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Official PA TV preacher calls for genocide: "Allah… kill them to the last one... punish the wicked Jews"
PA TV Preacher: "Allah, punish Your enemies, the enemies of religion, count their numbers and kill them to the last one, and bring them a black day . Allah, punish the wicked Jews, and those among the atheists who help them. Allah, we ask that You bestow upon us respect and honor by enabling us to repel them, and we ask You to save us from their evil."
Official Palestinian Authority TV
Apr. 22, 2016
(1 min)
Abbas' Advisor on Religious Affairs invents Palestinian history: Palestinians have existed in this land "from before Abraham came to it, more than 5,000 years ago"
Dec. 30, 2016 (1min)
Fatah official suggests goal is destruction of Israel in stages: Two-state solution will eventually become one "Palestine," as North and South Vietnam became one
Dec. 26, 2016 (1min)
Mother of PA police officer-turned-terrorist proud of son: "[He is] a crown on my head"
Dec. 24, 2016 (1min)
Mother of PA policeman turned terrorist is proud of her son, justifies attack: "[He is] a crown on my head"
Dec. 24, 2016 (1min)
Fatah official praises Hamas: Fatah and Hamas are in one trench against Israel
Dec. 17, 2016 (1min)
Head preacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque: US recognition of Jerusalem "as capital of the Jews," will be "a new war against the Palestinians, the Arabs, and the Muslims"
Dec. 16, 2016 (1min)
Terrorist murderer of 3, Baha Alyan, honored in Nazareth with chain of readers
Dec. 10, 2016 (1min)
PA Mufti: "Jerusalem and all of Palestine is Islamic land," encourages Palestinians to continue religious conflict: The Palestinian people "will continue to carry out Ribat at the gates of the Al-Aqsa [Mosque]"
Dec. 10, 2016 (1min)
PA PM Hamdallah: The US has not paid one dollar in aid to the PA in 2016
Dec. 8, 2016 (1min)
PA TV song glorifies terrorist Dalal Mughrabi: No fear of death
Dec. 3, 2016 (1min)
Fatah TV broadcasts terror song 72 times in one month: "No force in the world can remove the weapon from my hand"
Nov. 30, 2016 (1min)
Song promotes killing of Jews, denies Jewish ties to land: "You left your country and came to die in my land here… I'm coming at you with a machine gun, axe, or with a knife"
Nov. 27, 2016 (1min)
Palestinian professor lies, claims Israeli government steals antiquities and lets archaeologists forge ancient Hebrew letters on them
Nov. 26, 2016 (1min)
Mufti on PA TV explains how to discipline a wife: "Rebuke her, forsake her in bed, beat her – [use] a small brush or a handkerchief, and the number of blows should not exceed 10"
Nov. 24, 2016 (1min)
Fatah official: Israel poisoned and killed Arafat, discussed assassination plans with US
Nov. 15, 2016 (1min)
Fatah official: Trump's "true face": "Zionist and racist"
Nov. 11, 2016 (1min)
PA TV repeats libel to kids: Israel killed Arafat
Nov. 11, 2016 (1min)
PA TV repeats libel: Israel murdered Arafat with poison, implies Israel is planning to kill Abbas too – "the plot is renewed"
Nov. 9, 2016 (1min)
Abbas' advisor on religious affairs: The entire Al-Aqsa Mosque plaza has always been a purely Islamic property. Not even the Jews ever claimed ownership of it
Oct. 21, 2016 (1min)
Mother of "Martyr": "I love all my children, but I have a special affection for that one"
Oct. 17, 2016 (1min)
Abbas advisor: "Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in particular, and the Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., Western Wall)... are all purely Islamic and Palestinian assets"
Oct. 14, 2016 (1min)
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres demonized on official PA TV on the day of his death
Sept. 28, 2016 (1min)
