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In this game, you play a young apprentice sorceress named Arle. She studies at a magic school, and is about to take her most important examination: go to the Tower of Satan, defeat the enemies and overcome all the obstacles on the way using her magic power!Madō Monogatari I is a role-playing game. Featuring characters from the Puyo Puyo games, it is set in a 3D dungeon which you explore from first-person perspective. Combat takes place on a side-scrolling screen, and is a mixture of turn-based and real-time styles. Enemies attack you even if you wait, but you have time to perform your moves. You should hold down buttons and press direction arrows to execute various magic spells.
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Level II refers to the full depth of information available in the markets. It is split into three stock categories namely SEAQ (Stock Exchange Automated Quotations System), the blue chip SETS (Stock Exchange Electronic Trading Service) and SETSMM.
What is Level 1? Level I information consists of only the real-time mid/bid/offer quotes for shares trading on the LSE. The data access does not disclose which market makers are bidding or offering stock, and it does not show how many shares they are prepared to deal up to. This offers them an advantage because clients cannot see how the price is derived or what the overall position of the market is in the stock; Level I users are partly blindfolded.
Level 2 SEAQ This type of quotation system is a step up from the Level I. Level 2 SEAQ provides real-time access to the quotations of individual market makers registered in every LSE SEAQ stock as well as the offering or bidding sizes that they will trade up to. This level of access gives the name of the market makers looking to trade the stock, and allows traders to see which ones are showing the most interest in a stock and identify the patterns for each one.
Market makers provide continuous bid and offer prices for each of the stocks they have on their 'books'. There can be as few as one or as many as 20 (or more) for a particular stock depending on the average daily volume; the more actively traded a stock is, the more attractive it is for them to deal in.
The market makers play an important rose as catalysts, particularly for enhancing stock liquidity and thus generally for promoting long-term growth in the market.
They must maintain this continuous two-sided quote (bid and offer) at normal market size or greater at all times. This ensures that there is a buyer for the sell order and a seller for the buy order at any time.
Let's look at a the Barclays/ MoneyAM Level II SEAQ quote screen in detail (see illustration):
Edit Colours: Click on here and you will be taken through to a specific page where you can change the colours of backgrounds, font, flashes etc as well as alter font size etc. The click on any point on the colour charts(rainbow) below each customisable features to set the new colour.
EPIC: BFC: Short-form code for stock.
Company Name: BIOFUELS
Mid 164 -1 (-0.61 %): Mid price is a simple average price between bid and offer i.e. 163 and 165. It has fallen 1p since it closed the previous trading day from 165 to 164.
NMS 5,000: This is the minimum number of shares that a market maker must make a firm price in. Investors can buy or sell fewer than this number of shares, in which case will definitely deal at the price quoted. Anyone wishing to deal in more than the NMS may have to accept less than the market price if they are selling, and pay more than the market price if they are buyer.
Spread: The percentage shown is the difference between the bid and ask price of 163.165 i.ee 2p which is a 1.21%% spread. The lower the spread the better.
Close 165: This stock.s mid price closed at 165 the previous trading day
Open: This stock.s mid price opened today at 165
Trd High 167: A trade has taken place today as at a high of 167
Trd Low 163: A trade has taken place today as at a low of 163
Latest Trades: these are the details of the last 25 trades that have occurred today
The Yellow Strip
The yellow strip indicates the best bid and offer prices available from the market makers. In this instance the best price a market maker will buy stock from you is at 163p and the best price a market maker will sell stock to you is at 165p The number 2 on the left side indicates the number of market makers(depth) quoting at 163p to buy stock from you, and on the right the 1 indicates just one market maker prepared to sell to you at 165p.
Buy orders: the price each market maker is prepared to buy stock from you at (you sell stock).
Sell orders: this is the price each market maker is prepared to sell stock to you at (you buy stock).
Time stamp: the last time each individual market maker changed their price in either an upward or downward direction. Indicator Arrow: A blue arrow means the last price quoted by that market maker was in an upward direction, a red arrow indicates that the market maker moved his price down.
Size: this is the size that the market maker is prepared to deal in at the prices he is quoting. Notice that in all cases they are prepared to deal at their prices quoted in a quantity of 5,000 shares which is the normal market size. On many stocks market makers will quote a larger size than NMS
Market makers' codes: this is a short-form code for each market maker: WINS = Winterfloods. NUMS = Numis. SCAP = Shore Capital etc
Market Makers Price: This is price that the market maker is quoting to deal. However every market maker is obliged by the London Stock Exchange to deal at 163/165 up to the normal market size. If you want to buy more then NMS then you may have to pay more!!!
The role of the market maker
A market maker runs a 'shop' and investors buy shares from him or sell them back to him. The rules for SEAQ stocks insist that all share transactions must go through a market maker.
The market makers act as retailers of shares and display their prices during working hours (8.00-4.30pm). The prices may vary (sometimes considerably) during the day, depending on a number of influences.
For example, if the holder of a very large amount of a share decides to sell (or many holders of small amounts), the market makers will reduce the price they are prepared to pay for the share. The converse is true also; if there is a consistent and large enough demand for a share, then the market makers will increase the price.
Market makers make money from buying shares at a lower price to which they sell them. This is the bid/offer spread. The more actively a share is traded, the more money a market maker makes.
It is often felt that the market makers manipulate the prices. However, 'market manipulation' is an emotive term that conjures up images of shady deals and exploitation. In fact, they are not elusive companies that appear then vanish overnight. They are duty bound to make a market and to meet the needs of those they are responsible to, so to this end they may try to influence the market.
However, market makers are known to lower prices to 'panic' investors into selling, sometimes called 'shaking the tree'. Moving the price up encourages sells, moving it down also encourages sells. The opposite is a 'dead cat bounce', a false mark-up to catch out all those bottom fishers or falling knife catchers.
