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Selling Books—The Struggle is REAL but Not New & What to DO!
Posted by Author Kristen Lamb in Publishing, Self-Publishing on January 10, 2017
I know a lot of authors feel overwhelmed in the digital age of publishing and that is perfectly understandable. But today I would like to pan back and maybe offer a refreshed perspective to keep you pressing.
Today we face the challenge of creating a brand. But you might be thinking, "What exactly is a brand?" There is a lot of misinformation floating around so that is a reasonable question to ask.
A brand is the power of a name to drive sales. Our name alone compels action.
No easy task. Overcoming inertia is critical for any author who wants to make a living doing this writing thing. In an age of instant? This is going to take a while, but hopefully I can help 😉 .
But first…
The Struggle is NOT New
Publishers have always struggled to help authors create a brand. This is NOT a new thing. I have mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. According to the BEA (Book Expo of America) statistics of 2004, writers had a 92% failure rate. Only one out of ten traditionally published authors ever saw another book in print. 92% of all books published sold less than a thousand copies (traditionally and nontraditionally published).
Why I like using 2004 statistics is this is two years before most of the major social media platforms gained traction. Facebook, You Tube and Twitter all emerged in roughly the same two year period.
But before social media? It was a nightmare for publishers to help authors create a brand (unless they were non-fiction authors). Nonfiction authors had far more access to platform building activities—public speaking, conferences, media, newsletters, or their own personal practices. The local news was far more likely to interview a doctor about his new weight loss program than they were to talk to a novelist about dragons or spaceships. Media was almost solely the domain of the NF expert.
Why this was so vital was that audiences suddenly had direct access to a writer who might be able to make his/her case and influence behavior. Maybe you weren't normally a "reader" but that interview on NPR was so cool you just had to buy the book and learn how Hitler really escaped the bunker and the Russians lied about finding him.
But for fiction, more often than not publishers had to rely on some confluence of the stars to hope that a new book sold at least respectably. Sometimes writers could launch successful grassroots movements as was the case with The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood. But, many writers tried this and most of them failed. Grassroots movements are lightning in a bottle even today.
But sometimes it worked. And that was cool because then publishers could offer the writer another contract and the brand slowly was built with a volume of titles. Go to any used bookstore and who takes up most of the shelf space? Writers with multiple multiple titles.
All of this to say that brands were excruciatingly difficult and slow to build.
I know a lot of writers get discouraged today, but we must learn to balance reality and expectations. If we go back to the "good old days" what we have is this.
A book written on a typewriter. Revisions involved scissors and tape. Then we had to research at libraries. That little detail you need for your story? No opening a new tab and googling real quick. Nope. Back to the library. Want to learn about police procedurals? Yep, call the department you are writing about and see if you can schedule an interview. No tweeting, Anyone here Atlanta PD? I'm an author with a question #LEO
Then we had to buy a Writer's Market every year and pray the information hadn't changed, but most of the time it had. I swear agents changed agencies more than my mom changes her mind about where to eat lunch. Then we had to type out a stack of queries, put in mail…then wait.
Out of fifteen queries, likely five would be returned with, No longer at this agency. Three might come with No longer looking for X type of book. Another five just would never respond and the other two? Well one would probably be a form letter misspelling your name and the other would be a handwritten note suggesting we stop writing altogether.
Oh and every agent would demand "no simultaneous submissions", but they could feel free to take six months to get back to us…if ever.
Just getting published was about as close to an act of God as we could get. And even then? That wasn't the end of it. Generally it took about a year to eighteen months for the book to be in print. We got paid once, maybe twice a year.
If we add up the sheer volume of TIME involved in the old way, why are we griping that we have been self-published three years and aren't yet J.K. Rowling?
I have mentioned the problems with Millennial Authors (these are writers who have "come of age" during the digital revolution and they could be 22 or 67). I know the "old way" wasn't better, but it does lead me to believe that writers of the "old days" have better tenacity because they didn't enter the profession in the Age of Instant.
Yes, our first book might only sell a handful of copies. But guess what? In the "old days" odds were we would only sell a small number of copies as well (refer to statistics above). But, unlike the "old days" we can keep writing more books. We can keep at it until something sticks or until we decide to move on.
Back to the Brand
Brands take time to build. Only now, with social media, the task is far easier than it used to be. We can build our own platforms and create our own brands and we don't have to pray for lighting in a bottle the same way we used to. Oh, don't get me wrong, we are still working toward that magic, only now we have more control.
We don't have to pray our local paper writes about us, or we score a radio interview so the outside world can encounter us. We can start cultivating our audience on our own. Yet, we still have the challenge of creating a brand.
Remember, a brand is when our name alone compels action whether that action is buying a book, commenting on a blog, reading a blog, sharing a post, RTing a tweet. The more we can compel action on the part of others, the stronger our brand will grow.
Traditional marketing, advertising and direct mail operate linearly. I send X to Y. Best Buy doesn't expect that when I get a coupon in the mail I will then share it with all my friends.
