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AJ High SchoolAll I can say is, "WOW!!!" Coming across this site on the internet was quite unexpected.
I too attended AJH (1971-73) for my freshman through junior years. I moved to Washington, DC for the last 8 months of high school.
I lived at 118-45 204th Street, between 118th & 119th Avenues. When my family moved there in 1963, we were the first black family on the block. Our next door neighbors were the named Lucas. They owned a dry cleaning shop on Farmers Blvd. In less than 10 years after we moved in it seemed like all of the white people were gone...except the Lucas'. They loved their home and were determined to stay regardless of who else moved into the neighborhood. Mr Lucas had a train set up on a platform that filled his entire basement. He used to always have the neighborhood kids over to see all of his different trains. By 1960s standards that was very cool.
By the time I was old enough to be aware of it, most of the friction in the area was not between blacks and whites. Probably because there weren't many white folks left. There was a significant West Indian/Haitian population moving into the Queens Village area, and there were definite problems between the American blacks and West Indian blacks. Of course, at that time, there was the rise of the street gangs (Seven Crowns, Black Spades, Ace of Spades, Savage Skulls, Etc.). Somehow I managed to steer clear of that scene.
For me, the time spent living in on 204th Street are filled with very fond memories, even after the neighborhood became the "hood."
I remember:
-- Associated Supermarket on Linden Boulevard.
-- Cambria Park (at least that's what we called it. I think someone else referred to it as Colin Field.)There was this guy who lived right beside the park who we called "Zit Back" who played basketball with us and was probably the last white guy left in the neighborhood.
-- Gouz Dairy in Elmont. When we first moved to 204th Street they used to deliver milk right to the doorstep.
-- Carvels just across the city line on Linden.
-- The Lumber Yard at Linden and Springfield Blvd...I loved the smell of that place.
-- Someone mentioned the Cherry Woods. They were located between Nashville Blvd. on the northeast and Springfield Blvd. on the southwest. My friends and I played in the Cherry Woods and then in the foundations of the houses as they were being built.
-- In 1971, there were only a handful of white students still enrolled at Jackson. We had security guards inside of the building and a uniformed police officer walking the beat outside. The police officer was named Officer King. My grandmother used to take care of his grand daughter and he would pick her up from our house in the evenings. Needless to say, I never wanted to get caught being bad by Officer King. That news would go straight to my grandmother's ears.
People have mentioned a number of famous AJH graduates, but no one mentioned Bob Cousy. His name was on a plaque outside of the gym.
I could go on and on (I guess I already have.)...but just a few more things.
-- The deli across the street from AJH on Francis Lewis...great ham salad sandwiches
-- The Cambria Theater...up until nearly 1970 they still had Saturday afternoon double features.
-- The Jack-In-The-Box at Linden and Francis Lewis...it got burned down during a gang fight sometime around 1975.
-- The Conduits along the expressway where people used to drag race.
-- Cardinal Lanes & White Castle on Hillside Ave.
Okay. I give up. This is making me feel just a bit old and a tad nostalgic.
cambria heightsIt is interesting the last few entries. I lived in Cambria Heights till 1963. We moved because my parents got divorced. My Mother and I moved to Jamaica. We moved my mother out in 1990 because Jamaica got so bad . She was mugged 3 times. I guess all sections go through changes as new groups move in. I'm glad to hear that Cambria Heights is making a come back. It was sad to see how things had deteriated the last time I was there. Incedently, I now live in a section of Denver, Colorado that had witnessed the same racial changes back in the 70's. But, things turned out differently. When "white flight" began, the local churches stopped the exodus by speaking out against the fear, prejudice and block busting Realtors and started welcoming parties. When a black family moved on the block the other white neighbors welcomed them. This stopped the flight and Park Hill became one of the largest stabelly integrated communities in the U.S. It's a shame Cambria Heights couldn't go that way.
We don't forget eitherAll the Rev. Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have to do is dialog with the babyboomers who grew up in neighborhoods like Cambria Heights, Laurelton,Jamaica and Queens Village etc. and admit that the young blacks of those days made our lives miserable.
Well those white babyboomers are now 50-65 years old and do not forget.
How many times was there racial abuse by blacks on the Q4 bus and others.
I think we could go on and on.
Blacks do not want to forget how they were treated in the 1800's. Well we don't forget how we were treated 50 years ago.
Bill O'Reilly where are you , you were there!!!!
cambria heightsCan we get back to some pleasant memories. The changes that occured suck. Let's get over it.
Cambria HeightsUnbeleivable memories. Name was Howard Hendelson, changed to my middle name Lee Hendelson 30 years ago. Grew up in Cambria Heights 115-02 229th St. P.S. 147, P.S. 192, Andrew Jackson. I remember Dr. Fine smoked cigaretts in his office. Remember Dr. Seaman(Dentist)and all the stores, etc. mentioned in other postings. In touch with Bruce Friedberg and Howard Fisher and Howard Fox(Queens Village). Anyone know about Victor Russo or Howard Singer or Richie Ballard. Lucy, Lucille and Patricia also lived on our street. Have Lived in West Palm Beach Fl. since 1976.
Cambria/147/192/AJHS/CHJCOK, I guess it's my turn down memory lane. Dr. Fine's
booming/echoing voice scared the shit out of me. At the
mere mention of his name, I seemed to get better. His
office had an odor that came from cauterizing everyone's
warts. As for Dr. Seaman, just once I would have liked
him to be on the oher side of that drill. Alan Spector's
mom, Renee, worked there. I remember Officer Joe
Bolton's visit to Cambria. (Btw, Chuck McCann was AJHS's
other famous alum after Cousy). It was Ralph's Barber
Shop with his red fire engine chair on 228th Street/
Linden...next to Schiller's butcher shop. Steven B:
condolences on the recent passing of your mom, your
nephew Nathan's passing and your 1st cousin Paul's
recent passing. Only good things for you going forward.