One of the myths surrounding market makers is that they take positions in the stocks they quote, the usual cry is 'the market makers are shorting this stock; that's why the price is going down'. Wrong. Market makers make money by churning stocks, not by taking a position. This does not mean that they do not end up with an excess or a shortage of stock but the cost of holding and the risk of being the wrong side does not make commercial sense.
A market maker who is over-exposed to the market is injecting systematic risk to the whole market. If he was to take up many large positions across the whole range of shares he makes a market in, then any market crash would see him bankrupt (a la Nick Leeson and Barings) and therefore unable to make a market. Once the market vanishes, the shares become pretty worthless (if you cannot sell something at any price, what is it worth?). This, in turn, could force other market makers to go bankrupt and the whole thing would lead to a market meltdown.
Consider for one moment an analogy of market makers and bookmakers. They both make a 'book' and in many ways operate in the same fashion. Imagine standing in the betting ring at a racecourse. You look around all the bookings' stands and see the horse you want to back being offered at differing prices. You naturally go to they bookie who will offer you the best odds.
Let's say Fred is offering 15-1 on the horse you want to back, whereas the other bookie (Ted & Ned) is on 14-1 or further out. Fred will take your bet at 15-1 and will continue to take other bets until he feels he has taken on enough risk at that price. When his book is full, he will move his price down. Meanwhile, Ted & Ned notice that their prices are not bringing in the business, and move their prices up to equal Fred's, or indeed higher, to put themselves on the price. If a bookie takes on too much risk on any one horse, he will 'lay off' the bet among other bookies to share the risks. The whole business is a combination of simple demand/supply economics with a twist of risk.
Market makers work in exactly the same way, moving their prices to encourage buyers and detract sellers and vice versa. Likewise they can partially rebalance their books either by enticing trades by becoming ultra competitive or indeed 'laying off' by selling to another market maker direct.
Let's look at the SEAQ screen in a little detail:
In our example the current best bid price (buy order) is from KLWT, ABN, ETRA,GRAB and UBSW at 225p whereas all other market makers are quoting 220p or less. UBSW were the last to raise its price at 10:59 and must have been lower than 225p It generally points to the fact that UBSW had a buy order at that time which is filled and left it short of stock so it has raised its price to encourage someone to sell some stock to him.
Notice that, at the same time it moved its offer price up to 250p, putting it on the same price as most of the others. As market makers tend to follow a 'sheep' mentality, it would be unusual for UBSW to have left its quote unchanged for long so it should move up to 225/250p as well.
The spread or difference between bid (225p) and offer (250p) is 25p or 10%, so investors who buy at 250p would lose 25p plus stamp duty and the broker's commissions. So, in theory, for every share traded at these prices, a market maker will make a gross profit of 25p. If you drill down and look more carefully you will see that the current individual spread are generally 25p but WINS are 50p(220/270), KBCS 50p (200/250) etc.
Level 2 SETS Screen
SETS (stock exchange electronic trading system) is an electronic order-driven system for trading the UK blue chip stocks including FTSE 100 and FTSE Eurotop 300 stocks. The SETS order book matches buy and sell orders on a price/time priority. On SEAQ (the quotes system that we looked at in a previous article) all buys and sells go through a market maker who acts as an intermediary.
The basis of SETS is that it directly matches willing buyers and sellers, creating efficiency in the markets by doing away with the intermediary of the market maker. This efficiency is true while the SETS system is populated by the most liquid and heavily traded stocks, but if matched bargains operate on less liquid stocks, waiting for a buyer to match with a seller could take hours, days or weeks. Because of the efficiency of the SETS system stocks traded tend to have narrow spreads so the cost of entry and exit from a position is much smaller.
As an ordinary 'punter' should you wish to buy or sell a SETS stock, your broker will invariably still trade through a market maker, who will not display separate prices but simply use the SETS Level 2 screen to indicate where the market lies.
EPIC: VOD: Short form code for VODAPHONE
Company Name: VODAPHONE PLC
Mid 151.12 + 0.62 (+0.42%): Mid price is a simple average price between bid and offer i.e. 151 and 151.25. It has risen 0.62p since it closed the previous trading day from 150.5p which is a 0.42% increase.
NMS 200,000: This is the minimum number of shares that a market maker must make a firm price in. Investors can buy or sell fewer than this number of shares, in which case will definitely deal at the price quoted. Anyone wishing to deal in more than the NMS may have to accept less than the market price if they are selling, and pay more than the market price if they are buyer.
Spread: The percentage shown is the difference between the bid and ask price of 151 and 151.25 ie 0.25p which is a 0.17% spread. The lower the spread the better
Trd High 151.5: A trade has taken place today as at a high of 151.5
Trd Low 150.75: A trade has taken place today as at a low of 150.75
Latest Trades: these are the details of the last 25 trades that have occurred today .
Uncrossing: The uncrossing price of the auction (the mean price at which the bids and offers can be matched) is then taken as the closing price for the stock.
VWAP 151.02 - Volume Weighed Average Price: this is a running mean average benchmark especially used by institutions. Calculated by adding up the pence traded for every transaction (price times shares traded) and then divided by the total shares traded for the day. The theory is that if you buy at a price lower than the VWAP. it is a good trade. An example would be of stock that had only twice in a day ,say 10,000 shares at 200p and 10,000 at 215p., the VWAP would be 207.5p.
Total Vol 49,970,353: This is the accumulated total of all trades that have occurred so far today.
SETS Vol 37,547,026: This is the total traded so far today via the SETS system
Yellow Strip
Depth: The total number of limit orders on the buy side, at the best price of 151p, in this case 14. On the sell side of the yellow strip depth is 23.
