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The following "tips" are recorded here mostly for my own later use. It is unwise for anyone else to try to bypass the "floundering learning process" that leads to an understanding of why some things don't work and others do. The learning process is the fun part!
Wide-Angle Shots
A 35-mm cameras is ideal for constellations, the Milky Way, aurora and other big area shots. Larger format cameras (i.e., 4.5x6 cm medium format) are a poor investment because film scanners for medium format film are very expensive (and quality commercial film scanning can cost $25/frame).
Use color negative film, not slide (positive) film. This assumes you're going to work with a digital version of the image obtained using a film scanner (I can't imagine someone NOT working with a digital image obtained with a film scanner). Affordable film scanners use light detectors that saturate whenever the sampling light beam abruptly encounters a star image's transparent spot on the film, so the resulting image has annoying dark ghosts. The same scanners have no problem when the detectors encounter a star's dark spot on the film, which means negative films are preferred.
Wide angle shots require dark skies, that are only possible from mountain sites.
Since exposures of a minute or longer are needed, it is essentially necessary to mount the 35-mm camera to a telescope that has sidereal tracking. Tracking requirements are relaxed for wide angle shots, so a small equatorially-mounted tracking telescope can be used - such as a Meade ETX125 (costing $500). Short exposures (<2 minutes) won't require manual adjustments (provided you do a good polar axis alignment).
Airplanes are becoming a bigger problem for wide angle photography, especially if you live below a highly travelled air corridor like I do. I'm ever-watchful and ready to cover the camera lens temporarily whenever I see an airplane approaching.
Medium-Angle Shots
This is where a small refractor with good optics is useful. Attach it to t big scope for guiding, and count on hand guiding adjustments every 30 seconds or minute. If you don't have one, you'll have to use a telephoto lens made for your camera. I have a 400 mm FL f/4.5 which works OK (if you're willing settle for degreaded image quality near the corners). The camera and telephoto lens must be mounted to a big telescope with good tracking properties (7-inch meade or bigger, the ETX125 won't give good enough tracking).
Dark skies are not as important for medium-angle photography as it is for wide-angle photography.
Narrow-Angle Shots of Dark Sky Objects (i.e. CCD Photography):
CCD's are ideal for dark sky objects because they're very sensitive. However, they're so small that they are limited to narrow fields of view. With my Meade LX-200 f/6.3 and "3x focal reducer/field flattener" I get an effective focal length of 695 mm! Even with this relatively short focal length (for a large aperture), the CCD imager I use (Meade 4216XTE) is so small (6.9 x 4.6 mm) that the sky coverage is just enough to include the first quater moon (image size is 34.1 x 22.5 'arc). It's too small for the Pleides, the Andromeda Galaxy or the North America Nebula, for example. Vignetting is a problem for extended dark sky objects, and will require a field flattening frame correction (for some objects you can cheat by using software to figure out the vignetting fucntion, and removing it - MaxIM DL's "Flatten Background" does a good job on most occasions).
Good focus is always essential, even for dark sky objects. So spend time focusing on nearby stars. Having some faint stars in the focusing field is a good idea, because they appear only when focus is good, whereas a bright star mostly changes size as the focus setting is adjusted.
Cold CCDs are less noisy, so "go for the cold." Take several dark frame images after the CCD has stabilized at the temperature setting, and use an average of several dark frames for subtracting CCD noise from image frames.
If a "focal reducer/field flattener" is used (such as Meade's 3x, which is really a 2.4x), take exposures of the daytime sky (away from the sun) to serve as "frame flattener" images. Expose the flattener images as long as needed to bring the brightest pixels close to saturation (>50,000 counts is a good goal). Average a few such frames to reduce introducing noise into the flattened image. If you're going to mosaic images together (to cover a large area of the sky), it's imperative to employ flattening to remove as much "vignetting" as possible before joining the mosaic image elements.
Exposure times will depend on whether you're using some kind of CCD
guiding. I don't, so my exposures are limited to 30 seconds, usually.
