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Carnival of Souls is a film in the vein of Night of the Hunter: artistically ambitious, from a first-time director, but largely overlooked in its initial release until its rediscovery years later. Granted, it's not the masterpiece of Night of the Hunter, but it's a chilling, effective, impressive tale of ghouls, guilt and restless spirits. The story follows a woman (Candace Hilligoss) on the run from her past who is haunted by visions of a pale-faced man, beautifully shot (and played) by director Herk Harvey. As she seemingly begins to fade in and out of existence, the nature of her reality itself is questioned. Carnival of Souls is vintage psychological horror on a miniscule budget, and has since been cited as an influence in the fever dream visions of directors such as David Lynch. To me, it's always felt something like a movie-length episode of The Twilight Zone, and I mean that in the most complimentary way I can. Rod Serling would no doubt have been a fan. —Jim Vorel
A.: Amazon states that there are more than 1 million books available in the Kindle Lending Library. To see if a book you want to read qualifies, simply search for it on your Kindle device, Kindle app or the Amazon website, and see if the Prime logo appears next to it. If so, a Prime subscription lets you borrow it for one month. If not, you'll have to pay for it the old-fashioned way.
Another potential growth area for Amazon is it advertising business. The company is expected to grab 4.1% of the total domestic digital ad spend this year to move into third-place behind Google (GOOGL - Free Report) and Facebook (FB - Free Report) , according to an eMarketer report. Amazon only claims a tiny percentage of ad dollars compared to its peers, but the e-commerce firm is projected to see its share of U.S. digital ad spending climb to 7% by 2020 to hit $10.92 billion.
A.: Most gamers are already familiar with Twitch, the popular game-stream broadcast service, but may not know about Twitch Prime. Amazon Prime users also get access to Twitch Prime, which allows them to watch Twitch streams completely ad-free. However, Amazon recently announced that new members will not get ad-free viewing beginning September 14. Existing members, however, can continue to enjoy ad-free viewing up until their subscription renewal, at which point they too will lose the feature. Monthly in-game bonuses and "Free Games With Prime" — a selection of free titles for Prime members — will continue.
Anyone who spends much time on the Amazon site can see the answer to that question. The company now has roughly 100 private label brands for sale on its huge online marketplace, of which more than five dozen have been introduced in the past year alone. But few of those are sold under the Amazon brand. Instead, they have been given a variety of anodyne, disposable names like Spotted Zebra (kids clothes), Good Brief (men's underwear), Wag (dog food) and Rivet (home furnishings). Want to buy a stylish but affordable cap-sleeve dress? A flared version from Lark & Ro ($39), maybe in millennial pink, might be just what you're looking for.
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And of course all the bad examples are great fun to read (seniors crawling along floors trying to read labels on badly shelved medicine), as are the descriptions of how different groups shop (male vs female, old vs young, parents vs. single, etc.) The whole book is pretty much a commercial for Underhill's company, but it's still informative and fun reading.
It should be ridiculous, this. A buddy comedy built atop the premise of a man (Paul Dano) lugging around, and bonding with, a flatulent talking corpse (Daniel Radcliffe)—but cinema is a medium in which miracles are possible, and one such miracle occurs in Swiss Army Man. A film with such a seemingly unpalatable concept becomes, against all odds, a near-profound existential meditation. And, for all the increasingly absurd gags about the utilities of that talking corpse's body—not just as a jet-ski propelled by bodily gas, but as a giver of fresh water through projectile vomiting and even as a compass through its erection—there's not one iota of distancing irony to be found in the film. Directors Daniel Scheinert and Dan Kwan are absolutely serious in their attempts to not only re-examine some of the most universal of human experiences, but also explore the idea of a life lived without limits, casting off the shackles of societal constraints and realizing one's best self. It's a freedom that the Daniels project exuberantly into the film itself: Swiss Army Man is a work that feels positively lawless. Witness with amazement what bizarrely heartfelt splendors its creators will come up with next. —Kenji Fujishima
Amazon appears to be on a journey from discount-driven apparel outlet to full-line fashion store distinguished by its own fashion ranges and greater collaboration with major brands. But our survey found that many shoppers do not see Amazon as a full-price retailer. In fact, almost half of Amazon apparel shoppers surveyed expect to always pay less than full price on the site.
At this point, some might think it's too late to buy Amazon (AMZN - Free Report) stock since its run of absolutely insane growth is over. But Amazon's days of impressive expansion don't look like they are done just yet. And now might be a good time to think about buying AMZN stock before Amazon reports its Q3 financial results on Thursday, October 25.
Costco, too, has proven the doubters wrong. There's a reason why COST has been one of the best stocks to buy in the entire market for over thirty years now. Here, too, however the concern is valuation. Analysts began arguing last month that the stock might have run out of upside, and I'm inclined to agree. Most of the stock's losses after Q4 earnings earlier this month have been recovered, and COST still trades at a healthy 27x forward earnings.
