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2014-12-19T04:12:00.000-08:00

Десет часа во матните води на реката Парана

2011-03-12T13:00:00.000-08:00

Десет часа во матните води на реката Парана

Новогодишна пливачка голгота

2011-01-03T06:58:00.001-08:00

Датум: 03.01.2011, 09:23

Новогодишна пливачка голгота

Олимпискиот базен во Скопје ќе биде на ремонт подолго време, а пливачите и ватерполистите се насукани на суво затоа што ниеден друг базен во земјава не работи
Над 400 пливачи, маратонци, ватерполисти и пливачки-почетници моментно се оневозможени да работат затоа што пред неколку дена е затворен Олимпискиот базен, а нема друг покриен базен од јавен карактер што работи во земјава. Тренерите и пливачите се согласуваат дека прекинот на работа од над 40 дена, колку што треба да трае ремонтот на Олимписки, е погубен за тренажниот процес.

Состојбата е полоша, затоа што на Олимписки се испразнети и големото и малото корито, а не работи ни базенот Карпош, кој од есеноска се реновира. Пливачите насукани на суво планираат да се снаоѓаат кој како знае.

Репрезентативците Симона Маринова, Горазд Чепишевски, Тијана Тасевска, Дамјан Петровски.., кои се подготвуваат за да бркаат норми за СП во Шангај, се чудат како да го решат проблемот. Најзагрозени се македонските маратонци Томи Стефановски, Евгениј Поп Ацев, Илија Стојановски, Игор Димовски, кои се подготвуваат да настапат во Гран при серијата на ФИНА, која почнува во февруари. Токму кога тренинзите им се најпотребни, останаа на суво.

- Исклучително лоша е состојбата. Не работат ни големото, ни малото корито на Олимписки, ни базенот Карпош. Како ќе се натпреваруваме во Гран при серијата? Работиме со месеци и сега сето тоа може да падне во вода затоа што немаме базен - вели Димовски.

Пливачите велат дека Олимписки не известил ниеден клуб официјално дека нема да работи. Едноставно ја испразниле водата. Порано при ремонт на Олимписки пливачите се селеа во Карпош и некако го одржуваа континуитетот. Сега буквално во цела држава нема ниеден базен во функција.

Од Олимписки велат дека малото корито во кое како-така може да се тренира, ќе го пуштат околу 17 јануари.

- С` уште не знаеме кога и дали ќе го пуштиме големото корито. Треба да се договориме за некои работи со државните структури надлежни за овој објект, па потоа ќе видиме како ќе оди работата со полнењето на големото корито - ни велат во Олимписки.

Периодичните неработења на Олимпискиот базен и на базенот Карпош во Скопје во последниве десетина години му нанесоа огромна штета на пливањето како спорт. С` помалку деца решаваат да пливаат, затоа што не знаат кога ќе останат на суво. Покрај тоа, на Олимписки, кога работи, е многу скапо да се плива, затоа што пливачите се принудени да плаќаат за секој тренинг.

Пливањето, од олимписки спорт број еден во државава спадна на ниски гранки. Порано, кога базените работеа редовно, пливачите редовно постигнуваа норми за учество на Летните олимписки игри, а имаше успеси на светски и европски и балкански првенства. Во поново време тоа с` поретко се случува. Норми за ЛОИ веќе нема, а рекордите се с` поретки.
Благоја Георгиевски

Дневник

2011-01-03T06:57:00.000-08:00

Дневник

Повторно ќе го препливам Ла Манш

2011-01-03T03:27:00.001-08:00

ИГОР ДИМОВСКИ - ЧЕТВРТИОТ МАКЕДОНЕЦ КОЈ ГИ ПРЕПЛИВА ВОДИТЕ ВО КАНАЛОТ

Повторно ќе го препливам Ла Манш

Годинава ќе пливам на маратоните од светскиот куп кои ќе ми бидат одлична подготовка за да бидам првиот Македонец што го препливал каналот два пати, но се разбира овој пат со подобро време отколку првиот пат. Тоа треба да се случи некаде во 2012 година

Маратонецот Игор Димовски во годината што измина стана четвртиот Македонец кој успешно го преплива каналот Ла Манш. Тој во студените води на Ла Манш, кој ги дели Англија и Франција мина 13 часа и седум минути. Игор со ова влезе во историјата на македонското маратонско пливање И малкумината кои успеале да го препливаат овој канал. Игор им се придружи на Нико Нестор, кој каналот го преплива во 1959, Атина Бојаџи, десет години подоцна и Томи Стефановски во 2009 година. Сепак, по враќањето од успешно завршената мисија Димовски најави дека планира повторно да го преплива Ла Манш, но со подобро време и да стане првиот кој два пати го препливал Ла Манш.

По вашето враќање од Англија се појавија информации дека повторно ќе се обидете да го препливате Ла Манш. Колку има вистина во тоа?

Веќе на почетокот на ова година со огромната поддршка што ја добив и ја добивам од моите соработници, ќе учествувам на претстојните маратони од светскиот куп кои ќе ми бидат одлична подготовка за да бидам првиот Македонец што го препливал каналот два пати, но се разбира овојпат со време далеку побрзо отколку првиот пат, некаде во 2012 година.

Која беше причината да го препливате Ла Манш ?

- Како за еден алпинист да се искачи на највисокиот врв на светот, така и за секој пливач маратонец најголем сон е да го преплива каналот Ла Манш. Препливувањето беше една од моите најголеми желби, со што се најдов меѓу малкутемина успешни препливувачи на каналот.

Се измени ли нешто во вашиот живот по Ла Манш ?
- Се променија многу работи во мојот живот, не само што влегов во историјата на македонското маратонско пливање туку станав четврти Македонец кој успеал да го преплива Ла Манш, совладувајќи ги сите пречки што се појавија пред мене додека го препливував каналот.

Дали само силниот ветар и струите беа причината да останете повеќе од 13 часа во вода?

Ла Манш пред се е неверојатно искуство за мене кое засекогаш ќе остане во сеќавање. Стартував на 2 август во 3.30 часот по полноќ, тоа значи дека првите неколку часа ги пливав во целосен мрак. Дека ме очекува тешка борба и долг ден знаев уште кога пристигнавме на пристаништето, бидејќи водата беше многу разбранета, имаше големи бранови, а на момент сите помисливме дека бротчето ќе се преврти. На бродот завладеа молк. Повеќе од 15 минути до стартната позиција никој ништо не проговори. Кога го слушнав знакот за влегување во вода, само помислив: "Игор ова е твојата шанса". Каналот го препливав по најтешкиот пат, но не можев да бирам, така ми било пишано, тоа се моите звезди.

