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So you're tired of the images that you are force fed everyday?
Well now, Patty is back and we missed her. NO WE DIDN'T! Talking about myself in the 3rd person, and i'm not even using my real name. Hmmm, that spells bonkers if you ask me. Boy this guy is a nutjob. I think I need to nip it in the bud. I can't believe that I thought he was so cool. ewwwwwwwwpost a comment
I think that I may be depressed. Why else would i have these intense highs and lows where all I want to do is drown my sorrow in food. When I'm busy I'm fine but on the weekends it's the worst. I feel so useless and anti-social. Maybe if I buckle down and work really hard at school then I will finally feel some self-worth. I think that it's time that I focus on something real, not bullshit that I've spent so long worrying about. I know that I am a good person, a loving person, that I deserve to be happy, but that I need to focus, work hard to achieve my goals. It's so easy to go off track. I get caught up sometimes in this reality that I've made. It's so false, so surreal. I do what's right most of the time, I feel that I'm doing a few things I should, but I'm not doing the very best that I can do. I'm not giving it everything I've got. In the words of Rudy, have I done everything that I could? I don't think so. I also need to get back on track eating and exercising. There is no surprise there. When I feel bad emotionally I eat crap and lie down constantly. Please help me find my focus. I am going to get back on track right now.post a comment
So what precipitated my minor breakdown? I don't like sundays, there isn't enough to do, the family is represented in full force, and any activities are packed with people. I felt angst-ridden, antsy, bitter. I ate too much and didn't exercise enough. I just couldn't get my head on straight. And then of course I was bitter because someone wasn't available to talk, despite the fact that I would have made a miserable conversationalist. I think I tried talking for a while and it just didn't feel right. He claimed that he wasn't feeling good either, so what a pair we made. This morning while driving I realized that you can put yourself in a bad place in a matter of minutes. I was feeling ok then someone cut me off while driving and i went all cattywampuss.
I'm here. I'm not letting anything get in my way. What could possibly get in my way you ask? why me of course! I've spent so many months sabatoging myself. I'm not angry, regretful in any way. It's just that for the first time in a long time I feel like there is nothing I can't do. If having a crush on someone does that to you then it's a good thing right? Maybe those feelings needed to be re-awakened. I don't care what it is but I like it. I'm going for it. I've been sleepwalking. THERE IS NOTHING I CAN'T DO. I am getting healthier every day. Stronger, better, faster as daft punk say. I am living again. And that doesn't have anything to do with a man. This time it's all me.post a comment
I did it. I called him while we were im'ing. It was a little awkward at first, but then it got easy. His voice is deep, assured. His laugh is great. We talked for about 35 minutes or so and went right back to im'ing. I have talked to him for hours, about so much. There is nothing taboo, nothing off limits. I want to make him laugh, smile, cry.post a comment
I am having the hardest time calling him. I don't even know why. He's like the most easygoing, mellow, gentle guy I've ever known. I just called him and left a totally geeky message. My stomach is turning like I ate a carton of ice cream or something. I can't remember the last time that I felt like this. I just feel sort of inadequate. It's so silly really, I mean he's just a person, like me. But not even like me because he is humble and self-deprecating. Today was a good day. It wasn't quite extraordinary, but close maybe. If it were my last day on earth I would have been so proud that I spent the day in a family way, really having fun. And that I called Bryan, even though I was being totally immature about the whole thing. And I reached out, to my friends in class, and smiled and tried to be genuinely good. Maybe today is extraordinary.post a comment
One thing that i've learned in the last few weeks is that things can change on a dime. I know i don't have a boyfriend, I haven't met anyone here, but I met someone really amazing who gives me hope. He reminds me that there are great men everywhere, kind, lovable generous beings spread all across the globe. I found that feeling that i haven't felt in a while, the butterflys in the pit of your stomach, the tightness in your chest, the indescribable grin that you feel welling up inside. It doesn't matter what happens between us, whether we become friends from afar, or actually meet up. I'm not afraid to be myself, not even a little bit. I've told him all about my current situation, and he's ok with it. He's got a closetful of his own demons. He makes me want to be a better woman. Now I know what Justin meant by that. I found some old pix of him. He was a good man. I'm happy that he is well. He deserves to be successful and happy.
