Whenever our business or work demands over 60% of our efforts or time, many often regard it as non-pleasurable. One major reason why many people trade forex either as part time or fulltime is because they want to be able to achieve a status referred to as been self employed or what I refer to as “work independence” and financial freedom. The unfortunate but reality of the situation today is that many successful Forex traders are yet to gain time freedom, which is a benchmark achievement in self employment.

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I ran across Meera Kothand’s website (meerakothand.com) and found the information she shared useful and interesting. She has a business online that is significant and full of business opportunities.

One thing she shared was titled “The Lead Magnet Cheat-sheet.” I found her information beneficial and want to share it with individuals in my sphere of influence.

The first point mentioned for a good magnet is it easily consumable? People do not want to be deluged with information overload. They don’t want long eBooks or burdensome emails or video courses. They want information that is direct and to the point and easily read, understood and useable.

Only present one main idea. Like in other means of connection such as a blog post or a landing page, the lead magnet requires one point or goal instead of several. Again make it simple.

Does the lead page move your contact through a change? Similar to all your offers and content you present, your audience should be led from one point to the next… from their current location to the desired location.

Is your audience, your lead aware that they have a problem? Your attraction idea should be specific enough to make your contact aware that they have a certain problem or desire and you can help resolve this issue.

Is your opportunity unique? People do not need another solution to a product that everyone else is offering. Your product should be exclusive… better, faster, more valuable, unique in some way.

Can the value of what you are offering be understood from the name of your opt-in free offer? The one that I offer is called “The Escape Plan” and it provides a path to escape from the problems you currently have and work towards the goals that you desire.

Doe the lead magnet stem from one form or category on your blog? Does the lead magnet eventually lead to an existing product or service? Can you see it leading to a product or service in the future? As stated above, these final questions point to your funnel to where the lead magnet eventually moves your prospect from one point to another.

So a lead magnet is an offer of something in exchange for information, usually a name and email address. The checklist above is quick and easy way to note if the exchange is attractive to both the person looking for information and the person seeking a lead for their opportunity or opportunities.

Support and resistance are the known cornerstones in Forex technical, wherein:

1. a current Forex rate (CFR) is surrounded by levels of:

a). resistance being superior to CFR;

b). support being inferior to CFR.

2. a level breakthrough triggers a leap to a consecutive support/resistance;

3. a false breakthrough is responsible for a rate backstroke (say, from resistance to support).

Thus, having data on resistance and support levels and being armed with R/S true/false criteria, a trader grows faultless-entry skilled to ensure smooth level-to-level trading.

To be found below is a graphic drawing of a flat followed by an R/S up/down breakthrough.

The chart 1. (For view picture see notes in end of article)

In actual sample GBPUSD trade dated January, 31, 2006 the support breakthrough has triggered a bullish in-session trend.

Simple, isn’t it? Affirmative at a glance, but 95% of traders losing their forex deposits are calling for natural questions:

1. What’s the reason, the world traders are getting entangled in so a seemingly simple regularity?

2. What’s the way of correct detection of R/S levels for currencies to use to jet off from?

3. What attributes are inherent to true/false breach differentiation?

It is, thus, to be concluded that a trader will never achieve steady FX gains unless the answer is found to the above three simple questions.

CLASSICAL BOOKS ON RESISTANCE AND SUPPORT LEVELS

Forex scholars’ books, when analyzed, are giving grounds why 95% of traders turn deposit-killers. The point is that under different technical scholars:

a). fairly different understanding is being attached to support and resistance;

b). no distinct criteria (except Demark’s technique) is in service to finding a support and a resistance;

c). there is no clear-cut interfacing between R/S levels on different timeframes.

Below is sort of understanding classification:

1. A. Elder. R/S are understood by SOME SCHOLARS to be horizontal lines drawn along price highs and lows

support and resistance are horizontal (or almost horizontal) lines linking several minimums (maximums).

The chart 2. Support and resistance (For view picture see notes in end of article)

b). J. MURPHY also indicates that “points 2 and 4 represent uptrend support levels. The figure depicts uprising support and resistance under an uptrend with points 2 and 4 being support levels which use to be coincident with earlier lows. Points 1 and 3 indicate resistance levels, which use to be coincident with earlier highs” (see: “Technical analysis of the Futures Markets”

Fig. 3a and 3b. Uptrend and downtrend support-resistance levels (For view picture see notes in end of article)

2. SOME SCHOLARS believe support-resistance to be sloped lines drawn along price highs and lows (trend lines, actually) as below:

Fig. 4. Trend line-fashion support-resistance pattern (For view picture see notes in end of article)

a). T. DEMARK

Fig. 5. Bid pivot points (TD-points) building up a resistance level (For view picture see notes in end of article)

The TD-points are peculiar of price values being not exceeded within 2 adjacent days. The points are specially emphasized on the chart.

