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In 1930, the medical diploma had the British Coat of Arms at the top.
Add (21 May 2018): Pahang 1958 Dr Hussain bin Abdul Ghany
Pahang therefore had 3 doctors instead of 2.
Correction (21 May 2018): Malaya 49 doctors - Pahang (3).
Total: 53 doctors (43 documented; 10 missing).
This book contains short biographies of the doctors.
This book contains detailed biographies of the doctors.
1. Dr Abdul Latiff bin Abdul Razak
2. Dr Samsuddin bin Cassim
He is documented in 2 books by another author.
3. Dr Pandak Ahmad bin Alang Sidin (Dr Haji Ahmad)
He was popularly known as Dr Ahmad.
4. Dr Hafeezudin Sirajudin Moonshi bin Hakim Abdul Hamid (Dr HS Moonshi)
He was popularly known as Dr Moonshi.
5. Dr Mohamed Ibrahim bin Shaik Ismail (Dr SIM Ibrahim)
He was popularly known as Dr Ibrahim.
6. Dr Shaik Mohamad Baboo bin Ahmad Albakish (Dr SM Baboo)
He was popularly known as Dr Baboo.
7. Dr Kamil Mohamed Ariff bin Kadir Mastan (Dr KM Ariff/Sir KM Ariff)
He was popularly known as Dr Ariff.
8. Dr Ismail Mohamed Ghows (Dr Ismail Ghows/Dr Ghows)
He was popularly known as Dr Ismail.
9. Dr Mohd Ali bin Ahmad bin Othman Sah Merican (Dr Ali Othman Merican/ Dr Ali Merican/ Dr AO Merican/ Ossy)
He was popularly known as Dr Ali, and Ossy in family circles.
Dr Kamil Ariff and Dr Ali Othman Merican were doctors, who were also in the Penang Malay Association (PMA) or Persatuan Melayu Pulau Pinang (PEMENANG). Tuan CM Hashim was the father-in-law of Dato Mushir Ariff bin Dr Kamil Ariff. Tuan Mohd Nor bin Mohammad is the elder brother of Dr Abdul Ghani bin Mohammad (Bayan Lepas).
The Dispensary was established in 1927 by Dr Ali Othman Merican. It was the first Muslim clinic in Kota Bharu. Kelantan.
The Pondok K'seena (wooden house) was relocated from Tumpat to Telipot, Kelantan.
10. Dr Hamzah bin Md Taib (Dr Hamzah Taib)
11. Dr Mustapha bin Osman (Dr Mustapha bin Awang Osman / Dr Mustapha Awang Osman / Dr Mustapha AO)
12. Dr Abdul Wahab Khan bin Mohd Lal Khan ( Dr Abdul Wahab Khan/ Dr Wahab Khan)
The British Coat of Arms appears on his LMP diploma of 1924.
13. Dr Che Lah bin Mohamed Joonos (Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos / Dr MJ Che Lah / Dr Che Lah)
This was probably the medical students' hostel at Katong, Singapore in 1924.
The British Coat of Arms appears on his LMP diploma of 1930.
Glugor Klinik is extant in 2018.
14. Dr Abdul Ghani bin Mohammad (Dr Abdul Ghani / Dr MA Ghani)
His name was misprinted as Dr Abdullah Ghani in a Penang publication, and for which I could not decide whether it was really his name or otherwise, and could not search him under that name. For this, full research on him was only possible after my 2 books were published, after his surviving daughter contacted me from Melbourne. With her help and that of her younger brother, their father's biography is now complete.
15. Dr Megat Khas bin Megat Omar (Dr MO Megat Khas / Dr Megat Khas)
I do not have details of his FRCP(Edinburgh), UK.
16. Dr Mohamed Said bin Mohamed (Dr Mohamed Said)
(i) Nurfarahin bt Ismail (Moin) informed me that Kelinik Sulaiman was defunct. She is a final-year student at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) at Bachok Campus in 2017/18. Her family lives in Tampin. (ii) Puan Rahmah Edwin, wife of Dr Hamdan Sulaiman, informed me on 28 April 2018 after my talk, that Dr Hamdan Sulaiman had passed away on the 1st of Ramadan in 2010. Inna lillahi wainna ilaihi rojiunn.
17. Dr Awang bin Hassan (Tun Dr Awang Hassan / Tun Dr Awang / Dr Awang Hassan / Dr Awang)
I met Tan Sri Dato Dr Yahya Awang at his place of work. I did not interview him much about his father as he had a patient waiting. He prepared his father's biography. I added the photos from Arkib Negara Malaysia. I met Dr Lokman Mazlan at my talk. He was a graduate of our USM Medical School.
I have not determined on Google Map how long this road is.
18. Dr Mohamed Din bin Ahmad (Dr Din Ahmad / Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Din bin Ahmad)
He was popularly known as Dr Din. I lost contact with his eldest son.
19. Dr Sulaiman bin Mohamed Attas (Dr MA Sulaiman / Dr Sulaiman Attas / Dr Sulaiman)
20. Dr Abdullah bin Ahmad (Dr Abdullah)
21. Dr Abbas bin Haji Alias (Dr Abbas Alias / Dr Abbas / Abang Abbas)
He was addressed as Abang Abbas by Tan Sri Dr Abdul Majid bin Ismail. They went for Hajj together with 2 others.
Many people have queried whether this is Kelab Sultan Sulaiman or the Royal Selangor Club. This photo comes from Jefri Merican Associates, who renovated Kelab Sultan Sulaiman. The insert is from Perpustakaan Neagara Malaysia (PNM) and was provided by (Dr) En Mohd Fadli Ghani.
By 1940, there were 20 Malayan dentists. However, only 5 were Malay dentists.
I do not have family contacts for dentists, Dr Hassan and Dr Ibrahim above.
22. Dr Abdul Karim bin Nawab Din (Dr ND Abdul Karim / Dr Abdul Karim / Dr Karim)
23. Dr Mohamed bin Taib (Dr Mohamed Taib / Dato' Dr Haji Mohamed bin Taib)
24. Dr Nuruddin bin Mohamed Salleh
I would like to obtain this photo of Dr Nuruddin Salleh working in Melbourne.
25. Dr Latifah Bee bt Dr Ismail Mohamed Ghows (Dr Latifah Bee Ghows / Dr Latifah Ghows / Dr Latifa Ghows / Dr Latifa)
26. Dr Amir Burhanuddin bin Ungku Muhammad Nor (Dr Burhanuddin al-Helmy)
I do not have any contact with Dr Burhanudin's family.
27. Dr Ismail bin Abdul Rahman (Tun Dr Ismail bin Abdul Rahman)
28. Dr Salma bte Ismail (Tan Sri Dr Salma bte Ismail)
29. Dr Abdul Aziz bin Omar (Dato' Dr Haji Abdul Aziz bin Omar)
His clinic, Aziz Dispensary, occupied 2 shophouses in front of the bus station in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
There are 3 entries in Who's Who in Malaysia for Dr Abdul Aziz bin Omar. The first entry in 1963 did not contain his portrait.
Radiology pioneers in Malaya were stationed at the General Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Dr Omar left the Malaysian Govt Service in 1972 and was succeeded by Dr Hussain bin Abdul Ghany. I had contacted Dr Hussain's son before I published my 2 books, but I did not include him then as his biography was incompletely researched. I managed to contact his eldest daughter and (younger) son Dr Amir Fuad. I am waiting for the family's input. Dr Hussain's father was a Hospital Assistant, which is an interesting point for pursuing both Dr Hussain and his father.
30. Dr Omar bin Din (Dato' Dr Haji Omar bin Haji Din)
Dr Omar's initial biography which was published in my 2 books were provided by the Maxwell School alumni members who knew him. I obtained his family contact after my books were published. His sons have provided his CV and photographs. His biography is more complete now.
