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This is the third Workshop on Self-Organising Maps (WSOM) and its related techniques. The previous two were held in Helsinki (1997 and 1999) and confIrmed the vitality of the SOM as one of the most popular and powerful concepts for unsupervised pattern recognition and data visualisation. These meetings not only acted as a showcase for the latest advances in SOM theory and for illustrating its vast range of applicability, but also as venues where much informal and fruitful interaction could take place. It is interesting to observe the development of the original SOM, and this remarkable progress confrrms the originality and insight of Teuvo Kohonen's pioneering work. With the range and quality of the papers in this volume, the stage is set for another very successful meeting. This volume is a permanent record of all the contributions presented during WSOM'OI held at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, 13 - 15 June, 2001. The University is the newest of England's universities but it is situated in the heart of one of our oldest cities - founded by the Romans and overlooked by the towering mass of its medieval cathedral. Primarily Lincoln has always been a centre for the rich agricultural heartland of England; however, it was the birthplace, 186 years ago, of George Boole. So WSOM'OI is continuing Lincoln's long and honourable tradition of advancing scientific understanding.
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Aehr Test Systems stock has formed a positive divergence between large players volume and the price chart. Large players are accumulating the stock as it has pulled back over the last few days. Before we get to the chart, let's look at what Aehr does and why this stock could have explosive growth going forward.
Aehr Test Systems Company Profile
Aehr Test was incorporated in the state of California on May 25, 1977 and completed its initial public offering on June 11, 1997. The Company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol AEHR.
Aehr Test is a global semiconductor manufacturer. The Company has sales and service operations in the United States, Japan, Germany and Taiwan, and has established a network of distributors and sales representatives in certain key parts of the world. Its corporate headquarters are located in Fremont, California.
Aehr Test Systems is a worldwide supplier of systems for burning-in and testing memory and logic integrated circuits and has an installed base of more than 2,500 systems worldwide. Aehr Test has developed and introduced several innovative products, including the ABTS, FOXTM and MAX systems and the DiePak® carrier. The ABTS system is Aehr Test's newest system for packaged part test during burn-in for both low-power and high-power logic as well as all common types of memory devices. The FOX system is a full wafer contact test and burn-in system. The MAX system can effectively burn-in and functionally test complex devices, such as digital signal processors, microprocessors, microcontrollers and systems-on-a-chip. The DiePak carrier is a reusable, temporary package that enables IC manufacturers to perform cost-effective final test and burn-in of bare die.
Aehr Test Systems News
On July 12, 2017, Aehr Test Systems announced that it received a follow-on order exceeding $3.8 million for multiple ABTS test and burn-in systems from a leading multi-national manufacturer of advanced logic integrated circuits (ICs) for automotive, embedded processing, digital signal processing and analog applications. The order also includes down payments to lock in delivery dates. The ABTS systems are planned to ship by the end of calendar year 2017.
Mark Allison, Vice President of Sales, said, "We are pleased to receive another follow-on order from this customer, who continues to run at full capacity in their burn-in and test areas. Our ABTS Systems, with their individual temperature control capability for high-power devices, are a key part of this customer's quality and reliability program for their expanding line of automotive products, and are helping companies that supply devices into the automotive sensor, mobile communications, IC, and Internet of Things markets meet the higher quality and reliability needs of these markets. The ABTS system capabilities, along with our superior customer support, have more than met the expectations of this customer. This has led to a mutually beneficial business relationship resulting in our largest installed base of ABTS systems."
Aehr appears to be benefiting from the rapid growth in automotive sensor technologies. This includes Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) such as collision avoidance systems using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), RADAR or other sensing technologies. Autonomous vehicles use collision avoidance systems to detect obstacles and to navigate safely through dangerous environments. Reliability of the devices in these systems is especially critical for autonomous driving applications so that means manufacturers of ICs in the automotive industry really need the testing services of companies like Aehr Test Systems. This means Aehr Test Systems stock could soar on explosive demand growth for its critical systems testing hardware and software.
Aehr Test Systems Stock
Aehr Test Systems stock looks like a good setup on a Symmetrical Triangle pattern. The Effective Volume study shows large players volume is rapidly rising. The Twiggs Money Flow confirms the stock is under accumulation. We also had a bullish Pocket Pivot signal on Friday, July 28, 2017.
Prices have been consolidating lately and there is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 4.06. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point. There is a support zone below the current price at 4.04, a stop order could be placed below this zone.
Aehr Test Systems stock was found using my GST Positive Divergence screener as talked about here.


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BASE jumping - Wingsuit Base Jumping, Norway i'll be shaking of fright if i try this but this simple looks amazing.
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Dear Bro,
The things you send me are in opposition to God's Word.
Here is God's word on the subject:
**Genesis account**
**Jesus's comments on marriage**
You should not reject God's word. There is still hope for you. Repent.
Love, Me
Use the above as a framework for every response to every screed.
Either he will repent; or, he'll hate hearing the Bible and leave you alone.
God's word is the powerful thing and gets to the heart of the matter. And that is what is wrong; his heart.
The athiests sure spend a huge amount of time and energy protesting against a God they claim is not real!
19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today. 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.
9 Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Graham Cooke explained this story like this...
So in those days to have a man of Honor stay at your house was a gigantic honor in that community. It was the ultimate shout out, or retweet that you were "it". So why did Jesus honor him? Look what he says in verse 8. If I have cheated anyone (the term "if" in original language is ... "if,and um.. I have" I will pay them back 4 xs that amount" By Jesus honoring Zacheaus the entire community was blessed because he changed his heart in the present, went back and repaid 4 times that amount for the past. And would not abuse the community in the future....
Ok, so... whats the point. The point is, Jesus showed up loving Zacheaus first. Did he say, " zacheaus you ripped people off you suck. You are going to hell if you dont repent!" No, he loved him. I would contend that your brother is blind, and you wouldnt mock a blind man for tripping over the furniture. You would love him and show him mercy.... his atheism does not invalidate your faith. You have something he does not, peace. Show up loving him and have a sense of peace as you do it. That will be what screams to him more than telling him he will go to hell.


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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's protest performance draws praise
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's decision to wade into the thousands of protesters Friday night to quell what could have been a gutty moment in the demonstration stirred praise from an unlikely source: Some of Georgia's top Republicans.