The drift rate of the star field will depend on the quality of your polar
axis alignment, which can be about 2 pixels per minute when observing at
a home station, where a good polar alignment can be achieved. If
the drift rate is greater than 3 or 4 pixels per minute, which is typical
for me, I simply set the Pictor View "Number of continuous frames" to a
large number, like 10, and do the combining the next day with software.
It may be labor intensive, but at least I get to reject periods with poor
seeing or poor guiding.
Planet Photography
I've had the best luck imaging planets using a regular digital camera (not a CCD imager) placed against an eyepiece (focused for infinity). This technique is called "eyepiece projection." I've constructed a simple mounting mechanism which at one end screws to the telescope tube and at the other end provides for the fastening of the camera using a standard camera bolt (1/4-10 size). However, it is now possible to buy a simple device that mounts any common digital camera to a standard eyepiece: ScopeTronix sells a "Digi-T" for $60. The sequence for use is to center the planet image in the eyepiece visually, focused in the normal way, then the digital camera is mounted to the same eyepiece (without changing the focus setting). Hopefully, the planet image appears in the center of the camera's LCD display. The optical and digital zoom features can be used to produce a large image, while making small pointing adjustments to keep the image centered. Focusing for the camera can be done two ways: 1) force the camera to focus on infinity, and adjsut the telescope focuser until sharp images appear, or 2) allow the camera to auto-focus for each exposure. The focusing should be done with a full aperature, and then for the desired pictures you can use an aperture cover with whatever opening size gives the best "atmospheric seeing" improvement. I have a shutter relase cable for my digital camera to minimize vibration during the exposure. My camera has a feature of exposing multiple pictures 1/2-second apart while the shutter release is pressed, and this is useful for obtaining a couple dozen shots with one operation. Typically, only 1% of the images will be used in the processing phase, so you can never have too many raw images to work with. Taking 2000 images during a 2 or 3 hour session is reasonable. Keep in mind, that processing will usually take more time than the acquisition of raw images. Sometimes processing can consume MUCH more time! But that's OK, since processing can be lots of fun.
When a planet is low in the sky it will have the appearance of color distortion, with blue at the higher elevation part of the disk and red at the bottom. This is caused by atmospheric refraction which bends blue light more than red. This color problem can be removed during processing by splitting the image into its three component colors (red, green blue) and then re-merging them with appropriate offsets. For Mars, I've found that green and blue can be kept together, making just a two component splitting and re-merging. I use Ulead System's PhotoImpact for this.
Combining several good images is useful, as it reduces the appearance of "grain" - or pixel noise. It also forces features to be located in their proper position, although resolution is sacrificed for this. Remember, the atmosphere distorts the image in ways that "move" features by several seconds of arc, causing a circular planet to take on odd, non-circular shapes. (Seeing is discussed in the next section.) It is easy to quickly visually review 1000 or 2000 images. I use the versatile viewing program ACDSee for this. While stepping through the many pictures at a fast rate I stop whenever I notice a good image, and write down it's picture number. Later, I transfer the good pictures to another directory. It makes sense, usually, to try to combine images that were taken close together in time. Jupiter and Mars rotate, so feature movement dictates how long an interval can be used for selecting images for averaging. For Jupiter it can be as short as 15 minutes if the seeing is good. For Mars the "window" can be 1/2 hour long. I use Ulead's PhotoImpact for all my planet processing. I'll load 6 to 8 images, and determine if there are clear winners. Sometimes it's necessary to enhance all the images (the same way) before deciding if there are winners. I'll average the two best images, then the two next best. Then I'll decide whether to average the averages, etc. When a good average image is created, it then is subjected to the color splitting and recombining to remove the blue-top/red-bottom effect. After several repeats of this process there may or may not be an image that is worthy of keeping, but usually there isn't. Processing is a lot of work, and if it's not enjoyable then you won't be good at it.
