growing up in North County, Marco began taking guitar lessons at Giacoletti's in Carlsbad at age 10 until he moved to Utah at 12 where he joined a couple of bands. Marco's dad, always supportive of his son's musical endeavors, decided to buy a cheap drum set so the boys wouldn't have to drag their drummer's set back and forth from his house. They set up a little recording studio at his place and the rest is history.
Marco's band history reads like a laundry list of now-defunct upstarts, including Pray For A Crash Landing, The Valentines/Her Alibye, The Carcinogens, The Merkaba Bandits (a former Scene and Heard-featured band), and Good Luck Mr. Gorsky.
One band drew Marco out to L.A. to live the dream playing shows at places like The Viper Room and The Troubadour, but the dream soon turned sour once the band was given the chance to play 15 shows on the East Coast leg of the Vans Warped Tour. Marco said they proceeded to kick him out of the band based on flimsy excuses. "It was actually the best thing that could've happened to me though, because that's when I moved back to San Diego and began working at Guitar Center," Marco said. It was working at Guitar Center where Marco really honed in on his craft; taking full advantage of all the talent, available drum kits, and instructional videos that were readily at his disposal.
With 11 years of drumming under his belt, Marco now plays for Vinyl Film — a super band of sorts with fellow scensters Justin Linn (of New Addiction fame) and bassist Miles Stanley (formerly of Good Luck Mr. Gorsky). I caught the 'Film play an awesome show at Fenway's in Carlsbad and everyone in the crowd seemed impressed with not only the band's sound, but with Marco's exceptional drumming. Praises and affirmations like "That drummer is freaking amazing!" or "Man, the drums are awesome!" came floating up from all over the dance floor and bar.
It seems as though things might be finally coming together for Marco. Vinyl Film just wrapped up recording their first six-track EP at Big Fish, where the boys worked with ultra-famous producer Ben Moore whose production resume is a who's who list of San Diego bands like Blink 182, Switchfoot, As I Lay Dying and No Knife. Look for "Save It Till the Morning," tentatively to be released sometime late November/early December, on iTunes or at your local record store. The band will then set out Jan. 13 to embark on their West Coast/10-shows-in-14-days tour in support of the new EP.
You can meet the emissary of our scene when Vinyl Film plays the Ruby Room in Hillcrest on Nov. 12 or at Mira Costa on Halloween. In the meantime, you can also hear their music on My Space at www.myspace.com/vinylfilm or become a fan of theirs on Facebook at www.facebook.com/vinylfilm.
Marco Piro: ambassador of the scene
Marco Piro is one of those guys you see at almost every local show on any given evening. Ever the polite gentleman, Marco always makes it a point to walk up and introduce himself to anyone he hasn't met at the end of each show, and instead of bailing once his set is over, he always stays and supports the bands on the rest of the bill.


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Our family has always had a "thing" for burritos. At least once a week they find their way into a meal; fish, beef, chicken, or veg, we love them all. This is our go-to recipe for our vegetarian version. They are full of nutrients and have the "more" quality that we're always striving for. The recipe for the filling makes a fair amount, but lasts for up to a week in the fridge, and is great alongside rice or scrambled eggs. Continue reading
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Black Bean & Quinoa Wraps
Earlier this spring I was catering for a large group, and was asked to provide a 50/50 split of vegetarian and meat sandwiches or wraps. This is so standard now, as many non-vegetarians simply don't want to be eating meat at every turn.
The vegetarian wraps would need to be sustaining, not just filled with veggies & sauce. I decided to do a mix of beans & quinoa, which would keep these folks energized all afternoon. The resulting mixture made for one of the best wraps I've ever had, a good ratio of filling to wrap, with a nice blend of textures. Continue reading
Bombay Chicken Wraps
Having wanted to design a recipe for an appetizer that didn't include seafood, cheese, or deep-frying, I came up with a miniature chicken salad, that is usually served in tiny pastry cups, croustades. I have, on occasion, served it on tortilla chips. I'm not sure when I started making these, but do know that it was many years ago! Perhaps back when Mumbai was still Bombay, maybe the early nineties?
Recently I morphed the idea into wraps for a luncheon I was catering, they were gone in a flash. The flavours work just as well in a bigger format.
If you don't have leftover cooked chicken to use, do what I do, buy a BBQ chicken from your grocer. Chill it, remove all the skin, fat & bones, and use all of the meat. This way you get a prefect mix of light and dark meat. It tends to be more economical than cooking even inexpensive fryer cuts. One standard BBQ chicken should give you about 650 grams of prepared meat, enough for 6 wraps.
The recipe shows amounts for 6 wraps, just use the appropriate portion if you are doing less. All of the ingredients can be prepared ahead of time, ready for assembly at your convenience. Continue reading


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Magento Gains Traction with Enterprise Merchants and Increases Global Talent Base
Los Angeles, CA - September 27, 2017 - Today at Shop.org's Digital Retail Conference, Magento Commerce, the worldwide leader in cloud digital commerce innovation, announced record growth of its next generation cloud platform with more than 50 percent of new mid-to-large enterprise customers choosing Magento Commerce Cloud. The company's strong momentum is a result of product innovation, expanding its community of partners, and hiring top talent across the globe.
Recent momentum comes on the heels of "The Forrester Wave™: B2B Commerce Suites For Midsize Organizations, Q3 2017" report, in which Magento was named a leader. The Wave evaluates the top B2B commerce platforms for mid-sized merchants with $50 to 500 million in total revenue, assessing market presence, breadth of current offerings and strategy. Magento was cited as a "best fit for mid-sized B2B companies that want an open, feature-rich solution that can be extended easily and inexpensively." The platform's ability to respond to the rapidly evolving B2B environment and provide merchants with flexible, scalable out-of-the-box solutions were major differentiators for Magento.
"Businesses today need to deliver differentiated experiences that keep pace with consumer expectations" said Mark Lavelle, CEO of Magento Commerce. "Magento's flexible cloud-based commerce platform is a perfect fit for businesses trying to keep up with the pace of change and the with the expectations of digital transformation. The success and adoption of our flagship product Magento Commerce has been the foundation of our growth. We are also thrilled to be opening our new offices in Los Angeles just as Shop.org kicks off this week."