The two-term Democratic mayor, a potential candidate for higher office, stood before a pocket of protesters who were in a standoff with police near the Downtown Connector to urge them to stay off the highway.
"We hear this generation's concern, and the protest tonight, but we're going to have to do it in a King-ian fashion," Reed told the knot of demonstrators, part of a gathering of about 10,000 calling for justice after a tumultuous week. "We're going to have to make sure that people remain safe, and I simply ask that people don't get on the expressways."
The mayor's speech, coupled with the calls from the local NAACP chapter to stand down, soon prompted the crowd to disperse. Of the more than 10,000 demonstrators, only three arrests were made.
Though it wasn't quite an Ivan Allen moment – the former mayor memoraby jumped atop a police car with a bullhorn to try to calm a 1966 riot – it seemed a decisive event in Friday's demonstration. Republican kudos came pouring in:
From Paul Bennecke, the executive director of the Republican Governors Association and a top adviser to Sen. David Perdue:
Have to give @KasimReed A+ for how he's handling protest in ATL. Said they can protest in same spirt as MLK but no violence or destruction.
— Paul Bennecke (@PaulBennecke) July 9, 2016
From conservative pundit Jon Richards, a prominent Georgia critic of Donald Trump:
Can someone plz substitute @KasimReed for @HillaryClinton as the Dem nominee? OKThxBye.
— Jon Richards (@SiteROI) July 9, 2016
From Chris Riley, Gov. Nathan Deal's chief of staff and an ally of Hizzoner:
Georgia State Patrol Colonel summarizes tonight's peaceful protest in one word, Empathy. Proud of our GSP and proud of my friend @KasimReed
— Chris Riley (@ChrisRiley__) July 9, 2016
From Julianne Thompson, a former co-chair of the Atlanta Tea Party and a conservative activist:
Mayor @KasimReed is setting an excellent example at tonight's protest in Atlanta. Respect for protesters, for police, for motorists. #gapol
— Julianne Thompson (@JEThompson) July 9, 2016
From state Sen. Josh McKoon, a Columbus Republican at odds with the mayor over the "religious liberty" measure:
Can't believe he isn't on Hilary's short list. https://t.co/wz2KBWktkT
— JoshMcKoon (@JoshMcKoon) July 9, 2016
David Werner, Deal's chief operating officer, also seems to have found his VP pick:
GSP has done an amazing job. @KasimReed should be first phone call Trump and/or Hillary makes tomorrow. https://t.co/PqrlVOFpua
— David Werner (@davidrosswerner) July 9, 2016
Here's a snippet of what the mayor said:
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No praise is due to Mayor Reed . . ."For What?!" The BLM group was told by the leader to practice non-violence. Also, this is an African American Mayor in other words Reed is black whereas protesters felt compelled to adhere to good conduct and behavior. He only made a comment like : . . . just show the world your true self . . ." or something similar to his comment which does not cause a complete "Halleluah, praise Mayor Reed!" Listen Reed is verya rrognant and realized that BLM was a public highly televised event in Atlanta as a result he felt empowered to be someone other than his usual self only to get this type of reaction (praise) for him doing nothing.
King also led marches in the streets. wtf is Reed talking about?
King was a republican. Reed couldn't relate if he tried.
Reed is an idiot !
He's done an outstanding job with these protests. I'll say this though, if these protests continue then he'll have to enforce curfews. These cops have to sleep. Working 70 hours a week....Would you do that while people are calling you a pig murderer?
Mayor's "performance" was just that-a performance!!
Proves the Republican party is worthless.
Proud of our city and our mayor......
Home of MLK
He showed up
ARxC stands with our marchers, Mayor and GSP giving voice to diffusing hate and coming together to find a better way to live, protect a d homor each other.
Mayor Reed shows how a leader acts. Maybe he should be helping Obama out with some advice?
Mary M. Swofford. A gutsy white man did it once. His name was Ivan Allan and he stood on top of a car. Reed was following a great example in a great city!
Huh? Typical RHINO's
Enough is enough! Taxpayers are footing the bill.
Now take this same passion and outrage to the polls in November.
Atlanta, both protesters and the police department made us proud. Hope the mutual respect contunues.
Do any of these protesters ever work a job?
Finally leaders who have black community's welfare in mind instead of their own
And again we have one or two comments about the spillage onto highways being more important than 2 men's lives. Masked racism.
Hilarious. I have to go to Atlanta n the morning. I'll have no problem mowing down anyone stupid enough to stand in the interstate
What a sociopath.
Do we have new candidates for the Darwin Award? Blocking traffic on an Interstate. Go figure.
And I'll have no problem laughing when you get the death penalty for it.
This man does not deserve praise for allowing protesters to block highways. Blocking highways should not be done for any reason. that is not right. Do you realize that 18 wheel truck drivers do not make any money if they are sitting in traffic and that some of them can lose their jobs if the merchandise is not at a certain place by a certain time? Who wants to sit still for hours or even 30 minutes when they can be driving making money and getting their job done so they can get home to their families. What if you were late a bunch of times and your boss said that you would be fired if you were ever late again and you came up on the highway being blocked and it made you late for work? how would you feel about that?
Valarie Robertson Drake My husband has been driving from Perry Ga to there twice a night for 8 years so I am well aware of that BUT it does not make it right no matter where they are. People still have to get to work by going through that area. AND what if it was an 18 wheeler that had a delivery in that area? Some of them do deliver there. Doesnt even really matter if it is where trucks go or not, or where people work, people have to drive there and it should not have happened.
If they have a delivery in that area, they're most likely not a long haul driver paid by the mile. But I'm sure you know that. Just like you knew they're not allowed on that part of the interstate anyway. You just wanted to try to make it look like these people are hurting all the poor truckers. You're being deliberately misleading at best.
Jim Cortina Doesn't really matter if it is truckers or not. My whole point was it not being right to block highways anywhere. And did you ever stop to think what you would have if weren't for these "poor truckers" as you call them? NOTHING!! Companies can make things (potato chips, snacks, food clothes, purses toilet paper and the list goes on and on) but without truckers you would not be able to enjoy the things companies make.
The roads they are blocking isn't traveled by truckers. They are not allowed in Atlanta unless they have a delivery.