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There need not be a documentary about the Syrian catastrophe to rally the world around its cause—just as, in Matthew Heineman's previous film, Cartel Land, there was no need to vilify the world of Mexican cartels or the DEA or the paramilitaristic nationalists patrolling our Southern borders to confirm that murder and drug trafficking are bad. The threats are known and the stakes understood, at least conceptually. And yet, by offering dedicated, deeply intimate portraits of the people caught up in these crises, Heineman complicates them beyond all repair, placing himself in undoubtedly death-defying situations to offer a perspective whose only bias is instinctual. So it is with City of Ghosts, in which he follows members of Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, a group committed to using citizen-based journalism to expose the otherwise covered-up atrocities committed by ISIS and the Assad regime in Syria. In hiding, in Turkey and Germany and at an event for journalists in the U.S.—in exile—these men, who Heineman characterizes as a very young and even more reluctant resistance, tell of both the increasingly sophisticated multimedia methods of ISIS and their hopes for feeling safe enough to settle and start a family with equal trepidation about what they've conditioned themselves to never believe: That perhaps they'll never be safe. Heineman could have easily bore witness to the atrocities himself, watching these men as they watch, over and over, videos of their loved ones executed by ISIS, a piquant punishment for their crimes of resistance. There is much to be said about the responsibility of seeing in our world today, after all. Instead, while City of Ghosts shares plenty of horrifying images, the director more often that not shields the audience from the graphic details, choosing to focus his up-close camera work on the faces of these men as they take on the responsibility of bearing witness, steeling themselves for a potential lifetime of horror in which everything they know and love will be taken from them. By the time Heineman joins these men as they receive the 2015 International Press Freedom Award for their work, the clapping, beaming journalists in the audience practically indict themselves, unable to see how these Syrian men want to be doing anything but what they feel they must, reinforcing the notion that what seems to count as international reportage anymore is the exact kind of lack of nuance that Heineman so beautifully, empathetically wants to call out. —Dom Sinacola
In which we bask in Vince Vaughn's hugeness, witnessing S. Craig Zahler's pitch-perfect ode to grindhouse cinema draw the best of extremes out of an actor who's had a rough couple years crawling out from under the parody of himself. This is not Vince Vaughn playing Bradley Thomas, stolid brute willing to do whatever it takes to protect his family, it is the silhouette of Vince Vaughn, silent and bigger than everyone else in the room, a spectre of bruised flesh—so much flesh—descending circle by circle into Hades, his odyssey heralded by the likes of Don Johnson and Udo Kier (both seemingly born to be in this endlessly compelling, awfully fucked-up movie) and soundtracked by soul/RnB icons like the O'Jays and Butch Tavares. It confirms that Zahler—along with Bone Tomahawk—is on some Tarantino levels of modern genre filmmaking—which could honestly be a pejorative, were Brawl in Cell Block 99 less finely tuned, less patient and less breathlessly violent. By the time Bradley lurches into irrevocable action, foreshadowed by an opening scene in which he rips apart a car with his bare hands, which is exactly as that sounds, every life force he snuffs out with maximum barbarity also comes with pure satisfaction, the Id of anyone who's into this kind of thing stroked to completion. —Dom Sinacola
GWW has seen a sharp pullback of late, dropping 26% from highs of just two months ago. Tariff and cyclical worries, plus a slightly disappointing Q3 report, have factored in. But the pullback seems to open an opportunity. GWW now trades at an attractive 15 times forward earnings. That's simply too cheap for what is clearly among the best Amazon-proof stocks. Grainger already has proven the skeptics wrong. It likely will do so again. And at a cheaper price, that's a bet worth taking.
Amazon discloses few metrics on its performance in apparel. Since one indicator of that is number of shoppers, we asked survey respondents who had bought clothing or footwear in the past 12 months if they had bought apparel on Amazon during that time. We also asked apparel shoppers if they think they are likely to buy clothing or footwear on Amazon in the next 12 months. Respondents were required to choose either "yes," "no" or "cannot remember" ("don't know" for the next-12-months question) as their answer.
Still, there are companies competing — and winning — against Amazon. These 7 stocks aren't necessarily fully Amazon-proof stocks just yet, as the battles rage on. But they should be considered by those investors looking for the best stocks to buy outside of AMZN — and by investors looking for companies who can lead any market, no matter the competition.
At this point, some might think it's too late to buy Amazon (AMZN - Free Report) stock since its run of absolutely insane growth is over. But Amazon's days of impressive expansion don't look like they are done just yet. And now might be a good time to think about buying AMZN stock before Amazon reports its Q3 financial results on Thursday, October 25.
Coconut MCT oil, cacao butter, grass-fed whey protein, organic almond butter, and other keto-approved ingredients combine for this protein bomb of an energy bar, designed specifically to support ketone production and keep you fit and focused for hours. It's basically like jumper cables for your metabolism… if jumper cables tasted like smooth chocolate and almonds.
Speaking of coming-of-age movies, the 1991 feature My Girl is also headed to Amazon on November 1. Anna Chlumsky plays Vada, a young girl who is about to become a teenager and living with her widowed mortician father. She learns a bit about life and relationships with her friend Thomas, played by Macaulay Culkin. Sure, it's more of a family drama, but there are still some fun, comedic moments that make this a classic flick.
Good delivery system, reasonably priced, decent movie and tv show selection, but some of the original programming is mediocre ranging to so-bad-it'll-set-your-teeth-on-edge bad, shows like Transparent or Mozart in the Jungle start off strong but quickly degenerate into the worst Showtime-like cheesy schmaltz of star pimping, tired old tropes taking the place of plots, and comic relief comprising little more than a parade of characters written solely as one walking quirk each, while others like The Man in the High Castle are just jarringly bad from the get-go, seemingly written by a committee who studied what tonal elements make up a dystopian setting and then assembled these elements while committing zero interiority to the show. Aesthetics and taste are not Jeff Bezos' strong suits, apparently. But otherwise this is a fine service, just don't accidentally step off into Amazon's own focus group-driven attempts at film or television production and you'll be fine.
Try as you might to rationalize Darren Aronofsky's mother!, mother! does not accept rationalization. There's little reasonable ways to construct a single cohesive interpretation of what the movie tries to tell us. There is no evidence of Aronosfky's intention beyond what we've intuited from watching his films since the '90s—as well as how often Aronofsky loves to talk about his own work, which is usually worth avoiding, because Aronofsky likes thinking the movie is about everything. The most ironclad comment you can make about mother! is that it's basically a matryoshka doll layered with batshit insanity. Unpack the first, and you're met immediately by the next tier of crazy, and then the next, and so on, until you've unpacked the whole thing and seen it for what it is: A spiritual rumination on the divine ego, a plea for environmental stewardship, an indictment of entitled invasiveness, an apocalyptic vision of America in 2017, a demonstration of man's tendency to leech everything from the women they love until they're nothing but a carbonized husk, a very triggering reenactment of the worst house party you've ever thrown. mother! is a kitchen sink movie in the most literal sense: There's an actual kitchen sink here, Aronofsky's idea of a joke, perhaps, or just a necessarily transparent warning. mother!, though, is about everything. Maybe the end result is that it's also about nothing. But it's really about whatever you can yank out of it, its elasticity the most terrifying thing about it. —Andy Crump
Kurt Kuenne was childhood friends with a man named Andrew Bagby, who, in late 2001, was murdered by ex-girlfriend Shirley Turner. Relieved he'd finally put an end to a turbulent relationship, he had no idea Turner was pregnant. So she killed him, then fled to Newfoundland, where she gave birth to Bagby's son, Zachary. This is how Dear Zachary begins: a visual testament to both Andrew Bagby's life, as well as the enduring hearts of his parents, who, as Kuenne chronicles, moved to Newfoundland after their son's murder to begin proceedings to gain custody of Zachary. Kuenne only meant the film to be a gift, a love letter to his friend postmarked to Zachary, to allow the baby to one day get to know his father via the many, many people who loved him most. Told in interviews, photos, phone calls, seemingly every piece of detritus from one man's life, Kuenne's eulogy is an achingly sad portrait of someone who, in only 28 years, deeply affected the lives of so many people around him. And then Dear Zachary transforms into something profoundly else. It begins to take on the visual language and tone of an infuriating true-crime account, painstakingly detailing the process by which Bagby's parents gained custody and then—just as they were beginning to find some semblance of consolation—faced their worst nightmares. The film at times becomes exquisitely painful, but Kuenne has a natural gift for tension and pacing that neither exploits the material nor drags the audience through melodramatic mud. In retrospect, Dear Zachary's expositional approach may seem a bit cloying, but that's only because Kuenne is willing to tell a story with all the disconsolate surprise of the tragedy itself. You're gonna bawl your guts out. —Dom Sinacola
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But Prime's ease and accessibility rely on advanced and extensive mail systems that do not exist everywhere in the world, Rosenbaum said. One solution may be for Amazon to work with retailers and vendors overseas, such as 7-Eleven, where customers can pick up their packages. Prime has programs through Whole Foods where shoppers can pick up their groceries, for example.
