text: Pubdate: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) Copyright: 2012 Los Angeles Newspaper Group Contact: http://www.dailybulletin.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/871 Author: Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer MARIJUANA ADVOCATES OPPOSE DUI BILL Assemblywoman Norma Torres, D-Chino, has introduced contentious legislation that could conceivably mean DUI convictions for unimpaired drivers, according to opponents of the bill. The bill aims to make it a crime for drivers to operate a vehicle with any level of marijuana in their blood or urine. But unlike the relatively quick burnoff rate of alcohol from one's system, advocates say marijuana compounds, or cannabinoids, can remain detectable in the body after the last use of the substance for up to 30 days. This difference is at the center of the controversy. "For one thing, I think the cases would be thrown out of court because you can't prove the person was intoxicated, because they could have used 30 days before then," said Christopher Kenner of Rancho Cucamonga, who takes medicinal marijuana to relieve pain from pancreatitis. In explaining her reasoning behind the the legislation, Torres cites National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data reporting that 30 percent of all drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes in California in 2010 tested positive for legal and or illegal drugs. Torres said enacting the bill would help with data collection efforts on whether driving under the influence of marijuana contributes to fatal crashes. "One of the problems we faced as we continue to research this issue is that data specifically related to marijuana is not being collected," Torres said. "That's something we're looking at in this process." The bill is getting fierce opposition from marijuana legalization groups, such as the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). The effect of Torres's bill, said Dale Gieringer, director of NORML in California, would essentially be to criminalize every pot user in California who drives. "If they want to make a lot more criminals, this is a great crime creator," Gieringer said. "We'll have a lot more criminals in California who haven't done anything. If you made an alcohol analogy for this bill, it would be searching for people's garbage and finding an empty beer bottle and automatically assuming they were DUI. We'll just assume you're driving under the influence." Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML expects to testify against the bill at the Assembly Public Safety Committee soon. "It's discriminatory, in that it would lower the burden of proof that is necessary for a state to gain a DUI conviction by setting a standard divorced from demonstrable impairment," Armentano said. Stephen Downing, former deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police Department and a member of LEAP, calls the legislation "cruel" and "tyrannical." He said the group is gathering signatures from its law enforcement membership for a letter outlining its objections to the bill that will be sent to Torres soon. It is currently illegal to drive under the influence of any drug or alcohol. Downing said officers are trained to make that determination through observation and constitutional policing methods that include probable cause to stop, detain, test and arrest those under the influence. Torres said she intends that the bill not impact those that utilize marijuana medicinally. She admits the bill language is "not perfect" and there is room for amendment. "We still can't ignore the fact that driving under the influence is a growing problem that we need to address," she said. She added, "I think it's in everyone's best interest, that whatever solution we come up with, it's something that will benefit our community as a whole." - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.


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The Yankee Roller Coaster…
So, where do we go from here?…
The Yankees have definitely been stopping and
starting lately. They go into a funk,
rebound, and then go into a funk again.
After a succession of losing or tying series, they've started to win a
few but it has been easy. In the most
recent series with Seattle Mariners, they were dominated in the opening game by
Felix Hernandez, as the M's won, 6-0.
They rebounded to take the next two including a 10-0 annihilation on
Sunday that feature a grand slam and 6 RBI's by Robinson Cano.
As Sunday's game got underway, Yankees radio
announcer John Sterling made a comment about whether Cano could reach 100 RBI's
(he had 80 at the start of the game).
With simple math, he deducted that Cano had been averaging about 20 RBI's
a month so with that reasoning, it would appear that Cano would have a shot
after nearly making the milestone in 2008 with 97 RBI's. Cano must have heard Sterling because he
promptly went out and reduced the "magic number" to 14 RBI's with a little more
than a month to go in the season.
Then Monday, the Yanks were back in the doldrums
when Jose Bautista hit home runs 39 and 40 as the Toronto Blue Jays downed the
Yanks 3-2. The Red Sox own the Jays, but
the Yanks and Rays struggle against them for whatever reason. With Dustin Moseley on the mound for Tuesday's
game, there's not much optimism unless the Yankee bats can come around.
Of course, it doesn't help with names like Eduardo
Nunez, Ramiro Pena and Francisco Cervelli among the starters and Ivan Nova on
the mound. To Nova's credit, despite
allowing one of the Bautista homers, he pitched very well, going 5 1/3 innings
and allowing only 2 runs (courtesy of the Bautista home run) despite 6 hits and
1 walk. He struck out 3. Nova showed that although he is not a talent
like the Rays' Jeremy Hellickson, he can pitch at this level.
It was sad to see former Yankees and current
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella step aside after Sunday's game, a rout by the
Atlanta Braves. Lou opted to depart now
rather than at the end of the season to tend to his ailing mother. At 66, Sweet Lou is most likely done as a
manager, but given his intensity and desire for the game, I'd have to put this
one in the "we'll see" category. It
would not surprise me to see him return to the dugout at some future date. As for now, it would be good for the
Steinbrenner family to reach out to Lou for a consulting role. It would be nice to have him back in the
As the speculation grows for the next Cubs manager,
which inevitably includes current Yankees manager Joe Girardi, I can't help but
wonder if the Yanks would reach out to icon Don Mattingly or if they'd go for a
seasoned vet like Bobby Valentine if Girardi left. I'd prefer to see Donnie Baseball don the #23
pinstriped jersey if I had my preference.
With the Yankees most likely in a first-place tie
after tonight's game (assuming the Rays hold their lead against the Los Angeles
Angels), it's time to kick it into gear.
Now is the time that separates the men from the boys so hopefully the
Yanks are up to the challenge. If not,
they'll be looking at the backside of Tampa and Boston jerseys.

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|"Green-elf of Ossiriand" by Peter Xavier Price
|General Information
|Other names
|Nandor who crossed into Beleriand
|Ossiriand, Lindon
|Physical Description
The Green-elves (Q Laiquendi, S Laegrim; also Green Elves[1]) were a clan of the Nandor.[2]
[edit] History
Lenwë was an Elf of the Telerin clan, who set out with the Great Journey of the Elves into the West. When his people found their path blocked by the Misty Mountains, he resolved to leave the Journey and instead led his followers south down the Vales of Anduin, and they became known as the Nandor. After many years, Lenwë's son Denethor set out westward once again, and led some part of the Nandor across the Misty Mountains and the Blue, settling at last in the Land of Seven Rivers beneath the Ered Luin; the land called Ossiriand.
Denethor and his followers did not have peace for long. Soon after his return to Middle-earth, before the Noldor had followed him, Morgoth loosed armies of orcs on King Thingol and his allies, Círdan in the west and Denethor in the east. Denethor's Nandor were ill-equipped for warfare, and suffered great hardship in that battle. Denethor himself was slain on Amon Ereb, though the Elves beat back the orcs at last. After that time many of Denethor's people left Ossiriand for the guarded forests of Doriath: these settled in Arthórien and became known as the Guest-elves.[3][4] Those few that remained took up a secretive existence, camouflaging themselves in green. From that time, they were known as the Green-elves.