I'm in touch with Norman Greenberg, Paul Millman, Joel
Lipsky, Malcolm Kushner, Phil Mouzon. I remember
Howard Singer and his cohort in crime Louis Nagy. Is there
anyone of us who Cantor Freedman did not refer to as
being a hoodIum? I remember Walcliff's and I still have the
roller rink burns to prove it. How can you mention
Walcliff's and not mention Great Eastern Mills? Who
remembers Wetson's in Valley Stream and the bug
zappers? Mr Yurasits was the best teacher at AJHS and
Mrs. Somers the worst at 192. I had a crush on Mrs.
Eisner, my second grade teacher at 147. That was nothing
compared to the hots I had for Mallory Gordon of
Laurelton. I remember just about everyone from the class
of '71. One burning question: Are Steve Errante and Nancy
Esposito still dating?
cambria heightsIs Sacred Heart School still there? AJHS is now some sort of magnet school. Is the Jewish Center still there?
SH, Magnet, CHJCDon't know
Yes it is
No it's not. It converted. It's now a church.
Sacred HeartSacred Heart School my alma mater is there and open as is The Church to mostly Haitian parishoners and students.
Stopped by there 2 years ago and was told that people from the 60's come by all the time to visit
Cambria Heights, QueensWow! I just happend on this page during a slow day at work. I was born in CH in 1954 and moved to NJ in 1967. I lived at 117-48 225 st. I attended kindergarten at ps 176 and grades 1-7 at Sacred Heart. I remeber the Deli on 225th and Linden. I rember A-Z hardware, the LI press paper pickup, Levy's chocolate Italian ice, and G & S drugs. I played Cambria Heights LL for 6 years. Besides Colden ( I thought it was Colin ) field, we used to play at a place called The Cage right off a parkway. Cross Island or Belt, I don't remember which. We used to go to the Carvel near the Elmont line after games. I remember taking the Q-4 to Jamaica to go shopping with my mom, and paying 48 cents to see a movie at the Cambria Theater. For a real treat we would get taken to the Loews Valencia theater which had a fountain in the lobby with giant goldfish. Anybody remember Joe the ice cream man, who used to sell pretzels for 7 cents at Sacred Heart at lunchtime ? I used to walk home from Sacred Heart for lunch with my friends Tom Mc Carthy and Joe Moran. We would stop at Sam's candy store at 223 & Linden on the way back. We used to go roller skating at Walcliff but didn't we used to swim there in the summer ? I seem to recall a big pool on the roof. I specifically remember an earleir poster, Tom Dolan, who lived in the apartments on 225 & Linden. His mom used to drive a Chevy Nova which she used to park on 225 st. Wow. I need to eat lunch and concentrate on work now, but I will keep checking back for replies and will post more memories when time and memory allow. Joe D. from Boca
Cambria HeightsJoe D. from Boca wouldn't happen to be Joe DiSalvo, would it?
cambria heightsIt was great to read peoples memories. I lived in Cambria
Heights from 1953 thru 1969. I loved being able to walk all
over from the Little Italian Deli back close to the Parkway,
down to the Associated on Springfield, and then up to the
movies on Linden Blvd. I went to Sacred Heart but got to play
with all my neighbors , those mult-cultural stick ball games
on Murdoch Ave. I wish I could have gone to Andrew Jackson
instead of traveling 3 hours a day to Astoria to attend a
catholic high school. Friday Night Confreternity
Dances.....Memories... Thanks
Great Place to grow upGreat Stuff...what a great neighborhood in the late 50's-60's.
Newcome's, Joe the Ice Cream Man, John's Deli, Colen Field, those great gin mills on the corners that we were all too young to go in to.
We have the memories
cambria heightsThe only bar I can remember was the Linden Tavern on 227th and Linden.Down thw street from my home. There was one also across from Levy's Sweet shoppe. What were the others?
rockway beachPut on a lot of miles hitch hikeing to 35ST beach rockway.
Twin PondsI believe Twin Ponds (obviously viewed through our youthful eyes) were the low lying areas on the east side of the Belt Pky near the Merrick exit.
Cambria HeightsJay K., do you have a sister, Ronnie? I was good friends with a Ronnie Kreisberg - would love to know if there's a connection. And how about the donut shop on Linden Blvd.? I love that Joe the ice cream man is a memory for other people...do you remember the charms he gave out along the ice-cream? And does any one remember the horse that you could ride on Saturday mornings for $.10? And the shoe repair lady who would pick up your shoes if the sign was in the window......and the knife sharpening truck that drove through the streets ringing a bell to announce its presence? That's all for now.
cambria heightsIn addition to Joe the ice cream guy. Remember Bungalow Bar and Good Humor?
Fond MemoriesTo JMillius.....I've read some of your posts
and I used to live down the street from
you....since 1939 .....at 118-16 227th St.
but left a long time ago....1955 to move to
Boston area with my parents. These
discussions really bring back memories
of long ago. I probably walked by your
house on my way to school, then work. I
had a summer job during highschool on
Linden Blvd. and 227th St. It was an
aluminum door and window company
(remember "Jalousie Windows"? There
was also a bar at the corner. My husband
and I now spend our time as snowbirds
in Florida when we aren't in
Massachusetts for the summers/fall.
IzziesAny one remember Izzies candy store on linden and springfield blvd next to gas station ?
cambria heightsI don't remember Izzies, But I do remember Kaplan's on Linden Blvd and 227th st.