Fatah official threatens violence against "Nazi Zionist Israel": "Our symbol is a rifle and a grenade, so don`t test our patience"
Sept. 27, 2016 (1min)
Political Science Lecturer: Palestinians responsible for their own situation because Arabs rejected the 1947 partition plan
Sept. 24, 2016 (1min)
Abbas demands Britain apologize for "ominous Balfour Promise" which facilitated "the most terrible crime"
Sept. 22, 2016 (2min)
Camera footage shows Jordanian terrorist attacking Israeli police officers with knives in Jerusalem
Sept. 19, 2016 (1min)
PA TV: Israel "targeted" terrorist stabber and killed him to "prevent Arabs from defending Jerusalem and Palestine"
Sept. 17, 2016 (1min)
PA TV News claims terrorist stabber was "executed… under the pretext that he had stabbed… a soldier"
Sept. 17, 2016 (1min)
Terrorist attempts to stab Israeli police officers in Hebron
Sept. 17, 2016 (1min)
PA TV repeats libel: Israel "executed" terrorist stabbers "under the pretext" that they "carried out a stabbing operation"
Sept. 16, 2016 (1min)
Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub makes disparaging comment about Christians: "The Merry Christmas bunch"
Sept. 2, 2016 (1min)
PA TV broadcasts Palestinian boy singing song misrepresenting Israeli cities as "Palestine"
Sept. 2, 2016 (1min)
Palestinian scout instructor at closing ceremony of terrorist honoring scouts course praised murderer of 3: Follow his path
Aug. 29, 2016 (1min)
PMW director to German TV - The PA message: killing Israelis is heroic
Aug. 25, 2016 (1min)
Human rights researcher criticizes PA media for encouraging child terrorists by presenting attackers as role models
Aug. 14, 2016 (1min)
Terrorist murderers are role models for co-founder of Palestinian Women's Union
Aug. 12, 2016 (1min)
Fatah official wrote song praising arch-terrorist Abu Jihad who is responsible for murder of 125 as "daring fighter"
Aug. 1, 2016 (1min)
Palestinian father pushes son toward Israeli soldiers, daring soldiers to shoot. Instead, soldier and boy shake hands
July 30, 2016 (1min)
PA TV lies to its viewers, edits video of Palestinian father who sent kid to throw rocks at soldiers
July 29, 2016 (1min)
Following PMW's exposure of TV program honoring terrorist prisoners Israel cuts off Ma'an TV in prisons
July 29, 2016 (1min)
Cartoon da TV da Fatah: os Judeus se colocaram ao lado dos satanazes para lutar contra Maomé e os Muçulmanos
July 27, 2016 (1min)
Terror promotion by Jibril Rajoub, Chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee
July 26, 2016 (1min)
PA asks Arab League to help sue Britain for issuing Balfour Declaration, Britain should apologize for the Balfour Declaration like Germany did for the Holocaust
July 25, 2016 (1min)
Ceremony celebrating acceptance of Palestinian Scouts to World Scout Movement proves Jerusalem Scout Commission that held course named after terrorist is part of Palestinian Scout Association
July 22, 2016 (1min)
14-year-old terrorist Muawiyah stabbed an Israeli, believing it would stop Jews from "invading Al-Aqsa" i.e., visiting Temple Mount
July 22, 2016 (1min)
PA TV song - Jaffa and Haifa are in my country Palestine
July 17, 2016 (1min)
PA TV teaches children that Israel took the Mediterranean Sea, and to hope that "all of Palestine will return to us"
July 15, 2016 (1min)
Al-Aqsa preacher: US responsible for terror in Muslim world
July 8, 2016 (1min)
Father of terrorist murderer who killed 3: "I'm proud of what he did"
July 8, 2016 (1min)
PA TV "in defiance" of PMW honors stabber of Kay Wilson and Kristine Luken's murderer again
July 7, 2016 (1min)
Mother of terrorist who murdered 13-year-old girl: "My son is a hero. He made me proud... Allah willing, all of them will follow this path, all the youth of Palestine"
June 30, 2016 (1min)
PA TV awards $100 for "right" answer that denies Israel's existence: The Galilee is located in "Palestine"
