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Jose Guerrero ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop 2015 Market Street 720-878-2015 viewhouseco.com
This is part one of my interview with Jose Guerrero, exec chef of ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop; part two of our chat will run on Cafe Society tomorrow.
In hindsight, things could have gone very differently for Jose Guerrero. "I grew up in Chicago, in Little Village, the city's epicenter for drug lords," recalls Guerrero, today the executive chef at ViewHouse. Going outside to play wasn't an option, he says: "My mom told me I had to stay inside or find a job -- that I needed to do something where I'd keep my head down and stay focused, and she wanted to know where I was at all times."
See also: - Photos: ViewHouse Eatery Bar & Rooftop opens in the Ballpark Neighborhood - Francois Safieddine purchases the former Mori - ViewHouse will open in early 2013 in former home of Mori
Being sequestered indoors isn't an ideal life for a teenager, so Guerrero chose the alternative: a job. He was hired as a prep cook at a Mexican restaurant, a gig that mirrored his time in the kitchen at home. "There were six kids in our family, and despite the fact that my mom raised us as a single mother, she always -- always -- made time to cook," he recalls. "There was always something on the stove, and we all had our different responsibilities, whether it was roasting the guajillo chiles, making the rice or cleaning the beans, setting the table or helping with the roasting or braising." Cooking, he adds, kept him away from the unsavory diversions on the street. "We all cooked together as a family, and there was a great sense of responsibility not to fail and to stay close."
He stayed at the Mexican restaurant until his mom decided it was time to move her children out of an urban area inundated with drugs to the pastoral setting of Greeley, where she had extended family. "My mom figured that Greeley was akin to the country and we couldn't get into trouble there," he says. Unfortunately, Greeley wasn't -- and still isn't -- the kind of place that boasts a formidable restaurant climate. But it does have a meat-processing plant, JBS Swift, and Guerrero's uncle was a foreman back when it was Monfort of Colorado. "He started me on the kill floor, zapping the cattle, and then from there, I learned all about the grading process, and by the time I was done, I could totally break a cow down from its head to its rear shank," says Guerrero, adding that the experience gave him a "sincere appreciation for everything I eat."
After several years in Greeley, Guerrero relocated to Las Cruces, New Mexico, which happened to boast a little American/French bistro accented by Southwestern twists that was owned by a protégée of Rick Bayless, whose name is synonymous with high-end Mexican cuisine. "That's where I really learned the craft of making stocks and bases, vinaigrettes, pâtés and terrines, and understanding the nuances of plate composition," says Guerrero. "I worked at a great restaurant, but there's not a whole lot going on in Las Cruces."
He eventually moved to Denver, where he snapped up a line-cook job at the long-gone Coos Bay Bistro; a week later, he was promoted to lead line cook. And not long after that, he was recruited by the sous chef at the also-long-gone Roy's in Cherry Creek. "The sous chef at Roy's came in one night, loved my cooking and asked the server to send out the guy who cooked his dinner," remembers Guerrero. "And when I walked out, he was all, 'No way. How old are you? Ten?'" He was actually nineteen, and well on his way to becoming a bona fide chef.
Roy's hired Guerrero, and he started out in the pantry, quickly moving to the vegetable station; within a year, he'd become a kitchen manager and then a saucier, after immersing himself in a three-month saucier training session at Roy's in San Francisco. Back in Denver, he was promoted to sous chef, a position he held until Roy's shuttered in 2005. From there, Guerrero would spend time behind the burners at Panzano, the defunct Mao, Pizzeria Republica and as a corporate chef for a swanky restaurant group with a slew of five-star, five-diamond restaurants in Puerto Vallarta.
Guerrero says he'd still be cooking in Puerto Vallarta if a family of twenty hadn't been gunned down three blocks from where he lived. He sent his son and wife back to Denver and joined them six months later, signing on as a consultant at Sushi Den and Izakaya Den.
In 2011, local entrepreneur and Lotus Concepts founder Francois Safieddine approached Guerrero about a new nightclub and lounge that he was opening downtown called Chloe; Guerrero signed on, realizing that he'd have endless opportunities to grow with the company. And earlier this year, as Safieddine was planning ViewHouse, which opened last month, he enlisted Guerrero to headline the kitchen. "We know this location has the opportunity to serve great food, and we're building a brand that everyone can relate to, whether it's hanging out at happy hour, watching a baseball game with your son or having late-night bites after a party night. We want to offer exceptional food and service and build a brand on that," says Guerrero, who in the following interview explains why he'll never serve foie gras, provides his own answer to why the chicken crossed the road, and proffers a laundry list of pet peeves that has everything to do with plates.
How do you describe your food? Local when available, organic when possible and always a fresh eating experience. To sum it up, I would say that it's simple bar fare that evokes childhood memories.
Ten words to describe you: Father, teacher, patient, honest, loyal, considerate, driven, passionate, disciplined, and a student.
What are your ingredient obsessions? I really geek out when it comes to spice combinations, like harissa, garam masala, chimichurri and gremolata. There's just something cool about a small dose of a spice blend with a kick. I always find myself experimenting with my own combinations, almost as if I were a research-and-development nerd who sells flavor bases to Lay's.
What are your kitchen-gadget obsessions? At one point, I was all about my anti-griddle and immersion circulator, and then one day it dawned on me that I could achieve great flavor in pots, pans and mixing bowls. I feel like everything has a time and place, but let's be honest: Simplicity is bliss in the kitchen. Why mask great ingredients?
Favorite local ingredient and where you get it: It's got to be Haystack Mountain chèvre. I've loved it ever since the first time I tried it at Roy's in Cherry Creek. Stay delicious.
One ingredient that you won't touch: Ever since I can remember, I've stared at lobes of foie gras with lust, and I still reminisce about its succulent flavor. But then the record is pulled back abruptly and I can only play back that dreadful YouTube video that displays the true cruelty -- rodents eating the geese alive while they're in tiny cages. Don't get me wrong: I'm a glutton for punishment, which is why I'm a chef, but I just can't shake those images. They're some of the most horrific scenes I've ever seen in my life.
Food trend you'd like to see in 2013: The art of rotisserie.
Food trend you'd like to see disappear in 2013: There are several, so I'll rattle off a few: sriracha, because most people don't know how to spell it, and gluten haters -- though if you have a true allergy like a few of my closest friends do, please come down to ViewHouse and let me cook you a fine gluten-free meal that's delicious and memorable. But to those of you who are on a low-carb-intake diet, come on down and indulge in it anyway. You're truly missing out on one of the best vehicles to sop up sauce. And then there's the "swoosh." Let me get this right -- you dollop sauce on a plate and then you drag a spoon through it. Really? Just don't do it. I'd also like to see poorly executed molecular gastronomy disappear.
One food you detest: Lichen. Let the snails and bark lice eat it. Foraging is at its peak, but come on, man.
One food you can't live without: Tortillas have to be one of those foods that bring me the fondest memories. I could have a Forrest Gump moment and list an infinite number of great combinations, but I'll keep it simple and say tortillas, butter and pickled onion jam.
Favorite dish on your menu: There are too many to choose from. My right-hand guy, Vincente Sosa, and I try everything over and over until it's right, and then we try it secretly on the floor without the knowledge of the line cooks...so I guess we secret-shop ourselves to perfection.
Biggest menu bomb: Although it saddens me to say this, the "gobbler" -- a turkey dog that's topped with a cranberry jam and a green-bean-and-wild-mushroom casserole and Haystack onions. Its opportunity to grace the mouths of the public has been axed by the Product Mix report, which tells me the top sellers and the worst sellers, and the result is, it's gotta go.
Weirdest customer request: A burger without the burger.
Weirdest thing you've ever put in your mouth: Taro leaves. I've never felt such a weird sensation. Imagine licking a cactus, then taking its needles, putting them in a spice grinder and down the hatch. That was bullshit. I drank a gallon of milk and didn't die.
What's always lurking in your refrigerator? Whole milk and Gansito snack cakes.
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Daughtrey reports back on his trip to Nelson Mandela's funeral
Nayaba Arinde | 12/26/2013, 11:28 a.m.
As the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Prince Charles and billionaire businessman Richard Branson sat in the audience, Daughtry said, "I was honored to have had my name called in the assemblage of the world's highest officeholders and world-renowned dignitaries by Ramaphosa, recognizing me for my anti-apartheid work. One of the reasons I had come to this occasion was to represent the people who really were in the vanguard of the Free South Africa/Free Mandela Movement. They have sacrificed so much, and yet their names and contributions aren't likely to be remembered."
Daughtry recalled how as South African honor guards from the army, navy and air force marched in formation, the funeral party walked to the gravesite with a 21-gun salute while two squadrons of jet planes and helicopters took over the skies.
After the military completed their pomp and ceremony, Daughtry said that he went to the gravesite along with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and 15 South African ministers to perform the final funeral rituals.
"I was standing at the gravesite of a man who had risen from this small village not far away to become the president of the world. He had brought back to this humble village, with dotted farmlands and small houses, the world's movers and shakers. This man, whose name it seems that I have been calling for so many years of my 55 years of ministry and whose freedom and rise to the presidency of South Africa I had played some small role in, as I and others led the Free South Africa/Free Nelson Mandela Movement," said Daughtry.
"And now, here I stood, participating in the final ceremony. It was as though we had journeyed together and I had been summoned to say farewell at the end of his journey. I, among a select few, was here to witness and be a part of one of the greatest moments in history."
This weekend, Daughtry recounted on his experience through his words and on film at his House of the Lord Church in Brooklyn. There was a discussion, and speakers included Karen Smith Daughtry, founder and President of Sisters Against South African Apartheid; Brooklyn Borough President-elect Eric Adams, who provided security at the church when Winnie Mandela visited; Assemblywoman Inez Barron; and Councilman Charles Barron.

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Predictions, Modelling and Simulations: Their role in R&D decision-making is more "what" than "how"?
