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ghostlightreviews · 7 months

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I'm actually annoyed at how much I enjoyed The Flash. After years of anticipation for some kind of Flash movie, watching this particular one go through almost every shade of production hell only to top it off with Miller getting embroiled in a string of assault, battery, kidnapping, and peace disturbance charges has been quite an experience.

It's difficult not to sully the movie as a piece of media with a hundred awful extenuating events, after all there is no case for Death of the Author here, Miller and Warner Bros. are very much alive and very much responsible and accountable for all wrongdoings. I deeply hope that Ezra Miller is getting the mental health treatment they need and will find time to openly apologize and make reparations for the widespread harm they have caused in due course. Additionally, WB is not innocent in its contributions to toxic working environments and unfair payment practices to both Writers and Actors. So, please, bear all this in mind during moments of praise dolloped throughout this review.

That being said:

This was way more fun than it should be considering the mess that preceded it.

Ezra Miller is (despite their personal life) incredibly charming and affable in both roles, not to mention still a talented performer who dragged out some real emotion in the final act. Sasha Calle pulls out a measured and organic performance in Supergirl, she is unfortunately burdened with a script and a film that doesn’t deserve her. Keaton, I think, makes me the most sad. After delivering a poignant and deftly crafted Riggan Thomson in Birdman, an actor haunted by the spectre of his superhero past, constantly trying to escape the shadow of the capeshit he spent his life performing in, there is a remarkable lack of awareness from Keaton’s agent and himself in getting back into the Batsuit not once but twice in the span of a few years. That Bat Credit Card was maxed out I guess.

Maribel Verdú as Nora Allen is particularly lovely for the short amount of screen time she has, a real emotional pillar in a silly silly film.

Everyone else was either fine or too completely average to be noticeable.

God, this film looks fucking atrocious. I won’t hear that the speed force scenes VFX were intentional, from top to bottom The Flash looks like a slop of shit, over saturated colours one minute, washed-out Snyder browns and greys the next, and just absolutely inconsistent visual storytelling. Some scenes look okay but not for a film that costs as much as this one, I think there is a stark contrast between intentionally stylized VFX and miscalculated attempts at the aforementioned. There are a couple of really nice practical costumes that basically get sidelined for weirdly clingy green screen abominations.

Okay, comic book asshole hat on now, there was no reason for this to be a half-assed Flashpoint adaptation. As a concept, Flashpoint is not so inaccessible to the general viewing public that you couldn’t just do it fully or not at all. I’m not even sure there is a solid enough reason to not just make The Flashes’ first film just him dealing with his own shit and using Jai Courtney to set up The Rogues as Captain Boomerang. I get that there is a desire to tie up loose ends from the Snyderverse and boot up a new Cinematic Universe at the same time, but it’s so messy that it muddles a really executable Comic Book movie concept.

Ultimately, I think this is where The Flash stumbles the hardest, a promising cast is let down by a film that is so deeply entrenched in the nonsense of a half-baked previous cinematic universe and trying to set one up that doesn’t even exist yet. What a waste. Then to achieve some of the ugliest looking VFX shots in the past decade, all this in a world where Marvel films exist? Truly amazing how hard they fumbled the bag on this.

My biggest hot take is that DC just fundamentally doesn’t get who Barry Allen is. Ezra is great but they play Barry so much closer to how a live-action Wally West Flash, to the point where I don’t get why they gave them Barry at all.

But by far the most filthy thing the film does is a parade of CGI ghouls in a startlingly bad multiversal moment right at the climax of the film. Dragging out the rubbery digital corpses of Adam West and Christopher Reeves is truly abominable and looks so bad, having a weird plasticine Nic Cage Superman when I know he’s the kind of actor who would have been there in a heartbeat to shoot a scene is bizarre AND to leave out two very much ALIVE actors who have catapulted The Flash into mainstream fame, John Wesley Shipp and Grant Gustin, the latter of which just ended a prolific tenure as Barry Allen this past year is unforgivable. Especially when the TV Flash found room for a fun Ezra Miller cameo, to completely ice out Gustin is really awful. But I guess par for the course for a film studio that, is currently actively ignoring fair working conditions for writers and actors, just vaulted a completed Batgirl project starring Brendan Fraser, and has a history of hiring abusers to create projects for them.

What a shame, there’s something special deep in the shit here, something that the audience has been robbed of. Some really fun and inventive moments on display, marred by a deep desire for people to remember Batman exists and used to be fun too. What a waste of everyone’s time and talent.

To be fair, the Looney Tunes moments with young Barry are so joyful and fun that we really just needed the whole film to feel like that.

1.5/5

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Winners of Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Europe 2024

Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards has named European news publishers whose projects and products showcase creativity, inspiration and service to their readers, for the Digital Media Awards Europe 2024. This is the 17th year of the awards.

Each of this year’s winning initiatives displays outstanding innovation, from AI-use cases that increase value for audiences and better efficiencies for staff, to community focused data projects that represent local journalism at its best.

The winners of each category will now be automatically entered into the 2024 Digital Media World Awards, where they will compete with the top projects from other regions around the globe.

WINNERS

Best Data Visualization

Project: Community mapping – Tracking the health of our high streets

Company: The Courier and Press and Journal, United Kingdom

While trying to understand the impact of the pandemic, the cost of living crisis and inflation on a local level, the staff at The Courier and Press and Journal noticed a big gap in data illustrating vacancy rates of retail space on Scottish high streets. So they set out to fill that gap, going on foot through the cities to complete a census and turning hand drawn maps into interactive floor plans, building a data set and tool that is valuable for both their newsroom and their audiences. Judges commented: “This project is a great example of data journalism for local newspapers. Data visualization formats are varied and well done. DC Thomson staff was able to offer the same approach in several cities, and managed to combine this data with human stories. It’s proof that newsrooms can produce structured data, turn it into engaging visualizations as well as transform it into empathic stories.”