Total: volume of the limit buy Orders at the current price of 151p now showing 6,274,036 shares.
On the yellow strip on the sell side there are 3,079,496 shares waiting to be sold at the best price of 151.25p.
Price: In this case 151p on the buy side which is the highest price someone is prepared to pay to buy stock. On the sell side this is 151.25p which is the lowest price someone is prepared to sell at.
Buy and sell orders: There are considerable number of order types in the markets but for the purposes of explaining SETS we need to deal with just the two main types.
1) Market Orders: A market order is an order to buy or sell a stock at the current market price - immediately. Unless you specify otherwise, your broker will enter your order as a market order. The advantage of a market order is you are almost always guaranteed your order will be executed (as long as there are willing buyers and sellers).
2) Limit Orders: To avoid buying stock at a price higher or selling a stock lower than you want, you need to place a limit order rather than a market order. A limit order is an order to buy or sell a security at a specific price. When you place a market order, you cannot control the price at which your order will be filled. The basis behind the SETS buy and sell quotes is that they are all limit orders placed in the system by individuals, companies or institutions. In the case of the buy quotes they are all willing buyers, but only at 151p or lower down to less than 40p; and on the sell quotes, willing sellers who wish to receive 15.25. or more all the way up to 1270p
Looking at the buy orders column, the 'top' order is someone who wishes to buy 1,223,738 shares but is only prepared to pay 151p. Below are others who do not want to pay that much. There is a 'joker' at the bottom(use scroll down button on live screens) who only wants to pay 35p. Fat chance, or maybe a chancer who will get lucky. In total there are 205 buy orders waiting to be filled with a total buy volume of 27,603,503 shares at an mean average price(VWAP) of 149.28.
On the opposite side of the book there are a total of 252 sellers waiting to be filled (buy/sell depth weighted towards the sellers), a total of 26,658,272 shares waiting to be sold.
Let's look at some examples and benefits of using the SETS level2 order book system. A normal broking client, let.s call him Martin, wants to buy 20,000 shares in VOD. His broker would either buy at 'market' from a market maker or, if he were a member of the central counterparty system, would buy the stock from the best available sell quote, who is Alan with 1,440,794 shares at 151.25p. Martin's broker will buy 20,000 off Alan and the screen changes to reflect the purchase and now shows the top quote as 1,420,794 shares at 151.25p.
Who is the clever one here? Simple, it's Alan, because he has received a good price for his stock, for which, if he had sold straight into the market he would only receive 151p, so he has now received a perceived premium of 0.25p. Not much on this stock but on many other SETS stock the gap is much wider!!
Looking at an opposite trade, say Stewart wanted to sell 30,000 shares. Again his broker could deal at 'market' with a market maker or he could place the trade through SETS. In this case he would sell 30,000 to the first limit buy quote at 151p (vol 1,223,738).
Again who is clever?
Stewart who sold at 151p or the buyers who bought off Stewart at 151p? The answer is the buyers have again done better.
So what should Martin and Stewart have done? They could simply have placed an 'advertisement' themselves in the limit order book(via their broker) either some way away from the current prices if they were patient or joined the top quotes themselves. Martin would put a limit buy order in at 151p and his order would have been entered just under the order for 698,982. Stewart meanwhile would put a sell order in at 151.25 and that would appear below the order for 350,000.
Limit orders are normally placed in the book on the basis that they are valid for today only unless a client specifies they are good until cancelled.
Sets Auction. The auction is on the MoneyAM screens are shown by a change in colour of the top limit orders and are marked with an MKT.
The auction process occurs regular at opening and closing of the markets and sometimes intraday auctions are called if a stock moves 5% or more in one trade.
The closing auction is for a five-minute period (random) from 16:30 to 16:35 after the close of normal business. In this period trading is suspended for five minutes and allows participants to submit orders to buy and sell at a stipulated price. Throughout this five-minute period, a theoretical 'uncrossing' price is calculated continuously and dynamically and displayed.
At the end of the five minute period, any orders that can be completed are matched up and executed at one specific price, the uncrossing price. The uncrossing price of the auction (the mean price at which the bids and offers can be matched) is then taken as the closing price for the stock.
The key difference between the auction period and normal trading is that participants can input orders to buy or sell 'at market'. This instruction can create short-term imbalances in liquidity that in turn forces stock prices up or down. Normally auction are used by Institutions to move large size orders of stock through the markets.
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Framed in forests of mangrove trees, the shell mounds and ridges of Mound Key rise more than 30 feet above the waters of Estero Bay. Prehistoric Native Americans are credited with creating this island's complex of mounds with an accumulation of seashells, fish bones, and pottery. Mound Key is believed to have been the ceremonial center of the Calusa Indians when the Spaniards first attempted to colonize Southwest Florida. In 1566, the Spanish governor of Florida established a settlement on the island with a fort and the first Jesuit mission in the Spanish New World. The settlement was abandoned three years later after violent clashes with the Indians. The only access to the island is by boat; there are no facilities. Interpretive displays can be found along a trail that spans the width of the island. Located in Estero Bay, several miles by boat from Koreshan State Historic Site or Lovers Key State Park.
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Bird and marine wildlife viewing are limitless. Dolphins and manatees are common sights along the island.
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Mound Key Archaeological State Park is an archaeological island managed directly by Koreshan State Historic Site. This 125-acre island is located in the Estero Bay, and was created over 2,000 years ago by the indigenous tribe known as the Calusa, or 'fierce people'. Acquisition of Mound Key by the State, began in 1961. Of the 125 acres, 113 of those acres are managed by the park system.