I do not know the name of his private clinic or its whereabout.
31. Dr Abdul Wahab bin Mohamed Ariff (Dr Wahab Ariff)
Dr Che Lah was already retired when he returned to Penang. He retired in 1958.
32. Dr Abdul Majid bin Ismail (Tan Sri Dr Abdul Majid bin Ismail / Dr Abdul Majid / Koko)
His approx. 2-hour interview was recorded on micro tape. I don't know how to convert it to MP3.
33. Dr Syed Mohamed bin Syed Alwi Alhady (Dr SMA Alhady / Mr SMA Alhady / Dr Alhady / Mr Alhady / Dato' Dr Syed Mohamad bin Syed Alwi al-Hady / Dato' Dr Syed Mohamad bin Alwi al-Hady)
His biography was written based on published material. I have managed to get in touch with his daughter.
34. Dr Abu Bakar bin Ibrahim
His biography is quite brief in my book. I would love to obtain more details of him.
35. Dr Syed Mahmood Jamalullail (Dr Syed Mahmood / Dato' Seri Diraja Dr Syed Mahmood Jamalullail ibni al-Marhum Syed Hussain Jamalullail)
I have been to Kai Tak Airport and Kowloon in August 1976. I have not visited the University of Hong Kong (UHK) to photograph it and to make notes of where Dr Syed Mahmood studied.
36. Dr Carleel Merican (Dato' Dr Carleel Merican)
I met his daughter at my talk.
37. Dr Ariffin bin Ngah Marzuki (Dato' Dr Ariffin bin Ngah Marzuki)
38. Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad (Dr Mahathir / Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad / Tun M)
I have not met him in person.
Ex-Sultanah Asma School student, Dini was my Kedah guide when I visited Alor Star to see Dr Mahathir's 2 clinics. Kampung Cina/Kampung Melayu is one road, with one row of Chinese shophouses on one side and one row of Malay shophouses on the opposite site.
39. Dr Mohamed Noor bin Marahakim (Dato' Dr Mohamed Noor bin Marahakim)
40. Dr Siti Hasmah bt Mohd Ali (Tun Dr Siti Hasmah bt Mohd Ali)
41. Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin bin Raja Shahbuddin (Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin bin Raja Shahbuddin / Tan Sri Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin / Tan Sri RAN, Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin)
Mr Ismail bin Abu Sittee was a London-trained Health Inspector and Educator. He is the father of USM VC, Dato' Prof Dr Asma Ismail.
He was an innovator and inventor.
The Siamese Bowl was used in Thailand by the US personnel there, and served as a model for modern water closets (WC or jamban) in Malaysia.
Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin was the inventor of the Jitra Bowl (jamban Jitra), based on the Siamese Bowl. He was the first Malay and Malaysian to invent a toilet bowl for Malaysian toilets in 1962. This form of toilet then replaced the outdoor bucket latrines. Toilets were then build inside Malaysian homes from then on (after 1963). By 1972/73, even ancient Malay homes built in 1897 had modern toilets. Dr Siti Hasmah celebrated the Jitra Bowl in one of her speeches.
Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin advocated Food and Nutrition for Malaysians. Efforts of Malaysian farmers provide food for the public. Nutritious food feed Malaysians. Nutritious food must be served at Malaysian schools and hospitals.
His interview was not recorded. It was approx. 1 hour and arranged at his request.
42. Dr Ahmad Ezanee Merican (Dato' Dr Haji Ahmad Ezanee Merican bin Dr Ali Merican / Dr Ezanee Merican)
I interviewed his widow for about 1 hour. She showed me around his home in Telipot, Kelantan. She also showed me photos, which I included in his biography.
This photo was one which I saw hanging on the wall outside the lifts at Hospital Pulau Pinang, when I visited to see the hospital director. I studied the photo and noticed Dr Ezanee Merican. I do not know the rest in this photo.
The K'seena House was relocated from Telipot, Kelantan to Kuang, Selangor. It is quite near to Masjid al-Islahiah, Kuang. Dr Ezanee is interred not far from his K'seena House. I met his brother Dato Dr Mahmood Merican, Datin Ragayah, son, and Dr Ezanee's children at my talk.
43. Dr Ungku Omar bin Ungku Ahmad (Prof Dr Ungku Omar bin Ungku Ahmad / Dr Ungku Omar)
44. Dr Mohd Noor bin Nordin (Dr Haji Mohd Noor bin Haji Nordin)
His youngest daughter in Scotland supplied his biography which was published in 2012. Dr Hj Md Noor was working in Malacca when my family lived in Malacca in 1972-73. His eldest daughter was my classmate, and supplied his photos for this talk.
45. Dr Ruby bt Abdul Majid (Dato Paduka Ruby Abdul Majeed)
Her daughter plans to write her biography.
General Medical Council (GMC)
Registration in the Colonial List of the Medical Register 1916
The Malay doctors were registered in the Colonial List of the Medical Register in 1916, and their names were published in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette in 1922.
Queen's Scholarship
Postgraduate studies
The Malay doctors mainly pursued postgraduate studies in England, Scotland and Ireland. Some went to the USA.
Diplomas, memberships, and fellowships
Challenges faced by the early Malay doctors
There were many challenges faced by the early Malay doctors, among them were:
1. Discrimination. Even though none of the doctors I interviewed mentioned about discrimination, I came across this topic from reading Ho Tak Ming's book on Dr Samsuddin Cassim and Datin Ragayah's book on Dr Ali Othman Merican. The issues were half-pay for native doctors with LMS diploma, and natives being second class citizen compared to white British officers, who could not fill a vacant post previously held by a British officer.
2. Involvement in politics. After the Japanese occupation in Malaya, when the British returned to reoccupy Malaya and wanted to install the Malayan Union, there was a lot of resistance from the populace. Many doctors came to assist but had to relinquish their jobs in the Government Service and open private clinics instead. They had no choice as political views and struggle were not allowed in British Malaya. It was a great time to fight for the Malayan independence and the Malay doctors headed organised groups and led the way.
3. A lot of diseases. Malaya and Singapore were infested with a lot of diseases.
Phthisis refers to a progressively wasting condition eg pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).
Bright's Disease refers to glomerulonephritis, a kidney disease, either acute or chronic nephritis.
Dropsy refers to oedema or edema, due to congestive heart failure.
Inanition refers to exhaustion from lack of nourishment (lack of food and water) or starvation.
This is my mother's immunisation booklet of 1967. This page says International Certificate of Vaccination or Revaccination Against Smallpox. It was stamped on 8 April 1967 by "Hasmah", Medical Officer of Health, North Kedah. This could be Dr Siti Hasmah.
This page says International Certificate of Vaccination or Revaccination Against Cholera. It was stamped on 8 April 1967 by "Hasmah", Medical Officer of Health, North Kedah. This could be Dr Siti Hasmah.
Contributions by the early Malay doctors
The European Hospital (also known as Bangsar Hospital or Crown Hospital) was for Europeans. It was demolished and the Public Health Institute (PHI) was built in its place. This photo and other photos of the European Hospital and description of the buildings in my books were provided by a Facebook friend, Arasu. He was in the Malaysian Airlines System (MAS). His father worked as a gardener and the family lived on the grounds of the hospital.
Tan Sri Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin served as the founder and first Director of the PHI. The mural on the PHI facade depicts Malaysian life. Tan Sri Raja Ahmad Noordin was passionate about this mural. Unfortunately, I could not print it in full colour in my book. He suggested that I visit the PHI, but I have not visited the PHI at all.
