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After a busy year on my end (company growth, wedding, moving houses, watching bitcoin go down, down, down....), I'm very happy to announce you our 5th meetup to discuss alternative investments (register here!) to discover new ways of saving and growing our money! I also wanted to take the time to polish my DIY dashboard, so now it's on its track.
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|Max Leverage
|Demo Account
|1,0 Pips
|ca. 200
|1,2 Pips
|ca. 110
|0,7 Pips
|ca. 100
|0,8 Pips
|ca. 75
|3,0 Pips
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|0,8 Pips
|ca. 125
|3,0 Pips
|ca. 50
|2,0 Pips
|ca. 2000
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|0,5 Pips
|ca. 80
|3,0 Pips
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|ca. 100
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|ca. 320
|0,2 Pips
|ca. 1 Mio.
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What is CFD Trading?
CFD trading is by no means a new trend. Already since the beginning of the nineties, the differential transactions have established themselves mainly in England. Also in the German-speaking area, there are many CFD brokers now and, of course, more and more German traders. All important underlying assets such as stocks, commodities, currencies and indices
Background and Characteristics of the CFDs
CFDs (Contracts for Difference) differ fundamentally from traditional financial products. In the case of securities trading or the trading of commodities traders acquire real assets. These tangible assets are, for example, stored in a bank or a depot. Of course, credit institutions charge fees for storage. This is not the case with CFD Trading. When trading with CFDs, the traders buy only difference contracts or they only speculate on the price development of certain products. This saves the dealer, of course, the fees from a deposit account or from a bank account. The Contracts for Difference are among the most popular financial instruments of today and offer the traders many advantages. The trade is very simple and flexible.The traders can trade the differential contacts on different off-exchange trading platforms, which are provided by the so-called brokers, at almost any time.
Another advantage compared to traditional financial instruments: In the case of CFD, traders can not only rely on rising (long go), but also on falling courses (short walking). Thanks to the leverage available, the returns and, of course, the losses in terms of capital employed are much higher than in traditional trading in equities, funds or ETFs. As a result, traders can also move very large sums with a relatively small capital inflow. Unfortunately, many inexperienced traders and newcomers underestimate the high risk of a leverage.
Legal Aspects of CFDs
In CFD trading different assets are traded and the traders participate in the price changes. The real rates of various underlying assets, such as stocks or commodities, are mapped by CFDs 1:1. Through broker trading platforms, traders can trade the CFDs in real-time and with just a few mouse clicks. The operation of the differential contracts is relatively simple and can be learned in a short time. For this reason, CFD trading is also particularly suitable for beginners. Although CFDs are derived directly from the prices of the reference markets, the differential contracts are off-exchange products. From the legal side, the contract is between the broker and the trader. The existing rights and obligations are therefore essentially limited to the correct payment of share price developments. There is therefore no obligation to buy or sell. In general, each broker can completely customize his CFDs. There is no uniform definition or standardized contract specification. Traders who hold CFDs on shares are not entitled to vote and are not entitled to dividends against the respective company.
Pros and Cons of CFD Trading
In a direct comparison to the traditional financial instruments, the differential contracts have many advantages. For this reason, more and more people are moving from the traditional trade to the business with the differential contracts. In the case of CFD trading, high returns are possible even with small capitals, thanks to the leverage. Traders must only deposit a fraction of the traded capital value with their broker. In the case of CFD trading, traders can rely on both rising and falling prices. The difference contracts are therefore not subject to any issuer risk. They are simply considered like normal deposits at the bank. In the event of an emergency, the CFDs take the deposit guarantee. Despite these many advantages, the CFDs also have a few disadvantages. Above all, beginners should deal with these in detail before they start trading. With CFD trading, there is a high risk of loss. This should mainly be considered by newcomers. If there is a margin requirement, losses can, of course, exceed the amount of capital invested. Through various risk management tools, traders can minimize the existing losses. In direct comparison to the exchange trading, spreads are higher for CFD trading. Although monitoring and regulation are also available, it is much weaker than in the exchange trading market. As long-term investments, the difference contracts are limited. Since the traders always deposit only a fraction of the traded value with the broker, they act almost as a credit. If a trader holds a CFD position longer than one day, additional financing costs will be incurred. These depend on the respective underlying and the current interest rate.
How is CFD Trading Done?
Traders wishing to start trading with the CFD need to meet only few requirements. An extensive prior knowledge is also not necessary for the trading with the differential contracts. Of course, already existing basic knowledge of the trading with shares, commodities and other underlying assets is an advantage. This is why the CFD trading is also very popular and suitable for beginners. Generally, the traders need some capital, a computer or a mobile platform and a connection to the Internet. The trading platform is the most important. In order to gain access to this, the traders must choose a broker (provider) first. When the choice is made, the trader must open a commercial account with the broker. In order to be able to start with CFD trading at all, the trader must deposit money into his trade account. The amount of the minimum deposit varies from broker to broker. The same applies to the trading platform.
The Trading Platform Plays the Key Role
In general, a distinction is made between web-based trading platforms and software based trading platforms. Through the platform, the trader has access to various contracts for difference. The number of available stocks, commodities, indices and bonds depends on the trading platform. The CFD trading is always in real time. Traders, however, can not buy CFDs from a broker and sell the derivative contracts to another broker. The positions held must always be solved or dissolved with the respective provider. Depending on which trading platform is used, this offers the trader additional functions. One of the useful features is the demo account. This is especially suitable for beginners who have never traded with CFDs. The test account is free of charge and allows the trader to trade under realistic conditions without having to use real money. Depending on the provider, the demo account is either temporary or even permanently usable. Many of the brokers developed a mobile app for their trading platforms. Thanks to these, the trader can also act with their smartphone or tablet PC while on the road.