NewcomesNewcome's on 220th and Linden was my Heaven
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when I was a kid, I use to comb the streets and the garbage cans for deposit bottles that were thrown away. I also collected newspapers from the trash cans and wherever I could find them and sold them to the paper recycler. It must have been funny seeing my fathers new Lincoln head down the street with a 1000 pounds of paper sticking out of the trunk and the back seats. When I was a teenager, the Borden company had a deal where if you sent them 25 sticks from Fudgesicle bars, you would get a free ticket to Ebbets Field. I again combed the sidewalks and streets and actually used to follow people who were eating the ice cream and grab their sticks when they threw them away. Needless to say, I made the trip to Flatbush many times that summer (2 hours on the subway from Flushing)...BUT... I got to see Robinson, Campanella, The Duke, Pee Wee, Furillo, Newcomb et all.
The big quart size beer bottles were a good find.They were a nickle a piece. ( then you had to hear,"did your father buy that beer here?" LOL
As a kid who was too young to work the local Super Markets,I use to hit the Manhattan Construction Sites for deposit bottles. The store keeper use to give me an attitude on the returns...OH its you again.
As a kid I lived off of deposit bottles. That was my spending money. My neighbor with no children left all her bottles out side my door. It was my ice cream, comic books, and movie money
A little off topic, but Ed's Dodgers made me think of this ----- from first base, Whitey Lockman, Davey Williams, Alvin Dark, Hank Thomson, Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, Don Mueller, Wes Westrum and pitchers Ruben Gomez, Jim Hearn, Larry Jansen, Johnny Antonelli, Dave Koslo, Hoyt Wilhelm, and manager Leo Durocher. Oh, yeah, Bobby Thompson who hit the "shot heard 'round the world" in 1951. The Dodger-Giant rivalry was the greatest in all sports. When Brooklyn played the Yankees in the World Series, we Giant fans rooted for Brooklyn.
Reege--I was in the 3rd grade @ Sacred Heart grammar school during that series. When we were let out of school that day, the game was still going on. The principal told us to stop in the church & light a candle for the Dodgers to win the pennant. When I got home, the game was over & the Giants had won the pennant. When we got back to school the next day, the principal, Sr. Alphonsus, turned around a statue of the Sacred Heart in her office to face the wall. She was a big Brooklyn fan.
Ha ha ha - terrific story, Olivia!
so much for...DIVINE INTERVENTION...how about..Dusty Rhodes
Everyone is forgetting who was on deck when Thompson hit the home run. Ever heard of a guy named Willie Mays? I have a seat slat from the Polo Grounds signed by both Bobby Thompson and Ralph Branca.
I remember my mother sending me to our local supermarket (Big Apple) with an empty 6 pack carton of Pepsi Cola bottles. You would return them in a small corner of the appetizing counter, wait for a paper receipt and then cash the receipt at the cashier in the front of the store. That would be followed by me purchasing a Nestles milk chocolate candy bar at the candy store across the street (Oakland News) on Springfield Blvd. in Bayside Queens. Those were the days! DrSteve
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MUHLENBERG, Ky. (4/18/14) — Miranda Hope is Student Counselor at the Muhlenberg Job Corps.
She is a very dedicated and enthusiastic employee ready to jump in and help with any situation that may arise. When someone was needed to chaperone the female students attending SGA camp, she stepped up without hesitation to volunteer. She completed her job duties on center before leaving to ensure all paperwork was finalized in a timely manner. She puts in extra hours beyond her work schedule to ensure her students get the services needed in order to be successful in the program. Hope is a definite asset to the counseling department and to the center.
Hope has also been a tremendous help with the Center's softball league.
The Center participates in almost monthly, sometimes twice a month, tournaments for charity with our co-ed softball team. Hope has volunteered with practices and with our most recent tournament. Her participation enabled the team to participate in the last tournament due to recreation being in need of a second driver due to both buses being in use. The team would not have been able to go and participate had she not volunteered outside her job responsibilities to help. She has a great rapport with all students and really goes out of her way to help our students here on campus.
Due to all these reasons more, Miranda Hope is deserving of the recognition for the title of Muhlenberg Job Corps Employee of the Month for March 2014.
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In making this list, I do not intend to ridicule the Saints or those they intercede for.
No names are made up.
35 - Saint Abban of Magheranoidhe
-My tongue hurts from trying to pronounce Mag2#*yudrand.
34 - Blessed Rudolph Aquaviva
-Isn't a bottled water named after him? No that was Saint Flavian of Acquapendente.
-She was very enthusiastic.
32 - Saint Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius
-I wonder if his parents spoke Latin?
31 - Saint Zynovij Kovalyk
-The last Saint in the alphabet and one of the hardest to pronounce.
30 - Saint Gall
-He was brazenly bold.
29 - Saint Aceptismas
-He accepts the Mass.
28 - Saint Lancelot.
-No. Not THAT Lancelot.
27 - Saint Vimin of Holywood
-Holywood not Hollywood. Big difference.
26 - Saint Austin (AKA - St. Augustine of Canterbury)
-When will there be a St. College Station?
25 - Saint Artaxus of Syrmium
-Any Saint name that sounds like "tax us" probably isn't going to be awfully popular.
24 - Saint Christina the Astonishing
-Sounds more like a master of illusion show.
23 - Saint Januarius
-Followed by Februarius, then Marcharius, etc.
22 - Saint Alphege the Bald
-I like this guy.
21 - Saint Mamas
-One of a kind. This is the only Mamas that is not a woman.
20 - Saint Bairfhion
-Huh huh. He said "barf".