The old General Hospital established in 1890 became Tanglin Hospital. Today, it is a health centre and renamed Klinik Kesihatan Tanglin. There is a row of food stalls before this health centre that sells delicious nasi lemak, a famous Malaysian cuisine.
The District Hospital Kuala Lumpur was all long, low, wooden buildings on stilts (description by Tan Sri Dr Abdul Majid bin Ismail). It was renamed the General Hospital Kuala Lumpur (Malay, Rumah Sakit Kuala Lumpur). Today, it is a mix of old and modern brick buildings and has been renamed Hospital Kuala Lumpur, or simply HKL.
There were 8 Hajj Doctors who served Malaya and Malaysia before Tabung Haji existed.
(More information on the Hajj Doctors later in another post.)
Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos served as a Hajj Doctor in the 1960s for 7 Hajj pilgrimages.
Many of the doctors assisted their communities with residential planning. In his post-retirement, Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos served as an Honorary Town Planner in Penang. He planned, reorganised the existing Malay houses and created Minden Heights in Glugor, a well-planned residential area, where he also lived. His last residence can be seen in this Google photo.
Many of the early Malay doctors were philanthropists. Dr Sulaiman donated his land for building this school. Sekolah Kebangsaan Dr Sulaiman, Tampin in Negeri Sembilan. The school has an enrolment of more than 400 students. Information about the land and school was provided by Nurfarahin bt Ismail (Moin), a final-year student at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) at Bachok Campus in 2017/18. Her family lives in Tampin.
Challenges faced by the author
4. Faces change as each doctor aged, from being young children, students to being doctors and after retirement and when elderly. Without family assistance in identifying the doctors in various photos, it was difficult for me to pick out photos which had the early Malay doctors in them.
5. Dating photos. Undated photos are difficult to deal with because they have a place but the exact place to pin them is unknown as they have no exact dates or circa. When photos are undated, then I have to look at other photos and events to try and see where the photos should come in and try to date them or at least put a circa. Then they can be properly inserted into a biography.
6. Some place nowhere undated. This is most worrying. There is a photo of a nice place, but the event is unknown, date is unknown and nobody knows anything of the photo. To use a photo for any biography, at least something must be known about the photo. I can only guess the season by the apparel worn and the surrounding. I cannot tell the event - whether it was just visiting, a working holiday, attending short course or receiving an award.
7. Documents in languages other than English. German or Swiss certificates are difficult to decipher. I can try and use Google Translate or find a German or Swiss friend or expert. But I will need a good scan to see the text clearly before I can try translating.
8. Documents in 2 languages. It is helpful to have at least English as one of the languages. The main language can be the vernacular language of the territory, state, region or country.
Further research
10. Dr Hussain bin Abdul Ghany (Pahang?)
11. Dr Mohamed Salleh bin Abdul Hamid (Johor)
12. Dr Mahmood Merican (Kelantan/KL)
The last reference gives a list of all the graduates of the medical school since 1910.
Books and Facebook accounts
There are so far only 2 books on The Early Malay Doctors, which I have published. Each book has a Facebook account.
Research book.
Back cover: Portrait with name and by year of graduation. First Malay doctor at top left.
Facebook for the research book.
Biography book.
Contains 43 biographies of the early Malay doctors.
Facebook for the biography book.
Blog on Blogger
I have created a research blog on Blogger on The Early Malay Doctors in 2010. It portrays the research that I do on this topic, related activities and announcements. This blog is more than 8 years old now (going on 9). There were 601,299 hits on 21 May 2018 (more than half a million hits).
Anyone can become an author on this blog. I will need your email address to register you as an author. I will also need your smartphone # to text you messages.
Blog on this research, The Early Malay Doctors.
Klasika Media has offered to sell my books. Klasika Media has 2 outlets, one in Kajang and another in Bangi. These books are also available at the international book fair at PWTC in KL, under Khafilah Books.
Bookshops and retail
Many readers have told me that they also see my books at Kinokuniya and elsewhere. That is fine. My books are often sold out at Kinokuniya.
Readers can also purchase my books online. Just type the title of each book and a string of online shops will be listed. So far, the Book Depository is the cheapest and delivery is free (https://www.bookdepository.com/).
You can also help me to sell my books. If you wish to buy and then re-sell, you can buy in bulk cheaply from my publisher, Xlibris Corp. Go to their website (https://www.xlibris.com/) and search there. Let them know that you wish to buy and then sell my books. They should entertain you and give you discounts and free copies etc. Student groups, historical societies, associations, companies, etc can do this too. That way the book prices are much cheaper.
Undecided which book to buy?
The little brown book contains information on how I carried out this research.
The big yellow book contains detailed biographies of 43 doctors up till 2011.
Both books used British English spellings.
Proofreading was done by Xlibris Corp, by an English speaker.
Both books were published in 2012 by Xlibris Corp., USA with branches and offices worldwide.
Printing is done in by Lightning Source UK Ltd, Milton Keynes, UK.
No printing of the 2 books is done in Malaysia.
The 2 books are imported into Malaysia and have to undergo Customs clearance at the airport. This is done by the courier company.
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It has been in the news during the last week that industrial action is planned by Royal Mail workers for 48 hours commencing 19th October 2017 and we have been following this at King's Chandelier Services Ltd, like many other internet sales companies, since the action was announced.
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Former military building Bunk'Art opens its doors for the unique Bat Expo "Bunkers: Shelters of Biodiversity", on the occasion of World Wildlife Day celebrated worldwide on 3 March. The exhibition is a result of the cooperation of the EU funded project NaturAL, the National Agency of Protected Areas (NAPA) and Bunk'Art, and aims to inspire the decision-makers and each individual to take action to protect the wildlife. "A special focus is placed on the bats, the insectivorous mammals of key importance for the ecosystems and the human economy, and the abandoned bunkers that are taken over by nature – and becoming of great importance for nature conservation," explained Mr. Celik Rruplli from the Bunk'Art.
The exhibition "Bunkers: Shelters of Biodiversity", officially launched today, will be opened for visitors at Bunk'Art premises throughout 2017. While enjoying the expo, visitors can learn about bats species in Albania. "We are glad to witness that wildlife presence in Albania is improving and that our country offers new tourist attractions. Our efforts and partners' contribution have resulted in the establishment of the wild fauna database in Albania that will improve the wildlife habitat management and safeguard the protected species," stressed Mrs. Adriana Petri from the National Agency for Protected Areas.
The results of a series of investigations on bats, supported by NaturAL and other EU funded projects, recorded 32 bat species in Albania - a very high number considering that a maximum of 54 species have been recorded in whole Europe. 18 species out of 32 were spotted in the bunkers, like the Lesser Horseshoe Bat or the Greater Mouse-eared Bat. Mr. Ervis Loce, a bat expert and curator of the exhibition stressed that Albania is also home to the bat species endemic for the Western Balkans, Kolombatovic's Long-eared Bat.
"Albania offers a diversity of habitats very interesting for bats, such as caves, houses, trees, old military tunnels and bunkers widely spread throughout the country. The on-going work supported by EU will help the protection of those habitats, and involve the local community in this process," said Mr. Antoine Avignon, Program Manager for Environment, Energy and Civil Protection at the EU Delegation to Albania.
"29% of the 82,954 species which are listed on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction, as announced at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016. Habitat loss and climate change only partly explain this high extinction rate – disturbance and poaching represent a growing pressure on wildlife. Each of us is part of the solution, we need to act to ensure wildlife conservation," added Mr. Boris Erg, Director of IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
World Wildlife Day 2017 theme is "Listen to the Young Voices" and NaturAl project through this exhibition is aiming at influencing youth's environmental attitudes for wildlife conservation. Government representatives, law makers, enforcement officers, customs officials and park rangers across every region are scaling up their efforts to protect wildlife. It is also up to every citizen, young and old, to protect wildlife and their habitats. We all have a role to play – these were the key messages delivered during the ceremony.