How CFD Trading Works On a Practical Example
CFDs (Contracts for Difference) do not belong to the term transactions, which is why they have neither a term nor a maturity. CFDs can thus be held by the trader without any time limit. CFDs of UBS bankers were developed in the English capital, London. The bankers were looking for a way to circumvent the British stamp duty on shares. At that time, this was to be paid for each transaction. Through the CFDs, the banks were able to trade off-exchange. Since the shares of the CFD Trading never changed the owner, the dealers also had no more stamp duty to pay. Difference contracts can be traded on many different underlyings. It does not matter whether commodities, indices, bonds or shares are traded. In the following example, the trading of shares CFDs is explained in detail.
The share of a company is listed on Xetra for 10 euros. The shares are offered by a broker as CFD. The market value on the trading platform corresponds precisely to the price of 10 euros. In addition, the broker requires a margin (collateral) of 10 percent for trading in the difference contract. The trader is now on a rising course (he goes long) and opens a position with a capital input of 1 euro. Once the position of the CFD is opened, the contract value always corresponds to the real share price. If the share price rises by a total of 10 percent, the contract value also rises from 10 to 11 euros. Since the trader has used only 1 euro as equity, he receives a 100% profit in this case. If on the other hand, the price of the share falls by 10 per cent, the contract value of the share falls by 1 euro. In this case, the trader would have lost 100 percent. The leverage effect of the CFD trades will enable traders to receive higher profits, but on the other hand, they will also face higher losses. The size of the respective financial leverage can be derived from the level of the security performance of a broker. It always corresponds to the reciprocal of the margin requirement. With some brokers, the trader can choose a specific financial leverage. With most brokers, the trader has the choice between different leverage.
Traders Benefit From Low Fees
Compared to other trading instruments, CFDs are not only more easily structured. Costs are also lower in terms of fees than with other financial products. Most brokers charge none or very low costs. The traders only have to pay the financing costs (exclusively for the overnight positions), the spread ( a difference between the purchase and sales price) and also possible, the slippage. Shortly before a purchase or sale, the structure of an underlying asset may change. This could mean that the trader is offered a CFD for 10 euros, but the course will only rise to 10.05 euros a second later. If the trader takes the CFD to the higher course without having seen it, it is called the slippage.
What Can Be Traded With CFD Trading?
Investors who choose CFD Trading can benefit from a huge selection of different trading products. Contracts can be traded not only in one but in many different assets. The most common underlying assets are currencies, commodities, bonds, equities, indices and also futures. This allows traders to participate in completely different markets at the same time and to implement their individual trading strategies. The variety of underlying instruments is another reason for the great popularity of CFD trading. How many individual underlyings can be traded in total depends on the broker's offer. If a trader is interested in a specific underlying or for a specific trading product, he should check in advance whether the respective broker has it in his offer.With the big brokers, traders have a choice between 1,000 and 1,500 values. This should be something suitable for every taste.
CFDs on Stock Indicess
Indices on equities are specific financial instruments that reflect the real price of an underlying asset of a listed company. The S & P 500 is one of the leading indices. This index covers the price of many well-known companies traded on the world's largest stock exchange (New York Stock Exchange). If a total price of the various company shares increases, the price of the S & P 500 index also rises. There are also indicators for various stock exchanges around the world, such as the German Dax or the Japanese NIKKEI. In addition, there are also indices that reflect the share price of smaller companies. The range of indices on equities depends on a respective broker. On average traders have the choice between 10 and 20 indices.
CFDs on Shares
The CFD trading on equities is very popular. Therefore, most brokers offer their customers a wide range of different stock CFDs. On average, differential contracts can be traded on around 1,000 individual stocks from almost every country in the world. These include all known stocks of the world's most important companies, such as Apple, Google and Facebook. The most famous companies in Germany such as Volkswagen, Bayer, Mercedes and BMW are also present.
CFDs on Currency Pairs
The offer of most brokers also includes various underlyings in a form of currency pairs. The most popular pairs, which also play an important role in the Forex trading, can also be traded with many CFD brokers. The number varies a lot from broker to broker. With many well-known brokers, up to 60 currency pairs are available to the traders. EUR / USD and JPY / USD are among the most popular underlyings. Because of the many available currencies, more and more Forex traders deal with the difference contracts.
Contracts on Precious Metals and Raw Materials
In the CFD trading, traders can also trade many of the popular precious metals, such as gold, platinum and silver. In the area of raw materials, the selection of CFDs is also very large. Among other things, differences can be traded on natural gas, petroleum, coffee, sugar, maize and rice. The total number of available underlyings is very different from broker to broker.
Contracts on ETFs and Government Bonds
ETFs are index funds with specific underlying values. These are either bundled according to an industry or a region. One of the most famous ETFs in Germany is MSCI Germany. Traders can even trade differential contracts on European, American or Japanese government bonds. The EUREX is one of the most popular government bonds. Compared to the other underlyings, ETFs and government bonds are not so popular with CFD Trading and are therefore not offered by all brokers.
Current Events and News Affect CFD Trading
In general, it is immensely important that traders follow the market. Current news and announcements influence the courses. In raw materials, the crude oil enjoys a huge popularity. This is mainly due to the fact that this well-known financial instrument can be strongly influenced by political events. These events can also be easily followed by small investors and well speculated. If for example, a new and large petroleum deposit has been discovered, this increases the supply. This usually leads to a case of crude oil price. On the basis of this development, most CFD traders will choose to open a short position (sales position). This example also shows very well why CFD traders must actively monitor the market. If a trader had not been aware of the new oil crisis, he might have opened a long position of crude oil and lost his capital in this case.
What to Consider in CFD trading?
Trade in differential contracts is relatively easy to understand. Nevertheless, there are a few basic things that every trader should know about. The use of large financial leverage is typical for CFD trading. For a long-term success, traders should therefore also know how margin and financial leverage work in practice. From time to time CFD traders are also faced with the funding obligation and the margin call. Therefore, traders should also know these two terms and their potential impact on trade.