I'm so tired of this nonsense. It's as if I'm talking and writing to these guys for relationship purposes, when in reality I don't even want a relationship here, physically, so why do i want one emotionally? I'm just another one of those lonely souls, I suppose, who is reaching out. I don't feel so lonely, I don't feel needy, but I'm sure acting like it. I've got to get myself together here, stay away for a while. I lived my life perfectly happy, happier in fact, before I had this constant access.post a comment
i'm starting to feel like i'm getting a life again. It's my 2nd week of admin.asst in the mentor office. Tomorrow I get to meet my manatee, Hilda. I'm just feeling motivated to do things, regardless of what stage I'm at. I'm going to start a computer class at the cvas. It's cheap and will get back in the mindset for fall. I am ready to make some necklaces, and shoot some guns. It seems strange that someone who wants to be more peaceful and share the love would want to shoot guns around. But screw it. I want to so I will. This niacin is making me feel all funky and hot and high. I like it. I've lost my desire to do party favors. I suppose it's a good thing, because it's all so lame and sordid. I want to do some things the right way. No more major screw ups. Just little ones, from here on out. I'm meeting with my perspective tutor Henry, we'll see how that goes. Phonics continue to scare the fuck out me. Worse than monsters, they are.post a comment
i appear to be made of spun sugar. I'm in a remarkably fragile state. I'm feeling everything so deeply, all the words, actions and feelings that people send my way. My ego is totally out of whack and in control of my life. I've been bummed for several days because Bruce and Greg blew me off. I actually spent time thinking about what I had done or said, or was it even more superficial, the way i looked??? For fucks sake, I am one vulnerable mother fucker. I'm entertaining revenge fantasies at almost every level. I want to get famous, not for any good reason, not because I want to discover some hidden talent that I have, no, so that I can make the people that hurt my feelings sorry they did it. I'm also overwhelmed with the challenges that are presented with this whole medi-cal thing. It seems like so much work, i call a doctor and they don't take it, or they need current workups or something just isn't going to fly. I can look back on my old days at work and romanticize the fuck out of them:full insurance, lots of social activity, money. but was I ever really happy? what can I do to better realize my potential? I signed up for a computer class. I am working at least one day a week at the mentor offices. I've got an appointment to meet a new learner, I've made a call into hilda's social worker. I really have been making much greater efforts but they are overshadowed by my ridiculous notions about love and popularity. Plenty of people live their lives completely fulfilled without ever having stepped foot in my space....post a comment
maybe it's always there beneath the surface and you don't even realize it. I didn't mean to push her buttons, I didn't see what a mistake I was making. I've not seen my mom so upset in I don't know how long. She just lost it, said she was sick of being in the middle, everyone always harassing her, just leave her alone. I felt like shit for making her cry but at the same time I want out of here so bad I can't see straight. I don't know what things were like before I came here but they must have been a lot better. No fighting, everyone doing what they were supposed to do. I just fuck everything up that I touch. My life has not gone in the direction that I hoped for. That is a fucking understatement. How did I end up here? One minute you're married, working, living independently, happily, (or so you think) then the bubble bursts and you're back in your home town, living with your parents, falling into a trap, losing your identity if you even had one in the first place...And all you do is watch t.v. and watch life pass you by. And you're too fucking young to give up but somehow it's like you've given up anyway..and you don't want to admit it but maybe you're lonely and everyone you know is in love and you're having a hard fucking time even loving yourself. And therein lies the problem right?post a comment
The worst thing that I could do right now would be to mourn the time that I've lost. So I will not. I will treat today as if it were the most important day of my life. Did I do all that I could???? I've got to keep asking myself this. I spent the last few weeks obssessing over things that mean nothing, my weight, finding a boyfriend, some twisted sense of popularity, as if it's even minutely important.
Ok, so this week i've decided to try the fat flush plan. I like the idea of cleaning out my system and losing a few pounds. I'm getting over myself, remembering to be grateful and meditate. i'm staying at june and karen's. Will be a nice respite from the family house. I will be really good though, no silly drunken episodes please. I want to be a good lady. Hope I can find a volunteer gig that works out. I really need to do something with myself. Too much time is detrimental.post a comment
REREADING MY POSTS I'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I AM TOTALLY FUCKING PSYCHO.post a comment
Started feeling a bit better yesterday. Took a couple hours to go to the beach, breathe the air, feel the sun and just think about things. I've been rather ungrateful, spoiled, unreasonable about being here. I can't change how things are here. I am the youngest, i have a health condition and i've come back to live with my parents. All these things would naturally mean that i'd be looked at as a child and treated as such. when i get my car at least I will be mobile, and I won't feel at the mercy of my poor parents to borrow their car. As far as my other issues go, as soon as I start comparing myself to other people I get depressed. I think about what I used to be like, what I used to do and it makes me sad. I had to leave Seattle for a reason, I just can't see it now. Things seem so cloudy still, even though I should be experiencing some clarity by now.post a comment
Now i've heard it all. I officially give up. I met this guy for coffee, thought I'd made a new friend and he thought I was in it for romance. With him? Give me a fucking break. He was fat, ugly, smelly and an addict. Oh right, great catch. Is the desperation coming of me in waves or what? I didn't even think I was desperate. But if this nasty man thinks i am after him I had better be careful..i gag just thinking about it. I didn't feel like i've been looking but i guess i have. I'm so fucking over it now. I don't care who they are or what they do I'm letting go of any ideas i have of getting a boyfriend or having a relationship. Everyone i know has a boyfriend, Shira, Madelaine, now if Sylvia gets one i will officially be the last living old maid. I was pretty happy before I started thinking about this shit. And what's with being in a chat room> someone wants to meet you and you refuse because you don't fit the image they have in their mind? I'm sick of it being all about sex and not about connections, friendship, companionship, real emotion..i might be lonely, i know i'm disgusted with myself but get over it..post a comment