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Llogara-Karaburun-Orikum-Mt. Cika – a model for Natura 2000 in Albania
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Towards Natura 2000 in Albania
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Brochure: Achieving reduced biodiversity loss in Albania
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Brigita completed her DPhil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford where she specialised in multilingualism, discourse analysis and corpus linguistics. Her areas of expertise/interest at Cambridge Assessment English are the Occupational English Test (OET), impact studies, corpus linguistics and multilingualism. She is also a member of the Cambridge English Listening Skills group.
Prior to joining Cambridge Assessment English, Brigita gave tutorials in sociolinguistics and academic writing at the University of Oxford and University College London. She also worked as Bilingual Health Advocate for the NHS and as a freelance interpreter and translator.
Brigita is fluent in five languages and in her spare time she is trying to further expand her linguistic repertoire. She also enjoys reading, travelling and baking with her children.
Séguis, B and McElwee, S (forthcoming) Care to Talk? Assessing clinical communication skills on the Occupational English Test
Séguis, B (2018) Language assessment of health professionals: The issue of communicative competence, paper presented at the ALTE 51st Meeting and Conference, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 13 April 2018.
Zhang, B, Séguis, B, Lim, G (2018) Towards improved clinical communication: An overview of the updated version of the Occupational English Test (OET), paper presented at the 40th Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC), University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 4-6 July 2018.
Séguis, B (2016) Post-Soviet multilingualism: Code-switching in the Polish community in Lithuania, in Sloboda, M, Laihonen, P and Zabrodskaja, A (Eds) Sociolinguistic Transition in Former Eastern Bloc Countries: Two Decades after the Regime Change, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH, 293-316.
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We investigate novel network architectures, in particular in the areas of content distribution and content management. Our current primary focus is in information-centric networking, mobile opportunistic content sharing and green networking. Our work is experimentation-oriented and in our research we combine modeling, simulations, and practical experiments. In opportunistic content sharing, we have developed the floating content paradigm where information is published to a particular location and then replicated in an ad hoc manner between mobile devices, attempting to keep the information available in the area where it was published. Our work assumes no support from the infrastructure.
We have developed in-network caching architectures and devised caching mechanisms for information-centric networks. Our solutions cover simple, decentralized caching algorithms and their evaluation. In the area of green networking, we have continued our work on data center cooling optimization solutions, with work on cold aisle containment and its evaluation.
Currently we are extending this work to include heat harvesting and we have built a greenhouse where we are experimenting if the exhaust heat from computers is sufficient to heat up the greenhouse sufficiently
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- Mikko Pervilä, Jussi Kangasharju. Cold Air Containment. In Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Green Networking and Smart Systems, Toronto, Canada, August 2011.
- Walter Wong, Marcus V. L. Giraldi, Mauricio F. Magalhäes, Jussi Kangasharju, Content Routers. Fetching Data on Network Path. In Proceedings of IEEE ICC, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.
- Esa Hyytiä, Jorma Virtamo, Pasi Lassila, Jussi Kangasharju, Joerg Ott. When Does Content Float? Characterizing Availability of Anchored Information in Opportunistic Content Sharing. In Proceedings of IEEE Infocom, Shanghai, China, April 2011.
- Joerg Ott, Esa Hyytiä, Pasi Lassila, Tobias Vaegs, Jussi Kangasharju. Floating Content: Information Sharing in Urban Areas. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, Seattle, WA, March 2011.
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Paris is Chanel gives us a look in to the history of Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel and her empire.
As one of the greatest couturiers of the 20th century, Coco has season-after-season dominated the fashion runway. Though fashion was Coco's first love, to most of the world, she didn't become a household name until her fragrance, Chanel No. 5.
In the 20's and at the height of her career, Coco was a force to be reckoned with overseeing, a fashion house, a textile business, perfume laboratories and a workshop for costume jewelry.
Enjoy this 3 minute video that will take you on journey through the life and history of Coco Chanel, the woman, the designer.


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Yoga has been an integral part of my life. But recently, this has changed – or so I thought…
This is why we don't have enough time
We all know that "no one has enough time". But where does this knowledge come from?
Why are we not doing the things we want to do?
Why are we not more daring? Is it fear? No, I think it's not. This is what it is, and how to tackle it in 2017!
The life-changing magic of…tidying!?
'Tidying' and 'magic' are two words that don't seem to be closely related. Tidying is a chore. It has to be done, but it's certainly not magic… Or that's what I thought.
Our obsession with goals
How our obsessions and disappointments around goals rely on a linear view of life – and how this can be changed!
I feel overwhelmed – by yoga
I feel overwhelmed by yoga. The practice used to be straightforward, but the yoga industry is changing at a rapid pace.
Workout is the new happy hour
Trending: Your yoga studio is not just for a class – it's for all your social needs (making friends, having a drink, listen to live music…)!
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midas Civil is state of the art engineering software that set a new standard for the design or bridges and civil structures. It features a distinctively user friendly interface and optimal design solution functions that can account for construction stages and time dependent properties. Its highly developed modeling and analysis functions enable engineers to overcome common challenges and inefficiencies of finite element analysis. With midas Civil, you will be able to create high quality designs with unprecedented levels of efficiency and accuracy.
The user-oriented input/output functions are based on sophisticated and intuitive User Interface and up-to-date Computer Graphics techniques. They offer excellent facilities and productivity for the modeling and analysis of complex, large-scale structures.Interface Details
midas Civil enables us to readily create nodes and elements as if we were drawing drawings using the major functions of CAD programs. Powerful automatic modeling functions such as Auto Mesh Generation and various Bridge Wizards are introduced.Once the basic section and bridge information and tendon placement data for the case of a PSC bridge are provided, the Wizard creates the completed bridge model as well as the construction stage models.
midas Civil provides linear and nonlinear structural analysis capabilities. A large collection of finite elements has been implemented for applications in civil and building structures. The program's efficient analysis algorithms yield exceptional versatility and accurate results appropriate for practical design applications.Analysis Details
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midas Civil also provides results that are compatible with MS Excel, which enables the user to review all analysis and design results systematically.
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Sweet Headache 086: "Bouncy"
This mix has been created to make you bounce. Yes, I mean bounce like a rubber ball on a bouncy castle. Tune in, and you'll understand what I mean. Have fun!
Most electronic dance music emphasizes the main beats in its rhythm: 1-2-3-4. This is what's usually the most obvious approach when you create a track, but I have found that it can also sound quite cool when the off-beats are emphasized. This gives tracks this nice bouncy feel. I have seen this rhythmic pattern a lot in the tracks that I used for my Swing Tech-mix last year, but this pattern is not limited to Electro Swing.
Some of my favorite tracks in this mix: I really like what Drauf&Dran have done to the Pulp Fiction theme. There are a lot of remixes of that song, but this one is more like a cover version than like a remix. Good job!
I was a bit surprised when I heard Thomas Schumacher's "Picanha". This guy is a Techno legend, and I was only familiar with his hard-banging Techno productions so far. "Picanha" is different in a positive way, and it's great to see how people who have been in the EDM scene forever can develop their style.
For me, the track "Great Khali" by Andrea Roma and Mark Denken is one of the best examples of how Electro Swing and Tech House can go together: It does include Swing samples, but there are also a lot of Tech House-style sounds in there that make it sound a little cooler than most Electro Swing tracks. A few of my friends have been telling me that most Electro Swing tracks are a little over the top for them, and tracks like "Great Khali" might work better for people who are used to Tech House and Techno sounds.