Best in Audience Engagement (it’s a tie!)

Project: Kuglolov

Company: NOVA TV d.d., Croatia

Using creativity and a true understanding of how different age groups interacted with different platforms, the team at NOVA TV was able to create an interactive holiday campaign that engaged audiences and helped them to affirm their status as the most viewed channel in December 2023. The campaign also supported their goal of boosting viewership of 18-24 year olds, which increased by 9.5% compared to the previous few months, and smashing their goal of increased +15% app downloads, instead hitting a +1,228% growth. Judges said: “Love to see a contest example as a way to drive engagement. And a lighthearted one at that! The app integration makes for a great user experience, and the results were impressive. Wonderfully executed and a very original idea.”

Project: Revitalizing the WELT community

Company: WELT N24 GmbH, Germany

Wanting to stabilize subscriber engagement and improve retention, the team at WELT worked to improve the user experience of their Community online forum through greater transparency, better moderation quality and creating a more valuable discussion atmosphere. Their work included using AI-based comment moderation, increased collaboration with the editorial team, better access within the app, and a new, regular “video live chat” format with journalists answering readers’ questions. These efforts resulted in a growth in engagement between readers and the editorial team, about 13,500 page views for each “video live chat”, a successful “comment window” feature that increased page views, comments read and comments written, and a rise in customers citing the Community as USP. Judges remarked: “Commenting is a feature that many news companies implement, but few do well. However, as made clear in the WELT data, it is a feature that is important to many audiences. WELT took a systematic, data-driven approach to improving comments for audiences and clearly documented their increased engagement due to the changes.”

Best News Website

Project: ALT – a Norwegian one stop shop for personalized news content

Company: Amedia, Norway

How to give audiences access to more than 1,000 articles a day from over 100 newspapers without overwhelming them. That was the puzzle ALT was created to solve. Setting out to build a more personal, empowering way to engage with the news, the team worked toward a product that had personalization at its core, with seamless navigation and an enriched user experience with unique features. Powered by a cross functional team who used data insights and user feedback to develop agile iterations, ALT is a service that provides users with a personal and intuitive experience that creates deeper connections with the content. ALT now has more than 60,000 unique weekly users that show greater loyalty and contributes to new subscriptions and upgrades. Judges commented: “I think it’s an excellent approach. A good idea and easy to use.”

Best Use of Video

Project: TF1 INFO / TF1 + : the origins of global warming

Company: TF1, France

Global warming is a vast and complex topic, but one that is ever present in our daily lives. Ahead of the COP28 summit, the team at TF1 wanted to create a video that could be a resource for all ages and educational levels, to help people understand the fundamentals of why climate change is happening and why it is so difficult to slow. Using a highly creative combination of volumetric video, CGI and AI they were able to create a format that allowed their journalists to effectively convey their content in a way that is engaging for a wide variety of audiences. The video was published on their news site and streaming platform, and is also shown in schools and colleges, bringing viewership of the video to the millions for this important topic. Judges said: “I love the way AI was used to create a magic world that helps people understand the story. The story is clear and easy to consume.” ”Very impressive work in terms of quality and innovation.”

Best Digital Subscription / Reader Revenue Project

Project: The launch of +Allt – Bonnier News’ first bundled product

Company: Bonnier News, Sweden

+Allt is Sweden’s first bundled digital news subscription product, including national and local titles, financial news, content from lifestyle sites and sports broadcasts. Launched in February of 2023 with the goal of increasing the number of brands read by consumers and enhancing engagement and experience, +Allt has exceeded 200,000 purchases within its first year, far surpassing their original goal of 50,000. The wide array of content and unified customer journey has helped combat retention with active and engaged subscribers, as well as contributed to Bonnier News’ high digital growth rate in 2023. Judges commented: “A good example how strong brands can add increased value to a bundle-product: 1+1=3”

Best Newsletter

Project: The Chris Giles on Central Banks Newsletter

Company: The Financial Times, United Kingdom

Launched in October 2023, and with 6,000 signups before the first edition was sent out, this newsletter has clearly addressed a topic audiences are interested in, and the conversational, concise writing style keeps readers curious and engaged. Boasting an average open rate of 48% in 2023, the newsletter is sent out every Tuesday and features thoughtful commentary, charts, graphics and analysis about the central banks from former economics editor, Chris Giles. A wonderful example of combining a trusted and passionate writer, unique yet digestible insights on a complex topic, and valuable visuals to create an engaging and impactful newsletter. Judges remarked: “One might imagine that a newsletter on Central Banks would be a bit dry, but that is certainly not the case here. An excellent example of a topic-based newsletter built around a highly knowledgeable writer who is clearly an engaging storyteller. Bravo!”

Best Podcast

Project: #HerNameWas

Company: Stampen Lokala Medier, Sweden

A powerful investigative podcast that puts an important spotlight on gender-based violence. This podcast calls attention to the fact that in many of these cases, the women could have been saved if different agencies or groups had acted faster or even at all. Just as important, #HerNameWas puts the women, the victims, and their stories at its core, making them the protagonists and honoring their memories. The podcast, which has been listened to more than 500,000 times, has also helped engage a larger audience of young women, with 85% of listeners being women and a majority of readers on related articles being young women aged 25-34 years old. Judges commented: “This is a targeted and well thought-out podcasting product. It is filling an important gap.”

Best Use of AI in the Newsroom

Project: Russmedia meets AI

Company: Russmedia, Austria

An exceptional blueprint for integrating AI into workflows and operations, Russmedia’s thoughtful and strategic implementation of AI is as impactful as it is ambitious. Harnessing a culture of innovation and adaptability, they incorporated AI into their CMS and Image Search Tool, as well as paywall strategies, content optimization and user engagement tools, allowing journalists to work more effectively and efficiently and improving how they serve their audiences. Russmedia also made sure that these tools were not only available, but understood and embraced by staff through AI workshops, breakfast sessions and additional learning opportunities. With the new tools implemented and a culture of continuous learning, Russmedia has created a sustainable model for embracing the dynamic digital landscape ahead. Judges said: “This is a brilliant example of how the incorporation of AI tools into workflows can help journalists and newsrooms to become more efficient, more reader focused, and exploit their archives.”