Note that the price movement above the TD-line is mirrored by same after the down break of this line.

Price projection Z is made by way of the following calculation:

– difference is taken between Y being maximum price above the TD-line and X being special price immediately below the TD-line;

– the obtained value is subtracted from A-B line breakthrough price.

b). L. BORCELINO is also a user of inclined lines as support/resistance (view:

Fig. 6. Quoting L. Borcelino: “As evident form these examples, trendlines, drawn across preceding highs and lows, constitute perspective support and resistance projection”. (For view picture see notes in end of article)

3. E. NAYMAN’S combined commitment of inclined and horizontal R/S levels (view: “Trader’s Minor EncyclopediaJ

“A resistance line connects market important maximums (highs, peaks)”, And further on: “R/S lines drawing should be preferably done through price concentration areas, rather than through highs/lows extremes” (???).

Per minimum price trend line (a support):

Fig. 7 (For view picture see notes in end of article)

Example of E. Nayman using resistance/support levels at trade station:

Fig. 8 (For view picture see notes in end of article)

4. MOVING AVERAGES based resistance/support levels.

a). E. NAYMAN: “Bollinger Bands are sort of peculiar support/resistance lines

Fig. 9 (For view picture see notes in end of article)

5. ROUND NUMBERS being support/resistance levels

a). E. LEFEVRE (view: “Memories of an Exchange Profiteer” underlined: “Rates, having, for the first time, traveled 100, 200 or 300 points, are almost sure to cover additional 30 to 50 pips”

b). D. SCHWAGGER: “One is to be especially cautious about dollar holdups. With USD 781,25 best working on T-bonds and USD425 – on soybeans, temptation is raising to find “optimum” holdup for each market. It is advantageous to establish a round number to comfortably use it all of the markets.

CLASSIFICATION OF WEAK AND STRONG R/S LEVELS AS VIEWED BY FOREX SCHOLARS

J. MURPHY classifies support and resistance (view “Technical Analysis of Futures Markets”, New York Institute of Finance è Prentice Hall, 1986) proceeding from: price in-domain residence period (1); volume of trade (2) and price domain age (3).

1. The longer the price reciprocation period within a certain support/resistance area, the more critical the area. By way of an example, if a certain stagnation area observed a 3-week price up/down movement with subsequent rally thereof, this support domain is more important than that having observed a 3-day price reciprocation.

2. Volume of trade is another means to evaluate importance of support/resistance. If, say, a support formation did involve a huge volume of trade, it means a huge number of contracts passing from hands to hands, hence the support levels is ranking high and visa versa: the less the volume of trade, the lower-ranking the support.

3. Still another support/resistance importance indicator is its age in relation to the present moment. Since we are dealing with traders’ reaction to market moves and to positions they have entered or have failed to enter, it is fairly clear, that the younger the event and the reaction thereto, the more important the event.

Seven years later (in 1993), A. ELDER has confirmed 2 of 3 J. Murphy’s postulates dated back to 1986. His classification of resistance/support levels is guided by:

– number of test tangencies it sustained (the greater the number – the stronger the level). Within a fortnight an immediate support/resistance is formed; within 2 months the level grows accustomed to by traders, thus attaining medium power; within 2 years actually a stereotype is built radiating strong support and resistance.

– price scatter dominating a support/resistance level (the wider the range thereof – the stronger the level). A wide-range turning-point price consolidation is similar to a high fence surrounding valuable property. A congestion zone equal to 1 % of current price (4 points with S&P500 at 400 level) yields insignificant support/resistance, whereas a 3% area is responsible for medium levels with a 7% area possessing sufficient power to be a strong trend killer.

– The greater the volume of trade in a support/resistance area, the stronger the levels. Huge volume within a congestion zone is indicative of numerous emotional jobbers’ involvement. As opposite, minor volumes point out traders’ indifference towards the level being intersected, hence being attribute of the level’s deteriorated health.

Weak support/resistance levels are capable of bringing a trend to a halt, while strong ones may appear trend reversers. Traders buy support and sell resistance, thus turning their impact into a self-justifying projection.

SCHOLARS’ VIEW ON SUPPORT/RESISTANCE SEATING POINTS

1. T. DEMARK recommends:

– plotting resistance upon bid TD-points

– plotting support upon ask TD-points.

2. D. SCHWAGER (view: “Technical Analysis. Complete Course”) insists on drawing resistance and support “in the vicinity” of prior lows and highs.