Posted on August 8th, 2016 by Dr Andrew A. Parsons in Pharma R&D
"Predictions are difficult, especially when they are about the future", a statement attributed to the Noble laurate Niels Bohr is very true. Despite these difficulties, the Pharma industry has built a range of predictive models to understand a range of drug actions including toxicity, disposition, elimination and efficacy. In Silico methods and modelling can also be used to target affinity and the selectivity in the design of new molecules. Additionally, modelling can find new actions for old medicines.
Predictive modelling and simulations have been widely taken up in the craft of R&D and a wealth of research has led to the development of a range of service companies to support the R&D process. This can be truly cost effective in terms of those highly valuable commodities of both time and money.
The IMI are extending this approach to the interface of clinical trials and real world use of medicines. The Get Real Program is bringing key stakeholders together to look and hopefully agree on ways to bring real life data into the development process. Predictive Modelling and simulation therefore is really quite successful across the R&D phases from starting with an idea to the use of the idea in real world settings.
The use of these approaches is really quite comprehensive, with focus on "what" we do. One potential gap in the use of predictive models and simulations is on "how' we do it. Simulations have been used extensively in other industries to hone skills and capabilities in dealing with a range of complex information in fast changing environments. The hours spent in flight simulation dealing with imaginary issues is a real testament to the power of this approach in training and the professional development of pilots.
In an R&D perspective we need to make key decisions at a variety of phases such as commit to development, first time in human, committing to phase 3 development and filing an application. Recent data in 2014 (Hay et al., 2014 Nature 32: p40) suggests that the industry success rates have actually been quite similar over 4 studies from 1989 to 2011. This of course may well be due to the long cycle times of drug development but it is interesting to note that success rates from Phase 3 to New Application are between 55-68%. During this time there has been considerable change in how the industry actually conducts the research. There have been several cycles of business models in this time. Shifts from fully integrated units to a more de-centralised model focussing on key areas of expertise, leveraging a host of service providers and risk share models with other companies.
We are a science led industry and decisions are made by people either individually or in groups. From my experience of working across organisational and cultural differences there are 4 key areas that shape how we make decisions. They are the bias that we all have, the perception of the data, the context in which we make the decision and the trade-offs we make. With the decentralisation of expertise and knowhow perhaps it is even more important to model how we make decisions. Creating simulations to help us understand our own individual preferences in decision making and helping individuals attend to all the information being presented may not only help improve our success rates. Understanding how we process information could improve safety and help prevent further disasters which have hit the industry in 2006 with the CD28 Antibody (Tegenero) and the FAAH inhibitor (Bial) earlier this year.
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Delayed movie inspires big changes
Recovering from what he called his "latest romantic tragedy" back in 1993, Will Viharo turned down a movie recommendation from his father, which happened to be a love story. "It's OK, Pop," he said by phone. "Love stories are too violent for me."
That dashed-off line became the title for the first Vic Valentine, Private Eye book, a series of five pulp noir novels Viharo wrote that year. Published by Wild Card Press in 1995, "Love Stories Are Too Violent for Me" was reissued by Gutter Press in 2013 after Christian Slater discovered the nearly-out-of-print book in an L.A. bookstore and optioned the rights to the film.
Slater intended to both direct and star in the adaptation, which was put on indefinite hiatus when he started work on the TV show "Mr. Robot," for which he recently earned a best supporting actor nomination at the Golden Globes. While the film was in limbo, Viharo decided to make a couple of moves: first, to leave the Bay Area for Seattle; second, to write the sixth Vic Valentine book, "Hard-Boiled Heart," which Gutter just published.
"I needed a big change in my life," Viharo said, "and I couldn't wait on the movie to give me that change, so I just made it myself. I thought, What could I do that's really big, that can just completely change my life? So moving somewhere else … at 51, and just uprooting, just starting over somewhere else — that's pretty big. But it had to be the right place; it couldn't just be for the sake of moving."
In the book, which opens with a scene set in Bimbo's 365 Club, Valentine is a private investigator with an expired license, hanging out with a movie star who plans to make a movie of — and thus validate — his "pathetic" life. But a dancer is found dead backstage, and the actor is implicated; determined to make sure the film is made at any cost, Valentine persuades his new friend to flee the scene with him, even though he's innocent.
As they travel north up the coast, another dead woman falls into the arms of the fugitive actor. Valentine's ridiculous obsession with making the film allows him to suspend his growing suspicions of his friend's guilt, and propels the two through a booze- and sex-fueled caper that trumps any movie the two might have made together.
"I just parlayed that into my writing career," Viharo said about the film being put on ice. "So it didn't go exactly the way I wanted, but I made the most of it. It just turned out to be more mercurial. We'll see what happens next. But I can't sit around and wait for stuff to happen. I've got to make it happen myself.
"I've changed a lot since 'Love Stories,'" he said. "The world has changed a lot. ... Vic, not so much."
Viharo will be signing "Hard-Boiled Heart" and his also-just-released collaboration with Scott Fulks, "The Space Needlers' Intergalactic Bar Guide," at Forbidden Island, the Alameda tiki bar that has long carried a signature cocktail inspired by the novels, named Vic Valentine.
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Attractive Camp, a monthly comedy show that's part stand-up and part roast battle, features Gabrielle Poccia, Richard Sarvate and Francesca Florentini (8 p.m. Sunday, Lost Weekend Video, 1034 Valencia St., $10). www.attractivecamp.eventbrite.com.
Australian spoken-word artist Lachlan the Bray collaborates with Bay Area poet and musician Garrett Riley and three musicians for an 80-minute storytelling production called "Sex, Cynicism and Other Small Miracles" (7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, Doc's Lab, 124 Columbus Ave., $10-$15). www.docslabsf.com/event/1006629-sex-cynicism-other-small-san-francisco.
Will Viharo: 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27. Free. Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Ave., Alameda. (510) 749-0332. www.facebook.com/events/115548522143864.


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Breed:German Shepherds
Age:Libby is about 10, and Basil is about 6. Both were rescued from the pound, so their exact ages are unknown.
Temperament:Despite their size (Libby is about 100 lbs., and Basil about 110 lbs.), both are very gentle, and can be trusted with small dogs and children.
Quirks:Libby (lying down in the picture) has hip dysplasia, so she moves a bit slowly, and can't always join in games with more active dogs. Instead, Libby will watch the other dogs running around her, and use a high-pitched 'play' bark. She uses the same bark with people when she wants to be petted.
Basil can be a little distracted on the trail. He loves to greet and play with other dogs, but people who want to pet him should pet Libby first (Basil will then get jealous and nose his way in to get attention).
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Reprocess: Shah Mosque
I took these photos in May 2013 at Shah Mosque of Isfahan.
I took these photos in May 2013 at Shah Mosque of Isfahan.
As I watched the glorious album by Iranain Photographer, Morteza Safataj, I tried his technique to make this photo. It's taken by Canon 6D: EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM and processed in… Continue reading
I like the latest photo challenge, the three! Here it is selected photos of Shazdeh garden in Mahan of Kerman. It must be wonderful in spring, however I like that in winter, too.
A colorful window in Lari's house in historical part of Yazd city. Do you want to see the Inside-out view?
A colorful window in Lari's house in historical part of Yazd city. Do you want to see the Outside-in view?
Here it is the four frame HDR of a palace in Isfahan, Chehel Sotoon, means "forty pillars" in Farsi. The structure has 20 pillars around, so with their reflection in the pool you… Continue reading
Here you see vast details of the roof of a palace in Isfahan, called Hasht Behesht, means eight paradises. It has been built 400 years ago. Watch it for moments and it absorb… Continue reading
This is a mysterious tower in Lajim, small village in the north of Iran. It has been built a thousand years ago by unknown architect, including both ancient Iranian and Islamic art. It… Continue reading
The moment that I lied down under the huge architecture, in Shah mosque of Isfahan.
This is the magic of HDR photography. I didn't have tripod there, so I just leant the wall and captured 5 frames; different exposure from 1/8 to 1/250 seconds. All the features are… Continue reading
Here, it is the Vank cathedral, have been built in 17th century in Isfahan. It has Persian mosque's structure with Armenian-Christian contents.
Davood Vakilzadeh, a photographer, Bring people into your frame to show the scale.


text: This year is moving so fast. I can't believe another month is over. Granted it's the shortest month on the calendar, but still. I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to write nearly as much as I wanted to. I have a large number of half-finished, and some only half-started, blog posts waiting to be completed. Not only have I been faithfully training for the LA Marathon which is now just 19 days away (I made up for my ow mileage in January but running like crazy in February), but work has been completely monopolizing most of my waking hours. I even have to go in early tomorrow morning so that I can work a full day before going to the sports chiropractor in the afternoon because my knee needs more attention before the marathon. I'm dedicated to my work, but even more dedicated to my running! Free time has been so hard to come by lately, though. I'm hoping that I can be efficient enough this week that I can take at least part of the weekend off. I am planning to run 12 miles on Sunday morning, but I also hope to spend a few hours at Disneyland. If I can limit my hours at work this weekend I will be happier, more rested, and ready to face the even crazier week ahead. I know I shouldn't be neglecting my mental health, but sometimes it suffers due to higher priority endeavors. One of these days I'll be able to take a deep breath and relax!


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I got to hang out with the gals at One Crazy stamper on the weekend :)
Lots of fun, here's the make and take that we did....
This super cute cow is from the new High Hopes release that will
be out soon!
Dar, me and Bonnie. The gals were showing off their creations....
Donna and me. Love that gal!! :D
Looking forward to the next Scrapfest event n 2017!!
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Pretty Spring Cake {Vanilla Cake with Lemon Filling}
Spring comes early here in California, and with tulips and daffodils blooming all around our neighborhood, I was ready for a little spring themed baking. I've been enjoying the homemade lemon curd I made recently, and knew it would be a delicious cake filling. I paired the sweet-tart lemon curd with vanilla cake and lemon frosting. And since I recently enjoyed decorating my daughter's birthday cake with the simple, yet intricate looking petal effect, I wanted to give it another try. The end results was a delicious cake that I think is perfect for spring!