Best Use of AI in Revenue Strategy

Project: The Platform Intelligence in News project (PIN)

Company: Ekstra Bladet, Denmark

With the goal of increasing editorial and commercial value by using AI to address reader’s pain points, as well as to put themselves in a strong position for future digitization, the Platform Intelligence in News (PIN) project was created. The team focused on three types of AI, recommender systems, natural language processing, and natural language generation. They went through a rigorous testing and evaluation process in order to most effectively implement the AI systems within Ekstra Bladet to create a richer news experience for their readers. Through their work they have seen increased subscription sales, use of paid-for news by subscribers and use of free news. With their created team of AI specialists and multitude of AI systems and use cases, the team has created a strong foundation for continuing to adapt to new technologies with creativity and innovation. Judge’s comments: “An intentional, methodical approach to integrating AI into your editorial workflow that balanced achieving efficiencies with a focus on delivering value to audiences.”

Best Fact Checking Project

Project: AFP Fact Check: how to verify information online

Company: Agence France-Presse, France

In a time when verifying what is real and what is fake can feel overwhelming, AFP has brilliantly leveraged video as an effective format for informing and showing journalists and the public how to verify content found online and identify potentially false information. These videos, created in long and short formats by the journalists, are useful well beyond their publication date and create trust through connecting the journalists straight to the viewers. Judges said: “A powerful and creative initiative that not only informs but also brings journalists and users new ways to cross-check the news they consume and/or report about. The choice of platform (YouTube) and format (short or longer videos) is particularly relevant for the audiences. The content comes across as authentic, credible and accessible.”

Best Innovative Digital Product

Project: The Short Version

Company: VG, Norway

VG’s articles have been increasing in word count, while their young readers had been asking for shorter articles. The solution? Creating expandable summaries that give readers a more concise version of the article. Using OpenAI’s GPT models to generate summaries, which are then fact checked and edited by journalists, the Short Versions are an exemplary product, showing the impact that listening to the needs of readers can have on engagement. The Short Versions are used by 20% of VG’s audience, within younger audience demographics that number is 30%, and readers of the Short Versions show increased read time on average. Judges remarked: “Great, smart feature aligned with clearly-identified audience needs. Keeping a human in the loop is awesome too.”

Best Native Advertising Campaign

Project:The Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation

Company: Bonnier News, Sweden

This native advertising campaign showcases the power of partnership, innovation and compelling content in creating commercial campaigns that bring maximum benefits to all partners. The Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation joined forces with Bonnier News to highlight their 120th anniversary with the goal of spreading knowledge and increasing donations. Utilizing native and television features, social media, print outlets, ads, and a completely unique conversion widget which allowed readers to make donations easily and without leaving the article, the team was able to build an incredibly successful campaign with high levels of engagement and donations. Judges commented: “An inspiring, impactful and hugely successful integrated campaign. This entry is a masterclass in combining purposeful content with segmentation and audience awareness with platform appropriate technology to generate great results.

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ptbf2002 · 4 months

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My Top 10 Favorite Australian Shows

Next Stop For My Top 10 Worldwide Shows Is In Australia. Here's My Top 10 Of Shows That Was Produced In Australia.

#10 Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (2009 TV series)

#9 The Strange Chores

#8 H2O: Just Add Water

#7 CJ The DJ

#6 Zeke's Pad

#5 Mako's Mermaids

#4 100% Wolf Legend Of Moonstone

#3 SMG4

#2 Nate Is Late

And #1 Space Chickens In Space

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Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (2009 TV series) Belongs To David Law, Jiang Toon Animation Co. Ltd. Morning Sun Animation Co., Ltd. Shanghai Morning Sun Animation Co., Ltd. Sichuan Top Animation Co., Ltd. Top Draw Animation Inc. Sticky Pictures, Red Kite Animation, Beano Productions, The Beano, DC Thomson & Company Limited, CBBC, BBC Television, BBC Worldwide Ltd. BBC Studios Ltd. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Nine Network Australia Pty. Ltd. And Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited.

The Strange Chores Belongs To Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson, Ludo Studio, Media World Pictures, Succ Pictures, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, VicScreen, Screen Queensland Studios, ABC Me (Australia), ABC Television (Australian TV network) And Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

H2O: Just Add Water Belongs To Jonathan M. Shiff, Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, ZDF Enterprises GmbH, ZDF Studios GmbH, ZDF, Australian Film Commission, Film Finance Corporation Australia, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, VicScreen, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Screen Queensland Studios, Network 10, Ten Network Holdings Ltd. Paramount Networks UK & Australia, Paramount International Networks, And Paramount Global

CJ The DJ Belongs To Stu Connolly, Mark Gravas, Kapow Pictures, Vision Animation, Millimages, Screen NSW, ABC Me (Australia), ABC Television (Australian TV network) And Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Zeke's Pad Belongs To Liz Scully, Flying Bark Productions Pty. Ltd. Studio 100 Media, Studio 100 N.V. Bardel Entertainment, Inc. Avrill Stark Entertainment, Leaping Lizard Productions, Seven Network, Seven West Media Ltd. YTV, YTV Canada, Inc. And Corus Entertainment Inc.

Mako's Mermaids Belongs To Belongs To Jonathan M. Shiff, Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, ZDF Enterprises GmbH, ZDF Studios GmbH, ZDF, Screen Australia, Screen Queensland Studios, Network 10, Ten Network Holdings Ltd. Paramount Networks UK & Australia, Paramount International Networks, Paramount Global, And Netflix, Inc.