Кој беше најтешкиот момент додека го препливувавте Ла Манш и дали по толку многу време минато во вода беше тешко да се испрвите на францускиот брег?

Силниот ветар, големите бранови и дождот што паѓаше подолго време беа полесните пречки што морав да ги совладам. Но, затоа приливот, водените струи ме тераа да чувствувам дека пливам во место, односно како во брза река, многу медузи ме опекуваа по целото тело, ниската температура на водата од 14-15 степени, од која немате како да се одбраните доколку влезете во праг на хипотермија, се главните фактори што го прават препливувањето на 35 километарскиот канал најтежок на светот. Но покрај сето тоа имаше и друг фактор кој ми го отежна патот и ми го направи препливувањето подолго од очекуваното. Денес не можам да ги објаснам препливани 52 км наместо 35 и насоката на препливување, но како и да е сето тоа е сега зад мене. Преостанува само да се сеќавам на успехот што го направив.

Последните 300 метри ги пливавте повеќе од четири часа по што сакавте и да се откажете. Кој ве сопре во таа намера?

- Мислев на моите најблиски, тоа ме движеше напред, тоа беше мојата позитивна мисла. По седум часа пливање имав голема криза, грч речиси на целото тело, дури и на рамениците што дотогаш никогаш го немав почувствувано. Знаев дека ми преостануваат уште 30 минути. Брегот беше на дофат, но тие последни 2 км јас всушност ги пливав цели 6 часа. Избезумен од студената вода ме грееше и ми даваше сила поддршката од екипажот кој беше со мене кој будно го следеше секое мое движење. Патрик Поповски, Емил Угриновски, Зоран Михајлов и мојата сопруга Снежана Димовска. Последните атоми на сила ги добивав преку нивното безрезервно бодрење. Бродот полека ме остави на 200 метри од брегот според правилата и јас пливав сам до брегот исцрпен, премрзнат, паѓајќи неколку пати на плажата на која стигнав, но успеав некако да застанам цврсто на нозете за да се огласи сирената од бродот и да се верификува препливувањето.

Вечер OnLine

2011-01-03T03:26:00.000-08:00

Вечер OnLine

Best Forex Strategy – London

2010-12-18T11:47:00.000-08:00

London Close Trade on the Pound

I’m really enjoying these London Close trades, just closed one on the pound for 20 pips.
It’s great to feel really confident about the strategy you’re trading, knowing that the probabilities are strongly on your side!
Yesterday I took one on the Cad which was successful. I see in the members area that Shirley took one on the Swiss and ignored the Aussie as it didn’t quite make the criteria.
I’ve got alerts set this morning still for the Cad and Euro, back to sleep I go.
Thursday morning I’m off to Mexico with my beloved! I just found out our hotel has wifi so I can get in a few more LCT’s before Christmas. I’ll try to update with a couple posts if you’re following along.

Best Forex Strategy – London Close Forex

Today I have something very special to share with you…
Recently a friend recommended a Forex strategy to me: London Close Forex. As always I was skeptical, but this was a friend that I have a lot of respect for. As it turns out, I am very very grateful for this opportunity, it’s the best forex strategy imo.
In a nutshell: A 60 year old trader Shirley Hudson developed this strategy over a 3 year period as she noticed a pattern unfolding at the end of the London close. You only trade it during a 3 hour window per day.
Shirley has been trading this for the last year and a half and has won 90% of her trades.
My first thought after hearing about the 90% win rate was “this must be BS“, but my friend assured me that it was real. As it turns out, he is a friend of Vic Noble from Forexmentor and Vic has been coaching Shirley for the last 4 years. He’s seen her go from a struggling trader like most of us to winning over 90% of her trades.
Basically the strategy works with the Average Daily Range, most currencies will hit their average daily range each day. The way it’s measured is from the day before. So let’s say that on Monday the average daily range for the euro is 150 pips. On Tuesday we see that the market is going down and that the daily high was 1.3300, this means that there is a strong likelihood that the market will hit it’s average daily range at 1.3150.
On most days after the market hits it’s average daily range, it will go back inside the range. Shirley has developed a very precise way of trading as the market goes back inside the range.
I am trading this now, one of the best parts is you only need to look for trades during 2-3 hours per day, between 7am and 10am P.S.T. (10am -1pm E.S.T.) Shirley looks for trades on about 10 pairs. In my opinion this is the best forex strategy that I have seen and I have investigated over 100 strategies in the last 3 years.
As always if you are going to trade this, take your time and start slow. Even though it may very well be the best forex strategy that you have ever seen, don’t go crazy and start risking 10% of your account on each trade. It can and will have losing streaks like everything else. Proper money management is crucial to your success.
To get the course: www.LondonCloseForex.com
I will be posting updates on my London Close trades and also sharing a very advanced money management strategy that is powerful and compliments this strategy beautifully.
To our success!

Automatic Trading Update

I’ve just taken a month off of trading, needed to clear my head and take a break.
As it turned out, my first 2 automated systems that were optimized for Renko did not match the backtesting results (which were phenomenal, lol). It’s a tough business this one – until you get your first working automated system that is, then it’s traveling tropical islands =).
There are so many variables due to the nature of the market’s crazy rythms and some automated trading systems that do awesome one year, end up doing poorly the next.
After a much needed break, I’ve received a brand new vision and am finishing some tweaks to the blueprint for my 3rd automated system which will get constructed during December (while I’m in Mexico : )
The big news is: This system is time based. I’m not giving up on creating a renko system that works, that will come – but for now time based is easier as I’m calling in the power of a mtf strategy. (multi time-frame). This automated trading game is about having an edge, to do this you need a strategy that wins more then it loses and an extremely consistent approach. It doesn’t need to be any more complicated then that.
I’ve been getting a lot of value (and profits) out of this free service and want to recommend it to you.
As always take your time and trade very lightly until you are consistently profitable, you may only get 1 or 2 trades a week – just take the easy ones ok! Sive rocks! Look for a video each day before the European session showing key levels and Joe Dinapoli style trades…

Forex Expert Builders Review

As you might have seen way back in one of my blog posts I hired an mt4 programmer to create “Ultimate”.
After doing some research on Google and checking out a few sites I sent an email to Forex Expert Builders. I got a prompt response and the quote was reasonable. I was a bit skeptical though because there wasn’t much information on the website or testimonials.
I had a good feeling so I sent an email back with my phone number and asked them to call me to discuss. Right away I got a phone call from Amir who is the lead programmer. I told him the basics of what I was wanting and asked him a lot of questions to make sure he knew what he was talking about, he did. A couple of other quotes came to me from the other sites but they were more expensive. So, I decided to risk it and give Forex Expert Builders a shot.
My first contact was on July 1. 2 days later I got the first version of my ea. It worked good however I needed it to work on 5 digit brokers and also wanted a sound alert when it opened a trade. A few days later it was all done. Ultimate is a relatively simple ea, however I was impressed with how he put it together and for a good price. (Last year I got a quote on an indi for Ninjatrader and it was about 1000$, this was way less).