Outer Planet Satellite Imaging
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have satellite systems that are within reach of many amateurs for CCD imaging. The paramount challenge to overcome is the immense brightness of the parent planet in relation to the satellties. A 16-bit CCD imager is a great help in this regard.
Clearly, the farther out the satellite is form the planet, the easier it is to image. Jupiter's four Galilean satellites are easy to image, as is Saturn's Titan, and Neptune's Titan. The rest require good technique.
The main items to consider are: 1) image scale (long focal length), 2) exposure time (short), and 3) processing technique (the next day).
Use the longest focal length possible to increase image scale (pixels per "arc). Don't use a "focal reducer" lens, even though it improves f-ratio and theoretically shortens exposure time for faint objects.
Frequent focus checks may take time, but they are crucial. My Meade LX-200 10-inch SCT can require focus knob changes of 10 degrees of rotation during a half hour of cooling (or possibly it's related to orientation). It's possible to establish a best focus setting to about 3 degrees of knob rotation.
Exposure time should be such that the planet is just barely saturating each image. This will enable processing to use the "maximum entropy" method for resolution enhancement (since a star-based "point spread function" can be used to process the planet's image, and reduce its areal coverage in the processed image). For Uranus and Neptune a 3-second exposure (using the Meade 416XTE) works well. Many short exposures can be used to noise, and thereby encrease the signal-to-noise for the satellite images. Colder CCDs generate less pixwel noise, so "go for the cold." Processing requires subtraction of dark images, of course. Remember to take dark frames long after viewing a bright object, since the CCD circuitry has a "memory" that can last a minute of longer. Pixel cleaning with PictorView (using the Median Filter in Ver. 7.14) has resolution penalties, so try not to use it unless it's necessary. Taking many images ("number of continuous frames" setting) with one command is a good idea. It's important to take all the images that will later be averaged together in as short a time as possible, since the planet is moving with respect to the star field (and it's esthetically good to have point stars as part of the image). For Neptune, for example, all frames that will be averaged together should be taken within a half hour. For Uranus, an evenshorter time is needed, since Uranus moves across the star field faster, and it has satellites with shorter orbit periods.
Processing of images can take many times the time required to obtain the images, and this is where most of your time should be spent. The day after observing I use Pictor View to go though all (dark frame subtracted) images of a given object, and record my subjective impression of image quality, and the time each acceptable image was taken (I note any differences, such as exposure time). Then I decide which images are to be averaged together, and create a list of intended image groups. I use the software imageing program "MaxIm DL" to "Combine/Overlay" the images in a group. Then I use MaxIm DL to enhance the averaged image in many ways. The two I've the best luck with (so far) are: 1) Maximum Entropy (specify a star for the "point spread function"), 2) FFT High Pass, Custom, 40/35. Using these two processing techniques produces a noticeable increase in the dark space between the bright planet and its faint satellites. If the image will require notation (labelling objects, showing the satellite orbit, drawing circles around special objects), I adjust the FITS image for best appearance, and save it as a JPG (or BMP) file. I then use either Photo Impact (JPG) or Paint (BMP) to add the notations, before creating a final JPG image file for a web page (or e-mail attachment). When saving a JPG file try different "compression percentage" settings, and view the outcomes (with ACDSee) to determine when losses begin (this will keep file sizes to a minimum). Some images may need a scale change (image size in pixels), and I use Graphic Workshop Professional for that.
Atmospheric Seeing
"Seeing" is typically not a problem for "dark sky" objects. It mostly affects planetary and lunar work, since resolution is far more important than brightness levels.
The following link is devoted to "atmospheric seeing."
Moon Photography
For the moon (close-ups), I've had good luck using an astronomical CCD imager at the prime focus of my telescope. Also, you can use a regular digital camera (such as the Nikon Coolpix 990) mounted to an eyepiece (using a ScopeTronix Digi-T) in "eyepiece projection" configuration - which is what I recommend for planetary photography. This will give highly magnified views.