I was feeling so good. I felt really positive, very intuned to my personal energy. My outlook was positively fucking rosy. Then saturday night i got really drunk at June's birthday party. I ended up spending the night at Summer and Delana's. I shared Summer's room with David. He was a really nice, incredibly good looking man. We slept in the same bed and sort of cuddled. Man i despise that word more than almost any other word in the english language. Next morning he gave me a ride to my car and was on his way. For some reason I was really bummed that he didn't ask me for my number. I didn't even have a chance to have a normal conversation with him about anything other than mindless drunken psycho babble. Even so, I was surprised that he didn't want to hang out with me. I'm already forgetting what I learned from my sessions with Sue. Don't play house, don't expect drunken episodes to in any way reflect reality. I have a very unrealistic view of how things are supposed to work.post a comment
i'm on track again. everything has fallen into place. i've got the workout set up, chair yoga, tai chi, water exercise and weights. I am well on my way to reaching my goal. my mindset is correct. I have a losing weight partner for the time being, (megan) and she's got a big goal too. More importantly, I am determined to send my arthritis into remission. I haven't been understanding my energy, praising my body for what it can do, letting the energy, love and healing from the universe into my life. Now I know. The stinking thinking that plagued me in the past is now something i recognize and accept.post a comment
it's so true. it's all about our perception. what is our reality? we can't possibly hope to know what another person is really thinking or feeling because they do not share our reality.post a comment


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Zainal, Nor Rashidah and Kamaruddin, Rohana and Saiful Nathan, Siti Badariah (2009) Socio-Economic Status and Parental Savings for Higher Education among Malaysian Bumiputera Families. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 1 (2). pp. 170-173. ISSN 1916-971X
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Socioeconomic status of a family is a benchmark for a student in Malaysia to get financial aid in education, on top of their academic performance. As the number of students obtaining good grades in their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination increases, entry to public universities become more competitive and the chances to get a full education financing become smaller. Most students resort to loans provided by PTPTN as many still do not have any form of saving to finance their higher education. This study attempts to explore on parental saving for children's higher education among Bumiputera across different socio-economic groups. A survey was conducted in UiTM and six of its affiliated colleges, with the total respondents of 371. Questionnaires to parents were distributed through the students. The results of the study reveal that only 15% of the students sampled received a form of financial aid from the government. The findings also show high correlation between the socio-economic status of parents and the level of awareness towards saving for their children. The findings are hoped to create awareness in the society that saving incentives for higher education can be utilized by all low and middle-income families in all communities.
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|Norhazura Hamzah
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Responding to the call of Palestinian civil society to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement against Israel, we are a US campaign focused specifically on a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions, as delineated by PACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel). – see http://www.pacbi.org/
PACBI and the entire movement for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (representing the overwhelming majority among Palestinian civil society parties, unions, networks and organizations) emphasize fundamental Palestinian rights, sanctioned by international law and universal human rights principles that ought to be respected by Israel to end the boycott. We struggle to achieve an end to Israel's three-tiered injustice and oppression: 1) occupation and colonization in the 1967-occupied Palestinian territory; 2) denial of the refugees' rights, paramount among which is their right to return to their homes of origin, as per UN General Assembly Resolution 194; and 3) the system of racial discrimination, or apartheid, to which Palestinian (all non-Jewish) citizens of Israel are subjected to.
The principles guiding the PACBI campaign and the three goals outlined above are also points of unity for the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USCACBI). We believe it is time to take a public, principled stance in support of equality, self-determination, human rights (including the right to education), and true democracy, especially in light of the censorship and silencing of the Palestine question in US universities, as well as in US society at large. There can be no academic freedom in Israel/Palestine unless all academics are free and all students are free to pursue their academic desires.
We are also responding to the Open Letter to International Academic Institutions from the Right to Education campaign at Birzeit University in Palestine (January 17, 2009), calling on the international academic community, unions and students "to show support and solidarity with the people of Gaza by calling upon their respective governments to impose immediate boycott, divestment and sanctions against the state of Israel." – see http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/
As academics working in the US, we wish to focus on campaigns in our universities and in institutions of higher education to advocate for compliance with the academic and cultural boycott, a movement that is growing internationally across all segments of global civil society.
This call for an academic and cultural boycott parallels the call in the non-academic world for divestment, boycott and sanctions by trade unions, churches, and other civil society organizations in countries such as the US, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Norway, the UK, Brazil, South Africa, and New Zealand.
As educators and scholars of conscience in the United States, we fully support this call. We urge our colleagues, nationally, regionally, and internationally, to stand up against Israel's ongoing scholasticide and to support the non-violent call for academic boycott, disinvestment, and sanctions.[...]