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Five Dead as Militants Attack Christian Colony in Pakistan
Police say four suicide bombers attacked, one of them entering a church, but no one was there at the time. One Christian in the colony and the assailants are killed.
A group of militants attacked a Christian colony near Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar early Friday, triggering a shootout in which four attackers were killed and one Christian died, police and the military said.
Three security officials and two civilian guards were wounded in the attack.
Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa said in a statement that the attack was quickly repulsed and that security forces were searching for any accomplices of the attackers.
Pakistan's army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif praised security forces for foiling the attack.
Local police official Shaukat Khan said four suicide bombers entered the Christian colony and one of them went into a church but no one was there at the time. He said they killed one Christian in the colony.
He said a quick response from the local civilian guards and security forces prevented more deaths.
No one claimed responsibility but the attack came a day after the military said it foiled a bid by the Islamic State group to expand its network into this predominantly Muslim country, with the military arresting 309 suspects, including IS members from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Carte Generale des Decouvertes De l'Amiral de Fonte Et Autres Navigateurs Espagnoles, Anglois et Russes, pour la recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud . . . Septembre 1752.
Published 1752, Paris
An unrecorded state of Joseph-Nicolas de l'Isle's landmark map of the Pacific North West and of the Northwest Passage. "It is of exceptional historical importance and rarity and was at the centre of one the most heated cartographic debates in history." At the heart of this debate was the speculative depiction of the Arctic and Pacific coast with its mythical "Mer de l'Ouest".
De l'Isle's map was earmarked for publication in the pamphlet "Nouvelles cares des découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte, et autres navigateurs espagnols, portugais, anglais, hollandais, françois et russes, dans les mers septentrionales" for Paris' Académie Royale des Sciences in 1753. His family connection to the renown Guillaume de l'Isle, one of the most important and influential cartographers of the 18th Century, as well as his service in the Royal Academy in St-Petersburg with access to early records of Russian exploration of East Asia by the likes of Frondat, Tchirkow,and Berhing, provided him with an air of respectability and gave credence to his speculations however far fetched they might have been. It should be noted that his older brother, Guillaume, did produce a manuscript map in 1696 that toyed with the concept of an inland sea in the Pacific North West of America, but was never actually published. Furthermore, although Jean-Baptiste Nolin did publish a wall map using this spurious depiction in 1700, which was later copied by Pierre Mortier's Mappe Monde in 1705, the controversial depiction and the implications that it entailed remained somewhat dormant for the next 50 years.
However, this all changed when Joseph-Nicolas de l'Isle and his brother in law, Philippe Buache, produced a manuscript map to the Academy Royale in 1750 and was subsequently published with certain modifications by Buache in his landmark map Carte des Nouvelles Découvertes au Nord de la Mer du Sud in 1752. Although de l'Isle attempted to distance himself from Buache's depiction, it proved insufficient in suppressing the debate that it unleashed both intellectually and in the search for the Northwest passage to Asia by different explorers intent on gaining fame and riches.
It should be noted that this particular copy of de l'Isle's map, both in its rarity and value, are further enhanced by its current unrecorded state. Of the two known states with their respective paginations on the upper right or left hand corners, this copy has neither. It is most likely that the present copy was issued independently before it was published in the pamphlet. As such, it is interesting to observe distinctive rule marks suggesting a very early strike or possibly a proof state, thus explaining the heavy stock paper that was used and the lack of a centrefold.
This example is exceptional both for its historical significance to the cartography of the Pacific Northwest and for its unrecorded state. It is a rare find.
(Sources:Kershaw#1208-09, Wagner, Apocryphal Voyages…pp.29-38, Wagner, The Cartography of NW Coast #571, Tooley, Mapping of America, pp.35-6, Falk, Alaskan Maps, Geographicus)


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At nineteen, a young Namrata had been fascinated in an otherwise insipid Torts lecture. Her professor was recounting her 21 day long honeymoon in Kashmir. From the twinkle in her eyes and the radiance that blurred the wrinkles on her face, she could sense that the charm her professor associated with Kashmir wasn't merely a fallacy of words. From that moment on, she wanted to make that radiance her own, that sweet high in the voice her own, the tale of being hitched, being in love and being in Kashmir her own.
Twelve years on, Namrata is going to Kasmir to mark the occasion of her fifth wedding anniversary. But Namrata and Pranav's marriage is in a state that does not even remotely justify being hitched, being in love and being in Kashmir. The dream was another world and the execution is another. Where once she imagined to lose herself in love, will she lose her love (or what she had formerly believed to be love)?
- Anniversary and Kashmir; maybe, maybe not
- Between boarding, books and bickering
- Contrast
- Daybreak and Doubts
- Envy
- Fault Lines
- Going Places
- How I met your mother
- Impulse
- Just in Time
- Karaoke and Kinesis
- Lessons
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"experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." -randy pausch
Saturday, April 6, 2013
meet coolie, the baby gate
lately coolie is on baby gate duty.
i knew i liked that 6 foot bear.
my poor computer gets the wrath of the baby man.
the router just keeps hanging on by a thread!
coolie's back on the other hand...
i have some mending to do.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
black batman holds down the fort
while i was making dinner...
not a single crayon left in the jar.
coloring is serious work around these parts.
black batman holds down the fort instead.
sean fertilizes the lawn.
it's almost mowing time.
chase eats graham crackers and raspberries in his high chair.
no one fights the entire time.
this is a miracle of epic proportions.
they all ate their dinners.
i know,
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dinner is ready
april SHOWERS {bring may flowers: vinegar & blue dawn}
april showers bring may flowers.
it's a rainy day and my kids are going stir crazy already.
good thing it's friday and my shower is SPARKLING.
vinegar and blue dawn!!!
where have you been all my life???
the after pic doesn't even do it justice.
and i'm not talking about tierra!
i will never clean my tub any other way ever again!
HOLY MOLEY sweet HEAVEN above!
Microwave white vinegar for 90 seconds.
Add to cleaning spray bottle.
Add 1/2 cup blue ultra dawn,
Swirl gently.
Spray tub, glass, walls of tub, etc.