The hidden people of the Green-elves played little part in history after the First Battle of the Wars of Beleriand. Most significantly, they lent their aid to Beren and Dior (who dwelt on Tol Galen in the far south of their land). After the loss of their ancient ally Thingol at the hands of the Dwarves, they went with Beren to avenge him. Much later, after the deaths of Beren and Lúthien, one of their lords took up the Silmaril that Lúthien had borne, and brought it to Menegroth where Dior now dwelt.
After the end of the First Age, their fate is not clearly known. Much of their land survived the destruction of Beleriand, and as Lindon came under the rule of Gil-galad. Some at least seem to have removed to Eriador, and dwelled on the shores of Lake Nenuial during the Second Age[5]. After this, nothing is known of their fate.
[edit] Etymology
The Sindarin name Laegrim (class plural; sing Laegel, pl Laegil) or Laegel(d)rim, meaning "Green-elves", was a name used by the Sindar of Beleriand for the inhabitants of Ossiriand and Lindon. This term was translated by the Noldor to Quenya Laiquendi.[2][note 1]
In the Etymologies appears early Elvish names for the Green-elves: Qenya Laiqendi and Noldorin Lhoebenidh or Lhoebelidh.[6]
[edit] Other writings
In Letters from Father Christmas, green elves are mentioned as kin of the red elves.[7]
- ↑ While Tolkien states in the late manuscript Quendi and Eldar (ca. 1959-60) that the Quenya form Laiquendi "was not much used" (p. 385), it is the only Elvish translation of "Green-elves" which occurs in the published Silmarillion.
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", "The names of Finwë's descendants", p. 349
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: C. The Clan-names, with notes on other names for divisions of the Eldar", p. 385
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)", "Túrin in Doriath"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals", pp. 112-3
- ↑ A note in the Unfinished Tales
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 368 (root LÁYAK)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien (ed.), Letters from Father Christmas, "Dec. 23rd 1936"
(Quendi · People of the Stars · Firstborn · Elder Kindred)
|Three Kindreds:
(Eldar · Eldalië · Edhil)
|Vanyar (Fair-elves · Minyar) · Noldor (Deep-elves · Tatyar) · Teleri (Lindar · Nelyar)
(High-elves · Amanyar)
|Vanyar · Noldor · Falmari
|Sindar (Grey-elves · Eglath) · Nandor (Green-elves · Silvan Elves)
|Úmanyar · Avari (Dark Elves · The Unwilling)
|See Also:
|Awakening of the Elves · Sundering of the Elves · Great Journey


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Friday, October 28, 2011
Interactive Interview with an Agent: Hannah Bowman
KV: How long have you been agenting, and how did you get into it?
HB: I've been officially an agent since the beginning of August this year--I'm still brand new. Before that I interned at Liza Dawson Associates for eight months.
I actually got interested in publishing from the writing side: I wrote and queried a couple novels of my own--both of which were (rightly) rejected. So I've been there! As I was querying, I realized I was really interested in what agents do--the editing, negotiations, and business side of publishing--so I started looking for internships and opportunities to read manuscripts. I interned briefly with agent Weronika Janczuk before starting at Liza Dawson Associates.
KV: How would you summarize your personal agenting philosophy? What do you expect from an agent-author relationship?
HB: I'm a very hands-on agent. I love to edit and help writers draw out their story. It's so satisfying to give writers suggestions and have them say, "Yes, that's exactly what I was trying to say!" I really want to be involved in every part of the publishing process, from editing to marketing, and help my clients turn ideas and talent into long-term careers.
KV: What client work do you have coming out soon? What drew you to those writers and/or projects?
HB: Since I'm so new, I don't have any projects coming out yet. I can tell you what I'm drawn to, though: big concepts, twisty plots, and strong voices.
Let me break that down a little.
Big concepts: I love science fiction and fantasy because of the world building and the big ideas in the books. When I read query letters, I'm looking in large part for a story idea that takes my breath away. That doesn't have to a be a speculative idea: the right romance or contemporary YA concept has the same punch.
Twisty plots: I love the feeling when the threads of a complex plot come together and suddenly you know where the story has to go--and then it goes there. Revelations of secrets, hard choices and sacrifices, and anything Tolkien would call "eucatastrophe"--a happy ending pulled off when things are at their absolute worst and all seems lost--are all very satisfying to me. I really like to see conflicts be pushed as far as they can be, and I love characters who are forced to make difficult choices in impossible situations, where there's no right thing to do.
Strong voices: I think successful fiction really comes down to characters. A strong voice doesn't necessarily have to be snarky or funny, but I want to feel like the character is right there beside me.
KV: What genres do you represent? What genres do you definitely NOT represent?
HB: I represent all kinds of commercial fiction, especially science fiction and fantasy, romance, historical fiction, and cozy mysteries. I also represent all genres of YA.
I'm a hard sell on thrillers, unless they're offbeat, and on anything that could be described as "hard-boiled." I'm also likely not the right agent for a literary fiction project.
I'm looking for some select nonfiction, mostly about math or science, or religion and spirituality, especially church history. I'm not the right agent for memoirs, though.
KV: What query pet peeves and/or pitfalls should writers avoid when querying you?
HB: There's no pet peeve that will make me put down a query without reading it. I make my decisions based on the quality of writing in the query and the concept of the book. That said: I'm really not interested in hearing about what message you expect your book to teach. And, for YA queries, if you say that your book is appropriate for YA because it doesn't have bad language/mature themes, I'm likely to be skeptical that you're really familiar with the YA market.
KV: You only want to see the query letter in a writer's initial contact, but several respected industry sites have advised writers to include a few sample pages at the bottom of every query, whether the agent asked for them or not. So if a writer goes ahead and adds those pages, do you find that more assertive or obnoxious?
HB: It doesn't really make a difference to me. Usually I've made up my mind if I want to read more before I read the pages, based on the concept and writing in the query. Occasionally, if I'm not sure, I'll look at the pages, but in most cases, the writing isn't good enough to convince me to request more. In my experience, it's more common for pages to convince me to pass than to request--but if the writing doesn't catch me, I'll end up passing on a partial anyway, so in the long run it won't change anything.
KV: What are you looking for in a manuscript right now? What are you tired of seeing at the moment?
HB: Right now I'd love to find: a really sweet contemporary romance, a high-concept women's fiction that revolves around one major event in a woman's life, and a big far-future space opera. But that's by no means a complete list--I'm open for anything great that shows up.
I'm tired of YA voices that sound the same--a little snarky, a little insecure, but not really grounded in the personality of a particular character. I'd love to see a really fresh voice in a YA contemporary or paranormal.
KV: What's the best way to query you?
HB: Query me by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, with just a query letter in the body of the e-mail. You can also send a paper query if you prefer, per our submission guidelines at lizadawsonassociates.com/submission.html, but I prefer e-queries.
My submission guidelines are also available at hannahbowman.tumblr.com/post/10824837781/submission-guidelines.
Thanks again, Ms. Bowman, for these responses. And good luck to everyone who decides to query! I imagine that will be a lot of you:)
But before you fire off those e-mails, feel free to ask any questions you may have for Ms. Bowman in the comments below. She'll drop in periodically throughout the day to answer whatever questions she finds down there, leaving her answers in the comments as well. We'll wrap things up at 5:00 p.m. EDT (or 2:00 p.m. PDT), but until then, ask away!
27 comments:
- Write Life said...