Social media, conversely, operates algorithmically using the power of exponentials. Content flies out along countless vectors as opposed to ONE (which is why it is all but impossible to measure efficacy of social media in the same detailed way).
Someone reads my blog and tweets or posts to FB and that post then travels along infinite vectors I may never see.
Why is this important? Because our goal is to have a dialogue with others, generate interest and excitement that compels others to share. The problem is that a lot of writers are treating social media the same way as direct mail.
Buy my book!
Please retweet!
Sign up for my newsletter!
Instead of giving, they are taking and we are frankly worn plum out from takers. Every one of us has an inbox filled with newsletters we didn't sign up for, ads, marketing, and on and on and they all WANT something. We feel like we've fallen into some swamp pond and staggered out covered in leeches.
Thus, if we default to generating self-serving content (ads, marketing, self-promotion), we shouldn't be surprised when creating a brand feels like trying to perform brain surgery from space with an egg beater. If we engage in traditional marketing tactics, we have use of ONE vector (us to other party).
This means we are beholden to the same dismal ROI (return on investment) numbers of all direct mail which is about a 1%-5% ROI. This means we better have 100,000 twitter followers to get any traction since we have to reach those people directly instead of with the help of a network.
If we don't want to be on every social site and spending our time building up massive numbers (instead of writing), then we need to go back to the content. We can create stuff others want to share because social media is basically Show and Tell for adults 😉 . If we do this, then reaching 100,000 people is far easier since we are not singlehandedly reaching them via one road. Additionally, content will be viewed at a far higher rate since it is "spoken for" by a third party people know, like and trust.
Do this long enough and your "following" might be smaller in overall numbers, but those followers will be engaged which will make all the difference in the world. These are the followers we have cultivated to look forward to hearing from us because we are a brand.
Ads, marketing and promotion have little momentum without the engine of the BRAND.
In the end, don't get too frustrated. Publishing has always been a slow business. Only now? It's just slower in different ways. It also feels slower because everything else (besides writing the actual book) is pretty close to instant. So make sure you aren't being unreasonable in your expectations. It is a heck of a lot faster to publish that book on Create Space than it is going to be to build the audience dying to read it. Just keep improving and keep pressing and keep perspective.
What are your thoughts? Do you think we have gotten a little spoiled with instant? That maybe it makes us unreasonably hard on ourselves? Do you want to set fire to your e-mail?
If branding and blogging and all that jazz has you overwhelmed, please pick up a copy of Rise of the Machines—Human Authors in a Digital World or check out the classes I have below. I even have a Social Media Master's series where you get three classes for the price of TWO. All you need to know to ROCK your book brand.
I love hearing from you!
And to prove it and show my love, for the month of JANUARY, everyone who leaves a comment I will put your name in a hat. If you comment and link back to my blog on your blog, you get your name in the hat twice. What do you win? The unvarnished truth from yours truly.
I will pick a winner once a month and it will be a critique of the first 20 pages of your novel, or your query letter, or your synopsis (5 pages or less).
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Pitch Perfect—How to Write a Query Letter & Synopsis that SELLS January 28th
When your Name Alone Can SELL—Branding for Authors February 10th, 2017
Social Media for Authors February 11th, 2017
NEW CLASS!!!! The Art of Character January 27th, 2017
Blogging for Authors February 3rd
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Author Brands & Book Sales—Why Boutique is BIG
Posted by Author Kristen Lamb in Publishing, Self-Publishing on September 7, 2016
Normally my blogs are all about telling y'all you are not a special unique snowflake. But yeah y'all are but don't get a big head about it 😛 . We just need to discern the places we are not special (I.e. we all have to do the work) and figure out the places we are and then USE that, especially when it comes to creating an author brand.
We're now into the Digital Age, and the ramifications of a connected world are still being revealed daily. But, there's one trend I'd be hard-pressed to argue with. The 20th Century was all about homogeneity. Madison Avenue flourished by telling us which clothing brands made us cool, which car made us special, what foods were "healthy."
Information was controlled by gatekeepers and commodities restricted by retailers, thus homogeneity was the goal. Homogeneity was simpler and required less paperwork and thinking.
Generations bought Wonderbread because it was "fortified with vitamins" and "good for your kids." In 1986? Hope you liked stirrup pants. There was a cultural need to "fit in" and be like everyone else, especially those who were the "cool kids."
"Pillars of Same" Go Crashing Down
With the advent of the Internet and widespread use of social media, homogeneity is crumbling. Individualism is now revered more than ever in human history (often to the point of being irritating, but that's another post).
And, no matter how weird, off-beat, or All-American we want to be? There is a subculture to embrace our style. Mega-trends have lost their power.
What this means is that, as consumers are faced with more and more choices, they're segregating themselves into smaller and smaller subgroups. Love tattoos? Minis? Tattoos of minis?