On the surface, the move into the private label business (in which goods are sold under the retailer's name rather than that of an outside vendor) appears to be a deft move by Amazon. Analysts predict that nearly half of all online shopping in the United States will be conducted on Amazon's platform in the next couple of years. That creates a massive opportunity for Amazon to more than double revenue from its in-house brands to $25 billion in the next four years, according to analysts at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. That's the equivalent of all of Macy's revenue last year.
A.: Amazon Prime Music is a streaming music service, similar to Spotify or Pandora. Users can choose albums or songs to stream, or allow Amazon to create a customized profile to suit their tastes and do it for them. Currently, the service offers more than two million songs, but its selection still pales in comparison to those of Spotify and Pandora. Amazon Prime members can also download these songs and listen to them online (as long as their Prime membership remains active). Its newer service, Music Unlimited, gives you access to "tens of millions" of songs and weekly new releases. If you own an Amazon Echo, you can pay $3.99/month for this service, but you'll only be able to stream on your Echo device. For $7.99/month, you'll be able to stream on all of your devices.
Some of the best parts of shopping on Amazon are the wide selections and low costs, but those things can also make it difficult to root out what's really worth spending your money on before you've stretched your checkbook too thin. It can also be hard to tell which affordable options are similar (or better) in performance to their higher-priced competitors to save you some money. The huge selection and low costs can be a great advantage if you have the inside scoop needed to navigate them confidently — if not, it can be a huge drain on time scrolling through reviews and trying to parse out who means what they're saying.
Like those other guys, the keto diet follows strict guidelines on what you can and can't eat, suggesting you limit your daily carb intake to 20 to 30 net grams while upping your fat like crazy. If all goes well, your body will stop getting all its energy from glucose and insulin produced by grains, sugars, and starches and instead start cranking out ketones to break down and burn up stored fat. Sound good? Of course, it does.
Imperiled families are popular forms of community in documentaries this year—on the more heartwarming side is Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, the deceptively straightforward new film from Hoop Dreams director Steve James. In it, James details the ordeal of the Sungs, who ran the only bank to face federal prosecution in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse. What's even more surprising is that their bank, Abacus Federal Savings, was a tiny, local institution catering to New York City's Chinatown residents—hardly one of the massive financial corporations that helped crater the world economy. There is a happy ending to Abacus's legal nightmare, however, but James uses the court case as a means to explore the Sung family, particularly patriarch Thomas Sung, who even in his late 70s still elicits a strong hold over his adult daughters, who help run the bank with him while jockeying to curry his favor. Abacus is a family portrait mixed with current events, and if it's less ambitious than Hoop Dreams that doesn't diminish the warmth and subtlety James brings to this look at an anxious, close-knit clan who rally around one another once the government goes after them. —Tim Grierson
Amazon Prime lets you add premium video subscriptions -- Starz, Showtime and so on -- to your Prime Video viewing umbrella. (Alas, you don't get any discounts compared with purchasing those subscriptions separately.) As part of Amazon Family, you can score 20 percent off diaper purchases via Subscribe & Save and 15 percent off eligible products in your baby registry. And speaking of family, you're allowed to extend your membership to one additional adult living in your house.
Promising review: "I've been boiling various pasta noodles at least twice a week for over 25 years. When I first saw the Fasta Pasta microwave cooker demo video, I was a bit skeptical, but interested enough to purchase the product from Amazon. After using the product three times, I can honestly say that it not only cooks pasta very fast, but better, with less mess and energy, than boiling the noodles in a pot. Just follow the simple instructions and you will have perfectly cooked pasta without having to check it while cooking for readiness. I wish that this product had been invented years ago." —George Miller
Is it just us, or are housewarming gifts the most daunting Major Life Event gifts to buy? Presents for graduations or weddings or baby showers always seem to be easier to find, perhaps because the recipients are very clearly entering new stages that typically require something they don't currently own. Housewarmings aren't so straightforward. Your friend moving into her first-ever apartment is cause for a housewarming gift, but so is the time she moves into her tenth home. (What the heck do you get for her then?!) In an effort to make the shopping process less fraught, we've created a couple rules: 1. Go general, but still functional. Everyone appreciates a good wooden spoon, for example. 2. Only shop on Amazon. The site has everything, including glorious two-day shipping.
In November 2007, the Kindle Store was launched as an e-book e-commerce store and can be accessed from any Amazon Kindle, Fire tablet or Kindle mobile app. At its launch, the store had more than 88,000 digital titles available.[53] This number increased to more than 765,000 by August 2011[54] and as of January 2017 there were over five million e-books available in the U.S.[55]


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Technics P50: A beautifully rich piano sound, a broad selection of voices and incredibly realistic keyboard touch response. All housed in a simple, stylish body thats compact and light enough to carry almost anywhere. Looking for a digital piano that delivers piano playing enjoyment and much, much more? The choice is easy: the Technics P50.
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The Technics sx-P50 Portable Grand Piano was released in 2001 to critical acclaim. Featuring an incredibly robust aluminium casing with an attractive curved form-factor, the Technics P50 is an ideal stage piano and makes an excellent MIDI controller.
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These are the built-in factory demos on the Technics sx-P50 Piano.
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As I didn't have the correct cables to record the P50 piano directly into the computer, I sent the output from the piano into Technics KN7000 and then recorded the results using the USB cable and Technics Audio Recorder. This produces WAV files. From there I opened in Audacity and converted to MP3 files in order to give a reasonable file size on the website and good compatibility for browsers.