Nate Is Late Belongs To Sylvain Huchet, Peter Saisselin, Watch Next Media, La Factorie Animation, Nate is Late Productions, KidsFirst Distribution, Super RTL, RTL Deutschland GmbH, RTL Group S.A. Pop, Pop Max, CSC Media Group Limited, Sony Pictures Television Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Entertainment, Inc. Sony Corporation of America, Sony Group Corporation, Narrative Entertainment UK Limited, Nine Network Australia Pty. Ltd. Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited, France 4, And France Télévisions S.A.

Space Chickens In Space Belongs To José C. García de Letona, Rita Street, Markus Vad Flaaten, Tommy Vad Flaaten, Alan Keane, Shane Perez, Scott Sonneborn, Ánima Estudios, S.A.P.I. de C.V. Studio Moshi, Gingerbread Animation, Ingenious Media, CAKE Entertainment Ltd. Walt Disney EMEA Productions, 9Go! Nine Network Australia Pty. Ltd. Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited, Disney XD, Disney XD, Disney Branded Television, Disney–ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution, Disney General Entertainment Content, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Entertainment, And The Walt Disney Company

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futureofnews · 6 months

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Elle UK's community strategy creates premium subscription product

Community is a resurgence in terms of media. Whether it’s membership schemes or other strategies that include experiences, media outlets including Hearst and DC Thomson are both announcing their pivot to community. From a business standpoint, it makes a lot of sense because the community plays often include premium tiers that allow publishers to increase ARPU. That is definitely the case with…

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bspolink1348 · 1 year

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Les nouveautés de la semaine (14/11/2022)

À la une : Quantitative enterprise risk management / Mary R. Hardy, David Saunders

Cote de rangement : HD 61 H 265610 / Domaine : Gestion

"This well-balanced introduction to enterprise risk management (ERM) integrates quantitative and qualitative approaches and motivates key mathematical and statistical methods with abundant real-world cases - both successes and failures. Worked examples and end-of-chapter exercises support readers in consolidating what they learn. The mathematical level, which is suitable for senior undergraduates in quantitative programs, is pitched to give readers a solid understanding of the concepts and principles involved without diving too deeply into more complex theory. To reveal the connections between different topics, and their relevance to the real world, the presentation has a coherent narrative flow, from risk governance, through risk identification, risk modelling, and risk mitigation, capped off with holistic topics - regulation, behavioural biases, and crisis management - that influence the whole structure of ERM. The result is a text and reference that is ideal for senior undergraduate students, risk managers in industry, and anyone preparing for ERM actuarial exams." - Quatrième de couverture

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Démographie

Figures de l'autre : perceptions du migrant en France, 1870-2022 / Catherine Wihtol De Wenden

Cote de rangement : JV 7920 W 265598

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Finance

En finir avec le règne de l'illusion financière : pour une croissance réelle / Jacques de Larosière

Cote de rangement : HG 173 .3 D 265599

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Sciences politiques

Terreur et séduction : une histoire de la doctrine de la "guerre révolutionnaire" / Jérémy Rubenstein

Cote de rangement : DC 367 R 265614

The return of great power rivalry : democracy versus autocracy from the ancient world to the U.S. and China / Matthew Kroenig

Cote de rangement : JZ 1313 K 265617

Peacebuilding legacy : programming for change and young people's attitudes to peace / Sukanya Podder

Cote de rangement : JZ 5579 P 265621

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Sociologie

Management lessons from game of thrones : organization theory and strategy in westeros / Fion Moore

Cote de rangement : HM 786 M 265616

Comment ça matche ? une sociologie de l'appariement / sous la direction de Melchior Simioni et Philippe Steiner

Cote de rangement : HM 851 C 265600

Le droit au sexe : le féminisme au vingt-et-unième siècle / Amia Srinivasan

Cote de rangement : HQ 65 S 265608

Networked feminism : how digital media makers transformed gender justice movements / Rosemary Clark-Parsons

Cote de rangement : HQ 1155 C 265619

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Communication

Deepfakes / Graham Meikle

Cote de rangement : HM 851 M 265613

Q comme qomplot : comment les fantasmes de complot défendent le système / Wu Ming 1

Cote de rangement : HV 6275 W 265609

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Économie

La solidarité des éprouvés : une histoire politique de la pauvreté / Guillaume le Blanc

Cote de rangement : HC 79 .P6 L 265607

Pourquoi s’opposer à l’inégalité / Thomas M. Scanlon

Cote de rangement : HM 821 S 265615

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Informatique

Révolution de la donnée : les data, la ressource du XXIe siècle / sous la direction de Jean-Michel Huet et Florence Dugas

Cote de rangement : QA 76 .9.B45 R 265601

Afterlives of data : life and debt under capitalist surveillance / Mary F. E. Ebeling

Cote de rangement : RA 976 E 265611

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Psychologie

Un si vital sentiment d'insécurité / Isabelle Siac

Cote de rangement : BF 575 .S35 S 265606

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Gestion

Doing process research in organizations : noticing differently / edited by Barbara Simpson, Line Revsbæk

Cote de rangement : HD 30 .55 D 265618

Advanced introduction to negotiation / Leigh Thomson, Cynthia S. Wang

Cote de rangement : HD 58 .6 T 265612

Reporting et pilotage des organisations pour une société résiliente : la comptabilité et le contrôle à l'épreuve de la crise COVID / dirigé par Sophie Giordano-Spring et Fabienne Villesèque-Dubus

Cote de rangement : HD 58 .95 R 265603

Career and family : women's century-long journey toward equity / Claudia Goldin

Cote de rangement : HD 6061 .2.U6 G 265620

Culture en partage : guide des plateformes culturelles contributives / Marta Severo, Sébastien Shulz, Olivier Thuillas

Cote de rangement : HD 9999 .C9472 S 265602

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Technologie

La bienveillance des machines : comment le numérique nous transforme à notre insu / Pierre Cassou-Noguès

Cote de rangement : T 173 .8 C 265605

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Anthropologie

La terre, les corps, la mort : essai sur la condition terrestre / Pierre Madelin

Cote de rangement : BD 444 M 265604

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Tous ces ouvrages sont exposés sur le présentoir des nouveautés de la BSPO. Ceux-ci pourront être empruntés à domicile à partir du 28 novembre 2022.