I am so proud of how our police and Ga state patrol are behaving while the protesters exercise their first amendment rights, and I am doubly proud of how the protesters are behaving, respectful and not causing any trouble. It is so easy as we've seen in other cities across our great nation for mob mentality to take over, and as frustrations rise, so does bad behavior. I am amazed and proud of our city and our citizens. Thank you ATL for showing how to make change and how to get your point across in a calm and respectful manner! So proud to stand with BLM and also with our law enforcement!
Well done? People blocking the busiest exit downtown? That's a good thing? What exactly are they protesting?
It would be considered GUTSY if he looked several shades whiter...it was not gutsy for a black man to appear at a BLM rally,. It would have been gutsy it he had said you block the streets and interstate we will arrest you no questions asked....he does this I will support him...this man is an Obama lover and will do whatever Obama tells him too...matters not what is good for the ATL.
No one said he was gutsy. He was diplomatic. He was NOT divisive. He was what was needed at this time. Be thankful he wasn't a mayor that didn't support his force...
Reed is the worst Mayor.
guess it was ok to have to sit in traffic 3 hours trying to get home to family,,this Page is pathetic
No need to make life difficult on innocent people just trying v to get home,to work,etc.Idiots....
You got to go home to your family. A lot of people didn't. That's what this was about. Sorry you had to DVR 'the Voice' or whatever..(not sorry in the least;)
Infringing on others rights is not ok.BLM thinks the constitution only applies to them.
At least you self hating bitches got to go home
I've sat in 3 hours of Atlanta traffic for FAR worse reasons than this.
Atlanta and it's African Americans are mostly from here and raised here.. Blacks and whites mingle here and respect each other.. That's just how the generation now that's here in Georgia was raised... Awesome display of respect protesters.. Awesome role model for other cities to follow...
I agree....people in the south are different...we were raised together.
Although I agree with you some, Blocking highways should not be done for any reason. that is not right. Do you realize that 18 wheel truck drivers do not make any money if they are sitting in traffic and that some of them can lose their jobs if the merchandise is not at a certain place by a certain time? Who wants to sit still for hours or even 30 minutes when they can be driving making money and getting their job done so they can get home to their families.
Michelle Phillips Buzhardt Mam your talking to someone that's drove a truck for 22 yrs.. And getting slowed down or stopped for weather,,wrecks,,traffic, or even because your broke down... These rioters never took to the interstate, they kept to the city streets... This is no different than a planned Christmas parade in New York City.... Drivers know things like this is just part of driving a truck.. We see all sorts of things the average person don't see everyday... It could have been another Rodney King kinda day.. I'm proud the protesters kept it peaceful, and kept only to the city streets...
Republicans applauding Kasim Reed? Sounds about right.
APD and GSP deserve high praise!
I am not a huge fan on Mayor Reed, but he went down there to ground zero over the weekend when this picture was taken and he told the group "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would not block traffic, he would not advocate blocking the interstate"....but not all protestors are there because of the movement....they are troublemakers, or just looking for some action, or spin-offs of Occupy Atlanta or just to get on TV.
Last night protestors kicked out the "troublemakers." Praise them, not Kasim who is tired of people being outraged over unaccountable police murders.
Rhonda Chambers What's wrong with wanting to get home safely to your family?
My wife and I along with a group of our friends, we're at the peaceful protest last night as HUMAN supporters. It was amazing! Of course we all work, we have jobs, but we still chose, as a group of human beings that are concerned about our country, to go anyway. The people leading this particular protest were some of our brightest black lawyers we have in ATL! They were smart, organized, peaceful and yes fired up. The theme seemed to focus on voting and being the change you want to see. It was about honoring the 5 police officers who were gunned down in Dallas. It was about honoring the many more lives that were needlessly taken by the not so good police officers. It was about asking our younger generation to step up and become the leaders we need for a more equal playing field. They encouraged the younger folks to become the police officers that patrol their own communities. They encouraged them to become those lawyers, judges, mayors, community organizers and all local political offices needed to make sure that the right police chiefs are hired. We are the change we need through education and political engagement at the local levels. Yes, there are very good honorable police officers but they fall short of that honor by not calling out the bad ones!
Sonya...BLM has already started advertising yet another protest tonight starting at the Lenox rail station....from 7-9pm....i hope that there are more HUMAN supporters tonight with cooler heads.
Really? You are worried about traffic, or just don't like seeing people coming together peacefully!
Rhonda....when is the last time that you have been stuck on GA 400 near Lenox Mall for over an hour? NEVER, right!!!!! (If it is peaceful and they stay off the interstates and freeways, they can march alllllll they want....peacfully)
Sitting in traffic doesn't mean you didn't "get home safely" don't be ridiculous. Mike Singer, I've been stuck in traffic by Lenox mall for over an hour quite a few times. Probably five or six in the past two years. At least this traffic has a purpose.
What purpose jim? The City of Atlanta Police Department now has over 6,000 person-hours of overtime that they need to pay for (This DOES NOT include the bill that the City will get from the State Troopers). Now, who do we send that invoice to...BLM? What is there address again? Where is their corporate office located at?
ROFL. sitting in traffic means YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN HOME AT ALL....how do you know if you will get home safe.....


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Question: Will swallowing 20 grams of cocaine be lethal?
|Davidx - Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:19 am
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I've had several suicide attempts in the past that were obviously unsuccessfull, I'm extrememly mentally ill and my parents have recently past away leaving me with my grandmother who is very old, I must die before she does so my next attempt will be to swallow the 20 grams of cocaine in a hotel room where there is no medical assistance. I'd just like to get a professional opinion as to how certain this is... once before i was admitted to hospital and my heart stopped three times from cocaine overdose and I was in ICU for 3 days. Will 20 grams definately kill me? how painfull will it be etc?