June 28, 2016 (1min)
Fatah TV cartoon: Jews sided with satans to fight Muhammad and the Muslims
June 27, 2016 (3min)
Abbas repeats libel: Israeli rabbis demanded government poison water to kill the Palestinians
June 23, 2016 (1min)
Terrorist who butchered female hikers is PA TV's "heroic prisoner"
June 23, 2016 (1min)
PA TV: All of Israel is "Palestine" "from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Jordan] River"
June 22, 2016 (1min)
PA libel: Israeli rabbis called to poison all Palestinian wells
June 20, 2016 (1min)
PA TV teaches kids that "Palestine is 27,000 sq. km." which includes all of Israel
June 15, 2016 (1min)
PA TV teacher of Islam: "The Jews are a people of lies. Lies, distortion of the truth, and aversion to the truth flow in their blood"
June 15, 2016 (1min)
PA TV Ramadan lesson teaches that Islam prohibits Israel's right to exist: "Holy Palestine is a waqf... It is forbidden to relinquish a single grain of its soil"
June 11, 2016 (1min)
PA TV teaches kids that Israel's Mount Meron is "in Palestine"
June 7, 2016 (1min)
Abbas' advisor: Jews "are thieves who stole the land… we have been here for 5,000 years"
June 3, 2016 (1min)
Young girls perform song showing "Zionists" as killers: "Criminals came to our village, killed my father… The Zionists were here''
May 27, 2016 (1min)
Little girl on official PA TV sings song showing "Zionists" as killers: "Criminals came to our village, killed my father… The Zionists were here''
May 26, 2016 (1min)
PA TV honors mastermind of suicide bombings that killed 46 Israelis
May 26, 2016 (1min)
Terrorist murderer of US tourist glorified as "Martyr" 11 times on official PA TV
May 21, 2016 (1min)
Fatah Central Committee member praises terrorist stabbers: "They performed a miracle by imposing a curfew within Israel with knives and rocks"
May 16, 2016 (1min)
Abbas fabricates history: "The Bible says the Palestinians existed before Abraham..." "We have been planted in [this land since]... the invention of the Canaanite-Palestinian alphabet... more than 6,000 years ago"
May 14, 2016 (2min)
PA school play depicts Israeli soldiers planting knives on innocent Palestinians to kill them
May 11, 2016 (1min)
PA TV: Palestinian female terrorist who led killing of 37 shows women are leaders
May 6, 2016 (1min)
Mufti of Bethlehem: "The same group [Jews] that wanted to deceive Jesus and attack him, is still attacking Palestine"
May 2, 2016 (1min)
PMW report on PA salaries to terrorists debated in Norway. Norway's Foreign Ministry knows the PA still pays salaries, MPs object
Apr. 24, 2016 (4min)
Official PA TV preacher calls for genocide: "Allah… kill them to the last one... punish the wicked Jews"
Apr. 22, 2016
Pregador da TV Oficial Palestina clama pelo genocídio: "Allah... mate-os até o último deles... Puna os Judeus perversos"
Apr. 22, 2016 (1min)
Fatah student movement encourages Martyrdom and stabbing and car ramming attacks in video of staged terror attack against Israeli soldiers
Apr. 20, 2016 (1min)
At Palestine Red Crescent event, Palestinian girl repeats libel that Jews kill Muslim worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Apr. 18, 2016 (4min)
PMW salary report leads Congressman to condemn PA salary rewards to terrorists
Apr. 13, 2016 (1min)
Abbas' advisor: "The Palestinians have been in this land for 5,000 years. Of course, we were the first to reside in this land, there was no one before us"
Apr. 1, 2016 (1min)
Palestinian attorney: The Israeli labor law is very good but Palestinian middlemen steal half or two thirds of women's salaries
Mar. 16, 2016 (1min)
Abbas: All of Israel is occupation: "We have been under occupation for 67 or 68 years" since 1948
Mar. 11, 2016 (1min)
PA TV news: American terror victim is "settler," his Palestinian killer is holy "Martyr"
