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Creepy satirical VR ad pitches cyberpunk thriller – Boing Boing

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Harsh Reality is a short movie about how horrible VR is going to be; here's the trailer for the crowdfunding campaign.

ENERGEIA FILMS is proud to be a part of the launch campaign for NOIR Systems's latest entry in the field of VR-enhanced rehabilitation -- the NSYS-EX. As seen in the new short film, HARSH REALITY!

What happens when the technology designed to help us is turned against us? Please help fund HARSH REALITY so you can find out!

VR dystopias are usually posed as an assault on our senses, on our privacy, our sense of self. But honoring the utopian viewpoint--VR as a manifestation of everything we want to see and become, an unfettered self--always held more power for me, especially as prelude to dystopia. The 1988(!) Red Dwarf episode Better Than Life, wherein fully-immersive VR is revealed as a way to completely idealize one's everyday personal flaws, remains my favorite!

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Retroshifter is a cyberpunk autorunner, aiming to hit iOS and Android later this month – Pocket Gamer

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Stock Analysis: Focusing on Shares of Edap Tms Sa ADR (EDAP) – Stock Press Daily

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Checking in on the 50-day moving average vs price signal for Edap Tms Sa ADR (EDAP), we have noted that the current reading is Sell. We have also taken note of the present signal strength which is showing Weak. In terms of the signal direction, we can see that it is displaying a Weakest. At the start of the most recent trading seesion, company shares opened at 2.55. After touching a high price of 2.55 and falling to a low of 2.55. This is the signal based on the average of where the price is resting relative to the standard interpretation of longer term studies. Digging a little bit deeper, we have seen that the current medium-term opinion signal is 100% Sell, and the short-term reading is currently 60% Sell.

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Investors may be wanting to view Street analyst ratings on the stock. Edap Tms Sa ADR (EDAP) currently has an analyst rating of 5. This is based onscale where a 5 would representa Strong Buy, a 4 would indicatea Moderate Buy, 3 a hold, 2 a moderate sell, and a rating of 1 would representa Strong Sell.Investors are typicallyscoping out the next great stock choice. Securing thatnext big winner may involve plenty ofperseverance and dedication. Making sense of all the available datamay be a tough job. Many successful investors will studythe equity markets from differentangles. This may include trackingfundamental and technical data.

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Edap Tms Sa ADR (EDAP) currently has a 9 day relative strength value of43.38%. This technical momentum indicator compares the size of recent gains to recent losses helping to spotpossible overbought and oversold conditions. The 9 day historical volatility reading is currently 35.01%. This measures the average deviation from the average price overthe last9 days. Some market enthusiasts will preach the old adage, nothing ventured nothing gained. Others may stick to the slow and steady wins the race plan. The right move for one investor may not be the same for another. Some may choose to go all in with dicey plays, while others may look to minimize risk with stable long-term staple stocks. Active stock market investors may have the opportunity to make bold decisions, but as in life, there are rarely any subsitutes for hard work, being prepared, and meticulous dedication.

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MRI shows no damage to Angels CF Mike Trout’s hamstring – ESPN

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Los Angeles Angels star outfielder Mike Trout was pleased that an MRI on his tight left hamstring showed no damage but is not ready to return to the lineup.

"You never want to take an MRI. It's tough. But hearing the news, it relieves me a little bit," Trout said Monday before the opener of a three-game series in Oakland. "It made me feel comfortable, just cleared my mind a little bit. And, obviously with [the team], it helped them out."

The Angels requested the MRI to "have a thumbprint moving forward" on the two-time AL MVP's leg, general manager Billy Eppler said, and the images came back "clean and normal."

Trout was being held out of Monday's game against the Athletics, sitting out for the fourth time in five games. Trout said he initially hurt the hamstring last week in Seattle. He returned to the lineup Friday night against Houston and felt it again chasing a ball in the gap. He has missed the past three games but said it feels better every day.

Manager Mike Scioscia said the team has discussed putting Trout on the disabled list but doesn't want to make a move if he'd be able to come back before the 10-day DL stint ended. Scioscia characterized the injury as day-to-day and that a decision about the disabled list wouldn't come for at least a few more days.

"We want to make sure this is 100 percent behind him before he gets on the field and does the things he needs to do," Scioscia said. "He plays a demanding position. It's moving in the right direction. We're assessing how quickly it's moving and when he can get out there and work out a little bit and test it and see when he can get back in the lineup. It's not there today. We'll assess it tomorrow."

Trout missed only three games in each of the past two seasons. He hasn't missed more than five games in a season since his AL Rookie of the Year campaign in 2012, which he began in the minor leagues.