Can't get enough of Jackson Galaxy and cat whispering? Are you Stay-at-Home-Mom who kicks butt on a Roller Derby Team each Saturday? It's all out there, and most of us are a unique mixture that can't easily be categorized.
What all of this means is that 20 years ago, we knew which table to sit at–Jocks, Preps, Nerds, Geeks, Good Kids, Band Kids, Kid Who Smells Like Old Carpet. The lines were clearer, namely because we had only a handful of networks and limited retail outlets to define our identity.
Now? We have the reins of individual freedom and we like it.
What Does This Mean for Publishing?
Big publishing has a number of limitations. First, their size. Second, massive overhead. Third? 20th Century thinking. They have to find the mega-trend to stay in business, but what does this mean in a marketplace that is rapidly shifting to micro-trends?
NY is less able to spot the micro-trends, because in a world of algorithms, numbers and spreadsheets, one relies on the past to predict the future.
Business is always looking backward in order to move forward. It's like trying to drive our car using the rearview mirror as the main guide. Says a lot about where we've been, but gives limited information as to what's ahead.
Indies Have Revealed the Micro-Trend
We've talked about the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon, yet I will point out that I've met agents who turned down the manuscript. It was through E.L. James' massive volume of independent sales that the micro-trend surfaced and then NY could turn this success into a mega-trend. A genre which received little to no attention has grown exponentially.
This was one of the reasons I recommended NY create e-book divisions as early as 2009 (REAL e-book divisions, not vanity-press retreads). Find a good book, give it a chance and see if the trend emerged. If not? The product cost less to produce and the writer could earn a higher royalty.
Even if the book didn't sell bazillions of copies, writers didn't have to sell that many books to make a healthy living and be freed up to write more books. Now instead of NY banking the farm on finding the ONE mega-trend, they could reap the rewards of countless micro-trends.
Which is exactly what Amazon has been doing.
Amazon doesn't need one author to sell two million copies (not that they are opposed to it), but they can easily have 20 or even a 100 authors sell two million copies. The money spends the same.
This is Why Social Media is Vital for Authors
Social media is vital for keeping our fingers on the pulse of the public (code for "readers"). We can use blogging to define our brand then use content to attract those who share our "subculture" tastes (I teach how to do this in my blogging class 😉 ) .
It's the main reason it's death to be the All-Writing-All-The-Time-Channel. That's a one-dimensional subculture that is overfished and quickly grows stagnant.
Also, any writer worth his/her salt is interested in a lot of things.
The more we feed our subculture, the healthier it becomes, and the more loyal.
We are all seeking our peeps, our tribe, our "friends" in a world that has become explosively larger.
Modern humans are overwhelmed with the sheer volume of choices, and, as a response, we stick to what we know. Sure, in 1999 we LOVED the megastore because it was new and shiny. Almost fifteen years later? Mega stores are going extinct.
In fact, in 2012…2012! I spelled out a plan to save Barnes & Noble. They didn't listen, but apparently Amazon did. B&Ns are going under simply because they failed to appreciate the power of being small.
Boutique is BIG
We'll pay a bit more to shop at the corner market who appreciates our love for exotic sushi, GF hot dog buns, and foie gras. We can buy Wonderbread at a supermarket or go to the small boutique grocer that sells sprouted grains for those of us in the crowd of Wonder-Why-We-EVER-Ate-Wonderbread.
Everyone wins.
Boutique stores thrive, but so do boutique BRANDS.
But There's a Catch…
To spot and nourish the micro-trend, we must be present.
This is one of the many, many reasons automation gives me a twitch. Micro-trends can earn us a healthy living. A single writer doesn't need to sell as many books to keep the lights on as NYC does. Also micro-trends have the potential to grow up to be mega-trends.
Spreadsheets can't tell us as much as people can. And, trust me, people have a lot to say. Numbers can't tell us as much about the future as relationships can.
What are your thoughts? Do you love a world where you can define your own style? Create your own genres? Mix in your varied interests? Have you met people on social media with similar hobbies that you'd never have met in person?
I LOVE hearing from you!
To prove it and show my love, for the month of SEPTEMBER, everyone who leaves a comment I will put your name in a hat. If you comment and link back to my blog on your blog, you get your name in the hat twice. What do you win? The unvarnished truth from yours truly. I will pick a winner once a month and it will be a critique of the first 20 pages of your novel, or your query letter, or your synopsis (5 pages or less).
Check out the other NEW classes below! Including How to Write the Dreaded Synopsis/Query Letter!
All W.A.N.A. classes are on-line and all you need is an internet connection. Recordings are included in the class price.
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Pitch Perfect—How to Write a Query Letter & Synopsis that SELLS
You've written a novel and now are faced with the two most terrifying challenges all writers face. The query and the synopsis.
Query letters can be daunting. How do you sell yourself? Your work? How can you stand apart without including glitter in your letter?
Good question. We will cover that and more!
But sometimes the query is not enough.
