Hello, and I wish you all a belated happy new year! I hope your holidays were relaxing for you.

Please accept my apologies for the big delay in submitting a report. Many of you have been wondering about the AoG inactivity since my last report before Christmas.

I have been very busy with a bunch of things - some related to my ARV research and some not. I got back at taking a closer look at all of my data (about 4 years worth of ARV trials) and noticed a couple of interesting relationships that I had not seen before. In order to do the proper statistical tests (which determine if the relationships are real), typically, it means learning a ton of new stuff about math and stats which for me becomes completely all-encompassing. It's all I can think of, and everything else in my life tales a back seat. Including my responsibilities to you and this project!

To be honest, I considered closing the project down in order to better focus on the "research" rather than the "application". But contrary to the advice I've been getting, I am NOT planning on quitting the $100K challenge for the following reasons:

Typically, research must be thoroughly completed before application of that research can be of any use. But in this case, APPLYING the research is part of the research. In order to test theories, I need to APPLY the system and note the results. A public forum, at least for me, seems to be the best way to accommodate the application. For one, it serves as a more rigid method of actually recording the outcome of a trial or series of trials (project, or trade in this case). Second, it more closely mimics a real-world application in that the event that is being predicted is the stock market where real capital is on the line, and any emotions, or other related psychology is indeed a very real part of the application.

Secondly, some form of public 'commitment' tends to keep me focused and driven to achieve my goal. If not for the public nature of this challenge, I might tend to skip steps, miss viewing feedback, or procrastinate the planning of the next trade, etc.

I am going to make some changes to the protocol in order to 'tighten' up the controls a bit. Starting with changing the week long trade to only 1 day. The reason is that I found it difficult to isolate myself from general stock market information for an entire week. My protocol is very strict regarding knowledge of what is being predicted - not because it could effect the prediction (the predictions are completely blind - even if I WANTED to predict UP, there would be no way under the current ARV protocol to do so), but conscious knowledge of the result, the prediction or progress of the trade in some way, may effect the outcome of whole ARV project. Shortening the time period to 1 day will greatly improve my ability to stay blind to what's going on in the world outside my office door.

I'm also going to change the frequency of trades. They will be less frequent and will not be planned in advance. The reason has to do with testing certain specific times for remote viewing and those times are usually unpredictable. I'll notify you when a trade has been completed.

I'm also changing the method of profit sharing. The portion that I envisioned going to a non-profit organization devoted to the research and education of intuitive functioning will go to a company that is a standard 'for-profit' corporation. My goals with regard to putting the capital toward further research and education have not changed, but upon learning of the restrictive operating and reporting responsibilities of non-profit orgs, I can accomplish much more by simply paying corporate income tax!

I have also decided upon the split: After taxes and costs, 1/3 to you and 2/3 to the research corporation. I'll also cap the number of members to the current 200. So, participation in the Adventures of Greg $100,000 challenge is now only available to current members.

If you have any questions you can respond to this email and I'll do my best to get a reply to you within a day or two.

Thanks and here's to a hugely successful 2003!!!

Best regards, Greg K

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