The Calusa were a non-agricultural hunting and gathering Kingdom that inhabited the entire coast of Southwest Florida. Sustenance of the Calusa was composed primarily of shellfish and fish, which is apparent through the composition of the mounds that are the structure of the island. The substrate of the entire island is a composition of the remains of this amazing culture. The Calusa formed an extensive structure of mounds, water courts and canals whose features still exist today. Mounds were constructed by the collection and organization of 'midden' which is a collaboration of shells, fish and animal bone, and artifacts such as pottery. Islands that were created by the Calusa, such as Mound Key are sometimes called 'trash-heaps' as their composition is made from waste products of their culture. They are not however, just 'heaps of Calusa garbage' simply tossed aside, but intricate compositions of substrate that were used for a display of power, religious monuments, and as burial memorials. The intact state of these mounds is used by archaeologists to tell us the story of their culture, which is why it is important not to disturb any features on the island.
Mound Key, known as 'Calos' by the Calusa, was believed to be the center of their Kingdom. The Kingdom was comprised of an extensive network of shell islands that totaled into the hundreds. The Calusa dominated this area until Europeans encountered them in the 1500's, which ultimately lead to their demise. Mound Key was not only inhabited by the Calusa, but there were many groups of settlers, such as the Koreshans, that made use of this indigenous-created island. The first Governor of Florida was appointed on Mound Key in 1566, and it was also the site of the first Jesuit mission, however short lived, in 1566 known as San Antonio de Carlos.
Saltwater fishing is always a popular pastime in the bay. There are several spots along the river for fishing. The Estero River is bracish with Snook, Mullet, Redfish, and other popular game fish. Freshwater fishing is also popular in the river. Freshwater Bass can be found as you paddle inland away from the Gulf. The Estero Bay is located about 3 miles by canoe down the river. It offers abundant saltwater fishing and wildlife viewing opportunities. The bay is home to Bottlenose Dolphins, Manatees, and several game fish.
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The incredibly shrinking Venezuelan private sector
"Indeed, the petrodollar windfall is felt and there is an impression of economic growth as commercial activity has restarted and as, without question, the lowest income sectors of the population have benefited from the social programs developed since early 2003. It is possible that eventually this will translate in real solid economic growth but so far the signs are not encouraging. Venezuela seems intent on, again, increase the portion of the public sector, already huge, at the expense of the private sector. This has never worked anywhere."
The above is part of our bloghost's summary of the current state of Venezuela. While I gather that it was a rather intuitive assessment, the numbers certainly bear him out.
First, let's talk about the good news in 2005. GDP (PIB) growth for the first quarter was 7.9% when compared to the first quarter of 2004. This is not nearly as large as the increase last year, but that was compared to a period that contained the end of the general strike. 7.9% is an excellent number, one that most countries would gladly trade for. Another piece of good news is that the price of the Venezuelan oil basket went up from $28.18 to $38.39 in the same period (again just comparing the two quarters), over a 36% jump. More money for oil means more money in Venezuela.
But since oil income is so fundamental in the Venezuelan economy, it raises a significant question: how much of the GDP growth is due to the increase in oil price, and how much would GDP have grown without it?
I'll spare you the number crunching (if you really want to know, ask me in comments), but if you multiply the amount by which ordinary public spending increased in a year by the public share of GDP (all figures from the BCV, not private estimates), you find that the GDP increase from that alone would have been 6.7%.
This implies that growth from anything other than an increase in government spending (i.e., from extra money available due to price increases) was 1.2%. Unfortunately, the real news isn't even that good.
In economics, there is something called the multiplier effect. Put simply, it means that each bolivar in the currency – including new ones – gets spent more than once over the course of a year. (Think about little time they spend in your wallet and bank account!) The only economics textbook on my desk to give a numeric value says an ordinary multiplier is around 2. (See also Wikipedia.)
If the multiplier is two, then the total effect of the increase in government spending should have been 13.4% GDP growth in the first quarter! The actual growth would be attributable to only the extra spending if the multiplier were only 1.18. I think two is an overestimate for a number of reasons: it's the value for the US economy, and the Venezuelan economy is not so efficient and steady; since not all of the new money can be re-spent in the same quarter, the effect from prior quarters – when spending was lower – would be less; inflation may also have a negative effect, since each bolivar injected last year is worth less now; the government is currently importing loads of products, which makes the multiplier for that money exactly one, since it leaves Venezuela.
The real paradox about this is if the multiplier is very low (below 1.18), the private economy is generally in bad shape but is currently growing more. The better off the economy is right now (the higher the multiplier), the worse its prospects for the future. Regardless, without oil money, the private sector would not be driving up growth this year.
I'm not the only one who foresees a doubtful future for the Venezuelan private sector. Banco Mercantil just released a forecast (some of it is here, but the statistics I'm using were only published in a table in the print edition July 4) which implies (I had to calculate) that private sector GDP will grow 21% this year and only 10.6% next year – in nominal terms, i.e., before inflation. Even with the tremendous influx of oil money, private sector GDP growth will be less than the current growth rate – unless inflation ends the year at 12.1% or less. (It was 8% for the first 6 months.) According to Mercantil's estimate, private GDP will begin shrinking next year if inflation is anywhere above 10.6%. I have a report that consolidates predictions from various analysts, and the average value from seventeen of them for 2006 inflation is 20.9%. With that result, the private sector GDP "growth" in 2006, even WITH new oil money, would be -8.5%!
Indeed, as Daniel says, the signs – especially over the longer term – are NOT encouraging, as it appears that the private sector will begin shrinking, not only relative to the rapidly expanding public sector, but in absolute terms, very soon. If it hasn't begun already.
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An Interview with Author Sidney Frost
Today I am featuring Sidney Frost on my blog. Sid is a member of the John 3:16 Marketing Network and is always passing along helpful information to member authors. Tomorrow and Thursday (May 23 and May 24), he will be offering his Kindle book, The Vengeance Squad, for free at Amazon. Don't miss an opportunity to enjoy his beautiful writing and be inspired.