#Gestion #Démographie #Finance #SciencesPolitiques #Sociologie #Communication #Economie #Informatique #Psychologie #Technologie #Anthropologie

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ao3feed-brucewayne · 1 year

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Pulling the (other) lever

by the_wicked_witch (Ms_Moon)

“Cutting off a man’s head is worse than punching a man in the nose” - Judith Thomson; Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem

Garzonas dies. Jason is going to die; Bruce will kick him out and he will die in the streets. Maybe Jason should point out to Batman that if he wanted to keep to his precious rule, he should at least give him some supplies so he will not starve or freeze.

Someone should check with DC what Batman actually thinks about killing…uhmmmmm

Words: 3250, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of LIKE TOY SOLDIERS

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson, Felipe Garzonas

Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fluff and Angst, spoilers in the tags, You have been warned., Batman Kills, Let Batman kill, Does Jason kill?, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Jason Todd-centric, Jason Todd is Robin, Jason Todd Has Issues, Jason Todd Deserves Better, (low-key suicidal ideation), I am actually proud of this story, I hope my boss is too, Because I did this instead of working

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/42633603

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the dark knight #the cape crusader #gotham #dc universe #ao3 #ao3feed

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cogitoergofun · 3 years

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If you had to choose between having running water at home or risking your home being raided by the authorities, which would you choose? The correct answer is: this shouldn’t even be a question.

But it’s become one. The startling truth is that signing up for even basic utilities in this country has turned into a gamble for many people, particularly undocumented immigrants. Last week, the Washington Post revealed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has paid tens of millions of dollars since 2017 for access to a private database that contains more than “400m names, addresses and service records from more than 80 utility companies covering all the staples of modern life, including water, gas and electricity, and phone, internet and cable TV”. The information has been mined by Ice, the Post reported, for immigration surveillance and enforcement operations.

Neither Ice nor any other federal agency should have unfettered access to this data. In fact, there are strict protocols and regulations that determine how the federal government can gather your information and when it can infringe on your privacy, much of this is codified in the Privacy Act of 1974, as the Post notes. So how are federal agencies like Ice getting around these legal safeguards, which would otherwise prevent them from scooping up such data on their own and without a court order? Simple. They just buy it. With taxpayer money.

Ice paid almost $21m for access to a database called Clear, which is owned by the multinational media conglomerate Thomson Reuters. Clear is reported to contain billions of your records, including employment and housing information, credit reports, criminal histories, vehicle registrations and data from utility companies in all 50 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Guam and the US Virgin Islands. It’s also updated daily.

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“He’s a lovely person. He’s just nuts now.”

Meet Doug Logan, the man who founded Florida-based cybersecurity firm Cyber Ninjas. He seemed to be on a good career track, his company receiving positive reviews from his clients in the private sector since 2014.

At no point before the rise of The Big Lie had he taken part in an election audit, let alone headed one. Then he got his brain wobbled by QAnon and fed all of that previous goodwill to the shredder to place himself at the center of the latest GOP attempt to delegitimize the American system for fun and profit.

But of course, when I say “meet Doug Logan”, who we’re really meeting in the linked article are the people he’s known all his life, because he isn’t exactly making himself available to the media. Unless you count the One America Network “talent” who helped raise the money for his “auditing” paycheck. Which I certainly don’t.

Just as concerning is what happens when you try to contact the Cyber Ninjas office:

On recent calls to the company's automated answer line, pressing "3" for sales led to the answering message for Logan. So did pressing "4" for human resources. And pressing "5" for purchasing. And "6" for the general mailbox. Go to the address for Cyber Ninjas' Legal Department, listed on its audit contract with the Arizona Senate, and you'll wind up at a rented mailbox in a UPS Store in Sarasota, Florida. The company's business address registered with Florida's Secretary of State, also in Sarasota, was sold last December, and now sits empty. [...]

Logan declined interview requests from CNN. An emailed statement from his spokesman, Rod Thomson, stated that "Mr. Logan recognizes President Biden's results were certified and accepted in accordance with the Constitution. Mr. Logan remains committed to restoring integrity and trust into our election system, which he is demonstrating through the work he is performing here in Maricopa County."

But that's a tough sell, even to Logan's friends.

"It's hard to say anything bad about the guy. He's a lovely person. He's just nuts now," said Tony Summerlin, who has been friends with Logan for 15 years, and said he helped him win a cybersecurity contract with the Federal Communications Commission five years ago. "It's scary; because if someone like him can turn into this, who can't turn into this?"

Summerlin said that in all the years he'd known Logan, before the Arizona audit, "we never, never had a single political conversation; that's what stunned me about this... He said, 'there's definitely something there.' I said, 'based on what?' He said, 'it'll come.' I said, 'you sound like the My Pillow guy.'"

Another friend of Logan, who asked not to be named because she works with both Republicans and Democrats in Washington, DC, and feared blowback from being linked to him, described him as very smart, very competent in cybersecurity, and politically naïve. "Doug may not have thought it all the way through," she said.

(read the full article here)

#Doug Logan #Cyber Ninjas #Arizona #Donald Trump #2020 election #it never EVER ends

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stooogessh · 3 years

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Third Prize: Mao Qinyu

What would you say to the All Lives Matter movement supporters?