For images of the entire moon, there are two main choices: 1) a good medium focal length refractor (20 to 46 inches focal length) and a 35 mm film camera, or 2) a 3x "focal reducer/field flattener" lens attached to a large telescope with a focal length of 1600 mm or less (using CCD imager).
Image Processing
This is where the action is. I count on spending more time "processing" images than taking them. Because of this, astrophotography is really a mostly daytime activity!
My favorite programs are used in the following sequence:
1) MaxIm DL:
a) to flatten background (for wide angle, dark sky shots),
b) to re-map brightness levels using a Gamma value of about 0.7 for dark sky objects (to enhance low brightness level pixels),
c) to improve visibility of a faint satellite that's near a bright planet, using FFT or Maximum Entropy,
d) to average images to improve signal-to-noise (Combine, Overlay),
e) to combine RGB or RGBL images into a color iamge, then balance color background and bright areas.
2) Ulead System's PhotoImpact: to adjust background level of each color separately, further use of Gamma if appropriate, averaging of several images (after rotation, if necessary),
3) Graphic Workshop Professional: to re-scale (change pixel size of image), and convert to JPG format.
Drawing constellation lines is easily done using Microsoft Paint, but
it requires conversion to BMP-format & re-conversion to JPG.
There must be an easier way, but I haven't discovered it yet.
[This is a work in progress]
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MIT Kavli Institute Directory
Maggie TseClare Boothe Luce Graduate Fellow Graduate Student
I grew up in Queens, New York and studied physics at Columbia University, where I was first introduced to the LIGO experiment by Professor Szabolcs Marka. Four years later, I'm still hooked. Along the way I have worked on a data analysis pipeline for the detection of gravitational wave events associated with the quasi-periodic oscillations from soft gamma repeaters, and also worked on the Physical Environment Monitoring and the Slow Controls subsystems. I hope to continue participating in the LIGO experiment as a graduate student, investigating the quantum aspects of the detector and working towards improving the performance of the instrument as it searches for gravitational waves.
Maggie Tse begins her graduate work at MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research with funding from the Henry Luce Foundation as one of the two Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Graduate Fellows in the Department of Physics.
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On Thursday, Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. at Sinatra Park, 401 Sinatra Drive, Hoboken, 35 musicians from the city's fertile music community will join together to pay final respects to this seminal artist in a free concert.
The City of Hoboken, along with ALEOproductions will sponsor the concert.
A cast of local musicians will each play a small handful of songs. Instead of going the normal route and having each artist or a band perform a rendition of a tune, specific tunes have been assigned to each artist to allow these musicians in the community to intermingle with each other. Essentially, there will be a unique band for each tune, made up of guitars, strings, brass and woodwinds, drums, keys, and a bunch of singers.


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``Next to chocolate, I find clothes to be the greatest mood elevator going.``
This tidbit from the mouth of Minneapolis-born Kathryn Conover, the designer of the sweet drop-waist white-collar dresses all the rage a few years ago. Conover was a kind of a poor gal`s Laura Ashley.
But here`s a taste of her new sportswear collection called ``Mixed Media.`` A flip skirt dress with corselet accents and a checked bolero jacket with shorts.
Other spring styles include cropped jackets, stripes, checks and prints, pleated peplum jackets, trapeze dresses and T-shirts with side peplums. More spring desserts include walking shorts, high waisted egg-shaped skirts, bubble skirts and stretchy capri pants.
Conover has spiced an already eclectic collection with a bit of Brit wit and a saucy French flavor. Direct inspirations smack of English designer Vivienne Westwood as well as French bad boy Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Ah, but the difference is priceless. Compared to the big-name-bigger-buck designers, Conover is bargain basement. About $170 for a dress and from $40 to $60 for separates. Look for Conover`s collection in large department stores.
According to Spy magazine, the reason Michael Jackson wears those weird white cotton surgical masks is simple.
The Gloved One has had so many nose jobs, er, nasal cosmetic surgical procedures, that he no longer has any nose hairs!