CFD Leverage
Financial leverage is among the most attractive features of the trading with CFDs. The trader needs to use very little equity through the leverage. In contrast to the direct purchase of an underlying, the trader does not have to pay the total price and only deposit a relatively low safety margin. In direct comparison to the possible profit, the level of safety performance is relatively low. This also, unfortunately, leads to the fact that some traders quickly underestimate the existing risk. Beginners and very inexperienced traders should do without the CFD leverage in the beginning. The height of the CFD leverage differs from broker to broker. As a rule, the lever moves between 5 : 1 and 200 : 1. For some brokers, a very high leverage ratio of up to 400 : 1 is possible. The profit in CFD trading also depends directly on the amount of leverage used. The leverage is calculated by referring to the margin. 100 / Margin will give a value known as leverage and calculated as a percentage. The loss in CFD trading can be calculated in the same way.
For example, if a trader wants to invest 10,000 euros in a share price, he can do so with or without leverage. If the trader opts for a direct investment in the respective underlying, then he must invest 10,000 euros from his own pocket. If the trader opts instead for a 10 : 1 leverage, then he has to finance only 100 euros from his own pocket. If the share price then increases by 10 percent, the trader would have earned 1,000 euros in both cases through a sale. In terms of lower equity, the leverage ratio is 100 percent and the leverage is only 10 percent. The CFD leverage offers advantages for the trader but also disadvantages. Traders benefit from lower procurement costs and money deposits. Thanks to the leverage in the above example, you can achieve an equal profit with 100 euros, as with 10,000 euros. The CFD leverage is also associated with a much greater risk of loss. With a stake of only € 100, traders can lose € 10,000 or even more in the worst case.
CFD Margin and Margin Call
Contracts are leveraged financial products. If a trader trades with a leverage, he is obliged to deposit a margin (collateral) with the broker. Each broker requires such security. The amount of the security depends, on the one hand, on the respective underlying value and, on the other hand, on the capital use. When dealing with indices, most brokers demand a margin of one percent. For raw materials such as gold or silver the margin is at around 3 percent. For the shares CFDs, the security performance is on average 5 percent. If a trader makes a loss on trading, the broker retains the security deposit. Unfortunately, the loss can also be significantly greater due to the leverage. In such a case, the safety performance is no longer sufficient. If the trader has sufficient funds on his account, it is used by the broker. If, however, the dealer does not have sufficient capital, then a margin call comes through the broker.
How the Funding Obligation Works
Through the Margin Call, the broker calls on the trader to make a margin in the form of fresh capital. The amount of this requirement always corresponds to the respective level of the initial margin in the correlation with the current price. Due to the terms and conditions, the broker has the right to either close the trader's position or reduce it to an appropriate extent if the trader fails to meet his margin requirements. Through the margin requirement a trader, if he acted with a high leverage and wrongly speculated, can lose a lot of money. Through a suitable risk management the traders can also avoid high losses or the margin call, of course. Many brokers provide tools in their trading platforms. One of the most popular risk management tools is Stop Loss. This allows the trader to set a limit for a negative price development. When the limit is reached, the position is automatically sold.
How to Choose the Right CFD Provider?
CFDs are not traded on the stock exchange. They are traded exclusively through special trading platforms. For this reason, traders who want to start trading first need to choose a suitable provider. In this case the traders have to register themselves. The registration itself is free and takes only a few minutes. Due to the great popularity of the trading of contracts for differences, many brokers have been introduced in recent years. In the meantime, traders with English skills can choose between more than 100 different brokers. The large selection makes it difficult for an inexperienced trader to find a suitable and, above all, reputable broker. Fortunately, there are some important criteria for a broker selection. In any case, the traders should be informed in detail before making the final decision.
What Criteria is the Most Important?
Many CFD brokers advertise heavily to attract new customers. They advertise, among other things, commissions and lure traders with great deposit bonuses. These two factors are not unimportant, but they do not allow traders to draw conclusions about their seriousness. The head office of the respective broker plays a very important role. Serious providers have a head office in the European Union at an established financial center. They are regularly monitored and controlled by a reliable supervisory authority and the funds of the customers are protected by a sufficient deposit protection. These important factors should be considered in any case. In addition, there are also some criteria that also play a role in the selection of the appropriate broker. Many German traders have opted for a broker, whose terms and conditions and risk statements are available in German. In addition, a high degree of transparency of the commissions and spreads, as well as a wide range of different underlying values, is highly regarded by many experienced traders. Many beginners especially appreciate a low minimum deposit and attach great importance to an existing demo account. The processing time of support requests and withdrawals is also very important. Traders, who like to trade on the move, choose a broker with additional mobile trading platforms.
Headquarters and External Representation of the Broker
At which location a broker has its headquarters, can be found quickly on its website. Particularly recommendable are brokers, which are located in Germany, in the UK, in Switzerland, in the Netherlands or in Austria. In addition, it is advantageous if customer's capital is held with banks that also reside in these countries. A regular check by the well-known supervisory authorities, as for example by the BaFin (Germany) or the FSA (the UK), significantly increases the security. Through the broker's official website, potential customers receive a lot of important information. In the way, the broker presents itself in the public, serious and not recommended brokers can be clearly distinguished. They simply do not make a professional impression. For example, a broker with a head office in Germany on his official website only presents information in English. Customers should be able to clearly identify which documents they need to provide for disbursements and which payment methods are available to you. A reputable broker also tells his customers how long a payout usually takes and whether there are restrictions.
Low Entry Barriers and Many Basic Values
Low entry barriers are not advantageous for beginners only. A very high minimum deposit keeps most customers away. Furthermore, many newcomers pay attention to whether the broker offers a demo account. With this, traders can extensively test the trading platform without a financial risk. The test account should be supplied with live courses and not limited in time. As a general rule, in the case of CFD trading, the more diversified basis can be traded, the better. In this context, however, it is also important that the commissions and spreads move within a reasonable level. Further advantages are if there are several access possibilities to the trading platform. Many well-known brokers offer their customers a web-based trading platform, a download version and yet a mobile app. This allows traders to trade almost anywhere and always stay up-to-date.