The final track, Paul Kalkbrenner's "Kleines Bubu" (German for "little nap") is another great example of an artist's development: After Paul's massive success with the movie "Berlin Calling", a lot of people accused him of selling out. I think that his last album (where this track is also included) actually proves that this is not true and that he is still one of the most interesting German Techno artists.
- Stefan Trummer – Hinterzimmergedudel (Arts & Leni Remix)
- Andhim – Holger der Polka
- Drauf & Dran – Pulp
- Doublscotch – Via Con Me
- Dan Caster – Wunderbar
- Drauf & Dran – La Bikke
- Herr Tischbein – Sympathie (Aka Aka Remix)
- Andrea Roma, Mark Denken – Great Khali
- Thomas Schumacher – Picanha
- Oscar Barila, Oscar Sala – Vent De La Nuit
- Butch – Amelie
- Nicone – Hanaetano
- Justin Side – Voodoo (Mollono.Bass Clubmix)
- Paul Kalkbrenner – Kleines Bubu
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I'm a white, Acadian-Canadian woman, raised Catholic in a predominantly white community, currently living in South Korea. I could easily say that what happened in Charlottesville isn't my story. But having had a geographical closeness to North Korea and USA's bids for superiority during the decade I've lived here, I've learned that what happens in the USA affects much more than the USA.
I write this from my experience, and I'll probably do a messy job of it. I've accepted that. What I write might make people uncomfortable. I accept this too. I'm not looking to explain, debate, or justify anything I share, and this isn't a time for comfort.
I do hope, however, that by writing this I spark something sacred and courageous within you. I hope my sharing empowers you to shine your own light.
Darkness can't remain dark once you shine a light on it. What happened in Charlottesville is an example of how the darkness has strived. I'm committed to doing my part in making sure it doesn't envelope more than it already has. As Peggy McIntosh writes in her article White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack:
"To redesign social systems, we need first to acknowledge their colossal unseen dimensions."
So to do this, I'm writing about ways I think I've contributed to racism and how I think I've benefited from white privilege. I understood why it was important to share my story after watching Brené Brown's Facebook live video. And I found the resolve to write this after watching Vice's documentary on the Charlottesville protests. As I've written about before, this documentary is something I normally would have avoided, but avoidance is what got us into this mess, and again, this isn't a time for comfort.
Ways I've contributed to racism
Last week I posted this image of overt and covert white supremacy on my Facebook page. This encouraged a short discussion about the term "white supremacy" and the need to unpack the terms listed under "covert white supremacy". My intention in posting the pyramid was to raise awareness regarding how white people might secretly, if not unknowingly, be contributing to racism. Then I suggested that we may need to create a more precise pyramid to make sure the concepts weren't misleading.
Although I'd like to do this, and hope someone does, I've decided my time is better spent doing my own messy and imperfect unpacking. So here goes:
- I've been teaching English as a foreign language from a mostly euro-centric curriculum in South Korea for the past 12 years. I can refute linguistic imperialism, and work on promoting English as a global language, but I can't deny that my job was built on the shoulders of white Europeans who colonized Asian, African, American, and Oceanic countries.
- I've used racist terminology. This was when I was much younger, but regardless, I did it.
- I've remained quiet while others made racist jokes. This was also in my younger days. I'm not justifying having done this. I'm just providing a timeline because I've changed.
- I've remained quiet as older people belittled the economic reality of people of color, especially that of African-Americans and First Nations people in Canada. I didn't know how to speak up to these people I'm supposed to respect.
I may be in denial of a few more. I'm not sure. That's the sneaky thing about racism, or maybe implicit bias; we can sometimes be unaware of our racial conditioning. But the more I unpack, and shine a light, the more aware I'll become. And in this awareness, change becomes possible.
But there's a bit more unpacking to do.
Ways I'm benefiting from my white privilege
In her Facebook live video, Brené Brown explains that, "privilege is not about how much you work; it's about unearned access and authority," and that "privilege when it comes to race is about unearned rights." So because I'm a white, English-speaking woman from North America with a Catholic upbringing, I have many unearned rights.
My unearned access and rights have served me well in Korea. I can complain all I want about being stared at, and about being treated differently because I'm not Korean [i.e. microagressions (but also nothing like the microagressions many others experience)], but the underlying reality is I'm benefiting from my white privilege, especially as it pertains to my income and social status. Things have changed in recent years, but there is still a widely held preference in private and public schools to hire white teachers, preferably from North America, Australia, or England. I've never had to worry about my white skin or blue eyes being grounds for scrutiny. There's something unjust about this.
I know there are many other ways I'm benefiting without merit, and I think that just by unpacking what I shared about my career as a teacher could reveal a lot more, but this post is long enough.
I'm still not sure what will come from telling this story. I sense it has something to do with spiritual activism. I also know I'm tired of being controlled by darkness, and maybe by sharing my story with you, you'll come to terms with how tired you are too. If that's the case, please know you aren't alone. There are safe spaces for you to share your truth, and to let your light shine. This blog is a place to start.
Courageous conversations:
- Elizabeth DiAlto – For White People Asking, "What Can I Do?" After Charlottesville
- John Pavlovitz – Yes, This is Racism
- Layla Saad – I need to talk to spiritual white women about white supremacy (Part One)
- The Culture Inside episode by the producers of Invisibilia podcast – in the second half of the episode, the interviewees explore their implicit bias toward race. One man's account is particularly heart-wrenching as he is a white man with an adopted African-American daughter.
- Discussions about our collective shadow between Tami Simon of Sounds true, and the mystical scholars, Andrew Harvey and Caroline Myss.
Resources for healing and action:
- Consider your position on using language that shames people who don't share your position by watching Brené Brown's video at 20:50. She starts off with,"Shame is not a motivator for better behaviour. Shame ignites two things: rationalization, blame." She then continues to explain how you can speak to people with different beliefs without shaming them.
- Marianne Williamson's talk after Charlottesville where she encourages American citizens to learn more about their history and strategies for non-violent resistance.
- 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action – I recommend choosing one item from this list, and cut and pasting it to Google. Here you'll find examples of what that action looks like, and how you might carry it out.
- Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha) by Mahatma Gandhi
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Grant Phabao & Carlton Livingston - Cramp & Paralyze (Digital Single, Paris DJs)
Posted on Tuesday 02 April 2013, 16:25 - updated on 03/04/13 - Digital Releases - Permalink
Carlton Livingston's wicked dubplate style is coveted by sound systems all over the world. His relentless flow of releases on Paris DJs - album and singles, all produced by multi-instrumentalist Grant Phabao - covers a lot of ground across the roots reggae spectrum, from reality tunes to lovers rock, hard core ganja tunes to roots dance hall music…
This exclusive track, 'Cramp & Paralyze', is another reggae classic from an already impressive catalog of brand new songs, this time expressing his deep faith through religion-focused lyrics. The Foundation dancehall singer delivers a great singalong tune, driven by a rolling and booming bassline from Grant Phabao's new roots reggae riddim on a late 70s/early 80s tip.
Just hot off the mastering, with illustrator Ben Hito adding his inks & colors magic, here's your weekly dose of retro visuals and music!
Listen/buy on Paris DJs' bandcamp page.
Grant Phabao presents Carlton Livingston - Cramp & Paralyze
(Digital Single) Paris DJs PARISDJS025-D, 2013-04-02
Tracklisting :
01. Cramp And Paralyze 04:26
All instruments, production and audio mastering by Grant Phabao
Written by Carlton Livingston
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Toyland Buyout.
North Pole, December 29, 2013.
Developing story.
Santa's Toyland Workshop was acquired in a hostile takeover today by Bain Capital Management.
The equity group quickly created a new entity and named it Toyland Import Group, Inc.