Most writers would rather cut their wrists with a spork than be forced to write the dreaded…synopsis. Yet, this is a valuable skills all writers should learn.
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Bullies & Baddies—Understanding the Antagonist September 2nd–September 16th
All fiction must have a core antagonist. The antagonist is the reason for the story problem, but the term "antagonist" can be highly confusing. Without a proper grasp of how to use antagonists, the plot can become a wandering nightmare for the author and the reader.
This class will help you understand how to create solid story problems (even those writing literary fiction) and then give you the skills to layer conflict internally and externally.
Bullies & Baddies—Understanding the Antagonist Gold
This is a personal workshop to make sure you have a clear story problem. And, if you don't? I'll help you create one and tell the story you want to tell. This is done by phone/virtual classroom and by appointment. Expect to block off at least a couple hours.
Your Story in a Sentence—Crafting Your Log-Line
September 7th
Log-lines are crucial for understanding the most important detail, "WHAT is the story ABOUT?" If we can't answer this question in a single sentence? Brain surgery with a spork will be easier than writing a synopsis. Pitching? Querying? A nightmare. Revisions will also take far longer and can be grossly ineffective.
As authors, we tend to think that EVERY detail is important or others won't "get" our story. Not the case.
If we aren't pitching an agent, the log-line is incredibly beneficial for staying on track with a novel or even diagnosing serious flaws within the story before we've written an 80,000 word disaster. Perhaps the protagonist has no goal or a weak goal. Maybe the antagonist needs to be stronger or the story problem clearer.
In this one-hour workshop, I will walk you through how to encapsulate even the most epic of tales into that dreadful "elevator pitch." We will cover the components of a strong log-line and learn red flags telling us when we need to dig deeper. The last hour of class we will workshop log-lines.
The first ten signups will be used as examples that we will workshop in the second hour of class. So get your log-line fixed for FREE by signing up ASAP.
Blogging for Authors
September 17th
Blogging is one of the most powerful forms of social media. Twitter could flitter and Facebook could fold but the blog will remain so long as we have an Internet. The blog has been going strong since the 90s and it's one of the best ways to establish a brand and then harness the power of that brand to drive book sales.
The best part is, done properly, a blog plays to a writer's strengths. Writers write.
The problem is too many writers don't approach a blog properly and make all kinds of mistakes that eventually lead to blog abandonment. Many authors fail to understand that bloggers and author bloggers are two completely different creatures.
For those who need help building a platform and keeping it SIMPLE, pick up a copy of my latest social media/branding book Rise of the Machines—Human Authors in a Digital World on AMAZON, iBooks, or Nook.
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I'm also curious how the recent march in march protests were labeled as civilized purely because they didn't have any arrests or physical altercations. I've seen people label them as peaceful and applaud that they were good protests because they were "civilized". Yet they had Nazi insignia, they had defamatory comments, they had sexist comment, they had crude pictorials.There is much more, but the people against Abbott only had positive to remark about them.
I certainly wouldn't depict the images that I saw as a civilized protest. (FTR I wouldn't portray the images I saw including the " ditch the witch" etc banners as civilized either).
For me, this is akin to saying an abuser is not abusing as long as that person is not arrested or subject to physical abuse... Emotional abuse is ok?
ETA: as a survivor of abuse myself, I really struggle how any derogatory signs, slogans, whatever are ever deemed ok. I seriously don't get why its ok to defame any person and particularly in such a public manner. But in this thread I only read how people were happy that people were able to voice their hate of the government.
I can think of many ways to voice my dissatisfaction of the government and none of them are equivocal to what I saw.
I've sat on this post watching for a couple of days to see responses, yet the way I've seen posters say it was civilized has made me think there are so many double standards.
Does anyone else see the dichotomy?

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U.K. Services Bounce Back in Sign Economic Growth Picking Upby
Headline figure adds to case for rate increase before year end
Data suggest growth of 0.6 percent at start of fourth quarter
U.K. services growth accelerated in October after slumping to the worst performance in 2 1/2 years the previous month.
An index of activity by Markit Economics in London rose to 54.9 from 53.3. While that doesn't regain all the ground lost in September, it beat the median forecast of economists for a reading of 54.5.
Markit said the survey, along with its construction and manufacturing reports, suggests the economy grew at a 0.6 percent pace at the start of the fourth quarter, faster than the rate in the previous three months. Employment across the three industries is also rising.
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The headline improvement "may coax more policymakers into raising interest rates before the end of the year," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit. "Dovish policymakers will note, however, the ongoing lack of inflationary pressures in October, suggesting that there is no need to rush."
Within the input-price measure, while it's the joint second lowest since 2009, there are some signs of underlying domestic price pressures. Markit said respondents highlighted wages and salaries as driving overall costs.
The BOE's nine-member committee will announce its rate decision on Thursday. The committee voted 8-1 last month to keep the benchmark at a record-low 0.5 percent, though some economists forecast the vote could be 7-2 this week.