George Floyd Social Justice Writing Competition

Dear,

My name is Rainy Mao, a prospective student of a U.S. university. I

am writing to the supporters of the All lives Matter movement. Our

world has become more chaotic because of racism. George Floyd, a

black man, was abused by the white policemen till death, and police

violence is not rare in the U.S. In this case, not only one black life has

lost, but a family has gone. Sorrow comes in me like an influx of huge

waves. I am sympathetic because I encountered racism when I was

small, and that experience haunts me. My two years in Miami, Florida

leave me with wonderful memories but also a significant

understanding of racism. Some people ignored my existence, imitated

my accent and, pushed me as if I was an object. I remained silent and

tolerant, like “what an Asian was supposed to be.” Therefore, it

touches and impresses me when people initiate a movement to stand

with George Floyd, to stress the severity of this common issue of

racism, and to seek solutions. Racism has shown the moral decay of

societies, and justice needs to be restored.

Supporters of All Lives Matter are pioneers. Whoever you are,

supporting online or offline, black or white, you are courageous

pioneers. You take the social responsibility to achieve equal rights for

all people and lead the protests. On social media, you raise awareness

of racism and repost information of the movement. Offline, you go on

different protests.I particularly admire Gilary, a women leader of this

movement who is humble but bold. She fights racism, creates space for

black Muslim women in Canada, and helps then speak up. She is a

lighthouse that leads people to the right path and she will make justice

possible step by step. I want to thank her and so many others like her

for their courage and passion. You all are bold enough to break the

conventions and speak for minorities, and you have lightened up

people’s lives and make them feel that they are not alone.

However, I do want to clarify the aims of this movement since some

protests strayed from their original goals. Black Lives Matter or All

lives Matter is all about equal rights, meaning that everyone is treated

equally before the law. No one will judge or treat you differently

because of your race. However, something during the movements has

astonished me. First, in Washington DC, protesters rushed into a

restaurant and forced a white girl to hold a fist and shout with them.

This girl claimed afterward that this frightened her, and even as a

supporter of Black Lives Matter, she was unwilling to be forced to

protest. Second, people are misleading each other, and some protests

have gone too far. In June, in order to ease people’s anger, some white

policemen got together and washed black people’s feet. Some suggest

that these actions will unit people. But, to my mind, these people make

the white policemen feel surrendered since washing feet means

obedience. This is not equal rights. It is just like the misconception of

feminism. They want people to have the same treatment instead of

one’s life over another. Washing feet, screaming on the street, and

holding fists do ease people’s anger, but these actions show that

people are lack of considerations, and some are too prone to making

chaos. Instead, we should put the time to find solutions or the root of

racism. By doing so, our vision of “equal rights” will be realized

faster.

Last but not the least, I encourage all the supporters of the All Lives

Matters to do a few more things. First, it is important to self-educate

ourselves about racial and gender issues as well as other cultures.

Stereotypes exist because of the deep history backgrounds. We should

pay attention to social and historical issues and differentiate the bias

of each.

Second, it is important to listen to the experiences and feelings of the

people who need help. Even though it could be hard to feel the same,

we should still give them the chance to share their thoughts. Being a

listener can make them feel warm. Sharing their ideas via articles and

social media helps the larger public to know and understand their

situation.

Third, we need to recognize our privileges and use them for the

purpose of helping others. Being privileged means that we have the

benefits that others do not because of our skin color, nationality,

religion, or gender. For instance, my friend Kathrine, a white young

woman, clearly knows that a policeman will not stop her on the street

because of the privileges of her skin color. But she stands out with her

dark-skin friends and gets through racism together.

The world can change us in a flash, but it is arduous to change the

world. Let us make the world a better place bit by bit, starting from

you and me.

Sincerely,

Rainy Mao

October 6t h , 2020

Work Cited

“Equal-Rights Definitions.” YourDictionary,

www.yourdictionary.com/equal-rights.

“Masked White Nationalists March in Washington with Police Escort.”

Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 9 Feb. 2020,

www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-idUSKBN20301H.

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weirdletter · 4 years

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The Edinburgh Companion to Gothic and the Arts (Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities), edited by David Punter, Edinburgh University Press, 2019. Cover image by Irina Kharchenko, info: edinburghuniversitypress.com.

The Gothic in all its artistic forms and ramifications is traced from the medieval to the twenty-first century. From architecture, painting and sculpture through music, ballet, opera and dance to installation art and the graphic novel, each of the 33 chapters reflects on and weighs in on the ways in which the Gothic is taken up in the art forms and modes under examination. An Introduction discusses Gothic as a changing cultural form across the centuries with deep psychological roots. This is followed by sections on: architectural arts; the visual arts; music and the performance arts; the literary arts; and media and cultural arts.