Executives appointed to manage the corporation formed by the takeover immediately fired more than 2000 Santa's helpers before filing for bankruptcy.
Santa sent packing; evicted from Toyland after hostile takeover.
Attorneys for the new corporation claimed in bankruptcy papers filed in DC District Court that the salaries of overpaid workers were unsustainable given the heavy debt load transferred to the new company by Bain Capital to complete the takeover transaction.
An appeal filed by a group representing Santa's helpers asked the Court to delay the proceedings until attorneys could present evidence of wrongdoing involving the takeover. The appeal was denied by the Court.
The Court also ruled that Toyland Import Group could eliminate both funded and unfunded pension obligations and use the money to pay down the loans acquired from Bain and Wall Street banks.
Attorneys for the company indicated that once relieved of the expenses of high salaried employees and the costs of pension obligations and bank loans, Toyland Import could emerge from bankruptcy and resume normal operations.
Santa Jailed.
In a related story, Santa Claus was arrested, handcuffed, fined and given a thirty day jail sentence when he protested the Court's ruling regarding a hostile takeover.
Santa was particularly angered by the Court's decision in favor of Toyland Import Group agreeing that the new company should retain sole rights to Santa's traditional red garments and that Mr. Claus must surrender his claim to the garments and forswear wearing the uniform in the future.
Mrs. Claus was also enjoined to give up wearing all of her traditional garments.
As the Court read its decision, Santa was heard to exclaim "That's bullshit!" It was then that the judge issued his contempt sentence.
Attorneys for Mr. Claus appealed the decision and Santa was released from prison pending the appeal.
Toyland Import Sold.
In a story still developing, Bain Capital Management announced today that it has sold its remaining interest in Toyland Import Group to a consortium of wealthy investors.
The price of the transaction was not immediately revealed but sources believe it to be above $6 billion dollars.
Another source told UPW Super Senior Legal Correspondent Marcy Popindick that Bain Capital acquired the company on borrowings of $3 billion and, after a series of management decisions that reduced expenses, sold its interest at the higher price thereby realizing a profit of at least $6 billion after the transfer of loans to the new entity.
Most of the money loaned to Bain Capital by Wall Street banks and transferred to Toyland Imports was paid to executives who engineered the hostile takeover and who managed the company prior to its sale to the investment group.
Bank loans were repaid with funds obtained by reducing salary expenses and assets realized after eliminating pension obligations.
The reorganization of Santa's Toyland Workshop into Toyland Imports enhanced the value of the new company by several billion dollars according to the source. However a liquidity shortfall forced the sale to the investment consortium.
Get Out and Stay Out.
Multimillionaire John Hagee implored atheists to take a Walkman and "stuff it in your ears or just leave the country."
Sources close to the owner of Cornerstone Church and CEO of Global Evangelism Television said the rich evangelist has detested the movement of atheists to erase Christ from Christmas for many years and finally made his feelings known when he bellowed during a sermon that "this country was not built by atheists for atheists…We don't want you and we won't miss you". So there.
(Original photo: Christians United for Israel).
Hagee is also the pastor of the Christian church.
Who? Sarah Palin. That's Who.
Some of her best friends are, ya know, gay.
So saith the longest lady in waiting since, maybe, Hillary Clinton.
Still keeping her face in the news still hoping to be president, former Alaska governor and former vice presidential candidate and former beauty contest winner Sarah Palin defended the foolish words of the guy from Duck Dynasty, a millionaire named Phil Robertson, even though she said she didn't read what he said.
This is what he said…. Oh, fuggetaboutit. Everybody knows what he said and anyways he's back on television after his suspension was suspended by A&E.
Such a fuss. All A&E had to do was issue a disclaimer disclaiming the comments by claiming that the comments do not represent the views of A&E, its management or its cleaning people.
But then that wouldn't have gotten all the publicity the comments got and the show's ratings would have been stuck in the astronomical figures its now enjoying and the ratings wouldn't have been boosted to yet another record breaking level.
So here's a thought. Was the whole episode orchestrated for publicity purposes? Was GQ exploited as a ratings guinea pig?
Who can tell? But such are the workings of the minds of TV management geniuses that diabolical plots are not solely the dwellers of TV murder mysteries. "Say, Phil, here's an idea. How 'bout you have an interview with GQ magazine and you say something really nasty about….
Oh yeah. Right. Back to whatshername.
Struttin' her stuff.
She said what he said was okay. I mean, like, we all have First Amendment rights. Right? I mean like yelling fire in a crowded theater and starting a deadly stampede. Right?
Anyways, if she said what he said was a right and what she said is right, she could be nominated for president on the Republican party ticket. Right?
I mean, like, stranger things have happened. Look at Mitt Romney.
I'm A Liberal.
"If by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people – their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties – someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I'm proud to say I'm a 'Liberal.'" John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Does He? Or Doesn't He?
Drink I mean, like alcoholic beverages.
Some say yes. Some say no.
Oh, okay, maybe a tinsy winsy bit of wine before breakfast. And a little after breakfast. And some during the morning hours and maybe just a touch before lunch and s'more after lunch and something a little harder during afternoon break and before dinner and after dinner and before bedtime and….
But not a drop more.
A spokesman for the Speaker said he doesn't drink anymore.
A colleague was overheard to say: "He doesn't drink any less."
(Old Dean Martin joke. Sorry about that).
Still Running!
How can you tell when Paul Ryan is running for president?
When the Randian Repub representative from Wisconsin says he wants to help the poor and feed hungry people.
Yes, he will implement conservative ideas to eliminate poverty.
Aaaaah, compassionate conservatism. Just pull that old idea out of the dust bin of political history and put it in speeches, op-eds and repeat ad nauseum during TV appearances. Conservatives really do want to help the infirm, heal the sick, feed the hungry. Hmmmm. Where have we heard that bullshit before?
The compassionate conservative viper is about to raise its ugly head and strike once again. And why not? Works every time.
Such a nice boy.Paul Ryan is helping the poor By giving to them once more A GOP hosing By simply proposing A phony agenda for sure. . His Path To Prosperity bull Will surely keep rich pockets full. With deals he will ax From a rich man's tax While wool over eyes he will pull. . The bull he's still throwing at us. And no one is raising a fuss. With outlandish acclaim He achieves right wing fame With plans he won't fully discuss.
A or B? The eternal question.
"A" is the only way if you have a cat. A cat can unravel "B" but not "A". He can scratch "A" to smithereens but he can't unravel it. Use the former and your frustrated feline will be saying: "Oh shit, "A" again."
(Credit: Nancy Lloyd shared Art Jonak's photo.)
Real Trouble At The North Pole.
Santa's factory is troubled at the North Pole.
A new economic model at last has taken a toll.
The old fellow finally has the temerity to confess,
even in Red states his elves couldn't make less.
No incentive, no merriment, an absence of wages,
slave labor has replaced good will for all of the ages.
As Santa is forlorn, and the elves are all broke,
he has been acquired by the brothers Koch.
They employ their economic model as the cruelest one,
and believe they can sell it as unions are done.
Santa is changing his route and what he delivers
in a way that should give most children shivers.
His sleigh piled with rubies, diamonds and gold,
there's only a 1% delivery list this year,
loaded with real estate stolen not sold.
As it is sure to disappoint many a child and waif,
precautions will be taken to keep Santa safe.
As TV follows Santa's trek through the skies,
war planes will escort him wherever he flies.
NORAD has said that it will do just that,
blasting away any nasty revenge seeking 99% brat.
Indeed, the teary-eyed tykes will hear as he flies out of sight:
"A miserly Christmas to most, alas, we're blitzin' far right."


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How does an unknown author become a Kindle bestseller?