Technics P50: Graded Hammer Action
On a grand piano the key touch is heavier for low notes and lighter for high notes, changing in four steps from one end of the keyboard to the other. This change occurs naturally as a result of the thickness of the strings, the size of the hammers, and the presence or absence of a damper.
Technics' Natural Response Action Feels Like You're Playing a Concert Grand
Technics Natural Response Action replicates this progression by using four sets of graded hammers that are linked to the appropriate registers of a grand piano to provide a substantial, authentic response. Furthermore, the black keys feature a matte finish, reminiscent of the key texture on a concert grand.
The Natural Response Action provides the tactile "release" in the middle of a keystroke that is characteristic of grand piano keys.
Technics Dynamic Acoustics Technology Recreates the Sound of a Concert Grand
Highly regarded for its incredible realism, Technics Dynamic Acoustics technology is based on PCM recordings of a world-class concert grand piano after it has been meticulously tuned and adjusted. It is sampled at several dynamic levels across the keyboard in order to capture the variations in sound,
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A drinks maker is looking to grow sales after securing support from a Peterborough garden centre.
Scotland's leading Scotch malt whisky cream liqueur, Magnum, has announced a new listing with Dobbies Garden Centre, at Cygnet Park, in Phorpes Way.
Magnum Director, Lee Schofield, said: "We're really excited that Magnum will be available at selected Dobbies centres in Scotland and England for the first time.
"We're now able to bring our premium single malt cream liqueur to a new market of green-fingered customers across the country in time for the peak gardening season.
She added: "At Magnum our vision is uncompromising and our ambition is straightforward – to craft a radical, premium cream liqueur, one that contains the finest single malt Scotch whisky and only single malt."
The Peterborough centre is one of 27 Dobbies Garden Centres across the country.
It says customers will get the chance to buy bottles of Magnum, which is crafted and bottled in Edinburgh and is a fusion of single malt Scotch whisky and cream, for £21.99 per 70cl bottle (ABV 17%).
Roz Doherty, Drinks Buyer at Dobbies Garden Centres, said: "At Dobbies, we're constantly working hard to enhance the offering within our foodhalls, especially with locally sourced brands.
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Last week, 100 Dentonites Who Give a Damn witnessed two watershed moments: The philanthropy group reached 100 members and raised its goal of $10,000 for the Denton Community Food Center.
The organization meets four times a year to raise money for a local charity, with each member donating $100.
The group was three members shy when it convened last Tuesday to pick the winner of this quarter's contribution. Kim Pearson, the organization's co-founder, said she didn't think they'd make the $10,000 goal.
But someone donated $300 at the last minute to help hit the target amount.
"That person — when she came up and told me, I just started crying," Pearson said, tears again welling in her eyes.
The group has attracted three more recruits since last week's meeting, now fully living up to its 100-member namesake.
As a graduate student at the University of North Texas, Pearson said she initially created 100 Dentonites Who Give a Damn for a school project. She was inspired by similar groups nationwide that form the "100 Who Care Alliance."
Pearson enlisted her friend Renee Sims as co-founder, and the two hit the ground running. Since forming in April 2017, they've inspired scores of Denton residents to donate funds to 10 nonprofit charities and counting.
Every quarter, three charities make a five-minute presentation to 100 Dentonites Who Give a Damn. Then, the group votes for which nonprofit will be awarded the money.
Pearson said that while charities always appreciate smaller, individual donations, there's more strength in numbers.
"You write a check to something you know is going to make an immediate difference," she said.
Tom Newell, chairman of the board of directors for Denton Community Food Center, said the donation was significant. He estimates that the $10,000 will actually be worth around $70,000 in canned and frozen food from the Tarrant Area Food Bank.
The money will likely fund the food pantry until the end of 2019, he added.
In addition to catering to indigent individuals and families, the center also offers pet food and baby food, as well as ready-to-eat goods for the homeless.
Although the pantry is only open five days a week for two hours a day, Newell said it's always busy. According to the 2018 overview for the Denton Community Food Center, 21% of the Denton County population is considered "food insecure."
Pearson said that no matter which nonprofit receives the money, the 100 Dentonites Who Give a Damn meetings are a great way for the community to learn about local charities.
Plus, Sims added, it's a quick and easy way for busy group members to help people in need: "This concept is a way that I can get in, get out, and make a huge impact."
To learn more about 100 Dentonites Who Give a Damn, visit their website at dcgad.wordpress.com.


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|Capricorn One (Laserdisc) - Sep 5, 2019
|Director: Peter Hyams
Main Stars: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Sam Waterston, O.J Simpson, Hal Holbrook
Rating: 4/5
Three brave astronauts are set to attempt the first manned landing on Mars. You'd think such an achievement would capture the attention of the nation, but Joe Sixpack seemingly has other concerns. Even the President can't be bothered to attend the launch, sending the Vice President instead. Regardless, this launch has to be a success as it's been made abundantely clear to Nasa's project director (Holbrook) that another screwup will mean cancellation of the entire space program.
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I imagine this film caused quite the stir back in the day, coming only a couple years after the last (supposed) manned landing on the moon. While Mars is the destination here, it's immediately obvious the film is really echoing the long standing belief by some that the moon landings never actually happened.
The cast is stellar and is a who's who of 70's talent - but even with such a plethora of talent, the film is really carried by both Brolin and Gould. As with any thriller type movie there's always certain things which happen that you could nitpick as being unlikely, but where's the fun in that? Best to just go with the flow. And while I may be looking at things through nostalgia coloured glasses, I've found that movies from the 70's have a defined look, a certain narrative flow, and a grittiness that seems to have been lost in later decades. Director Hyams, who went on to helm the excellent Sean Connery sci-fi flick Outland manages to slowly build the tension and suspense throughout until the frenetic conclusion.
Capricorn One is what I would consider a hidden gem and a perfect encapsulation of 70's filmmaking. And as for the premise, in today's world of pervasive Governmental control coupled with technical advances where you can't really even tell what's real or what's fake anymore the message is more relevant than ever before. While I spun this one up on Laserdisc, it's thankfully available on DVD, Blu-Ray, and streaming (Apple TV) as well. Recommended.
|Yesterday (Theatre) - Jul 12, 2019
|Director: Danny Boyle
Main Stars: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Kate McKinnon
Rating: 3/5
Jack Malik (Patel) is a struggling musician and the only person who seems to believe in him is his part time manager (James) a person who he grew up with but despite an obvious attraction she is never able to leave the friend zone. One day everything changes when a global power outage hits. After the lights come back, to his astonishment he discovers that for some reason no one has ever heard of one of his favourite bands - The Beatles. They've seemingly been erased from history. Armed with that knowledge he decides to strike out in a new direction using their songs to propel him to musical stardom. Now he just needs the remember the damn lyrics to Eleanor Rigby.