The primary function of nose hairs, you may recall from Biology 101, is to filter and clean the air we breathe. Jackson`s shriveled schnoz just won`t filter squat.


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Wednesday morning's hearing lasted about a half-hour inside the Carnahan Courthouse downtown. The trial date was the main issue taken up before Judge Rex Burlison.
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"Our customers choose to shop in our catalog because they might need/want __(general)__, and we will meet their expectation by providing an assortment (or service) of __(specific)__."
Key marketing and merchandise information, such as the special offers and important brand messages that need to be emphasized, and how many versions need to be created (and why). Also provide a detailed pagination — a blueprint of what goes where — explaining the potential of best-selling categories or product groupings. Sharing with your creative team the key price points (the prices that your customers are most comfortable paying for various types of merchandise) will enable them to position products that will intrigue the reader from a value position. Likewise, if you identify for them your best-selling or most-profitable products, they can position these products throughout the catalog in key hot spots. These positions include the back cover, the spreads at the beginning and end of your catalog, those pages closest to the order form (if the order form is an insert), and those pages interrupted by an insert.
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Grab attention with an interesting visual or known product winner. Winning covers will always include interesting images that are unusually cropped, presented with striking colors, include one or two unique or appealing products, or otherwise encourage a second glance. Less is usually more when trying to grab attention.
Quickly tell who you are and what unique service you provide. On the front cover, this means using a consistently displayed masthead and tagline, as well as visuals that represent your brand and merchandise concept. The back cover should also quickly tell who you are by featuring carefully chosen items that represent your assortment of products and price points.
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Get the reader inside. If the recipient has already picked up your catalog, a little extra nudge is sometimes all it takes to get him "into the store." This can be achieved with an inside page reference placed next to a product shown or the promise of other intriguing information (a special value proposition, new products). On the back cover include inside page references pointing them to where they can find other merchandise in the same category as the products shown.
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The method in which you organize your catalog is critical in encouraging recipients to make a purchase. But first you must understand how your readers process your catalog. Do they shop by price or by specific product? Or do they prefer to browse?
As you might expect, different categories of customers shop differently. For example, the need for a specific product typically drives business-to-business customers, so a b-to-b catalog should include a table of contents or an index. But while finding that product, the shopper may nonetheless be attracted, thanks to a special offer or attention-grabbing creative, to a product that he forgot he needed but now realizes he must buy.
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Most catalogers know their average price offered — the average price of all their products. The average price sold is the average price of the products that were purchased. In fact, if you sell different categories of product, such as dresses and footwear, you probably should figure out the average price sold — and therefore the key price point — for each.
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Hurdle #5: Getting them to a decision
So now you have a customer who is interested in a product, and the price point is within his budget. To help the reader make an educated decision, copy must not only reiterate the benefits of this product but also succinctly include all of the features necessary to persuade the shopper to pull out his credit card.
The operative word here is "succinctly." Don't make the reader wade through superfluous information. Provide an easy-to-read path that speaks to him emotionally and allows him to pick out the need-to-know information. For instance, by running headlines that don't tell part of the benefit story, many catalogers aren't taking advantage of the most prominent — and most likely to be read — part of their copy package.
Another mistake is not helping the reader narrow his options. Any time you have a group of homogeneous products or are providing options for the same item, create a decision path for the reader, such as with a "good-better-best" presentation. Why is one product better or more expensive than the others? Answer this question for the reader with quick, easy-to-read graphics or copy.
Hurdle #6: Getting another sale!
Why stop at one unit per order? A key metric in catalog profitability is the average order size, and creative can push the number upward. Many catalogers have already experienced the value of creating bundles — two or more products grouped together that can be purchased at a value. Another take on this is selling at a volume discount (i.e. the more you buy, the more you save). Unfortunately catalog creative does not always do an adequate job of calling out these special values. Use special graphic treatments to call attention to a bundle or value proposition.