Krista, I love your interviews with an agent!
They're so fantastic!!! : )
- October 28, 2011 at 6:09 AM
- Unknown said...
"if you say that your book is appropriate for YA because it doesn't have bad language/mature themes"
People have actually written this in queries??? That's too funny. :D
Thanks for the great interview, Krista and Hannah.
- October 28, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- Janet Johnson said...
Ditto with what Stina said. :) And great interview!
- October 28, 2011 at 7:25 AM
Krista, great interview!! Thanks so much for doing these!
I have a question for Ms. Bowman. It's about the (dreaded) synopsis. :) Most of us writers cringe when we have to write one and (worse) send one along with a partial or full request. My question is – do you ask for a synopsis, and, if so, how much does it factor in? Since it's darn near impossible to inject voice, tone, style, etc into a synopsis, a writer's hope would be that the manuscript itself is taken into consideration first, and that the synopsis is just there as a back up.
- October 28, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- Joy said...
Krista, thank you as always for facilitating helpful online "events" like these interviews.
Hannah, thank you for taking the time to participate today! I'll be lurking throughout the day in case I think of further questions :) but for now:
I agree with Stina above about putting such an odd statement about YA (no language/mature themes) in a query letter.
However, it seems that so much of YA now relies on more adult themes (and of course, adult language), and as the manuscript mama of a YA contemp that DOESN'T employ those devices, I wonder if mine fits in with what's in the YA market now, or if it sticks out because of a LACK of those things.
Could you give some examples of current (maybe even successful) YA contemp lit that keeps it a little "cleaner"? Or is my manuscript a bicycle among fish, so to speak?
Thanks again!
- October 28, 2011 at 7:40 AM
- Hannah Bowman said...
Hi guys! Thanks for reading. I'll be back later, but I'll answer a couple of things now.
AnnaBanana: I do request a synopsis along with the partial. But I know how hard they are to write, and I don't expect it to showcase your writing. I look at it only to see what's going to happen in the rest of the book. Sometimes it will make a difference in my decision--if it looks like the plot falls apart halfway through, for example, or if the partial was slow and the synopsis also suggests that not much happens. But my decisions are really based on the writing in the manuscript, so I wouldn't worry too much about the synopsis.
Inky: I absolutely think there's room in the YA market right now for "clean" books. Not every book should have adult themes! It's just important to remember that the defining feature of a YA isn't that it's a "clean" adult novel, but that it really speak to teenagers.
I would say that Maureen Johnson's YA books are great examples of clean YA contemps (and paranormals, in the case of her newest, The Name of the Star). There's nothing gritty in them.
Thanks for your questions! Keep asking; I'll be back later to answer more.
- October 28, 2011 at 7:57 AM
Is there any kind of historical fiction you're particularly interested in, or doesn't it matter? I've been very selectively querying for my Russian historical fiction saga (the second half of which is set in 1920s Manhattan) because I know sagas spanning many years and containing many characters aren't as popular as they used to be. Are you interested in historical fiction set outside English-speaking countries?
Also, do you have a preference between hard sci-fi and soft sci-fi/futuristic books?
- October 28, 2011 at 7:58 AM
- Laurel Garver said...
Great interview, Krista. I also have a question for Ms. Bowman:
You listed religion/spirituality among your nonfiction interests. I'm wondering if you'd also have interest in YA fiction with with religious themes, along the lines of Sara Zarr's Once Was Lost. (In other words, for a mainstream rather than CBA market, with some edgier elements). Thanks so much for your time!
- October 28, 2011 at 8:07 AM
Wonderful interview, Krista.
Ms. Bowman, you're on my list to query, because of your statements about worldbuidling and big stories. Would your religious interests keep you from working with mms featuring atheist and agnostic protagonists? And would you represent a writer who has both mainstream adult SF&F stories (suitable for Del Rey, DAW, etc.), and erotic SF&F aimed at Carina or Musa? I'm still trying to decide if I want to split my genres between two pen-names, or keep one and just go with an e-publisher that doesn't require agents.
Either way, I'm sure you'll be a fantastic addition to the agenting world, and I hope to read your clients' books soon.
- October 28, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Krista Van Dolzer said...
Already some great questioning and answering going on! So cool!
Here's one more I have for Ms. Bowman: You mentioned on Tumblr that you're not looking for MG at the moment. But what if you take on a YA author who then decides to write an MG? Would you try to sell it (assuming you thought it was a good fit for the market at the time), or would you advise her to seek additional representation for her MG work?
- October 28, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Hannah Bowman said...
Carrieannebrownian: I'm willing to look at any historical fiction. I particularly like mysteries and romances, but I'm also happy to consider big sagas. I love Sharon Kay Penman, who writes both medieval mysteries and medieval sagas. Historicals set outside of English-speaking countries are no problem.
I like both hard and soft sci-fi.
Laurel Garver: I would love to find a YA contemporary with religious themes, as long as it's appropriate for the mainstream market.
Filigree: Atheist or agnostic protagonists are no problem, as long as they're convincing and right for the story. I wouldn't be the right agent for erotic SF&F, but I'd be willing to consider representing mainstream stories by a writer who also writes erotic stories.
Krista V.: If a client I've taken on for YA decides to write MG I'd be happy to try to sell it--I'm just not looking for it right now.
Thanks again! Keep the questions coming!
- October 28, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Robyn Lucas said...
She sounds like an awesome agent. Too bad she doesn't rep MG :(
Thanks for the interview
- October 28, 2011 at 8:47 AM
- Shallee said...
Great interview, Hannah! I love reading about your agenting preferences. :) You gave such awesome advice on my last manuscript, and I'm excited to be able to query you when my new one's ready! I hope the agenty side of life is going great for you (and all the other parts of life too).
Thanks for hosting, Krista. I love your agent interviews!
- October 28, 2011 at 9:10 AM
Thank you so much Krista and Hannah for the interview!
Quick question: You stated you were really looking for space opera. Any other type of sci-fi that rocks your socks off?
- October 28, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Cassie Mae said...
Great interview Krista!
A have a question for Ms. Bowman. You say you don't rep. MG, and I have a protag that is 14 years old. I've been told that this floats in the middle of MG and YA. Would this be too young for you?
- October 28, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- Hannah Bowman said...
S.S.: Any and all sci-fi!
Cassie Mae: It really depends on the book. Feel free to send me a query!
- October 28, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Cortney Pearson said...
Great interview! It's always nice to hear specifically what an agent is or isn't looking for.
- October 28, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- jjdebenedictis said...
Thanks for doing this, Ms. Bowman!
Do you have any advice for writers wanting to make their SFF fresh and innovative without making it inaccessible? The problem with doing something new always seems to be convincing others that this weird, new thing is still marketable!
- October 28, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Jodi R. said...
Thank you Krista - wonderful interview, as always!
Thank you as well, Ms. Bowman - these interviews are invaluable to us! I have a quick question:
- What is your definition of "high concept women's fiction"? I know I've asked on here before about that - I seem to be very thick-skulled when it comes to genre definitions, but I also find that diffferent agents have different definitions themselves!
Thanks in advance -
Jodi R.
- October 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM
- Hannah Bowman said...