When I saw the trailer for this I instantly knew I wanted to see it as it was different and it was obviously a feel good movie. Something I was definitely in the mood for. In that respect it didn't disappoint. But while good, I was hoping it'd be one of those movies that achieved greatness and sadly it falls a bit short.
You don't have to be a Beatles fan to enjoy the story as anyone with a passing knowledge of the band and their biggest hits will be humming along and tapping their toes. SNL's Kate McKinnon has an amusing role as the music industry shark ready to discover the next big thing and then promptly devour them while extracting every dollar possible before disposing of them when someone else comes along. While the overall tone of the film is breezy, they do make several digs at the music business - but part of me wishes they would have skewered it a bit more. Ed Sheeran plays himself in a self deprecating role - I'm guessing that's a big deal that he's in it? Who knows as I'm not up on the latest 'artists'. There's an interesting side plot involving a couple of people at his concerts who'd look at him really oddly while he was playing. I thought I knew where that was going to go but they surprised me and I honestly got a good laugh out of it. There's also a cameo from the past which is a bit jaw dropping and it took me awhile to figure out who the actor was. Finally while fairly long at 2 hours the ending felt rushed and tacked on which was a letdown.
A pleasant surprise and mad props for originality in an era of endless remakes and comic book movies that while enjoyable left me wanting more.
|Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (VOD) - Jun 5, 2019
|Director: David Yates
Main Stars: Johnny Depp, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Jude Law
Rating: 2/5
The dastardly Wizard Grindelwald (Depp) escapes from prison in New York City and flees to Paris!
Back in jolly 'ol England, ever awkward but lovable Newt (Redmayne) is tasked with thwarting his evil plans and um...something or other. What were his evil plans again?
Hmmm. According to IMDB's summary the whole plot point of the bad guy in this film is he's trying to raise an army of pure-blood wizards to rule over non-magical people. After well over 2 hours I had no idea that's what he was trying to do. And here we have my biggest issue with the sequel to Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. My previous review of the first film was generally favourable. Not having read any of the books and not having even seen all the Harry Potter films, I was judging it simply on its entertainment value and not as a convert.
It was different enough and had a plethora of fun CGI'd creatures plus a turn of the century New York City backdrop that I enjoyed it overall.
But with the follow up they dispense with the cute creatures (for the most part) and instead focus on building the story for the presumed third film. And that's always the problem with the middle films in trilogies (which I'm assuming is the plan), you always get that feeling like they exist only to usher in the big climactic final act. There was also casting overload with way to many new people taking away screen time from the main characters from the previous movie. About the only redeeming feature was that Depp toned down his performance for once. Instead of the usual quirky schtick that he does so effortlessly in all of Tim Burton's efforts here he's more subdued and actually fairly effective as as the quiet but menacing villian. Sadly his efforts are wasted.
I suppose people familiar with the source material might be enthralled, but when I found out Grindelwald was the cousin of so and so which I'm sure was super shocking I was like 'ya, so?'. Glad this was just a rental.
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|Prospect (VOD) - Apr 21, 2019
|Directors: Christopher Caldwell, Zeek Earl
Main Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Jay Duplass, Pedro Pascal
Rating: 3.5/5
Cee (Thatcher) spends her days reciting her favourite book from memory while her father chastises her for her lack of focus on the task at hand. That task being prospecting - retrieving valuable fossils? from the goopy innards of an alien species buried in the ground on the moon below them. The task being made all the more challenging as they must also survive the moon's toxic green forest. Her father has the coordinates to the big score and promises her they just need to do this one last job and then they can leave this life behind them. Unfortunately the orbiting space station has informed them that they are leaving shortly for new locales. Will they be able to harvest the goods and make it into orbit again before they are permanently left behind?
I happened to be flipping through the movie trailers on my Apple TV and came across this little Indie offering. It looked different so I decided to give it a watch.
Here we have a great example of not needing a large budget and lots of special effects to craft a decent and engaging sci-fi entry. To be honest there's not a lot of dialog or different sets - everything either taking place in the interior of their drop ship or on the moon's forest. And yet I was surprised when the credits rolled at how fast the movie seemed to fly by. It obviously kept me engaged throughout. If I had anything negative to say it would be that at times the dialog was a bit muddled - not really surprising considering everyone spends almost all their time with helmets on their heads. I'll have to look up the one actor - Pedro Pascal to see what else he has done as I found him to have a commanding screen presence. The girl who plays Cee was equally effective especially considering it was her film debut.
Visually competent although again, there's not a lot of different scenery to be had. The forest manages to look other worldly enough via a constant and dreamy looking colourful dust floating around in the air. I also liked how the story kind of just throws the viewer into the middle of things with barely any exposition and you're left on your own to figure out what's going on. To be honest I was shocked to find that this was an American production as it definitely had a Euro vibe to it. A decent and gritty genre film that while not groundbreaking manages to do a lot with only a little.
|Overlord (Blu-Ray) - Mar 25, 2019
|Director: Julius Avery
Main Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbaek
Rating: 3.5/5
On the evening before D-Day a group of American paratroopers is tasked with dropping behind enemy lines to destroy a key radio tower, thus helping to ensure success for the coming attack. Thinks quickly go awry when their plane is shot up all to hell, and the survivors scattered all over the French countryside. Private Ed Boyce (Adepo) eventually links up with some members of his squad and they proceed with their mission. However once inside the bunker at the base of the tower they soon encounter something much worse than just enemy troops.
Nazi zombies. I'm not sure why, but combine those two words and you're sure to peak my cinematic interest. For me, the high water mark of this particular sub-genre was the 2009 film Dead Snow. That said, it was your typical low budget indie offering. However, when news broke of Overlord, there was excitement in the air as this was going to be a big budget effort associated with non-other than JJ Abrams. The guy behind the latest Star Wars movies was producing a Nazi zombie movie! So does having gobs of money guarantee a classic? Not really. Another reviewer probably summed it up best - "This is a B-budget movie, with A-budget production values." The opening scenes are stellar. A visual and sonic onslaught leaving you on the edge of your seat. I thought at one point my subwoofer was going to explode. But by the mid-point the film reasserts its horror origins and while never quite descending into camp territory, there were some scenes that looked right out of Re-Animator. I kept expecting Herbert West to make an appearance.