Trout was the AL's Player of the Month for April after batting .364 with 18 RBIs.

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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) Is Grabbing Attention With Its Chart Setup – NY Stock News

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Valencia CF and New York Cosmos will square off in soccer friendly at Regina’s new Mosaic Stadium – Regina Leader-Post

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Latest figures makes these Stock Even More Attractive: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (LPI) – StockNewsJournal

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Latest figures makes these Stock Even More Attractive: CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (LPI)
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) market capitalization at present is $6.47B at the rate of $27.76 a share. The firm's price-to-sales ratio was noted 1.78 in contrast with an overall industry average of 3.68. Most of the active traders and ...

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SEC names LSU CF Zach Watson freshman of the week – SECcountry.com

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The SEC office named LSU centerfielder Zach Watson the conferences Freshman of the Week on Monday.

Watson had a big weekend, going 5-for-10 (.500) with 4 RBI, 2 runs and a .583 on-base percentage in a series sweep over South Carolina. The freshman also shined on the base paths and defensively, going 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts and recording an outfield assist.

LSU defeated South Carolin 5-2 on Saturday and then edged the Gamecocks in an extra-inning thriller, 7-6 in 10 innings the next day. On Sunday, Watson was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and run scored. He drove in a run with a two-out single in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game at five and then scored the game-winning run in the 10th.

Watson is putting together a really strong freshman campaign. After his big weekend, he is hitting .316 with 11 extra-base hits, including 7 doubles, 17 RBI, 20 runs and 8 steals this year.

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Political correctness is not a ‘liberal conspiracy’ – The Nation

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To contribute to the ongoing debate: I have no regard for that currency of the gullible, political correctness (PC) and consider it to be little more than an intellectual straitjacket that attempts to, as JC Wilcox correctly states, [suppress] freedom of expression and original thought. Many of us know that its not easy at all to express totally original thought, and that the overwhelming majority of the human race follow prescribed thought patterns that are repeated over and over, ad infinitum. A bit like wilfully proliferating rubbish about religious plots to take over the world, in fact. That said, I agree in principle with what Mr Wilcox says about PC. However, the salient question is, to what purpose is the debate directed?

Consequently, I disagree with Wilcoxs obtusely related thesis that liberalism is flawed (in part due to PC in this instance), a nonsensical mantra he repeats over and over, doubtless in the earnest hope that people will eventually believe it.

Eric Bahrt also has his issues, like all of us, but he is correct in identifying context as a key component in the perennial PC discourse, and that Mr Wilcoxs obsession with Liberal conspiracies and of course the usual balderdash about creeping Islamofascism is pertinent here. PC is, of course, his latest Trojan horse to that end. Making such formulaic sweeping assertions without evidence is a common enough tactic, littered with non sequiturs that logically end up in a cerebral cul-de-sac.

Finally, and to return briefly to the exclusively PC discussion, as a former academic I had a number

of arguments (in the scholarly sense) with former colleagues about this, and took them to task for buying into this Orwellian ordure. In that, Mr Wilcox and I are in agreement.

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Toronto man spends US$80,000 to clone his dead dog | Lifestyle … – CTV News

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CTVNews.ca Staff Published Monday, May 8, 2017 7:05PM EDT Last Updated Monday, May 8, 2017 10:11PM EDT

After his beloved dog died, a Toronto man spared no expense to have Woofie cloned.

When Woofie, a 20-year-old dingo shepherd cross, passed away last August, Matthew Johnson told CTV Toronto that he was devastated.

I would compare it secondary to losing my mother, he said.

Not wanting to say goodbye to his canine best friend, Johnson contacted an American company to clone Woofie.

The procedure wasnt cheap.

The cloning cost US$80,000 but for Johnson, it was worth every penny. He told CTV Toronto that he would recommend it to any dog owner who doesnt want to part with their pet.

If you have the money do it, he said. If you love your dog and your dog meant that much to you its definitely worth it.

The company managed to create two genetic replicates of his dog; one named Blondie and one named Woofie Jr.

Johnson met the clone dogs a few days ago and said the first encounter with the puppies was surreal.

Like holy **** thats Woofie! he said. The mole, the colouring, [] they have the exact same markings. The only way we can tell them apart is that Blondies a little heavier.

According to Johnson the dogs temperaments are also similar to the original Woofie.

You can tell this one stays close to me. I know theyre both Woofie but I think this one was the first one and pretty much their temperaments are the same, he said.

Both dogs are healthy and happy and, according to the company that cloned the dogs, they should both live as long as the original pup.

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