Thanks for all the great questions!
jjdebenedictis: I think there's a lot of room for weird new concepts in SFF. The key thing for me is characters: writing characters that readers can relate to, even if they're aliens, or robots, or dealing with completely impossible situations. The characters' reactions and relationships should feel real, and, ideally, the unusual details of the setting or concept should be explained from the perspective of the main characters, so that, no matter how strange things are, they feel grounded in imaginable experiences.
I think a great example of a successful, highly innovative book is Susanna Clarke's JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL, which was totally different than anything else out there, but has sold extremely well. I think for things that are new and unusual, the bar is set even higher, so the writing has to be really exceptional.
Jodi R.: I define high concept as something that can be described in a single sentence that makes you immediately want to read the book. My ideal high-concept women's fiction would center on one big, unusual event in the main character's life. So, for example, I would call the movie The Kids Are All Right high-concept women's: a lesbian couple's kids look for the sperm donor who helped conceive them. The story's about what happens to the couple's relationships all as a result of that one choice.
The point is that I tend to prefer contemporary stories that are very plot-driven like that, as opposed to quieter stories about everyday life. I want something really shocking to grab my attention, and then I want to see how the characters handle it.
I'll be back once more if anyone wants to get more questions in under the wire!
- October 28, 2011 at 2:34 PM
Fun question: If you were on a deserted island, stuck with only (oh dear!) 3 novels. Which would they be and why?
- October 28, 2011 at 2:45 PM
- Kelly Bryson said...
Krista and Ms. Bowman- thanks so much for this wonderful interview.
And I'm going to squeeze in a question right before the buzzer:)
Ms. Bowman, is Liza Dawson a "no from one of us is a no from all" agency? Please say no, just this once;) Thanks- and I loved the eucatastrophic quote from Tolkien. Thanks!
- October 28, 2011 at 2:58 PM
- Krista Van Dolzer said...
And that's a wrap! Thanks for all the awesome questions, everyone! (Glad you snuck that last one in, Kelly:) ) And of course, thank you, Ms. Bowman, for spending the day with us!
- October 28, 2011 at 3:03 PM
- Hannah Bowman said...
Last couple questions:
S.S.: This is *hard*! Um…Lord of the Rings, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Bleak House. A fairly eclectic mix!
Kelly Bryson: We're not strictly "no from one is no from all." It's unlikely that you'll get a different response from querying a different one of us, unless you've heavily revised the query or the project or it just wasn't the right genre for the agent in question, but you're certainly welcome to try!
Thanks, everyone, for the great questions today! And thank you, Krista, for hosting! It's been fun!
- October 28, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- Kelly Bryson said...
Thanks Ms. Bowman:) And thank you, Krista. How do you do all you do? :D
- October 28, 2011 at 6:03 PM
- Myrna Foster said...
Thanks, Krista! You know I love these, and Ms. Bowman sounds like she'd be great to query. And thanks, Ms. Bowman, for answering questions!
- October 28, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- Krista Van Dolzer said...
Kelly, for one thing, I don't have four kids that are old enough to be going in four different directions. That makes a big difference. And I do have this time-turner some girl named Hermione lent me, but I probably shouldn't have mentioned that part...
Myrna, I think Ms. Bowman would be a great agent for you to add to your list, too.
- October 31, 2011 at 8:15 AM


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Tulsa dad due in court in child neglect case
A Tulsa man facing a child neglect charge after police found his 18-month-old daughter locked in a metal dog cage in November is to have a preliminary hearing.
The Associated Press is not naming the father, whose hearing is Wednesday, to protect the identity of the children.
Police also found the man's naked 4-year old daughter outside on a cold afternoon and him asleep in a drug or alcohol "induced stupor" after a neighbor called authorities. A third child was asleep in another room.
The children were placed into the custody of the Department of Human Services.
A man by the same name and the same birth date was given a suspended sentence in August after pleading guilty to possession of a precursor to manufacture methamphetamine, court records indicate.


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I had a lump in my throat reading that story. There but for the grace of God could be anyone of us who hunt in the winter. Thank God he pulled through. I don't know what I would do if that happened to me.
Thank you for sharing and reminding us to watch over our best friends.


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Hi Everyone,
So much is happening, I thought I better post an update here to cover it all.
My Good Vibe School of Astrology has opened on the new site, with new format, new courses and a lot more materials accessible for 'open membership' ie, free access. One new feature is that all Open Members have access to the GVA Essentials Astrology Course. It covers the basics of Signs, Planets, Houses and Aspects and how they relate to the Law of Attraction. Jump in whenever you feel the urge.
Also are insights into Mercury Rx New Year, where Mercury turns retrograde in Capricorn, in two days! There is a GVA talk on the subject, recorded last week, with example charts to get everyone up to speed.
Asteroid Icarus is also conjunct Pluto for the first time in 12 months. Check out how you can leverage this energy to release tolerations and free up creative energy on Icarus Edge.
Over at the Supernatural Underground, I've just posted an article for writers and creatives called Writer's Agony and Ecstasy. I shared a version of this earlier on AvaSykes.com and wanted to bring it on Sup, and here too.
The good news is, I've finished another novel. The other news is, finishing it dropped me into a well of grief.
It's happened so regularly, this emotional plummet after achievement, a kind of post-completion depression, I decided to do a little research.
Turns out, it's a thing.
I also added a Reviews Page to AvaSykes.com. If you have a review you want me to include, with a link to your blog/website/FB, let me know.
I'm writing the Daily Astro Flash on FB if you haven't seen it. I'll put a link in the menu bar here too. It runs Monday – Saturday and is open to all. Your comments are always welcome.
Oh, and the dates aren't set, or the seat numbers, but I am running a course in early 2017 on Karmic Astrology and the Law of Attraction. Details here. Shoot me an email if you are interested and want to reserve a seat.
Finally, I can't release any details yet, but I will post this image and say, "Coming 2017, worldwide."
Have a fabulous Holiday Season, everyone. I'll be offering more updates around the solstice. If you have any questions or comments, fire away!


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The Northern Dispensary, in the heart of Greenwich Village, seems an ideal location for new condos or residences, but it's remained vacant for years, leaving neighbors wondering why.
Turns out, it's complicated. The site's deed holds some tricky restrictions that put its owner, William Gottlieb Real Estate, in a pickle when it comes to finding a solution for the building with potential.
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The deed's language might be old, and its intentions speaking to a different New York City, but failing to follow the deed could result in a lawsuit for the owners. ("No obscene performances" allowed--that includes abortions, since the building was once owned by the Catholic Church.) Tricky, tricky, tricky.
The owners told the Times they're "aware of the deed restrictions" and that they're "examining our options," which leaves us all wondering what's really going to happen to the historic property.
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Marco's Dangerous, Mark My Words (Limerick)
I've been mystified by the general reaction to Sen. Marco Rubio's delivery of the GOP response to the State of the Union address.
Yes, his desperate lunge for water looked awkward. Nonetheless, his performance just doesn't deserve the mockery it's been getting. In fact, Marco Rubio is the one Republican who worries me.
I find Rubio alarmingly likeable. And I was struck by his ability to lie so convincingly and charmingly.