As I was doing the live testing for Ultimate on my demo, the first week was awesome and then the second week it made 250 pips and gave them all back. I was a dissapointed and started looking at a different perspective, feeling that it needed some type of filter. I tried out some other custom indicators that I had and looked at ways to do what I was wanting and to eliminate what I felt was the problem.
One highly inspired night I wrote up the blueprint for “Excellence” which is really 4 ea’s in one and uses advanced money management that I may share with you later.
I sent the blueprint to Amir on August 5th and as this was a very complicated ea, it took several versions to get things the way I wanted. It actually took about 3 weeks to get it completed but he did the job and I am extremely happy with the results. And the price was right!
From my experience, I highly recommend Forex Expert Builders.
One thing you should know though is that they are often busy with multiple projects and unless you pay for priority service it may take some time for your ea to be complete. Having patience is very important when you deal with any type of programmer. It is also really important to be very clear on what you are wanting and explain with all of the details. They are good but not mind readers. =)
PS. My ea’s were designed to work with renko charts as well as time charts.

Fibonacci Trading

Good old “fibos” are so important in trading.
I’m not too proud to say that although I’ve known about them and used them for well over a year – I haven’t been using them like a pro. Like most things, there is so much information and misinformation out there – its easy to get totally lost and confused.
If you’re not familiar – the name Fibonacci comes from Leonardo de Pisa, who was the son of Guilielmo Bonacci. In Italian, “figlio” means son, therefore you get “Tiglio Bonacci”, which was shortened through the years to Fibonacci. He is one of the most famous mathematicians and came up with the fibonacci sequence. Long story short – fibonacci principles are found all throughout life from the great pyramids to the proportions of your body to this beautiful shell…

Back to trading – there’s the 38%, 62%, 50%, 78%, 23.6% fibos, etc, etc. There are all types of advanced courses and methodologies and I have taken quite a few. So, did they help me become profitable? Nope.
Over the last couple weeks I have been introduced to the principles of legendary trader Joe Dinapoli. I highly recommend his book Dinapoli Levels which is very comprehensive and yet easy to understand. Joe has shown me an easy and smart way to use fibs. I don’t use all of his techniques (I really dislike stochastics), but I’ve adopted a couple and wow are they good. Joe’s been trading since the 70′s and really knows his stuff. AND – he keeps it simple which is really important.
What I’ve learned recently will help me capitalize on situations where the “dumb money” is getting clobbered and also help me pick up lots of easy pips everyday. I highly recommend Joe’s book and video seminars.
Whether you believe in it or not, Fibonacci is a huge part of trading and not knowing about these key levels is like driving your car blind – you’re going to get hurt! Before I knew about these levels but I wasn’t really getting how to trade with them properly. I’m not going to get into the specifics of it here, best for you to go right to the source. All I can say is that my fibonacci trading is a lot simpler and a lot more profitable. Thanks Joe!
A quote from Joe’s book:
“Conservative Carl had purchased some unriped bananas the day before. That was enough risk for him so he decided to sit this one out.”

Forex Tick Data for MT4 EURUSD USDJPY GBPUSD EURJPY AUDUSD

I’ve just been hunting for some metatrader tick data for the last couple hours and finally found some. Here is an excellent tutorial on how to import 1 minute tick data from mt4 and also how to convert it to other time frames. There is also a link to a file that has tick data from 2001 up to 2009! Tick Data.
So far I got it working for either the 2001-2006 tick data or the 2004-2009 data (two different mt4 installs), I wasn’t able to put them together all in one file. For newer tick data there is some available on the forex tester website under data sources. That’s a handy piece of software by the way as you can use it for visual backtesting, it’s like you have a rewind and fast-forward button and can actually enter instant and pending orders, stops, etc and it keeps track of your wins/losses. The only thing I don’t like is that you can’t use custom indicators, just the usual ones that come with mt4.
Here is a link to a forum where someone uploaded a bunch of tick data for e/j a/j g/j and more. You have to do a bit of work but it’s doable. Tip: Most of the links are expired but the megaupload links still work. More Tick Data

Quantified Risk in Forex

There’s a “little factor” that for me shows whether an automated trading system (expert advisor) is “a joke” or not.
I’ve been investigating dozens of ea’s this year and they’ve all been jokes imho. For example there is a managed program that has been doing 50-100% per month for the last 6 months. I’ve been following it with interest. Last week they had a 50% drawdown. (That means that they lost 1/2 the account). Of course they justify it by saying that it’s doubled a few times already, everyone is still up. Nonsense!!
Just like when you’re a kid and someone twists your arm – we all have a point where we yell Uncle! Is that when you’ve lost 50% of your account?! I think that is ridiculous.
Here’s another system that’s listed on MyFxBook which I’ve been watching, its’ an automated system which has done over 200% the last 2 months: Spytrader – Yesterday I was watching it and at one point he had 5 trades open on his 750$ live account and I saw it down 150$ (600$ equity), luckily the euro turned back up and he got out with a small loss but what if the euro would have gone another 30 pips south, would he have let his live 750$ account go to 500$, 400$ ? Where’s the Uncle point?
AND – what’s up with MyFxBook’s drawdown statistics, it still shows the DD as 3.43%, I witnessed the account go down 20%. Maybe that’s because the account is already so far in positive it’s not affected. This statistic is not good for me anymore. I don’t know about you but if I saw my live 10,000$ account which has been gaining nicely is all of a sudden down to 7000$ equity in one day’s trading session I would flip.
Introducing: Quantified Risk. “You know exactly where your Uncle point is for each trade”.
Think about it, who cares if you win 98% of your trades if the 2% losers blow up your account?
In betting language there’s a concept called Flat Betting and an old saying that “no system which doesn’t work in flat betting is worth its salt”. I really like this and if you can get back to simplicity you’ll see that you just need to have an edge. I’m confident after my research years ago on gambling that there is no edge to be found at the casino except for maybe card counting which is not my thing. With Forex you lose some edge everytime you get in a trade by paying the spread to the broker. However, it’s so open-ended that you CAN find a system which has a 60 or 70% win rate. Once you’ve found this and a way to execute consistently you are set.
I’m also testing a 3 step martingale at the moment but here’s the difference: I know that on step#1 I’m risking 1% of my account and then step#2 I’,m risking 2% of my account and step#3 I’m risking 3% of my account. So if I lose the 3 step series I’m down 6%. Then I can look at how often statistically will I lose the series. Let say for every 30 wins I get 1 series loss, I still have a profit of 24% for that round. This is Quantified Risk.
It’s possible also that -25% of your account is your Quantified Risk level, but in this case you will have probabilities and statistics in your favor.
Another factor is Risk of Ruin – at 6% loss each time for the mini martingale series, I would have to lose a dozen or so times to ruin my account. Important to factor this in also, It might end up not being worth the risk of ruin and I will stay with flat betting.
I”m so shocked at how many joke systems are out there, is it because the internet is full of scammers who just want to sell broken shovels to unsuspecting gold diggers? Or, is it because few of us take the time and energy to really understand the game.