Despite the middling lull, things wrap up nicely with a frenetic finale. While I appreciate the attempts to elevate the story into something more, they perhaps did too good a job at the start as it was a bit of a letdown when things transitioned from war flick to horror flick. And without giving anything away, the whole zombie aspect wasn't quite what I was expecting and as such was a bit disappointing. An interesting effort that doesn't quite achieve its lofty goals, but for fans at least is still worth watching.
|Mortal Engines (VOD) - Mar 20, 2019
|Director: Christian Rivers
Main Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae
Rating: 1/5
Tom Natsworthy spends his uneventful days working at the museum on the tracked city of London hunting down examples of 'ancient tech'. One day his whole world is turned upside down when he instinctively attempts to catch a would be female assassin who just narrowly missed killing London's de facto leader and champion. Eventually Tom and the girl both end up tumbling to the earth as the city leaves them behind. Will he ever return home and will the mysterious assassin ever avenge the death of her mother?
I'll say up front that I've read the book, and while I wouldn't say I'm a 'fan', I obviously like it enough that I'm currently reading the 4th entry in the series. I knew going in that this didn't have great reviews, but again, having read the book I wanted to see what someone else's vision of the material would look like. And visually, it doesn't disappoint. I wasn't entirely sure how they'd be able to pull off the vast scale of the cities involved but they managed to do a great job. It's worth a rent for this alone. Unfortunately by the end I was furious as they changed several aspects of the story and fates of certain key characters. I hate, hate, hate when studios do that! It's one thing to take a story and base a film on it which expands upon the scope or the characters (think Blade Runner), or even when introducing new characters to advance the plot for various reasons (think Lord of the Rings), but to do so for no apparent reason drives me crazy. What? Idiots they pulled off the street for a test screening couldn't grasp the concept of someone doing something under protest and eventually redeeming themselves - so instead some pinhead exec decided to make them a one dimensional bad guy? I'm itching to go off on a rant about what a joke Hollywood is, but I'll abstain for now.
If you want to see a grand visual spectacle and haven't read it then it's worth a look, however if you even remotely enjoy the book stay far, far away from this travesty.


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FAQs and SIMPLEXSTRONG answers from one of the strongest athletes who ever lived, legendary wrestler and strongman George Hackenschmidt (1877 – 1968), also called "Russian Lion".
Here are some excellent tips from his book The Way to Live (1908).
Yes, more that 100 years ago.
When to Begin to Practice with Heavier Weights?
Hackenschmidt writes:
This should only be done after one has trained for at least three months in the foregoing manner with light weights, and one should never begin to lift any heavier weight than one can lift without much exertion at least ten times. He who ventures such trials without this previous training exposes himself to strainings or breakings of the sinews or muscles, also to ruptures, and I would particularly caution my readers against any such imprudent experiments.
How to Select a Suitable Starting Main Weight?
This is quite easy. When in an unfatigued condition try an exercise say ten times. If you can accomplish this by using all your strength you have found the proper weight with which to begin your exercises five times in succession.
In other words, start with your 10RM, but do only 5 reps. Sounds familiar? Of course, it is the same strategy we recommend in many StrongFirst programs.
How and When Add Weight?
"Russian Lion" recommends simple blueprint:
After having ascertained the correct weight for every exercise, begin each movement, say five times, and increase the number by one every week : thus five one week, six the next, seven the next, etc., until the prescribed maximum is reached. After that begin afresh with a weight that is 5 lb. heavier for one arm exercises, or 10 lb. for two arms, unless otherwise directed.
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Vision Men's Hangout
What is better than fellowship? Friday, February 9th from 7-10 pm, all Vision Men are welcome to come hang out! Food will be provided.Find out more »
Daddy/Daughter Date
Dads, come out and celebrate Valentine's Day with your daughters. February 12th from 6-8 pm, have a date night with your daughter. Meal will be provided.Find out more »
March 2019
Men's Cookout
Gonna be a great Friday night! We are going to eat burgers. We are going to hang out with out friends. We are going to spend some time in the Word. What more could you ask for on a Friday night? Bring your Bible, recommended $5 donation, and a friend. We will start the grills a little before 7 pm.Find out more »
April 2019
Man Camp
Man Camp is a great way to spend time hanging out with your friends! Bring your sons. It will be a great afternoon of outdoor reaction.Find out more »
June 2019
Father's Day Weekend Picnic
Dad's you might be the master of grilling, but let us treat you this Father's Day weekend with a little outdoor dining experience that you won't have to lift a finger to enjoy. We will be meeting at Pastor's house at 11:30 am. Directions are below.Find out more »
July 2019
Marriage Retreat 2019
Our annual couples retreat will be held in the summer this year, from July the 18th through July the 20th at Le Meridian at the Perimeter. From Thursday until Saturday you will be challenged with Biblical principles to help you encourage you to see the God given beauty of your marriage. This will be a time of "real-talk" concerning marriage where we will take an honest look at life and God's Word. You will not want to miss it! You…Find out more »


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Blount Fine Foods of McKinney, Texas, is recalling about 6,690 pounds of Panera Bread at Home Chicken Tortilla Soup because it contains foreign materials, more specifically, plastic. This can pose a choking hazard. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to this issue. Consumer complaints have been received by the recalling firm.
The ready-to-eat chicken soup items were produced on April 26, 2019. The recalled product is Panera Bread at Home Chicken Tortilla Soup, sold in 16 ounce plastic bowls. The use by date on the product is 07/05/2019 and the lot codes on the product are 042619-3V or 042619-4V, printed on the bottom of the container. The product has the establishment number "P-13130" inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations in Arizona, Florida, and Georgia. This recall does not include any product sold at Panera Bread restaurants.
The USDA is concerned that some of this Panera Bread at Home Chicken Tortilla soup may be in consumers' refrigerators or freezers. If you purchased this soup, do not eat it. Throw it away or return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.
FSIS is conducting retail effectiveness checks to make sure the firm is notifying their customers about this recall. They are also ensuring that the product is no longer available to consumers.


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French Quarter Festivals, Inc.
FQF 5 Years of Posters
The perfect edition to your French Quarter Fest collection, this bundle includes event posters from the past five events! Adorn your walls with the colorful artwork that will remind you of the fun times had at each event. The following are descriptions of each item included in this bundle;
2019 - French Quarter Festivals, Inc. proudly announces the 2019 French Quarter Festival poster artist, Ayo Scott. This year's poster features a portrait of Soul Queen of New Orleans and regular Festival headliner, Irma Thomas. In the background are the Mississippi River and a glimpse of the Woldenberg Park sculpture, Ocean Song, a nod to the artist's father, John T Scott, and tie in to the event as the sculpture is prominently featured on the festival grounds. "French Quarter Fest has done a lot to keep local and regional artists' careers alive, and I am honored to be on this year's poster," said Thomas.