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7. Naser Alsharif, Creighton University
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22. Rand Carter, Hamilton College
23. Piya Chatterjee, University of California, Riverside
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26. Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University
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32. Ronald Edwards, DePaul University
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36. Grant Farred, Cornell University
37. Sasan Fayazmanesh, California State University, Fresno
38. James Fetzer, University of Minnesota, Duluth
39. Manzar Foorohar, California Polytechnic State University
40. Paul Foote, California State University, Fullerton
41. Robert Frager, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
42. Cynthia Franklin, University of Hawaii
43. Keya Ganguly, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
44. Jess Ghannam, University of California, San Francisco
45. Bishnupriya Ghosh, University of California, Santa Barbara
46. Him Glover, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
47. Sherna Berger Gluck, California State University Long Beach
48. Avery Gordon, University of California, Santa Barbara
49. Marilyn Hacker, City University of New York
50. Christian Haesemeyer, University of California, Los Angeles
51. Elaine Hagopian, Simmons College
52. Sondra Hale, University of California, Los Angeles
53. Leila Hamdan, George Mason University
54. John Hartung, State University of New York, Brooklyn
55. Salah Hassan, Michigan State University
56. Frances Hasso, Oberlin College
57. Nicholas Heer, University of Washington, Seattle
58. Lyn Hejinian, University of California, Berkeley
59. Annie Higgins, Wayne State University
60. Chris Highley, Ohio State University
61. Jim Holstun, State University of New York, Buffalo
62. Sally Howell, University of Michigan, Dearborn
60. Mahmood Ibrahim, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
63. Ibrahim Imam, University of Louisville
64. Pranav Jani, Ohio State University
65. Amira Jarmakani, Georgia State University
66. Kenneth Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, Abington
67. Brian Johnston, Carnegie Mellon University
68. Pierre Joris, State University of New York, Albany
69. Mohja Kahf, University of Arkansas
70. Rhoda Kanaaneh, New York University
71. Tomis Kapitan, Northern Illinois University
72. Susan Katz, University of San Francisco
73. Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University
74. Assaf Kfoury, Boston University
75. Issam Khalidi, Independent Scholar
76. Kathleen Kinawy, University of Southern Maine
77. David Klein, California State University, Northridge
78. Yael Korin, University of California, Los Angeles
79. Dennis Kortheuer, California State University, Long Beach
80. Felix Salvador Kury, San Francisco State University
81. Mark Lance, Georgetown University
82. Werner Lange, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
83. Amanda Lashaw, University of California, Davis
84. David Lloyd, University of Southern California
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86. Paul Lyons, University of Hawaii
87. Graham MacPhee, West Chester University
88. Shireen Mahdavi, University of Utah
89. Sunaina Maira, University of California, Davis
90. Harriet Malinowitz, Long Island University
91. Ahmad Malkawi, University of Kentucky
92. Khaled Mattawa, University of Michigan
93. Todd May, Clemson University
94. Ali Mazrui, State University of New York, Binghamton
95. Bryan McCann, University of Texas, Austin
96. Daniel McGowan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
97. Jad Melki, University of Maryland
98. Martin Melkonian, Hofstra University
99. Mark Mendoza, Miami University, Ohio
100. Targol Mesbah, California Institute of Integral Studies
101. Ali Mili, New Jersey Institute of Technology
102. Jessica Morris, University of Louisville
103. Fouad Moughrabi, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
103. Aamir Mufti, University of California, Los Angeles
104. Bill Mullen, Purdue University
105. Donna Murdock, University of the South
106. Mara Naaman, Williams College
107. Marcy Newman, An Najah National University, Palestine
108. David O'Connell, Georgia State University
109. Judy Olson, California State University, Los Angeles, CFA-LA
110. Sirena Pellarolo, California State University, Northridge
111. David Naguib Pellow, University of Minnesota
112. James Petras, Binghamton University
113. Kavita Philip, University of California, Irvine
114. Julio Pino, Kent State University
115. Edie Pistolesi, California State University, Northridge
116. Deborah Poole, The Johns Hopkins University
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118. Jessica Quindel, Berkeley High School
118. Peter Rachleff, Macalester College
119. Aneil Rallin, Soka University of America
120. Junaid Rana, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
121. Adolph Reed, University of Pennsylvania
122. Steve Roddy, University of San Francisco
123. Ilia Rodriguez, University of New Mexico
124. Sonia Rosen, University of Pennsylvania
125. Suzanne Ross, United Federation of Teachers, Clinical Psychology
126. Marty Roth, University of Minnesota
127. Lori Rudolph, New Mexico Highlands University
128. Steven Salaita, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
129. Rakhshanda Saleem, Harvard Medical School
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131. George Salem, University of Southern California
132. Rosaura Sanchez, University of California, San Diego
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139. James Scully, University of Connecticut
140. Evalyn Segal, San Diego State University
141. Anton Shammas, University of Michigan
142. Matthew Shenoda, Goddard College
143. Setsu Shigematsu, University of California, Riverside
144.Magid Shihade, University of California Davis
145. Snehal Shingavi, University of Mary Washington
146. Ella Shohat, New York University
147. Yumna Siddiqi, Middlebury College
148. Andor Skotnes, Sage College
149. Scott Sorrell, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
150. Ted Stolze, Cerritos College
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152. Kenneth Surin, Duke University
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156. Dorothy Wang, Williams College
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04 November 2013
Research asks: what type of drinker are you?
RMIT University researchers have studied thousands of alcohol drinkers to reveal four "drinking types", in a project funded by VicHealth.