Leave for 1-2 hours {i watched tv for 2 1/2 hours}
no wiping,
no leaning over my tub sweating and swearing at it,
just spray & wash away!
i totally sound like an infomercial.
now go do your magician work on your tub.
i can't stop looking at it.
every time i walk by i have to pull back the curtain and stare.
you won't believe your eyes.
at 11:45pm last night sean and i couldn't even pick our mouths up off of the bathroom floor.
you're gonna want to stop strangers on the street to tell them about it.
it's really that amazing.
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oh to be a kid.
i don't know why i even get them dressed in the morning.
they strip down at even the smell of sun.
in fact,
it doesn't even have to be warm out.
oh to be a kid.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
dear chase {today you turned 1.}
dear chase,
today you turned 1.
brennan blew out your candle.
your cousins, dad, max, and i all cheered you on.
you tried to grab the candle about ten times before it was blown out.
andrea held you and kept you safe while i took about a thousand pictures of it all.
you ate your cupcake the tidiest i have ever seen a baby eat a 1st baby cupcake.
i didn't put a bib on you b/c i love your chubby chest and arms.
i thought for sure we'd be cleaning cake and frosting off of your tummy for hours after,
but you just picked up perfect little bite sized bites and ate
including half of the paper wrapper.
you might have eaten 3 quarters of the wrapper.
b/c there was barely anything left of it at all by the time we realized what you were gnawing on.
it was so funny.
i made cupcakes with a reese's peanut butter cup inside of them
and chocolate and peanut butter frosting.
you were so pleased.
i just can't get over how you ate your cupcake without getting any mess on yourself
other than your hands and face.
it has to be some kind of baby record.
all day you played in the sandbox.
sometimes the older kids would come and scoop sand onto your legs,
but most of the time you were just happy to dig in the sand all by yourself.
you can play in the sandbox for half an hour by yourself in the backyard.
sometimes i put your out there while i need to do something in the kitchen.
i run back and forth checking on you about every 2 minutes,
and you are always sitting there digging in the sand.
you crawled over to the slide with max and she played peek-a-boo with you there for a long time.
i was inside frosting your cupcakes.
you were such a good boy all day.
you took two naps,
you drank your milk out of a sippy cup.
you wouldn't stay out of the kitchen and pantry.
i kept chasing you in and out over and over and over again.
finally dad remembered that we used to put rubber bands on the knobs when max was a baby,
so he popped two babies on our side by side cabinets
and vwallah.
i was SO excited,
and couldn't believe that i had forgotten that we used to do that until now.
you have red hair.
but it's getting lighter.
especially over the last few weeks.
b/c we've been outside in the sun a lot.
people stop me in the store to ooo and ahhh over your red hair and blue eyes.
your eyes are so so so blue.
when you look up at me in the sun,
it looks like the most crystal clear blue ocean staring right back at me.
your skin is the softest baby skin i can ever remember feeling in my life.
you have blonde eyelashes that glisten in the sun.
and blonde eyebrows.
and perfectly pink lips.
when you are just out of the bath it feels like satin.
SOFTER than satin.
it's amazing.
and it's so soft and gushy that my hands could just lotion you all day and all night.
your chest and arms are the best.
you still let me feed you from a spoon,
but you love to grab your food with your chubby cabbage patch hands
and feed yourself the most.
i love that your feed yourself the most.
you can eat everything we eat.
i always bite your grapes in half,
smoosh your blueberries just a little,
pinch off dime sized pieces of your quesadillas,
and cut up your spaghetti and meat,
but the spaghetti strings always hang out of your mouth.
you slurp them in or use the back of your hand to maneuver them down the good ol' hatchet.
you know what you like and cannot be tricked into eating what you don't want to eat.
your tongue starts pushing out what you don't want and then you usually smear your fist all over your face until it's gone for good.
it's like watching a crash in slow motion.
but fast.
you know?
when you're done,
you're done.
you get bored when you're done.
and entertain yourself by playing air hockey with your food across your tray
until all of your food is at the bottom on your highchair.
on the
it's great.
someday we will have hardwood there,
and i will always remember and talk about how i used to pick up food off of the carpet under the kitchen table and high chair that used to be there.
i don't want to think about the high chair not being there.
you are the fastest crawler i have ever seen.
you can get across a room in record time.
you're freaky fast.
like jimmy johns.
but faster.
you love to hold a car in your hand and crawl around with it while the wheels turn.
especially if it makes noise.
you bob up and down and pump your legs whenever music comes on.
i remember max used to do this too.
i don't know if brennan did, but i'm guessing he probably did.
it's just so cute.
today you opened a winnie the pooh singing birthday card and did your dancing bob and leg shake.
then you would close the card,
open it again.
do your dancing bob and leg shake.
over and over and over again.
you are by FAR the most difficult baby to get your diaper changed.
it is worse than dressing an octopus.
or that alien from independence day.
i have given you cookies,
toys {that never really works},
medicine bottles,
but mostly i just try to make loud high pitched sounds and funny faces.
i am 100% positive i look ridiculous.
you just roll your body over,
and i stand there in the most contorted poses like a weird game of twister,
trying to flip you back over and not get any poo anywhere.
usually i just sit there laughing b/c i envision how funny i must be looking right at that very moment.
like if i were on the tee-vee.
but sometimes i just let you crawl away naked.
until i decide i'd better just wrestle a diaper onto you before i end up cleaning up pee out of my carpet too.
sometimes i will pin you down and start to tickle you or blow into your armpits,
and you will laugh and laugh and laugh.
and do your deep baby man chuckle,
and then you start to cry so i try to put your diaper on again,
and then you roll over again,
and try to twist your way out,
and then i blow on your belly and you laugh,
and we do this over
and over
and over.
and a diaper always makes it onto your bum eventually.
and then it's time to change your bum again before too long.
i love it when dad takes a turn.
b/c then i get to laugh and the both of you.
this week you have been coming up to me,
standing up,
and then letting go.
and you stand there for 2 seconds holding onto nothing,
just standing all by your own big boy self,
and then you look at me all surprised.
and then you fall down onto your bum.
and i clap for you.
and then you do it again.
and i can see that you are so proud of yourself.