Mar. 8, 2016 (1min)
PA TV presents terrorist who led killing of 37 Israelis, Dalal Mughrabi, as role model
Mar. 7, 2016 (1min)
Song on PA TV presents Israeli cities as "Palestine" on children's program
Mar. 4, 2016 (1min)
PA TV teacher of Islam: America intentionally spreads pornography in Arab world
Feb. 29, 2016 (1min)
Muslim preacher on PA TV: "Humanity will never live in comfort as long as the Jews are causing devastating corruption"
Feb. 25, 2016 (1min)
Girl recites poem on PA TV: "To war that will... destroy the Zionist's soul"
Feb. 19, 2016 (1min)
Hamas animation encourages stabbings, shootings, and ramming attacks, shows daggers, butcher's knives, and guns, honors 3 murderers who killed 6
Feb. 14, 2016 (1min)
Arab member of Israeli Parliament justifies murder of Israelis by terrorists: "[The Martyrs acted] in the turmoil of the struggle against the oppressive occupation - they did not go to kill for criminal reasons"
Feb. 11, 2016 (1min)
PA Mufti of Gaza explains how to hit your wife: "Not hitting that will bring the police, and break her hand and cause bleeding"
Feb. 8, 2016 (1min)
Music video celebrates suicide bombings and Hamas bomb maker Ayyash: "Strap on an explosive belt... O Martyrdom seeker, respond to Al-Aqsa's call... send them to Hell... Let fire burn them, turn them into body parts, roast them"
Feb. 6, 2016 (1min)
Israeli TV interviews Itamar Marcus - PMW report sparks political storm in Israel
Feb. 4, 2016 (3min)
Workers in the PA: Better salaries force Palestinian workers to Israel
Feb. 4, 2016 (1min)
Father of terrorist who murdered Israeli policewoman celebrates son's Martyrdom
Feb. 3, 2016 (1min)
Israeli Arab Balad Party posts video of father of murderer of 3 civilians on Facebook
Feb. 2, 2016 (1min)
Palestinian citizens oppose children's terrorism and blame TV for inciting
Jan. 21, 2016 (2min)
Fatah youth movement song: "Hold your weapon and load it… Pour the fire of rage on the enemy... Hand me the weapon... Our enemy will pay with his blood"
Jan. 21, 2016 (1min)
Senior Fatah official: "Hitler wasn't morally corrupt, he was daring"
Jan. 19, 2016 (1min)
Lecture in Swedish Parliament to Swedish MPs by Itamar Marcus responding to FM Margot Wallström
Jan. 19, 2016 (55min)
Palestinian expert on PA TV: Knife attacks are not terror
Jan. 9, 2016 (1min)
Palestinian girl's hate speech: "The Jews killed Arafat"
Jan. 8, 2016 (1min)
PA official to terrorists: "You are heroes, crown on our head"
Jan. 6, 2016 (1min)
Fatah leader praises young Palestinians for heeding PA call: "They succeeded in making Israel worry, with rocks and knives"
Jan. 4, 2016 (1min)
Music video on Fatah-run TV: "Drown them in a sea of blood, Kill them as you wish "
Jan. 4, 2016 (1min)
Father of Palestinian terrorist happy that other terrorists caused "a Jew to kill a Jew" when Israeli police by accident shot Israeli civilian who tried to stop stabbers
Jan. 3, 2016 (1min)
PA TV song honoring Arafat glorifies violence and venerates rifle
Jan. 3, 2016 (1min)
PA TV: Balfour Declaration was Europe`s "solution to get rid of them (the Jews)"
Jan. 3, 2016 (1min)
Fatah leader: Terrorists, murderers are "heroes and a crown on the head of every Palestinian"
Jan. 2, 2016 (1min)
Fatah official names 3 murderers who in total killed 40 people as female role models, among them 2 suicide bombers
Jan. 1, 2016 (1min)
Fatah member: "Fatah is leading this popular uprising" We are Abbas' "soldiers… We won't give the occupation one day of safety"
Jan. 1, 2016 (1min)
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Developmental neurobiologist Songhai Shi investigates the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying mammalian neuronal development and circuit formation. We spoke with Dr. Shi shortly after he joined Memorial Sloan Kettering in 2006.