I hope you enjoy this short interview.
long have you been interested in writing?
I've had the writing bug since
age 12 when my sister and I wrote a neighborhood magazine, complete with movie
reviews. Aptitude tests showed an interest in creative writing, but my school
counselors said I should think of it as a hobby since few people made a living
from writing. So, I ended up majoring in computer science and wrote for fun.
My degrees are in mathematics
and computer science, but early on I took correspondence classes from Writers' Digest on how to write magazine
articles and short stories. I sold one short story out of many submitted and I
remember what a thrill it was to see it in print. I wrote many articles for
magazines and newspapers, but the pay was so little, I hated to spend much time
at writing. I still have a bunch of rejection slips in my files plus hundreds
of article and non-fiction book ideas. I co-authored a computer book in the
1980's called Automated Law Office
Systems, but it was short lived due to the rapid changes in computers.
us about writing your first novel.
I was working full time for
the City of Austin, teaching part-time at Austin Community College, and singing
in the Austin Lyric Opera Chorus. The latter was a paid job and we rehearsed
three times a week for eight or nine months out of the year.
I had what I thought was a
great idea for a novel about a bookmobile librarian, but with all my activities
I knew I couldn't start it until after retirement from my full-time job with
the city.
But that didn't work. I
continued to teach and sing, and soon my free time was filled with volunteer
work at church and at the library. When I thought about writing, I began to say
it was too late. I had waited too long. I was too old. I grieved the loss, but
accepted it.
Then, one Sunday morning my
pastor, said something like this, "Trust God with your dreams and he will
help you achieve them."
I felt as if God was talking
to me about the bookmobile novel. I had this life-time dream and I had given up
on it and now it was so clear to me that I could do it, with God's help.
I believe what my pastor said
came from Psalm 37: 4. "Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the
desires of your heart." I'd heard this before, but it had never been clear
to me that it could mean achieving dreams.
As soon as I could, I
resigned from the opera chorus to give me more time to write. I took writing
classes online and six years later Where
Love Once Lived was published.
it take six years to write the book?
Yes. Even though I've read
novels all my life, I had no idea how they were structured. The bookmobile
story I thought was a novel, wasn't. I took Writers' Digest's advanced novel
writing class four times to get feedback from the instructor and the other students.
I entered contests for several years before finally winning first place in two
contests and placing in two others.
Not all of the time was spent
writing. Part of the time was to contact agents and publishers, attend
conferences, and study marketing. One publisher expressed interest and had me
delete several subplots and resubmit. It still wasn't right for them.
Another year of that period
was a time I thought nothing about writing. My wife was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer. Surgery only made it worse and she was unable to get further
treatment. I was with her every day and night, in and out of the hospital. She
died the day before Thanksgiving in 2008. Not wanting to face Christmas, I went
to a place we'd never been before, Halifax, Nova Scotia. I took my laptop with
me, but never opened the book file.
I don't remember the day I
was able to write again, but I felt an urgency to publish the book because in a
way it was about my wife and I was beginning to feel time was running out. She knew
I had taken parts of her life and fictionalized it. She had encouraged me to
write even while sitting with her in the hospital, but of course I couldn't.
This sense of urgency led me
to self-publish and Where Love Once Lived
came out in August 2010.
long did it take to write your second book?
Vengeance Squad
was written and published in less than a year. The main character is a computer
science professor whose fiancée is killed during a robbery. He decides to go
after the killers and get revenge. Along the way, he learns to grieve.
other books in the works?
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know it is a great story. It is a sequel to Where
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What a great story, Sid. I chuckeled about your neighborhood magazine. My brother and I created a newspaper for a while when I was in fourth grade. I had forgotten about it till I read your story. Sounds like your books carry some heavy material in a light framework. Best wishes to you from a fellow John316 member.
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Uefa Cup 1993: John Motson's Bayern Munich memento to former Norwich City physio Tim Sheppard
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"This is almost fantasy football" said commentator John Motson as Norwich City Football Club's team of 1993-94 soared to the most famous victory in the club's history.
It is a phrase which is almost certain to bring a smile to the face of any Canaries fan, almost encapsulating the magic of the club's fairytale first European campaign.
Legendary BBC commentator Motson said the phrase in the aftermath of Goss scoring a spectacular volley to put City 1-0 up against German giants Bayern Munich on August 19, 1993.
• Norwich City's 1993 Uefa Cup run
The Canaries went on to win 2-1 on the night, becoming the only ever British team to beat Bayern at the Olympic Stadium, before securing a 1-1 draw in the second leg at Carrow Road to seal their progress to the third round of the UEFA Cup.
Now a special memento of that magical time has been unearthed, thanks to City's former physiotherapist Tim Sheppard.
The physio was suspended for the Carrow Road match, after having been cruelly adjudged to have breached match regulations during the first leg by staying at the side of the pitch to check winger Ruel Fox was okay after giving him treatment.
It meant Sheppard had to watch the game from the directors box but saw him given a gift by Motson that will enthrall City fans now looking back on the famous victory of 20 years ago.
Motson, famed for his statistics and meticulous preparation for matches, handed Sheppard his commentary notes after the game and signed them: "To Tim, best wishes, John Motson."
It gives a fascinating insight into how he prepared for a night that was broadcast live to the nation on BBC as one of the biggest cheers ever heard at Carrow Road went up.
Bayern had levelled the aggregate score in the fifth minute of the match through Adolfo Valencia, to lead 1-0 on the night.
And as City pushed forward to try and equalise, the Carrow Road crowd unleashed a rendition of the club's famous song On the Ball City, as Motson said: "The Norwich crowd really doing all they can to lift their side, and I think they won that tackle for Jerry Goss!