Vanilla Cake
2 1/2 cups cake flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract (or 2 teaspoons extract, and 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste)
1 cup oil (vegetable, canola, or extra light olive oil)
1 cup buttermilk (can be made with 1 cup milk and 2 teaspoons vinegar or lemon juice, add acid to milk and set aside for 5 minutes before use)
As I mentioned when I posted my daughter's birthday cake, I first discovered this pretty petal effect style of decoating on My Cake School. Here are a couple photos of the process so you can try it too!
~ How to frost a cake using a petal or scale effect ~
1. After frosting the cake with a thin layer of icing (also called a crumb coat), place the cake in the fridge for 10-20 minutes for the frosting to set up. Fill a piping bag fitted with a round tip (with a 1/4-1/2 inch opening) with frosting and squeeze icing to create dots in a vertical row (as shown).
2. In one motion (per dot), use an offset spatula to spread the icing dot in one direction.
3. Continue the pattern by spreading each individual dot (one stroke per dot), scraping off the spatula (into a bowl) between every or everyother swipe. One you have spread one row of dots, add another row of dots and repeat the process.
Note- When you get all the way around the cake with this technique, the last row of dots you spread will bump into your first row a bit. Just do your best to match the pattern, and this will need to be the "back side" of your cake.
Prop note- The pretty pastel flowers I added to the cake are premade flower decorations from Sweet Estelle's Baking Supply.
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It is Time that the World Hears Our Voice by Nasim Al Huribat, Palestine
I had an exam for one of the major chemistry subjects, the exam was at nine in the morning. I had missed this lecture three times because of the roads and the barriers during the second intifada. So I decided to leave the house at 6am to get the exam. After hours of traveling through rugged secondary roads, we got through a 'wade alnar'. This is the only way to reach the south of the West Bank, the center and the north were paved at the expense of the US Development Agency. There were queues of cars and suffocating crisis is, everyone was waiting, everybody was anxious, everyone felt this way when they were trying to get to their destination.
I was a passenger in a car of 7, as soon as someone started talking, everyone began to tell their story. Where is he going? What will happen to him if he does not arrive on schedule? Sometimes my attention was drawn to their stories, sometimes I thought about the exam and what would happen to me, I was afraid, time passed, anxiety and tension were evident on my face.
I was sitting next to a girl named Nour, who is a fifth-year medical student, she was also going to take an exam, but fortunately, it started at one o'clock, so her nerves were controlled, she was quiet and less tense than I was. She told me not to worry, and we'll get there in time, just smile. Suddenly, the cars began to move. Everyone thought the road was opened because the soldiers at the checkpoint allowed vehicles coming from the other side to cross, but what happened was the opposite of the expectation.
When we got halfway to the military Jeeps, we started moving quickly, and they began to stop cars and prevent them from crossing. There has been a crisis in both directions. The road was closed because of overcrowding, people started to get out of the cars because the owners decided to turn back. The soldiers would not allow us to cross and ordered us to go back. We tried more than once, but they did not understand how we were feeling at those moments. Then, we saw people climb the mountain, on the top is the town of Sawahra, near the town of Abu Dis. So I decided to catch up with them, Nour and I started walking. Suddenly, the soldiers noticed and started shooting. We hid behind a large rock, bullets were passing over our heads. I could not control my nerves and began to cry and scream. There was no hope of reaching the exam hall, death was all I could think of at that moment.
We hid behind the rock for about half an hour, until the soldiers left, by then everyone had returned to where they came from, and all the cars had gone. We continued on our way, walking from between the houses, the people were helping us and warning us if a military Jeep was coming. Finally, I arrived at the University, it was noon. I do not want to describe my feelings. My black hair had become white from dust. My shoes and clothes also covered in dust. I cannot express my anger, my fear, my pain.
I met my colleagues, and they started asking me where I was? Why are you late? The professor has decided to deprive you of the material for this semester. I began to feel dizzy and lost consciousness. I went to the professor's office, many of my colleagues accompanied me to talk with the professor, perhaps to help make him back down from his decision and to understand what happened to me on the at the checkpoint.
When I entered his office he got up and said, "I am busy now". "Professor, please, I have to talk to you, I want you to understand, will you give me the exam?". He told me the exam had ended and that he did not want to "hear any excuses or justifications". He closed the door of his office and left, I ran after him down the corridor. I begged him to understand and give me another chance. "I will not graduate with my colleagues, Professor, please listen to me…", but he did not pay any attention to me.
I felt a volcano inside me, "I did not want to be late, but what happened to me, it has also happened to you and to everyone on this earth, at every moment, as long as these barriers control our fate and our lives, as long as the occupation exists".
I shouted in a loud voice, "How are you different from the soldier who is at this dreaded checkpoint, who prevented me from reaching and taking the exam, nothing … nothing. He robbed me of my freedom, and now you are preventing me from seeing the joy and the pride in the eyes of my mother and father because I was late and now I will not graduate with my colleagues".


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The Masterplan for the Heygate Estate is out for consultation - deadline 1st November - and this plan shows the cycle access:Blue – signed cycle lanes on busy routes
Purple - recommended cycle routes
Dotted light blue – Further routes available to cyclists
The big building, that you can't cycle to, on the left of the railway lines is the Elephant & Castle shopping centre. Further to the left of that, over the main roads, is the leisure centre imminently (at last) to be redeveloped as a shiny new swimming pool. Why on earth doesn't the Masterplan have a quick and easy cycle path from the new Heygate via the shopping centre direct to the pool, allowing kids to safely make their own way their (or cycle with granny if the kids aren't allowed to swim without an adult)?
I also understand that currently no crossing is planned to facilitate the, currently banned, right hand turn from the Walworth Road into Elephant Road (that runs parallel to the shopping centre and forms the obvious cycle bypass).
I think the Masterplanners need to get back to the drawing board / Apple. Constructive comments can be emailed to email@example.com before 1st November.


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The hamburger is a simple being. Meant only as a means to an end, it never had aspirations to do anything more than fill a hole in a hungry man's stomach. However, the hamburger is now hailed as a hero of fast food. It is an icon of America and is revered in countries as far as Australia, where it's a staple of barbecue culture. So how exactly was this incredible dish created?
In 1900, a man named Gary Widmore approached a lunch wagon in New Haven, Connecticut. Greeted by Danish immigrant Louis Lassen, he had arrived at Louis' Lunch. In need of sustenance but short of time, Lassen's customer presented a challenge that would change the course of food history.
"Louie! I'm in a rush," he stated. "Slap a meatpuck between two planks and step on it!" Lassen pressed together a blend of ground steak trimmings and cooked them in an upright grill, serving the resulting disc of grilled meat between two slices of toasted bread. This new invention, whatever it was, went down a treat - and Lassen added it to his menu.
People came from all over New England to sample this culinary curiosity and soon, people began to create their own versions. Having taken up residence on George Street, New Haven, Louis' Lunch moved into an old tannery.
Before long, Lassen's bread-and-meat meal was being made in homes and restaurants up and down the country. Many new iterations came into being and as burgers went global, it became clear that this trend had taken on a life of its own.
However, at Louis' Lunch, nothing changed. Run by the same family, they used the same recipe, the same premises and the same ethos which had served the community for decades. That is, until 1975.
There were plans to construct a high-rise building where Louis' Lunch stood and the restaurant's fate was uncertain. It was undoubtedly an important piece of history, but this small building was obstructing big plans. After a 10-year battle, it lost its location.
However, due the restaurant's size, the Lassen family were able to load it onto a truck and transport it two blocks to the location where it currently stands: 263 Crown Street. It's here that I found myself in a sizable queue to sample the world's first hamburger.
I wasn't prepared for how small the restaurant would be however, it has something of a Tardis effect. Etched with thousands of names and messages, the archaic pew-style seating adds to a palpable sense of history. The signatures continue onto the bar, which frames the toil of a select number of experts as they cook burgers in the same upright grills dating back to 1898.
The ingredients, the method and the finished product are all of utmost importance. The burger is cooked medium rare but, if you dare, you can ask for it to be well done. No condiments are allowed and permitted toppings are limited to onion, lettuce, tomato and cheese. "This is not Burger King," states an especially sassy sign. "You don't get it your way. You have it my way, or you don't get the damn thing."
Served on a paper plate, there is - fittingly - a feel of utility to the experience. Nestled amongst strangers nearly all tucking into the same thing, it was time to finally try it. I'd gone for medium rare with lettuce, tomato and cheese. A round patty between two square slices of toast, it does look slightly absurd. But the taste is second-to-none. Made of a blend of five different cuts of meat, it was moist and juicy with deep, rich flavours. My only regret was not buying two hamburgers, like my friends had.
From chicken burgers to veggie burgers to the $570bn industry which the hamburger has fuelled, this dish has had an enormous impact. Whether it's Epic Meal Time videos or the towering burger stacks we see on social media, the versatility of and enthusiasm for Louis Lassen's creation is abundantly clear.
Of course, the origins of the hamburger are hotly disputed and its name stands testament to its previous iterations. The hamburg steak, a ground beef patty, hails from Hamburg and was made popular by migrating Germans. There are various other claimants of the invention, involving stories of meatball sandwiches, the Fourth of July and a county fair that ran out of sausages. However, the Library of Congress credits Louis Lassen as the first person to have made a hamburger - which is good enough for me.
With a global fanbase, bricks were sent from all over the world to replace those which couldn't be saved during the restaurant's relocation process. It is as much a testament to internationalism as it is a part of New Haven history. It's this sense of community and togetherness that gives Louis' Lunch a feel of authenticity and heritage. But most importantly, their hamburgers taste amazing.
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Warning: This is a village idiot post. I am utterly unqualified to be talking about business cycles.
We all know that the U.S. economy is in a bad way. The signs of mayhem are all around: rising unemployment, falling sales, failing businesses. This Thanksgiving my family besieged me with questions about why, and I gave the standard answer. "All these credit institutions invested in this crazy sludge, which may have no value. So they're rebuilding their balance sheets in order to protect themselves, a fancy way of saying that they're not lending. No lending, and businesses go under when they can't borrow to meet lumpy expenses."