Our CFD Broker Comparison Will Help You Choose
If you are not familiar with the most important criteria for broker selection, then you will have to pay a lot of money. You must visit the websites of the numerous well-known brokers and get a picture of each provider. Before you find a serious and individually suitable broker, many days can pass. With our CFD broker comparison, beginners, advanced and experienced traders will find the optimal CFD broker in a very short time. We have dealt extensively with the well-known brokers and thoroughly examined them. In our broker comparison, all the important criteria is taken into account. Since each trader has different preferences, our comparison can even be adjusted individually according to the criteria you find to be most important. Within a few minutes, an individual suitable provider can be found.


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On Learning Discrete Graphical Models using Greedy Methods
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In this paper, we address the problem of learning the structure of a pairwise graphical model from samples in a high-dimensional setting. Our first main result studies the sparsistency, or consistency in sparsity pattern recovery, properties of a forward-backward greedy algorithm as applied to general statistical models. As a special case, we then apply this algorithm to learn the structure of a discrete graphical model via neighborhood estimation. As a corollary of our general result, we derive sufficient conditions on the number of samples n, the maximum node-degree d and the problem size p, as well as other conditions on the model parameters, so that the algorithm recovers all the edges with high probability. Our result guarantees graph selection for samples scaling as n = Omega(d log(p)), in contrast to existing convex-optimization based algorithms that require a sample complexity of Omega(d^2 log(p)). Further, the greedy algorithm only requires a restricted strong convexity condition which is typically milder than irrepresentability assumptions. We corroborate these results using numerical simulations at the end.


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Russia has introduced a new draft resolution on the situation in Georgia at the U.N. Security Council. The move follows less than a day after France circulated a revised text on the subject that Moscow said it could not support. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters Wednesday that the Russian draft is intended to put the Security Council on track with the six principles agreed to last week by the Russian and French presidents and signed onto by Georgia.
"We think that it [our draft] is a straightforward thing and we see no reason why members of the Security Council could not approve or endorse the six principles which were annunciated by the presidents of Russia and France and which form the basis of the current effort to resolve and normalize the situation," Churkin said.
The six principles in that plan, and articulated in the Russian draft resolution, are a cessation of hostilities; a promise for the parties not to revert to violence; free access to humanitarian aid; the return of Georgian troops to their permanent bases; the withdrawal of Russian forces to their pre-conflict positions; and the opening of international discussions on security and stability arrangements in the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Ambassador Churkin said the French draft resolution is unacceptable because it contains only the demand for compliance with the cease-fire agreement, the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces to pre-conflict positions and the return of Georgian forces to their usual bases.
But the French draft does have language reaffirming the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Georgia - language that is absent from the Russian draft and could be a sticking point for several council members.
U.S. Ambassador Alejandro Wolff was dismissive of the Russian draft, saying that Moscow has subscribed to the six points but has yet to implement them.
"This draft resolution is intended to rubber stamp a Russian interpretation that we do not agree with," he said. "We do have an agreement, it has been signed, it is not being implemented. The Security Council adopting a resolution repeating it is not going to change the facts. Either the Russian Federation will comply with its obligations as a party to this conflict, or a resolution that reiterates those points if they are not going to be compliant is not worthy of the Security Council."
France's deputy ambassador, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, said his delegation's draft still remains on the table. He said France and the European Union's main objective is to have the Security Council endorse a road map for settlement of the conflict.
Earlier this month, Russia sent scores of tanks and thousands of troops into Georgia saying it had to protect Russian citizens and peacekeepers. The move came after Georgia sent forces into South Ossetia - a breakaway Georgian province that favors Russia. The Georgian operation was aimed at bringing the area back under Tbilisi's control.
Russia Introduces Draft Resolution on Georgia at UN Security Council
Russia has introduced a new draft resolution on the situation in Georgia at the U.N. Security Council. The move follows less than a day after France circulated a revised text on the subject that Moscow said it could not support. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more.


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One of our group members, Joan Shipps, recently suggested that we all adopt a commitment to doing "one thing a month for statehood." On Friday, November 22nd, my one thing will be to go up to the Hill to advocate for the statehood bill. Over the last week I've reached out to several offices and was able to schedule seven meetings with House offices from 12-4pm. I'll be meeting with three Republican offices and four Democratic offices trying to educate staff about the statehood bill and to seek the support of their bosses to be cosponsors on the bill. It's a small effort but it's meaningful and it's what we need to do more of to make statehood a reality.
Over the last year, our group has met with 55 Senate offices and by Friday afternoon over 50 House offices. Combined with the efforts of Shadow Representative Nate Bennett-Fleming, his interns, and the DC Statehood Coalition we've now met with almost half the House and over half the Senate. Not bad for unpaid workers and unfunded groups, but it's not enough. We need more people speaking up in support of statehood from the District and from the 50 states. Over the last few years we've learned that one meeting usually isn't enough. These offices need to be reminded why statehood is important and they need to be contacted by more people about it.
All of the offices we've met with and those that we haven't need to hear from District citizens. We need to be polite (for the most part) and persistent letting offices know that we want their support on the statehood bill. We as citizens also need to reach out to our friends and family in the states and ask them to contact their representatives on our behalf. We need a 50 state movement to create the 51st state. The statehood movement can do great things with limited resources but we all need to participate, we all need to volunteer, we all need to do at least one thing a month to advance the cause.
If you're interested in doing something today all you have to do is write a brief email to add your voice to those of your neighbors in support of DC statehood. Take a look at the folks in the House and the Senate who we believe could use a follow-up email or phone call and let them know that you want their boss to support the New Columbia Admission Act (H.R. 292 in the House and S. 132 in the Senate).