The types of drinkers give insights into the links between personality, cultural influences, and drinking to excess.
The Drinking Related Lifestyles report will inform a new campaign with the State Government to examine Victoria's drinking culture, start a community conversation about alcohol and offer alternatives to getting drunk.
The research, funded by VicHealth and led by RMIT's Associate Professor Mike Reid, was conducted in two parts.
Researchers first held in-depth interviews with an online community of drinkers, followed by an online survey of 2,500 Victorians about the factors that influenced their drinking behaviour.
The team analysed the emerging common themes and came up with four categories of drinkers: the initiator, the follower, the moderator and the protector.
The results of the survey have been transformed into an interactive online quiz and website to help Victorians see where they fit in the spectrum.
Associate Professor Reid, from the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, said the enduring conclusion from their investigation was that rather than blaming people who drink to excess, we should instead empower responsible drinking.
"Our deeply ingrained drinking culture makes people think they need a reason not to drink rather than a reason to drink," he said.
"Of the four drinking types our research identified, 'initiators' and 'followers' are clearly the most problematic - one pushes the boundaries and drinks too much, while the other follows, thinking if they don't they will be seen in a negative light.
"Effective change requires people to have socially permissible ways to participate in our culture without drinking to excess. Drinkers need to be provided with tools and resources to empower them to drink responsibly with a reassurance that they will be socially accepted.
"We need a multi-pronged approach to addressing the social role of alcohol and this project lays the foundation stone for the long road ahead to change our attitudes towards harmful drinking and ultimately improve the health of all Victorians."
VicHealth CEO Jerril Rechter said the research puts Victoria's alcohol culture under the microscope to examine - in a non-judgmental way - people's motivations for drinking, and why alcohol was such a central part of our lives.
"This research shows that heavy drinking is viewed as acceptable in almost all social situations, from weddings to sports matches, and even at funerals and baby showers," Ms Rechter said.
"We want to take positive steps towards a culture in Victoria where drinking too much isn't seen as the thing to do, but currently there is little encouragement for people who do choose moderation.
"We are not saying don't drink, but we are saying it's time to have a frank and honest community discussion about the place of alcohol in our lives."
Take the Drinking Types quiz and see the full Drinking Related Lifestyles report.
Drinking Types
The Initiator (40 per cent of survey sample):
- Outgoing and the 'life of the party'
- Drinks to have fun
- Likes to be a source of information on alcohol brands, types of drinks and places to go out
The Follower (13 per cent of survey sample):
- Fun, social and easy-going
- Influenced by social and cultural pressures
- Gets swept up in the moment and enjoyment of social situations
The Moderator (26 per cent of survey sample):
- Self-disciplined and self-sufficient
- Knows when to say 'no'
- Likes to have a drink or two but that's it
The Protector (21 per cent of survey sample):
- Controlled and conscientious
- Looks out for others when out socialising
- Happy to abstain while others are drinking
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RMIT research is part of efforts to change our drinking culture. Image © iStockphoto.
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'US political system flawed'
Fri Aug 5, 2011 6:11PM
Interview with Saul Landau, Senior Fellow and Vice Chair at the Institute for Policy Studies from Berkley
The US debt limit wrangling between the Republican congressmen and the President have laid bare the "dysfunctional" state of the political system of the US, an analyst says.
Press TV interviewed Senior Fellow and Vice Chair at the Institute for Policy Studies Saul Landau on the issue of the US debt limit crisis.
The following is a transcription of the interview.
Press TV:
There are critics who say the political posturing around the debt ceiling crisis was mostly a distraction from the hard issues the US is facing; issues like the US economic decline. Who are the winners and losers of this debt limit deal? Who will benefit most from the deal; the average and working Americans do you think, or the rich Americans and the big corporations?
Well I think it's very clear that the winners are the billionaires, the oil companies and the other large corporations, who are really going to get at least the same, if not more, than they were before.
The losers of course are the majority of the American public, and it's not just that they are losers in the sense that they are going to be paying more, way more, than their fair share.
It's that they're losers in another way. Its' become quite clear that they are the only people in this country that don't have a lobby.
Every single special interest group has a very good lobby that gets what it wants, but the American public has none and it doesn't get what it wants and needs.
Secondly, what this round of so-called "talks" or "negotiations" demonstrated is that our political system is in a state of dysfunction.
There's one individual that the American people vote for once every four years and that's the President of the United States and now he is hit by a group of basically extortionists, extreme right wing Tea Party Republicans, who make demands on him and he agrees.
He concedes not everything they want, but some of the things they want. The very fact that he would be in a position to compromise his presidential status in that way shows you how far down our political system has sunk.
I think this is another one of the casualties of our current system and I agree with my colleague from
The Hill
newspaper [Brent Budowsky]; we are in a very bad situation where the Congress of the United States, which I would say is certainly the best Congress money can buy, has refused to tax the wealthiest people in the country.
There's a front page story today in
The New York Times
that says luxury goods are selling better than ever.
There's some necklace that's selling for USD 11 thousand and it was on the shelf for just a few minutes before it was sold and another one replaced it and it was sold.