But I was starting to doubt my own instincts when I came across these comments from Van Jones in response to questioning from CNN anchor Carol Costello:
"Rubio is dangerous for Democrats," Jones said. "I'm so glad we're talking about him and we're joking about him because right when he reached for that water bottle, he was reaching an emotional part of the speech which he stepped on."
Jones said the while Florida's junior senator "has an extreme record," Rubio's political skill shone through in the last 90 seconds of his speech, which Jones said was "extremely powerful."
"(Rubio) is to the heart what Paul Ryan is to the head," Jones said. "This man can connect emotionally."
Marco's Dangerous, Mark My Words (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Although Rubio's drinking looked gawky,
I'm begging you Dems, don't get cocky:
He lies better than Ryan
And charm's underlyin'
His falsehoods. So things could get rocky.
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"Untranslatable Words" by Fucshia MacAree. Prints are available in her shop!
It's fascinating which complex ideas different languages have distilled into single phrases. I think I could spend another lifetime studying linguistics — traveling the world, recording dying-out dialects, exploring how the human mind has created so many distinct pronunciations for the same familiar things.
I recently "Americanized" a book for work and was surprised at how difficult I found it. I thought because of way I'm alert to slang and spellings different from my own, it would be fairly easy — but instead my eyes glided over UK phrases too complacently, as if I were eager to incorporate these puzzle pieces of culture into my own lexicon.
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By Shannon Carlin, Radio.com
Are you in a market for a new home? Perhaps one that lets you to stay young forever? Well, do we have a one of a kind listing for you!
According to Forbes, Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch is going up for sale, with a reported asking price of over $50 million.
The 2,700 acre property in California's Santa Barbara County, which the King of Pop bought back in 1988, is owned by a private investment firm called Colony Capital, which bought it in late 2007 for a mere $23.5 million when the King of Pop was heavily in debt. It was revealed last year in court that Jackson was three to four months behind on payments for the sprawling estate accompanied by a $702 million IRS bill that his estate is currently appealing.
Related: 10 Most Popular Michael Jackson News Stories of the Last Five Years
Since taking over the property as a personal favor to Jackson, billionaire Tom Barrack of the Colony Capital firm has invested $5 million a year for the property's upkeep, which combined with the original $23 million investment and other miscellaneous expenses comes to an estimated $50 million investment in just seven years.


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Clemson Public Service Activities 1998-2001 Web Redesign, Usability Test Plan and Study
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(1998 to 2001) Clemson University Public Service Activities. Created interface research and testing division with 4 graduate assistants and 2 undergraduate programmers.
Built multimedia studio. Planned and implemented redesign of the PSA web site to test interface design theory (M.A.S.S). Directed team of web consultant RAs for stakeholders under the land grant university's public service commitment.
Directed site test usability study and one RA's (Katlin Beck) master's project, a formal, video-data-coded usability study under an STC grant, and the team applied same methods to a formal PSA usability study.
Studio teaching of graduate and undergraduate students in interaction architecture and web consulting. About $100,000 funded over 3 years.
- Download/Open PDF: Specifications/Persona Analysis for Clemson Public Service Activities site portal
- Download/Open PDF: Clemson Public Service Activities Usability Study Test Plan
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VCU alumnus, CAAHoops.com founder and bocce enthusiast Mike Litos (@VCULitos) will join the VCU Ram Radio broadcast team for the 2012-13 season as color analyst. He'll join play-by-play voice (and former child acting star) Robby Robinson to bring VCU Men's Basketball into your living room (and car, and mobile device, etc.).
I recently caught up with Litos to get some answers to the questions that are burning up Ram Nation right now, such as, "Would you be supportive of a Wham! reunion?"
CK: A select few get to come back to their alma mater and put in a position like this. How exciting is this opportunity for you, as a long-time fan?
ML: I'm rarely at a loss for words, lots of them, but I'm still having a difficult time articulating how exciting this opportunity is for me. I will say it's extremely humbling to even be considered…we've got incredible momentum as an athletics department and a university, so to become a bigger part of that is thrilling. I very much look forward to digging in and contributing where I can.
CK: Your predecessor, Mike Ellis, was known for his knowledge of Xs and Ox, his stories and his undying devotion to officiating. What can fans expect when they turn the dial to listen to the game this year?
ML: It's possible I've given aid to an official who, shall we say, may have erred in his interpretation of the rules. I'll continue to help out the zebras. But really what people can expect is an answer to the question why. My goal is to be invisible. What I mean is that the radio audience gets a mental picture of what's occurring on the court. Robby does a great job explaining what's happening; my job is to depict what's happening that impacts what Robby is describing.
Similarly, I want to give the web viewers something to look for. What I mean there, for example, is showing the weak spot in a 1-3-1 zone and how it can be exploited. Or explaining why we are trapping in one area of the floor or another. My job is to know the opposition inside and out, so our fans know their opponent. They should never be surprised an opposing player has a certain skill. In any case, I am invisible because our fans and listeners are thinking about the game and not what I'm saying.
Boy, I hope that makes sense.
I prefer to look at it in a baseball context. Yankees fans were concerned about losing Joe DiMaggio. They got Mickey Mantle.
CK: Other than the players and coaches, the radio guys are usually the most popular guys associated VCU Basketball. How do feel about your newly-elevated status in the hierarchy of fan worship?
ML: Ha–hilarious. "Worshipping" people like me got Noah's Ark off the ground. I don't look at it that way. I'm talking VCU basketball with my friends, no more and no less. I'll have the same conversations, and I can't wait. The only difference to me is that when the game starts I go sit next to Robby.
CK: It's been two years since we lost longtime VCU play-by-play man and fan favorite Terry Sisisky, who was never dull. Give me your favorite Terry Sisisky story.
ML: Here are three anecdotes that aren't really stories, but how I remember Terry. First, the season I was color analyst for home games I was struck that Terry is very grateful. He thanked the producer every time we cut to commercial and cut back and it was clean. He was truly appreciative. We all think of Terry as a mad scientist–and he was–but he was so much more than that. Second, I ran into Terry one time at Target, just a general Sunday afternoon, and he was the same way. Caffeinated. We had a conversation where I stood still and he darted around an eight-foot circle, waving his arms like someone had just made a left-hand turn from the right lane. I think he shopped every aisle in the store in three minutes. Terry was always Terry. And third, I still find myself muttering "brother, brother, brother" just like him when I'm hit with adversity like when it starts raining and I'm halfway through mowing the lawn.
CK: What's your earliest memory of VCU Basketball?
ML: The VERY first one is a TV recap of NCAA selections in 1983. We popped up on the screen and I thought "that's cool, another Virginia school." But my first real memory is hopping on the city bus in front of Johnson Hall in November 1986 and heading down to the Coliseum to see my first VCU game in person.
CK: What's the craziest thing you've ever done in the name of VCU Basketball?
ML: The 2004 NCAA tournament story is real. I was bummed because a very important business meeting had been scheduled so I couldn't go to Raleigh. Around 3:00 the day before the game it got cancelled. By 5:00, with no tickets and no hotel room, I was on the interstate. That isn't crazy compared to what the kids do these days, but pretty good for an old guy.
CK: Did you get into the game?