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We all should be doing at least one thing a month for statehood so we might as well start now.
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I learned to shoot just after my seventh birthday with a .22 caliber rifle my parents gave to me as a gift. I actually wanted the latest Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman action figures but I hid my disappointment as well as I could. My older brother already had a gun of his own so I knew this day was coming. My Dad had been hinting about for weeks. In retrospect, I probably should have been grateful that they took the time to gift-wrap it.
Dad took me to the local garbage dump and set up a bunch of bottles for me to practice on. He was far more excited than I was. He resolutely went over an endless list of safety precautions, teaching me how to properly handle my new weapon and detailing the enormous responsibility it was to have a gun of my own. He was not remiss in his duties but the obvious issue of giving a gun to a seven year old was never discussed.
I did not hit a bottle until my fifth or sixth try but when I did I doubt he had ever been happier. We both breathed a tremendous sigh of relief. I felt his hand on my shoulder and the warmth of his body as he drew me close to him. I heard him say he was proud of me.
Once I learned to control my breathing and steady my arm I was knocking the bottles down with some regularity. Maybe, I thought, he sees potential in me. Maybe this is the way I can convince him that I am good enough. I silently vowed to become an excellent marksman and a skilled hunter. One way or another I was going to convince him to love me.
My excitement at the prospect of a newly formed bond with my Dad was short lived.
A bear, maybe 350 lbs. or more, wandered out of the woods in search of a free meal at the dump. He was across the trench from us, about fifty meters away, so we were in no imminent danger.
I looked up at my Dad, utterly terrified at what his response would be. "Do I shoot him?" I asked.
When he smiled at me and gently shook his head I knew that I was spared.
"Keep an eye on him," he said. "I'm going to grab my gun from the truck."
I watched as the bear meandered slowly down the dry clay bank and began to snuffle through a half empty black garbage bag. He would stop every few seconds and sniff the air, swing his majestic head back and forth, until he was satisfied that he was alone. He was unaware that he was being watched. The sun was bright that day and the way it gleamed off of his fur reminded me of velvet.
My Dad returned and handed me his 30-06. As he knelt down beside me I began to shake.
"I can't…"
He laughed, mussed his hand through my hair and said, "The kick from this gun would knock you flat on your ass. I just want you to get a closer look"
Relieved, I lifted the heavy rifle and found the bear through the scope. This was a beautiful animal. In extreme close up I could make out every detail; muscles rippling beneath jet black fur and a tiny patch of white at his chest, the tan fur around his muzzle which gave way to sharp yellow teeth, and his small dark eyes.
"Dad," I whispered. "It's like I can look him right in the eye."
He reached for the gun. "That's exactly where I'm going to put the bullet son."
Time froze as I watched him raise the rifle and train it on the bear. He brought his eye down to the scope and rested his finger against the trigger. I wanted to react, to shout at him to stop, but was paralyzed by the sudden ugliness of what was about to happen. I swung my eyes back to the bear and watched in muted horror as its front legs buckled and it slouched forward dead, seemingly before the explosion of the gunshot crashed into my head.
I turned back to my Dad in shock and when I saw him grinning down at me I knew that there was no real hope for us. I did not want to be a part of his senseless violence or the joy he seemed to take from it. I did not want to know him that well. My head, still ringing from the close proximity of the 30-06 blast, was reeling. I wanted to cry but dared not. I wanted to turn the gun on him. I wanted him to be somebody else, a callous stranger or a figment of my imagination.
"Let's go load him in the truck," he said to me.
Sickened, I reached down and picked up my birthday present and handed the .22 over. "I don't want this," I told him.
I started the long walk home. He did not call out after me. The eerie silence that settled over the forest would haunt our relationship for years to come.


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TOWN OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING BOARD AGENDA Monday, April 9, 2012 1. 6:30 PM – Call to Order 2. Roll Call: Members, Alternates, Appointment of Alternates per RSA 673:11, 673:12 3. Announcements/Correspondence/Mail 4. Public Comments (Opportunities for comments from the public will also be provided at the time a matter is discussed, by show of hand and recognition by the chair person, as long as doing so will not disrupt the meeting.) 5. Review and possible approval of minutes for the March 26, 2012 Planning Board meeting. 6. Old Business- A. Conditional Use Application- Consideration and Possible Vote for Approval B. Permits- Clarification of Different Types of Applications C. CIP 7. New Business 8. Member Comments 9. Adjournment
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In an omnichannel world, any personalization solution should be able to target the complete customer journey, across devices and channels. Desktop-only personalization ignores the ever-growing importance of mobile devices. The personalization system needs to be integrated in such a way that the brand has a unified view of its customer and can analyze customer behavior, irrespective of the channels it is active on. The customer also needs a unified and seamless experience when it accesses the site through different devices.
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A business needs to consider what kind of data is going to be most useful. What we think of first when we think of personalization is probably historical customer data. Third-party data can be just as valuable, however. ZIP codes, weather, and relational geography can be tremendously important. Shipping policies tailored for the shoppers' specific location provides transparency while making shoppers feel welcome.
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The ability to reconstruct site layout and structure, tailored for individual preferences, is one of the fundamental requirements of quality eCommerce personalization. What the shopper sees on each page should be based on cumulative knowledge about the shopper and the new information presented by current behavior; in other words, layout personalization should ideally serve the current needs of the shopper while taking into consideration historical preferences.
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An ideal eCommerce personalization software should have the ability to utilize both manual and automated algorithmic decisions. A/B testing' product recommendations, personalized offers – can all be done effectively when there is a great deal of flexibility in determining the strategy. Merchandisers should be able to utilize their vast knowledge through manual control, while automated algorithms can optimize marketing campaigns at scale.
