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I'm an early 40′s Internet entrepreneur that launched several dot coms with varying success in each. At the very least my living has been made online for the past 17 years and at the most I had a fun time in each venture.
I began seriously investing for dividend income around 2007 when my business at the time was literally falling off a cliff, as most of the world was starting too as well, when my need for another income stream became more apparent. I have always known the benefits of dividends from my very first stock purchase back in 1988 but wasn't yet sold on the concept of tying up my money indefinitely purely for a dividend income stream. It was around that time that I learned about Dividend Aristocrats and Dividend Champions when it all just made sense. I could literally see the effects of compounding dividends from these select companies and thought a nice diversified portfolio could provide me with a decent to excellent income stream decades down the road.
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Dr. El-Erian is Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz and member of its International Executive Committee. He chairs President Obama's Global Development Council, is a Financial Times Contributing Editor, a Bloomberg View columnist and author of the NYT/WSJ best seller "When Markets Collide."
Dr. El-Erian formerly served as CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, the global investment management company. He re-joined PIMCO at the end of 2007 after serving for two years as president and CEO of Harvard Management Company, the entity that manages Harvard's endowment and related accounts.
Dr. El-Erian also served as a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School. He first joined PIMCO in 1999 and was a senior member of PIMCO's portfolio management and investment strategy group.
Before coming to PIMCO, Dr. El-Erian was a managing director at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup in London and before that, he spent 15 years at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.
Dr. El-Erian has published widely on international economic and finance topics. His book, "When Markets Collide," won the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs 2008 Business Book of the Year and was named a book of the year by The Economist and one of the best business books of all time by the Independent (UK). He was named to Foreign Policy's list of "Top 100 Global Thinkers" for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Dr. El-Erian has served on several boards and committees, including the U.S. Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, the International Center for Research on Women, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the IMF's Committee of Eminent Persons. He is currently a board member of the NBER, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Cambridge in America. He chairs the Microsoft Investment Advisory Board.
He holds a master's degree and doctorate (economics) from Oxford and received his bachelor and master degrees from Cambridge. He is an Honorary Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge University.
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I'm a tech columnist for TheStreet. I was previously responsible for Seeking Alpha's tech news coverage, as well as its Eye on Tech newsletter. Prior to that, I wrote for other financial sites and published independent investment research, primarily on tech companies.
I have a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University. I'm based out of San Diego, but grew up in Southern New Jersey. I play basketball and tennis in my spare time, am a long-time (and long-suffering) fan of Philadelphia's sports teams, and alternate daily between using an iPad Air, a Galaxy Note 3, and one or two Windows PCs.
Robert Hauver publishes The Double Dividend Stock Alert, a monthly investment newsletter that features the best dividend stocks and option selling strategies for income investors.
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I serve as the senior MLP research analyst for CBRE Clarion Securities, a global asset management firm based in Radnor, PA. My primary focus is on investing in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) within a larger infrastructure investment team.
Harvard College, BA, Economics; Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBA
Managing Director, Boslego Risk Services
I founded Boslego Risk Services and became a recognized expert in the area of energy price risk management (hedging), providing oil and natural gas hedging strategies to major oil companies such as Exxon, Shell, Mobil, Chevron, Texaco and Phillips; to the national oil companies of Norway, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, France and Italy; to major users of energy products, such as Delta Airlines, United Airlines, Burlington-Northern Railroad, and Canadian Pacific Railway; to major trading firms, such as Enron, Phibro, Sempra and Vitol; and to large hedge funds (confidential).
As the recognized expert in energy hedging, I was selected by the former president, John Treat, of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) to write the chapter on hedging in his book, Energy Futures.
I expanded my risk analysis and hedging services beyond the energy markets to financial markets. Given the failure of traditional portfolio diversification to limit losses to levels tolerable to most investors in 2008/09, I created investment strategies utilizing risk management techniques for hedge funds and financial firms.
Hale Stewart spent 5 years as a bond broker in the late 1990s before returning to law school in the early 2000s. He is currently a tax lawyer in Houston, Texas. He has an LLM from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in domestic and international taxation where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and is also a Chartered Asset Manager, Chartered Wealth Manager and Chartered Trust and Estate Planner from the American Academy of Financial Management. He is the author of the book US Captive Insurance Law. You can read him daily at the XE.com currency blog (http://community.xe.com/blog/xe-market-analysis).
My hobby is investing in stocks and options. I read several investment newsletters and manage a few personal portfolios using different strategies. I blog about my dividend growth portfolio, DivGro, which I started in January 2013.
I am a former investment advisor and owner of several businesses, and consequently everything related to business - including investing, macro-economics, and emerging products and services come under my research and interests radar.
The most interesting and important to me are the entertainment industry, commodities, BRICs, and the impact of loose money policies on businesses and investors.
These days I invest only for myself, while continuing to write on a variety of financial and economic topics.
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I am a 29 year old father of three, active duty US Marine. I began investing with my retirement in mind and mostly focus on reliable dividend paying companies. I enjoy writing for Seeking Alpha to share my ideas and create discussions with fellow investors. I firmly believe that investing should be made more approachable to the masses and strive to keep my articles simple yet informative. Being on a "fixed" but stable income and lone "breadwinner" in the house creates interesting dynamics and greatly impacts my investing approach. I currently hold in no particular order:
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I'm a capital projects manager and process design engineer at a large-cap biotech company. I love the financial world because it is like one big puzzle and I hope we the Seeking Alpha Community help each other out to solve the puzzle to help us realize our dreams.