and i'm so proud of you too:)
and then i get scared b/c i know you'll be walking soon.
and i am never in any kind of a rush for that.
but it's just so exciting when you first do it anyway.
so i'm a little excited b/c i love to watch you grow.
you crawled up the entire big staircase all by yourself last week.
no one even knew the gate was open.
you came around the hall corner,
and i was scared to death that you had done it.
and relieved that you didn't look backwards and fall down to the bottom.
i still get anxious thinking about it.
you love it when people chase you.
today brennan chased you around the kitchen table,
and you laughed and squealed the entire time.
i was so happy to see my two boys playing together and happy.
you love to play in the doll house with max.
she puts her dolls all over the doll house,
and you bang your guys {and sometimes the princesses} on the different levels.
you love to play with the princesses.
i put you in her room by yourself sometimes with the door closed,
if i need to dry my hair or get dressed without chasing you around the upstairs,
and you just love to play with all of the toys in the doll house.
and then you eventually make your way to the baby monitor and unplug it,
and then i come in to get you.
you wake up around 6am,
dad goes downstairs,
pours and warms a bottle of milk for you,
and then you drink it in your crib,
and if we are lucky you fall back asleep for a couple more hours.
but sometimes you poop and then you don't go back to sleep.
but you stay in your room and talk to yourself until the other kids wake up,
and then we come in to get you.
i feel like you are the first real baby i have ever had.
which is strange b/c you are our third baby.
but there are the big kids and then there's you.
the baby man.
and we all love that you are the baby in our family.
i think it's b/c the first baby is a shock,
the second baby i like playing house {at least it was for me},
and then the third baby is just real life.
you cry when people take toys away from you.
a cry like someone has hurt you b/c you're so mad.
you wake up more during the night at this age than any of our other babies.
you LOVE graham crackers and milk.
when we are walking them over to you,
you clench your fists, smile REALLY REALLY BIG,
make little excited baby man noises,
and your entire body starts to shake b/c you're so excited.
you said "dada" once and pointed to dad.
dad is always the winner in this department of firsts.
but now you say "mom" all of the time.
i can hear you saying it over the monitor in the mornings,
calling out to me from your crib.
it makes me want to get out of bed and come to get you.
you crawl over to me and crawl up my legs and say it.
i love to hear your sweet voice say "mom."
you mimic other things i do to.
like when i say "blah" and stick out my tongue if you're touching something yucky.
you do it and make your own "blah."
i LOOOOOOOOVE it!!!
you are so so busy.
i thought you were going to be a tee-vee baby,
but i don't think that anymore.
i love to hear your jabber away to yourself.
and squawk your baby man squawk.
lately you've been yelling out in a loud kind of talking voice when you want or need something.
your facial expressions could make us a fortune.
i love to watch your brain think about things.
your favorite thing to do inside is to put things into bins and buckets,
and then take them out.
sometimes you dump them out,
but usually you put them in one by one,
and take them out one by one.
with vigor.
we all love to watch you do it.
you chase balls around like a cat chase's {ha} a toy with catnip.
i am laughing right now b/c i'm realizing how much you love to CHASE things.
you love the shower.
you would sit under it and stick your tongue out for a drink forever.
you are shy.
when new people come to our house
you put your head down on my shoulder and lay there really still for awhile.
it is one of my most favorite things you do.
i could hold you on my hip like that all day.
so calm and sweet.
i do hold you on my hip almost all day,
but usually you are trying to squirm forward,
side to side,
and all around.
except when i'm walking around the house.
then you just hold onto my shoulder and are just happy to be carried wherever i go.
but the thing i will remember most about you
are all of your sweet baby sounds.
your sweet baby man sounds.
i adore you.
every chubby inch of you.
and i love to kiss your perfectly pink lips.
and comb your little red hair.
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birthday letters
the baby man {1}
he went for the card first.
such good manners already;)
happy birthday to my baby man!!!
last year i was
doing this
caped crusaders.
partners in crime.
big plans in my kitchen today.
and smooching on the baby man.
fastest year of my entire life.
and i mean that in a good way:)
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Monday, April 1, 2013
letters to Beth {running out of gas & EASTER}
{this picture is a christmas miracle on easter
b/c everyone was crying and whining before and after
in all of the other shots we took. don't know how we got so lucky.
in a last desperate plea we told them the easter bunny was hiding in the camera
SNAP! hooray! can't believe it actually worked.}
Dear Beth,
i tore apart my entire house for over 2 hours on saturday night,
organized two dressers,
one closet,
and gave away 4 bags of clothes to the goodwill
in search of the little white coat i wanted chase to wear on easter.
my kids were all asleep, but i turned on the lights in their room {max and B} and rumaged around.
they didn't move a muscle.
love that about them.
at midnight i decided to call it quits,
but i was feeling so disappointed that i couldn't find it.
and it was bugging me b/c i knew it was somewhere.
the next morning sean even looked through our dresser to try to find it for me,
but to no avail!
and then, it came to me.
the bin under the big bed in max's old room.
i hadn't looked there the night before b/c chase isn't the deepest of sleepers yet,
and i didn't want to risk waking him up.
but there in all of it's white linen glory it was!!!
among 10 pink baby girl outfits and blankets.
5 minutes before we left for church on easter morning.
i was jumping up and down screaming i was so excited.