ML: Yep. Ran back and forth at the hotel from the bar to the front desk that night, making sure I was first in line in case of a cancellation. It came around 9 p.m. I have no idea how I got a ticket…Dr. [Richard] Sander may have come up with one for me since I was a season ticket holder. But I remember Chris Paul not missing a free throw down the stretch. We played well that day but just didn't get over the hump. Bobby Anthony Walker was a stud as a freshman and didn't back down. Loved him as a player from that day forward.
CK: In your mind, what do you think is the most underrated moment in VCU hoops history?
ML: This is going to sound awfully silly, but I honestly believe Eric Maynor's Dagger is underrated. Stick with me here. We were close in 1996. Closer in 2004. That win, that shot, got us over hump and proved it can be done. It galvanized everything we aspire to accomplish. It showed it can be done to the doubters and confirmed things for the fence sitters. It validated the believers. It was "Duke," which matters, and it was a last-second shot, which matters. When you look at moments in which anything pivots, you look for that moment of coalescence. That was ours.
Look at it this way. It is also one of the reasons our Final Four run was viewed very differently than George Mason. This isn't a slight to Mason, but they didn't have a recent NCAA win to reference. Their run was more a surprise. Ours–we could point to the recency of an NCAA tourney win. The view was that we are a good program so we shouldn't be surprised at the success; rather delighted by the quality of play and how far we were moving our program forward with every win. But every early highlight of our run was Maynor flushing that jumper.
What I mean is that the next time we go to the Final Four, we won't point to the 2011 Final Four run as "when success became real." We will point to Maynor's shot.
CK: My brother got married on March 25, 2011, the night of the VCU-Florida State Sweet 16 game, which opened a seat on the team charter to San Antonio for a certain, unnamed, CAA blogger for the two biggest wins in VCU history. What will you…I mean, what will he, be getting my brother for his anniversary this year?
ML: A Markeiff Morris autographed photo.
CK: VCU has produced a lot of characters (players and coaches) over the years, from Sonny Smith's down-home charm, to the quirkiness of Jamie Skeen. Name your favorite and why?
ML: It's difficult to pick anyone other than Skeen. He was hilarious in San Antonio. The team would come flying off the practice court, and five minutes later Skeen would come down the hall, looking like Fred Sanford. He was always a 78-year old man, until the clock started running. I've always been a big John Brannen fan since I saw him at a Wanda Sykes concert. A big rumor back in the late 1980s was Martin Henlan being so smart he did Mike Pollio's taxes for him one year, but that was never proven.
CK: For the last few years, you've covered the CAA through your blog, CAAHoops.com. What will you miss the most about the CAA?
ML: Without question, the camaraderie of the CAA community. I've always said it was the best college basketball community in the country and I mean it. Everything is so personal; it's a spirit I hope we can replicate.
CK: I know your wife was a fan of those trips to Wilmington, N.C. What's going to be the new Atlantic 10 Conference getaway city for VCU fans?
ML: I must make it known I've already called Bernie McGlade about adding UNCW. She wasn't as receptive as I thought she'd be, mumbled something about call screening, but I'm working on her. Honestly, Philly is always a favorite of ours. Thanks to the trips to Drexel, we've got a good feel for that city and love the trip. (Translation–we know the good restaurants.) I haven't been back to Pittsburgh since I went to see the opening of Whatever Bank Park but I enjoyed that city. And I'm eager to visit Olean, N.Y. –I mean that. I grew up a country boy, so green grass and trees are always welcomed.
CK: What do you think will be the most challenging aspect of VCU's move to the Atlantic 10?
ML: A lot of people talk about the newness, but I don't think it's that. The kids don't worry about travel plans and practice facilities. Darius Theus isn't scheduling shootarounds. To me, we are going to have to adjust to a different level of hostile environments. Dayton, Xavier, etc. are all going to throw a new level of distraction and noise. I saw a game at St. Joseph's a few years back and that barn got loud. It will be fun, for sure.
CK: Give us your "way-too-early" keys to VCU's 2012-13 season.
ML: Here's an admission: most of the smart stuff I say comes from a coach. For instance, Shaka mentioned to me a few weeks back that we have to be better in halfcourt defense, because that's how games end. So I'll take that very true point and put flowery words around it to answer your question. I absolutely think our ability to play halfcourt defense matters. Even in the CAA, many of the games were rock fights–two possession games in the last four minutes. I expect that to continue, if not heighten, in the A-10. Our ability to get key stops from the 8:00 mark in the second to about the 2:00 mark is where games can be won. "Stop-and-score" will be something people hear from me.
I also think a second 3-point threat has to emerge. If we can get opponents to fear Troy and, say Melvin Johnson, that opens driving lanes for Tre Graham and baseline jump hooks from Juvonte. A second 3-point threat just plain makes us a more dangerous team because we're harder to guard. And it isn't VCU-specific, but I've always put an emphasis on making your first free throw.


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In past players could maneuver their villages into a dead end crop supply situation. Reasons for that usually were:
- hero resource production ended because the hero died or was reskilled
- +25% crop bonus ended
- destruction of crop fields, grain mill and/or bakery
In order to keep the following sentences short, let's call "the crop production available to build or upgrade a building or resource field" .. well, let's call it "free crop".
- Free crop equals the production of crop fields including bonuses of grain mill and bakery reduced by the number of inhabitants of the village. So neither the heros production nor the gold feature influence the free crop. The amount of free crop can be seen at the top banner, right after the resource amounts.
- To build or upgrade a building or resource field is only possible if the this would not drop the Free crop below 1 crop per hour.
- Destroying grain mill or bakery via main building is only possible if the this would not drop the free crop below 1 crop per hour. A running destruction order of this buildings already decreases the Free crop.
- Upgrading a crop field always increases the free crop, that is why it may always be build.
- Grain mill and Bakery may be build/upgraded if they would increase free crop.
- Main Building level 1 may be built always.
- If 6 crop fields are level 5 and the amount of free crop is less than 0, then main building, warehouse and granary may be build/upgraded to level 10.
- The hero has a basic crop production of 6 crop per hour no matter how the skill points are set. This basic production follows the same rules as the usual hero resource production. So it's added to the production of the village that the hero belongs to. But it does not increase the free crop.
- A dead hero still produces 6 crop per hour.
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Okay, first, the Biden stuff:
In his speech, Biden framed the victories the president has won. He also discounted Romney's remarks against Obama's foreign policy. "Romney wants to take us back to the past we've worked so hard to move beyond," Biden said. "He is looking through the glass of a rear-view window."...So then Biden was looking through the glass of a rear-view window. Whatever. At least he convinced Danielle Herring that she will be voting for Obama.
CAS sophomore Danielle Herring left the talk convinced that she will be voting for Obama in November. "I was expecting more of a speech on foreign policy in general, more of an overview on what America is planning on doing in the future," Herring said. "But I think it did a good job of explaining our foreign policy and what America has done in the last four years."
Now, check out the article about the filmmaker — Tao Lin, an NYU alumnus — who's made a documentary about a 17-year old female blogger. The film "tails the up-and-coming blogger through one night in Las Vegas, her hometown."
"The simple, utilitarian storytelling set against the absurd, over-the-top backdrop of Vegas calls to mind the similar tone of Lin's books," reads a description of the film on MDMA's website. "Bebe Zeva provides an opportunity to see [Tao Lin's] literary aesthetic translated into the world of cinema."Sounds interesting. But then I clicked through to the trailer for the film and... wow...