2018 - French Quarter Festivals, Inc. proudly announces the 2018 French Quarter Festival poster artist, Randy Leo Frechette "Frenchy." Frenchy, a long-time New Orleans resident, draws inspiration from the City's eclectic street and music scene, a theme evident in the 2018 poster. Famous for his paintings of live performances, Frenchy's artistry-in-motion has previously been experienced at French Quarter Festival where, in an unofficial capacity, he has transformed the audio energy of the riverfront stages into visual works of art.
2017 - Tony Green was born in Naples, Italy in 1954. His family soon moved to the United States settling in Louisiana on New Orleans' West Bank where Tony spent his childhood. After studying Fine Arts in college, Tony Green continued to travel and study all over the world including two years in Brugge, Belgium and one year in Ghana, West Africa. In 1982, Green returned to Italy to continue painting and musical pursuits, setting up part-time residence in Venice, an annual tradition that still continues today. Green's is greatly influenced by Europe's masters of painting as well as its musical traditions, including that of the gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt.
2016 - Isabelle Jacopin's paintings of musicians, streetscapes, and Mardi Gras Indians are summoned to life in loud bursts of bold color. In person, she is as lively and colorful as her pictures. A native of Brittany, Jacopin now divides her time between the small village of Le Buque in the Dordogne region of France and her French Quarter apartment. While in France, Isabelle works with the Musique New Orleans et Perigeaux festival, teaching local children how to make Mardi Gras Indian costumes and playing host to the Louisiana musicians who visit. Other than the occasional French landscape, New Orleans provides nearly all of the subjects for her work. Mardi Gras Indian portraits are finished in original bead and feather work; festival crowd scenes and Mardi Gras revelers are a frequent subject, as are the brass bands. Scenes reflected in tubas, such as the one in the 2016 French Quarter Festival poster, are a frequent motif in her work. "I know almost all the tuba players in town," she says, "and they know me."
2015 - For the 2015 poster, renowned local mixed-media artist, Tami Curtis, draws inspiration from New Orleans musical icon, Little Freddie King. The musician's spirit and larger-than-life persona is captured through Tami's use of vibrant color and spontaneous brush stroke techniques. In addition to creating posters for the 2008 Satchmo SummerFest, 2011 and 2013 French Quarter Festivals, Tami has created posters for the 2009 Bayou Boogaloo; cover art for the 2012 Blues Music Awards in Memphis (she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis last May); cover art for 2014 Offbeat Jazz Fest Bible; 2014 Great American Blues Fest; named 2015 Legendary Blues Cruise Artist; and was the featured artist for the Louisiana Lt. Governor's Global Economic Forum. Tami currently resides in New Orleans and operates the Tami Curtis Gallery at 5523 Magazine Street.


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Foresters signs UN principles for Responsible InvestingBy The IJ Staff | January 17 2019 01:30PM
Foresters Asset Management has become a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI).
The UNPRI is recognized as the leading global network for investors who have publicly committed to integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations into their investment practices and ownership policies. In becoming a signatory, Foresters joins some of the world's largest investment managers, representing more than US$82 trillion in assets under administration.
"Responsible investing simply makes sense," said Suzann Pennington, Foresters' chief investment officer. "It is aligned with the values of our investment team, the objectives of our stakeholders, and more than 140 years of community-focus."
Pennington said Foresters is committed to being a top leader in this field. "Not only is it the right thing to do, but in addition, the evidence [for ESG] suggests that integrating responsible investment decisions can increase long-term risk adjusted returns in properly diversified portfolios. It can increase quality and help to reduce unintended consequences by identifying early warning signs within companies that could lead to a significant loss in shareholder and unitholder wealth."
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Schaeffer Shuns Big-Name Blue Chips
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MARKET MAVEN BERNIE SCHAEFFER sees two very different stock markets these days.
With a few exemptions, the self-professed contrarian sees many household-name blue-chip stocks as "over-loved, over-owned" and ripe for a fall.
He's even recommending that more aggressive investors buy put options on the Standard & Poor's 500 in a bet that the famed index will fall.
But Schaeffer, the chairman of Cincinnati-based Schaeffer's Investment Research, has a very different view on small and mid-cap stocks (stocks whose market capitalization range from $300 million up to $15 billion.)
Struck by the high levels of shorting of the Russell 2000 -- a proxy for the small-cap stocks -- he is recommending that investors buy an exchange-traded fund that plays the index. And he is bullish on several companies, including Winnebago, Teco Energy and Pixar Animation.
Recently, Schaeffer shared his vision of a bifurcated stock market with Barron's Online.
Barron's Online: I know that you're quite bearish these days about most house-hold name blue-chips. Why is bigger not better?
Schaeffer: You've got a lot of bullish sentiment with many of these stocks and weak pricing action.
The shorts have essentially abandoned the large-cap space; that's not where they are these days. So, you don't have that short-covering support that's been so important in some of these big market rallies. I see a huge potential area of vulnerability in that large-cap universe. They are over-loved, over-owned, and underperforming technically. As a result, they are vulnerable.
Q: What are some of the companies that would characterize that?
A: Stocks like Wal-Mart stores, General Electric, Microsoft, Pfizer and IBM. And these stocks basically have the common characteristic of being highly recommended, being very heavily institutionally owned, and having high expectations associated with them.
At the same time, their price action has been weak [and] the shorts are no longer providing the kind of support that can lead to the sharp rallies that we see from time to time in the market.
Top-10 holdings of Schaeffer's
"All-Equity" Model Portfolio
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|General Motors
|Whole Foods
|Teco Energy
|Energizer Holdings
|Hershey Foods
|Ford Motor
|Reynolds American
|Pixar Animation
Q: While you dislike most large-cap household-name stocks, you are bullish about
General Motors
Why? Is it mostly about outsized dividends?
A: These stocks fit my profile of a sector that I want to be in. GM, for example, has a lot of short interest and many put options contracts. There is a tremendous amount of skepticism out there even after the pop in GM due to the tender offer and a big increase in sales because of their price discounting.