“Support and resistance are to be viewed as approximate areas rather, than exact levels. It is to be emphasized that any previous high is not at all a premonition of perspective prices dry up thereat or there under. Instead, it is indicative of a resistance to be expected near that level. By analogy, a previous low is not at all illustrative of further price declines halting thereat or there above. Instead, it is indicative of a support to be projected close to that level.

Depicted below is a support zone governed by relative prior highs and lows concentration: gold, futures.

Fig. 10. (For view picture see notes in end of article)

Continued by D. Schwager: “Some technical analysts use to treat previous highs and lows as being endowed with, sort of, holy significance. A previous high, being 1078, is deemed by them a strong resistance. In case the market displays a spike higher, say, as far as 1085, they reason the resistance to have been breached. It’s not correct. Support and resistance are but to be looked upon as cloud-shaped areas rather than exact levels.”

3. J. MURPHY resorts to plotting support and resistance in a local peak-wise fashion (i.e. by local highs and lows): “A resistance level usually coincides with the previous peak level”.

Fig. 11. (For view picture see notes in end of article)

Fig. 12. (For view picture see notes in end of article)

4. A. ELDER: “Resistance and support are to be preferably plotted (see Fig. 13) through congestion zone margins (CZM) rather than through highs and lows. CZMs constitute traders’ mind-changing areas, whereas highs and lows are only reflective of panic among weakest jobbers”.

Fig.13. (For view picture see notes in end of article)

Continued by A. Elder: “Beware of support/resistance false breaching, indicated as “F” in the above figure. Breaches are followed by amateurs, with professionals being opposite travel jobbers. Now, pay some attention to the chart’s right corner, where prices have bumped into strong resistance. It’s high time to hunt for shorting with a stop-loss to be placed slightly above the resistance level”.

To be noted is a pronounced regularity, not referred to by A. Elder: the support/resistance levels drawn through previous local peaks are not extended by him after false breaching thereof.

4. D. SCHWAGER gives the following explanation when resorting to projection of 2 (!) inclined support and resistance levels:

– “Standard lines are usually drawn through price extrema (highs, lows), attributable to traders’ emotions, therefore these points may not reflect the market’s real trend”.

– “An inner trendline is to be plotted closest to the bulk of relative lows and relative highs, ignoring extreme points”

D. Schwager himself is the recognizer of the subjective nature inner trendline method, but in so doing he jumps to a very important conclusion that ordinary trend lines are:

– similarly subjective (!);

– far less helpful (!), than inner trendlines.

“One of inner trendlines’ shortcomings is their inevitably random nature, even greater than that possessed by ordinary trendlines, being restricted by extreme highs and lows, at least”.

“In practice, not infrequently, several options prove available as regards inner trend line plotting procedure (see Fig. 14). Nevertheless, my experience advises inner trend lines to be of greater avail than ordinary trend lines when spotting potential support/resistance areas”.

BRIEF CONCLUSIONS:

1. Each forex scholar offers his own interpretation of support/resistance levels, meaning different entities thereby (inclined, horizontal, inclined-horizontal, MA-based, round numbers-based, etc.).

2. There exists no clear-cut technique to define points to plot support/resistance levels through (except that of Demark’s).

3. In real time trading, that said, these levels discovery on Forex charts automatically entails absolutely different conclusions.

Fig. 14. (For view picture see notes in end of article)

TESTING AND PRACTICAL INCONSISTENCY OF CLASSICAL SUPPORT/RESISTANCE DETECTION METHODS

Jeffry Owen Katz and Donna L. McCormick have disclosed results of their testing of the above scholars’ recommendation procedures in their “Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies”:

TEST PROCEDURE 2

A channel breakthrough-operated system. Closing prices are utilized only; next day market price entry at session opening; commission and slippage being accounted for.

The above test has been performed exactly the way the previous one, but with no account to slippage (3 ticks) and commission (USD15 per dealing cycle). Although the model displayed perfect operation with no account to dealing expenditures, it has turned out a complete fiasco in practice.

Even the best-in-sample solution has proved loss-responsible only, and, as expected, the system’s beyond-sampling poor operation came into being.

Note: In compliance with E. Nayman’s theoretical outlook, a channel upward breach is alleged to be a STRONG (!!!) trading signal at an uptrend.

TEST PROCEDURE 6

It is a closing price breakthrough system with next day per stop-order entry. The model longs via a stop-order at the point of breaching a resistance appointed by recent highs and shorts via a stop-order at the point of breaching a resistance appointed by recent lows.

As expected, the system exhibited much poorer operation with low profit and deteriorated statistics within sampling. The model proved killer to the per-deal average of USD798, with profit rating being 37%.

TEST PROCEDURE 7

The procedure involved volatility punch with next-day opening entry. The model longs upon next-day opening with provision that today’s closing appears superior to the volatility upper edge. The model shorts in case of the price falling below the above edge.