It sounded good, a short unified field theory of financial collapse. It certainly convinced my relatives, all of whom run or work for small businesses in metro Miami. But was it true? I got on the internets and downloaded some data to check it. What I found perplexed me.
For those of you who don't want to be bothered by the full chain of discovery, I'll cut to the chase: I was surprised to find little evidence of a credit crunch, even more surprised to be told that a bunch of economists at the St. Louis Fed had gotten there first … and then rather relieved (in a perverse way) to learn (courtesy of Dante Roscini) why there was in fact plenty of evidence that a lack of credit is in fact directly slapping around the real economy.
Details below the fold.
Energized by my relatives, I went over to the Fed's website to check out the figures on the volume of credit out there. And what did I find? The following:
Which sort of stonkered me. The volume of outstanding non-financial paper has barely budged? Really??
Well, what about the volume of bank loans? Up. Consumer credit? Stable. Interest rates? Stable. Sure, spreads have exploded, which is a sign that something is wrong with the credit market … but from the point of view of a borrower, who cares about the spread? The gross figures seemed to indicate that the same amount of credit was available at more or less the same price. How could that jibe with all the mayhem in the real economy?
I had three hypotheses.
(1) The bailout worked. Sure, huge spreads indicate that the underlying stresses are still there, but the credit markets have been kept in operation. The recession is due to the construction industry falling off a cliff consumers running for the hills in the face of declining house prices. It is not due to otherwise healthy firms packing it in due to a lack of credit. Please note that this is still a pretty bad situation, especially considering as the huge spreads are an indication that the American economy has fallen right into a liquidity trap. My simple story is wrong.
(2) The bailout has worked … so far. Huge spreads indicate that the underlying stresses are still there, and everyone expects the shoe to drop at any moment. (For example, see this suggestion that the credit card market is about to implode.) The recession is due to consumers and investors running for the hills in anticipation of the coming credit crunch, not otherwise healthy firm packing it in due to a lack of credit. (Please note the same caveat as above.) My simple story isn't quite wrong, but it's more complicated.
(3) I'm looking at the wrong things because I'm not very bright.
When I asked my colleagues about the discrepancy between the tranquil quantity data and the madness in the real economy (let alone the insanity in the data on spreads), Matt Weinzierl informed me that, sadly, I wasn't the first person to notice that credit volumes seemed to be holding up. He cottoned me on to this paper. It went through more-or-less the same thing as my ad hoc Thanksgiving analysis, adding graph after graph to make the point that neither bank lending nor interbank lending nor commercial paper issuance has declined. Take a bow, Messrs Bernanke and Paulson! Maybe you could've done the rescue cheaper and fairer, but rescue you did. Huzzah.
Niall Ferguson, however, suggested that I might be looking at the wrong thing. "The banks' balance sheets are a nightmare precisely because they can't contract lending (too many pre-agreed credit lines still open) and their capital is vanishing. So new credit is harder to come by than your figures indicate."
And, finally, Dante Roscini explained exactly what it was that I was missing. It came to a lot.
(1) That crash in asset-backed commercial paper in the above picture? It isn't an epiphenomenon. The banks used to be able to sell their mortgages (and certain other loans) on for cash. Now they have to stick with them on their balance sheets. The volume of outstanding bank credit might not be falling, but net new lending is off a bloody cliff. In short, what Niall said.
(2) The other thing Niall said. The ratio of the value of all commercial and industrial credit lines authorized by banks to the value of outstanding credit lines has steadily fallen from around 1.5 in mid-2007 to 1.3 by the middle of 2008, and has certainly fallen even more since.
(3) The cash assets of commercial banks have skyrocketed from $298 billion in August to $854 billion by November 19th. (I'm sure mattress assets have skyrocketed even more, but that's not really relevant to the issue at hand.)
(4) Commercial paper issues have held up. Issues of less than gold-plated companies, however, went cliff-diving in September.
There really is a credit crunch. Barack Obama was correct in the second presidential debate, when he said that thing aren't as bad as they could have been because of the rescue package (and aggressive Fed action), but they're still bad.
Plus, of course, the problems caused by bad expectations, the construction collapse, and the liquidity trap are all still operative.
"Black Man Gets Worst Job in America." Indeed.


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The 2010 NCA Summer Conference on Teaching Rhetorical Criticism and Critical Inquiry was held at the University of Puget Sound campus on July 22-25, 2010. Approximately 150 teacher-scholars gathered to discuss a range of issues in critical pedagogy, including assignment development, curricular design (individual courses as well as course sequences), and the conceptual underpinnings of rhetorical pedagogy.
Conference participants will be contacted in mid-August regarding conference evaluation and assessment.
The planning committee has made a long-term commitment to developing a web based resource for rhetorical criticism and critical inquiry pedagogy. In the interim, materials from two of the conference's sessions are available through:
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Greetings St. Louis membership,
Here we are in the middle of June; the temperature and humidity are up and the first day of summer is less than a week away. As the St. Louis summer continues to heat up so it seems that our workload increases. Most folks I've talked to lately seem to be very busy. Same is true for your St. Louis Chapter ASLA EXCOM. So busy in fact that we had to cancel our May meeting due to numerous scheduling conflicts but we made up for it by having a marathon meeting last week. See below for a quick update on our activities:
- Planning for the special event to recognize Walter Metcalf's Honorary membership in ASLA is progressing. We have confirmed the event date for September 21. We are coordinating with the National Park Service, CityArchRiver, MVVA, GRG and others to create a great event. Mark it on your calendar. You will not want to miss this event.
- 'Designed by a Landscape Architect' Photo Contest was a great success. We generated a lot of traffic to our website and promoted the profession. Keep taking great pictures of landscape architecture projects for the 2016 photo contest.
- We are in the early stages of planning activities for the SPOKE bike tour.
- EXCOM members participated in a Biodiversity Mapping discussion with MoBOT.
- We are teaming up with the St. Louis AIA to participate in the St. Louis Cardinals "4-A-Greener-Game" initiative on September 8th. Volunteers will help gather plastic for recycling during the Cards vs. Cubs game. An announcement will be coming out soon.
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Be safe and enjoy your summer,
Scott Emmelkamp, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP


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So what does growth mean to Brighton businesses?
Some insights from Generate's session at the Brighton Chamber Summit on Getting to Grips with Growth
What always impresses us about the Brighton Summit is not the just exciting and varied content of the day, but the wonderfully diverse group of people that come together under one roof and the extraordinary buzz they create.
And this year was no exception. We were thrilled to witness the spirit in which people engaged with the growth theme. As the day kicked off, in the safe and generous hands of the MC for the day Rachel Blackman, we were all treated to an inspiring and fresh perspective on growth by Nikki Gatenby from Propellernet in her opening keynote. Our session came next, with a timely opportunity for people to really focus and relate the theme directly to themselves and their business: what does growth mean to ME and my future?
We heard – and read – some great insights and discoveries that were real, refreshing and beautifully surprising.
'I discovered that I am more focused on individual growth both for me and others, though I would argue that without individual growth there can be no organisational growth. I am clear I want to grow in wisdom and effectiveness and I am provoked to find ways where I may share my learning. I have a desire to be someone who 'wanders around the Brighton business and charity communities doing good' wherever I can make a relevant contribution. My energy levels were really topped up – very helpful for me at the moment as there are quite intense demands at work.' John Thacker, Accountant
What came across so strongly to us and our co-facilitators was a generosity of spirit in the room, a willingness to engage in serious play and to dare to think differently, even try out new skills with people they didn't know. People were listening with avid attention, illustrating their thoughts with a focussed sense of fun and drawing together the type of thinking that often isn't possible alone or in our day to day working lives.
Here are some of the key headlines:
- Ask the difficult questions – why do we want to grow, what is productive, healthy and important? Staying true to our values.
- Our businesses are becoming part of us – where does one stop and the other begin? The personal and business growth journeys are entwined and so …
- The balance of work and life more important than ever – What does happiness mean and how can we focus on it? Making time to do more of what brings happiness and letting go of what we don't need to do.
- Make better use of the people we already employ – You may already have what you need to grow if you enable others to help.
- It's all about people – bringing more fun and creativity into business, building relationships and working with like-minded people.
What did you discover? Do get in touch and send in your own insights questions challenges and see what comes back to you! We look forward to hearing how those visions for growth become a reality in the coming year.
Our huge thanks to everyone for participating so wholeheartedly, and to our wonderful co-facilitators Rob Da Costa, Alistair Duncan, Hilary Ellis, Claire Evans, Emma Ferrey, Dieter Hachenberg Carol Lewis and Nick Price for supporting all of this discovery.


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It's Friday. Please engorge your inflated medullae on the following:
According to the bogan, Joe Hockey's swipe at the major banks is:
- A welcome call for more stringent regulatory oversight on a sector of the Australian economy that receives significant taxpayer largesse
- A direct challenge to Australian investors' right to maxtreme dividends
- A sign that the Liberal party has fallen prey to the creeping influence of Bolivarian Socialism
- Quite amusing political theatre
McDonald's' failed bid to open a restaurant in the Barossa Valley has:
- Meant that the bogan cannot chase a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc with a Big Mac and large fries.
- Left thousands of locals without a place to do burnouts on Friday nights
- Helped to preserve the uniqueness of the region
- Ruined the itinerary plans of party bus and wine tour bus operators who ferry hordes of grape gargling bogans in from Adelaide
Charlie Sheen's drunken hotel rampage against a prostitute shows:
- Why Two and Half Men is one of the highest rating programs on Australian television.
- How totally awesome Charlie Sheen is. This calls for an extra viewing of two and a half men this week!
- Why he should never have agreed to make 'Hot Shots 2: Part Deux'
- Why you should NEVER fuck with a man's expensive watch collection
Lleyton and Bec Hewitt's decision to reveal their bay's name to their fans via a $2 subscription text message service:
- Takes the recent trend of celebrities cashing in on their kids to a new low
- Exploits their child and its right to privacy
- Was a legitimate way for the Hewitts to let their real fans find out their new baby's name before the general public
- Ava Sydney? Aww… I'm going to name my daughter Ava Melbourne!