That is not the right way to use a minor. The literary aesthetic translated into the world of cinema literally nauseated me.


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Employment rates gap biggest on record
WASHINGTON The gap in employment rates between America's highest and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago.
That's according to an analysis of government data conducted for The Associated Press.
The analysis shows that U.S. households with income of more than $150,000 a year have an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent, a level traditionally defined as full employment.
At the same time, middle-income workers are increasingly pushed into lower-wage jobs. Many of them in turn are displacing lower-skilled, low-income workers, who become unemployed or are forced to work fewer hours.
Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families have topped 21 percent.
Harvard economist Richard Freeman says the findings show that people at the bottom will continue to be financially squeezed.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Yingwei Mao, an assistant professor of biology at Penn State, has been honored with a NARSAD (National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression) Young Investigator Grant. The award provides support for the most promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research.
Mao's research focuses on how particular genetic defects play a role in the onset of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, autism and bipolar disorder. Recently, Mao and his colleagues pinpointed the specific neurological effects of deficits within a gene that is disrupted in schizophrenia -- the DISC1 gene. Mao's research identified that a faulty DISC1 gene interrupts division of neural stem cells in the hippocampus -- a process crucial to healthy brain development and maintenance. In Mao's study, mice with either a defective or absent DISC1 gene displayed behavioral abnormalities such as hyperactivity -- one of the symptoms of schizophrenia -- as well as other symptoms of mental disease such as depression. Mao and his colleagues also successfully restored normal neuronal growth to affected mice by treating them with a molecule that inhibits GSK3beta -- an enzyme normally regulated by DISC1. The treatment mimicked the effects of lithium, a medication frequently used in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Mao's research could provide a valuable tool in drug development for patients with mental illnesses.
In 2003, the University of Michigan School of Medicine honored Mao with a Thomas Baum Travel Award. In 2007, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression awarded Mao a Young Investigator Award. Mao has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Nature, the Journal of Cell Biology and Neuron. His research on the DISC1 gene was the cover story in the journal Cell in 2009, and he contributed a chapter to the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. He has presented abstracts and has given invited talks in many meetings and at research institutions in the United States and abroad. Mao's memberships in professional societies include the Society for Neuroscience and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mao holds two patents related to his discovery of the effects of the DISC1 gene.
Before joining the Eberly College of Science faculty at Penn State in 2011, Mao was a research fellow in the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mao received a master's degree in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2002. In 2005, he received a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan.


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In my next few articles, I will focus on a method of trading that unfortunately, very few traders understand and use to their advantage. What I'm talking about is "Fundamental Analysis."
Certainly, the vast majority of retail traders rely solely on "Technical Analysis" in making their decisions and believe it is superior in every way to Fundamental Analysis.
However, by the end of this series of articles, I hope to have opened your eyes to the power of using Fundamental Analysis to achieve your goal of becoming a consistently profitable trader.
So, let's begin with a few basics.
When used in the equities market, Fundamental Analysis is used to measure the value of a company in order to determine whether its stock should be bought or sold.
Similarly, in Forex, traders will use Fundamental Analysis to evaluate the value of currencies and their countries.
Primarily, a Forex fundamental trader will use various economic announcements, news reports, economic data, and political events to determine the overall value of investing in a currency.
Of course, the value of a currency changes over time due to a variety of factors, including the growth and financial strength of its economy.
Now, before I get into explaining how I use Fundamental Analysis in my own trading, I want to discuss three myths that cause people to shy away from using this powerful method.
Myth #1 – Technical Analysis Is The Easiest and Quickest Way To Trading Profits
Over the many years I've been involved with Forex trading, as a professional funds manager and a private trader, I have seen that almost all retail traders are overly-focused on using Technical Analysis. In fact, many of them believe that using Technical Analysis is the "smartest" way to trade.
But, this is just a myth. At its core, traders who only focus on using Technical Analysis believe that it can "predict" the next move. But that's like believing that driving while looking in the rear-view mirror is a powerful way of driving. That just doesn't make sense.
When we drive, we do much better when we focus on what is in front of us. We look at the road and note the signs. It's the same way with Fundamental Analysis. We look forward, we pay attention to the signs, and ultimately, we know where we're going.
#2 Myth – Fundamental Trading Is Hard
When I talk to traders about the power of using Fundamental Analysis in their trading, they often express their concern that fundamental trading is hard. They think it's complicated, and because they don't have an extensive education in economics, Fundamental Analysis just isn't practical for them to try. After all, how could they know how to review all the details of the economic projections for each country?
But again, thinking that Fundamental Trading is hard is just a myth, because you don't have to do all of that. In fact, shortly, I will show you just how simple Fundamental Analysis can be. I'll even show you how it can be easier than Technical Analysis. So please, don't worry about it being too complicated.
#3 Myth – Fundamental News Releases Are Already Priced Into The Market
Another myth I often hear is by the time an economic report is released, it's already priced into the market. Similarly, traders who trade these news releases often believe that the initial quick move is all there is and after that, there's no more opportunity to profit.
But that's not the case at all. Sure, there are speculative traders who try to make a quick profit on the initial short-term move.
However, in the long-term, there are institutional investors and other long-term traders who will gradually move their money from lower-yield to higher-yield countries.
And of course, this puts further upward pressure on the value of the currency. This process takes weeks, months, even years, depending on the number and frequency of interest rate hikes.
So, the bottom line is, it's impossible for all the impact of a financial news report to be instantly priced into a market.
In the next article of this series, I will show you how I use Fundamental Analysis in my own trading. I want to show you how simple the process is, and how little you really need to track to make extremely profitable trades.
It's really just a matter of learning to understand the role of a central bank and what they watch to achieve their goal of keeping the economy stable.
It basically comes down to a short list of economic indicators coupled with a few simple tools.
Until then, good trading!


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CNN isn't quite ready to push Larry King out the door, because his replacement, Brit Piers Morgan, is having visa troubles, according to a report.
Instead of leaving this fall, the network wants King to stay through the end of the year, according to the New York Post. Morgan, the "America's Got Talent" judge believed to be King's replacement, is having trouble obtaining a work visa, several sources told the Post.
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How to be a mindful listener
You can tell when someone is really listening to you. You can see it in the way they lean in or react to something you've said. You can hear it in their questions or what they say next. You know you've been heard, and it feels good.
You can also tell when someone isn't listening to you — and that doesn't feel good. Unfortunately, a "good listener" is hard to find these days. While you can't change the way someone else listens, you can improve your own listening skills. And that may inspire others to do the same.
Good listening requires intention and attention. The intention part means actually being interested in the other person — their experiences, views, feelings, and needs. The attention part means being able to keep your focus on them, and remaining open to what they say — even if they don't agree with your ideas.
Here are a few ways to start listening better.
- Check inside
As someone is talking, ask yourself, "Is anything getting in the way of my really listening to this person?" Maybe you're thinking about something going on in your life. Maybe you have an issue with the person, so you're looking at their body language. If there's something there, name it. Then decide if you need to deal with it right away, or if it can wait.
- Extend yourself
Choose to listen fully and with interest and kindness. Then, practice.