We asked novelist Elisa Lorello to share some of her insight in how her first novel,
Faking It, peaked to number 6 on the Kindle Bestseller list during the last week of January with her second book, Ordinary World, positioning well around number 40.
By Elisa Lorello
I wish I could give you a formula for my recent success as an Amazon Kindle bestseller. I've been going back, trying to re-trace my steps, and the best I can say is that all the pieces fell into place at the right time. I can, however, give you the pieces. They're the four Ps of marketing: product, price, place, and promotion.
I had written my novel, Faking It, from 2004 to 2006. I spent much of 2007 querying literary agents, and while each query resulted in rejection, some agents requested the manuscript and gave me feedback that prompted me to revise the novel further. In late 2008, I decided to independently publish through Lulu.com. Despite the rejection from agents, I believed in my novel, believed in its quality and appeal, and believed a readership existed, waiting for it. Approximately six months later, in June 2009, I published it on the Amazon Kindle.
But I also have to talk about the Kindle itself as a product. My sales numbers began to skyrocket Christmas week, as I had predicted they would, and kept going up. With the Kindle being Amazon's best-selling product of all time, I knew that excited new Kindle owners (my sister being one of them) were going to want to use them, and they were going to want to buy as many books as they could. Which leads me to the second P…
Pricing, especially for e-books, has been under some scrutiny. Most Kindle users refuse to pay anything over $9.99 for an e-book. And although Amazon lost the recent pricing battle with Macmillan, read the discussion forums to get a sense of what Kindle owners want. Reading those Kindle discussion threads significantly played a role in my decision to price Faking It at 99 cents. (I had originally priced it at $1.99, with Amazon discounting it to $1.19 before they stopped discounting Kindle books.) Many indie (independently published) authors price their books under two bucks in order to entice readers who otherwise wouldn't give an unknown author a chance.
But doesn't that devalue my work and deprive me of royalties? Well, yes and no. Of course I would love to charge at least five dollars for my e-book. My book is worth that, and more. But the question is more about priority. Do you want royalties, or do you want a readership? And can you get one without the other? I wanted a readership. Thus, I lowered my price to 99 cents in September. With each month, sales numbers rose. And, as previously mentioned, by Christmas week my sales really skyrocketed.
Because I had independently published Faking It through Lulu.com prior to publishing on Kindle, I had a head start on getting out the word. I made bookstore appearances, gave a local Raleigh, NC television show interview, and jumped on the online social networking bandwagon, taking advantage of Facebook and Twitter. In conjunction to publishing on Kindle, I launched a 30-day blog tour. I also found the aforementioned discussion forums on Kindle (and learned when it was and was not appropriate to give my novel a plug).
Pretty soon, the word of mouth took on a life of its own, and I didn't have to work so hard. By late fall, reader reviews came in, and the majority were four and five stars. (By this time I had also released Ordinary World, the sequel to Faking It; in fact, I launched it on Kindle before paperback!)
I had also become a regular participant on a Facebook discussion forum for Aaron Sorkin fans (the page was created by Sorkin when he started writing The Social Network, but was deleted shortly after filming wrapped). I rarely, if ever, talked about Faking It (except to let Mr. Sorkin know that I had mentioned him in my acknowledgements as one of my favorite writers). But as the other regulars got to know me, they purchased my novel and kindly mentioned it on the forum, offering praise and promotion of their own.
Part of promoting yourself means knowing when not to give your book a plug, but rather just relax and have fun and take pleasure in the interests of others. I've stopped following authors who tweet the same message about their book (and nothing else) day after day, or only use their Facebook page to talk about their good reviews. I have more fun tweeting about things that have nothing to do with my novel, and I find that when I do get around to plugging Faking It or Ordinary World, the results are much more effective. More importantly, I support other authors - especially indie authors - as much as I can, either by hosting them on my blog, re-tweeting their messages, or recommending their book on Facebook or the Kindle forums.
This is probably where timing came in. I was able to ride the wave of social networking, and the readers did the rest. Likewise, as mentioned, with the Kindle being the number one Christmas gift, I now had access to the very readership I sought. Every time I appeared on a blog or posted a message on a discussion board, my exposure increased. Twitter followers re-tweeted my messages, and Faking It appeared on Kindle book review blogs recommended as a good book at a good price. E-book distribution has really opened up thanks to sites like Scribd and Smashwords, not to mention Kindle and Barnes & Noble allowing free e-reader software downloads, and Kindle now being accessible on Black Berry, iPhone, iPod Touch, etc.
For every recommendation and positive review, my books rose in the ranks. From there it became a spiral reaction: The higher the ranking, the more people downloaded the book. The more they downloaded the book, the higher the ranking rose. To my utter shock and delight, Faking It peaked at number 6 on the Kindle Bestseller list during the last week of January with Ordinary World positioning well around number 40. (At the time of this writing, Faking It is number 50, and Ordinary World
is number 176. Both are in the Top 100 in Genre Fiction and the Top 20 in Contemporary Romance.) I had gone from getting 50 downloads in one month back in September 2009, to 50 downloads a day in late December, to 50 downloads an hour (it peaked at 150 an hour at one point!).
There's an X-factor to all of this. No one knows how or when all these things align - believe me, I wish I did. I've tried to pinpoint the exact moment these four Ps converged, and who or what made the difference, but I really don't know why it skyrocketed as quickly as it did at the time it did. I also have no idea how long this success will last.
My numbers have dipped quite a bit in the last two weeks (this could be because people are watching the Olympics rather than reading books, so I'm curious to see if the numbers change in the coming weeks). However, some doors are opened now that weren't previously, and it'll be interesting to see what happens in the coming months. I also plan to start experimenting with pricing, especially as Amazon's author royalty rates are scheduled to increase dramatically in June.
If there's any advice I can give you, it's to start with your product - that is, make your book the best it can be. A readership is waiting to embrace indie authors, but they are holding those authors to high standards. They want to read books that are challenging, entertaining, and, most of all, well-written and well-edited. Pricing your book cheaply doesn't give you permission to publish a cheap book. Above all, work on your craft.
Also, be persistent. My success didn't happen overnight, even though it sometimes feels like it did. I spend a lot of time following up on promotion, reading blogs and discussion forums, responding to readers, etc. It's just as much work as writing the book itself. Some days it doesn't pay off. Other days it pays off in ways I'd never dreamed. Get the word "can't" out of your language. If you believe something can't be done, if you believe you are limited, then your biggest limitation is you.
Faking It and Ordinary World are currently available as an e-book on Amazon Kindle and Smashwords for 99 cents, and at Lulu.com in paperback (Faking It is also available in paperback on BarnesandNoble.com and Amazon.com in paperback). You can follow Elisa Lorello on Twitter @elisalorello, Faking It Fans on Facebook, or "I'll Have What She's Having": The Official Blog of Elisa Lorello.
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Fascinating story. Thanks, Elisa. We can all learn from your marketing savvy.ReplyDelete
Wow, Elisa! That's impressive. I also put my first novel, a mystery called IDENTITY CRISIS, up on Kindle a month before it was published in print (through Lulu.com). In addition, I published it as an e-book on Smashwords and Scribd, but the vast majority of my e-book sales have been through Amazon.ReplyDelete
I started out selling my e-books for $1.59 per download and sold anywhere from 40 to 75 downloads per month. When I dropped the price to .99 per download (last December), my e-book sales skyrocketed. I sold hundreds of downloads that month. In January and February, I sold more than 1,000 downloads each month. For weeks, I was ranked at #3 for hardboiled mysteries in the Kindle Store and #4 for the all books in the hardboiled mystery category.
I've noticed the numbers dropping lately, too. I wondered if the .99 price tag might be working against me, but if you think it might be the Olympics, I'll stick with that price. :) See what happens.