I was born in a small village in the southeastern part of China, near Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. My parents, who were farmers, always wanted me to get an education and to go onto college. In 1996, I was fortunate to be one of two students from my province to be accepted into the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
At Tsinghua University, one of the top universities in China, I spent the requisite five years studying mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology, which I found particularly fascinating. Unlike chemistry and physics, where a lot is already known, I felt that biology was different. There were so many unanswered questions that you encounter every day.
During my fourth and fifth years, I was able to get into the lab and receive more first-hand research training. In my case, I was working in a plant biology lab headed by Jinyun Liu, studying the pathogen-induced immune response in rice plants. I was actually more interested in animals, but, at the time, it was one of very few labs at the school doing molecular biology work, which I found very exciting.
And it was this interest in molecular biology that led me, upon graduating in 1996, to leave China and pursue my doctorate in the Joint Genetics Program at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY-Stony Brook). At the time, the vast majority of my fellow students came to the US for our graduate degrees because of the excellent training and research environment and the availability of financial support here at US.
Synaptic Plasticity Research Yields Results
I learned so much in the first year of my graduate program at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and SUNY-Stony Brook. Initially, I did one rotation each in immunology and developmental biology, and two in neurobiology, the area in which I developed an immediate interest. It was in one of these two neurobiology rotations that I began to study the mechanisms of long-term potentiation (LTP), one form of synaptic plasticity, with Robert Malinow.
Synapse plasticity has been postulated to be the primary substrate for many forms of behavioral plasticity, including learning and memory. With the aid of a newly developed fluorescent imaging technique that was just brought to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory by Karel Svoboda, we were able to demonstrate that electrical nerve-cell stimulation - similar, to a certain degree, to learning-induced nerve-cell activation — encourages proteins called glutamate receptors to move into the nerve-cell connections within the brain called synapses to strength these connections. This work was published in June 1999 issue of Science, which named it one of the top ten scientific discoveries of the year.
Wondering if these receptors moving into the synapses by nerve cell activation might be functional and thus contribute to learning and memory, we engineered a glutamate receptor, known as AMPA-type receptor (AMPA-R), that could be detected by electric recording when it was at the synapse. With this new technique, we were able to show that AMPA-R are functionally incorporated into the synaptic connections by the nerve cell activation.
Using these techniques, we discovered that AMPA-Rs with different compositions are incorporated into synapses by different types of nerve cell activity. For this work, I was fortunate to be awarded Science's and Amersham Biosciences' Young Scientist Prize for 2000.Back to top
From California Back to New York
After completing my PhD at Cold Spring Harbor and SUNY-Stony Brook, I shifted my research interest into understanding the mechanisms underlying the nervous system development. I joined Lily and Yuh Nung Jan's lab in the Department of Physiology at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). I was awarded a fellowship from the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation for my postdoctoral training, which I considered a great honor and a real help in funding my research.
After immersing myself in the study of synapses using electrophysiology and imaging in my graduate period, I wanted to expose myself to genetics, another critical approach for understanding how the brain develops and functions. I focused on identifying evolutionarily conserved mechanisms underlying three essential aspects of mammalian central nervous system development, from neuronal polarity specification, to neuronal dendrite development, to synapse maturation and plasticity.
Following the four years of fruitful postdoctoral training, I decided it was time to try and find an institution where I could create a lab of my own. I considered a number of options and the one place that rose to the top of my list was Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI). The research environment here is excellent and I was excited to work side by side with some of the biggest names in biological research.
While my lab is just beginning, our primary focus remains the desire to understand the mechanisms underlying the neural circuit assembly in mammalian central nervous systems. Specifically, we are investigating three related topics: neuronal production, polarization, and migration; dendrite development; and synapse development and plasticity.
I am very happy to be here at SKI and I have great hopes for what we can achieve.Back to top

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Have you noticed, in interview, since Trump was elected how his attitude and demeanor has changed? He now sounds almost sensible. Was it all an act to get the voters agitated and to vote for him? Seems some of the Yanks are the same as the ones who voted to stay in the E.U here. They want to have another election. If Sunderland lose this weekend can they ask to keep on replaying the match 'till they win?