Now here's Darren Eadie, just a bit too far ahead of himself, Crook though will find Bowen."
As left-back Bowen crossed from the left Motson then excitedly shouted: "One over here, Sutton, Goss, yes!
"You don't need to ask who's scored it, Jeremy Goss, once more the hero of Norwich."
Motson has gone on to become the most famous of British football commentators and is still going strong on Match of the Day at the age of 68, although has decided to step back from England commentaries.
Looking back on his commentary of the two Norwich games against Bayern, as well as the first round matches against Vitesse Arnhem, Motson said: "We certainly made a big production of it, there's no doubt about that, and when Norwich were knocked out we were very disappointed.
"I only really remember the famous Jeremy Goss and Mark Bowen goals to be honest, but I remember the trip to Vitesse Arnhem in the first round and of course Bayern Munich was the big one.
"I remember Mike Walker holding a training session on the morning of the game (in Munich) and it was wonderful for a club like Norwich, not just on the pitch but off the pitch as well.
"I remember the chairman Robert Chase organising a flight over there and manager Mike Walker being very obliging with his press interviews and the players were very accessible, much more than they are now."
• Motty's notes on the big match players
NORWICH CITY (physio Sheppard suspended, seven players on a yellow card but Efan (Ekoku) still injured, 500 inflatable canaries)
1 Bryan Gunn: Damaged shoulder making fine save at Highbury but no sign in training today.
2 Ian Culverhouse: Will start as sweeper-system, has served Norwich well, UEFA 1984.
3 Mark Bowen: Scored second goal in Munich, header on far post, UEFA 1984 with Spurs, pushes forward.
4 Ian Butterworth: Captain and central defender, one of seven on yellow cards, marker.
5 John Polston: Back after abdominal strain, missed first leg in Munich, right of three, missed five games, ex-Spurs.
6 Rob Newman: Left of three defenders but can switch anywhere, made a goal in Munich.
7 Darren Eadie: Made debut as sub here against Vitesse, scored at QPR, left foot, up front with Sutton.
8 Ian Crook: Free-kicks with right foot, created havoc against Vitesse here, UEFA 1984.
9 Chris Sutton: Scored two in friendly against Bayern here in Jan 1992, top scorer joint.
10 Ruel Fox: Will play on right against Ziege, caused damage against Vitesse, work rate high in Munich.
11 Jeremy Goss: Brilliant goal in first leg, goal of month at Leeds, has come good this season.
12 Gary Megson: Played in last round against Vitesse, oldest man in squad.
13 Scott Howie: Reserve keeper signed from Clyde at start of season, yet to play but Gunn shoulder doubt.
14 Spencer Prior: Played in Munich for Polston, signed from Southend C/Half.
15 Daryl Sutch: Groin injury has cleared up, came in early for Robins in Munich.
16 Ade Akinbiyi: 19 year old striker with 33 goals last season, London born *all rest unclear*
BAYERN MUNICH (Trained at a rugby club! 650 supporters, Franz Beckenbauer played golf this morning)
1 Raimond Aumann: Captain who was rooted to the spot by Goss volley in Munich, 4 caps, Euro, ex-German number two.
2 Jorginho: Probably their best player in first leg, made goal and bags of crosses. Brazilian given freedom in system.
3 Christian Ziege: Scored again on Saturday against Kaiserslautern and three against Twente Enschede over two legs, taken off against Norwich in Munich.
4 Oliver Kreuzer: Suffering from cold overnight.
5 Thomas Helmer: Centre-back, dangerous at near post when he goes up for corners but marking not always tight, German first choice.
6 Christian Nerlinger: Scored the Bayern goal in the first leg (header), left side m/f, good forward runs.
7 Jan Wouters: England's World Cup adversary, did not play well in first leg but digs in, keeping quiet on his age, quote on his pace.
8 Markus Schupp: Missed the first leg through suspension, returns to right side m/f, does he replace Scholl from first leg.
9 Marcel Witeczek: Was born in Poland but came to Bayern from Kaiserslautern, left footer who holds up play well.
10 Lothar Matthaus: Played against Bayern for Inter when the Germans turned 0-2 into a victory in UEFA 88, what role tonight? Mutiny?
11 Adolfo Valencia: Scored two in 4-0 win over Kaiserslautern on Saturday, missed chances though in first leg.
15 Mehmet Scholl: Missed Saturday through injury, top scorer who was taken off in first leg after making no impression.
12 Uwe Gospodarek: Played in the 2-2 draw against E Frankfurt recently but barely gets a game, never in Europe.
14 Olaf Thon: Six European goals for Bayern, scored decider in penalty shoot out in Turin but has been injured recently. Born 1966! 40 caps.
16 Bruno Labbadia: Top scorer last season, has strike rate of one in three, usually used as sub.
13 Michael Sternkopf: Came on as sub in Munich, can play full back/midfield.


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From a technical standpoint, these features do make a difference. From a design point, not so much, but when you're using these things for what they were designed for little things likes water proof zippers make a sure difference. I guess it all depends on how you view "technical outerwear"
By design I mean that waterproof zippers and microseams can contribute to a sorta minimalist, techy feel.
I've had a few gore-tex parkas, including some army issue ones. None of them had waterproof zippers and they weren't necessary because most parkas have a placket and stud buttons.
Any additional fabric (i.e. a placket) is going to make things heavier, and arguably more cumbersome. To me, that is the sole "technical" benefit of waterproof zippers and microseams - it reduces bulk. Same can be said for laminated pockets and laser cutting.