Advantages of Renko Bars

I’ve just received the second ea I’ve designed from the programmer yesterday and I’m busy testing it with various brick sizes and minor tweaks. Renko is so amazing and is so much vaster then using time based bars for a few reasons (imo).
First of all there’s less fake outs, price has to move x pips before a new bar is created. (Obviously if you’re using 5 pip bricks you’ll have more fake outs then 20 pip bricks.)
One of the biggest advantages if you’re trading manually is that it’s really easy to see patterns and also whether the market is trending or ranging. I think it’s much easier then with time based charts.
For automated trading it’s the price that determines whether your signal candle criteria is met, not time. Which is much better because it’s the price that matters most not the time.
If you’ve been following my post on the fx genius, I’ve finished my testing and shelfed it with the “not worth my time” category. The only broker I know that has really fast execution without requotes (except during news) is Oanda and of course they don’t have mt4. They also charge a monthly fee for their api.

FX Genius – Is it a Scam?

As I’ve been totally focused on my work I didn’t hear about the fx “genius” until last week.
Curious, i checked out some reviews and then did a bunch of “special google searches”. A couple hours later i managed to find a working version of FX Greed which I think is a modified version of the fx genius that someone ripped off and decided to sell. Gotta love the internet =) I saw a comment somewhere from the creator Dominic complaining. So… do I feel sorry for him- hell no!
Scam or no scam?
It’s a bit of both! So on the website fx genius robot dot com you can see a live account info with FX Clearing who is a decent bucketshop broker who’s earned my trust and is awesome for testing ea’s (check out their micro cents account) – before it was only Oanda (who I love but they don’t have mt4) where you could do cheap moolah per pip. Anyways, I opened up FX Clearing with the login and investor password and watched it trade over a few days earning like 5,000 dollars. It looked like a real account so I decided to test it. At first I put it on my demo account and watched it gain 250 pips in 2 days.
The verdict (part 1): The results on his site are from a demo account which works like a charm but when you put it on a real account and watch the journal in metatrader 4, it’s requote after requote and doesn’t work. I have a very fast vps that I use (ecovps in Holland) and with the datafeed of Alpari UK demo account with a 31ms pingtime vs FX Clearing server at about 200. (By the way, don’t try to use Windows 2008 server for running metatrader ea’s, it shuts down automatically every 12 hours which sucks – you need 2003 server.)
The verdict part 2: Well, the “good folks” at fx greed (nice name btw), have made some modifications so that you can adjust the “aggression” level so that it waits for bigger gaps. I’ve been testing it the last couple days with agression level 1 and it’s bringing in some pips so far, I’ll update in a couple weeks and let you know if I plan to run it full-time. I like a lot that it gets in at a good time and automatically sets a really tight stop. That keeps the risk way down. If it gains 10 pips a day and it’s trustworthy that can still be some nice extra cash and worth running.
Summary – FX Genius’ promises are a lie, false marketing, bullshit. However, the concept of scalping the lag time is pretty cool and like I said if it does 10 pips everyday that could be 100 or 200 per day extra cake.

Welcome to my trading room – renko forex

This is where magic happens! I’m loving trading manually lately, staying up all night playing tunes and making nice gains, gotta love it. After 2 years of tough work to get here, now it’s gravy time!
Update on Ultimate – 2 weeks ago it made close to 300 pips, last week it made 250 pips and then lost all 250, Ouch. I realize that I need another filter so that it just trades with the “general trend” which for me is above/below the 77 ema. Why 77? I like it and it works =) I’ve got to do some more testing before I send it to my programmer for the upgrade but after 8 hours of visual renko backtesting yesterday, I just wanna trade…

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Нов Да Винчи код откриен во очите на Мона Лиза

2010-12-13T13:15:00.001-08:00

Нов Да Винчи код откриен во очите на Мона Лиза

Нов Да Винчи код е откриен во прочуената слика Мона Лиза на италијанскиот ренесансен сликар Леонардо Да Винчи, при што тајната не е во загонетната и се уште неразјаснета насмевка, туку во нејзините очи, пишува „Дејли телеграф“.

Како што јави дописникот на МИА од Лондон, најновите истражувања покажуваат дека во очите на Мона Лиза се скриени мошне мали букви и бројки, што експертите сега се обидуваат да ги декодираат. Во десното око, забележани се ситните букви Л и В, што секако се иницијалите на уметникот, но во левото око има „мистериозни симболи“, за кои засега не се знае што претставуваат.

Трагањето по тајната што ја кријат во себе очите на Мона Лиза, според лондонскиот весник, се надоврзува на решението на италијанскиот државен Комитет за културно наследство, да побара дозвола за ексхумација на посмртните останки на прославениот уметник. Намерата е да се направи анализа на черепот на Леонардо за да се утврди дали портретот на Мона Лиза, всушност, е автопортрет.

Станува збор за намерата да се испита вистинитоста на една од бројните теории за идентитетот на мистериозната жена, која е насликана и означена како Мона Лиза. Некои историчари на уметноста сметаат дека големиот мајстор на уметноста Да Винчи, бил хомосексуалец, па дека како наклонет кон правењето загатки и опседнат со мистерии, решил да се наслика себе си, преправен како жена.

Moving Violations: In Chicago, Cooking and Driving Don't Mix

2010-12-13T13:12:00.001-08:00

By LAUREN ETTER

CHICAGO—Tiffany Kurtz was cruising the downtown streets here in her powder-blue van when a group of women flagged her down.
She punched her hazard lights on, pulled into a loading zone and began selling her wares. Within minutes, a police officer rolled up with his lights flashing.
"We're stopping the sale of cupcakes," she recalls him saying, before he handed her a ticket and shooed her away.

Food trucks are all the rage in New York and Los Angeles, but in the Windy City they are running up against some sticky regulations. WSJ's Mark Scheffler reports from the streets of Chicago.