|John Kenyon, CNA - Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:01 pm
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Hello -- Cocaine is highly unpredictable, which means, from a medical point of view it is impossible to tell you whether or not this attempt would be certain to succeed. What you must also understand, however, is that we are sworn to keep people well and work to preserve lives, not end them. We are not in the business of giving advice on how to commit suicide. That said, it's clear you are deeply distraught and acknowlege mental illness. This is a serious-enough situation and first off I must tell you, for your own welfare (assuming you were to go through with this attempt) that because of the unpredictability of cocaine effect on any given individual, this amount might only achieve for you what's happened with previous attempts, it may not even get you to that point, or it could, worst case, cause a sufficiently prolonged heart stoppage to leave you alive but in a brain-damaged, perhaps vegetative, state. You could well wind up conscious and aware but unable to communicate or otherwise express your feelings or wishes. This obviously is a non-starter for someone seeking to escape life's problems via suicide. The risk of failure or worse is far too great. The very fact you have been successfully resucitated in the past proves the current idea has a great chance of not only failing but of possibly making your situation infinitely worse. As an alternative I'd suggest a deal wherein you agree to a new arrangement for treatment of your mental illness (I assume you've been through therapy and other disciplines already and haven't had much success). The fact that it's called mental illness implies the potential for a cure, which could result in a happy or at least satisfactory life. I would strongly urge you to engage with us here in some steps toward finding a better solution to the pain you're feeling right now. The cocaine approach really is a wildly unpredictable one and as I said earlier, could result in a situation far worse than you can even imagine. Please do us the kindness of talking to us here about what's been tried in the past and what seems to be the central mental issue, given you have been through enough real-life stressors to make you feel despondent and hopeless recently anyway. What you must realize is that we all have things like this we deal with. Taking your own life doesn't make the world a better place. This is your challenge. I hope you'll take it up and at least consider the potential horrors of a failed cocaine overdose.
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Chelsea's £33m summer signing, Michy Batshuayi was handed a rare start for Chelsea on Sunday in the third round of the FA Cup, and although the Belgian bagged a goal, his fourth since joining the Blues, he failed to impress one key Chelsea legend.
Ray Wilkins, a former Chelsea captain and assistant manager said Batshuayi's performance against Peterborough clearly showed he's not the right man to provide back-up for inform striker, Diego Costa.
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It was a longer schlepp this time. In years past, the geographic considerations of attending the 2015 Winter NAMM show (the annual meeting of the North American Music Merchants, which is actually world-wide, but WWMM is soooo much harder to say) have been almost a non-issue, considering its proximity to San Diego. It's not as close to Mountain Green, Utah, from which I embarked in my teeny little rental car at around midnight the night before, so as to cover the 717 mile trek with a minimum of traffic and other distractions like, say, daylight.
Many folks have asked how I can so easily traverse this many miles in one arduous sitting, myself often among them. I really don't know. As a kid, I was an "are we there yet?" kind of traveler, though this was mostly due to my propensity for carsickness. That is, when I wasn't riding in the back of the pickup truck with my sisters and the dog). Aside from good music, strong coffee, and Cool Ranch Doritos, I guess it all comes down to astrology. I am a Capricorn. The goat. This is the sign of the goal-oriented. Up that hill… up that hill… until the goal is reached. This is evident in my work ethic, wherein I am constantly striving not for perfection nor even reward, but completion. That ethos as served me well in business, for obvious reasons. I mean, how can your clients be happy if your work's not even finished? Onward I drove into the black cloak of night…
The NAMM show was what it always is: a huge freakin' trade show, stuffed to the gills with weary but friendly music product exhibitors, uniformly black-clad attendees (berets optional), and rock stars you've perhaps vaguely heard of, playing guitar as loud as they possibly can without bothering the folks in the booth next to theirs.
That said, this was also the most organized, secure, and efficient NAMM event I have been to in the last 15 years of attending. As I've been a harsh critique in the past, I feel it's only fair to throw those fine folks a high-five this time around.
In my view, innovation and evolution seemed to take a back seat to commerce where the majority of vendors were concerned. It just felt like we were being offered mostly "3.0 versions" of proven products rather than something that was actually new.
That is, aside from imitone, a new audio-to-MIDI software application that allows users to sing into a microphone and hear it back as any VST/ MIDI instrument in real time. It appears to hold incredible music creation potential for kids and pros alike, including the non-musically inclined. Unfortunately, it's still in its beta testing stages, but you can bet I'll be on it upon its release!
At the end of the first day, I attended a press conference from IK Multimedia, a company whose instruments and processors have been covered here many times (T-Racks, SampleTron, Miroslav Philharmonik, etc.). They were one of the few exhibitors who actually did introduce something new.
The iRig Mic Field ($99) is a small, lightweight stereo microphone for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Rather than the standard mono, mid-fi mics in those devices, the iRFM captures a spacious stereo image, via two high-quality condenser capsules within its handsome two-inch square black housing. Simply plug it into your iDevice's "lightning" port ("power jack"), which continuously powers the unit. In practice, I got about an hour and a half of recordings on a full charge.
Downloading the iRig Recorder free app into my phone was useful as the primary interface when setting levels and recording. For $4.99, the full version offers additional editing and processing functionality. Both offer additional tools, toys, and social media via in-app purchase. It also works seamlessly with the Voice Memo and Camera apps and GarageBand.
I first tried it out just doing little "field" recordings of birds, cars driving by, walking over bridges, etc. I was impressed by the width of the stereo field and how lifelike all the details showed through. As a mobile-oriented product, I did find the thin plastic housing a little disconcerting and at $99, I would definitely not recommend putting it in your back pocket!
One of my favorite bands right now is the Shook Twins, from Portland, Oregon. I found out they were going to be playing nearby for three consecutive nights, for free. I thought they'd be great for the live bootleg audio and video tests and they (awesomely) agreed to let me record their show. With their unique blend of harmonies, variety of acoustic instruments, and electronica-esque low end, I knew the iRFM was in for a workout.
The mic has a thumbwheel volume dial for controlling the input level, which I did while checking the meters in the app. There is also a handy green LED in the mic, which lights up red when the signal goes over 0. Very helpful.
I felt the sound seemed best using the iRig Recorder app for capture, but the video and memo apps worked great, too. My position was about 20 feet from the stage, slightly off-center but somewhat triangulated between the band's PA speakers. Still the sound was somewhat diffuse, with a great deal of room and crowd ambience present in the signal… until I realized I had it in backwards, pointing away from the band! I guess that's a good thing, if you want stereo audio for your selfie videos, but it was a little frustrating in this context. Once I got it all oriented correctly, I was very impressed with the lows that extended down to 34 Hz and the highs, which gently rolled-off at around 16k. For a hundred bucks, it taught my iPhone a very handy new trick indeed and I can't wait to incorporate it into studio use.
As far as the Shook Twins show, let's just say that on my next big drive, all I will need is the coffee and chips, the good music's taken care of.