The optimization period embraced 240 dealings only with 45% being profit-bringing.

TEST PROCEDURE 9

Involved is volatility punch triggering a per stop-order entry. The model effects a market stop-order entry immediately after passing a breach point.

The sampling period incorporated 1465 dealings, each being of 6-day average duration. The system has ensured 40% profit with average gain of USD 931 each. Under all parameter combinations only longs were winning. Both shorts and longs proved losing outside sampling limits. Only 29% were winning out of the total of 610 dealings.

BRIEF CONCLUSIONS:

Testing data, supplied by Jeffry Owen Katz and Donna L. McCormick, constitute convincing grounds that forex scholars’ trading systems involving support/resistance breakthrough (the way these are described by the scholar) are rather likely to result in loss than in profit. This is one of the reasons for 95% of traders to turn their forex deposits killers.

In as much as the support/resistance related theory is so mixed up and subjective, it is only to be guessed what sort of support/resistance reading-matter may be offered by modern forex brokers’ websites.

Fig. 15 (For view picture see notes in end of article)

d). these recommendations aftermaths are apparent: the GBP has punched 1 point to 1,9001 and swiveled down to 1,8871; the EUR reached 1,2958 and reversed to 1,2853.

Brokers’ recommended support/resistance on the EUR/USD and GBPUSD as of June, 12, 2006 morning:

– EUR/USD: support 1.2780, 1.2740, 1.2685/90 1.2600, resistance 1.2890, 1.2930/40, 1.3000.

– GBP/USD support 1.8740, 1.8670, 1.8560, resistance 1.8890, 1.8940, 1.9000

EUR/USD support 1.2820 resistance 1.22940

GBP/USD support 1.8805 resistance 1.8950

The June, 12, 2006 information on technical levels of EUR/USD and GBP/USD is missing with the support/resistance levels themselves being quoted in incidental unsystematic fashion.

EURUSD:

– support: 1.2840, 1.2800, 1.2770/50, 1.2720, 1.2670, 1.2630, 1.2600/1.2580, 1.2540, 1.2500,

1.2460, 1.2400/1.2390, 1.2350, 1.2300, 1.2250.

– resistance: 1.2890/1.2900, 1.2960, 1.3000, 1.3040, 1.3100, 1.3150, 1.3200/10.

GBPUSD

– support: 1.8840, 1.8800, 1.8740/30, 1.8700, 1.8670/60, 1.8630, 1.8590, 1.8535, 1.8500,

1.8450, 1.8400, 1.8360, 1.8300, 1.8270.

– resistance: 1.8870/80, 1.8915/20, 1.8940/50, 1.8990/1.9000, 1.9060.

EURUSD:

RES 4: $1.2990 RES 3: $1.2965 RES 2: $1.2940 RES 1: $1.2915

CURRENT PRICE: $1.2890

SUP 1: $1.2830 SUP 2: $1.2795 SUP 3: $1.2755 SUP 4: $1.2685

GBPUSD

RES 4: $1.9080 RES 3: $1.9000 RES 2: $1.8960 RES 1: $1.8915

CURRENT PRICE: $1.8895

SUP 1: $1.8815 SUP 2: $1.8725 SUP 3: $1.8725 SUP 4: $1.8515

Are You not getting mixed up? Each broker presents his own support/resistance levels different from others’. With the above diversity of levels being recommended any true/false breach of any technical level proves out of question.

Should we attempt to simultaneously depict all the support/resistance levels furnished by various Forex brokers, we’ll ultimately find ourselves facing a picket fence thereof.

The arrangement is reminiscent of J. Schwager’s “Technical Analysis. Complete course”, raising a question: “Is technical charting to be referred to as a prediction engine or as folk arts?”

Probably, the best way out here is:

1. In view of huge number of Forex scholars’ opinions, let everyone answer this question independently with the purpose of finding out the way to faultlessly pinpoint support/resistance levels.

2. Let everyone decide whether he is going to believe the support/resistance levels, released daily by various Brokers and Dealers, provided that:

a). one has no idea of the definition principles thereof;

b). the above levels being offered at websites by non-traders or by ex-losers.

Otherwise the natural result will remain equal to 95% of losers worldwide.

SUPPORT/RESISTANCE LEVELS CONSTRUCTION UNDER MASTERFOREX-V TRADING CONCEPT

1. Support and resistance levels are to be split into those of flat and trend:

a). support/resistance levels are horizontal when in flat;

b). support/resistance levels are inclined when in trend.

2. Various kinds of support/resistance are intrinsic to various trend types (if You are considering 4 trend types, You will face 4 R/S grids; if 5 trend types are being dealt with, there will emerge 5 R/S grids respectively).