Hurdle #7: Finalizing the sale
At this point you've got a buyer ready to order. So your creative must make it easy to order. The phone number must be easy to find, the order form must be placed in a logical place and easy to fill out, your Website URL must be easy to locate, and if a retail option is available, customers must quickly know where they can go. The common thread? Location, location, location. Don't make the customer hunt for this information. While this sounds simple, it's amazing how many catalogs still do not place key contact information in an accessible spot on every spread. If in doubt, always place it in a footnote at the bottom of the spread.
Hurdle #8: Getting them to come back
While creative cannot always ensure a future order, it can certainly inspire a customer to come back if the shopping experience was enjoyable. Catalog creative should always attempt to inspire and entertain readers. If your catalog manages to do this but a sale was not made, there is still a greater chance for a sale in the future.
After every campaign, conduct a post mortem or critique of your creative. Noting your mistakes and what could be improved will serve your team well on future efforts. Vigilance is key when trying to sell a product off the printed page, and your creative team must take advantage of every means known to present every product in its true light.
Lois Boyle is president/chief creative officer of J. Schmid & Associates, a catalog agency/ consultancy in Shawnee Mission, KS.


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The second of Angelina Jolie's whitewashed roles was her turn as Fox in the adaptation of Mark Millar and J. G. Jones comic book series "Wanted." Fox was written as an African-American woman and was partly inspired by Halle Berry. One of the main characters in Philip Roth's novel "The Human Stain" is an African-American professor named Coleman Silk who passes as white. Anthony Hopkins was cast in the role for Miramax's adaptation. Best Picture winner "Argo" is one of the highlights of Ben Affleck's career, but his decision to cast himself as the lead Tony Mendez, who in real life is Hispanic, didn't sit right with many. Carey Mulligan's role in "Drive" was originally written as a Latina woman in James Sallis' novel. Mulligan was cast after she met director Nicolas Winding Refn, who felt strongly she was the perfect actress for the part. 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Disney and director Mike Newell opted to cast Jake Gyllenhaal over an Iranian actor in the lead role for their "Prince of Persia" video game adaptation. Connolly won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Alicia Nash in Ron Howard's "A Beautiful Mind." Nash was from El Salvador in real life. Robert Luketic's "21" is adapted from the best-selling book "Bringing Down the House," which tells the true story of the MIT Blackjack Team. A majority of the members were Asian-American, but the film cast Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth in the lead roles. Johnny Depp has claimed he has some Native American heritage, but that didn't make his casting as Comanche sidekick Tonto in Disney's "The Lone Ranger" adaptation any less easier to accept. David Slade's comic book adaptation "30 Days of Night" cast Josh Hartnett as Alaskan sheriff Eben Olemaun, who is of Inuit descent in the source material. The character's last name was changed to Oleson to accommodate Hartnett's casting. 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Kevesk left the room and went downstairs in search of Leylau. He'd finished doing what he needed to do , and now what Derrl needed most was rest, and care from a real healer, someone like Leylau. He found her downstairs sitting across the bar from Mensk. She was bent over a mug of springbrew. Judging by the level in the mug, she hadn't touched it at all. He approached her quietly and tapped her gently on the shoulder. She turned in her seat and looked up at Kevesk. Her eyes were red and glistening, evidence that she had recently been crying, no doubt for Derrl's sake.
"You can go up and see him now." The words came out gentle and soft. Leylau reminded him very much of the woman that he had once loved. No, that wasn't quite right, he still loved her, but she had passed away many, many, years ago. Her soul had been at rest for some time now, and Kevesk wanted to let her memory rest in peace. But the resemblance that Leylau bore her was striking, uncanny. They were both very small women, both healers, same tendency to react strongly to emotion, it seemed to go with the profession. Oddly enough, both of them had that beautiful flax-coloured hair, and a proclivity for the darker, hunter greens. Same small, pointed chin and vaguely elfin face, but no distortion of the ears that would have evidenced elvish ancestry. Enough, he thought to himself, I've got to leave her behind, in the past, where she belongs. All of his reminiscing had dampened his eyes. He scrubbed at them momentarily to chase away the tears that threatened. Leylau looked up at him inquiringly, though now with more compassion for the old, wrinkled, tattooed man. That she was a healer seemed to lend her abilities that verged on empathic. Thus, people's emotions were clearer to her. As she looked up at the stranger she sensed feelings of great loss, sorrow, and longing emanating from him.