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It means everyone should get a long and not harm each other for any reason.
Yeah, there are some radical leaders. But in this time period, the United States has been the cause of most of the violence we see today.
For example, the terrorists. They are only terrorists because we install dictators in their country, kill innocent people, and send weapons. We are our own enemy. Every innocent person we kill over seas, more people end up joining the terrorists.
Our foreign policy makes no sense at all, we bomb Pakistan and at the same time provide them with foreign aid. We are invading countries that haven't done any harm to us directly.
We should be trading with countries and try and avoid war as much as possible. We spend trillions of dollars just to sustain our presence in countries the American people can't even point to on a map.
We couldn't get rid of all the violence in the world, but we could make it a lot better if we just removed our military from 130 countries. That is right, US military happens to be stationed in 130 countries. What if Chinese troops were stationed in the US. We probably wouldn't feel that comfortable.
I think we need to wake up and deal with this problem. Nothing will change, until it is too late.
To close, yes, I wish we had peace on earth. I think peace on earth means doing the opposite of what I stated above. At least it would be a start to reaching that goal.
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Does anyone know what's opening on Green Lanes where the old Class International food shop used to be?
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He's side stepping the real issue here too.
My concern was clarified early on, Hugh. It related to your presentation of opinion or hearsay as fact. I called it out and you decided to change your original post and then respond to my concerns as though the edited post were the original. You then had the gall to actually suggest that you had no concerns about the statements you made. Had there been no concern, they would not have been changed.
I think you know full-well that the difference between your original post and the edited post is not 'wording' alone. A 13-yr old would not buy the lame 'auto-correct' excuse as even kids understand the different algos behind such features.
You have, well after the fact, changed the tone and content from a statement of fact to "well, I'm just passing on what I heard." Thereby relieving you of any responsibility. It's quite cowardly and more than a bit slippery. Other edited comments are usually marked as edited. But Google cache is our friend. You didn't respond to being called a liar (it wasn't a single word edit), but chose to respond only when it was clear that evidence of your deception existed.
That your site has subsequently posted misinformation about another business on Green Lanes does little to dissuade me from the view that you have interests that are less than transparent and benign. You have allowed allegations of corruption to remain on your site. Implicit in these allegations are that Council officers and local businesses are committing a crime. You have no evidence, yet allow and actively encourage people to follow up these accusations. Were someone to make similarly unfounded accusations about one of your advertisers, I wonder what type of response you would make?
Paul, I responded to the organ-grinder.
What's the real issue? That business owners have promoted Green Lanes as being 'different' and therefore requiring different treatment. The Council is giving this treatment based on the idea that Green Lanes is defined by its Turkish restaurants.
So you and Hugh disagree...and some existing kebab restaurants now disagree. So what? Have it out with your peers. They defined Green Lanes while you stood by doing nothing and not daring to object.
Haringey planning refused the application for 14-15 Grand Parade to be granted change of use because the premises was over 150 sq m. That was on 25 November 2016. Two seperate applications for change of use were then applied for (one for 14 and one for 15) and these two applications were granted on 2 February this year.
Can you confirm that 14-15 Grand Parade is being returned to two seperate business premises and the works being carried out at the moment are to reinstate them as such?
I agree Alexander, the premises is very large and by the look of things it's going to be one huge space.
Michael, I don't bear that burden of evidence and neither does the council in this case. Normally, those making accusations of wrong-doing are expected to provide the evidence. The point I wanted to make is that without finding out the facts, it is unhelpful to make assumptions. Applications are dealt with on a case-by-case basis. It is not the council's responsibility to question the veracity of the information provided on the application form. If the applicant wants to lie or commit some for of fraud, that becomes an issue for enforcement. There are several other restaurants along Green Lanes who have multishopfront restaurants as separate operations. (eg. Selale, Devran, Antipliler). The council could and should reasonably expect the same thing to occur at this site. If it doesn't, then enforcement can get involved. Until then, gossip and hearsay seem to be the basis of your case.
You are of course quite right that there are multi fronted restaurants on Green Lanes and an application was made to add 14-15 Grand Parade to them and this was refused, so how or why "the council could and should reasonably expect the same thing to occur on this site" is beyond me.
So to return to my original question, will 14 and 15 Grand Parade operate as two seperate businesses?
Michael, "multishopfront restaurants as separate operations". So, the examples I gave have multiple shopfronts, owned by the same company or individual, but not operated as a single large restaurant.
And again, if you can not provide the answer to your own question, then I think it's fair to suggest that you take a little more care when making assumptions or accusations. If I were inclined to find out the answer, I'd speak to the operator of the restaurant.
You seem to have a good grip on planning law, Cem. Are you a lawyer?
As I understand it, when determining a planning application, provided it has regard to all material considerations, it is for the local authority to decide what weight is to be given to the material considerations in each case. If the authority decides that there are facts suggesting that the three premises will be run as a single business, it is perfectly within its rights to take those facts into account and to give them the weight it deems appropriate.
As to enforcement, my understanding is the same as yours. A breach must be observed before it can be enforced against.
Given these circumstances it's particularly important that the authority makes the right determination in the first place.
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During last week's City Council meeting, the city's human resources director, Dr. Lorene Essex, updated the council on the health-care committee's plan to change the city's health benefits vendor from CIGNA to United Healthcare. CIGNA has provided services to about 6,000 city employees for the past three years. In a report last month conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, the city's health-plan expenses were projected to increase by almost 15 percent. With the vendor change, cost increases would be less than 8 percent.
The council voted to delay the decision for two weeks to give city administrators time to present more information on the new provider plan. City benefits manager Pearl Gibson said that all council questions would be answered at the next presentation.
Also at issue is whether the council can even legally direct such decisions or if the mayor and the administrative offices have the right to make changes to the health-care plan without the council's consent.
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Following the most successful crowd funding campaigns in history, the cult classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 is finally set to return. A Fourteen-episode season is set to air as soon as production is complete and an outlet is announced. AND to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rifftrax, Joel Hodgson and many of the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast will appear together with Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy LIVE on stage for an MST3K REUNION SHOW set for June 28th!
But first, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Won't You?
For those unaware, Mystery Science Theater 3000 was a high-concept, very low budget comedy TV series that ran for eleven seasons on various networks from 1988 to 1999. The show was the brain child of comedian Joel Hodgson.