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An agile approach brings as much value to an eCommerce project as it does to any other project. Possibly more. Building a really effective eCommerce site involves a lot of testing and experimentation. No assumptions should be made and the site should be flexible enough to adjust as data is interpreted. Personalized shopping experiences translate into constantly adjusting customers' eCommerce journeys as brands learn more about their customers and how to give them what they really want.
eCommerce personalization platforms need to allow brands to isolate individual customer behaviors in as much detail as needed. The more brands can micro target their audience, the more they can shape offerings to appeal to niche segments of their customer base. The ideal – though difficult to achieve – is one-on-one targeting, a eCommerce personalization software that can see customers as well-rounded individuals.
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Validating models...
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Django version 1.2.3, using settings 'helloworld.settings'
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Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
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- In his defense Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working" (John 5:17).
- "But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you" (Matthew 6:33, HCSB).
- I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received" (Ephesians 4:1, HCSB).
- "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It's no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men.
- You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lamp stand, and it gives light for all who are in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:13-16, HCSB).
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- He said to him, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important commandment. The second is like it. Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments" Matthew 22:37-40, HCSB).
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- Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you" (John 20:21, HCSB).
- "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8, HCSB).
- Then Jesus came near and said to them, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:18-20, HCSB).
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Almost all the girls have wondered how they look like when they wear the wedding dresses. Maybe some will think: Am I beautiful enough to become the central point during the wedding ceremonies? To be honest, I'm afraid that many brides will feel disappointed about those luxurious and expensive wedding dresses. Though the dresses are gorgeous and charming, they cannot afford to rent them, not even mention to buy them. Here are several ways for you to buy wedding dresses under 100.
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Secondly, you can ask certain potential designers to design your maternity wedding dresses under 100, which can largely reduce your cost. Although they don't have their own brands, the quality and the workmanship won't be that bad, and they often sell their products at a lower price.
Thirdly, please consider to purchase the simple wedding dresses under 100 in your local area. Nowadays, the electronic commerce develops in a quite fast pace, and online shopping has become essential part of many people's life. Many people have started to shop for the wedding dresses under 100 online. As far as I'm concerned, shopping online is able to save you both time and money, you just need to pay some little delivery expense.
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Posted on March 5, 2017 in Computrons Culture Reality As Such
Travis Kalanick's recent string of run-ins with reality have put me to thinking, as I occasionally do, about how weird it is that we ignore empathy when evaluating intelligence. While anyone who has been paying attention can tell you that Kalanick's apologies are insincere, the hurt and confused demeanour isn't. He's genuinely at a loss, because he's getting in trouble for the exact behavior that has caused people to throw money at him. Kalanick may be the (punchable) face of the problem at the moment, but the fact that VCs are clamoring to get in on a company that's hemorrhaging precisely because of its cavalier attitude towards its employees, the law, and the world at large constitutes a problem on a much larger scale.
We can quibble about lionizing sociopaths having been appropriate in the past, but for people trying to make their money off the opportunities presented by the connected world, not being sympathetic to someone else's perspective is basically wanting to have your cake and eat it too, which I think is something that everyone can agree is a sign of limited intelligence.
Posted on December 30, 2012 in Images Reality As Such
It keeps asking me, "Who's the best pilot you ever saw?"
Also, people are enamored of Flickr's new app, but neither it nor the mobile version of their website allows me to grab a URL to post here, so it's just another web-killing piece of shit.
Posted on April 3, 2012 in Computrons Identity Introspection
So one of the things that I've been working on lately is trying to avoid information overload while still allowing myself the opportunity to discover new things. Part of this process involved spending a couple of hours mapping out a substantial cross-section of the ways in which I send, receive, and store data using the internet. Looking at the visual representation, C said she felt stressed out by the number of things with which I interacted regularly and wondered why.
I said, and continue to believe, that it was because it was a comprehensible representation of the scope of the web. The complexity of my process scaled out to encompass a huge group of people gives a sense of the irreducible complexity, but not one so overwhelming that the mind simply doesn't acknowledge it.
At this point it's a Barthean "punctum," placing it only barely on this side of trauma. On the face of I it, it's easy to find this a bit overwrought, but I think it bears scrutiny. If you think about, people have always tended to avoid acknowledging the degree to which the world scales beyond them, and the world has never been so far beyond the average person as it is now, but I'm getting ahead of myself (I mean, it is the future.)
In a related development, your uncle Bruce wrote an article for Wired (a magazine that I would love to hate, but the degraded state of our discourse means it's pretty damn good) about this newfangled "New Aesthetic." Now I probably should have had more of an idea about this whole phenomenon, but for some reason the package as such was new to me, although I have long been familiar with the products from every day life.
Sterling starts with some effusive praise, and then gets down to the business of complaining. His objections are sound, but I think that there are two things that he says and then doesn't combine which constitutes a significant oversight. The first observation is that many of the networks that NA celebrates are overtly hostile. No amount of charming glitches, for example, make a police surveillance network like London's anything other than overt fascism. A lot of negative things that should be called out are instead played down.
The second is that the "8-bit" aspect of NA is complete fucking bullshit, and while he recognizes that, his analysis of it is where things go a bit wrong. Here's what he says about them:
Finally, retro '80s graphics are sentimental fluff for modern adults who grew up in front of 1980s game-console machines. Eight-bit graphics are pretty easy to carve out of styrofoam. There's a low barrier-to-entry in making sculpture from 8-bit, so that you can "rupture the interface between the digital and the physical." However 8-bit sculptures are a cute, backward-looking rupture.
This makes the whole pixelizing the external world thing seem like something that can be trimmed off, but the pixelization is actually an integral part of the process whereby people allow themselves to ignore the dangers of things like surveillance networks by making them cute. It's a metaphor that allows someone to form an idea about how a network interacts with the world without being overwhelmed by the experience. Unfortunately, deployment of this metaphor doesn't just ignore the unpleasant aspects of the things under observation, it actively confuses the viewer. The fact is, we're already past the pixel-era. The eyes of the network are getting more acute all the time, and the charming pixel metaphor is a willful blindness to that, and a rush to repression.