I agree that he sounds that way, but I wonder if it is all false. Whatever, it got him to be President. I don't support him, but neither did I support Clinton. Out of close to 400,000,000 living in the U.S it came down to those two, I wonder what that tells us.
A bit like Comrade Corbyn - puts his foot in it each time he opens his mouth.
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SK Option Trader Closes Short VIX trade for a 19.16% Annualized Return
On the 27th of March, we sent the following signal to subscribers:
"We hereby signal to short sell VXX shares (iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term ETF) and buy a June 2012 VXX $20 call option for a net credit of $14.83, allocating 15% of our capital to this trade."
What does this trade involve and how does it work?
There are two legs to this trade. Firstly, we short sold VXX.
To explain VXX, first we must talk about the about the VIX (Note the "I" - a small yet significant distinction).
VIX is an index that tracks S&P 500 volatility. The more volatile the U.S. equities market, the higher VIX is. Levels of VIX futures as of Friday 17th August 2012 are shown below:
As one will immediately notice, longer dated contracts are trading at a premium to shorter dated contracts. The VIX curve is therefore referred to as being in contango, since the longer dated futures contracts trade at a higher price than shorted dated futures.
The concept of roll refers to how one's futures position can roll down the curve. Let us suppose that we decided we wanted to gain exposure to volatility by purchasing a VIX futures contract. Suppose we bought 17 November 2012 VIX futures at 18.23. This contract is roughly three months from expiration at present.
Now let us suppose that two months pass and the VIX is unchanged, as is the shape of the VIX futures curve. We still own the June VIX futures. However, since two months has passed they are now trading as one month VIX futures, not three months. Therefore we would expect them to be trading around 14.28, the same level where one month VIX futures were when we placed the trade. Therefore we have lost 3.95, without the VIX necessarily declining from the levels at which we took our position in futures. This loss has resulted from our futures position rolling down the VIX futures curve.
It is very important to reiterate this loss of 3.95 occurs without any change in volatility or the VIX curve. The loss is purely attributable to "roll down".
If one sold rather than bought the VIX futures contract, the roll down loss would be a roll down profit.
Now that we've briefly talked about VIX, we can extend our explanation to VXX.
VXX is an ETF that aims to provide investors with long exposure to the short end of the VIX futures curve. Therefore they are continually buying and selling futures in order to maintain their target level of exposure. When the VIX futures curve is shaped how it is now, VXX will be declining in value each day, even if the VIX does not decline, due to the roll down effect described above.
The effects of roll down can be dramatic:
The above chart shows how the VIX (orange) has risen and fallen over the past 3 years. VXX has followed these movements short term, but due to roll down has decreased by a factor of 20+ since August 2009. Over the same period VIX has only halved in value. The 20x greater reduction in VXX is purely attributable to roll down.
Prior to placing this VXX trade, we sent out an explanatory article on VIX/roll down, just as we're doing here. In the article we shared the following:
"We think the current economic environment will remain favourable to equities and therefore we do not anticipate a spike in the VIX in the short term. We therefore wish to capitalize on this view by short selling VXX and benefiting from the roll down.
And benefit we did. Here's how VXX behaved during the time we short sold it:
Roll down worked nicely in our favour and we banked a 19.16% annualized return.
This is trade wasn't an overwhelming success like some of our others. Our service has earned an average annualized return of 76.75% so far - much greater than the 19.16% annualized profit of this trade.
VIX spiked in June and meant we had to hold onto the trade for longer to realize a profit. Generally, had this been one of our more typical trades on gold for example, we would've likely had to close the position out early with a loss on our hands. Roll down ensured that even with the near doubling of VIX from March to June, our losses at the time were minimal. So although our return isn't historically significant, neither was the risk we took on.
