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September 30, 2005

Washington Square Park Chess Hustlers

I was browsing around the web and I found some pictures of some of the Washington Square Park Chess players. I haven't played regularly down there since I lived in Queens - about 5 years ago - but some of these pics have a few guys I saw on a recent visit.
Anyway - this information may be a little out of date. Now that I live closer, when I go back to NYC for visits I will try to get some more pictures and post info about more of these shady characters (sarcastic, but in some cases true) so you will know what you are getting into when you go to the park to play.
The guy I have labeled as "psycho killer" is dangerous and I would stay away from him.

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Ugly Picks

Good morning, my name is Ugly, and I am a loser. I have it in me to do serious financial damage to my account.

Dear Diary,
ADSK continues to continue.
Energy dominated the highs
CDIS looks appealing.
KWK - nice one!
Go CERN, rah rah rah.
NTRI looks like it is trying to sneak in a new high. But it is difficult to sneak by Ugly.

I thought today looked good - let's see if the gains can stick.

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September 29, 2005

131 stocks closed at all-time highs**

"It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower." - William O'Neil


SymbolPriceVolumeAvg. Volume% Vol. IncreaseCCI
ACAP49.675390167978%-20.70
ADRA78.87214934743%353.15
ADRD71.90515003617%-58.52*
ADRE108.813509533849%3.68
ADSK44.8422693112637620%-13.96*
AMLN34.636670873796570%-3.41
ANST29.093204650847%-36.97*
APO25.4440003796%5.37*
AQQQ11.522130012450%71.08
ARD26354300113582%211.93
AVTR57.492170515817%37.22
BAA7.35159000%N/A
BJS36.3930152004273370%-29.44
BOFL2213199573%-86.22
BOI18.7539001708%128.33
BRNC28.71428540%N/A
BUCY47.8353615236109%49.76
CASY23.06200232249079%-19.61
CCBN21.63854115436%-44.66
CDIS63.781479212786114%88.16
CECX20.462341918856%24.19
CERN86.8862527362132%138.18*
CLHB33.79131363251072%-47.67
CONR23.12208925201913%3.47
COP70.9158237006018330%-3.23
CRTX9.25116598472713%1503.54
CSM9.7414002564%-45.39*
CUTR25.9266630425898%-37.39
DBX10.8140002674%49.58*
DIG11.8580007040%13.63
DMLP30.113454227216%26.91
DPTR20.61656951453618%44.82
EAC39.29236100287864%-17.98
EFJI10.1116644207326%-43.73
EGN43.4411800358208%14.96
ENER43.2922215971051520%111.27
EPEX27.48428491242979%76.34
EPP103.9516700096764%72.58*
ERH23.241990033742%-41.02
ESM22.655007562%-27.26*
ESY16.718004518%-60.15
EWA19.77337900233492%44.71*
EWP382910021966%32.47
EWW32.18464200362986%27.88*
EWY39.7639400432988%47.67
EWZ33.4516402001161800%41.17
EZA91.454810021740%121.25*
FADV28.94549746573%-2.31*
FCNCA168.3531508057%-60.90
FNX13.294210027238%54.56
FRK62.7410900564156%-27.16
FVI22.252510023500%6.80
FWRD36.76152547201548%-24.31
GGN21.931105000%N/A
GILD47.521518033314220%-35.07
GLL10.0970000%N/A
GLV27.12990022182%34.79
GROW6.491779420247%-12.11*
GSX6.141861000852042%118.41
HAWK14.41120420861473%30.05
HFWA23.9819012952%-35.60
HUBG36.9380122163100%-50.87
IAU47.14615000%N/A
IDSY19.794325551971%-16.77*
IFK1014003992%-64.92
ILF119.34181700100896%80.08
ITF107.1179008390%113.34
IXC103.173080099698%-69.10*
IXG68.77206005720%260.13
IYE92.799000120372%-17.75*
JPK11.36107009810%9.07
KONG13.65562125269743%108.39
KWK47.531454900771650%88.54
LABS43.56101683308395%-67.02
LCUT2711337435278%221.37
LYTS18.97118489134191%-11.70
MBK11.1613002120%-38.67
MBS10.61460013518%-65.97
MITSY270.146901560%200.64
MJP25.154002734%97.51
MLEA84.292509439678%-36.75*
MSCC25.28593570655333%-9.42
MSSR20.8714371838481%273.47
MTNK12.25420012024%-65.06
NBL47.521629000950960%71.30
NBR72.9825669001747560%46.88*
NML10.186002154%299.25
NPTE12.19723180%N/A
NRPH46.978728198106%-11.03
NTRI24.28805197615603%30.79
NVAL9.05261497117%267.41*
NVSL13.0712005350%-77.57
OCAS27.23229661232928%-1.40*
OIH125.869795005569670%25.31
PBNC22.6518573965%-53.16
PCG39.5123552001814930%29.76
PDC19.191093300497882%119.59
PFWD10.74957594154104%521.39
PLPC47.9720233923%-48.43
PQUE10.6914301361023830%39.68
PRAI30.65487179068%-30.60
PTEN36.2935568632183380%62.90
PTF19.66393600588310%-33.09
PVX12.16647900866966%-25.26
PZZA49.7391514158321%-42.19
RAVN30.82141295104882%34.71
RIMG26.763573538235%-6.53
RTSX31.46168855145945%15.69
SA5.6725150076378%229.28*
SCHS48.89412058193176%113.30
SGDE27.9472907130736%-44.23
SSNC36.7276168277947%-72.59*
STAN18.711110610447%6.30
STOSY37.6134039389%42.75*
SWN74.3543261001417260%205.24*
SWWC14.5887594105933%-17.31
TBCC34.46302049209846%43.93
TMY3.842224900417144%433.36
UNFI35.8223666268580%-16.72*
UPL56.3123196001480170%56.71
UTH122.5381700376144%1.47*
UTIW77.7899414172383%-42.32
UUD15.1195008356%13.69
VDE78.654310039914%7.98*
VPL57.99535000%N/A*
VWO57.551533000%N/A
WPZ31.91837000%N/A
WRES16.991485915330098%350.14
WSO52.32111300167322%-33.48
XLE54.521200430013544000%-11.36*
XLU33.6319028002043570%-6.88