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Brown Bag Lectures are informal, public talks that are followed by extensive dissussions. Speakers are KLI fellows or visiting researchers who are interested in presenting their work to an interdisciplinary audience and discussing it in a wider research context. The Brown Bag Lecture series was discontinued in 2014 with the KLI moving to its new premises in Klosterneuburg. In 2014 the KLI Colloquia were established as the new lecture series.
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The psychology of prayer and supernatural causation has received surprisingly little attention from empirical researchers. This paper discusses implicit belief patterns about the causal mechanisms by which God effects changes in the world. We offer a psychological account of belief in supernatural causation based on existing evidence on the efficacy of petitionary prayer and supernatural causation, incorporating mechanisms of psychological self-correction and rationalization, confirmation bias, and folk physics. We propose that religious believers 'prefer' modes of divine action that are subtle and indistinguishable from the natural course of events: given that the causal structure of our world is partly inscrutable and that supernatural causation is probably a fiction, beliefs in subtle and unascertainable modes of supernatural causation will be compelling and cognitively appealing because they are more susceptible to occasional confirmation and less vulnerable to repeated disconfirmation. This argument shows that, contrary to what some researchers have suggested, the truth value of religious belief is sometimes relevant in the cognitive science of religion. Religious representations are not only channeled through internal cognitive factors, but are also affected by the outside world, both directly (through experience and feedback) and indirectly (through evolution by natural selection). Researchers in the cognitive science of religion should not shy away from addressing the truth value of religions. In particular, no cognitive explanation of petitionary prayer will be satisfactory unless we take into account that it (probably) does not work.
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Maarten Boudry (1984) is a postdoctoral fellow of the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO) at Ghent University. In 2011, he defended his dissertation on the epistemic structures of pseudoscience, consisting of a collection of papers that have been published in Philosophy of Science, Philosophia, the Quarterly Review of Biology, Science & Education, and Philosophical Psychology. He is co-editor, with Massimo Pigliucci, of a volume on the Philosophy of Pseudoscience, which is scheduled to appear in early 2013. His current research deals with the problem of irrationality from the viewpoint of evolutionary epistemology. Other research interests include the conflict between science and religion, methodological naturalism, and skepticism. Together with Johan Braeckman, he also published a book (in Dutch) on critical thinking (2011), aimed at a wider audience.


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Fair day with ABK short as the best play. The market just has no idea what "red" means.
Session Time: Tue Apr 13 00:00:00 2010
[08:21] {vasilisa} gm all
[08:22] {nemo} hello
[08:30] {Threei} US) MAR IMPORT PRICE INDEX M/M: 0.7% V 1.0%E; Y/Y: 11.4% V 11.7%E
[08:30] {Threei} - Prior MoM revised higher from -0.3% to -0.2%
[08:31] {Threei} KERX
[08:31] {Threei} Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc Announces Poster Presentations Highlighting Clinical Activity Of Zerenex (Ferric Citrate) At National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings
[08:34] {Les} best be nimble Jack
[08:34] {Les} morning
[08:34] {Threei} Les :)
[08:37] {dino} gm all
[08:37] {dino} vad, any news on esi? held 300 overnight
[08:37] {Threei} ESI Credit Suisse Raised ESI to Outperform from Neutral, price target: $135
[08:38] {Threei} morning dino
[08:38] {dino} ty, thoughts?
[08:39] {Threei} it must be some sector thing
[08:39] {Threei} APOL gaps up too
[08:39] {dino} yes, see it
[08:39] {Threei} but ESI clearly leads
[08:40] {Threei} with this size of gap, why do you even torture yourself? :)
[08:40] {Threei} tke it and be happy
[08:40] {dino} cpla flat
[08:41] {Threei} ABAT Receives New Orders of Electric Vehicles worth $1.6M (3.81, 0.00, 0.00%)
[08:41] {Threei} GR) Greece PM Papandreou: EU bailout package is safety net for Greece
[08:41] {Threei} - Whether activated or not matter of evaluation
[08:41] {Threei} - Aid package allows Greece greater calm to do the job
[08:41] {Threei} **Note: Greece needs to raise 11.6B by the end of May to cover maturing debt, with another 20B required by year-end to pay interest and finance the 2010 deficit
[08:42] {Threei} I am getting interested in what happens on AA
[08:42] {Threei} you'd think it should be down couple bucks by now
[08:43] {Threei} but it held very well yesterday after hours, and down just a smidge now
[08:43] {Threei} ABAT is trying...
[08:43] {Threei} very tough one
[08:44] {dino} out esi, 113.91, +4.91
[08:44] {Threei} wtg
[08:44] {Threei} go home
[08:44] {dino} lol, i should, back in 10
[08:50] {Threei} (IA) European officials: China and Russia moving closer to agreement on Iran sanctions
[08:57] {dino} .
[08:58] {Threei} good point
[08:59] {dino} indeed
[08:59] {dino} mos to 55 strike today
[09:02] {fernp} Good morning everybody
[09:02] {Threei} fern :)
[09:03] {Threei} PPHM
[09:03] {Threei} Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc. Presenting data from four clinical studies at ASCO
[09:03] {Threei} - Data from four clinical studies of bavituximab and Cotarahave been accepted for presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to be held June 4-8, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois.
[09:06] {dino} mipi
[09:08] {RonS} gm all. mipi 4 mil sh short, 22% float
[09:08] {dino} cf, expe, deo
[09:09] {dino} :)
[09:09] {RonS} abk
[09:09] {Threei} Ron :)
[09:09] {dino} esi too
[09:09] {Threei} ABK totally lost its mind
[09:11] {Threei} MIPI yesterday ah
[09:11] {Threei} 4:02:50 PM
[09:11] {Threei} Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Positive Phase II data published in Journal of Clinical Oncology
[09:11] {Threei} - Results from the Phase 2 clinical trial of 90 patients show that treatment with Onalta improved symptoms associated with metastatic carcinoid tumors.
[09:11] {RonS} ...abk used to be a bullet proof quasi monopoly money-making machine. w/ guvmint exclusive who know where it could go
[09:12] {Threei} therapy resulted in objective tumor response or stable disease in 67 (74.4%) of 90 patients with metastatic carcinoid refractory to octreotide therapy. Median progression-free survival and overall survival were 16.3 and 26.9 months, respectively. Furthermore, there appeared to be a correlation with prolongation of the period of progression free survival in those patients who had durable diarrhea improvement
[09:14] {fernp} this .45 break in LVS is valid, Vad?
[09:14] {Threei} premarket, I wouldn't
[09:14] {fernp} ok
[09:14] {Threei} LVS can be dishustingly volatile even during normal hours
[09:15] {dptl} good morning
[09:15] {Threei} dp :)
[09:22] {lasertrev} good morning
[09:22] {Threei} trev :)
[09:24] {Threei} ABAT, I doubt it has much fuel... some day maybe... not yet
[09:25] {shorty} good morning all
[09:25] {Threei} shorty :)
[09:26] {strider} LVS upgrade
[09:26] {strider} morning all
[09:26] {Threei} strider :)
[09:27] {magoo} morning comraddes
[09:27] {Threei} mags :)
[09:28] {magoo} what we stalkin?
[09:28] {Threei} MIPI
[09:28] {Threei} ABK
[09:28] {Threei} usual suspects
[09:28] {Threei} like LVS et al
[09:29] {RonS} key - ubs downgrade seems to be whacking big regionals, ie key, rf
[09:30] {Threei} MIPI, momo candidate on .20 break
[09:31] {Threei} risky like taking bacon from my breakfast plate
[09:32] {Les} hmmm how do you say suicidal
[09:32] {Les} M I P I
[09:32] {Threei} invalidated anyway
[09:32] {magoo} ABK niuts
[09:33] {Threei} that's understatement of the century
[09:34] {Les} l MIPI 4.01
[09:35] {Les} out +.20
[09:35] {shorty} nice
[09:35] {dino} wow esi continues up
[09:35] {Threei} and pulls APOL with it
[09:36] {dino} cpla too
[09:36] {Threei} Long Setup: CAT .80 break
[09:36] {Threei} if stays above .70
[09:37] {Threei} invalidated
[09:37] {magoo} spy falling
[09:37] {Threei} I am not switching to shorting just yet
[09:38] {Threei} all pullbacks were bought quikcly so far,
[09:38] {nemo} nah, this is the pullback before buying
[09:38] {Threei} no need to be a hero and catch reversal in strategy at exact moment it happens
[09:38] {magoo} agree vad
[09:38] {Threei} so, let's go with recent pattern until it clearly ceases working
[09:39] {RonS} mgm?
[09:39] {Threei} normally, CAT setup would have been two-sided
[09:39] {Threei} long .70, short .60
[09:39] {Threei} sorry, long .80, short .70
[09:39] {magoo} vad, any read FCX? bouncer?
[09:39] {Threei} MGM, let's try to catch long on pullback
[09:39] {Threei} FCX
[09:40] {Threei} .90 break half lot
[09:40] {Threei} with stop under .70
[09:40] {nemo} shoul hold .67
[09:41] {Threei} MGM, want it around .25
[09:41] {dino} mkt feeols heavy
[09:41] {dino} feels
[09:41] {Threei} watch LVS as a quide for MGM
[09:41] {nemo} 1/2 out fcx .90
[09:42] {Les} ty vad, caught fcx at .71 out .89
[09:42] {nemo} rest 84.10
[09:42] {Threei} MGM tries for break... not delighted, honestly
[09:42] {dino} hmmm feel was wrong
[09:42] {Threei} wtg guys, good modification on FCX
[09:42] {nemo} took it recross of .75
[09:43] {Les} bloody sheila
[09:43] {Threei} MIPI turns into loco
[09:43] {Threei} .40 break next leg
[09:43] {magoo} out .01 from .74 FCX
[09:44] {magoo} AUIG bouncer vad?