The show is about a man (originally played by Hodgson, later by Michael J. Nelson) who is shot into space by evil scientists. Marooned in space, he is forced to watch bad movies. To keep from going insane, Joel Robinson builds himself a pair of wise-cracking robot companions to keep him company. Every week the mad scientists (aka 'The Mads) fire off an excruciatingly bad movie for their orbiting lab rat and his robot pals, Servo and Crow, to endure. But that is just the set-up. All of that is merely an excuse to get Joel and the 'bots in a darkened theater to make fun of some of the world's worst movies - all for our enjoyment! After some banter between Joel and the Mads at the top of the show, an alarm would sound and Joel would loudly exclaim "WE'VE GOT MOVIE SIGN!" Get in the theater, fellas. It's time for the hilarity to really begin!
Let's be honest, it's something we've all done. Heck, I nearly got thrown out of Superman Returns for doing the same thing! Some movies are so bad, they seem to be begging to be mocked. And that is what made Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K for short) so amazingly funny. It seems silly, really. We the viewers are watching other people watch a movie. Its almost surreal. The results, however, are hysterically funny. The image of Joel (or Mike) and his robot companions in silhouette against a giant screen as they roast the hell out of some terrible movie is forever ingrained in every fan's memory. The series takes place in "The Not Too Distant Future" as the show's theme explains. Much like the old Gilligan's Island or Beverly Hillbillies theme songs, MST3K's theme explains the show's entire premise in musical format. But, in case viewers try to take it all too seriously, the theme reminds us to "repeat to yourself it's just a show. I should really just relax."
Its low budget fully on display, the series first aired on a local Minneapolis TV network way back in 1988. It ran for just one season before getting picked up by the fledgling comedy network Comedy Central. The network needed time to fill. MST3K, a two-hour program, seemed the perfect fit. It ran for seven glorious seasons before being cancelled in 1997. A fierce letter-writing campaign revived the show. Hearing from the fans, The Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy), came along and picked up the series for three more seasons until it was again cancelled in 1999.
MST3K Post-Cancellation
After being cancelled a second time, it seemed the show would never return. Cast members went their separate ways.
Joel Hodgson (MST3K creator and original host) along with original cast members Trace Beaulieu (who played Mad scientist Dr. Forrester as well as the voice of Crow), Frank Conniff (Dr. Forrester's side-kick, TVs Frank) Josh Weinstein (original voice of Tom Servo) and Mary-Jo Pehl (Mrs. Forrester) went off to create a direct-to-DVD version of the show called Cinematic Titanic. Although it never made it to television, it evolved into a successful live show that toured the country.
Also wishing to keep the art of riffing alive, the later cast members, Michael J. Nelson (Mike Nelson), Bill Corbett (Brain Guy, voice of Crow) and Kevin Murphy (Professor Bobo, voice of Servo) went off to start a 'riffing' project of their own called Rifftrax. It is a little different from Cinematic Titanic or MST3K. Internet based, Rifftrax offered fans the opportunity to download audio tracks of them riffing on contemporary movies. It was up to the viewer to sync-up the track on a portable device with their DVD copy of whatever movie being comedically skewered. Offering the audio track freed Rifftrax from dealing with film licensing and copyright laws.
So, with the main players off doing separate projects, it seemed the original series that started it all would surely fade into cult TV obscurity...
That is until 2015 and following the most successful video Kickstarter campaign in history. Due to the massive success of the campaign, accumulating a sum close to 6 million dollars, Joel Hodgson set out to revive the cult classic series with new sets and a whole new cast.
Let's meet the new MST3K cast
Jonah Ray
Jonah Ray is a comedian and actor best known for his involvement in The Nerdist. Ray will be the new man who is forced to watch bad movies.
Felicia Day
Known for her genre acting appearances on series ranging from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Eureka, and an all-around geek herself, will be playing the daughter of the original Mad Scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester. It's her job to torture Jonah Ray by forcing him to watch bad movies.
Patton Oswalt
The very funny actor/comedian, known for his stand-up act and his most recent appearances on MARVEL'S Agents of SHIELD will play side-kick to Day's character. He will be playing homage to the original show's TV's Frank character.
Hampton Yount is Crow T. Robot!
Baron Vaughn is Tom Servo!
For the 'bots, Joel Hodgson tapped two young comedians. Hampton Yount will be providing the voice of Crow T. Robot and Baron Vaughn will be playing Tom Servo.
New opening!
The opening credits are getting a bit of a make-over, too. The opening sequence once featured the Joel's 'Satellite of Love' orbiting Earth. That bit is getting redone. The new craft will be held aloft by giant balloons, so the concept art by Guy Davis shows.
"We're not changing too much. The general format of the show hasn't changed, because it seems to hold up so well."
Besides a slew of new writers and guest appearances by classic series cast members, a few surprises are also in store for fans. Expect cameo appearances by Mark Hamill, Joel McHale and Jerry Seinfeld.
But much of the new series will look and feel much like the classic series. As Hodgson said in an interview in February, "We're not changing too much. The general format of the show hasn't changed, because it seems to hold up so well."
A new Fourteen-episode season, including a Christmas episode, are being prepared! The only question unanswered is where it will air. With the many video outlets available today, the show could wind up anywhere from a cable network to a streaming service like NetFlix or Hulu.
BUT that's not all…What about a LIVE Reunion Show!
"The timing seemed right. It never seemed right before, as busy as we've all been, or focused on other things, and it was just sort of an alignment of the stars."
To celebrate Rifftrax 10 year anniversary, the original cast members of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are joining the Rifftrax crew as well as members of the new series to do a live show. Tickets to the live show at the State Theater in Minneapolis are sold out. But even if you don't have a ticket, or live nowhere near Minneapolis, you can still see the show! The Live JUNE 28th show is going to be shown (via satellite) in theaters nationwide! Its not too late to get tickets. To find a theater near you, follow the link. MST3K REUNION SHOW.
When asked they all agreed to reunite after all this time, Kevin Murphy said, "The timing seemed right. It never seemed right before, as busy as we've all been, or focused on other things, and it was just sort of an alignment of the stars."
Even if you can't make the live show in person or at a theater near you, there is still plenty to be excited about. Mystery Science Theater 3000 is coming back after being lost in space for seventeen years! HUZZAH!!!!