You're very welcome -- thanks for stopping by and posting a comment!ReplyDelete
Inspiring--I agree, if you start with a good book with heart, you will find your audience. Congratulations.ReplyDelete
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This was such a helpful cool read...I just bought faking it to support you and wish you well! I'm trying to get my first ebook together and found this post to be very insightful :)ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the inspiration! Consider my butt kicked! :-)ReplyDelete
Congratulations Elisa, My mother wrote her biography and never dreamed that one day it would be a best seller, her publisher decided the word of mouth marketing and ran her ebook free for a short time…the result was 22,000 downloads, now at $2.99 on Amazon she is still with-in # 5 Best Sellers after 2 months of #1. Her book is called The Wayward Child by Rita Lowther. http://www.amazon.com/The-Wayward-Child-ebook/dp/B004UB4Y6Q/ref=zg_bs_2367_2ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for your encouraging article. This is the kind of advice you search for and find very little of. I've been self published for a very long time(2005)and have sold fewer than 100 books online. Lulu and createspace. I know it's all about getting the word out, so I assume you who are selling books regularly are doing that promotion I haven't been able to do because of life's interventions. I'm praying that using your advice will change that for me. Thanks again for a great article and the hope to do better in sales. I do have quality books. My readers have spoken and they love "Heddy's Miracles!"ReplyDelete


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I don't know if there is one particular word that quite captures how the first day went.
Expected? Enthralling? Engaging? Intimidating? Exciting?
that was a lot of words that start with e
I think all of those words are valid.
As expected, there was a lot of the typical orientation activities--introductions, rules, overviews, the usual rah-rah talks. And we also hit the ground running by reviewing our pre-course work.
The concerns I had about Hack Reactor getting too large were largely dispelled: while there are four simultaneous cohorts of ~25 at any given time, there are also a significant amount of extra help. There are nearly a dozen (or more?) HIRs (hackers-in-residence), class shepherds, and roving software engineers (not sure where from...) and a fairly efficient help-system.
The lectures were engaging and finally getting to meet the rest of my class was exciting.
As I expected, there was a wide array of coding experiences and knowledge amongst my peers. At the top are people with CS-degrees, who have worked as software engineers or who have been coding for years.
In the middle are people who have used code in a previous job (e.g. research and analysis) or who have done significant projects on the side (e.g. start-ups).
Then there's the bottom portion, of which I am a proud member of. We are the ones who started learning to code this year. For me, I only really buckled down and began to learn in August. I don't think I really knew what terminal was until the end of September.
And because of that huge knowledge gap between me and everyone else, I am intimidated. But this is not a new environment for me; I felt more or less this way, only to a greater degree, when I started college. So, let's get going!


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Warning: Recap Contains Spoilers
Bob Lee Swagger (Ryan Phillippe) starts to make good on his promise to hunt, putting Isaac Johnson (Omar Epps) firmly in his crosshairs (literally) and taking a big risk trusting Agent Nadine Memphis (Cynthia Addai-Robinson). As he works to uncover who set him up, Swagger also takes steps to protect himself and his family.
"You're alive because my family's alive"
After a close call, being recognized at a convenience store, Swagger calls Isaac Johnson, watching him through his rifle scope from nearby. Swagger warns him that the only reason he's still alive is to ensure his family's safety, and if they get hurt, Johnson gets hurt. Swagger promises he'll uncover the truth. To drive home his point, and remind Johnson who he's dealing with, Swagger shoots Johnson's cell phone right out of his hand.
"This is our worst case scenario"
Johnson works the situation from both angles, telling the FBI task force that Swagger is paranoid and unstable. Then he gives his co-conspirators a frank assessment, warning them that if Swagger lives long enough, he'll try to take them all out. Swagger can hide in plain sight, he's patient, committed, and fearless. Johnson knows that Swagger's only weakness is his family and he's prepared to use them as bait if necessary.
Lasagna Night
Julie (Shantel VanSanten) shops for ingredients for lasagna night and gets a call from Swagger while she's in the store. Two agents trail her as someone spills coffee on her. She goes alone to the restroom to clean up. Swagger is waiting there for her. After a brief happy reunion, he gets down to business, warning her not to mention Isaac Johnson's name to anyone. He tells her bluntly that if she talks, they'll kill her. He's working on getting her and Mary out of the country. He asks Julie to mention the story of Musa Qala, Afghanistan to their daughter if she doubts her daddy. Julie tells Swagger that she trusts Agent Memphis, so he suggests Julie tell her to look into Kyle Timmons, the police officer who supposedly shot him, and see what Memphis does with it.
Kasper the Friendly Russian
Swagger calls "Kasper," a woman Alexander Rosovich mentioned might be able to get his family out of the country. She asks for $100,000, and that's the hero rate.
Spare Parts
Swagger goes to a VA hospital to see Ron Perkins (Eddie George), the director of rehabilitation and prosthetic services. Ron initially brushes his friend off, angry about the negative public perception of vets that Swagger is adding to, but he changes his mind, giving Swagger the item he asked for. Perkins mentions that he changed the serial number, but we don't know yet why that's important. Yet again, Swagger slips through a police barricade.
The Other Patsy
After Julie mentions Timmons to Memphis, she takes the name to her boss, Agent John Renlow, who encourages her to continue trying to get Swagger to trust her. Is it possible Memphis isn't the ally she seems? She sidles up to Timmons in a bar and tries to get him talking, then turns to interrogation, mentioning his less-than-stellar record and the fact he wasn't supposed to be working the day of the assassination. He warns her off, but she's starting to believe Swagger.
Walking in on Memphis
Memphis comes home at the end of a long day to find Swagger in her living room. He found Kyle Timmons' body; Payne killed him but staged it to look like suicide. Swagger asks Memphis for her help. He tells her the truth about Isaac Johnson and how he was set up. She wants to believe him, but notes he has no evidence. Swagger points her in the direction of a journalist named Kalina Ordenko, who was working on a story about dealings in Ukraine but hasn't been heard from since the assassination. When Memphis asks Johnson about her later, his vague answers don't satisfy her curiosity.
Payne in the Rear
As Johnson is scrambling to fend off Swagger, Payne is not making his job any easier. He tells Johnson their supposed boss, Meachum, blames Johnson for Swagger getting away. And there's a key piece of evidence missing. Payne leaves a flash drive in a dead drop at a church, then bails when Johnson sends him after Swagger.
The Cabin in the Woods
Swagger hides out at a friend's cabin, hunting deer, and rigging a bomb. He draws Johnson and the FBI to him by going out in public. Johnson threatens Julie with arrest to get the name of Swagger's friend with a cabin in the area. SWAT teams find the house empty, but once Johnson and Memphis are inside, Swagger starts shooting at them. He misses, which is not like him. Johnson waits for his moment and shoots back into the woods. There's a giant explosion.
Bits and Pieces
The team finds body parts everywhere and the remains of a suicide vest. There's so much gore, it's hard to tell what they're looking at, but we've been paying attention and remember Swagger killed a deer earlier. Then they find a titanium hip like Swagger's, and Perkins' comment about altering Swagger's record to match also suddenly makes sense.
Musa Qala
After seeing news reports of Swagger's death, Julie tells her daughter that they have to have faith in him. She asks Mary about the story of Musa Qala. Mary remembers that her dad saved Isaac's life. But, she says that wasn't the best part of the story: daddy had to be a ghost. Julie understands and is relieved.
In the cabin, Memphis finds Swagger's evidence board before Johnson can get to it. Her phone rings, it's Swagger. He's trusting her with his life and asks her to trust her gut and keep digging. She remembers the last time she trusted her instincts, someone got killed. "Then the good news is I'm already dead," Swagger says.


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