I kind of want to talk more about this, including the fact that all human error is attributable to inappropriate metaphors, so stay tuned.
Posted on March 31, 2012 in Computrons Images
Despite not keeping up to date with posts, I have been progressing with Markov Garden. Whilst enjoying my vacation in the ancestral homeland, I worked mostly on the appearance aspect, which I'm not very good at, but I think the results have been alright.
As I have noted elsewhere, I am deeply concerned about the homogenization of the internet, so I have been trying to find a look that isn't too in keeping with the temper of the times. After sort of wandering around a bit, I decided that I'd try to work on something based on this amazing Luibov Popova textile design.
I love this because it is organic, but that doesn't prevent it from boldly facing the future. Unfortunately, as I'm not much of an HTML-ologist, I found myself compromising in ways that undermined the value. After a little more exploration (for which I think I'm really getting a lot out of Pinterest, despite its sloppy design principles) I came upon this Jean Arp image.
This is an easier stylistic guide, although I'm still trying to incorporate influences from the Popova. Right now the thing runs the risk of looking a little mod, but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get past that. I want something that reflects optimism about progress without having to refer to it explicitly.
Posted on January 2, 2012 in Computrons Images
So I decided that my existing side-projects were all too mercenary and that I needed to do something goofy. The goofy thing I decided to do centers around generating random text using Markov Chains. I'm learning Javscript as I go, and when I was ready to have it generate text from the probability table I wasn't somewhere where I could connect to the internet, so I didn't know how to generate random numbers. Just to test the generator I arbitrarily set it to retrieve the first word from the list of possible words. For various implementation reasons, this will give you the input text, unless certain kinds of repetition occurs.
As an input text, I used the last two paragraphs here, because I thought it would be funny, and a little meta. After all this explanation, this will probably be a little disappointing, but the point is I got this:
and I thought it was totally hilarious.
Posted on November 7, 2011 in Computrons Culture Literature
I gave up on reading Great Expectations. The sanctimony overcame the quirky humor, and I couldn't be bothered to keep track of what was going on any more. Now I'm reading Wuthering Heights, mostly because of Hark, a Vagrant. It's way better, although every single character is totally fucking loathsome. Almost as bad as Austen, in that regard.
Speaking of loathsome, the previously observed race to the bottom of the Facebook-UI-emulation barrel continues apace with Gmail and WordPress' control panel being the latest things that I use to become completely fucking horrible. It's enough to make me hope that rich fucks do in the global economy completely so I'll be too poor to see it get any worse.
Posted on September 27, 2011 in Culture
My Drunk Kitchen is great.
Posted on February 19, 2009 in Uncategorized
I managed to add functionality without compromising the anti-design feel. I'm excited.
Posted on February 17, 2009 in Uncategorized
Okay, so this probably isn't going to last long, but I was fooling around with some theme ideas, and sort of ended up with this and just thought it looked so great. Compared to the garbage I had, or this bullshit that people want money for, it seemed refreshing. Hopefully I can make it more functional without losing that good-ol'-days-y feel.


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The horrific terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai last week left up to 200 people dead. Countless more ordinary people's lives will be lost if the tensions in the region escalate into war between India and Pakistan.
Yet that terrible prospect cannot be ruled out. India and Pakistan have been to war four times since 1947, the most recent clash taking place in 1999. This is despite a wide desire for peace among the people of both countries.
But this time any conflict between the two powers will be framed by US imperialism and the "war on terror" in Afghanistan.
The war in Afghanistan has already spilled over the border into Pakistan. Now it threatens the entire region.
India has responded to the Mumbai attacks by pointing the finger of blame at the Pakistani state.
There is some evidence that the gunmen who carried out the massacre came from Pakistan and were affiliated to radical Islamist groups there.
But so far there has been no evidence of direct Pakistani government involvement.
Pakistan's rulers are caught between US demands to scale up the Afghanistan conflict and widespread popular opposition to the "war on terror".
The country's military and security establishment is also split between hardline Islamists and pro-US forces.
Both are suspicious of the country's new civilian government, elected earlier this year after popular protests brought down military dictator Pervez Musharraf.
Meanwhile the Indian government is talking up plans for new security and "anti-terror" laws that are likely to target the country's Muslim population.
India has also used the Mumbai massacre to ramp up pressure against Pakistan.
It has demanded that Pakistan extradite some key figures associated with Islamist attacks in India.
These include Dawood Ibrahim, a notorious Mumbai gangster who is now based in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, and Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba, an Islamist guerrilla organisation that wants the disputed state of Kashmir to join Pakistan.
The Indian demands are unlikely to be fulfilled, and the Indian government knows this. The Pakistani government is not powerful enough to move against Ibrahim or Saeed even if it wanted to.
Meanwhile Pakistan has responded to the Indian government's sabre-rattling by threatening to move its troops currently engaged in fighting pro-Taliban forces on the Afghan border over to the border with India.
Any such move would be a military boost for the Taliban and other forces fighting against the US-led occupation of Afghanistan. But it would also heighten the pressures currently threatening to tear the fragile Pakistani state apart.
The US government is now being dragged into this maelstrom. It wants to cement military alliances with both India and Pakistan, and would rather not have to deal with a conflict between the two.
But its primary objective is to stabilise the occupation of Afghanistan. It has been pressing the Pakistani government to crack down on the Islamists in the country and to give US forces the green light to bomb pro-Taliban outposts inside Pakistan's borders.
Barack Obama, the US president elect, has already pledged to increase the US military effort in Afghanistan. Earlier this week he carefully dodged a question over whether he would support Indian military attacks on "terrorist targets" in Pakistan.
It is clear that instability in the region has ratcheted up significantly. The Mumbai massacre threatens to spark a deadly sequence of events that will see the "war on terror" spreading further across South Asia, aided by the Indian and Pakistani governments.