When informing subscribers about our intentions to place this trade we commented on the risks involved:
"The downside risks to this trade should not be understated. A spike in volatility, usually accompanied by a fall in the S&P 500 would cause this trade to incur losses. Whilst we think that a spike in volatility is unlikely in the near future, we are aware that there are events that are impossible to predict (such as the Japanese Tsunami) and these events can have devastating effect on short volatility positions. It is for this reason that selling volatility is often likened to picking up pennies on a railway, one can get run over by a train.
Therefore we wish to strictly limit our risk in this trade. Merely placing a stop loss is not good enough since if some event happened outside of US trading hours then it is possible that VXX could open higher than our stop, and therefore we would incur losses beyond our tolerance level."
And how to mitigate them, with the second leg of the trade:
"We therefore would look to buy a call option on VXX as protection against the trade going drastically wrong. If one short sold VXX now at $17.30, but also bought a $25 call, then ones risk is strictly limited to $7.70+Call Premium. The call effectively acts as a guaranteed stop loss. Given the low cost of VXX calls (June $25 calls last traded at $1.05) we think this is a prudent way to manage our risk on the trade."
We avoided any significant spikes in volatility whilst the position was open, so exercising the call option was unnecessary.
On the 13th of August we signalled to subscribers to close the trade citing 3 reasons:
1) "With the VIX approaching a 5 year low, we will look to close our short VXX trade this week. The equities market has been very stable since mid-May and we believe volatility is likely to rise in the coming months. Uncertainty around Europe could contribute to volatile trading in the US and would send the VIX higher, destroying our profits."
2) "With the VIX futures curve flattening, the roll down effect is diminishing. Profits from here on out if we were to hold the trade would come at a slower rate and over that time we'd be susceptible to spikes in volatility in a potentially very unstable 4th and 1st quarter."
3) "Our September $20 call is not far from expiry. Once this option expires, so too does our insurance policy."
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Water Vapor Plumes Over Europa
This graphic shows the location of water vapor detected over Europa's south pole that provides the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off Europa's surface, in observations taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in December 2012.
Hubble didn't photograph plumes, but spectroscopically detected auroral emissions from oxygen and hydrogen. The aurora is powered by Jupiter's magnetic field.
This is only the second moon in the solar system found ejecting water vapor from the frigid surface. The image of Europa is derived from a global surface map generated from combined NASA Voyager and Galileo space probe observations.


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Model S Driver Headroom
Model S Driver Headroom
I am also 6'5". At the Reveal last year, the first thing I wanted to know was how tall the factory rep driver was, and he was 6'5", and had good headroom. That was with the Mercedes frame prototype (grey, and now red), and he told me that there would be more room in the final car. I don't think they have interior specs published yet, but I am quite sure I will fit.
Tesla: All you have to do to accommodate all of us tall people is add 1" or 2" to the reach adjustment of the steering wheel. Seems like a very inexpensive way to expand a customer base but few manufactures do it. Finally saw the actual car and it is even better than the photos-both inside and out. Couldn't get inside and the roof looks very low so let's hope they provide the extra reach.
To me height is not a problem (I'm pretty exactly 6' tall), but I have found out that any smallish vehicle doesn't have good shoulder space. I have broad shoulders. Didn't even realize how broad before test-sitting many modern sporty cars in recent car show. I have always pictured myself as a small person, but apparently I'm not. (my nickname was "Little Timo" in what US people would call high school. Maybe it had more common with "Little John" from Robin Hood, than me being small).
After riding in the S at Carmel, I can say that there is plenty of head and shoulder-room with the present concept vehicle. I am six foot and had a few inches extra headroom.
We all must remember that Tesla will be making changes to the interior but, as it is right now, there is plenty of room.
And yes, the glass roof is beautiful.
Up to about the 6' level, all males are ~~28"/70 cm. tall when seated. Females, up to about 5'6", are ~24"/60 cm. The differences between adults are almost entirely arm and leg length.
I drive a Scion xA. It has 39.6" headroom, and though I am 6'5" tall, I fit easily. I always worry about headroom when I buy a car. The headroom specs are a necessary number.
The top 10 rated cars for headroom all have 38.5" to 40" headroom.
All cars will give you headroom along with other interior specs. Now that Tesla has "finalized" the actual Model S design, they must know all these data.