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So Mr. Maroni sells pre-made "naan-wiches"—Indian flatbread filled with veal piccata, pork belly and lobster—from what he calls the "gaztro-wagon." Chef Phillip Foss drives his Meatyballs Mobile, selling sandwiches stuffed with balls of seafood, Thai-style turkey, venison and even bull testicles in a tomato sauce. Happy Bodega, which calls itself a "gourmet foodie truck," sells soups and pastries on city streets.
A spokeswoman for the city says Chicago's rules are for health and sanitary reasons. The City Council is currently considering some changes in food-truck laws. Brick-and-mortar restaurants are fighting the mobile insurgency, chasing trucks from their street fronts, calling police and snapping photos of the vendors in hopes of catching them illegally parked.
Holly Sjo, owner of The Cupcake Counter, a year-old downtown shop, called the cops when she spotted Ms. Kurtz parked near her business in a spot she believed to be illegal.
"She seems to only park next to other people's cupcake shops," Ms. Sjo says.
Ms. Kurtz denies the accusation. "I would never want to do that to another cupcake business," she says.
The food truck concept is "a quaint idea," says Dan Rosenthal, owner of Sopraffina Marketcaffe, a chain of Italian restaurants in Chicago. "But when you get right down to it, it creates an unlevel playing field."
A food-truck operation can get off the ground for under $150,000, while many restaurants spend more than $1 million on real estate and equipment to open their doors.

"It's an elitist thing," says food-trucker Mr. Maroni. "Just step up your game," he says. "McDonald's doesn't ask Burger King if they can open up across the street."
Three years ago, Mr. Maroni, a long-time chef, moved to Chicago from Houston to open a neighborhood bistro. As the recession hit, his plan stalled. "I couldn't come up with $1 million to $1.5 million," he says.
In February, he had an idea to open a food truck. But when he started researching permit requirements, he was dismayed about the city's rules.
So Mr. Maroni drafted a model ordinance now before the City Council that would legalize cooking in food trucks. He started a website to drum up support and a Twitter account. Today, he says he has more than 4,000 Twitter followers.
Under the proposed rules, the trucks could prepare food on the vehicle so long as they operate in conjunction with a licensed commercial kitchen. They'd also have to keep 200 feet away from a restaurant that "offers a similar service" and 100 feet away from all other food establishments.
Over the summer, Mr. Maroni bought an old postal truck on Craigslist for $6,300. For another $15,000, he installed two ovens, a sink, a refrigerator, counter space and electricity. He and his wife took it to the car wash and slapped a "gaztro-wagon" sticker on the side.
He also rented a kitchen and tiny storefront in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, where he serves sit-down meals and prepares his naan-wiches.
One recent morning, Mr. Maroni steered the gaztro-wagon toward downtown Chicago's business district. At 11:41 a.m., he tweeted: "Merch mart en route"—signaling he would be at a familiar spot near the Merchandise Mart, a well-known commercial and residential building.
Minutes later, Mr. Maroni pulled up to a stop sign and waved to a man standing next to a parking space. Under a deal with a property manager at a nearby building, an employee holds a parking spot for him each Thursday in exchange for a bag of naan-wiches for the staff.
At 11:57, Mr. Maroni sent another message: "Touchdown merch mart!" After a smooth parallel parking job, he flipped open a big window on the side and fed the parking meter. Within minutes, he was doing a swift business.
Sometimes parking doesn't go so smoothly. Meatyballs chef Mr. Foss says he was recently chased by a policeman on a bicycle as he looked for a parking space; the officer gave him a ticket for an expired city sticker, a charge Mr. Foss plans to fight. He also got a ticket for parking within 200 feet of a McDonald's.
"I didn't have a ruler with me," says Mr. Foss. Now, written on a tip jar in his truck, he also asks for donations to his "Mobile Vending Violation Contribution Fund."
Write to Lauren Etter at lauren.etter@wsj.com

Stockholm Attacks Had No Impact On Equity, Forex Markets

2010-12-13T13:08:00.001-08:00

STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Sweden's equity and foreign exchange markets showed little reaction Monday to the weekend bombings in central Stockholm.
The explosions Saturday killed an apparent suicide bomber and wounded two other people.
"Despite that the event has no underlying economic significance, I thought front-runners would use it as an excuse for short-term speculation against the krona," Carl Hammer, chief forex strategist at SEB, told Dow Jones Newswires.
In early trading the Swedish krona weakened to 9.15 from 9.12 against the euro but at 0945 GMT the Swedish krona was back at 9.12 and at 6.90 against the dollar, in line with the levels Friday.
"I don't think one should make any hasty conclusions, but if anything, the fact that the krona has kept its value illustrates the apparent strength of the currency," Hammer said.
Equity markets were largely unaffected by the attacks. At 0945 GMT the OMX Stockholm 30 index of the 30 largest companies at the Stockholm stock exchange traded up 0.7%, in line with the FTSE 100 and higher than Germany's DAX 30.

-By Sven Grundberg, Dow Jones Newswires; +46-8-5451-3098; sven.grundberg@dowjones.com

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2010-12-13T07:36:00.000-08:00

Dollar Climbs

2010-12-12T03:13:00.001-08:00

DECEMBER 10, 2010, 4:43 P.M. ET

WORLD FOREX: Dollar Climbs After US Data Points To Recovery

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The dollar rose against both the euro and the yen Friday after strong U.S. consumer sentiment and trade data reinforced the notion that the world's biggest economy is improving.
A recent run of firmer U.S. economic data has bolstered the dollar while the euro remains under pressure from its sovereign-debt crisis.
The euro temporarily slipped below $1.32 and the dollar briefly broke above Y84, after the Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary December consumer-sentiment index rose to 74.2, above economists' forecast of 73 in a Dow Jones Newswires survey.
Data showing the U.S. government ran its 26th straight monthly budget deficit had little impact on currency markets, with investors taking a short-term view of a U.S. economy that increasingly shows sign of recovery.
"It's been awhile since U.S. economic data moved markets," with investors so focused on sovereign-debt issues, said Robert Lynch, currency strategist at HSBC in New York. But Friday's dollar reaction showed that market participants are gaining some confidence that, with the U.S. tax-cut extensions announced earlier this week, the U.S. economy could gain more momentum, several analysts said.
"I'm still quite optimistic on the prospects of the dollar, based on the [tax] cuts earlier this week in Washington," said Andrew Wilkinson, senior market analyst at Interactive Brokers in Greenwich, Conn. "There is a bit of a defense mechanism heading into the weekend," with risks associated with a possible interest-rate increase in China, which also helped the dollar, he said.
The dollar gained from a more negative sentiment toward riskier global assets, with speculation swirling that the People's Bank of China would raise interest rates for the second time this year to stop its rapidly expanding economy from overheating. Investor eyes remain focused on the release of consumer price data Saturday morning in Asia, with talk in the Chinese press suggesting data will show inflation leapt as much as 5.1% year-over-year in November after rising 4.4% in October.
Late Friday afternoon, the euro was at $1.3229 from $1.3243 from late Thursday, according to EBS via CQG. The dollar was at Y83.90 from Y83.69, while the euro was at Y110.99 from Y110.82. The U.K. pound was at $1.5804 from $1.5771. The dollar was at CHF0.9812 from CHF0.9833.
The ICE Dollar Index, which tracks the dollar against a trade-weighted basket of currencies, was at 80.078 from 80.019.
Friday's U.S. data turned the tide on currency movements earlier in the global session.
Overnight, the euro had gained modestly against the dollar as investors interpreted China's 50-basis-point rise in bank reserve requirements as a signal that China may be less inclined also to boost interest rates.
That helped to improve investor confidence in riskier assets, but the small gains indicated market participants still remain wary that China might lift interest rates.
"The PBoC is [still] expected to follow this up with its second rate hike since October, perhaps as soon as this weekend," said Brown Brothers Harriman analysts in New York.
(To see the euro's performance against the dollar, please see:
http://www.dowjoneswebservices.com/chart/view/5128.)
Separately, net speculative bets against the euro, called shorts, rose 111% in the week ended Dec.7, on the back of the euro zone debt crisis, according to a Scotia analysis of the weekly Commitments of Traders report released by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission late Friday.
With the ICE Dollar Index strengthening, Deutsche Bank's PowerShares U.S. Dollar Index Bearish exchange-traded fund was down 0.04% from late Thursday, while its PowerShares U.S. Dollar Index Bullish fund was even on day. The two exchange-traded funds are based on Deutsche Bank currency-futures indexes, whose composition mirrors that of the ICE's Dollar Index.