These are all relatively minor engineering feats. Since the development of Gore-tex as a waterproof-breathable fabric 40 years ago (and probably not the first waterproof-breathable as Grenfell and Ventile existed long before but are somewhat non-technical), I just can't see much real, revolutionary technical innovation, as much as it likes to be talked up.
Any soldier or tramper will tell you that good kit is nice to have, but you're still going to get hot/cold/wet. Wow, you're made a parka more lightweight? Seems like a pretty obvious thing to do doesn't it? Equivalent to packing a titanium spork instead of a knife, fork and a spoon perhaps. A little overhyped perhaps.
The design is where the real innovation is. Vehicular release zips, hidden pockets, foldable jackets, earbud pockets etc. Add to that a sort-of urban ninja aesthetic and that's where your dollar goes.


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December 11 - The crickets appear to have eaten the Pixie Sticks. In a frenzy of creative despair, I stomp upon the crickets and spread the resulting paste onto a H&H bagel. After garnishing it lightly with black tar to represent the inky void, I offer it to Malraux, who pukes. I am once again encouraged.
January 1 - The pitiful festivity of the new year of mankind passes me by. I sit in my kitchen and stare at the empty larder in hopes that the smaller void will spark a creative flash in my brain. Nothing happens, however, and I am forced to smoke my cat.
January 7 - Returning to the subject of food, I realize that in the past few weeks of fasting I have lost a great deal of weight, and in fact weigh a mere 92 pounds. Celebrating, I attempt to smoke thirty-five cigarettes at once.
(cont) I have passed out and been taken to hospital. I do not like hospitals; they expose one to disease, inflict pain, and take away ones' pants. I resolve to leave as soon as possible.
January 8 - Nirvana! In a covered tray, this morning's hospital lunch arrived. Upon removing the cover, the pointlessness of life and the universe itself was revealed, imperfectly but visible, in the slab of Spam that sat atop my plate. Grabbing the precious lunchmeat, I rushed from the hospital.
January 10 - Arrested as I ran from the hospital in frontless robes, with greasy pinkness clutched in my hands, I sit in Bastille. To my relief, they have allowed me to retain the Pink Slab of Meaning. I consider it carefully as I ponder how best to bring the perfection of the symbol from its resting place deep in the processed levres et nez du cochon.
January 11 - At hearing today, I climb atop the witness stand and relate my anguished quest for first the cookbook, then the perfect recipe, to an ancient judge. Malraux appears and testifies that I am in fact quite mad, and that he would prefer that I not be released into society. Fie on him, the poor fool. He shall not know the enlightenment of the Faux-Pig. After all testimony is complete, the judge announces that I must relinquish the Viand-Dieu and return to jail. I wave the Spam threateningly; the gendarmes retreat before its oily flopping wave. I advance! The slab lightly smacks the forehead of one gendarme! I am wrestled to the ground. After a stick is forced into my mouth, the Pinkish Objet d'Vue is stuffed into my gullet. Achingly, I swallow, feeling the essence of emptiness travel down my alimentary tract. Silent tears wash my face as I realize that the void is now within, within me, as in fact it always was - the void and inky black nothingness that is existence, refined and pure within the breast and stomach of each man and his brother.
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STATEMENT FROM CONAN O'BRIEN Released by NBC "For the past seven weeks of the writers' strike, I have been and continue to be an ardent supporter of the WGA and their cause. My career in television started as a WGA member and my subsequent career as a performer has only been possible because of the creativity and integrity of my writing staff. Since the strike began, I have stayed off the air in support of the striking writers while, at the same time, doing everything I could to take care of the 80 non-writing staff members on Late Night. Unfortunately, now with the New Year upon us, I am left with a difficult decision. Either go back to work and keep my staff employed or stay dark and allow 80 people, many of whom have worked for me for fourteen years, to lose their jobs. If my show were entirely scripted I would have no choice. But the truth is that shows like mine are hybrids, with both written and non-written content. An unwritten version of Late Night, though not desirable, is possible - and no one has to be fired. So, it is only after a great deal of thought that I have decided to go back on the air on January 2nd. I will make clear, on the program, my support for the writers and I'll do the best version of Late Night I can under the circumstances. Of course, my show will not be as good. In fact, in moments it may very well be terrible. My sincerest hope is that all of my writers are back soon, working under a contract that provides them everything they deserve." ---------- STATEMENT FROM JAY LENO REGARDING THE JANUARY 2 RETURN OF "THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO" "This has been a very difficult six weeks for everybody affected by the writers strike. I was, like most people, hoping for a quick resolution when this began. I remained positive during the talks and while they were still at the table discussing a solution "The Tonight Show" remained dark in support of our writing staff. Now that the talks have broken down and there are no further negotiations scheduled I feel it's my responsibility to get my 100 non-writing staff, which were laid off, back to work. We fully support our writers and I think they understand my decision." "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" is from Big Dog Productions in association with Universal Media Studios. Debbie Vickers is the executive producer. |
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New food detectives will be joining the Food and Drug Administration soon — and their goal is to catch outbreaks before they start.
The FDA will begin inspecting farms and facilities where produce is grown, packed and washed.
Currently farms like Jensen, the farm traced to the cantaloupe listeria outbreak, are not inspected by the FDA at all. They are only inspected if an outbreak is suspected.
The new laws won't take place immediately — the FDA is drafting laws over the next two years specific to produce-related bacteria.
The FDA will be tightening their inspections as well with the help of the Association of Food and Drug Officials, or AFDO.
AFDO's role will facilitate communication between the FDA and the USDA to avoid potential outbreaks, and educate those working in food.
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Dwane Casey says he's not 100 per cent sure who'll be the Raptors starting point guard when the rapid-fire NBA season begins at Christmas, but it doesn't take a soothsayer to see between the lines the coach has drawn.