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WWYDW - Which Playoff Team Will You Be Following?
Justin Fisher
April 14 2015 09:46PM
The Stanley Cup Playoffs kick off tonight and I don't think I've ever seen a bracket more engaging or unpredictable. The first round matchups couldn't have turned out any better, providing us with enough narratives to give a mittenstringer a seizure.
Marlies win fourth consecutive game, close in on final playoff seed
Jeff Veillette
April 14 2015 09:03PM
This was a must win game, and for once, it had nothing to do with implications and everything to do with the quality of opponent. Quite honestly, the Iowa Wild are far from stellar; in fact, they're the worst team in the AHL this year, currently twelve points back of 29th. They don't even have a McDavid to tank for, either! This should have been an easy two points for the playoff-pushing Marlies.
Sixty minutes and two goals later, it appeared to be just that, as Toronto took home a commanding 5-2 win.
More like Brendan Shamahan. #MyColumn:
Bobby Cappuccino
April 14 2015 07:00PM
Brendan Shanahan wants you to believe he has a Shanaplan. And while I was a Shanafan of him when he was a player, it really doesn't seem like he knows what he's doing.
Horachek moved a disappointing but unlucky team in the right direction
Jeff Veillette
April 14 2015 04:00PM
As the old saying goes, coaches are hired to be fired. Peter Horachek was probably the prototypical example of this; his promotion to head coach was labelled as interim from the start, and he was in that awkward spot in between "rising star" and "brand name". It may as well have been a death sentance for his tenure, particularly when you consider the team he was tasked to run.
With all of this said, the past four months have been a highly public audition for him. To ensure a more permanent role in another organization, he had to had to look good behind the Leafs bench. Unfortunately for him, it was a bit of a mixed bag.
Keeping Dave Nonis around was impossible for Shanahan
Ryan Fancey
April 14 2015 12:18PM
Any time you get two or more people talking about this new rebuild the Leafs are digging in to, you're probably going to hear the word "finally" thrown around a few times. Finally, this team is scorching everything and letting it grow back naturally. Finally, the proper rebuild. The low and slow approach.
If you believe a team puppet like Darren Dreger, even ex-general manager Nonis himself planned this all along. The whole league could see this had to happen, apparently.
But there was a time in the not-too-distant past where the Leafs didn't really have to rebuild, and they could have gotten away with simply building or re-tooling. If you really think about it, this whole thing isn't as overdue as it's being played up to be, and it likely could have been avoided entirely if not for a stretch of arguably the worst "GM-ing" in modern times.


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I am not affiliated with Skoaktiebolaget in any way but want to bring your attention to three GMTOs they are currently holding which offer sizes down to UK 5.0. Check them out here:
attempted, but not familiar with their last and sizes , and how can they come a lot cheaper compared to other hand welted brands like VASS and saint crispin's?
Loake cannon double monk(I believe this is one of their classic style)
capital last
size 5.5F(I think 5F may also work but don't have the oppurtunity to try)
fit: fits nicely, though I have to buckle the strap to the tightest of 3 holes(oh the low insteps), but it worked out fine!
here are some pics
a few shoe care procedures I do before wearing my new shoes:
1, use shoe cream/Reno on the stitches/welt, apply with a small brush if the upper is suede and you don't want to get the creams on suede; This will moisture the stiches on the welt at least;
2, for ordinary calf, apply renovateur on the upper, leave it for 30min, then apply shoe cream and let it absorb for another 30min; for suede upper, I use suede renovateur spray first, then water repellent product (this should be done in a well-ventilated area, not indoors, the solvent are supposed to be toxic);
3, brush with a big horsehair brush to remove excess cream on calf/use a crepe brush to smooth out the suede;
4, optional, apply wax and shine the calf upper, I don't need these but many would recommond it;
5, good to go!
one more thing on suede shoes, if the suede is good reversed calf suede, before the first wear I sometimes use renovateur on the grain side(inside) of the most stressed sites like the vamp, don't know if this is working but it won't hurt!
everyone are welcome to chime in!
well, I have worn none of your listed brands so can't really comment, you can try this site: sizeadvisors.com, it requires some measurements thought.
good luck!
agreed, I think the original last is designed on a popular size like 8 or 9, so the look will be best for that size, the proportion of shoe compartments can be off at sizes on the edges, especially on the smaller end.
on a side note, I noticed that you wear the same size in JL and EG, do they fit the same on you? or being loose/tight for some models? for what I have read, people tends to size up 0.5 in EG compared to JL. or EG is half size smaller than JL.
It will help a lot to describe your own foot type (flat foot vs high arch, narrow vs wide, etc) and comment on the fit of each last on your feet.