[09:44] {magoo} AIG
[09:44] {magoo} somewhere
[09:44] {dino} pwrd l .02
[09:44] {Threei} not yet
[09:45] {Les} stopped mipi flat
[09:45] {Threei} 41 break now mags
[09:45] {Les} abk 3
[09:46] {Les} cprx
[09:48] {Threei} frikin CAT
[09:48] {Threei} got away
[09:49] {Threei} Long Setup: AA .25 break
[09:49] {Threei} US) Preview: April IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism due out at 10:00ET
[09:49] {Threei} **consensus expectation: 47.5e v 45.4 prior
[09:50] {shorty} Missed AA
[09:50] {magoo} out AIG .11 TY boss
[09:50] {RonS} rimm
[09:50] {magoo} in AA
[09:50] {Threei} not a scalp by me, but can be played as such if you play big shares
[09:51] {Threei} AA has a chance to turn into one of those "what the heck, I thought it reported bad numbers, how come..." etc
[09:52] {fernp} .20 stop, Vad?
[09:52] {shorty} Thought they are merging with UAUA?
[09:52] {Threei} for scalpers yes
[09:52] {shorty} never mind
[09:52] {Threei} and after breaking .30, for day traders too
[09:53] {Threei} that was LCC shorty :)
[09:53] {fernp} ok only want to be sure :-)
[09:53] {shorty} lol
[09:53] {dino} cagc sm l .26
[09:54] {Threei} don't like these numbers approaching, at 10:00... can help or can shake us out
[09:54] {Les} vad, base developing on AIG and lower highs .70 b/d?
[09:54] {nemo} market will keep going up
[09:55] {Threei} most likely but initial shakepout is possible
[09:55] {Threei} no Les
[09:55] {Les} ok
[09:55] {Threei} BPOP Hearing Riley upgrades to Buy from Neutral (timing uncertain) (3.35, +0.30, 9.84%)
[09:57] {Threei} SPY C&H
[09:59] {Les} cprx vad, pullback here for long?
[09:59] {Threei} no idea on that one
[09:59] {Threei} SPY ruined C&H before triggering
[10:00] {dino} pwrd stopped
[10:00] {Threei} *(US) APR IBD/TIPP ECONOMIC OPTIMISM: 48.4 V 47.5E
[10:00] {Threei} COIN Announces 65% increase in Q1 sales (76.68, -0.62, -0.80%)
[10:02] {Threei} CPIX Ibuprofen Compares Favorably to Acetaminophen in Newly Published Meta-Analysis (10.84, -0.15, -1.36%)
[10:03] {Threei} market can't decide
[10:04] {Les} :( aig jumped 20 cents without me
[10:05] {dino} cml l .15
[10:05] {Les} wow miner's coming down
[10:07] {Threei} COIN = pulp
[10:08] {Threei} GE Reportedly expects share of lightining revenue from LEDs to triple by 2015
[10:08] {Les} MIPI db
[10:08] {RonS} rimm=salmon?
[10:08] {Threei} I doubt it les
[10:09] {Les} ty
[10:09] {Threei} RIMM{ pretty much, yes
[10:09] {Les} aig bounce = short entry?
[10:09] {Threei} AA, stop under .20
[10:10] {magoo} MIPI big pllbk vad
[10:10] {Threei} I wouldn't Les
[10:10] {Les} s aig .48
[10:10] {magoo} oh shit, iyts up 2 anyway
[10:10] {Threei} lol
[10:11] {RonS} ...as i look for iyts...
[10:12] {magoo} iyts=its
[10:12] {Les} ok out -.05
[10:13] {Threei} good out
[10:13] {Threei} look at 1 min AIG
[10:13] {Les} yeh its climbing
[10:13] {Les} pivot resistance here. will try to grab a pullback
[10:14] {Threei} exactly kind of formation from which it explodes like anthelope with turpentine up its butt
[10:14] {fernp} TEL Valid breakdown, Vad?
[10:15] {Threei} too narrow for my taste, fern
[10:15] {fernp} ty
[10:15] {dino} cagc stopped -.27
[10:16] {shorty} AA wants to break .30, but can't
[10:20] {Threei} {AA} excuse me? what did you just say about my potence?
[10:20] {shorty} lol
[10:20] {Threei} EUR/USD Approaching 1.3560 where euro sell-stop orders are rumored to lurk
[10:20] {shorty} I doubted the market makers Threei
[10:21] {Threei} why would you?
[10:21] {Threei} the most honest, mosst tansparent, most noble entities on the planet
[10:21] {Threei} and known universe
[10:21] {shorty} Like a lawyer?
[10:22] {Threei} evn more than that
[10:22] {Threei} don't see any news for this drop
[10:23] {shorty} Shake us out!
[10:23] {Threei} you didn't partial?
[10:23] {Threei} over 1:1, market selling
[10:24] {shorty} played the .30 break
[10:24] {Threei} why not protect part?
[10:24] {Threei} oooh
[10:24] {Threei} no way
[10:24] {shorty} yes
[10:24] {Threei} this kind of spikes after the break is for exiting
[10:24] {Threei} not for new positions
[10:24] {RonS} oil melting
[10:24] {shorty} oh....:s
[10:25] {Les} don't worry shorty, been there, done that
[10:25] {shorty} lol
[10:25] {Threei} why would you want to enter at .30, with call at .25 and stop under .20?
[10:25] {shorty} That hurts a bit.
[10:27] {Threei} shorty, may I suggest to switch to paper trading until you are confident you got the structure of setups and meaning of the calls down
[10:27] {RonS} ols Wall Street saw: "it's better to be out wishing you were in, than in wishing you were out."
[10:27] {Les} fair enough shorty, but 3 months down the track I look at same late setup as what you did and ignore it
[10:27] {fernp} WFC .05 break, Vad?
[10:28] {Threei} Ron, that's exactly my cat's thought at http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zmBuM5vzpKo/S7jKgZTOwxI/AAAAAAAAAC4/PF9qSmklt-Y/s1600/Image00006.jpg
[10:28] {Threei} not sure fern...
[10:28] {shorty} I am going for a walk, and think of what I have done.
[10:29] {RonS} cute pix
[10:29] {Les} yes, you've been a very naughty boy
[10:30] {Les} you committing animal cruelty there vad?
[10:30] {RonS} ...get shorty the cat o' nine tails...
[10:30] {Threei} never
[10:30] {Les} do I need to tell Larisa what has happened here
[10:30] {dino} xrtx l .10
[10:30] {Threei} I'll rather hurt a human than this cat
[10:31] {Les} shorty.... oh shooorty
[10:31] {RonS} lol
[10:31] {Threei} Market Internals update at 10:30ET
[10:31] {Threei} - NYSE volume 250M shares, about 5% above its three-month average; decliners lead advancers by 2.4:1.
[10:31] {Threei} - NASDAQ volume 615M shares, about 13% above its three-month average; decliners lead advancers by 1.9:1.
[10:31] {Threei} - VIX index +4.5% at just over 16.00
[10:31] {Threei} again this strangest pattern
[10:31] {Threei} volume increases on a red day
[10:32] {strider} that sounds ominous
[10:32] {strider} time for a 'correction
[10:32] {Threei} well, the strange part is, this pattern is with us through manny months of non-stop rally
[10:35] {Threei} Long Setup: CAT .45 break half lot
[10:36] {Threei} invalidated but 5 cents range recross hunt is on instead
[10:36] {dino} out cml flat
[10:36] {Threei} second half AA stopped
[10:36] {Threei} too bad, was promising to turn into stunner
[10:38] {Threei} CAT's ready
[10:39] {RonS} dino, cagc hit a famine...
[10:40] {Threei} 1:2
[10:40] {dino} watching it, feels like quick druve down and pop
[10:40] {Threei} the easiest money yet today
[10:42] {dino} rino hod
[10:43] {Threei} hello from petience guys.. she is hiking in montain monastery area near Tibet
[10:43] {magoo} say hi from magoo vad
[10:43] {Threei} I will
[10:43] {Les} you have mind or spiritual link with her?
[10:43] {dino} implant
[10:44] {Threei} once in a blue moon she finds Internet connection somewhere :)
[10:44] {Les} or something more prosaic like internet
[10:44] {Les} right
[10:44] {Threei} CAT 1:3 for those who were more patient
[10:44] {Threei} not me though
[10:45] {magoo} me
[10:45] {Les} me too, but too slow to capitalise on the gain
[10:45] {dino} cagc .29 l
[10:45] {Threei} you still in?
[10:46] {magoo} yup
[10:46] {Threei} partial at least?
[10:46] {magoo} in .40 area
[10:47] {ese} ahhhhhhh theres the ticket......
[10:48] {ese} have been cut off all morning
[10:48] {Threei} enter right password?
[10:48] {ese} wouldn't even allow to access the site let alone be able to put in a pass word
[10:49] {Threei} strange... we are up all morning
[10:49] {Threei} ABK
[10:49] {Threei} magoo, les
[10:49] {Threei} you have 1:4 here
[10:49] {Threei} have mercy
[10:50] {magoo} out .46 TY
[10:50] {Threei} take off part at least
[10:50] {Threei} whew
[10:50] {ese} had to hmibbit.comave been a problem with
[10:50] {Threei} CPRX Signs Definitive Agreement With the National Institute on Drug Abuse To Conduct U.S. Phase II(B) Clinical Trial for Cocaine Addiction (2.40, +0.51, 26.98%)
[10:50] {ese} whoops.....had to have been a problem with mibbet.com
[10:51] {Threei} not even that ese... a few people are connected through mibbit
[10:51] {ese} hmmmmmmmm
[10:52] {Les} I've been locked out of mibbit, as has trev.
[10:53] {Les} thinks handle is already in use
[10:53] {Threei} CPRX...
[10:53] {Threei} maybe if takes that huge offer at .45...