In Jerryd Bayless, he has a young, quick guard capable of changing the tempo of the game, an inexperienced floor leader still learning how to run and defend the most rudimentary play in the game and a backup situation would seem perfect for him.
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Crass, shrill, disingenuous, tawdry, mean-spirited, vulgar, idiotic, boring, slapdash, half-assed, and very, very unfunny, The Hottie and the Nottie stars Paris Hilton as . . . But really, need I go on? [Ed.: A little, yes.] OK, fine: Hilton stars as monosyllabic event-planner Cristabelle Abbott, "the hottest woman in Los Angeles" and absurd object of desire for Nate Cooper (Joel David Moore), an unemployed, unsympathetic asshole. Scripted by Heidi Ferrer and shat onscreen by director Tom Putnam, this strong contender for The Worst Movie I've Ever Seen follows Nate's attempt to woo the "hottie" while suffering the rancid foot fungus, oozing facial blisters, and hideous tooth decay of her best friend, June Phigg (Christine Lakin). Which leads to such hilarious antics as the yoga-class mishap in which Nate, inching his nose into Cristabel's downward- dogging, spandex-clad ass, gets a whiff of Phiggian foot funk instead. Guffaw! Bonus point for Hilton's straight-faced delivery of the sentence: "Do you think I'm a pod person?" Unfortunately, I'll have to take it right back for the inclusion of Randy, a retarded albino stalker.
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PASADENA, Calif. Aug 5 NASA cheekily calls the Mars Science Lab's risky approach and landing attempt the "seven minutes of terror." In reality, the anxiety at mission control could last much longer.
The robotic lander dubbed Curiosity, a $2.5 billion mission to search for life-friendly habitats on the Red Planet, was on autopilot for touchdown at 10:31 p.m. PDT Sunday (1:31 a.m. EDT Monday/0531 GMT).
If all goes as planned, NASA will heave a big sigh of relief immediately. But word of whether Curiosity survives may not come for hours.
Because Earth sets over the Martian horizon minutes before Curiosity is due to land, direct communication with the lander will be cut off. Scientists tracking the craft from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California will depend on three other spacecraft in orbit around Mars to transmit information about the rover's fate.
One of those orbiters, nicknamed Odyssey, can potentially relay Curiosity's descent and landing signals in real time. But NASA won't know if this satellite can be properly positioned for live coverage until about 15 minutes before Curiosity hits the Martian atmosphere.
The Odyssey orbiter, flying about 250 miles (400 km) over Mars, lost one of its steering wheels in June, and flight controllers have had to learn how to maneuver it with a spare.
All communications between Curiosity and Earth, whether directly with the probe or relayed via the Mars orbiters, are sent and received by NASA through its Deep Space Network, a collection of satellite dishes arrayed in California, Spain and Australia.
Once direct communication with Curiosity is cut off, it will be another day before Earth and Mars are properly aligned again for a "line-of-sight" linkup.
If proper alignment of Odyssey fails, that leaves NASA to seek data from two other orbiters to confirm whether Curiosity safely touched down or crashed.
Like Odyssey, both the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Europe's Mars Express will be flying overhead during Curiosity's descent and landing and should be recording the event. But getting those signals back to Earth and deciphered will take eight hours or more.
Moreover, there is no guarantee that the Reconnaissance Orbiter or Mars Express would succeed in their first attempts at relaying landing data to NASA.
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A Department of Homeland Security employee who works on, among other things, the procurement of guns and ammunition for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, spends his nights and weekends preparing for a coming race war and advocating for anti-gay causes, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Meet Ayo Kimathi, a.k.a. "the Irritated Genie," who told his bosses at the DHS that his anti-white, anti-gay site, "War is on the Horizon," was just an entertainment site that sells concert and lecture videos.
You see, DHS employees, even those with office jobs like Kimathi's, have to get outside activities approved by their supervisors, according to the SPLC. Kimathi's former supervisor told the watchdog group, which tracks hate speech and groups in the U.S., that despite her former employee's banal description of his extracurricular activities, the actual content of the site left her "stunned." She continued: "To see the hate, to know that he is a federal employee, it bothered me." She added that had Kimathi's site been accurately described to the agency, there's no way the DHS would have signed off on it. Possibly to keep his bosses from looking up his work, Kimathi used only the site's acronym, WOH, in his permission request. In addition to his involvement in the purchase of ICE supplies, Kimathi also had a public profile for the agency, speaking at vendor events. As "Irritated Genie," Kimathi also has a public profile as a black supremacist advocate.
The content of Kimathi's advocacy demands some clarification. In some (white, conservative) circles, the term "black supremacist" is applied with a very wide brush. Black supremacy was the implication ofMaine Governor Paul LePage's reported comments that President Obama "hates white people," for instance. Kimathi's site is not in this vein of this imagined threat — on the contrary, War on the Horizon calls Obama a "a treasonous mulatto scum dweller," and lists him among the movement's enemies (also on the list? Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, and Condoleezza Rice, among others) Instead, the DHS employee advocates for:
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Me: "Thank you for calling [vet hospital]. How can I help you?"
Customer: "I found some kittens. I am trying to get them to eat. They are small and I don't think they should be away from their mom."
Me: "Okay. Are you able to get some milk replacer from the store?"
Customer: "Well, I bought some kitten food. They won't eat it. I am trying to get my cat to nurse them."
Me: "Is your cat the mother of the kittens?"
Customer: "No, but I am trying to get him to nurse them. How can I do that?"
Me: "Him? Your cat is a male?"
Customer: "Yes, but I thought cats would adopt kittens and raise them."
Me: "You want your male cat to nurse the kittens?"
Customer: "Yes."
Me: "Here is the phone number for the local cat foster program. They will be happy to raise the kittens for you."
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