Surely Tesla would be able to hand out this measurement at this time. It is part of the computer design that this measurement is known, even before one actual alpha validation prototype is made.
Please, someone from Tesla, tell us the headroom, or tell us it is a secret valuable for world peace and you can't let it out.
@Roblab, AFAIK Tesla has not finalized the interior designs. Because battery pack will be under the floor it might have quite an impact to headroom, and also chosen seat designs can affect that as well. In fact you might get different headroom with different battery packs.
It might well be that all they could offer is rough estimate, and I don't think they are willing to do that.
The top 10 rated cars for headroom all have 38.5" to 40" headroom. (Roblab)
Check. With 39.8" the Tesla Model S easily makes it to the top 10, if not top 3.
I'm 6'2" and was quite comfortable in both the front and rear of the Model S.
The S has more head room that my BMW X5. Can't wait.
Does anyone know if the headroom is the same with the sunroof and without the sunroof?
As I recall from Oct 1, there was plenty of headroom once you got in, but I had to bend a bit getting in. I guess that happens after owning an SUV for more than ten years.


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Before heading to work the other day, I was reading through Rogue and Beta Cocktails, looking for some improvements to my "Whiskey, Spirituous" game, and glanced at The Defend Arrack by Maksym Pazuniak. Looked cool, but whenever am I going to get a chance to make a, "Batavia Arrack, Bartender's Choice"?
But then a bartender type came in Monday night, relatively new to the game, and asked if he could try Batavia Arrack, "…and maybe could I make him a cocktail?"
What sort of bizarre coincidence is this?
Well, then!
The Defend Arrack
1 1/2 oz Batavia Arrack
3/4 oz Marie Brizard Apry
3/4 oz lime Juice
1/8 oz St. Elizabeth's Allspice Dram
Orange twist (garnish)
Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Express the oil from one orange twist onto the surface of the drink and discard.
"Batavia Arrack is a challenging spirit. Funky and pungent, this doesn't mix easily. When encountering an animal like this, I like to turn to Apry, a magic liqueur that has an uncanny ability to reign in and blend disparate flavors. /Maks"
Note, Apry has been a bit thin on the ground in California recently, so I used the Rothman & Winter Apricot Liqueur. I found I needed to up the amount slightly, as it is not quite as assertive as the Apry is. Nothing near an ounce, but a generous 3/4 oz. Your Mileage May Vary.
Do give that a nice vigorous shake, as well.
I believe you will be surprised how, as the nouveau bartender put it, "more-ish" this seemingly unlikely combination proves to be.


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As a recent Photoshop project by a young reporter reminds us, beauty standards differ significantly across cultures. That said, certain physical traits have long been celebrated and coveted—a slender frame; fair skin; long, full hair; symmetry in facial features—leaving little room (in the West, at least) for those with "unusual" looks to break into modeling and entertainment.
To fill a void in supply and demand, the Ugly Models Agency was born in London in 1969. Its mission was to recruit and promote "ugly" women and men of all shapes, sizes and personalities for niche roles and markets. The agency's philosophy: "Any beauty can be airbrushed but we want our look to have true character."
Though the agency has since expanded to include more traditional beauties in its sub-label, Rage, it remains a home not just for the average-looking, but for the extraordinary; Ugly represents twins and triplets, the short of stature and the huge, punks and thugs, as well as the Guinness World Record-approved tallest man alive, most-tattooed man alive and the most-pierced man and woman alive. "We like our women fat and our men geeky," Ugly declares. "We like the extremely tall and the shockingly small."
Ugly makes its name on outsiders and character types, but it also holds up a mirror to what society deems unappealing—that is, men and women who can't or won't live up to the outrageous beauty standards found on billboards and in magazines. It's wonderful to celebrate the Ugly models' courage and originality. With any luck, one day we'll be able to celebrate their wonderful normality, too.
Ife Olujobi is an undergraduate student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts studying Dramatic Writing with a minor in Film Production. She is also an editor at the campus newspaper, Washington Square News, and writes frequently about television, film and music.