This is the kind of stupidity that we are in. I would leave it this that this country or the people who are running this country are in a state of denial.
They are not recognizing priorities and they are certainly not acting and they have now sunk into their own definition of reality which is the equivalent of the ride on the old Egyptian river "the Nile."
Press TV:
Explain to us …based on this income inequality that our guests here are pointing towards, some are saying that it's actually a criminal act committed by the US government.
When people, on a weekly or monthly basis, commit part of their paycheck that is supposed to go for social security and other welfare benefits that they are obviously entitled to when they retire that they are not going to ever get that and that's indeed a criminal act by the US government.
Explain that to us and also how bad will the quality of life in the United States get based on the way it's moving forward; this debt deal being one of those motions?
Well, I think the real criminality of this is the ignoring of the reality that is pressing upon us. As all throughout the world we are recognizing climate change as a very very basic threat to future civilized life on this planet.
The first thing that got cut was the environmental protection agency in the United States and funds that are going in to deal with climate change, so that was just not ignored it was scoffed at.
The second thing, what was really behind all of this class war against the working people, the middle class?
This is a war essentially designed to reduce the socially necessary cost of labor. This is what's happening. You have 25 million or more people unemployed in this country - that's officially 25 million but there are many more - many people have been thrown out of their homes, the amount of homeless people on the street has grown, and people are hungry in the United States.
And they are simply talking about "we can't afford to tax the really rich because they're the ones who are going to create jobs" as if they never have and they never will. They are buying bracelets and they are repainting their yachts.
Well, that will absorb a little bit of labor but really not much. So what we are really facing in this country, people say we are living beyond our means. Well we have a healthcare system that is beyond stupid.
When you have health insurance companies that do nothing but obstruct healthcare that is many people are sick can't get treatment because the insurance companies don't allow it, because they don't want to pay for it. That's really stupid.
We have a so-called defense budget that doesn't defend us. It's almost USD 1 trillion a year, if you add in atomic weapons and all of the wars we are fighting. All these wars essentially simply create more enemies for the country.
We have 800 bases around the world. What are they for? Nobody really knows anymore.
We have NATO. This was an organization that was designed to contain the Soviet Union which stopped existing 20 years ago.
So we are living in a state of denial. I said it before and that's it. It's stupidity and denial and it is catastrophic and it does spread its vibrations throughout the world in terms of economic instability.
There doesn't seem to be either the will or the courage in this country for any key leader to grab a hold.
I think one of my colleagues pointed out the object of the Republicans is to prevent Obama from becoming president for a second term.
They don't have any other objectives. This whole Tea Party movement, this extreme right, capitalized on the anger of certain sectors of the American public, but it was financed by two Wisconsin billionaires who have their very own agenda and who knows it may be selling short on the dollar.
I don't know. But we are now in an absurd situation and in a sense the public is demanding action from the President; it's seeing none, it's demanding action from the Congress and it's getting none their either.
Press TV:
The top credit rating agency in China has downgraded the US credit rating. One of the reasons, the credit rating agency said, was "the squabbling between two political parties which reflected an irreversible" as they said, "trend on the US's declining ability to repay its debts." What's your reaction to that?
I think the Unites States will not have a problem repaying its debt for given previously that can essentially sell the bonds.
The pint I think is that what this country had in the 1930s was a president with great will and determination who was willing to try things and most important he was able to do that because there was a mass movement underneath him; a labor movement, a movement of poor people that supported him.
And that's what we need in this country. We've got to get the people away from their computer screens and their television sets and stop wringing their hands and get out into the streets as the people did in Wisconsin to answer this movement to the right. There's no other way.
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|"A la nage" literally means "swimming". This lobster is cooked in an herbal broth with wine; it's one of the fabled dishes of the French kitchen. This version comes from a new book by one of today's truly great chefs, Daniel Boulud. The book is called Cafe Boulud Cookbook (Scribner is the publisher). The dish is really very simple, although a bit time consuming mainly because you must remove the lobster meat from the shell. I have arranged the recipe in 5 uncomplicated steps. Each ingredient should be best quality, and each step taken with care, in order to showcase the delicate flavor of the luxurious lobster, and to create this amazing classic. Take time to prepare this, maybe for a special occasion....and enjoy the experience.
| 1 tablespoon, coarse sea salt
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4 one-pound lobstersfor the fumet (fish stock):
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1 tablespoon, extra-virgin olive oil
the crushed lobster shells (directions below)
1 small carrot – peeled and quartered
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1 teaspoon, coriander seeds
1 bay leaf
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4. Make the nage: Melt one tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet or sauté pan. Add the onion, carrot, celery and fennel and cook for 3-5 minutes, keeping the vegetables un-colored – they should be slightly undercooked. Season with salt and pepper, pour in the wine, stir and cook at a steady simmer until the wine is reduced by half, and the vegetables are almost cooked through. Add the reserved fumet, adjust the heat so that the liquid
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Yes, good idea leaving it to people what they think receiving this info is worth to them.