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* CCI is making a bullish crossover 100
** Stocks that have closed at new closing highs - adjusted for dividends and splits - data should, but may not always be correct - please verify with other sources
Nasdaq and AMEX stocks mostly

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Strength

Looks good:

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September 28, 2005

93 stocks closed at all-time highs**

"It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower." - William O'Neil


SymbolPriceVolumeAvg. Volume% Vol. IncreaseCCI
AAUK30.42244116204248%19.51
ADRA77.0599144924524%220.33
ADRD71.36238833568%8.82
ADRE107.671992333576%-40.66
AMLN33.6930057213786280%-20.61*
ANST29.085577650711%9.98
ARD25.2443000105488%319.95
AUBN24.53178746%326.00
AVTR56.461600315667%2.14
BAA7.3321000%N/A
BJS35.7429527004282880%-31.05
BOFL21.99109039565%13.98
BRNC28.472224920%N/A
BUCY46.8400230237496%68.52
CASY22.9327749247054%32.66*
CECX20.031487918697%-20.42
CERN84.98397941360854%10.27
COOP19.511008909%-87.65*
CRZO30.12939624327913%186.54
CSM9.7414002542%-44.92
DIG11.6796006864%39.86
DMLP29.82543528047%-9.31*
EAC38.7235200289198%-18.67
EGN41.9298200365874%-18.49
EPEX27.32594504233097%155.04
EPP102.667890096000%-17.81
EQT39.15524800529754%-0.93
ESM22.41188007222%160.31
ESY16.61237004208%463.21
EWA19.48450700227256%98.32
EWC21.46510400326408%56.36
EWST12.3131747610500%2923.58
EWW32.02268100361430%-25.82
EWY39.69538100431146%24.80
EWZ33.2620219001139690%77.40
EZA89.4310710019716%443.21
GLV26.252260022016%2.65
GMRK32.37129702124444%4.22*
GMXR26.391061191236199%349.27*
GMXRW14.5115393044781%243.73*
GOLD16.3632298468891%34.84
GROW6.479756018583%424.99
HAWK13.99969177844724%14.73
HFWA23.9834022952%15.24
ICLR45.992618324694%6.02*
ILF118.4510950099714%9.81
IMO115.357190087320%-17.65*
ITF104.05186008154%128.10
IXC102.5937300100166%-62.76
IYE9272800120894%-39.78
JPK11.11126009632%30.81
MBK11.1613002120%-38.67
MGRC28.3481870136521%-40.03
MIDD70.785222269198%-24.53
MITSY25126131514%72.58
MNTA30.99740025862824%-14.23
MSSR20.8312942936416%255.41*
MTNK11.9600011998%-49.99
NIHD82.81400973698768%100.49
NML10174001808%862.38
NTGR25.21123593750842%49.64
NTRI23.95322606619349%-47.91
NVAL9.04652286760%864.91
NVSL13256504845%429.41
OCAS26.95872284218993%298.31
OGN20.7825002422%3.22
OIH124.0450759005574710%-8.94*
OPTN14.93562659364760%54.25
OZN1.88117400113220%3.69
PBNC22.6518573965%-53.16*
PCG39.1212982001816690%-28.54
PDC19889500488350%82.14*
PFWD9.99397296148393%167.73
PLLL14.151054688409114%157.79*
PTEN35.4332194582148500%49.84*
PTF19.5588900582706%1.06*
RAVN29.98127724103469%23.44
SA5.3747780069804%584.48
SCHS48.86173804194259%-10.52
SSNC36.6278182279416%-72.01
SWN70.9752794001336960%294.88
SWWC14.4699189105473%-5.95
TIE40.191006800491628%104.78
TWIN40.66790910659%-25.79
UPL54.5421461001484880%44.53
VDE77.842820039838%-29.21
VPL56.45293000%N/A
VTIV27.23443575478981%-7.39
WPZ30.91828000%N/A
WRES15.41967558313900%208.23
WSO51.57153700168158%-8.59
XLE54.011718630013445800%27.81
YORW25.9921098019%-73.69