3. A larger trend is of greater significance in respect to a minor one, whereas minor trend support/resistance levels are of more accurate nature than those of larger one. This issue has not at all been touched upon either by forex technical “scholars”, or by modern “analysts”.

4. All the 4 trend-type support/resistance detection procedure is elaborated in the fashion enabling the Masterforex-V Academy hundreds traders to daily set up support/resistance levels with 1-2 points deviation, due to forex quotes difference from various Brokers. This aspect has not been considered by forex technical scholars either.

5. It appeared indispensable to simultaneously analyze the minimum of 2 ally currencies’ support/resistance levels (say, GBPUSD, EURUSD) since there is the formula:

“True R/S level breach by the forex pair 1 + False R/S level breach by the forex pair 2 = EITHER False R/S level breach by the forex pair 1 OR True R/S level breach by the forex pair 2”

This aspect has not been considered by Forex technical scholars either.

6. Minor timeframes intermediate R/S levels ARE DIFFERENT from those being manifested under Forex trendwise travel. This aspect has not been subject to investigation by Forex technical scholars either.

7. The available technical analysis scholar literature on support/resistance levels contains plentitude of helpful and … data. The objective is to effect independent synthesis of T. Demark’s, A. Elder’s, E. Nayman’s, J. Murphy’s, D. Schwager’s techniques with the above Masterforex-V principles in order to attain proper understanding of the way prior binary regularities tailor further movement perspectives.

8. A combination of 4 trends and more is helpful in 1-4 point-accurate detecting forex trading session local extrema.

With the above said, it proves strange to hear the statement of Ch. Lebau and D. Lucas (see: Computer-aided analysis of Futures Markets, reading: “We do not believe in exact price prediction popular practice”.

BUT THEN:

– What’s the way the Masterforex-V Academy students manage to profit now and then?

– Do they independently establish support/resistance levels on multiple timeframes of numerous

ally currencies?

– Do they check their established levels against a primary source (wherefrom the Brokers’ analysts

use to crib a support/resistance)?

– Do they understand principles of true/false breaching of each level and of a bounce there from?

– Are they capable of calculating in-session currencies travel margins to a destination, where after

the above currencies bounce off and exhibit corrective reversal?

Answers you can find in our web site.

Note:

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Despite the fact that Shakespeare said, “Pen is powerful with swords,” the pen itself is not enough to make an effective writer. In fact, although we all might like to think of ourselves as the next Shakespeare, motivation alone is not the key to effective essay writing.You see, the conference of English essays has more formula than you think – and, in many ways, it can be as simple as calculating five.

The introduction

The principle objective of introduction is to present your situation (it is also known as “thesis” or “argument” on this issue) but effective initial paragraphs are more than that. Before you can reach this thesis statement, for example, the essay should start with “hook” that captures the reader’s attention and wants to read it.

Only then, with the reader’s attention “bent”, you should go to the thesis. Thesis should be an obvious, one sentence explanation of your situation which leaves no doubt in the reader’s mind that in which aspect you are from the beginning of your essay.

After the thesis, you should provide a mini-profile which previews the examples that you will use to support own thesis in the rest of essays. Not only does the reader know what to expect in paragraphs, but it clearly understands what the essay is about.

The Body Paragraphs

The middle article of the essay is collectively known as body passages and as mentioned above, the main purpose of the body paragraph is to describe in detail the examples supporting your thesis.

For the first body paragraph, you should use your strongest argument or the most important example, unless some other explicit starting point (as in the case of chronological explanation) is necessary. The first sentence of this paragraph should be the subject line of the paragraph which is directly related to the examples listed in the mini-profile of the initial paragraph.

A sentence body paragraph that describes an example of “George Washington” or “LeBron James” is not enough. No, after this an effective essay will explain the reader to follow the subject, in detail, what is the example, and, most importantly, why this example is relevant

A word on transition

You might have noticed that the above paragraph is very closely aligned with the given framework, but one exception is: the first few words. These words are an example of a transitional phrase – the other includes “additionally,” “besides,” but “on the contrary” and “on the other side” – and is characteristic of good writing.

The Conclusion

Although the findings article comes at the end of your essay, it should not be seen as a consideration later. Since the last paragraph shows the last chance to make your case and, in this way, should follow a very harsh format.

One way to think about conclusions is, contradictory, as a second introduction, because in fact it involves many facilities. Although it does not need to be too long – four well-prepared sentences should be enough – it can be made or broken and can be essay.

Effective findings (“end,” “end,” etc.) with a conclusion and a hint for the “hook” used in the initial paragraph. After that you should repay your thesis statement immediately.