None of the world's leaders seem willing to consider what factors could have motivated the terror attacks in Mumbai – the most likely being the longstanding conflict between India and Pakistan over the state of Kashmir.
What is certain is that any escalation of war in the region will increase the grievances that led to the carnage in Mumbai and make further terror attacks more likely.
In these circumstances the anti-war movement has a crucial role to play.
We must demand an end to the US-led occupation of Afghanistan and the wider "war on terror" – before the conflict threatens to spiral yet further out of control.


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Blue Pools
The Blue Pools is a popular snorkelling spot at Heron Island, but is also a wonderful place to dive. While snorkellers generally limited themselves to the sheltered cove in the reef, divers are free to explore the sloping coral reef and numerous gutters, ledges and caves. Going no deeper than 15 metres divers will find the Blue Pools alive with fish life, including anemonefish, triggerfish, sweetlips, snappers, butterflyfish and schools of hussars. This site also has pretty hard corals and is a good location to see whitetip reef sharks. Other species seen at Blue Pools include turtles, stingrays, mackerel and barracuda.


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Friday, March 10th, 2017
The Golden Jubilee Room (4th floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre)
We are pleased to announce that the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, the iSchool at UBC, will hold its 7th Annual Research Day on Friday, March 10th, 2017, in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Golden Jubilee Room. Research Day showcases the contributions of the iSchool students and faculty working at the intersections of archival, information, library and children's literature studies.
Questions about social media as sources of information about individuals (of different ages, genders, backgrounds) and communities, their uses in our personal and professional lives, and impact on our practices and overall well-being are central to the work of students and scholars across all our iSchool programs. Recognizing this common ground, this year's Research Day will focus on the broad topic of "information, social media, and well-being," considering the many connections social media now have with the way we do information, library, and archival studies.
We are also very pleased to have Lyle Ungar as our new keynote speaker. Dr. Lyle Ungar is a Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also holds appointments in multiple departments in the Schools of Business, Medicine, Arts and Sciences, and Engineering and Applied Science. Lyle received a B.S. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from M.I.T. He has published over 200 articles, supervised two dozen PhD students, and is co-inventor on eleven patents. His current research focuses on developing scalable machine learning methods for data mining and text mining, including spectral methods for NLP, and analysis of social media to better understand the drivers of physical and mental well-being.
We are looking forward to having Lyle Ungar join us for Research Day. Below the details of Lyle's talk
Keynote: 11.00 am -12.00 pm
Speaker: Lyle Ungar, Professor of Computer And Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
"Measuring Well-Being Using Social Media"
Social media such as Twitter and Facebook provide a rich, if imperfect portal onto people's lives. We analyze tens of millions of Facebook posts and billions of tweets to study variation in language use with age, gender, personality, and mental and physical well-being. Word clouds visually illustrate the big five personality traits (e.g., "What is it like to be neurotic?"), while correlations between language use and county level health data suggest connections between health and happiness, including potential psychological causes of heart disease.
10.30 am - 11.00 am
Registration & Coffee
11.00 am - 12.00 pm
Opening remarks and acknowledgements by Professor and Director, InterPARES, Dr. Luciana Duranti
Keynote Speaker:
Lyle Ungar, Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
"Measuring Well-Being Using Social Medias"
12.00 pm
Lunch buffet opens
12.15 pm - 12.25 pm
Gossip Saves: Theorizing Affective Information Practices of Community Care - Emily Guerrero
12.25 pm - 12.35 pm
The Application of Blockchain Technology to Healthcare and Privacy Protection - Darra Hofman
12.35 pm - 12.45 pm
The Legal Information Needs of Women Who Experience Online Harassment - Victoria James and Jocelyn McKay
12.45 pm - 12.55 pm
12.55 pm - 1.05 pm
Predicting Demographic Attributes of Social Media Users - Jordon Johnson and Muhammad Abdul-Mageed
1.05 pm - 1.15 pm
Once Upon a Meme: Childhood, Children's Literature, and the Internet Meme - Bonnie Tulloch
Remarks from Acting Dean, Dr. Kathryn Harrison
1.15 pm - 1.30 pm
Coffee break, poster session setup
1.30 pm - 3.00 pm
Poster presentations by iSchool students and faculty
We look forward to welcoming you for a day of engaging and inspiring short talks, conversations, and poster presentations. You can RSVP to this free event at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ischoolubc-research-day-2017-tickets-29865486474
Questions about Research Day can be directed to: email@example.com
Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Mageed
Dr. Jennifer Douglas
Dr. Luciana Duranti
Dr. Deborah Hicks
Ph.D. Students: Saguna Shankar & Michelle Kaczmarek


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Albert Sands Southworth was born in 1811 in West Farliegh Vermont. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover and established himself in the pharmacy trade in Cabotville, now Chicopee, Massachusetts. He learned of the daguerreotype at the age of twenty-eight in 1839 through a former classmate, Joseph Pennell, who invited him to New York to learn the process from Samuel F. B. Morse. By May of 1840 he had entered into partnership with Pennell and reported, "I can now make perfect pictures in one hours time . . . that would take a painter weeks to draw."
Through vigorous experimentation, he and Pennell worked to perfect the daguerreotype process for portraiture. In the spring of 1841 they moved from Cabotville to establish a studio in Boston in Scollay Square with intentions of becoming society portraitists. Success led Southworth to move into larger loft rooms in the nearby, newly built Tremont Row in 1843. Pennell left the partnership at that time and was replaced by Josiah Hawes. They worked together in the rooms at 5-1/2 Tremont Row for twenty years, with the exception of two years from 1849 to 1851, during which Southworth participated in the California Gold Rush.
Southworth left the partnership in 1863 and became a specialist in graphology employing photography in forensics. He remained an active figure in the photographic community and gave a number of talks in the 1870s at the National Photographic Association. He died in 1894.