19 - Saint Teath
-Patron against cavities?
18 - Saint Tron
-The video game was better than the movie.
17 - Saint Kenny
-Only his mother called him "Kenneth"
16 - Saint John the Great Sinner
-I can relate to this Saint...
15 - Saint Conon
-That was close. I thought it was "Conan".
14 - Saint Bru
-Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "What's up Bru?"
13 - Saint Olive of Palermo
-Her mother was a Kalamata.
12 - Saint Vicelin, Apostle of Holstein
-Is this the patron of fresh milk?
11 - Saint Dora
-She discipled Boots and evangelized Swiper.
10 - Saint Rollox
-Always on time.
9 - Saint Nabor
-Nothing is known about Nabor. Of course, most don't know their neighbor.
8 - Saint Gwynnin
-Can I buy a vowel?
7 - Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari
-His once vice was driving very fast in fancy cars.
6 - Saint Olav the Thick
-Just don't call him that.
5 - Our Lady of Knock
-Who's there?
4 - Saint Pancratius
-I got over it with some strong antibiotics.
3 - Saint Peter Chanel
-Always smelled good.
2 - Saint Guy
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Department Of Education officials announced Wednesday that they will allow families to transfer their children out of 61 public schools deemed by city officials to be failing.
Currently, the Panel for Educational Policy is expected to vote on March 11 on whether to phase out 22 of these failing public schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
Another 39 public schools will still be phasing out next year.
About 16,000 eligible students are expected to receive transfer applications in mid- to late March, and families will have four to five weeks to respond.
DOE officials will then process the applications by the end of the school year, so that the students can attend new schools by September.
State education officials have already approved the transfer policy, and say they will give "first in line" status to applicants from phase-out schools who want available seats at higher performing schools.
Among those students, priority will given to those who are low performing or come from high-needs households, according to the DOE.
DOE officials said if any particular failing school loses too many students, they may consider closing the school immediately rather than phasing it out over time.
Before this policy change, students could only be allowed to transfer out of schools that were deemed as struggling under federal "No Child Left Behind" guidelines or failing by state standards.
Under the old rules, fewer than 1 percent of eligible students in failing schools chose to transfer, according to the DOE.
A hearing was held Wednesday at Jonathan Levin High School for Media and Communications in the Bronx, which is on the list.
The school had a four-year graduation rate of 31 percent in 2012, and received no higher than a "C" in the last three years of progress report cards.
The Panel for Educational Policy will decide next month whether Jonathan Levin High School and the other schools will have to close.
Parents and students NY1 spoke to said they want the school to get another shot.
"It's a wonderful experience for them that would not be given out anywhere else," said one person who attended the meeting. "You might as well start what you finish. It's better that way. Because to be jumping to another school, they have friends here."
"I love this school," said another person who attended the meeting. "The media and the teachers are so well, and they teach us well enough that we could grasp our material even more. It's a shame to see the school close."
The Department of Education has proposed to phase out the following 22 schools:
ManhattanHigh School of Graphic Communication Arts Choir Academy of Harlem Bread & Roses Integrated Arts High SchoolJ.H.S. 013 Jackie Robinson
The BronxM.S. 203 Herbert H. Lehman High School P.S. 064 Pura Belpre Jonathan Levin High School for Media and Communications M.S. 142 John Philip Sousa Performance School P.S. 230 Dr Roland N. Patterson P.S. 050 Clara Barton
BrooklynP.S. 167 The ParkwayJ.H.S. 166 George Gershwin J.H.S. 302 Rafael Cordero Sheepshead Bay High School General D. Chappie James Middle School of Science P.S. 174 Dumont P.S. 073 Thomas S. Boyland
QueensP.S. 140 Edward K EllingtonLaw, Government and Community Service High SchoolBusiness, Computer Applications & Entrepreneurship High School
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"Until 9 December 1917 for more 400 years the city and Palestine lived peacefully under Pax Ottomana. Despite this 400 year long rule of Turks in Jerusalem there are not many visible Turkish Architectural Works. No slender minarets or Royal Mosque as in Balkans was build. The reason for this was respect for the local traditions and because there was a congregational Mosque of Masjid el-Aqsa. No other Mosque could be built that could surpass the holy shrine. Never the less, the City of Jerusalem has still a visible Turkish Presence. "
Suleiman had a special relationship with Jerusalem. Evliya Çelebi describes Sultan Suleiman's special relationship with Jerusalem as follows:
"In the year 926/1520 Sultan Suleiman acceded to the throne and conquered the fortress of Belgrade 927/1521 and later on the island of Rhodes 928/1522 and accumulated thereby intense wealth. The Prophet Muhammed (s.a.w) appeared to him in a blessed night and told him: "O Suleiman you will make many conquests You should spend these spoils on embellishing Mecca and Medina, and for the fortification of the citadel of Jerusalem in order to repulse the unbelievers, when they attempt to take possession during the reign of your followers. You should also embellish its sanctuary with a water basin and offer annual money gift to the dervishes there, and also embellish the Rock of Allah and rebuild Jerusalem."
"Such being the order of the Prophet (S), Suleiman sends from his spoils one thousand purses to Medina and another thousand purses to Jerusalem. Together with required material he dispatched the master architect Koca Sinan and transferred Lala Mustafa Pasha from the governorship of Egypt to that of Syria, this latter having been ordered to carry out the restoration of Jerusalem, gathered all the master builders, architects and sculptors available in Cairo, Damascus and Aleppo and send them to Jerusalem to rebuild it and to embellish the Holy Rock."