This should be the fourth or fifth time when you have repeated your thesis, while you should use different types of words in the body paragraphs, but use some (but not all) of the original language used in the introduction Have an acceptable idea.

Becoming a great leader on the dance floor is a lofty goal with many rewards. It’s also within the reach of anyone willing to pursue this elusive skill.

There are two key ingredients to becoming a great leader:

1. Connection
2. Clarity

On this issue will be concentrating on the first Key ingredient – “Connection”.

CONNECTION

In order to lead someone you first need to establish a connection with that person. Without connection any attempt to lead will feel abrupt and unsettling.

In order to establish connection with another person, you first need to be connected within yourself. The best way to develop your inner connection is by consciously focusing on your core area (one inch above your waist line to one inch below).

Your core area connects your entire body and provides it with a dynamic tension that adjust to the speed and power of your movements. As you practice concentrating on your core area you will feel your inner connection increase.

Establish connection within yourself before asking a partner to dance and when you touch their hands they will feel that connection and respond to it. They won’t know why, they’ll just know that for some reason they dance better when they dance with you. You will be aiming to connect from your core area to theirs; the hands and arms just help transmit that intention.

A good exercise is to concentrate on your core area until you feel your arms and body connected. Put your hands in front of you (as if you are holding a tray). Now, with your feet side by side (about shoulder width apart), start transferring your weight from one leg to the other – make sure as you transfer weight that your arms and columns are connected and are part of the weight transfer.

Now try this exercise with your partner in front of you; the palms of your hands are up and your partner’s are down; connect the hands at the fingertips (your arms will provide a little tension upward and when done properly she will provide a reciprocal tension downward that will maintain your fingertip connection).

Start moving from one leg to the other making sure that you are communicating the weight transfer – not merely moving your hands from side to side, but keeping your body connected and transferring your weight with your entire body columns.

As you practice the above exercise you will feel a connection with your partner as you move from one leg to the other. Since the hands are moving you might think the hands are doing the leading – try now disconnecting the core and lead only with the hands and you will notice that only her hands will follow your hands and not her entire body.

The above exercise will do wonders for your connection within yourself and with your partner.

At the beginning you will feel a bit stiff as you move with your partner from one leg to the other; this, however, is okay. Soon you will establish a solid connection that will make this action as natural as breathing.

Connection is an elusive quality; and like a pilot before take off, it’s usually a good practice to have a check-list of steps to help make sure we dance connected.

• Concentrate on your core area to develop your inner connection.
• Establish a fingertip connection with your partner as soon as you touch their hand by providing a little lift upwards with your arms. You are aiming to connect from your core to their core.
• Make sure you are connected with your partner as you get in dance position by maintaining the upward lift.
• Both of you should lean slightly forward towards each other in order to maintain connection while moving.
• Once you start dancing, you will be alternating between leading and following your partner’s movement to insure you maintain a continuous connection.

Becoming a good leader is not something you learn – it’s something you continually improve. Work on your connection and you will be on your way to becoming a great leader and a very popular dance partner.

Next issue “Clarity” the second key ingredient you need to Become a Great Leader on the Dance Floor.

If you are a black woman who supports interracial dating or a black woman who has already entered into a loving interracial relationship, you may receive statements of concern from other black people, both strangers and close family members, which claim black women dating interracially will destroy the Black community. And for a moment you might doubt whether that statement is false. It’s important to realize in that moment that you have simply been conditioned to do so, because you are a woman and because you are black.

Women of all racial categories have been conditioned by male-dominated societies for centuries. If you stop and think about the expectations society has placed on women, you will see that it is all to please and comfort the men in society i.e. be a sexual object, maintain a clean house and cook hot meals. Unfortunately, many black women fall obediently into their roles because they fear they will be alone if they don’t. Even the women in your life might encourage you to fall into roles that serve black men better than they serve you. Don’t listen to them. Those women have been conditioned. The black women who may mock or be disgusted by another black woman enjoying love, commitment and happiness from a man outside her race are really just going through the reasoning that the men in her community programmed within her. For that reason you should not feel anger towards her, but feel sympathy.

She has been programmed to think that only a black man could ever love her right, that only a black man would find her beautiful, that she should settle for a black man who doesn’t meet her needs before accepting a man outside her race that would meet her needs, that Black Love is supposed to be hurtful, unfulfilling, abusive and degrading at times, and that she needs to give herself to men that have no intentions of reciprocating. Too many black men want you to pause and think about their happiness before your own. They want you to feel that black women dating interracially will be the demise of the entire black community. Why? It’s because above all, above your health and happiness, they want to have their freedom, and to do so the women around them must bear all the responsibilities, including the responsibility to keep the black community together.