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Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public: A Summary of the February 2009 SummitBy: Institute of Medicine (author), Andrea M. Schultz (editor), J. Michael McGinnis (editor), Samantha M. Chao (editor)Paperback
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DescriptionThe last century witnessed dramatic changes in the practice of health care, and coming decades promise advances that were not imaginable even in the relatively recent past. Science and technology continue to offer new insights into disease pathways and treatments, as well as mechanisms of protecting health and preventing disease. Genomics and proteomics are bringing personalized risk assessment, prevention, and treatment options within reach; health information technology is expediting the collection and analysis of large amounts of data that can lead to improved care; and many disciplines are contributing to a broadening understanding of the complex interplay among biology, environment, behavior, and socioeconomic factors that shape health and wellness. On February 25 - 27, 2009, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened the Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public in Washington, DC. The summit brought together more than 600 scientists, academic leaders, policy experts, health practitioners, advocates, and other participants from many disciplines to examine the practice of integrative medicine, its scientific basis, and its potential for improving health. This publication summarizes the background, presentations, and discussions that occurred during the summit.
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Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Summit Overview and Background; 4 2 The Vision for Integrative Health and Medicine; 5 3 Models of Care; 6 4 Science; 7 5 Workforce and Education; 8 6 Economics and Policy; 9 7 Concluding Comments; 10 Appendix A: References; 11 Appendix B: Meeting Agenda; 12 Appendix C: Priority Assessment Group Participants and Luncheon Discussion Leaders; 13 Appendix D: Speaker and Staff Biographies; 14 Appendix E: Issue Background Material
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The Coaches Role in the Student Eligibility Process
Assistant Executive Director WIAA office contact for eligibility John Miller *Use the back of your handout to list questions you may have as we review the material on student eligibility.
You are part of your school TEAM Very mobile society Coach is often the first contact for a new student/athlete Ask the student or parents a few key questions beyond their athletic participation or ability Why does the coach have a role in the student eligibility process?
Where do you live? Whom do you live with? Where did you go to school last semester? How many classes did you pass last semester? Questions to ask a prospective student/athlete
What grade are you in school? When did you enter the 7 th and 9 th grades? How old are you? Are you currently enrolled in our school district? Are you a running start, alternative education or home schooled student? More questions to ask a prospective student/athlete
Alert your Athletic Administrator and School Administrators of the prospective student/athlete Direct any inquiries from parents or others to your school administration Do not put yourself in a position to be accused of recruiting athletes Notify your AD so he or she can check the student's athletic eligibility in depth What do you do next…
Understand and communicate to your athletes your school's Athletic Registration process Make registration materials available to athletes: team meetings, mailings, etc. Let athletes know where they can get the athletic registration materials at school Be sure you understand your school's Athletic Registration process
Follow your school registration process DO NOT LET ATHLETES PRACTICE IN ANY MANNER WITHOUT ATHLETIC CLEARANCE Do not accept athletic registration materials at practice. You do not have time to review for accuracy and completeness Registration process continued
Do not put you, your school or coaching staff in a potential liability conflict by letting an athlete practice without athletic clearance. LIABILITY ALERT
Know the basic eligibility rules at all levels: State, League and School District Don't be the last to know Listen with a focus on potential eligibility red flags Listen for eligibility RED FLAGS
No individual is bigger than the TEAM Parents and students will lie to gain athletic eligibility There are NO shortcuts to athletic eligibility You cannot catch EVERYTHING all the time. Make sure your athletic director clears each student for athletic eligibility prior to participating. NEVER compromise yourself, your team or your school
Age Scholarship Residence Transfer Student Previous Semester Season Limitations What are the key elements of student eligibility
Let's look at each key element in depth
High School – Shall not be 20 years old by September 1, December 1 or March 1 for respective season Junior High – Shall not be 16 prior to June 1 of the previous school year Middle School – Shall not be 15 prior to June 1 of the previous school year AGE
Regular member of the school they represent Regular student if enrolled half time or more Remember to include: - Registered home school student - Running Start student - Alternative School student SCHOOL MEMBER
WIAA Standard: currently passing and have passed during the previous semester: - 3 classes in a 4 period schedule - 4 classes in a 5 period schedule - 5 classes in a 6 period schedule - 6 classes in a 7 period schedule - 7 classes in an 8 period schedule NOTE: Your district may have a more restrictive scholarship requirement SCHOLARSHIP
ACADEMIC: In regular attendance but did not meet scholastic requirements. The suspension period for high school is the end of the previous semester through the last Saturday of September in the fall and the first five weeks of the succeeding semester/trimester. ACADEMIC SUPSENSION
The place where the family unit has established its home, where the student is habitually present, and returns on a daily basis Family unit is the adult(s) who has/have had legal custody of the student for at least one year and with whom the student resides RESIDENCE