- Notice your responses
Silently note any thoughts, feelings, judgments, or memories that come up. Just note them — don't try to figure out what they mean or judge yourself for having them. Then bring your attention back to what the other person is saying.
- Listen actively
Show you're listening by confirming what you've heard, using the other person's words if you can. This helps the person to feel heard and understood.
- Ask and affirm
Use friendly questions if you don't understand something that was said. Finally, acknowledge the other person's point of view before introducing your own.
This copyrighted information is courtesy of Mindful.org and mindful listening trainer David Rome.
Reviewed by Kaiser Permanente Clinical Ambassadors, including Mark Dreskin, MD, Sharon Smith, LPC, and/or David Kane, LCSW. September 2018.
This information does not replace the advice of a doctor.
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Many Boca teens his age are in the process of deciding which college to attend. Joey Brander is deciding which athlete to feature on his weekly sports radio show.
"I never wanted to be a doctor or a fireman," says Brander, 17. "I always wanted to be a sportscaster."
Since Boca Raton magazine first featured him in its November 2009 issue, Brander, now a junior at Saint Andrew's School, has done everything possible to realize that dream. He's been the lead anchor for the Global Broadcast Sports Network, a website that delivers sports news from a kid's perspective. Between 2009 and 2011, he hosted a segment called "Beyond the Game" for the local CBS affiliate. And, now, he has his own weekly radio slot—"The Joey Brander Show"—Sundays at 8 a.m. on ESPN 760.
Brander, who hopes to syndicate his show, says that there's a reason he's reaching listeners from ages 16 to 48 with his format. "Sports fans are smart," he notes. "If you go on the radio and you don't know what you're talking about, they'll know."
A lifelong sports fanatic, Brander's first interview was with basketball player Wilt Chamberlain. He was 4 at the time. "I learned how to read from the back of baseball and basketball cards," Brander says.
Since then, he's interviewed the likes of Dwyane Wade and Emmitt Smith while covering such events as the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles and the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement. "I'm very happy with my career at this point," Brander says, "I think I'm pretty versatile since I've had experience in many different types of sportscasting."
Beyond sports journalism, Joey uses his platform to help the community. His nonprofit, "The Joey Brander Foundation: Literacy through Sports," helps kids in hard socio-economic situations learn the importance of education at a young age. "It shows them that it doesn't just matter what your performance is on the field," he says. "It's how you do in the classroom that comes first." Brander, who counts his foundation as his greatest achievement yet, knows the importance of helping others. "It doesn't matter how much you achieve as one person. What you can use that for to help other people is what matters most."
His goal is to one day work for ESPN at a national level, like his broadcast idol, Stuart Scott. Even though he's achieved so much at a young age, Brander understands that, to reach that goal, there can be no resting on his laurels. "There's always something new happening [in sports]," he says. "I'm not waking up in the morning and talking about the same old thing."
Asked what advice he would give to kids pursuing their passion, Brander says, "Don't ever let anyone tell you that you're too young to do something or to get started working," he says. "With the number of years I've put in and the sports knowledge I have, I can hang with anyone."
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There's a recently posted article on the Washington Post about how $2 billion of the stimulus money the Obama Administration doled out avoided review under the National Environmental Policy Act, which basically means they avoided having to get a lengthy Environmental Impact Statement(EIS). Now, if this money was given out to projects with a net negative impact on pollution and the environment, I would join in on the criticism, but give me a break! Just looking at the examples the Washington Post uses makes it crystal clear to me why these projects received exemptions. They list a smart-grid update, a wind farm project, a biofuel from algae project. All are the kinds of projects we need to be investing in to reduce our impact on the environment. We need a trillion more dollars for projects like these, and we need them fast not just because of jobs, but because the world needs to deploy a massive amount of clean energy technology in order to avoid catastrophic global warming. The Obama Administration sums it up well…
"Administration officials say the exemptions were essential to accelerate more than $30 billion in stimulus-funded clean-energy projects through the Energy Department, which already have created 35,000 jobs. In the long run, they add, the exempted activities will boost energy efficiency and curb pollution."
It makes complete sense to me that there should be different environmental standards for a wind farm than a coal plant.
The other minor-story the Post reports on is that some of the companies doing these green projects and received these exemptions aren't exactly saints in the environmental arena. Now, if I were the guy in chance doling out grants for projects, I would choose a company with a clean record over one with a dirty one, but the unfortunate reality is that most of these companies have dirty records. Find me a green oil company that I can give an algae biofuel grant for. There are none! I should add that I ultimately want the dirty companies to start doing clean energy projects. That's what environmental activists rightfully spend a lot of time doing, protesting dirty investments by corporations while pressuring them to make clean ones. So if Duke Energy has a history of building coal plants, and it decides it wants to build a wind farm, I'm not going to throw a fit! Heck, I'll tell them to build two.
What we don't need is more hyped up negative stories to the public about how clean energy projects are dodging environmental regulations intended for dirty ones.


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Sunday, February 03, 2013
$1bn has 'gone' in 4 years
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- Anonymous7:32 pm
This is a fab post.
I have a couple of questions. The data is so sparse and you obviously sit over a lot of it.
In general, what kind of capital is required before a company generates £1m in revenue and then £1m in profits per month? Could you share the mean, as well a the most and least capital that was required? How long did it take those companies to get there?
What do the revenue and traction curves look like for businesses that end up breaking out. Some of this (at a financial level) is available at companies house. And a business like Wonga (which appeared from the outside to look like it went like a rocket from the getgo) is less interesting, because of its success, than some of the others that are successful but perhaps let's adrenaline-fueled!!
I'd personally be fascinated to understand MindCandy or Erply to see what their first five years looked like? (Is Erply even five?) What were the operational metrics that gave people comfort that this thing was going to be big? (How many users, user growth, attrition, unit economics, etc)
I think it's interesting to contrast attitudes to repeat revenue funding. As I read it the key objective in the US is growth as king, with monetization and profits playing second fiddle.
By contrast in the UK and Europe breakeven is the ultimate protection from whims of an unpredictable finance industry.
So consider a company with an opportunity to market growth in profitable repeat business say LTV / CAC > 3
In the UK the temptation is to under-invest and save for a rainy day. (A cohort of metrics may go south)
In the US the temptation is to push for growth. Why not spend until Marginal cost = marginal Revenue
Clearly both are right !
This is a trade-off between market risk (growth can secure a dominant position) with financial risk (cash-flow is essential to keep a company afloat).
In this context, it makes sense that UK companies are more conservative (more likely to survive) but somewhat less likely to "knock it out of the park".
Our attitude to failure maps in the same way, and is reflected in the relative cost of early stage funding.
James, You are spot on! The issues you highlight are at the heart of the argument: 'why doesn't europe create world beating companies'.ReplyDelete
My belief is that the next 10 years will produce many more than the last 10.
As you say, both approaches are valid.
Great insights, and from James in the comment above. When I dug into the CB Insights data a bit, and looked at another of their reports, I found that the size of seed deals has been increasing significantly over the past 2 years. I am sure some of this is a function of VCs moving downstream and putting more money to work earlier, but I believe it is also a function of smart entrepreneurs looking for a middle ground between the two approaches James outlines. By taking more money at seed (even with more dilution) they can chase growth and still have a decent runway.


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