Ottoman Soldiers in Palestine
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Palestinian Wedding Procession 1904
Visiting of King of Germany to Ottoman Palestine 1898
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Contract for Difference Trades for Your Investment Portfolio
A mainstream alternative to spread bets in the UK is the humble contract for difference (CFD), which is similar to a spread bet in most ways but uses a slightly different structure. A CFD is an agreement between two parties to settle, at the close of the contract, the difference between the opening and closing prices of the contract, multiplied by the number of underlying shares specified in the contract.
In essence, a CFD is a mutant cross between a mainstream options contract and a spread bet. CFDs are traded in a similar way to ordinary shares. The prices quoted by many CFD providers are exactly the same as the underlying market price and you can trade any quantity, just as with an ordinary share.
To trade in a CFD you're usually charged a commission on the trade, and the total value of the transaction is the number of CFDs you buy or sell multiplied by the market price. But instead of paying the full value of a transaction you only need to pay a percentage of the initial trading position, called the initial margin.
The key point is that this margin allows leverage, so that you can access a larger amount of shares than if buying or selling the shares themselves.
Here's a straightforward CFD trading example. As with options and spread bets, you have the choice of making a long or short trade.
HSBC shares currently trade at 550–550.5. You think that HSBC will rise in price and so you place a trade to buy 10,000 shares as a CFD at 550.5. The total value of the contract is £55,050 but you need only to make an initial 10 per cent deposit (the initial margin) of £5,505. The commission on the trade is fairly low (around 0.2 per cent of that £5,505) and because you're buying a CFD, no stamp duty applies.
A week later you discover that your prediction is correct and the share price of HSBC rises to 555–555.5 pence. You decide to close your position by selling 10,000 HSBC CFDs at 555 pence. Your trade makes a 4.5 pence per share profit, which equates to £450 in total.
But to calculate the overall profit you need to take into account commission and financing charges on the deal. Financing charges are usually on a LIBOR plus basis, with interest worked out on a daily basis (note: LIBOR is an interbank lending rate; for non-banks, the rate is higher by a certain number of base points), and so here financing is anything from £5 to £20 depending on interest rates.
Short (bearish) trades work in exactly the same way as long trades, but in the opposite direction, in that you make money when you borrow stock to sell for what you believe is a high price and then buy it back when the price falls.
An individual with net worth of more than $1 million (alone or jointly with a spouse) or with income of $200,000 in each of the past two years and with a reasonable expectation of the same level of income in the current year. Certain higher-risk investments are often restricted to accredited investors.
A risk-adjusted measure of performance. Alpha measures the portion of an investment's return attributable to the security's inherent values (for example, earnings growth) rather than to overall market movements.
A trading technique that takes advantage of price discrepancies when the same security, currency, or commodity is traded on different markets.
A condition that is met when an option's strike price is the same as the prevailing price for the underlying stock. For example, if stock ABC is trading at $125 and the option's strike price is also $125, then the option is at the money.
A financial statement that shows the value of a company's assets, liabilities, and owner's equity on a given date. Total assets minus total liabilities equals owner's equity.
A situation that occurs when you have sold something you do not own. In commodities, if you enter into a contract to sell a commodity which you don't own with a promise to deliver it at a set price on a future date, then you are short that commodity. In stocks, you are short a stock if you have sold it and borrowed the shares from a broker to deliver to the purchaser, with an obligation to replace the borrowed shares at a future date. Being short means that you're bearish, or negative on the market, and that your goal is to make money when the security or commodity that you choose to short falls in price.
A measure of a stock's relative volatility. A stock with a higher beta can be expected to rise or fall more than the overall market, whereas a stock with a lower beta is less volatile than the overall market.
A theoretical model used to calculate the fair market value of an option based on time to expiration, price of the underlying stock, historical volatility, strike price, and carrying costs.
A contract that gives the holder the right to buy a particular asset at a specified price at any time prior to the expiration of the option.
A bond that the issuer can redeem before its maturity date. The bondholder is often paid a premium when the bond is called.
A chart that shows the daily high, low, opening, and closing prices for a security over a specified time period.
The profit from the sale of an investment at a price that's higher than the purchase price.
An interest-bearing investment issued by a bank. CDs are typically available with maturities ranging from three months to five years.
Buying and selling securities by a broker for the sole purpose of generating commissions.
A call option written by an investor who already owns the underlying shares. If you write a covered call and the option is exercised by the holder, then you would just deliver the stock to the holder.
Delta represents the price change of an option for every one-point change in the price of the underlying security or futures contract.
A financial instrument whose value is based on the value of another asset or index. A stock option, for example, is a type of derivative that gives you the right, but not the obligation, to buy shares of the stock at a predetermined price. The option's value changes in relation to the price of the stock.
An electronic order-routing system used by NYSE member firms to send market and limit orders directly to the specialist at the exchange who trades that particular security.
Money paid out by a company to the owner of its stock. An income stock is a stock that has a regularly paid, higher-than-average dividend.
A market in which stock shares are issued and traded. Trading takes place through both exchanges and over-the-counter markets.
A mutual fund that is traded, like stocks, on an exchange.
Currency that a government declares to be legal tender, even though it is not backed by reserves of physical assets (such as gold). The value of fiat money derives solely from the public's confidence and faith in its ability to serve as a storage medium for purchasing power. Most of the world's money is fiat money.
The largest non-governmental regulatory organization responsible for overseeing all securities firms that do business in the United States. Responsibilities include professional training, testing and licensing of registered representatives, and arbitration and mediation.
Speculation on the value of one currency versus another, in which you buy one country's currency—just as you'd buy a stock or other security—in the hope that it will appreciate relative to the value of another currency.