As at some point, some of these sites close down, as they can't be operated forever for free. So if people can decide for theirselves what to pay, it may work. However as human nature, we're ruddy tight sods, & expect 'ote for note.
I think Landlord Referencing has just stopped something, as they couldn't afford to keep doing it as they was.
So Landlords, u either pay small contribution, or u could end up losing valuable info.
Or maybe ads, which I don't think Mark wants, but possibility there. Martin Lewis Moneysavingexpert was so against ads initially, but he & is site has pulled it off in a good way.
What are you looking for ? A one time or random donation ? Monthly or periodic subscription ? Would telling people it is up to them the amount to donate, work ?
£2 pa each for 75k membership equate £150k
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Dont you think people would be a lot more interested if they know the amount involved in running the show ?
How are donations collected ?
What privileges confer membership ?
Not picking holes. Trying to be constructive.
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It's very early days in terms of this initiative so the vision is understandably a bit blurred at the moment. We collected a few thousand pounds this year from donations to The GOOD Landlords Campaign and reinvested that into producing more useful tools for the website and improving navigation etc. Basically we did what Newsletter subscribers suggested following a survey we completed last year. We also used some of the money to underwrite the costs of the barristers opinion to get the Class Action going against Bank of Ireland when they decided to increase the interest differentials on 13,500 tracker rate mortgages. So far they back tracked on 1,200 and the legal action is now funded by members signing up with the law firm we brought in.
If the Membership Profiles take off I would like to make The GOOD Landlords Campaign an official "not for profit" organisation. There are plenty of organisations campaigning to to close down rogue landlords. However, if Councils close down an over crowded or dangerous property they also create themselves an expensive homelessness problem. Perhaps that why Councils very rarely use their existing powers and instead they use what money they have got to employ Consultants to think up more ways to collect money for good landlords, which incidentally are usually the only ones that pay up!
Many landlords have no idea what they are getting themselves into when they first start out and as a result they inadvertently cause problems for themselves and tarnish the reputation of our industry. Encouraging the sharing of best practice is the solution to this. However, that's all well and good if people know we exist but many don't. What we need is extra PR and the budget for that is completely elastic. The more money we raise the more we can do to promote our goal to share best practice.
We receive 100′s of emails from our readers thanking us for what we do and expressing their support every month. We wanted to give these people an opportunity to help the community to grow. If just 1,000 people donate just a few pounds every month that will be a great starting point and we can build from there.
There are spin off benefits to becoming a member but that's not really the point of membership. Obvious benefits are that tenants want good landlords and our membership will be a good place for them to find one. I also expect businesses providing products and services to support this initiative as a Member Profile provides them with an opportunity to network with their target audience.
It may well be a slow start, we've had about 50 people create a Member Profile for themselves in the first day but I'm sure that number will grow in time. If it doesn't, we will carry on doing what we have been doing for a few years already. It would be nice to have money coming in to be able to do more though.
Hi Mark
How does becoming a member here relate to my being a sponsor of the Good Landlords Campaign?
Hi Simon
They are separate campaigns to raise funds to promote the same cause, i.e. facilitating the sharing of best practice amongst landlords and letting agents
Really looking forward to connecting with like minded Property Professionals here…..I am based in Cardiff.
Adrian Hibbert
Good points being made above, especially in recognising that there are always underlying costs, because of course any worthwhile resource is not going to be produced for free. It's absolutely clear that Mark et al at Property118.com have invested considerable time, effort and money to produce such an excellent, interactive, informative and collaborative website.
If you're a landlord, do you offer your property for free? If you're a shopowner, do you open your doors and give everything away for no return? If you go to work whether as an accountant, a solicitor, an estate agent, a mortgage adviser, a builder, an office-worker, a mechanic etc …. do you expect to be paid or do you do that for free too?
There are many ways a website Company can make money, and knowing Mark as I do, he's already considered them all (and more).
Adrian has made an excellent point (very briefly, unlike me who rambles on … ) about connecting – UK wide – with other property professionals, just one of the myriad of opportunities that Property118 provides. In fact quite a number of readers are based overseas, too.
So, there are many opportunities on here for (worldwide) members to network, share ideas, resolve issues, meet advisers and other professionals and acquire enhanced support, advice, knowledge and access to market, as well as sharing best practice, lobbying and all of which are published by Property118.com to help you to make money or save money, which all, in my opinion, is priceless.
ps, no I am not Mark in disguise, nor a member of his family, nor a co-owner of Property118.com. I am, however, an avid reader, and keen to see this website continue to succeed.
Are you a charity? (you are an educational organisation) if you wish to stretch the definition as some other 'educational trusts' do.
If so what about Gift aid?
Eitherway subscriptions to your excellent initiative will most likley pass the 'wholly and exclusively' for the purposes of running a letting buisiness.
How many 'lurkers' do you have?
PLEASE no adverts!
how much is the subscription for one year or 5 year or more
please reply
naran patel
Hi Narran
Can I turn that question back on you please?
What do you think is the right figure for what you get out of Property118?
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The Tools of the Stock Trader
Successful trading as an investment technique requires lots of diligent attention. Because stocks can go all over the place, the trader uses various tools to determine entry and exit points.