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Facelifted models refresh Chevrolet's compact range in Colombia.
Chevrolet's line-up of vehicles on display at the 2016 Bogota Auto Show included the 2017 Chevrolet Tracker, 2017 Chevrolet Sonic Hatchback and 2017 Chevrolet Sonic Sedan. Here are the cars' live images from the Colombian auto show, courtesy Sebastian.
The 2017 Chevrolet Tracker, knows as the Chevrolet Trax globally, gets a revised design in line with the company's new design language seen on the Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Malibu and Chevrolet Volt. The crossover features LED projector headlights with LED daytime running lights, 18-inch aluminium wheels, LED tail lights and new infotainment system among other changes.
The 2017 Chevrolet Tracker is powered by a 1.8-litre engine that produces 138 hp and 178 Nm of torque and routes power via a 5-speed manual transmission or a 6-speed automatic transmission. It will be available in four configurations: LS 5MT, LS 6AT, LT 6AT and LT 6AT AWD. The new Tracker is priced from 67,990,000 pesos (INR 14,78,861.74).
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WWE News: Big Show has high praise for Roman Reigns, says that he is wrongly booed
Big Show believes that Roman's work ethic will prevail and win him fan support.
What's the story?
WWE Superstar Big Show was recently interviewed by Brian "FranchisePlay" Mazique. Show spoke on several issues in the WWE, but the main talking point of the interview was the fan reaction to Roman Reigns.
In case you didn't know...
Roman Reigns has been strongly pushed over the past couple of years.
This booking as labelled him as a product of the corporation and has made him the victim to resounding boos in arenas all around the United States. Fans over the past couple of months have slightly warmed up to Roman, but a large percentage of the adult WWE fanbase are still hostile towards 'The Big Dog.'
The heart of the matter
Big Show was full of praise for Roman Reigns saying that Roman's skills inside the ring were often overshadowed by the fact that he is a big guy. He added that Roman was one of the most athletically gifted and good looking guys on the roster. Show also revealed that it was very easy to work with Roman inside the ring.
Also read: WWE News: Steve Austin thinks Roman Reigns should turn heel
Show then went on to deride internet wrestling experts as being the primary reason for Roman Reigns being booed. He was quoted as saying:
"Our audience has a way of being misinformed from the wrong people. The internet is filled with so-called experts who couldn't lace up a pair of boots.
He's getting a lot of grief for stuff that isn't his fault. It's the in-thing to boo Roman Reigns. In time, through Roman's work ethic, he'll be able to change a lot of those opinions."
What's next?
Roman Reigns will be walking into one of the biggest fights of his life this Sunday at Fastlane 2017 against the 'Monster amongst Men' Braun Strowman.
Big Show, on the other hand, has been working hard and conditioning himself for a WrestleMania 33 encounter against Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal.
Sportskeeda's Take
Roman Reigns, as Big Show pointed out, is one of the safest workers to work with, in the WWE.
Reigns certainly fits the mould of Vince McMahon's idea of a champion, but his booking and character have prevented him from attaining fan support like others on the roster such as Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, and AJ Styles.
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Larry Hite said it straight:
"I have noticed that everyone who ever told me that the markets are efficient is poor."
To comprehend trend following's true impact, you have to look at trend followers' performance data, the returns they generate. Their performance data makes clear that they were the winners in the biggest trading events, bubbles, and crashes of the last 30 years.
Wall Street is famous for corporate collapses or mutual and hedge fund blow-ups that transfer capital from winners to losers and back again. However, interestingly, the winners always seem to be missing from the after-the-fact analysis of the mainstream media. The press is fascinated with losers. Taking their lead from the press, the public also gets caught up in the drama and narrative of the losers, oblivious to the real story: Who are the winners and why?
Occasionally, the right question is asked: "Each time there's a derivatives disaster, I get the same question: "If Barings was the loser, who was the winner? If Orange County was the loser, who was the winner? If Procter & Gamble was the loser, who was the winner" (source: Herb Greeenberg, Answering the QuestionWho Wins From Derivatives Losers. The San Francisco Chronicle, March 20, 1995, D1)?
Prominent academics in finance searching for winners also come up short, as Christopher Culp of the University of Chicago laments: "Its a zero-sum game. For every loser there's a winner, but you cant always be specific about who the winner is." When the big trading events happen, many people know the losses are going somewhere, but after time passes, they stop thinking about it. Reflecting on the unknown is not pleasant, as author Alexander Ineichen notes: "Fear is still in the bones of some pension fund trustees after Mr. Leeson brought down Barings Bank. The failure of Barings Bank is probably the most often cited derivatives disaster. While the futures market had been the instrument used by Nick Leeson to play the zero-sum game [and] someone made a lot of money being short the Nikkei futures Mr. Leeson was buying."
Someone did indeed make a lot of money trading short to Leesons long. Perhaps Wall Street looks at the issue through the wrong lens. Michael Mauboussin and Kristen Bartholdson know that standard finance theory comes short when explaining the winners during high impact times: "One of the major challenges in investing is how to capture (or avoid) low-probability, high-impact events. Unfortunately, standard finance theory has little to say about the subject." The unexpected events that everyone refers to are the source of big profits for trend followers. Big, unexpected events made David Harding, Christian Baha, Transtrend, Sunrise Capital, Michael Clarke, Bernard Drury, Paul Mulvaney, Bill Dunn, Salem Abraham, Bill Eckhardt, John W. Henry, and Jerry Parker (to name a few) rich.
Trend trader Michael Rulle explains trend followings success during uncertain times:
"For markets to move in tandem, there has to be a common perception or consensus about economic conditions that drives it. When a major event occurs in the middle of such a consensus, such as the Russian debt default of August 1998, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, or the corporate accounting scandals of 2002 [and the 2008 equity market crash], it will often accelerate existing trends already in place…events do not happen in a vacuum… This is the reason trend following rarely gets caught on the wrong side of an event. Additionally, the stop loss trading style will limit exposure when it does. When this consensus is further confronted by an event, such as a major country default, the event will reinforce the crisis mentality already in place and drive those trends toward their final conclusion. Because trend following generally can be characterized as having a long option profile, it typically benefits greatly when these occurrences happen."
However, big events also generate plenty of inane analysis by focusing on unanswerable questions such as those posed by Thomas Ho and Sang Lee, authors of "The Oxford Guide to Financial Modeling":
- What do these events tell us about our society?