{and also pretty happy that all of the dressers and brennan's closet was cleaned out too.}
{i'd been meaning to do it for awhile now.}
i was so SO SO happy to have found it.
it was brennan's at this age.
it's one of "those" coats that i will never part with.
when i die you will find it in MY dresser i love it so much:)
in all of the excitement max snuck on a pair of green fairy flip flops to wear with her dress and hopped in the car.
we didn't realize it until we had already left.
and it was just fine.
but it was funny.
b/c you had this pretty pink toole dress {is that how you spell tool/toole???} and these green and purple fairy flip flops.
we like to keep things classy around here.
i ate two chocolate dipped peeps and a banana for breakfast before we left.
and a handful of reese's pieces.
then we jammed to sean's parent's house for our 3rd hunt of the season.
it was grand.
otter pops, eggs, silly string, candy, and ring pops gallore!
we went to church with them and then came home to a ham, potato, and deviled egg feast.
and then the most exciting part of the night was when we ran out of gas on the way home.
yep. we did.
i have never run out of gas in my life.
you're sitting there and you're begging your car to just go a little bit further,
but it just won't.
and you wish you would have stopped for gas earlier.
costco gas doesn't stay open later.
in case you didn't already know.
i think we forgot that we knew that already.
too bad we didn't remember that while we passed the 5 gas stations on the way TO costco gas.
and we literally ran out pulling up to the coned off and closed down costco gas.
so we rolled the car down to the bottom of the costco parking lot,
and i waiting in the car with the kids while sean ran back to the prostop for a gallon of gas.
while he was gone i rationed max's sippy cup of milk between the three kids.
we had been gone for 8 hours and everyone's sugar high had worn off.
i made the mistake of giving chase the milk first.
and then i made another mistake of giving max the milk second.
i think brennan got about a teaspoon by the end and everyone but him was bawling by the time we got home.
and then when we walked in the house he started bawling.
everyone had a bowl of cereal and grapes and big glasses of ice cold milk.
we all collapsed and went to bed early.
also, i now own a 6 foot tall vermont teddy bear.
my parents are completely responsible.
my kids have never loved a present so much.
i secretly love it.
you know me though, always love a BIG surprise.
brennan cried and cried last night that he couldn't have "Coolie" {that's what he named him, b/c "he's cool"} sleep with him in his bed.
this morning they are all sitting on him {Coolie} watching tee-vee.
and i am running back and forth from the little stairs and the kitchen trying to teach chase how to go up and down the stairs.
he always tries to go head first.
but then once i flip him around and he crawls backwards to the bottom.
i've found him grunting and stuck halfway down them head first about twenty times this morning already.
he is so strong and doesn't even cry.
he just sits there grunting with his big muscles holding him up,
and then i run over and flip him around and he crawls down backwards,
and then crawls right back up to the top.
and then he does it all over again.
i have about 2 minutes between each dive.
or 2 seconds.
i am so glad to get back to our routine this week.
i feel like doing absolutely nothing for the entire day today.
except maybe shower.
i'd really love a shower.
still not sure if that is going to happen.
the baby man turns 1 tomorrow.
i can't believe it.
how was your easter?
i hope it was HOPPY one.
no foolin;)
have you ever run out of gas before?
what did you make for easter dinner?
are you understanding any of church in german yet?
the catholic in me always wants to skip our church on easter and go to mass.
and then brunch at the country club after.
we want to come visit.
and let's start our food blog soon.
i've been ALL ABOUT crock-pot cooking lately.
the stroganoff recipe has been my favorite so far.
it calls for half a cube of butter.
that's probably why.
TO.DIE.FOR. and it only took me 15 minutes to prepare. 2 hours to cook. vwallah.
i made two batches and froze one.
here it is.
1/2 c chopped onion
1/4 c butter
1lb stew meat {i bought grass fed beef. it was AMAZING.}
1/8 tsp paprika
2 c chopped mushrooms
3/4 c sour cream
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 c cream cheese
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1. mix sour cream, cream cheese {room temp or nuke it for 30 sec first}, and mushroom soup in small bowl. 2. add everything else and toss to coat well.
3. put in freezer bag for a fast meal later
OR put in your crock pot right now.
4. COOK on LOW for 2-2 1/2 hours if thawed
or LOW for 4-5 hours if frozen.
**i haven't cooked the frozen one yet
so i'm not for sure on that cook time,
but that's what i'm guessing b/c when it was thawed it cooked in 2 1/2 hours just fine.
my kids are all crying again.
they are still tired from yesterday.
do you even have a crock pot with you over there?
love love love love you!
all my best,
family yard hunt #2 on saturday.
i finally remembered to put on sunscreen.
go me:)
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Jim Harbaugh is an exceptional football coach, but whenever I hear him talking to the press, I want to crawl out of my own skin and hide under the sofa. He has the unfortunate combination of social awkwardness, an impossible-to-hide disdain for the media and a cultural mindset that's stuck in 1983. This is a guy who probably uses rotary phones, because that whole touch-tone thing is just a phase people are going through.
So it wasn't a shock this week when the San Francisco 49ers coach appeared on The Murph and Mac Show on KNBR, and offered this opinion about Twitter.
"I had a Twitter at one time. I found it to be a big waste of time. … I think it's a fad. I think it's a fad that will come and go. It seems kind of like the new way of having a diary. … I didn't have a diary as a kid. I don't have one now."
On a whim, I checked Jim Harbaugh's Twitter account, which despite being dormant for the past two years, was never deleted. And here's the surprise: It's awesome. He was the Justin Smith of social media. Reading the coach on Twitter is like popping an Ambien, taking the "Being John Malkovich" portal through Harbaugh's psyche, and emerging in an episode of "24." Did I mention that Harbaugh loves "24"? Approximately 15 percent of his Tweets are about Jack Bauer.
I had planned to read a handful of Harbaugh's Tweets, and ended up reading all 650, which ended while in November 2010 when he was still coaching Stanford. Here's Harbaugh's Twitter page, which no doubt will be removed in 3 … 2 … 1 …
Below are my picks for the Top 12 Jim Harbaugh Twitter posts of all time:
12. Harbaugh on the greatness of post-apocalyptic Denzel Washington movies
Personally, I would have gone with "Malcolm X," "Glory," "Devil in a Blue Dress," "He Got Game," "Training Day" and several episodes of "St. Elsewhere" before adding any of Harbaugh's movies to my all-time Denzel Washington list.
But "Book of Eli" was underrated.
11. Harbaugh on Hootie
I keep typing sentences and then deleting them, because I don't want to look like a music snob. So I'll just let this one speak for itself.
I do hope that the 49ers have at least one play in their arsenal with the code name "Hootie." Preferably that end-around bootleg Alex Smith used to destroy the will of the Saints in the 2011 playoffs.
10. Harbaugh on home repairs
Even if you're a member of the media, it's impossible to stay mad at Harbaugh. The guy had to be pulling in seven figures a year at this point in his career, and he's up on his ladder weatherstripping his house. Harbaugh = Platinum Certified Badass.