After registering with and/or attending a middle level or high school, students changing enrollment to/from one school district to another school district or from one high school to another high school in a multiple high school district shall be considered transferring students. A transfer student has JV eligibility for one year Rule 18.25.3 Varsity eligibility in any sport the student did not participate in the previous year at the school, club or community level Appeal to WIAA District Eligibility Committee if a hardship exists Transfer Student
Student must have a previous semester Student must have been issued grades in the minimum number of classes (or received credits equivalent) in previous semester Student must have been enrolled within the first 3 weeks of the semester – change of residence is okay Previous Semester
6 years once the student enters or becomes eligible to enter the 7 th grade - Academic exceptions for 7 th or 8 th graders 4 years once the student enters or becomes eligible to enter the 9 th grade - Replacement year granted by Eligibility Committee when a hardship exists (Hardship must have prevented graduation on time and caused non-participation) - No 6 th year granted Season Limitation
A hardship exists only when some unique circumstances concerning the student's physical or emotional status exits and only when such circumstances are not the result of acts or actions by the student or family unit. Usual maturation problems or family situations that do not cause severe and abnormal emotional problems and academic or athletic deficiencies in a school's curriculum or extracurricular activities do not constitute a hardship. (Article 18.25.1) What is Hardship
Contact your Athletic Director or building administrator for the WIAA Eligibility Packet The Eligibility Packet is also available at www.wiaa.com under Publications www.wiaa.com The WIAA Eligibility Packet
Refer to the WIAA Eligibility Brochure Sample letters to new incoming students or students leaving your school district Letters alert students that there may be eligibility concerns involved with their change of schools Refer students to School Administrator to review their eligibility Your school can help transferring students
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When "Madagascar" and "Ice Age: The Meltdown" were over, they left me with a question: What did they eat? The animals were awfully chummy, considering that some of them have been known to dine on the others. "The Wild" answers my question, but not very accurately. Some animals, as we know, are carnivores. That would include lions. Others are omnivores. That would include humans. Still others are herbivores, or vegetarians. That would include the mighty wildebeest, also known as the gnu, although "the mighty gnu" lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. Wildebeests move around, we are told, in search of grasslands, not quarry.
Hold that thought. "The Wild" and another recent animated film. "Madagascar," share the same premise, which is that animals escape from a zoo and find themselves back in the jungle again -- Madagascar in the first film, continental Africa in this one.
The premise this time is that little Ryan (voice by Greg Cipes), the lion cub, has wandered off and gotten into a shipping container that is being taken to Africa. His horrified father Samson (Kiefer Sutherland) races off to save him and ends up chasing Ryan's ship all the way to Africa on a tugboat that gets very good mileage. Along for the ride are such zoo friends as Benny the Squirrel (James Belushi), Bridget the Giraffe (Janeane Garofalo), Nigel the Koala (Eddie Izzard) and Larry the Anaconda (Richard Kind).
Benny is in love with Bridget, not realizing he is a squirrel and she is not, which reminds me of the Mammoth in "Ice Age: The Meltdown," who thinks she is a possum. The cast continues to grow. On the journey through New York, they encounter a couple of alligators in the sewer system, and in Africa, they meet other characters, including the undercover chameleons Cloak and Camo (Bob Joles and Chris Edgerly), a vulture (Greg Berg) who I think lacks a name, and then, the earth thundering, the dreaded Kazar (William Shatner), who is king of the wildebeests but can be king of the jungle only if he defeats a lion. That would be Samson, who has a secret in his past he hopes Kazar doesn't discover.
Now, then. Although Samson gets regular T-bones at the zoo, he would no doubt cheerfully eat many of these other animals. But what are we to make of a volcano scene with lots of flowing lava that helps set up a scenario in which it appears that Kazar plans to cook Samson? Is Kazar not a vegetarian, or did I miss something?
The movie has a lot more action than "Ice Age: The Meltdown," which was essentially one long trek. There are savage beasts (wilde and other), exploding volcanoes, rivers of lava, and so on -- some of it maybe too intense for the youngest kids. This is the third animated feature in a row (after "Curious George" and "Ice Age: The Meltdown") which aims at children and has no serious ambition to be all things to all people, i.e., their parents. But for kids, it's OK.
That leaves me with some observations about its technique. I doubt that many audience members will be disturbed by such matters, but I thought the movie's lip-synching was too good. The mouths of the characters move so precisely in time with their words that the cartoon illusion is lost, and we venture toward the Uncanny Valley -- that shadowy area known to robot designers and animators, in which artificial creatures so closely resemble humans that they make us feel kinda creepy. Lip-synching in animation usually ranges from bad to perfunctory to fairly good, and I think fairly good is as good as it should get. In "The Wild," it felt somehow wrong that the dialogue was so perfectly in synch.
I also had some problems with the film's visual strategy. The director, Steve "Spaz" Williams, has a way of cutting on dialogue to unexpected closeups. That gives us a subtle feeling that the movie knows in advance what will happen next, when in theory it should seem to find out just when we do. I also think the framing of some of the characters is too close; they hog the foreground and obscure the background. And the fur, hair and feathers on the creatures look so detailed, thanks to the wonders of CGI, that once again we're wandering toward the Uncanny Valley.