Contracts where you agree to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity, currency, or other asset at a specified price on a specified future date. Unlike an option, a futures contract creates an obligation, rather than just a right, to buy and sell the underlying security.
When you own a security or other asset, you are said to be long that security. When you go long (that is, buy) a security, you're bullish, or positive on the market, and you expect the price of that security to go up.
Privately held corporations created by Congress to work for the common good—generally to facilitate borrowing for homeowners, farmers, and other specific groups. Examples of GSEs include Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Farm Credit Bank.
A chart formation in a graph of an asset price that resembles three mountaintops in a row, with the middle mountaintop being taller than the other two. The pattern indicates a trend reversal, meaning that prices are expected to fall.
An investment strategy that allows you to reduce the risk of an unfavorable price change in a security or commodity. For example, a stockholder of ABC Company who is worried about declining stock prices can offset that risk by buying a put option on ABC, allowing him to sell his shares in the future at today's price.
Investments that don't trade very actively and are difficult to sell on short notice.
A theoretical value representing the volatility of the security underlying an option. Implied volatility is used by the Black-Scholes model, among others, to calculate the price of an option. Implied volatility usually rises when the markets are in downtrends, and falls when the markets are in uptrends.
A condition that is met when a call option's strike price is below the prevailing price for the underlying stock. For example, if stock ABC is trading at $125 and the option's strike price is $120, then the option is in the money. For a put option, the strike price must be above the current market price of the stock for the option to be in the money.
A mutual fund designed to mirror the performance of a specific market index such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500. Expenses of index funds tend to be lower than other mutual funds because the manager is not actively researching, buying, and selling securities.
A type of individual retirement savings plan. There are several types of IRAs, including, among others, Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. Traditional IRAs are tax-deferred accounts that currently allow individuals to contribute up to $5,000 per year. Contributions to a Traditional IRA may be tax deductible, depending upon several factors. You don't pay taxes on the income and gains you generate in a Traditional IRA until you make withdrawals; all withdrawals will be taxed at the ordinary income tax rate. Roth IRAs are subject to different tax treatment.
The degree to which an investor or business is utilizing borrowed money. For investors, leverage is a means of multiplying the return on an investment by borrowing money to purchase additional securities or other assets. Buying securities on margin is an example. If you have $1,000 of cash and borrow another $1,000 from your brokerage, you could then purchase $2,000 of stock. If the value of the purchased stock increases by 10 percent ($200), then you have realized a 20 percent gain ($200/$1,000) on your actual cash investment.
The value of a company as measured by the total number of stock shares outstanding times the market price of each share. For example, if company ABC has 20 million shares outstanding, and each share is currently worth $100, then the market cap for ABC is $2 billion. In general, stocks are classified as large cap (over $5 billion), small cap (under $1 billion), or mid cap (anything in between).
A stock index where the effect of each stock on the index is in proportion to its market value.
A major ongoing development that is expected to have significant implications for most (if not all) facets of society over an extended period of time. The aging of the American population is an example.
The perceived strength behind a price or volume movement in a security based on the rate of acceleration of that movement.
In technical analysis, a chart line that shows the average of a security's price over a specified period of time, recalculated for each new data point. For example, a 30-day moving average will include yesterday's price and those for the previous 29 days. Tomorrow's moving average will include today's price but will drop the price for the earliest date in yesterday's average. The moving average is used to spot pricing trends by flattening out large fluctuations.
A bond issued by a local or state government or agency. Munis generally raise money for public projects such as hospitals, roads, bridges, and sewer systems as well as general governmental operations. When you buy a muni, the interest is usually exempt from federal income tax.
A fund operated by an investment company that raises money from shareholders and invests that money in a group of assets in accordance with one or more stated objectives, such as income, growth, aggressive growth, and so on. A mutual fund may generally invest in stocks, bonds, options, futures, currencies, and money market securities in accordance with its stated parameters. All shareholders share equally in the income, gains, and losses generated by the fund.
A call option written by an investor who does not already own the underlying shares. If you write a naked call and the option is exercised by the holder, then you would have to buy the stock at the market price to meet your obligation. Naked calls are very risky, though potentially very rewarding.
An electronic stock exchange established by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). The Nasdaq lists over 3,200 companies and is the largest equity securities trading market in the U.S.
A system where traders on a trading floor or in a trading pit shout and use hand signals to make transactions or trades with each other.
A derivative security that gives the holder a contractual right to buy or sell a set amount of a stock, commodity, or other asset at a specified price on or before the option's expiration date. An option is purchased for a fee, called a premium.
A person who is buying options. Call option holders have the right to buy a stipulated quantity of the underlying asset specified in the contract at a specified strike price. Put option holders have the right to sell the specified amount at the strike price.
A condition that is met when a call option's strike price is above the prevailing price for the underlying stock. For example, if stock ABC is trading at $120 and the option's strike price is $125, then the option is out of the money. For a put option, if the strike price is below the current market price of the stock, then the option is out of the money.
A securities market where trades are conducted by phone or computer network directly between dealers rather than on a physical trading floor. All bonds trade over-the-counter, as do unlisted stocks (generally, stocks of smaller companies that do not qualify for listing on an exchange).
A contract that gives the holder the right to sell a particular asset at a specified price at any time prior to the expiration of the option.
A company, usually traded publicly, that raises money from shareholders and invests that money in a portfolio of real estate properties. REITs are modeled after mutual funds, although the tax treatment of REIT income is different.
A statistical technique used to find the mathematical relationship between a dependent variable (such as a company's stock price) and one or more independent variables (such as GDP, income growth, or inflation). Regression analysis is used to predict future values of the dependent variable based on changes in the independent variables.