Technical analysis for stock traders
The most common tool of short-term speculators and traders is technical analysis. Technical analysis looks at the recent price movements and volume of trading for particular securities and commodities. The price movements are depicted on charts, so charting a security is a common practice among those who use technical analysis.
The technical analyst uses some useful short-term indicators, including
Moving averages to gauge the general trend for a particular stock. Typical moving averages are the 10-day, 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day averages. Stocks that stay above these averages tend to be bullish, whereas stocks that keep falling below these averages tend to be bearish.
Relative Strength Indicators (RSI) to see whether a stock is considered oversold or overbought. A technical analyst sees an oversold stock as a buying opportunity and an overbought stock as a selling opportunity.
Technical analysis is a complex topic. Serious traders should do some extensive research on the topic.
Technical analysis can be remarkably useful over a period of a few weeks or months. However, it's not that useful for long-term investing. You can use it to maximize or time an entry or exit point, but over the long haul, a company's fundamentals are the primary drivers of the stock's price. It's no accident that most of the consistently successful investors in history use fundamental analysis and value investing.
Brokerage orders
Because trading in the market's short-term gyrations can be a fast-moving activity, it pays to get proficient with brokerage orders and trading triggers to help you manage your trading portfolio and take advantage of the market's swift moves.
The moment after a diligent trader buys a stock or an option, she'll enter her next order very quickly — often even before the stock has made a major move.
For example, if she buys a stock for $50 at 10 a.m. on a weekday morning, she may enter a stop-loss order at, say, $45 at 11 a.m. and simultaneously put in a sell order at $60. That way she can limit the loss to $5 per share and maybe catch a $10 profit on the upside.
These moves are possible now due to the sophisticated technology that most brokers have on their websites. That's just an example of what you can do with brokerage orders.
Advisory services
You don't have to go it alone with your trading strategies because the world is filled with advisory services, newsletters, and websites that cater to the art and science of short-term trading. Some notable ones include Elliott Wave International and Roger Wiegand's Trader Tracks. A monthly publication that covers the realm of trading is Futures Magazine.
Of course, you can do your own diligent research at the library and on the Internet.
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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Welcome to the Raj
Welcome to this the new web site of the Raj Indian Restaurant, which has been serving those Bristolians who love a really tasty authentic Indian curry since it's opening in 1981.
Whilst the restaurant has always been busy, the family who own it have always strived for constant improvement, without spoiling the core values that have led to it's ongoing popularity.
In the restaurant business it is usual to have a constant change in staffing, but the Raj has always employed professional staff who are passionate about the food and see it as a career. They make a point of getting to know their customers and always have a cheery welcome to diners whether they be regulars of the Raj going back years or those coming for the first experiece.
Our restaurant has been given a 5 star rating by the food hygiene authorities. The restaurant is fully air conditioned throughout.
We would like to make it clear that the Raj has no connection with any other restaurant, regardless of name similarities.
New Night Owl Menu
We have a brand new menu for 2013 - The Night Owl Menu. This new menu is a special deal primarily aimed at theatre goers who whould like to enjoy a nice Indian meal after a show. It is however open to anyone who would like to enjoy a two course meal at the Raj after ten o'clock for only £14.95 including a drink. In common with the Early Bird menu you have a choice of a starter or side dish, a main dish, a sundry and a drink. Take a look at the new Night Owl Menu. Despite the great price, you will still get the same high quality of service and the top quality food that has made the Raj an institution in Bristol
Early Bird MenuEarly Bird Menu.
Raj at Home
We understand that sometimes you will want the quality fare of the Raj, but for whatever reason want to stay in and so we can offer you the same food to collect from our restaurant with a generous discount of 25% off the À La Carte menu cost.
Bristol Old Vic
We are just a few doors down from Bristol's historic Old Vic Theatre on King Street. The theatre has been undergoing a huge redevelopment in recent years which will be fully completed in 2016 in time for their 250th anniversary. The theatre is open for business again and although the Georgian auditorium appears little different, the stalls and gallery have been raised to improve sightlines improving the experiece for the audience. For more information about the redevelopment and the programme of productions visit their web site here. To make a night at the theatre truly complete, pop into the Raj before or after the performance for a bite to eat.
Colston Hall
The people of Bristol have been enjoying music at Colston Hall for almost 140 years. The South West's largest concert hall, venue for many of the world's greatest artists over the years, is just a short walk away from the Raj. The Colston Hall hosts classical orchestras of the highest standing, headline comedy acts, top rock and pop bands, choirs as well as local community performers. To see what's coming click here.
Bristol Hippodrome
The Bristol Hippodrome, which first opened it's doors in 1912, is one of the country's top, family-friendly provincial theatres, which proudly continues to stage major West End and Broadway productions. The Bristol Hippodrome caters for all, whether you prefer musicals, ballet, opera, concerts, comedians or children's shows, the venue's busy programme is bound to have something to suit every taste. Best of all it's only a hop, skip and a jump from the Raj, so you can take advantage of the Night Owl Menu after a show. To see what's on click here