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The company went from a place that cared and was family oriented into a money hungry corporation that only cared what the investors think. They forgot all the people that helped build the company into the huge corporation it is now and leave incompetent managers to run each store as they wish.
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When I open an account at a bank, I get charged the same fee whether I put in $100 or $10,000. This makes sense, since it doesn't really cost the bank much more to hold $100 for me than to hold $10,000.
But if I invest $10 million in a mutual fund, I'm typically going to pay 10 times more than if I invest only $1 million. This is because the mutual fund charges a percentage fee. Part of that fee goes to pay for the fund's administrative and marketing expenses. But part of it is simply called a management fee or an investment advisory fee. It is just a percentage cut that the fund takes out of my investment every year. Typically, this fee is about 0.5 percent to 1 percent. Financial advisers also typically charge a percentage fee based on the assets they oversee.
When money managers charge percentage fees, it means that the price you pay for having your money managed goes up when you have more money to manage. Why does this happen? Does the cost of managing money really scale linearly with the amount of assets under management, so that it costs 10 times as much to manage $10 million as it does to manage $1 million?
For hedge funds, highly active mutual funds, private equity and venture capital, this might actually be the case. Many hedge fund strategies show dramatic outperformance with small positions, but when the positions get large, transaction costs quickly overwhelm the "alpha" (market outperformance). Similarly, it may be difficult for private-equity and venture-capital firms to find more than a certain number of high quality deals. For managers like this, whose strategies don't scale up, it might make a lot of sense to charge percentage fees.
But most mutual funds, asset managers and financial advisers don't use these high-alpha strategies. Most are very diversified, and they invest your money in broad asset classes and in many different stocks or bonds. For these low-alpha money managers, whose main services are risk management, diversification and convenience instead of alpha, costs almost certainly don't go up by a factor of 10 when the amount of assets under management gets 10 times bigger. (Although big clients do often get discounts, especially from financial advisers.)
So why the percentage fee? I have a theory. I think it's a form of price discrimination.
Here's the basic economics. Every customer has a maximum amount that she is willing to pay for some good or service. This is called her willingness to pay, or WTP. If the price of a washing machine is $500 and your WTP is $1,000, you got a great deal, while if your WTP is only $510, you didn't get much of a break.
Merchants and sellers would love to know everyone's WTP. If they did, they could simply charge every customer the maximum she was willing to pay. In fact, some merchants, such as car salesmen and real estate agents, try to talk to customers to figure out how much they are willing to pay, so that they can charge higher prices to people who will pay them. E-commerce websites try to do this by looking at your electronic data. This is called first-degree price discrimination.
For many merchants, this just isn't feasible. An alternative way to do price discrimination is to charge different prices for different groups, based on how rich you think those groups are. This is why movie theaters have discounts for seniors and students, who tend to be poorer. This is called third-degree price discrimination.
Money management is a very special business. An asset manager typically knows how wealthy his clients are, because, well, he's managing their money. A financial adviser may be able to get a more perfect idea of a client's net worth than a mutual fund, which only receives a part of the investor's assets. But almost money managers can get a general idea.
So for money managers, third-degree price discrimination is easy -- just charge a percentage fee. The people with more money automatically pay more!
Of course, you would think that wealthier and larger investors would realize that this is happening, and demand that money managers charge them flat fees, or a combination of a flat fee and a lower percentage. Why hasn't this happened? Perhaps it's because the percentages involved are usually small numbers. This means they can easily fly under the radar, especially if the stock market is returning 8 or 10 percent a year, or if interest rates are 5 percent.
But interest rates are near zero now, and seem likely to stay low for a while. That makes it a lot harder for even an inattentive investor to ignore a 1 percent fee. Already, investors are starting to demand lower percentage fees from their managers and advisers. If this process goes on long enough, people may start to wonder why they are paying a percentage in the first place, instead of a flat fee. That would probably be a good deal for many investors, especially big ones who would get much larger discounts. But it would definitely put the squeeze on much of the money-management industry.
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Bedroom paint ideas must be find before you decorate your bedroom. Girls are so special, for you girls, you would be better to make your bedroom looks special too with decorate your bedroom in order to make your bedroom looks different with the others and make it looks cute. There are so many ways to make your bedroom looks good. One of them is painting your wall with the cute and unique colors. Here some suggestions for you who want to repaint your bedroom.
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Girls are always related to the feminine, beautiful and cute things. For you who really like something cute, you can try to apply the cute pastel colors paint for your bedroom. Pastel colors are the soft colors that can perfectly make your bedroom looks beautiful. There are so many pastels colors available for the wall paint such as the purple pastel, pink pastel, baby blue and many more.
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Pastel colors are not only beautiful and soft but can also be combined to make your bedroom looks lively but not too bright. For example, you can combine the baby pink color and baby blue to paint the wall of your bedroom. You can paint the wall with the color of pink and the ceiling with the color of baby blue. Make your bedroom looks cute with these pastel colors and feel more comfort.


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