[10:54] {Threei} ABK momo
[10:55] {ese} in and out ABK .24 /.31 +.07
[10:55] {Les} sweet
[10:56] {jfjf64} hban short
[10:57] {Threei} struggle for 5 cents, jf
[10:57] {ese} tks.......tuned in just in time...still trying to figure out why i couldn't log onto the site though
[10:57] {Threei} not sure its's worth it
[10:57] {ese} yes...been a struggle for days now
[10:57] {magoo} let me help
06[10:57] * magoo slaps ese around a bit with a large trout
06[10:57] * magoo slaps ese around a bit with a large trout
06[10:57] * magoo slaps ese around a bit with a large trout
[10:58] {jfjf64} ty
[10:58] {ese} lol
[10:58] {ese} agady agady agady.......lips stretching out from face on each successive slap
[11:00] {jfjf64} abk pull bk
[11:01] {nemo} ba interesting but dont' like the volume on the cup
[11:01] {Threei} IMF proposes taxing derivative dealers instead of having a clearing mandate
[11:02] {dino} tax tax tax thats all you hear anymore
[11:02] {nemo} makes sense...take money from them instead of fixing the structural issue
[11:02] {nemo} guess I should have like the cup on BA
[11:03] {Threei} ABK Ticking lower, hearing JP Morgan making cautious comments (timing uncertain) (3.13, +0.88, 39.11%)
[11:03] {Threei} Reiterates Underweight rating; sees no equity value
[11:03] {Threei} yikes
[11:03] {Threei} shortable btw
[11:03] {fernp} AXP .80 break, Vad?
[11:04] {Threei} yes, for a scalp
[11:04] {RonS} ...eventually they will tax comments...
[11:04] {dino} cml .15 l
[11:04] {Threei} lol ron
[11:08] {dino} and breathing
[11:08] {Threei} AXP made it very easy for you, fern :)
[11:09] {dino} gj fern
[11:10] {dino} cagc to .74
[11:10] {dino} .73
[11:10] {Threei} ABK, anyone found guts to short?
[11:10] {Les} can't
[11:10] {RonS} me neither
[11:10] {Les} so imagine guts I need to go long
[11:10] {dino} out .74, +.45
[11:11] {Les} suicide
[11:11] {Les} screwed up the first long entry at 3
[11:11] {Les} 200ma .65
[11:12] {Threei} getting killed
[11:12] {dino} xrtx stopped
[11:13] {Les} AIG db?
[11:13] {Threei} if pulls back closer to 40, I'd be interested
[11:14] {Threei} JNJ FDA Approves New Drug Application for PANCREAZE Pancreatic Enzyme Therapy to Treat Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
[11:14] {Les} love that quarterly theory dino, ABK was a perfect scalp opp bouncing there.
[11:15] {Les} aig
[11:15] {dino} ;)
[11:16] {RonS} abk - 27k 2.50 puts purchased today w/ oi at 1.7k...now the q is were they jpm's?
[11:16] {Threei} AIG is pretty much ready Les, either bounce or breakdown
[11:17] {Threei} equal chance
[11:17] {shorty} You short Les, I will go Long.
[11:17] {Les} l aig .11 small shares
[11:17] {Threei} ABK
[11:18] {Threei} this bounce should be good for short entry, trying to find setup
[11:18] {RonS} csx reports ah. Directional move has been extending for multi-days...
[11:19] {fernp} QGEN .50 break is valid, Vad?
[11:20] {Les} out aig +.17
[11:20] {Threei} don't count on much if you took it fern
[11:20] {Threei} just a small scalp
[11:20] {Threei} wtg Les
[11:21] {Threei} see how easy they can be if you patiently wait for the right formation?
[11:21] {fernp} yes, took last shares at .50
[11:21] {Threei} even if this one didn't work, it would have been easily visible, no struggle to make a decision
[11:22] {Threei} Short Setup: ABK .95
[11:22] {Threei} stop 3.03
[11:22] {Threei} can take a few tries
[11:25] {Les} aig looking short vad
[11:25] {Threei} not really
[11:25] {Threei} neither does it look long
[11:25] {Threei} just no read
[11:25] {Les} h&s
[11:25] {Les} ?
[11:26] {Threei} right formation in a wrong place
[11:26] {Threei} H&S is a trend reversal formation,
[11:26] {Threei} it's readable at the top of an uptrend
[11:26] {Threei} here, it forms at the bottom of the downtrend
[11:27] {Les} ok
[11:27] {Threei} it could work... it's not something readable in a sense of traditional setups
[11:27] {Threei} die already ABK
[11:27] {dino} rino l .50
[11:27] {Les} giving spy meltup I guess I don't wanna be too aggressive shorting
[11:28] {Les} bpop has some strength today
[11:29] {Threei} had some news before open
[11:29] {Les} ok
[11:30] {dino} ctrp l .24
[11:30] {Threei} OGXI Hearing Rodman and Renshaw reiterates Buy rating and $58 price target (timing uncertain)
[11:30] {fernp} 1:1 QGEN ty Vad
[11:35] {RonS} mos looks like it want to break and long term trendline
[11:36] {RonS} and=a
[11:37] {dptl} you still in abk Vad?
[11:37] {Threei} half
[11:37] {Threei} it hit 1:1
[11:38] {Threei} trailed to 3.01
[11:38] {Threei} by the book should have trailed to .96 but want to give it a little more room
[11:38] {Threei} has a chance to turn into serious mover
[11:39] {dptl} missed half exit still in
[11:39] {Threei} here it is again
[11:39] {Threei} take half off
[11:39] {dptl} out ty
[11:39] {Threei} or if all you want is a scalp, you know what to do
[11:40] {dptl} yes all out
[11:40] {Threei} if you don't - I will have to ask you what year it is, who is the president etc...
[11:41] {Threei} ok ABK
[11:41] {Threei} let's do it
[11:41] {Threei} because you know... bees do it
[11:41] {Threei} even lazy jellyfish do it
[11:42] {Threei} CALM Humane Society allege price fixing in Egg Industry - update (35.59, -0.16, -0.45%)
[11:43] {Threei} Humane Society had requested investigation by the Attorney General on April 12
[11:45] {Threei} 1/4 more cover ABK
[11:46] {Threei} .81
[11:46] {Threei} now, for the last part, stop to b/e
[11:46] {Threei} and decide between covering near .70 or just trailing and letting it run
[11:46] {Threei} personal choice really
[11:47] {Threei} if you want out, it's right here
[11:47] {Threei} it want to trail new stop is .85
[11:47] {Threei} I am out
[11:47] {Threei} .70
[11:48] {Threei} +.25, not too shabby for a cheapy
[11:48] {Threei} of course it drops more, lol
[11:51] {Threei} anyone kept it for more?
[11:51] {Threei} or you all went to sleep? tell me if so, I will too
[11:52] {Les} hey hey, don't look at me. can't short it
[11:52] {Threei} you are forgiven
[11:52] {Threei} but no one else is
[11:52] {Les} I would have kept until .60. pivot support
[11:52] {Threei} NYU Economist Roubini: Fed could resume quantitative easing
[11:52] {Threei} yeah... sigh
[11:52] {Les} bpop coming down
[11:53] {shorty} Was not shortable for me Threei, not that I would have played it anyway. I will sit on the sidelines today with my cat o nine tail markings.
[11:56] {Les} definition of stupid +.06 10k spike down didn't cover
[11:59] {Threei} serious dump in progress on ABK
[11:59] {Threei} not in anymore but can't discard the chance to turn a screwdriver in the open wound of all who didn't take the trade
[11:59] {RonS} abk apr 2.50 put vol at 40k
[12:01] {dino} mean spirited today huh vad
[12:01] {Threei} today??
[12:02] {dino} out ctrp .44, +.20
[12:02] {Les} ABK closing price was .25. good opp for a bounce
[12:03] {Threei} that's my normal state... but yeah, it's getting aggravated when the best call of the day is skipped by most
[12:03] {dino} couldn't borrow
[12:03] {Threei} all laserheads could
[12:03] {dino} i know
[12:03] {Les} using what dino?
[12:03] {Les} broker
[12:04] {Threei} look at it go
[12:04] {dino} cyber
[12:04] {RonS} pool bet- abk to 1.80
[12:04] {dino} ioc
[12:05] {shorty} PALM?
[12:05] {Les} ok grabbed +.06 10k abk.
[12:06] {Threei} PALM no activity
[12:06] {shorty} Was looing at the tima ans sales huge selling
[12:06] {shorty} looking
[12:07] {shorty} Time and sales
[12:07] {Threei} T&S practically not moving
[12:07] {Threei} trade a minute
[12:07] {RonS} huge is relative...just ask your wife...
[12:07] {dino} lol
[12:07] {Les} ouch
[12:08] {shorty} Why would I care what my wife thinks.
[12:09] {Les} because she has objective judgement? Could be useful as trading partner :)
[12:09] {RonS} just trying to be funny but "because her name is not vad"
[12:11] {shorty} That was funny RonS
[12:12] {RonS} ...back in a while for the close...
[12:14] {Threei} GR) Germany Chancellor Merkel: Greece auction earlier shows that Greek aid is not yet needed
[12:14] {Threei} for the next 5 min anyway
[12:19] {magoo} vad, i was with trev working on issues
[12:19] {magoo} we in anything?
[12:19] {magoo} did u guys short ABK?
[12:19] {dino} sm l mee .25
[12:20] {Threei} at 2.95 mags
[12:20] {magoo} cool
[12:20] {magoo} anything now?
[12:21] {Threei} watching it again, big bounce
[12:24] {Les} bpop hod
[12:33] {Les} trying for momo
[12:34] {shorty} CIEN on fire again today.
[12:35] {Threei} US) Southern California March median home price +14% y/y, to $285K; sales +5% y/y - Dataquick
[12:35] {Threei} - note: March national US existing home sales data is due out on 4/22
[12:36] {shorty} Trying to convince my parents to buy in California, but Arizona it is.
[12:39] {dptl} Vad ,fdo,is that C&H?
[12:40] {Threei} it's a valid break if holding above .90
[12:41] {dptl} ok ty
[12:42] {Threei} Short Setup: ABK .55
[12:44] {dptl} stop above .60?
[12:44] {Threei} if sets up from here
[12:44] {Threei} for now there is minor resistance at .62 and .65
[12:44] {Les} can you short 10k for me vad? ;)
[12:44] {Threei} but if triggers not going over .60, all the better
[12:44] {Threei} yes but I will keep the proceeds
[12:48] {Threei} so far it's .62 that's held
[12:50] {Threei} invalidated
[12:54] {Threei} BPOP relentless climb
[13:02] {nemo} awiav?