-By Andrew J. Johnson, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-3092; andrewj.johnson@dowjones.com
--Bradley Davis in New York contributed to this article.

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2010-12-07T02:46:00.000-08:00

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Cablegate: 250,000 US Embassy Diplomatic Cables

2010-11-28 On Sunday 28th Novembre 2010, Wikileaks began publishing 251,287 leaked United States embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents ever to be released into the public domain. The documents will give people around the world an unprecedented insight into the US Government's foreign activities.

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2010-12-05T02:32:00.000-08:00

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WikiLeaks Ready to Release Giant 'Insurance' File if Shut Down

Published December 05, 2010

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Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has circulated across the internet an encrypted “poison pill” cache of uncensored documents suspected to include files on BP and Guantanamo Bay.

One of the files identified this weekend by The Sunday Times — called the “insurance” file — has been downloaded from the WikiLeaks website by tens of thousands of supporters, from America to Australia.

Assange warns that any government that tries to curtail his activities risks triggering a new deluge of state and commercial secrets.

The military papers on Guantanamo Bay, yet to be published, have been supplied by Bradley Manning, Assange’s primary source until his arrest in May. Other documents that Assange is confirmed to possess include an aerial video of a US airstrike in Afghanistan that killed civilians, BP files and Bank of America documents.

One of the key files available for download — named insurance.aes256 — appears to be encrypted with a 256-digit key. Experts said last week it was virtually unbreakable.

Click here to read this story from The Sunday Times.

The US Department of Defence says it is aware of the WikiLeaks insurance file, but has been unable to establish its contents. It has been available for download since July.

Assange has warned he can divulge the classified documents in the insurance file and similar backups if he is detained or the WikiLeaks website is permanently removed from the internet. He has suggested the contents are unredacted, posing a possible security risk for coalition partners around the world.

Assange warned: “We have over a long period of time distributed encrypted backups of material we have yet to release. All we have to do is release the password to that material, and it is instantly available.”

The “doomsday files” are part of a contingency plan drawn up by Assange and his supporters as they face a legal threat. He is wanted in Sweden over sexual assault allegations, and the US administration is reviewing the possibility of legal action after the release of 250,000 diplomatic cables.

Ben Laurie, a London-based computer security expert who has advised WikiLeaks, said: “Julian’s a smart guy and this is an interesting tactic. He will hope it deters anyone from acting against him.”

Nigel Smart, professor of cryptology at Bristol University, said even powerful military computers would be unable to crack the encryption. He said: “This isn’t something that can be broken with a modern computer. You need the key to open it.”

The file is 1.4 gigabytes in size, which would be big enough for a compressed version of all the files released this year and additional data.

Assange said last year that he had been leaked a computer hard drive from an executive at Bank of America and warned this month he was planning a major release on a large American bank. He also claims to have confidential files on BP and other energy companies. Tens of millions of personal computers were hijacked last week in an act of sabotage that crippled the WikiLeaks website. WikiLeaks revealed that a “denial of service” attack that temporarily shut down the website used a network of “zombie” computers, which were infiltrated by the hackers.

WikiLeaks is now battling for its survival. Amazon, which hosted the website, refused further access to its servers last week. A site that provided WikiLeaks with its domain name, EveryDNS.net, also cut off its service because it said it was being inundated with sabotage attacks.

Some of the contingency plans were revealed when the site re-emerged on Friday with a Swiss address, WikiLeaks.ch. The new name was provided by the Swiss Pirate party, which champions internet freedom. Assange has also set up contingency servers in Sweden.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/12/05/wikileaks-ready-release-massive-insurance-file-shut/#ixzz17ERsSEAl

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2010-12-01T12:54:00.001-08:00

Исправи се, Игоре!

Група капачи сакаа да му помогнат на Димовски да излезе од водата, но тој не им дозволи, бидејќи ќе беше дисквалификуван
Миодраг Мицковиќ
Какво е чувството да бидеш повеќе од 13 часа во студените води на Ла Манш, чија температура изнесува меѓу 14 и 16 степени, да се бориш со бранови, со силните струи што не дозволуваат да пливаш кон целта, кои во некои моменти дури те враќаат назад. Тоа може да го раскаже само новиот спортски херој на Македонија, маратонецот Игор Димовски, кој на 2 август беше четврти Македонец што успеа да го преплива каналот Ла Манш, долгогодишна традиција на Англија, сон на секој маратонец во светот.

Колку само напори, колку издржливост му беа потребни на Игор Димовски да го преплива каналот и да стапне на францускиот брег, истоштен, со крајни напори да излезе од студената вода, да се исправи, да ги крене високо рацете и да ја слушне сирената од бродот што го означи крајот на неговиот подвиг, која беше знак дека успеал да го преплива Ла Манш под лоши временски услови и многуте пречки што ги имаше на тој пат од Довер до ’ртот Грин на францускиот брег.