9. Harbaugh on The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
I was racking my brain to figure out where I had heard this before. The middle part of Springsteen's "Jungleland"? Did Spock say it in "Star Trek V"? Was it from "Salem's Lot"? I review a lot of horror films for the Chronicle, and this is the type of thing that 11-year-olds start spouting when they're mid-exorcism.
I felt a lot better when I Googled the Tweets (Google … something else that Harbaugh probably thinks is "just a fad") and found out he was quoting Gordon Lightfoot. It's fun to think of Harbaugh in the Chicago Bears locker room in 1993, walking up to a boom box blasting Metallica or N.W.A., and busting out a Lightfoot cassette. "Hey guys! Here's a little song you might like called "Carefree Highway.""
8. Harbaugh on television …
Love the "Rockford Files" pick. I wanted to give Harbaugh a hug after that, before remembering he would probably just stiffen up like a board. And I'll give him a break on "The Office," since this was Tweeted on May 11, 2010, before the show totally went to crap.
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" also makes sense, because Larry David's life and Harbaugh's press conferences are both about 30 minutes long and uncomfortable throughout.
7. Harbaugh on the Easter Bunny
This is probably the funniest thing that the coach has ever said, but I wonder if it was even a joke. It's entirely possible that Harbaugh approaches the Easter Bunny in the exact same way that he approaches the Texans' 3-4 defense. Tip for finding Easter Eggs: You've got to establish the run and then use a lot of play action …
6. Harbaugh on name dropping
Harbaugh also carried on several conversations with major sports figures, including Stanford superfan Michelle Wie and professional poker champion Phil Helmuth. (Helmuth is one of just six people that Harbaugh is following.)
5. Harbaugh on keeping cool
This one seemed so out of nowhere, that I checked to see if Harbaugh had some kind of advertising tie with the air conditioning and heating lobby. Nope. The man just loves AC.
4. Harbaugh on Jack Bauer coaching rumors
Is anyone else surprised Harbaugh watches so much television? I've always imagined him sleeping on a cot in the corner of the film room when he's not on the field. Based on his thoughts on Twitter, I figured he doesn't even have a cable package — instead choosing to climb his ladder, fool with the antenna and then fall off the roof like he's getting sacked by Chris Doleman.
3. Harbaugh on WTF?
Unfortunately, there's no time stamp, so I can't prove my theory that this was typed at 3:17 a.m. in the middle of a fever dream. This was the point where I started thinking what a shame it is that Harbaugh doesn't Tweet any more.
2. Harbaugh on Dairy Queen, and his lost childhood
That's like an entire Orson Welles movie in a two-part tweet. I swear to you that if I ever have occasion to interview Jim Harbaugh, I'll arrive with a styrofoam cooler, lots of dry ice and a Dairy Queen banana split. And then I'll softly hum "If You Could Read My Mind" as he finishes each bite.
Because unlike every other reporter in this media market, I now know Harbaugh's Rosebud: A completely mediocre 510 calorie frozen treat.
1. Harbaugh dream analysis: Jack Bauer edition
I have absolutely nothing to add. Except Harbaugh must return to Twitter immediately. Without him, it's just a fad. He once Tweeted 27 times in one day, so we know he liked it.
Start by following me and retweeting this blog post. Harbaugh on Twitter in 2012!
This doesn't make the Top 12, but considering the physical pain that he appears to be in meeting with the media each week, I thought this Twitter promo was a nice piece of history.
Want to see more? Follow me on Twitter @PeterHartlaub. I'll be retweeting some of the honorable mentions over the next week.
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If you were given $10,000 in real money today with one requirement: You must place 3 trades between now and the rest of the month, what would you do? The choice is strictly among spot forex (currency pairs), gold, oil, DOW30, SPX500 or DAX30. Feel free to use the comments area to specify price target, time frame and/or other pairs or markets not mentioned among the choices.
Elliott Wave Principle and Basic Tenets
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The Wave Principle is governed by man's social nature, and since he has such a nature, its expression generates forms. As the forms are repetitive, they have predictive value.
Sometimes the market appears to reflect outside conditions and events, but at other times it is entirely detached from what most people assume are causal conditions. The reason is that the market has a law of its own. It is not propelled by the external causality to which one becomes accustomed in the everyday experiences of life. The path of prices is not a product of news. Nor is the market the cyclically rhythmic machine that some declare it to be. Its movement reflects a repetition of forms that is independent both of presumed causal events and of periodicity.
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The market's progression unfolds in waves. Waves are patterns of directional movement. More specifically, a wave is any one of the patterns that naturally occur, as described in the rest of this chapter.
The Five Wave Pattern
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In markets, progress ultimately takes the form of five waves of a specific structure. Three of these waves, which are labeled 1, 3 and 5, actually effect the directional movement. They are separated by two countertrend interruptions, which are labeled 2 and 4, as shown in Figure 1-1. The two interruptions are apparently a requisite for overall directional movement to occur.
Elliott noted three consistent aspects of the five-wave form. They are: Wave 2 never moves beyond the start of wave 1; wave 3 is never the shortest wave; wave 4 never enters the price territory of wave 1.
R.N. Elliott did not specifically say that there is only one overriding form, the "five-wave" pattern, but that is undeniably the case. At any time, the market may be identified as being somewhere in the basic five-wave pattern at the largest degree of trend. Because the five-wave pattern is the overriding form of market progress, all other patterns are subsumed by it.
1.3 Wave Mode
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There are two modes of wave development: motive and corrective. Motive waves have a five-wave structure, while corrective waves have a three-wave structure or a variation thereof. Motive mode is employed by both the five-wave pattern of Figure 1-1 and its same-directional components, i.e., waves 1, 3 and 5. Their structures are called "motive" because they powerfully impel the market. Corrective mode is employed by all countertrend interruptions, which include waves 2 and 4 in Figure 1-1. Their structures are called "corrective" because each one appears as a response to the preceding motive wave yet accomplishes only a partial retracement, or "correction," of the progress it achieved. Thus, the two modes are fundamentally different, both in their roles and in their construction, as will be detailed throughout this chapter.