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* CCI is making a bullish crossover 100
** Stocks that have closed at new closing highs - adjusted for dividends and splits - data should, but may not always be correct - please verify with other sources
Nasdaq and AMEX stocks mostly

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Lack of direction

I have drawn some lines in the sand and I won't be convinced of the direction of the market until one of them is crossed.

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Pomegranate Juice and Cancer

Make sure to always eat your pork rinds with a big glass of pomegranate juice:


Prostate tumors shrank in mice infected with human prostate tumors who drank pomegranate juice, the researchers report in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences.
"Our study -- while early -- adds to growing evidence that pomegranates contain very powerful agents against cancer, particularly prostate cancer," said Dr. Hasan Mukhtar, a professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, who led the study.

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Ugly Picks

Good morning, my name is Ugly, and I am a loser. I have it in me to do serious financial damage to my account.

Dear Diary,
FRK is solid.
GMXR continues to be its awesome self.
RESP looks awesome.

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September 27, 2005

Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil, author of the book, "The Singularity is Near," takes hundreds of nutritional supplement pills every day, and once a week he takes many others intravenously. He is trying to live long enough to live forever. He created FatKat, an artificial-intelligence investment program that he claims has brought in stock market returns of 80 to 100 percent for the last two years, as well as many other technological inventions and businesses.
Bill Gates called Ray Kurzweil "the best at predicting the future of artificial intelligence."
He is a believer of accelerating returns:

"...the explosive power of exponential growth goes far beyond transistors: Human technological advancement, the billions of years of terrestrial evolution, the entire history of the universe, all, he argues, follow the law of accelerating returns. He has put a team of researchers to work gathering technological, economic, historical, and paleontological data. All of it, he claims, graphs neatly onto an exponential plot, starting out slowly, then nosing sharply upward through the 'knee of the curve' into higher order and greater complexity, arcing toward infinity.
At such moments, Kurzweil's predictions have the ring of eschatology, of half-cocked end-times rapture. For him, though, it's surreal to hear people talk about the size of the Social Security shortfall in 2042 - by then, he believes, advances in nanotechnology will allow us to ward off disease and senescence and to manufacture all the goods we want for a pittance. By then, in other words, aging and poverty may hardly exist and people may not retire or even work in a way that's recognizable to us.
Kurzweil points to the skepticism that greeted his forecast, in 1990, that in as few as nine years a computer would beat the world chess champion. He was too conservative, as it turned out: Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in 1997.