Contents: List of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction – David Punter Part I: Architectural Arts 1. Gothic and Architecture: Morris, Ruskin, Carlyle and the Gothic legacies of the Lake Poets – Tom Duggett 2. Gothic and the Built Environment: Literary Representations of the Architectural Uncanny and Urban Sublime – Sara Wasson 3. Gothic and Design: The Geometrical Roots of Gothic Aesthetics in the Cologne Cathedral Choir – Robert Bork 4. Gothic and Sculpture: From Medieval Piety to Modern Horrors and Terrors – Peter N. Lindfield and Dale Townshend 5. Gothic and Installation Art: Spectral Materialities, Monstrous Ephemera – Katarzyna Ancuta　 Part II: The Visual Arts 6. Gothic and Earlier Painting: Nightmares and Premature Burials in Fuseli and Wiertz – Maria Parrino 7. Gothic, Caricature, Cartoon: Insatiable Nightmares – Franz Potter 8. Gothic and Portraiture: Resemblance and Rupture – Kamilla Elliott 9. Gothic and Surrealism: Subculture, Counterculture and Cultural Assimilation – Avril Horner 10. Gothic and Modern Art: The Experience of Ivan Albright – Antonio Alcalá González 11. Gothic and Photography: The Darkest Art – David Annwn Jones Part III: Music and the Performance Arts 12. Gothic and Music: Scoring ‘Silent’ Spectres – Kendra Preston Leonard 13. Gothic and Opera: Overwhelming Passions and Irrational Dreams – Anne Williams 14. Gothic, Ballet, Dance: The Aesthetics and Kinaesthetics of Death – Steven Bruhm 15. Gothic and Contemporary Music: Dark Sound, Dark Mood, Dark Aesthetics – Isabella van Elferen Part IV: The Literary Arts 16. Gothic and Graveyard Poetry: Imagining the Dead (of Night) – Eric Parisot 17. Gothic Chapbooks and Ballads: Making a Long Story Short – Doug Thomson and Wendy Fall 18. Gothic and Nineteenth-Century Poetry: Thresholds of Influence, Possibilities and Desire – Angela Wright 19. Gothic and Modern Poetry: The Poetics of Transgression – Maria Beville 20. Gothic and the Eighteenth-Century Novel: At Home in the English Style – Robert Miles 21. Gothic and the Nineteenth-Century Novel: The Art of Abjection – Jerrold E. Hogle 22. Gothic and Recent Fiction: Fears of the Past and of the Future – David Punter 23. Gothic and the Short Story: Revolutions in Form and Genre – Sarah Ilott 24. Gothic, Melodrama, Victorian Theatre: Gothic Drama to 1890 – Clive Bloom 25. Gothic and Modern Theatre: Staging Modern Cultural Trauma – Ardel Haefele-Thomas 26. Gothic and Children’s Literature: Wolves in Walls and Clocks in Crocodiles – Anna Jackson 27. Gothic and Young Adult Literature: Werewolves, Vampires, Monsters, Rebellion, Broken Hearts and True Romance – Gina Wisker Part V: Media and Cultural Arts 28. Gothic and Cinema: The Development of an Aesthetic Filmic Mode – Xavier Aldana Reyes 29. Gothic and Television: The Monster in the Living Room – Linnie Blake 30. Gothic and Comics: From The Haunt of Fear to a Haunted Medium – Julia Round 31. Gothic and the Graphic Novel: From the Future Shocks of Judge Dredd to the Aftershocks of DC Vertigo – Stuart Lindsay 32. Gothic and Videogames: Playing with Fear in the Darkness – Dawn Stobbart 33. Gothic and Internet Fiction: Digital Affordances and New Media Fears – Neal Kirk Index

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Princess Beatrice launches Oor Wullie charity tourist trail for Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity on June 17 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Princess Beatrice has launched a tourist trail featuring comic book character Oor Wullie, which it is hoped will raise a significant sum for sick children. The princess also helped collect some sculptures using the app.Beatrice, patron of the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity, joined youngsters / pupils from the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh in the city to unveil Oor Wullie’s Big Bucket Trail.

Some 200 life-sized sculptures of the DC Thomson character will be found streets across Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness from June 17 to August 30.

Scotland’s children’s hospital charities (Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity, The ARCHIE Foundation and Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity) have joined forces with international arts events company, Wild in Art, and DC Thomson Media, custodians of Oor Wullie, to create the trail. The project aims to significantly boost Scotland’s provision for children and young people in hospital by raising essential funds through the trail and associated events and sculpture auctions. This is the first time that all of Scotland’s children’s hospital charities have united for the same worthy cause.

Princess Beatrice walks down Edinburgh's Royal Mile with children from Scotland's children's hospital charities as she takes part on the Oor Wullie's Big Bucket Trail to find one of several life-sized sculptures of the favourite comic book character on a public art trail in the city.

She then visited the Scottish Storytelling Centre where she joined a storytelling session with Ed Vere the 2019 winner of the Oscars Book Prize. She is also patron of that award which aims to highlight the importance of reading with children.

Finally in the late afternoon HRH joined supporters of Outward Bound at a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Princess Beatrice is a trustee of the charity.

John-Paul asked where her princess stuff was.. is it under your jacket?"- I thought it was. a cute question.

#princess beatrice

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andrebouchar-blog · 4 years

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Trade The Information - Profiting From Trading With Low Latency News Feeds

Experienced traders acknowledge the impacts of international adjustments on Foreign Exchange (Forex/FX) markets, stock exchange, and also futures markets. Aspects such as interest rate decisions, the rising cost of living, retail sales, unemployment, industrial productions, customer self-confidence studies, service view surveys, trade equilibrium, and also manufacturing surveys influence currency motion.

While investors could check this info by hand making use of conventional information sources, profiting from automated or algorithmic trading utilizing reduced latency news feeds is a typically extra predictable and reliable trading method that can boost earnings while decreasing risk.

The faster a trader can receive economic information, assess the data, make decisions, use danger monitoring models, and carry out professions, the extra successful they can come to be. Automated traders are typically a lot more successful than hand-operated traders because the automation will certainly use an examined rules-based trading method that uses money management as well as risk administration techniques.

The approach will refine trends, analyze data, and perform trades much faster than a human without emotion. To make use of the reduced latency news feeds it is essential to have the right reduced latency information feed supplier, have an appropriate trading approach and also the appropriate network facilities to make certain the fastest feasible latency to the news source to defeat the competition on order access and loads of implementation.

How Do Reduced Latency News Feeds Work?

Reduced latency information feeds offer vital financial data to advanced market individuals for whom speed is a top concern. While the remainder of the globe gets financial information via accumulated news feeds, bureau services, or electronic media such as news web sites, radio or tv reduced latency information investors depend on the lightning-quick shipment of key financial releases.

These include task figures, inflation information, and also producing indexes, directly from the Bureau of Labor Data, Business Division, and the Treasury Press Space in a machine-readable feed that is enhanced for algorithmic traders.