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The Complete Cycle
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One complete cycle consisting of eight waves, then, is made up of two distinct phases, the five-wave motive phase (also called a "five"), whose subwaves are denoted by numbers, and the threewave corrective phase (also called a "three"), whose subwaves are denoted by letters. Just as wave 2 corrects wave 1 in Figure 1-1, the sequence A, B, C corrects the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-2
Compound Construction
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When an initial eight-wave cycle such as shown in Figure 1-2 ends, a similar cycle ensues, which is then followed by another five-wave movement. This entire development produces a fivewave pattern of one degree (i.e., relative size) larger than the waves of which it is composed. The result is shown in Figure 1-3 up to the peak labeled (5). This five-wave pattern of larger degree is then corrected by a three-wave pattern of the same degree, completing a larger full cycle, depicted as Figure 1-3.
As Figure 1-3 illustrates, each same-direction component of a motive wave (i.e., wave 1, 3 and 5), and each full-cycle component (i.e., waves 1 + 2, or waves 3 + 4)of a cycle, is a smaller version of itself.
It is neccessary to understand a crucial point: Figure 1-3 not only illustrates a larger version of Figure 1-2, it also illustrates Figure 1-2 itself, in greater detail. In Figure 1-2, each subwave 1, 3 and 5 is a motive wave that must subdivide into a "five," and each subwave 2 and 4 is a corrective wave that must subdivide into a "three." Waves (1) and (2) in Figure 1-3, if examined under a "microscope," would take the same form as waves ? and ?. Regardless of degree, the form is constant. We can use Figure 1-3 to illustrate two waves, eight waves or thirty-four waves, depending upon the degree to which we are referring.
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Every wave serves one of two functions: action or reaction. Specifically, a wave may either advance the cause of the wave of one larger degree or interrupt it. The function of a wave is determined by its relative direction. An actionary or trend wave is any wave that trends in the same direction as the wave of one larger degree of which it is a part. A reactionary or countertrend wave is any wave that trends in the direction opposite to that of the wave of one larger degree of which it is part. Actionary waves are labeled with odd numbers and letters. Reactionary waves are labeled with even numbers and letters.
All reactionary waves develop in corrective mode. If all actionary waves developed in motive mode, then there would be no need for different terms. Indeed, most actionary waves do subdivide into five waves. However, as the following sections reveal, a few actionary waves develop in corrective mode, i.e., they subdivide into three waves or a variation thereof. A detailed knowledge of pattern construction is required before one can draw the distinction between actionary function and motive mode, which in the underlying model introduced so far are indistinct. A thorough understanding of the forms detailed in the next five lessons will clarify why we have introduced these terms to the Elliott Wave lexicon.
Lesson 4: Motive Waves
Motive waves subdivide into five waves with certain characteristics and always move in the same direction as the trend of one larger degree. They are straightforward and relatively easy to recognize and interpret.
Within motive waves, wave 2 never retraces more than 100% of wave 1, and wave 4 never retraces more than 100% of wave 3. Wave 3, moreover, always travels beyond the end of wave 1. The goal of a motive wave is to make progress, and these rules of formation assure that it will.
Elliott further discovered that in price terms, wave 3 is often the longest and never the shortest among the three actionary waves (1, 3 and 5) of a motive wave. As long as wave 3 undergoes a greater percentage movement than either wave 1 or 5, this rule is satisfied. It almost always holds on an arithmetic basis as well. There are two types of motive waves: impulses and diagonal triangles
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Planning your exit
Since no human can see into the future, unfortunately new and experienced traders alike will sometimes have to contend with losing trades.
Emotions can run high at these times. Watching your hard-earned money being depleted from your account is an uncomfortable experience - and it can compromise your decision-making abilities.
That's why it's important to decide - right at the outset - where you'll get out if this trade doesn't go well.
Rule 1: always have an exit strategy
You need an exit plan - a strategy for managing the risk of the position, so that one bad trade won't wipe out a significant chunk of your trading capital. But simply telling yourself where you want to get out may not be enough.
Consider the scenario: you head to bed for the night with a position going well, but by the time you wake up in the morning the market has taken a turn against you.
Or perhaps you're watching a position while travelling on the train. You enter an area with no mobile or wifi service, and by the time you get back online the market has moved past your planned exit level.
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So once you've decided where you'll close the trade, you need an automated mechanism to protect you when you're not in control. And that's our second rule:
Rule 2: set a stop
Setting a stop reinforces your exit strategy. The resting order will close your position if the market hits the level you specify, even if you're not logged in to your platform at the time.
It also removes the need for you to make a difficult decision under pressure.
It's easy to disregard the emotional aspects of trading. But, especially when you're new to the markets and still learning, the rollercoaster of feelings created by losing a trade can have a substantial impact.
Let's say you take a long position and the market immediately starts to rise, putting you into profit. However, suddenly it goes into a sharp reversal, and to your dismay your winning trade rapidly turns into a loser.As the position drives further below your entry price, you keep hoping for recovery. But that hope turns into wishful thinking as prices continue to deteriorate.Finally, you're left with a feeling of desperation. It's clear that prices aren't coming back anytime soon, and you have no choice but to realise a loss.
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In this situation, the financial impact certainly stings. But it's the emotional toll that can make your next trade more complicated, as you try to recover. Just one idea that didn't work out could define how you move forward in a market. For example, you might feel tempted to rush into a new position without proper consideration, in an effort to claw back your losses as quickly as possible.
One easy way to help avoid this issue is to decide where to set your stop before opening a position, and set it up while executing the trade, so your position is never left unprotected.
With a stop-loss order in place at your pre-defined exit level, if that price is met you don't have to make a decision about to what to do. You've done your planning in advance, and your position is closed for you.
Lesson summary
Every trader needs to be prepared to suffer some losses
Always plan where you'll exit a trade if it doesn't go well
Set a stop to close the position automatically for you
Planning your exit
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we are at the end of an economic cycle in the US, and the rest of the world already entered a slow down for a couple of years now Despite central banks stimulation and rate cuts which only led to postponing the end of an economic cycle.
when slow down happens or we enter the deflation part of the cycle, central banks step in with rate cuts and stimulus but this time is different because no ammo left to do so, even the US 2.25 is not enough (usually it takes 4 to 5% rate cut to get the economy back on track), gold will be an investors first choice for hedging this part of the cycle
Gold to $1700 before the end of the year, could even see it nearing the all time high if US stocks take a major hit this Autumn.