-Бев сведок на сите тие настани, на таа тринаесетчасовна борба со брановите, струите, во еден момент и со медузите, на Димовски во препливувањето на Ла Манш, ни раскажуваше во телефонскиот разговор познатиот спортски новинар Зоран Михајлов, кој го придружуваше во малото бротче на тој пат, кој требаше да биде долг 34 километри, но поради силните струи и бранови, беше многу подолг. Кога влезе во водата точно во 5 часот наутро по наше време, беше темно, прст пред око не се гледаше. Уште по доаѓањето со бротчето до местото од каде што требаше да стартува, брановите беа мошне силни, малку требаше да го преврти бродот. На капата Димовски имаше батериска лампа за да можеме да го следиме во ноќта се' додека да се раздени. Во еден момент, не знаеме што се случува, тој се пожали по стотина метри пливање дека удрил во нешто тврдо, за среќа, не се повреди. Што беше тоа, не знаеше да го објасни ниту искусниот капетан Ленс Орвел, кој го водеше Димовски до целта. Дали беше некоја карпа, дел од некој потонат плепер, остана тајна.

-Се' до половина патека Димовски пливаше одлично, тие 15 километри ги мина за 3,5 часа. Дури доколку продолжеше со вакво темпо, ќе постигнеше одлично време, околу 9 часа, но потоа се' тргна на лошо. Времето почна да се влошува, неочекувано се појавија силни струи, кои, според зборовите на капетанот, се непредвидливи, никогаш не се знае каде точно се движат. Некаде по 9 часа пливање, Димовски имаше и криза, го фати грч на левата рака, потоа и на нозете, беше малку критично, но, сепак, издржа и продолжи да плива. Најтешко беше при крајот, тие последни четири километри кога веќе се наѕираше францускиот брег, Димовски ги пливаше за 3,5 часа. Струите речиси го носеа час лево час десно. Едно време пливаше речиси в место. За несреќата да биде поголема, налета на едно јато медузи, на само петстотини метри пред целта, една го касна на вратот, имаше болки, но не се откажуваше, продолжи да плива.

- Вистинска драма се одвиваше на околу 300 метри до брегот, се чинеше дека е тука на дофат кога во еден момент една силна струја го врати можеби петстотини метри назад. Капетанот со сите сили се обидуваше да изнајде пат, да ги одбегне струите, мораше да го води Димовски, што се вели цик-цак. А, тој со последни сили ги движеше рацете и не помислуваше да се откаже. Како што потоа ми кажа: „Ќе се удавев ако беше потребно, но немаше да се откажам, зарем да ги разочарам сите оние што имаа доверба во мене, што ми помогнаа да се обидам да го препливам Ла Манш.

Кога веќе дојдовме до стотина метри пред целта, капетанот повеќе не го водеше Димовски, тој продолжи сам кон брегот, ние со страв го следевме прашувајќи се дали ќе успее да излезе од водата и да се исправи што го бараат правилата од сите пливачи на Ла Манш. Кога веќе почна да излегува од водата, падна на коленици. Ни се стегна срцето, зарем сега кога веќе го допре францускиот брег ќе нема сили да излезе од водата. Тука, во непосредна близина имаше десетина капачи, кои дотрчаа за да му помогнат на Игор да излезе од водата, но тој ги бркаше не дозволувајќи им да му пријдат, бидејќи секој нивни допир, пред да се исправи, ќе беше дисквалификација за него. На крајот, сепак, најде сили, се исправи, излезе од водата на песокот, ги крена рацете кога се слушна сирената што ја притисна капетанот Орвел на бротчето што значеше и успех на Димовски и крај на сите негови, па и наши маки, бидејќи беше напорно на сите нас да минеме 13 часа во бротчето доживувајќи ја оваа драма заедно со Игор.

Што јадеше и што пиеше Димовски за тие 13 часа колку што беше во водата?

- На секои 15 минути му дававме чај, сокови, сопругата на капетанот му подготвуваше пијалаци со витамини што ги користат сите маратонци при препливувањето на Ла Манш, но поради бранови, половина чаша ќе испиеше, половина ќе се истуреше во морето. Изеде и многу банани, ни рече Зоран Михајлов во нашиот телефонски разговор.

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Игор Димовски го преплива Ла Манш

На четвртиот Македонец со ваков подвиг, по Нико Нестор, Атина Бојаџи и Томи Стефановски, му беа потребни 13 часа
Од нашиот дописник Томислав Ивановски
ЛОНДОН - Македонскиот маратонец Игор Димовски го преплива каналот Ла Манш на неговата, за маратонско пливање, класична делница меѓу англиското пристаниште Довер и францускиот брег, кај градот Кале. Димовски е четвртиот Македонец со ваков подвиг. Пред него тоа им успеа на Нико Нестор во 1959 година, на Атина Бојаџи десет години подоцна, како и на Томи Стефановски лани. Оваа патека меѓу британските острови и европскиот континент се обиде пред повеќе години да ја исплива и Ристо Бимбиловски, и тоа во пеперутка-стил, но се откажа пред да пристигне до францускиот брег.

Оддалеченоста меѓу Довер и Кале, која е 34 километри, Димовски ја преплива за нешто над 13 часа, што е многу повеќе од времето што тој и неговиот тренер го имаа претходно испланирано. Беше предвидено да плива меѓу 7,5 и осум часа, но во понеделникот времето и водите во каналот не му беа наклонети на македонскиот маратонец. Тој тргна невообичаено рано од Довер, во 4 часот, по наговор на капетанот на придружниот брод, во обид да ја избегне посилната плима што беше најавена.

Во нашиот телефонски разговор вечерта пред пливањето Димовски ни објасни дека два дена чека и тренира на британскиот брег во надеж дека ќе се намалат силата на ветерот и на морските струи, кои се тешко предвидливи. Нашиот маратонец ни се пожали на температурата на морската вода, која изминатите денови постојано се движеше меѓу 14 и 16 степени.

Во разговорот рече и дека, според тоа што нему и на тренерот им го соопштиле домаќините, во текот на пливањето во понеделникот се очекува ветерот да се смири, но оти плимата и струите што ги има во водите од каналот ќе бидат посилни. Се покажа дека таквата прогноза беше точна, а во одредени моменти временските услови беа и полоши од оние што се очекуваа, што влијаеше македонскиот маратонец да плива многу повеќе и многу подолго во студената вода. Тоа бараше од него речиси натчовечки напори за да остане во трката со морските километри и да се бори со неповолните услови за пливање.

Луѓето што го придружуваа во бродот со англискиот капетан, кој го следеше препливувањето на Димовски, во телефонската комуникација што ја имавме објаснуваа дека во првите пет часа работите, главно, се одвиваа поволно за нашиот пливач, особено што ветерот му дуваше в грб, а не в лице. Но, на половина од патеката Димовски имал грч во мускулите и проблеми во пливањето, што некако ги совлада. Подоцна, пред целта, кај францускиот ’рт Гри Не, тој мораше да вложи дополнителен напор во борбата со силната контраструја, која го оддалечуваше од целта и во еден момент ја доведе во прашање успешноста на целиот потфат.