One method of controlling the launch of news is a stoppage. After the embargo is raised for news occasions, press reporters enter the release information right into a digital format, which is immediately distributed in an exclusive binary layout. The data is sent over exclusive networks to numerous circulation factors near numerous large cities around the world.

To receive the news data as swiftly as feasible, a trader must use a legitimate low latency information service provider that has invested heavily in modern technology infrastructure. Embargoed data is requested by a source not to be released before a certain date and also time or unless particular conditions have been fulfilled. The media is provided innovative notice to get ready for the release.

Information companies additionally have press reporters in closed Federal government press rooms during a specified lock-up duration. Lock-up information durations manage the release of all information so that every information outlet releases it concurrently. This can be done in 2 ways: "Finger Press" and also "Switch over Release" are utilized to manage the launch.

Information feeds attribute economic as well as corporate news that affects trading activity worldwide. Economic signs are made use of to assist in trading decisions. The news is fed into an algorithm that parses, settles, evaluates, and also makes trading suggestions based upon the information Andre Bouchard. The algorithms can filter the information, create indicators as well as assist investors in making split-second decisions to prevent significant losses.

Automated software application trading programs make it possible for faster trading choices. Choices made in microseconds might correspond to a significant side in the marketplace.

News is a good indicator of the volatility of a market as well as if you trade the information, chances will provide themselves. Investors tend to panic when a news report is released, and under-react when there is little news. Maker legible information offers historical data with archives that enable traders to back examination price motions versus details economic indications.

Each nation releases essential financial information during certain times of the day. Advanced investors examine and execute trades practically instantaneously when the announcement is made. Instantaneous evaluation is implemented with automated trading with low latency news feed. Automated trading can play a part in a trader's danger monitoring as well as loss avoidance method. With automated trading, historical backtests, as well as formulas, are used to pick optimum entrance as well as leave points.

Traders must understand when the data will certainly be released to understand when to keep an eye on the market. For instance, important financial data in the United States is launched in between 8:30 AM and also 10:00 AM EST. Canada releases details in between 7:00 AM as well as 8:30 AM. Since currencies cover the world, traders may always discover a market that is open and prepared for trading.

A SAMPLE of Major Financial Indicators

Customer Price Index

Employment Cost Index

Work Scenario

Producer-Consumer Price Index

Efficiency and also Prices

Genuine Revenues

UNITED STATE Import and also Export Costs

Employment & Unemployment

Where Do You Place Your Web servers? Important Geographical Places for algorithmic trading Strategies

Most of the capitalists that trade the information sought to have their algorithmic trading systems hosted as close as possible to the information source and also the implementation place as possible. General circulation locations for reduced latency news feed carriers include globally: New York, Washington DC, Chicago, and also London.

The ideal areas to position your web servers are in well-connected datacenters that allow you to straight link your network or servers to the real information feed source and execution venue. There has to be an equilibrium of distance and also latency between both. You need to be close enough to the news to act on the launches nonetheless, close sufficient to the broker or exchange to get your order in ahead of the masses seeking the best fill.

Low Latency Information Feed Providers

Thomson Reuters makes use of proprietary, state of the modern art technology to create a low latency information feed. The information feed is developed specifically for applications and also is maker readable. Streaming XML program is made use of to produce a complete message and also metadata to make certain that financiers never miss an event.

One more Thomson Reuters information feed includes macro-economic occasions, all-natural calamities, and also physical violence in the nation. An evaluation of the news is launched. When the category gets to a limit, the financier's trading and also danger management system is notified to activate access or exit point from the marketplace.

Thomson Reuters has a one-of-a-kind edge on global information compared to other service providers being one of the most recognized organization news firms on the planet, if not one of the most revered beyond the USA. They have the benefit of consisting of global Reuters Information to their feed in addition to third-party newswires as well as Financial data for both the USA and also Europe. The College of Michigan Study of Consumers record is also another major information event and also launches data twice monthly. Thomson Reuters has special media civil liberties to The University of Michigan information.

Other low latency information providers consist of: Required to Know Information, Dow Jones News, and Rapidata, which we will discuss further when they make details regarding their services much more available.

Examples of Information Impacting the Markets

A news feed might show a change in the unemployment rate. For the sake of the circumstance, unemployment rates will reveal a positive change. The historical evaluation might reveal that the change is not due to seasonal results. Newsfeeds program that customer confidence is enhancing due to the decline in unemployment rates. Reports offer a solid indication that the unemployment price will stay low.

With these details, evaluation might show that traders must short the USD. The algorithm might figure out that the USD/JPY set would produce one of the most profits. An automated profession would be executed when the target is reached, and the trade will certainly be on auto-pilot till completion.

The dollar could remain to drop in spite of reports of unemployment improvement supplied from the news feed. Financiers must keep in mind that multiple variables affect the activity of the United States Buck. The unemployment rate might drop, but the overall economic climate might not boost if bigger financiers do not transform their perception of the buck; after that, the buck may continue to fall.

The huge gamers will generally make their decisions before the majority of the retail or smaller sized investors. Large player choices might impact the market in an unforeseen method. If the decision is made on only info from the joblessness, the assumption will be wrong. Non-directional predisposition assumes that any major news concerning a nation will develop a trading chance. Directional-bias trading makes up all possible financial indications consisting of responses from major market gamers.

Trading The News - The Bottom Line

News relocates the marketplaces, and also, if you trade the news, you can exploit. There are very few of us that can argue against that. There is no doubt that the investor obtaining news data in advance of the curve has the side on obtaining a solid short-term profession on momentum sell different markets, whether FX, Equities, or Futures.

The cost of reduced latency infrastructure has dropped over a previous couple of years making it feasible to subscribe to a reduced latency news feed and obtain the information from the source providing a tremendous side over traders viewing tv, the Internet, radio or basic information feeds. In a market-driven by large banks and also hedge funds, reduced latency information feeds provide the large company side to also private traders.

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