Gold and silver have broken out solidly and look to be a vote of no confidence in the major central banks keeping it all together despite industrial production slowing worldwide, trade wars, massive deficit problems, and increasing geopolitical chaos.
For those that want to dip their toes into the water a great way to play gold is via the December Micro Gold Futures.
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Your comments make sense. But what would you say to those who say the US economy remains the strongest,etcc?
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A Ghost Story (2017)
If you can get past the, at times, glacially slow pacing with which it tells its tale, A Ghost Story is one of the most thoughtful and emotional movies of 2017. Some people will absolutely hate it—especially if you're someone who derides the existence of "artsy" movies—but those who will appreciate it are likely to love it immensely. It's unlikely to be a movie on which someone is a little bit pregnant. You're either in or you're not; there's no room for middle ground.
As one might guess from the title, A Ghost Story tells the tale of a ghost. It belongs to a character played by Casey Affleck, who dies a couple of scenes into the film and comes back to earth as a ghost, here represented by a man in a bed sheet with a couple of holes cut out for eyes. He returns to his home, watches time pass … and that's pretty much the entire movie. He occasionally is able to—or chooses to—interact with the environment, but most of the time just stands there, a silent, sad observer as events in the home unfold. His wife (Rooney Mara) mourns him, eventually moves on, other occupants inhabit the house—and he just stands there.
What results is a meditative mood piece on love, loss, legacy, time, and closure. It's filled with long takes, most of which feature little-to-no dialogue, and events often unfold slowly and in full. A scene relatively early on sees our ghost protagonist watch his wife eat an entire pie. It's shown to us in two takes, and we watch the entire thing. It's devastating. But it also goes on for something like five minutes, and it's nothing more than what I just described. Some will be moved and fascinated by that; others repulsed or bored.
There's a sadness, a melancholy, that permeates almost every frame of A Ghost Story. While it's not a horror movie, it's something that will, pardon the pun, haunt you for days to come, assuming you're open to the concept. Its slow pace permits lots of time for thought and reflection, and once it ends and you get home, you may find yourself in a far more emotional state than you thought you would be. It has that kind of power.
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The best way I could describe A Ghost Story would be to say that it's like the most effective parts of Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, but distilled down to 90 minutes and given additional intellectual, thematic, and emotional depth. The cinematography is different—A Ghost Story, while beautiful, is shot in a 4:3 aspect ratio that's intentionally claustrophobic, unlike the widescreen meandering of a Malick film—but I think it's more effective. It serves more of a purpose, even if it doesn't produce as many pretty pictures.
With that said, A Ghost Story has just as many, if not more, memorable moments than something like The Tree of Life. I already mentioned the pie scene, but there are so many others scattered throughout. A nihilistic rant midway through is simply amazing (the scene that follows is great, too), and the sequences in which large segments of time pass quickly are edited and staged so well that you can't help but stop and applaud. It's just amazing minimalistic storytelling and filmmaking.
It's kind of amazing what Casey Affleck is able to do in A Ghost Story. He has to act from underneath a bed sheet for the majority of his screen time, and he somehow is able to craft one of the saddest, most sympathetic characters of Cinema 2017. Rooney Mara has to, well, let's just say it's a good physical and emotional performance and move on. The supporting cast isn't given a whole lot of time on-screen, but they still manage to create interesting enough characters for us to observe.
It'll be a shock if A Ghost Story doesn't wind up being one of my top films of 2017. This is a thoughtful, emotional, and intelligent take on love, loss, legacy, death, and time. It's a slow-paced film that gives you lots of opportunities to think and reflect, and while it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, if you think it'll be yours there's a good chance that you'll really fall in love with it. A Ghost Story is truly fantastic cinema.
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Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts
One of the unfortunate things about Ottawa is that there aren't any good places to get donuts. Sorry Tim Horton's fans, but those aren't real donuts. So, I decided that I would need to satisfy my own donut craving. Since I'm a little weary of frying things in my tiny kitchen, I picked up a donut pan. This pan may have changed my life. I can now make baked donuts at home. I can make them any flavour that I want, and I can top them with anything I want. To kick things off, I decided to make pumpkin donuts. I topped half of them with dark chocolate glaze and the other half with cinnamon-sugar. My preference was for the cinnamon-sugar version, but the chocolate was pretty delicious too.
Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts
2 cups flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cardamom
1 cup pumpkin
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 tablespoons plain fat free Greek yogurt
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 oz. dark chocolate
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a donut pan with non-stick spray.
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom. In a separate bowl, blend together the pumpkin, maple syrup, brown sugar, egg, butter, yogurt, vanilla, and buttermilk until smooth. Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined.
Cut a large hole into the tip of a pastry bag or a Ziplock bag and fill the bag with the donut dough. Pipe the dough into the greased.
Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes. Remove the donuts and cool them on a wire rack.
While the donuts cool slightly, melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a microwave safe bowl. Add the sugar and cinnamon to a separate bowl and mix well. Take each donut and dip each side into the melted butter. Then dip the donut in the cinnamon-sugar and swirl the bowl so the sugar coats it well, then turn the donut over and coat the other side.
Alternatively, melt 2 ounces of dark chocolate and vegetable oil in the microwave. Stir and return to the microwave until the mixture is smooth. Dip the donuts into the chocolate.
6 comments:
Oh my word, you will have to make me some when I come in 2 weeks! I can not believe that you are such an adventuresome cook!ReplyDelete
wow well they sure look authentic! you had me fooled :)ReplyDelete
oh my, you got me wanting a donut pan too! loving the idea of baked donuts! never been a big fan of deep fryingReplyDelete
I am wondering if you could make these in muffin form, I do not have a doughnut pan and just cannot add one more pan to my kitchen! Love the idea of pumpkin anything that tastes like a doughnut.ReplyDelete
I do have a great recipe for muffins that taste like doughnuts and hoping this would work here!
I think it might work as muffins. Just adjust the baking time, they would probably take closer to 20 minutes.ReplyDelete
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