A selfish black man won’t have to do anything at all to earn sex, a clean home and hot meals, if they get you to narrow your options down to them only. Then they can hold it over your head that a good black man is hard to find. Therefore you should be lucky to settle for crumbs. They won’t need to respect you. They won’t have to keep a job. They won’t have to take care of their own children. They won’t need to stay faithful to you. In fact, they can date outside their race and gain respect from other black men! They can make crime and degrading women the subject of every hip hop and R&B song and still not be responsible for what it does to the black community. How freeing to be a self-centered black man when black women fall into the roles they’ve set. And how distressing it is for those same selfish black men to see a black woman who realizes her options are wider and thus better.

There is more to the definition of a man than being the same race and having a penis. You need a man who loves you, wants to take care of you financially and emotionally and does so, and who doesn’t consider not providing for his family as an option. It’s just plain silly to add into that definition “his skin color must match yours.”

Date whoever deserves your love. If that person happens to be a different race, don’t feel guilty about it at all.

If you want to serve something really delicious to your guests at baby shower party, then this delicious lemon recipe is a perfect one to try. It is among one of my favorite recipes for this occasion and the great thing about it is that each of your guests would also love it due to its unique taste.

Here’s all you need:

3 cups flour

1.5 cup butter

8 teaspoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup icing sugar

2.5 cup granulated sugar

5 tablespoons sugar

5 Eggs

Servings: 12

Directions for making Delicious lemon squares:

1. Soften the butter in a deep bowl.

2. Blend sifted flour, half teaspoon baking powder and cup of icing sugar & make a uniform mixture.

3. Pre-heat the oven at 350 degrees.

4. Now take a 12 inch square pan and grease well by rubbing butter all inside it. Spread above mixture in the pan and press firmly.

5. Put the pan in oven and bake for 15 minutes and bring out to cool.

6. Mix eggs and granulated sugar and beat well.

7. In another bowl, mix 5 tablespoons sugar, lemon juice and baking powder. Stir well and add above mixture of eggs and sugar to it.

8. Make a uniform blend of all above and pour it over the baked layer.

9. Again bake it for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

10. Remove from oven and allow cooling.

11. Sprinkle rest of icing sugar over it and cut into small squares.

You can garnish it with firmly sliced lemon pieces or sliced raspberry or cloud-berry. You can also make orange squares, if you do not want to use lemon in this recipe. Simply use orange juice instead of lemon juice and your delicious orange squares are ready to be served to your guests. Garnish it with slender round slices of orange and your amazingly appetizing recipe is all set to lure your guests.

If your cat has recently decided not to use the litter box, this can create a lot of stress for both of you. This frequently happens, and often there is a simple fix for the problem.

Here are a few questions to ask yourself when this happens:

1. Are you changing the litter daily?

2. Is the box easily accessible to your cat?

3. Have you recently added a new cat to your family?

4. Is the food and/or water dish too close to the box?

5. Have you changed brands of litter?

6. Are you using a new litter disinfectant?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, try changing back to the way it was done before the problem occurred.

Here are a few suggestions that may help:

1. If you have more than one cat, consider providing a box for each cat. Some cats don’t like to share.

2. Make sure you haven’t moved the box to a location that may have frightening noises.

3. Experiment with a new litter…cats seem to prefer a sand like texture.

4. If the cat has chosen to eliminate outside the box, and has chosen only one spot for this, move the litter box to that spot. You can gradually move the litter box back to the new location a little each day.

5. If the cat has chosen to eliminate in several locations, try putting dishes of cat food in those locations to discourage them.

6. If you have a cat that stands in the litter box but eliminates outside of it, try using a covered litter box.

7. Check with a janitor supply store for a product called uric acid neutralizer. It contains an enzyme that neutralizes the acid and eliminates the smell.

8. Consider a visit to the vet. Often there is a medical reason for this type of behavior change.

It’s possible there is an emotional basis for the change in your cat’s behavior. Has your cat recently been under a lot of stress? Things like surgery, illness and new pets in the house can all cause stress.

One or more of the above suggestions should help eliminate this problem. Above all, do not yell at your cat or punish him. A calm approach and a willingness to try different things will keep both you and your FurrKid happy!

Some of you may have heard of Binary Option Brokers, some of you may not. It’s a relatively new form of betting where you can place wagers on the market. To put it simply, it’s being a stock-broker without the stocks.

Now, you’re probably thinking the same as I did when I first started using Binary Options; ‘This sounds like it’s going to be complicated’. Granted, when you hear ‘stock-broking’, you immediately think of mentally exhausting and challenging work, but you couldn’t be further from the truth when it comes to Binary Options.