Според Зоран Михајлов, кој беше во придружбата, условите за пливање биле толку тешки што во последните четири-пет километри од патеката Димовски бил принуден да ги плива дури пет часа. Тоа и предизвика неговиот денешен подвиг да се оддолжи до предвечерјето во понеделникот. Сепак, иако исцрпен од борбата со непредвидливите каналски води и измрзнат од долгото пливање во студеното море, Димовски успеал за кратко да се исправи на францускиот брег и да го одбележи, а сам за себе и да го прослави својот успех, совладувањето на Ла Манш и приклучувањето кон сите пливачи од Македонија и од светот, познати и непознати, кои уште од далечната 1875 година тргнуваат на овој потфат. Веднаш потоа нашиот маратонец и целата екипа што го придружуваше се вратија со бродот што го водеше при пливањето, назад во Довер.

Ова беше прв пат Игор Димовски да се обиде да го преплива каналот, откако од пред седум години целосно му се посвети на маратонското пливање. Тој има 33 години и повеќе од дваесет години е пливач. Досега учествувал на три маратони - на Охридско Езеро, во Грција и на Савскиот маратон кај Шабац. Предвидено е да се врати во Македонија денеска.

Инаку, Атина Бојаџи во 1969 година го преплива каналот Ла Манш, но во спротивен правец - од Франција кон Англија, за 13 часа и 20 минути. Пред тоа, Нико Нестор пливаше 12 часа и 6 минути, а одлично време минатата година постигна Томи Стефановски, кој успеа оваа тешка делница да ја преплива за 7 часа и 42 минути.

Рекордот во препливувањето на Ла Манш со најдобро време го има Петар Стојчев од Бугарија, кој го преплива за 6 часа и 57 минути. Во текот на денешниот ден телефонски разговаравме и со Игор Димовски, кој, и покрај големите напори, се чувствува многу добро, досега доби многу телеграми и СМС-пораки со честитки за овој свој подвиг, кој го финансираше скопската општина Карпош.

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2010-11-28T10:35:00.001-08:00

Introduction to the Forex Market

What's Forex?

"Forex" stands for foreign exchange; it's also known as FX. In a Forex trade, you buy one currency while simultaneously selling another.
Currencies trade in pairs, like the Euro-US Dollar (EUR/USD) or US Dollar / Japanese Yen (USD/JPY). Forex trading is used to speculate on the relative strength of one currency against another. The foreign exchange market is an over-the-counter market, which means that it is a decentralised market with no central exchange.

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2010-11-17T23:48:00.000-08:00

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Forex (foreign exchange) is the buying and selling of currencies. Forex transactions always include two currencies—one currency is purchased while the other is sold. For example, in a forex transaction euros (EUR) may be purchased while US dollars (USD) are sold; or Great British pounds (GBP) may be purchased while Japanese yen (JPY) are sold. The two currencies involved in a transaction are considered a currency pair (e.g., EUR/USD or GBP/JPY) and each currency pair has an exchange rate.
The goal of forex trading is similar to the goal of stock trading where you "buy low and sell high." Currency exchange rates fluctuate up and down throughout the day, providing forex traders with the ability to potentially profit from these movements.
The basic concept of forex trading is similar to those used in equities, bonds, futures, and options markets—the distinction being the product that is traded. In fact, most new forex traders will probably find the transition to forex to be simple and straight forward. The technical indicators and strategies used in other markets can be used in the forex market as well.

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2010-11-13T11:06:00.000-08:00

GAIN Capital Appoints Christopher Calhoun and Crevan O’Grady to Board of Directors

NEW YORK, November 9, 2010 - GAIN Capital Holdings Inc., a global provider of online trading services specializing in foreign exchange (forex or FX) and contracts for difference (CFDs), announced today that Crevan O’Grady and Christopher Calhoun have been elected to its Board of Directors.

Mr. O’Grady, a partner for private equity firm 3i, replaces Ken Hanau, a managing partner at 3i. Mr. Calhoun, who has served as GAIN Capital’s senior advisor since April 2009, replaces Roger Tarika, who has stepped down from the Board.

“Crevan and Chris bring unique perspective and business knowledge to the Board,” said Glenn Stevens, CEO of GAIN Capital. “They are both experienced leaders and are well suited to help lead GAIN into its next phase of growth.”

Mr. O’Grady brings more than a decade of experience developing business for 3i’s Technology, Media & Telecoms team globally. Most recently, he was responsible for running the firm’s consumer sector team. Prior to joining 3i, Mr. O’Grady worked for KPMG in Leeds, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Mr. O’Grady received his bachelor’s degree in business and accounting from Dundee University.

From November 2000 to April 2009, Mr. Calhoun held senior operating roles at GAIN Capital, including chief operating officer and vice president of business technology. Prior to GAIN Capital, Mr. Calhoun served as chief operating officer of FNX Limited, a privately held provider of trading and risk management solutions to the international financial community. Mr. Calhoun received his B.S. in finance and MBA from La Salle University. Mr. Calhoun also serves on the Board of Scivantage.

With the election of Mr. O’Grady and Mr. Calhoun, GAIN’s Board of Directors has 10 members, including Founder and Chairman Mark Galant; CEO Glenn Stevens; Peter Quick, former president of the American Stock Exchange; Joseph A. Schenk, former CFO of Jefferies Group; Susanne D. Lyons, former chief marketing officer, VISA USA; Gerry McCrory, managing director, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners; Chris Sugden, general partner, Edison Venture Fund; and Jim Mills, managing director, VantagePoint Venture Partners. For additional information about GAIN Capital's board of directors, visit www.gaincapital.com/company_board.html.

About GAIN Capital

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. is a global provider of online trading services, specializing in foreign exchange (forex or FX) and contracts for difference (CFDs). Customers and trading partners in more than 140 countries have utilized the company’s award-winning trading platform which transacts nearly $250 billion per month.*

A pioneer in online forex trading, GAIN Capital provides execution, clearing, custody and technology products and services to an institutional client base including asset managers, broker/dealers and other financial services firms. GAIN also operates FOREX.com, one of the largest and best-known brands in the retail forex industry.

With offices in New York City; Bedminster, New Jersey; London; Sydney; Hong Kong; Tokyo and Seoul, GAIN Capital and its affiliates are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the United States, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the United Kingdom, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in Japan, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong, and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in Australia.

GAIN's investor group includes private equity firms 3i, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Tudor Ventures, Edison Venture Fund and Cross Atlantic Capital Partners.

For company information, visit www.gaincapital.com or www.forex.com

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