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63 stocks closed at all-time highs**

"It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower." - William O'Neil


SymbolPriceVolumeAvg. Volume% Vol. IncreaseCCI
ACAP49.0111249265039%72.96
ADRA77112124312%160.01*
ARD22.81253400101692%149.18
BJS35.4933539004265140%-21.36
BOFL21.799219769%1.55
BRNC25.68671460%N/A
CASY22.7724446238417%203.85
CMTL40.85623275425732%46.40
CONR23515023191802%168.51
COSI9.98598210455091%31.44
CRXL26.21505163168650%199.53*
DIG11.6773006938%5.21
DMLP29.11796428215%-71.77
EAC38.11283900288744%-1.67*
EFJI10.08694647193546%258.90
EGN41.74329600368454%-10.54*
EPEX26.11462919227277%103.68*
EWC21.46431400319560%34.99
FRK62.451138800543090%109.68
FSTC13.76492550%N/A
GFIG41.57271729185107%46.79
GLU20.3109008222%32.57
GMXR23.77960706219773%337.13
GMXRW12.1211899542636%179.09
HFWA23.3416402933%-44.08*
HOLX59.71244308320252%288.54
ISRL14.8460622637%1646.75*
ITF102.721094005998%1723.94
JPK10.995009560%-0.62
KONG13.38722932257405%180.85
MBK11.1613002120%-38.67
MITSY25012451497%-16.83
MNTA30.8819780870137%-5.78*
MSSR20.278130635120%131.50
NGS35.211366700266342%413.13
NML9.9820001794%11.48
NPTE12.14513800%N/A*
NSR32.2211541000%N/A
NVSL1349004845%1.13
OGN20.6627002378%13.54
OPTN14.7666274356700%86.78*
PATR68.6519001716%10.72
PBNC22.6518574122%-54.94
PDC18.471409000469152%200.32
PLLL13.94916499394939%132.06
PRAA44.3904213136166%564.05
PTEN34.6424715252129680%16.05
PZZA49.794954156661%-39.38*
RAVN29.98131763102864%28.09
RESP41.44404045280393%44.09
RIMG26.654579237861%20.94*
RTSX31.31147423140025%5.28
SA544040066066%566.60
SGDE27.84123009139196%-11.62*
TBCC34.38176053201052%-12.43
TIE39.12890900506582%75.86
TOMO19.26894686260251%243.77
UPL51.7912977001481230%-12.39
USLM35.71543525751%-40.06
VCLK17.4325948041552740%67.11*
VIVO20.63389312279215%39.43
WPZ29.182289000%N/A
WRES14.13537085306140%75.43



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* CCI is making a bullish crossover 100
** Stocks that have closed at new closing highs - adjusted for dividends and splits - data should, but may not always be correct - please verify with other sources
Nasdaq and AMEX stocks mostly

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Bob Dylan, great songwriter - but an ass

I am already starting to get chastised by all of Dylan's fervent followers and fans, but I just wanted to clear up some thoughts on my previous post about Dylan.
Maybe I was too harsh on Scorsese. I just think he can and should do better. He has "been a great fan for many years" and, in my opinion, is biased and is putting a positive spin on Dylan. It isn't horrible or over-complimentary, but it's too peachy for me because it doesn't really show Dylan for what he is.
Separating Dylan's songs and Dylan as a person is important. It is very deceiving, but just because he is a great songwriter does not mean he is a great man. It is always better to be honest and open minded because you don't want to end up worshiping an ass, like many people do. A lot of his fans worship him like a god. They confuse the greatness of his songs with the greatness of him. That could be a very costly mistake - especially if you idolize and try to be like an ass. They also incorrectly assume that since he wrote great songs, every song he writes is great.
To me, watching him in an interview is almost as annoying as listening to Tom Cruise.

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Ugly Picks

Good morning, my name is Ugly, and I am a loser. I have it in me to do serious financial damage to my account.

Dear Diary,
NTES busted a nut today on its way to $100. One time in 2003, like a madman, I put over $100,000 into NTES, which was nearly 400% of my trading equity. Literally only minutes later the internet went down at my work (yes, I did it when I was working). Sounds like a nightmare, but it was actually one of my most profitable days.
NGS continues to rise.
UFPI looks good.

Thanks very much to everyone for the email and comments about my father. It was very kind and comforting. I even told him about it. He got out of the hospital today, but I do not know if he will get better. I hope so.

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September 26, 2005

Bob Dylan - American Masters

I just finished watching the