For those of you who are computer savvy, you’ll known that binary means ‘a set of two’, which is all you get from Binary Options. At Binary Option Brokers, you’ll get two choices, rise or fall. Whilst these bets can be made in several ways, the basics lay in whether a company’s, materials’ or currency’s worth will rise or fall. Like I said earlier, it’s stock-broking without the stocks (and a lot less pressure too).

The only bets you can make are ‘rise’ or ‘fall’, so whether a stock will go up in price, or down in value. There are a variety of ways in which you can make these bets which I will explain later, but that’s the basics of it. Most brokers will offer a demo version, so you can give the market a try before you play any of your own money. You can also view trends and previous market results to get a feel where your bet should be placed.

There are five different types of rise and fall bets to make, each follow the basic principle of stock either rising or falling, but differ on how you make your money.

Up Or Down

This is the basic option; all you have to do is decide whether the market will settle above or below its opening level. At the end of the day, the stock will have a finishing price which will be above or below its opening price, and that will be the final result.

Call Options

A call option is when you want the market to rise above a certain point. You set the point yourself, and if the market ends above your prediction then you will make a profit, if it settles below your expectations then you’ll use your premium.

Put Options

Put options are the opposite of call options, instead of predicting the market will rise above a certain point, you’ll bet that they fall below a certain point. All you need to do is place your expectation, then wait and see.

Targets

A target result is when you bet on the parameters that a stock will fall between. For example, you can bet that a stock will gain between 40-50 points that day, or if a stock will lose 25-35 points. This is more detailed type of bet which will take a little extra skill to get used to.

Ladders

Ladder bets are very similar to both call options and put options, except you can bet on both rise and fall rather than just one or the other. You still have to set a point you think the stock will land above/under.

That’s all there is to it really. Like I said, it looks a lot more complicated than it actually is, and once you’re played around with a demo version for a day or two, you’ll understand exactly how to play the game.

The content of Maya classic civilization is very rich and can be summarized only in a briefest way. They consist of large pyramidal mounds and platforms made of earth and rock fill. Many of the Maya buildings are tremendously high and amazingly steep. As examples, the great temple pyramid of Tikal rise tower-like to heights of over 60 meters above the plaza floors.

The buildings which surmount the pyramids and platforms also were constructed of rubble fill and stone-block masonry. In some, as in the northern lowlands, the dressed-stone facing were no more than a veneer set in stucco. Walls of the buildings were thick and rooms were relatively narrow; roofs were vaulted with corbelled arches.

Doors were usually small and windows very rare so that the interiors of those structures still intact are dark and cool. Small buildings, of from one to three rooms, placed on the tops of steep pyramids, likely were temples; longer and larger buildings, with many rooms and set on lower, broader platforms, probably were palaces.

The ball court, a Maya Late Classic Period feature, was the other principal building type. The basic plan of Maya ceremonial centers, particularly in the southern lowlands, was a rectangular plaza enclosed on three or four sides by mounds. These plazas were often artificially dressed hilltops, as at Uaxactun, or terraced hillsides, as at Piedras Negras and Palenque. By successive layers of construction, the plaza unit gradually assumed the aspect of an acropolis, of which the famous “Main Group” at Tikal or the “Acropolis” of Copan is good examples.

Carved stelae and altar stones were set up in the plazas, frequently at the feet of pyramid stairways. High above the plazas, the temples and palaces were ornamented with intricate roof-combs, flying facades, and carved and stucco-sculptured decoration.

The Maya ceremonial centers were constructed and supported by sustaining populations of jungle farmers, but the archaeological record of this people is now only beginning to be set down. The ordinary classic Maya dwellings were probably much like the wood, mud, and thatch huts of their historic or modern descendants, and such buildings have left little trace above ground. Fortunately, many of them were built on small platforms of earth or stone, and a number of these “house mounds” have been discovered and studied. These studies indicate that dwellings were not closely packed in and immediately around the ceremonial centers. Clusters of mounds have been found close to the main plazas and mounds of the centers, but equally large clusters were scattered along the river bottoms or around the edges of lakes and bajos (swamps) several kilometers removed from the ceremonial centers.

There are some debatable exceptions. Some archaeologists claim that Tikal is the Peten was truly urban in its proportions, as was Dzibilchaltun in northern Yucatan. But for the most part, the over-all settlement pattern of the Classic Maya was a scattered hamlet dotting most of the suitable farming land. Interspersed among these hamlets were minor ceremonial centers, and somewhat more distant from one another were the major centers with their elaborate architecture and monuments. Presumably, several hamlets coordinated their efforts to construct and maintain a minor ceremonial center, and in turn, the total populations tributary to such minor centers coalesced with other similar groups to support major centers.