Q: But let me remind you that a year ago when we talked, you were also bullish on the autos. And both companies, Ford and GM, have fallen pretty heavily since then (see Electronic Q&A, "Bernie Schaeffer Says Don't Buy Now," June 22, 2004).
A: I did not get that one right. On the other hand, I wasn't exposed up to my eyeballs in that sector as I've gotten over the past month or two. I mean I have a much stronger level of conviction now than I did then. GM is the largest position in my model stock portfolio. (See table with the top ten holdings of Schaeffer's model portfolio.)
Q: Why the added level of conviction?
A: In picking a stock, I look for signs of a price bottom combined with some kind of a catalyst that might mean that the environment is changing for that company. And I think that tender offer could have put the final bottom for the stock. (In May, financier Kirk Kerkorian's private investment firm, Tracinda Co., made a tender offer for 28 million shares of GM stock at $31 per share.) Will it absolutely, positively be the bottom? Only time will tell.
But there has clearly been the negative backdrop that I like -- the huge number of put options, a large short position, and numerous, numerous magazine covers with bearish stories on the company.
We are starting to see evidence that the company is taking some steps -- such as discounts -- that are actually yielding some results. There's also a possibility of perhaps a break in the ice in terms of the costs that they are saddled from their unions. But despite the fact that the price action has improved, there are still many negative stories about whether the company can turn itself around.
Q: Well, it's easy to be concerned that GM is cheapening its own brand equity by feeling a need to charge less, rather than more, for some of its automobiles.
A: I understand. This has been a concern for some time. But the stock [which is currently trading at $35.45 a share] is down from a peak of $94 a share in early 2000, when I think there were similar concerns. Is GM going to be on the most admired company list in the next couple of years? Probably not. But GM might very well outperform Toyota's stock over the next couple of years. There is a tendency on the part of investors and Wall Street analysts to mistake the stock for the company.
And so sometimes we have to kind of grit our teeth and say we like GM stock. It doesn't mean that we think that they've got world-class quality cars or their got their costs where they should be or that they've gotten rid of the incentive disease forever. But we could be in for a period of strong outperformance as far as the stock is concerned, which is what my major interest is.
Q: I know you're also bullish on a whole range of small- and mid-cap stocks and the sectors in general. Why is that?
A: it is astounding how heavy the short positions that you see in those stocks. For example, the Barclay's iShares Russell 2000 exchange-traded fund has heavy short interest and huge activity on the put side. (Editor's Note: Investors generally buy put options on a security when they expect that it will fall in value.)
For example, 27% of the float of Winnebago is shorted, as is 19% of Pixar's . The analyst community hates them and yet the price action has been strong. Well, this is my recipe for an area of the market that I want to be involved in.
Q: I always thought a heavy position in small caps made most sense in the beginning of a stock market recovery -- in 2003, they were up so much more than the rest of the stock market.
A: That is certainly the accepted wisdom.
Q: Why is it wrong?
A: It is not necessarily wrong. But to me the reason for playing the small caps is much more related to the structure right now of how Wall Street and the big money is positioned than it is as to whether we are late in the earnings cycle or early in the earnings cycle. I think the positioning has become so lopsided as to leave the big caps vulnerable and the small caps as a place for opportunity.
Q: What's your take on gold, a much-talked about investment alternative in the past year?
A: I'm not a fan of gold and haven't been since the beginning of the year. I'm concerned about gold, because it got to the point with me that there was so much bearishness on the dollar and so much of a flow into gold related in large part to that dollar bearishness. Can gold increase in value if the dollar is also increasing? I guess it could and there have been periods this year where it has (see Getting Technical, "Dollar's Rally Doesn't Dim Gold's Allure," May 31). Still, I am not interested in gold right now.
Q: Thanks for your time, Bernie.
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Name: Bernie Schaeffer
Age: 58
Title: chairman and chief executive, Schaeffer's Investment Research
Education: B.A. in Mathematics, New York University
Hobbies: Handicapping horse races, owning thoroughbreds
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Bernie Schaeffer recommends buying stocks that are experiencing positive price action (as evidenced by the stock price exceeding various key moving averages) with a positive earnings backdrop (as evidenced by positive earnings surprises), combined with evidence of negative or skeptical sentiment, such as high interest among short sellers or a high level of analyst "sell" ratings. The skeptical or negative sentiment supports a continuation of the strong price action, as the unwinding of this negative sentiment (short covering, put liquidation or analyst upgrades) will provide a further boost for the stock and provide support on pullbacks.


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Jail cannot change criminal minds, we need better solutions.
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The world is changing traditions faster than ever now. With the rise of technology and also weaponry, the criminals are getting smarter. Even with all the laws that we have, these criminals will find a way to escape or get a lower punishment with the help of some crooked attorneys.

The punishment or jail time laws were created centuries ago. Although they were modified from time to time, they still have the same core idea that jail time will change the criminal mind and the criminals will be ready to be merged in society again. Unfortunately, I believe most of the times, this is not true. These criminals will again go back to the society and usually carry on with their criminal actions as has been seen many times.

This raises a question about the effectiveness of the jail. To me it seems more helpful for those criminals as they can easily find like minded criminals and that may help build their criminal network.

I think instead of putting these criminals in jail and serving them food and shelter, they should be made to survive without any assistance in a controlled environment. That would depend on the severity of their crime though. The idea is to give them the experience that they would want to forget but they cannot. Let them understand the meaning of life through their own experiences when they have to struggle to cook their own food, find shelter and then think why they are suffering in such an environment.

This is just a thought as I am no expert in this field. But I strongly believe that our methods to correct criminals minds are really outdated and something needs to be changed now.

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Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art. Shifts
The only permanent feature of the Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art is change. The exhibition has been subject to shifts since there is not enough room to present all the works we would like to present at the same time. The shifts are also provoked by constant developments in art. The activity of contemporary artists continuously changes the view of previously created works. Thus, we are including the most recent works into our collection, which sometimes means radical shifts in meanings. The exhibition is supposed to constitute
an open structure – material for constructing a new story of the visitors' own experience of art
and life. We invite the visitors to see how they find themselves within the experience offered by the 'shifted' exhibition at ms2. What will attract or repel them this time?
The guidebook Collection of 20th and 21st Century Art, awarded with Grand Prix Sybilla 2008, has a clear arrangement mirroring the architecture of the ms2 exhibition step by step; icons guiding through the four routes of the exhibition ("body, trauma, prosthesis", "construction, utopia, politicization", "eye, image, reality", "object, fetish, phantasm"), alphabetical index of the artists that helps to find the works both at the museum and on the guidebook pages.
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