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Any of you guys check out Peter Facinellis twitter. He made a bet with a guy saying he could get 500,000 on his twitter account, if he loses he loses his Twilight chair. As a twilight fan, i feel its my duty to tell everyone to help Peter out. Get out there, join twitter and lets help him out!!!

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2 weeks ago

in Gulliver’s Travels Set Photos on /Film

its been brilliant, i am in the film and its great fun working with them all :)

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3 weeks ago

in Intraday SPY and IWM Indications Of Interest on Zero Hedge

also, advertised volume includes trades through the broker's algorithms buy their clients

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4 weeks ago

in Easter Eggs in Facebook Chat | 20bits on 20bits

(^^^) is a shark

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1 month ago

in The Trails x Tribulations Of This Indian Hair on BlogXilla For Sexual Intellectuals

Lol...thank you. #1 reason 90% of my friends are male, cause most females are insecure and petty.
If I shoot a grin at a female as we are passing and she just looks me up and down, I already know what the deal is. And if I could count the times I walked past a group of "kneegrow" chicks and heard "Hmmf. She think she cute..."
....and so do you.

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1 month ago

in The 10 Best Revenge Movies of All Time on Film School Rejects

Unforgiven, Man on Fire, and The Count of Monte Cristo all desserve to be there

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1 month ago

in RENAISSANCE MA’AM on The District Weekly

seeems to be some missing parts to this article. what happened to sallys article?

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Ellen editor: it was edited.

1 month ago

in A foot-pump powered mobile phone charger - Odd News | newslite.tv on Odd News | newslite.tv

Of course if they hadn't enclosed it they could have made the wind do the work rather than making you pump away like a lunatic :-)

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1 month ago

in Worst.Loss.Ever. on Hot Foot Blog

Really, after the way the past two seasons have ended, to call THIS the worst loss ever is kind of silly. And it's even crazier, as a Mets fan, to be fazed by this. A crappy loss mid-season? Ha! That's nothing. As long as they don't embarrass themselves in the last week of the season...again...I'm perfectly content.

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1 month ago

in Battle of Tech Titans - AAPL vs RIMM from Hewison on Afraid to Trade Blog

Thanks Corey,

Thank you for taking the time to respond. That was written at 4am last nite when I was very tired and probably should have been asleep.

I've been giving up on ideas because their success rate isn't much better than 50%. But it has occurred to me that maybe what I need to do is to keep stopping out losers quickly but find a way to stay in winners.

But if that were the case it almost makes entries seem meaningless. I can't get my head around that, it doesn't seem right. Just thinking aloud.

I have come to realize that trading is not a get rich quick scheme, especially if you are trading a small account. I think this is more about money management than anything else. There will be losing streaks that will wipe out all your winnings if you aren't careful. I have heard many stories of people who made large returns for a year or two only to lose it all when the market changed directions. I have a coworker who quit his job to "trade for a living" in 1999 and had to go back to work in 2002 because he had lost all of his winnings. He says that he thought he had the market figured out when in reality he was just buying stocks in a bull market, it wasn't him at all. My cousin's portfolio was up 250% in spring '07 from investing in uranium stocks, and by last year had gone negative after the sector crashed. This trading is an fascinating business, that's for sure.

Also, just curious... why do you choose to day trade? It seems to me that most traders prefer intraday trading. One person told me he does it because it's easier to predict the next 60 minute move in an index than it's next 60 day move. I can see that point. Why do you prefer it?

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1 month ago

in Battle of Tech Titans - AAPL vs RIMM from Hewison on Afraid to Trade Blog

I just have to ask a question.

Is it normal to expect 50% of your trades to be losers?

I have been testing strategies for months now and can't for the life of me come up with anything better than that.

This is immensely frustrating. I just don't understand why this is so difficult for me. I made deans list every semester, never got a C. But I can't get anywhere with this.

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Corey Rosenbloom, CMT One of the most surprising facts about professional trading us that
pros can have shockingly low win rates - especially Trend Followers
who may have win rates near 20 or 30% but their winning trades more
than make-up for the losing trades. 50% is not uncommon.

It's a balancing act betwen the two major types of Edge:

1. Accuracy Edge (you win more than you're stopped out aka greater
than 50%)

2 Monetary Edge (you make two to three times or some larger multiple
of profit per trade vs dollars lost on losing trades.

Balance these two factors and you can be consistently profitable.

Kill losing trades before they become too large and allow yourself to
play for large targets at times.

1 month ago

in Darth Vader line is movies most misquoted - Odd News | newslite.tv on Odd News | newslite.tv

I think that may of these 'misquotes' are actually 'improvements' so that the quote provides it's own context or compresses information. If you say "No, I am your father" it's harder for your audience to identify the context and so to get your point.

Similarly with "Play it again, Sam" - I see this as though the person were saying - "Remember that part where even though it's a painful memory he asks Sam to play the song again?". Quoting the whole line is inefficient and still lacks context. You could say "Play it, Sam" but the "again" does remind the listener of the context (and insures you're quoting Bogey not Bergman).

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1 month ago

in What Every Parent Should Know About Infant Formula on Breastfeeding.com

ok so basically saying formula is "bad" for babies is WRONG, both my sister and i were formula babies because our mum's milk was "sour" due to her having toxemia with both of us. we're both smart, we're both healthy adults. i cannot breast feed, or i was told at least, due to genetic factors, and also due to having a breast reduction surgery that took out 75% maybe more of my milk producing glands.

saying formula feeding is wrong, or not fair to the baby, is also saying it's unfair to the mum. there may be certain reasons WHY the mum isn't breastfeeding, which also factors in. yes, breastfeeding IS best for a baby, however if the mum's milk is gone sour or if the baby won't latch, or if the baby throws up breast milk, there're no other alternatives.

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1 month ago

in Consuming Facebook and Twitter on an iPhone using Edge and 3G on Andrew Machado

Don't use iPhone 3G as it's a complete ripoff in Ireland (even if the same company offers a great package in the UK), so I just use my work Blackberry as my personal phone. Surfing or social sites = PAIN.

I am, however dipping my toes into mobile broadband in Europe, where mobile networks are typically much more advanced. This morning I am gettting 3.0 megabits on my laptop (more like 1.5 - 2 consistently), where I don't have the best reception. The operator I use claims that the upgrades that are happening over the next month will allow a peak speed of 7.2 megabits. The future looks bright! The best part is that the cost is 1/3 of what it is available in the US. This still feels a bit slow, but definitely allows me to get a bit of work / play done while on the road.

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2 months ago

in Kelis x Nas: Sex Tapes + Paternity Tests on BlogXilla For Sexual Intellectuals

that ain't no damn Kelis...cut it out.
that is def that porn chick.
come on now...i need to see the vid up with kelis in it then i will believe such things.

ps....i love this blog but that ain't no kelis babe

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2 months ago

in MorganHillTimes.com | Cuts impact everyone, but we will get through on Morgan Hill Times

He complains about the state budget yet accepts a PAY RAISE while some of his employees are losing their jobs and others their wages and benefits? Shame on him!!

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