[13:02] {Threei} no
[13:03] {Threei} BPOP beautiful move but haven't seen clean setup for entry
[13:20] {dino} cagc
[13:21] {Threei} (US) Nuclear Summit Draft Statement: Reaffirms role of IAEA, pledges not to infringe on the right of states to use nuclear power for peaceful purposes
[13:21] {Threei} - Pledges more cooperation on preventing illegal trafficking of nuclear technologies
[13:21] {dino} mee stopped -.26
[13:21] {Threei} as if we needed more hot air
[13:24] {Threei} noticed that period of activity today was longer than usual?
[13:26] {Threei} CH) Treasury Sec Geithner: It is in China's interest to rely less on exports, US consumers to drive economic growth
[13:26] {Threei} someone explain to me what is going to happen if we stop getting cheap chinese imports...
[13:26] {nemo} we start paying for expensive chinese imports
[13:27] {Threei} I understand that their theory is, we will get incentive to re-start US production
[13:27] {shorty} Less lead poisoning?
[13:27] {Threei} lol
[13:28] {Threei} but that feels like distant future, and with many potholes ahead
[13:28] {shorty} They will find another country to be a chep export.
[13:28] {shorty} cheap
[13:28] {Threei} and then will press it to let its currency float?
[13:29] {Threei} and then they will run out of those countries
[13:29] {nemo} rimmm might be ready to break out
[13:29] {Threei} 'caue even penguins in Antarctica will agree to work for free for just so long
[13:29] {ese} ahhhhhhhh back again.......internet problems here....hows it goin
[13:30] {Threei} went quiet ese
[13:30] {ese} end of the world?
[13:30] {Threei} ABK and BPOP are still more or less active
[13:30] {Threei} nah, they canceled that
[13:30] {ese} hmmmmm
[13:30] {Threei} or postponed
[13:31] {Threei} by kicking the can down the road
[13:31] {Threei} they pretty much decided to leave the end of the world to our grandkids which is just fine with me - my kids said they are not going to have any
[13:32] {Threei} - US will be agresssive in seeking China promotes a level playing field for US businesses, moving China to a more flexible exchange rate.
[13:32] {Threei} - Does not make sense for China to maintain a montary policy regime that essentally allows FOMC to set rates for them
[13:38] {Threei} good call on RIMM nemo
[13:38] {Threei} BPOP guys
[13:39] {Threei} .70 break for a scalp
[13:39] {Threei} if stays above .65
[13:43] {nemo} oes bpop become a short on failure
[13:43] {Threei} formally yes but I am not inclined to play this
[13:47] {nemo} still valid vad, never broke .65
[13:48] {nemo} although...has that whack-a-mole feel above 70
[13:48] {Threei} yes but I'd want to see little pullback first
[13:48] {Threei} just couple cents
[13:48] {Threei} don't want to play break on the top of one green bar
[13:48] {Threei} yup, like this
[13:48] {Threei} no, not like this
[13:48] {Threei} lol
[13:49] {nemo} that could be a shakeout bar before breaking either way
[13:49] {Threei} long is invalidated, short is not to my liking
[13:50] {Threei} leabving it alone for now
[13:52] {Les} mipi slowly coming down
[13:56] {KSystems} Hey
[13:56] {Les} ...is for horses
[13:56] {Les} :D
[13:56] {nemo} Verdammte Deutscher
[13:56] {KSystems} was willst Du denn, Ami?
[13:57] {nemo} touche
[13:57] {KSystems} :-D
[13:58] {nemo} Niemand hat mir "Ami" gesagt im fast dreizig Jahren.
[13:58] {nemo} oy..grammatik
[13:59] {Threei} ks :)
[13:59] {KSystems} lol yeah I suppose
[13:59] {KSystems} we dont use it anymore, either
[14:00] {nemo} It was specific to soldiers
[14:02] {Les} bpop coming down
[14:03] {nemo} bounce around .52
[14:04] {shorty} Got to go. cya tomorrow.
[14:04] {Les} ciao shorty. get a paper account setup will ya. I'm lonely on my own
[14:04] {Threei} take care shorty
[14:05] {dino} cya shorty
[14:08] {dino} cagc l .30
[14:11] {magoo} vad, u reading ABK?
[14:11] {Threei} it looks like short to me
[14:11] {Threei} but it lost that clarity it had before
[14:12] {Threei} nbot that easy read now
[14:12] {magoo} short to me also
[14:12] {Les} abk
[14:13] {Les} sorry
[14:13] {magoo} move to 2 bux looks like
[14:15] {Threei} JBLU Hearing JPM makes positive comments (timing uncertain) (6.23, +0.35, 5.95%)
[14:19] {Les} kerx just tried to bust a move
[14:21] {nemo} aig
[14:23] {Threei} fess up mags
[14:23] {Threei} shorted ABK near .40?
[14:29] {Les} wow, abk shortable now
[14:32] {Les} now it isn't lol
[14:33] {Les} look at that. easy 10 cents
[14:33] {Les} :(
[14:35] {Les} pivot .94 abk. drop below 2 for long entry?
[14:36] {Threei} sure becomes a bounce candidatge there, but don't go off price alone
[14:36] {Les} sure
[14:41] {Threei} magoo, you alive?
[14:42] {Threei} a few ultrashorts will undergo reverse split
[14:43] {Threei} some 1:5, some 1:10
[14:43] {Threei} notably, SRS
[14:43] {Threei} FXP
[14:43] {magoo} here, all good
[14:44] {Threei} ok, just want to make sure that if you did short that thing, you take some off the table
[14:44] {Threei} last hour may become very hectic on it
[14:49] {Threei} (FR) French official: France proposes that leaders of nations found to transfer nuclear materials to terrorists should face international court tribunals
[14:49] {Threei} yes... and to get him, let's go in and start a war?
[14:53] {Threei} Long Setup: BPOP .60
[14:54] {nemo} great, it dies
[14:54] {nemo} stop under?
[14:55] {Threei} .55 if scalper, .50 is day trade
[14:55] {Threei} if
[14:57] {dptl} stopped
[14:58] {Les} dt spy?
[15:00] {Threei} I don't see it
[15:00] {Les} ok
[15:05] {Threei} ABK
[15:05] {Threei} biunce is coming most likely
[15:07] {Threei} AVNR Presents Zenvia Long-Term Efficacy Data at AAN Annual Meeting Late Breaking Science Program (3.05, 0.00, 0.00%)
[15:11] {Threei} anyone went for ABK?
[15:11] {Les} y
[15:11] {Threei} 2?
[15:11] {magoo} y
[15:12] {magoo} y
[15:12] {Les} .02
[15:12] {Threei} try to exit first half around .10, probably just abovce
[15:12] {Threei} unless you simply went for a quick scalp in which case you already got it
[15:13] {Les} holding on
[15:13] {Les} bpop testing .60
[15:17] {nemo} stoppe
[15:20] {Les} l aig .20
[15:27] {Les} stopped -.04
[15:33] {Threei} BPOP getting frisky
[15:33] {Threei} was tempted under .40, it jumped 15 cents before I realized I am tempted
[15:34] {Les} was waiting .25
[15:34] {Les} for .30 reversal
[15:34] {Les} break
[15:35] {nemo} frickin' bpop
[15:44] {RonS} lost my time stamp...but, "pool bet- abk 1.80"
[15:45] {Les} grabbed +.10 on b/d but handled ABK badly overall. will revue each trade
[15:46] {Les} BPOP was good to me however
[15:46] {Threei} ABK is nothing but flying crap
[15:46] {Threei} BPOP could be real deal
[15:47] {Les} yeh there will be many years of paper trading before confidently trading such stocks for real
[15:47] {RonS} viva Puerto Rico
[15:48] {Threei} slow grind up continues... market managed to squeeze out another green day
[15:49] {Les} alright, I need my beauty sleep. c u's tomorrow
[15:49] {Threei} can't evewn imagine what it feels like, to be short this market
[15:49] {Threei} must be beyond any reasonable pain
[15:50] {nemo} this market will probably drift through the summer a bit and then resume northward
[15:50] {Les} is there any more money to suck in?
[15:50] {Threei} plenty, IMO
[15:51] {nemo} it's is there anybody willing to sell
[15:52] {Threei} who is reporting today
[15:52] {Threei} INTC
[15:52] {RonS} csx, intc
[15:52] {Threei} that could send market up screaming again
[15:52] {nemo} csx
[15:53] {RonS} intc has sold off the lat 2 Q's w/ stellar reports and outlook...twill be interesting...
[15:54] {RonS} jpm in the a.m.
[15:54] {Threei} and market flagship IGTE
[15:54] {RonS} ...and yum
[15:54] {RonS} ...ops ah
[15:55] {RonS} ops=oops
[15:55] {dptl} have a good evening all
[15:56] {Threei} take care dp
[15:57] {Threei} look at ABK daily
[15:57] {Threei} quite a spectacle
[15:59] {Threei} thank you all, have a good evening
[15:59] {Threei} see you tomorrow
[16:00] {dino} `wbmd
[16:07] {dino} csx
[16:11] {Threei} CSX Reports Q1 $0.78 v $0.70e, R$2.5B v $2.4Be
[16:15] {Threei} INTC Reports Q1 $0.43 v $0.38e, R$10.3B v $9.8Be
[16:16] {Threei} - Guides Q2 Rev $10.2B (plus or minus $400M) v $9.7Be
[16:16] {Threei} up up and away
[16:16] {nemo} catch any
[16:17] {dino} not yet\
[16:19] {fernp} Good evening everybody. See u tomorrow
[16:19] {dino} cya fern


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This wasn't hard to predict.
Romney is going to win his home state with something like 70 % of the vote.
None of his Republican rivals really challenged him there, and it is unlikely he would win the Bay State in the general election against Barack Obama.
But the state does award him delegates, which is all that matters in building the argument that he is inevitable.
And Romney will win it bigger than Gingrich won Georgia.


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