- Are these financial losses the dark sides of all the benefits of financial derivatives?
- Should we change the way we do things?
- Should the society accept these financial losses as part of the survival of the fittest in the world of business?
- Should legislation be used to avoid these events?
It is not unusual to see people frame market wins and losses as a morality tale. These types of questions are designed to absolve the guilt of the market losers for their bad strategies (i.e. Amaranth, Bear Stearns, Bernard Madoff, etc.). The market is no place for political excuses or social engineering. No law changes human nature. If you don't like losing, examine the strategy of the winners. The performance histories of trend followers during the 2008 market crash, 2002 stock market bubble, the 1998 Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) crisis, the Asian contagion, the Barings Bank bust in 1995, and the German firm Metallgesellschaft's collapse in 1993, answer that all important question: Who won?
Inefficient Markets
The hedge fund Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) went bust in 1998, and that event is more relevant today than ever. It laid the foundation for government induced bubble/bailout schemes still employed daily. LTCM promised to use complex mathematical models to make investors wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. It attracted elite Wall Street investors and initially reaped fantastic profits with secret money-making strategies. Ultimately, its theories collided with reality.
To understand the LTCM debacle, it starts with two academic legends: Merton Miller and Eugene F. Fama who developed the Efficient-Markets Hypothesis. The premise of their hypothesis was that stock prices were always right so you could not divine the markets future direction. It assumed that everyone was rational (source: Roger Lowenstein, When Genius Failed. New York: Random House, 2000, p. 34).
Miller and Fama believed that perfectly rational people would never pay more or less for a financial instrument than it was actually worth. A colleague, and fervent supporter of the Efficient-Markets Hypothesis, Myron Scholes was also certain that markets could not make mistakes. He and his associate, Robert Merton, saw the finance universe as tidy and predictable. They assumed that the price of IBM would never go directly from 80 to 60 but would always stop at 79 3/4, 79 1/2, and 79 1/4 along the way (source: Lowenstein, When Genius Failed, p. 69). LTCMs founders believed the market was a perfect normal distribution with no outliers, no fat tails, and no unexpected events.
Once Wall Street was convinced by LTCM that the markets were a nice, pleasant, orderly, and continuous normal distribution, with no risk, LTCM began using mammoth leverage for supposedly risk-free big returns. That is where problems started. They ignored the unexpected in their strategy. If a random bolt of lightning hits you when you are standing in the middle of a field, it might feel like a random event. But if your business is to stand in random fields during lightning storms, then you are clearly ignoring obvious and real risks (source: Broadcast Transcript, Trillion Dollar Bet. Nova, No. 2075, February 8, 2000).
Trend followers made a killing as LTCM went through the cheese grater. Returns for trend following traders in August and September of 1998 were almost like one continuous credit card swipe direct from LTCM. LTCM lost billions and top trend followers made billions (source: Covel, Trend Following, p. 157). Yet its worse than just one hedge fund blowing up and trend followers winning again. Eugene Fama's efficient market misstep has also given mutual funds the cover they needed to raise massive assets (and milk insane fees out of the average Joe).
For the last 30 years, there has been a sophisticated marketing campaign, boosted by an even more sophisticated political lobbying campaign, all designed to convince everyone attached to the matrix that they could do no better than guessing or throwing darts, so in turn just invest all of your money in mutual funds and hold on for the long term (long term is never usefully defined of course; it could be your death).
For a man who has the numbers against him, Fama remains defiant in the face of his intellectual defeat. Recently he was asked this question about technical trading (read: trend following):
Interviewer: Some researchers argue that a market- timing strategy based on buy/sell signals generated by a 50 or 200-day moving average offers a more appealing combination of risk and return than a buy-and-hold approach. What is your view?
Fama: An ancient tale with no empirical support.
Clearly, Fama has no answer for the reality of trend following performance. He would rather commit Seppukua form of Japanese ritual suicide, than admit an error. He would rather die with honor than fall into the hands of superior market wisdom (source: http://www.samurai-weapons.net). Having lived through the financial crisis of 2007-08, the man in the street knows markets are not efficient. But the Efficient-Market Hypothesis, like a Hollywood monster, has proved very hard to kill off (source: http://www.economist.com/node/18233432?story_id=18233432&fsrc=rss).
Fortunately for you, there is a way out. There is inspiration. The great trend followers are not academics, magicians, charlatans, or pedigreed investment bankers. They are self-starter entrepreneurs who, through concentration, drive, and fierce independent streaks, have cultivated that rare knowledge to mint money. Trend following proves daily that the Efficient-Markets Hypothesis has more in common with Scientology, versus any useful trading enlightenment. Understand the comparisons made herein. It's all part of you interpreting the puzzle.


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] A boy and his mother live alone in a farm located deep in the Finnish forest, with the only companion to an untamed horse, having locked in the barn. Young regularly visits his father, a man extremely violent in prison. His monotonous routine is interrupted by the appearance of a stranger. You can watch Muukalainen online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Finnish at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2008.
Rating: 5 by 413 users./
Runtime: 105 minutes
Allan Bernard, Vitali Bobrov, Emilia Ikäheimo, Heini Jaanus, Valmar Kass, Lauri-Kare Laos, Annabel Lepiste, Pavel Liska, Martin Loo, Carmen Oroperv, Armin Pajula, Maksim Podolski, Pauli Poranen, Jorma Tommila, Hendrik Toompere Sr. and Ats-Anton Varustin.
105-minute film (full movie) directed by J.-P. Valkeapää.
The original audio of Muukalainen has dialogues in or Finnish, it was produced in Finland, Estonia, Germany, UK.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2008.
Screenplay written by Jan Forsström and J.-P. Valkeapää.
Tuomo Hutri.
Aleksi Bardy, Lucinda Van Rie, Peeter Urbla, Anneli Ahven, Arne Ludwig, Christoph Bauer, Felix Blum and Alain de la Mata.
This film was produced and / or financed by Backup Films, Helsinki Filmi Oy, Propeller Film, Exitfilm and Blue Light.
Composed by Helena Tulve.
Future Film, Filmmuseum Distributie and Sandrew Metronome Distribution.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Muukalainen has a duration of 105 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in English or Finnish in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
See the page of this full movie, Muukalainen in FULLTV Movies.