A price movement in the opposite direction of the previous trend. When a price has gone too far and traders deem the security overbought or oversold, the price may stop rising or falling and move in the opposite direction for a period of time.
A type of IRA in which contributions to the account are not tax-deductible, but qualified withdrawals are completely exempt from federal income tax.
A federal agency whose mission is to protect investors from fraud or other unlawful market activities.
A nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1970 to protect investors in the United States. SIPC insures the assets in investor accounts (up to certain maximum amounts) at registered brokerage firms in the event of bankruptcy of those firms.
An instruction to a broker to sell a stock at the market price after the security has touched the specified stop price. A sell stop is always placed below the present market price and is usually designed to protect a profit or limit a loss.
The general feeling among investors as to which direction the stock market is heading. If the sentiment is that prices are going up, it is said to be bullish; if the sentiment is toward a downward movement, it is bearish. Investors base sentiment on market activity and movements in the prices of securities.
A situation that occurs when you have sold something you do not own. In commodities, if you enter into a contract to sell a commodity which you don't own with a promise to deliver it at a set price on a future date, then you are short that commodity. In stocks, you are short a stock if you have sold it and borrowed the shares from a broker to deliver to the purchaser, with an obligation to replace the borrowed shares at a future date. Being short means that you're bearish, or negative on the market, and that your goal is to make money when the price of the security or commodity that you choose to short falls in price.
A retirement plan available to small employers and self-employed individuals in which both the employer and employee can contribute to an IRA.
An annuity contract that you purchase from an insurance company with a single upfront payment. An SPIA usually starts making regular monthly payments to you immediately.
You create a straddle when you simultaneously buy a put and a call on the same stock at the same strike price and with the same expiration date.
You build a strangle when you buy a put and a call on the same stock with the same expiration date but at strike prices that are equally out of the money. A strangle costs less than a straddle because both options are out of the money, but you only make a profit if the price of the underlying stock moves dramatically.
The price at which the stock or commodity underlying an option can be purchased (call option) or sold (put option) pursuant to the terms of the contract.
An exchange of streams of payments over time according to specified terms. The most common type is an interest rate swap, in which one party agrees to pay a fixed interest rate on a notional principal amount in return for receiving an adjustable rate from another party.
One-sixteenth of a point.
A price change in a security's trades. If the next trade takes a security up in price, it's an uptick; if it takes the security down, it's a downtick. In futures and options trading, a tick is the minimum change in price, up or down.
The spread between the high and low prices of a security or commodity within a particular period.
Debt obligations of the U.S. government that are secured by its full faith and credit. Treasuries include bills (maturities of less than one year), notes (maturities of 1 to 10 years), and bonds (maturities of more than 10 years).
A statistical measure of the movement of a financial asset's price over time, gauging how fast the price of the asset changes. The price of a highly volatile security can change dramatically over a short period of time. A measure of the volatility of a security relative to the overall market is its beta.
A person who is selling options. Call option writers have the obligation to sell a stipulated quantity of the underlying asset specified in the contract at the specified strike price if the option is exercised by the holder. Put option writers have the obligation to buy the specified amount at the strike price if the option is exercised.


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By P.J. Parrish
Way way back in the 1980s, when I was first starting out, I got asked by a local writers group to speak at their luncheon. The group had bagged some big-fish speakers in the past (I remember Les Standiford giving a particularly inspiring talk). But I guess they ran out of literary types so they asked me -- a minnow of a romance writer at the time.
I gave a lot of thought to what I wanted to tell this group of as-yet unpubbed writers. I finally decided to focus on the marketing and business end of having your book published -- the underbelly stuff like co-op advertising, how "bestseller" slots in drugstores were bought by publishers, how the New York Times bestseller list wasn't really based on sales. I thought they needed to know what they were up against. (Remember, this was pre-Amazon days when if you self-published you were automatically assigned to the eleventh ring of hell).
Well, you'd thought I had brought a dog onto the podium and shot it there in front of them. During the Q&A, they turned on me like rabid bats, each one saying, in different words the same thing: We don't need to hear this. We need encouragement. One guy actually stood up and said -- I will never forget this -- "If you are so bitter about writing, why do you even do it?"
Maybe things were different back in the 80s. Maybe writers could afford to be mushrooms -- keep in the dark and fed a steady diet of manure. But not anymore. Today, if you want to survive, you have to be smart, tough and tenacious. All of you who are steady Kill Zone readers know this already. But sometimes we all -- including me -- need to hear it anew.
As the great western philosopher John Wayne once said: If you wanna be a pony soldier, you gotta act tough.
I still speak at alot of writers groups and on panels and such. And now that I am more battle-tested, I try hard to be kinder. But damn, if someone asks me for advice about getting published, I just can't coddle him or her with empty platitudes and pat their hands. I believe every writer needs a Dr. Phil in their life. Someone who will tell you the truth about why your plot sucks, why your characters aren't compelling and even why you should throw away your manuscript and start over. Someone who will read your stuff, stare you straight in the eye and say, "what WERE you thinking?"
So, as we start off into this fresh new year, let me be your Dr. Phil. Let's start with The 15 Things You Should NEVER Do.
1. Don't procrastinate. You must choose to write. That might mean giving up something else, like golf or sleep. Too bad. Don't jump from idea to idea. Pick one and ride it to the end. Don't let the first wind that blows through your life distract you. Don't wait for inspiration to come. Inspiration comes only WHILE you're writing. It's so much more fun to HAVE WRITTEN a book than to actually write one. (believe me, I know...this is my worst sin.) Writing the actual book is hard. Deal with it.