"He needs you now, he needs your care, especially as a healer but also as someone who I can see cares a great deal about him. Go on, go see him. He needs you." He could feel a tear rolling down his cheek, but he didn't care anymore. She smiled up at him, embraced him, kissed him gently on the cheek, and went quietly upstairs to keep an eye on Derrl. Once she was on her way up the stairs the lonely old mage gathered up his things, and left quietly for his home. It seemed that the general tone of the evening was rather subdued and silent.
She opened the door softly and stepped lightly over to the bed, closing the door behind her. The young, blonde-haired healer sat on the edge of the bed beside the somnolent form of the man she now knew she loved. As she sat, she laid the back of her hand gently across his forehead. She saw the bloodstains on the pillow by his nose and reached for the washcloth from the basin. She tilted his face towards her and began to clean him up.
She rinsed out the rag in the washbasin, wrung it out, and folded it over the edge of the basin. She cleaned herself up a little, and then lay down and curled up alongside Derrl. She tried to stay up and keep watch over him, but the combination of warmth, comfort, lack of sleep, and emotional exhaustion caused her to drift into slumber shortly after she had lain down.
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Two common methods to sell short-term action.
Markup is the percentage that is an a added premium to the list value of a tournament or tournament package.
Example - Player A posts a package of $2,000 and wants to sell 50% of his action. He decides on a mark-up rate of 1.2 (or a 20% premium) and therefore is asking for $1,200 for the 50%. He can break this up into pieces where each 1% would cost $24 ($2,000 * 1.2 X 1%). Effectively, player A only pays 40% of his package, but if he wins, he receives 50% of the profit. Any cashes would then subsequently be split on a gross basis. So if Player A cashed for $5,000 he would keep $2,500 for himself and payout $2,500 to all his investors. If Player A cashed for $1,000 he would keep $500 for himself and payout $500 to his investors.
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ok...so would anyone be willing to give me an easier explanation? Im very new at this and kinda need a "Staking for Dummies" approach.
you sell action and split based off the pre-determined percentage. 70/30 is not a good staking agreement in the previous example imo. basically you sell you action then pay out your investors based off the amount they bought of action. for instance if i sell 100% of my action for a tourney and agree to a 50/50 split. then my profits will be split 50/50, however, you also have to return the stake. so say i get 1k staked to me and end up winning the tourney for 7500. i would return the 1k stake leaving 6500 then this would be chopped 50/50 as well for 3250 to myself and my investor(s). Hope that helps.
50/50 is a horrible cut for the investor on just one tournament or a group of tournaments. This is typically the cut in a long-term arrangement with make-up. Basically a player would have to have a long-term 100% roi for 50/50 to ever be profitable for the backer, this is without even considering taxes. Backers won't have an expectation to make money even at 70/30 and the example if meant to be more realistic to be fair for backers buying action in profitable players should have been closer to 85/15 rather than 70/30.
I cant understand the math about the part where you talk about premiums, what would the equation be for like $20 stake and 10% premium?Edited By: StrugLife Nov 27th, 2014 at 12:35 AM
i have a question in my mind,
what if somebody got stacking 100% and lose in all tourney because of tilt then what about the investors?
hey bro that should be 11.15$ as per the rule, why should you pay the extra cost associated with it.
What if I sell my actions on a 70/30 schema and I don't make the money?
Man I have been playing poker for years, sold action and played as a backed player, and I'm quite confused from this explanation.
In the second example "Player B" sells a $2,000 package, but is only investing $1,000 later in the example. He's also selling as a 70/30 split, but you claim 80% goes to investors, rather than 70%. Have I missed something or is this an error?


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