2. Don't talk your story away. I am also guilty of this but not as much as I used to be. Writers love to yak about writing instead of actually doing it. I got this great idea about a cannibal serial killer, yada yada... Pretty soon all your yadas are used up and you can't stand your book anymore. Talk is cheap...or in this case, costly. As Lawrence Block once said, don't book Carnegie Hall if all you do is sing in the shower. Shut up and write.
3. Don't try to hit a home run on your first at bat. Don't sit down to write the Great American Novel or the next Chick Lit Bestseller. First you have a better chance of hitting the lottery than landing on the NYT's list. Give yourself permission to write badly as you find your narrative legs. Don't get hung up on the perfect beginning. That's what rewriting is for. I am really struggling with this one right now because my WIP is a totally departure for me and I am sort of flailing in the dark and I think I am losing sight of the "fun" part of writing.
4. Don't beat yourself up as you go along. Trying to craft the perfect sentence can create paralysis. If you keep going back over the stuff you've already written YOU WILL NEVER FINISH. Write a first draft THEN go back and rewrite. And get intimate with that delete key. It is your best friend.
5. Don't lean on adjectives. Most of us know this mantra but it always bears repeating. Adjectives weaken writing, and a string of them is deadly. Don't use crap like "tall dark and handsome." Find one apt word. But the real strength in writing is found in verbs. You're not Proust.
6. Don't overcook your words. It's so easy to slip into cliches and overworked words. Don't say "white as snow." It's not yours. Neither is "thin as a rail, sick at heart, hard as a rock, overcome with grief." Don't make do with time-eroded words like "beautiful, wonderful, interesting, lovely." Find your own words and voice. And for god's sake, stay away from dialects. Few writers can pull it off without looking silly, y'all.... (I committed this sin in my first book).
7. Don't over-punctuate. This is my pet peeve. Some writers use alot of exclamation marks, semi-colons and dashes. Maybe it's because they LOOK so cool -- active, even -- on paper. But they are crutches to prop up weak action, poor narrative and badly organized thoughts. Worse, they are signposts demanding reactions from readers (Okay, reader, now here I want you to feel excited!) You can write a whole book with just periods, question marks, quotes and a couple commas. Try it! Make your words do the work!!!!
8. Don't neglect your theme. Theme is WHY you are writing the book. Even genre novels -- well, the best ones -- have themes. Steinbeck said an author should be able to state his theme in one sentence. But don't get didactic. Maybe your book is about a body found in the Everglades, but your theme is about environmental destruction. But if you get preachy, readers will turn off no matter how many bodies turn up in the sawgrass.
9. Don't get personal. This is a big mistake beginners make. Save your self-expression for your journal or blog. What's wrong with self-expression? It is general, boring, trite, sentimental. NO ONE CARES about your years operating a bar in Queens. But they might care about a Queens man who loses his bar in a poker game and then kills to get it back. NO ONE CARES about your war experience. But they might care about an army unit sent to rescue the last member of the Ryan family. The trick of good fiction is taking your personal experience and making it universal.
10. Don't be dishonest. Great fiction is always honest. Which is not the same as personal. You don't have to "write what you know." But you have to be able to tap into your powers of empathy to "know" the characters and world you create. To write honestly is also to take emotional risks. We've all read books where the characters don't move us. Usually it is because the writer was holding back, unwilling to spill some blood on the keyboard.
11. Don't get seduced by research. First, it is a time-killer (See no. 1). Do your homework but don't let it get in the way. It is easy to get blogged down in research and then you feel obligated to use it in the book. The result: James Michener book bloat. Now sometimes, research can open new doors in your plot but be careful you don't use stuff just because you worked so hard to find it.
12. Don't obsess about trivial stuff.
Will a publisher steal my idea if I submit it?
Should I get Windows 9?
Do I need an agent?
What if they want me to change it?
Can I use White-Out on the manuscript?
Should I wait until I have better conditions at home to write?
You get the idea...
No, if your book is good, they will buy it.
Work with what you already have.
Just write the damn book first.
They will...don't sweat it.
You're actually worried about this?
No. Poe was penniless and died in a sewer. He didn't wait til he had the right desk lamp.
13. Don't listen to your wife/husband/hairdresser/mother. Someday, when you are accepting the Edgar, you can thank all the folks who love you. But while you are trying to write, keep them at arms length. Sometimes, they can get inside your head in two disparate ways. First, they can criticize you and say you will never get published. Second, they can tell you everything you write is brilliant. Both are bad for you. Find feedback from someone who will be honest with you. (And yes, sometimes, that cold eye person IS someone who loves you!) But avoid writers group if all they do is sit around and bitch and moan about how its all a big conspiracy to keep them out.
14. Don't be afraid to rewrite. The temptation is huge, after you type THE END, to ship that puppy out. Don't. Let it bake in the thumb drive for at least a week, then go back and read it cold. The crap will jump out at you -- huge gobs of smelly stuff. You must rewrite. As many times as it takes. The first draft is made with the heart. The second, fifth and tenth, are made with the head.
15. Don't give up. Never up, never in. Not at the plate, no chance to hit. One of the main differences between the published and unpublished writer (besides talent -- duh!) is that the latter packed it in. This is a cruel, difficult, god-awful business. There is no secret formula for what editors want. There is no big conspiracy to keep you out of the club. There are, however, overworked, badly paid people sitting behind desks in New York who are overwhelmed with manuscripts but are still willing to pay money for a well-told story. There are readers out there waiting to find a new author who has a great story to tell. The trick is to find them -- through a combination of talent, craftsmanship, perseverance and luck. Especially luck.
This is Dr. Phil, signing off. Now get back to that computer before I come over there and cut off your fingers....