Janus Capital Group Inc. (JCG) is a global investment firm dedicated to delivering better outcomes for clients through a broad range of actively managed investment solutions, including fixed income, equity, alternative and multi-asset class strategies. It does so through a number of distinct investment platforms, including investment teams within Janus Capital Management LLC (Janus), as well as INTECH Investment Management LLC (INTECH) and Perkins Investment Management LLC (Perkins), in addition to a suite of exchange-traded products under the VelocityShares brand as well as global macro fixed income products under the Kapstream brand. Each team brings distinct asset class expertise, perspective, style-specific experience and a disciplined approach to risk. Investment strategies are offered through open-end funds domiciled in both the U.S. and offshore, as well as through separately managed accounts, collective investment trusts and exchange-traded products.
Hi everyone, my name is Khen Elazar and I am a 25 years old student for political science. I currently work in an insurance agency in Israel, and studying to become a financial adviser. Hopefully, I will find the time to study for a master's degree in the near future. I am investing in the stock market since I was 17 years old. I did it with the help and guidance of my father who is an investment adviser. I used to invest in value and growth stocks, and in Israeli junk bonds. Over the past two years, I have been investing mainly in dividend growth stocks. I also enjoy reading and study new things. I am a political junkie and sport enthusiast, mainly soccer and NBA.
Data Center Knowledge - Contributor: writing about data centers REITs -- a new and growing asset class -- attempting to bridge the gap between technology & traditional REIT investors.
Researching and writing at the corner of Main St. & Wall St. where real estate often intersects with trends in: technology, ecommerce, office/industrial, healthcare, cloud computing, energy infrastructure & green initiatives.
Recently covered breaking news and actionable ideas REIT ideas for Benzinga "REIT Beat," now Contributor/Sr. REIT Expert. Select articles featured on Investopedia.com, Seeking Alpha, and published on Yahoo! Finance, Google, MSN, Finviz and many other financial portals. Recent Select Freelance contributor for Motley Fool, writing about REITs and real estate topics for the Financial Bureau.
I have over 25 years of experience as a: developer of institutional quality office and industrial facilities, general contractor, homebuilder, managing general partner for private limited partnerships, and have performed consulting and transactional real estate services for others, including entitlements for planned commercial/office/industrial developments.
Past job experience included: V.P. of Energy Services for a Florida based Mechanical Contracting company, which subsequently was acquired by EMCOR (NYSE: EME). Responsibilities included development and "financial engineering" of projects to reduce energy consumption and total cost of ownership solutions, partnered with the two major Florida electric utilities, and private companies, (including Enron Energy Services!).
Education: UCLA - BA Economics, including graduate coursework in Real Estate Finance.
Masters Degree from St. Thomas University - Miami, FL
Retired, late 50's
Hold CFP designation. Passed CFP exam Nov 2000
Author of "IRA: A Quck Reference Guide". Available on Amazon as an e-book.
Author of "Retirement Investing for INCOME ONLY: How to invest for relaible income in Retirement ONLY from Dividends"
25 years in energy M&A/Corporate Finance business career. Senior officer for public E&P companies, including MLP, charged with overseeing (at different times) accounting, tax, legal, investment banking/analyst relations, investor relations, as well as business unit with land, engineering, geological and support functions. Used legal background to interface with and direct outside investment bankers, law firms and accounting firms in M&A transactions and offerings. Personal investments and trading 15 years.
Kevin is the CEO and founder of Blue Water Capital Advisors. He is involved in all aspects of the business, including portfolio management, financial advisory services, team management and business development, and he is Chairman of the Investment Committee. Kevin is an experienced speaker and is available (under certain conditions) by request.
Kevin brings a unique perspective to wealth and risk management that is very intuitive and measured. Clients are confident in his abilities and trust that their assets are managed by the best in the business. Although he has been a leader within the regional wealth management industry for the majority of the last two decades, it is not his first career. He was a petroleum geologist and academic research scientist for 17 years in his first career. Kevin's keen sense of risk-reward dynamics was developed during his geological career when he served as an exploration team leader and senior manager in the oil and gas exploration business. He drilled over 100 wells on his own geological interpretations and found millions of barrels of oil. This was a very high risk kind of business, and Kevin learned a great deal about how risk really works from his experiences in exploration geology.
He was also a professor at The University of New Hampshire and Bryn Mawr College for several years and has published 11 papers in international scientific journals and books. Highlights of Kevin's geological career include surviving a violent well blowout, working as a consultant to Phillips Petroleum, Texaco, Exxon, and numerous independent firms, acting as a Principal Investigator on a dinosaur dig in Montana, diving Australia's Great Barrier Reef, teaching and advising students, receiving numerous research awards and grants, and conducting funded scientific research on sedimentology, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, geochemistry, and global plate tectonics.
Kevin left his geology career when the global oil price collapse finally caught up to him in 1992. He went into the financial advising industry because his father had been a nationally-ranked leader in that field with a major national firm, so he felt comfortable with making the transition. Over the years he was awarded the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) designation and has completed about half of the coursework for a Master's degree in Financial Services. Kevin served as a Trust Officer and Vice President for a major Midwestern regional bank for seven years, and served as a Senior Vice President at National Bank of Commerce in Duluth for four years. He was a member and board member of the Arrowhead Estate Planning Council for a number of years. He has a refined sense of the big economic picture that is grounded in his ability to differentiate meaningful information from "noise," as he once did while working in science and petroleum geology. Kevin is the principal shareholder of Blue Water Capital Advisors, LLC.
I joined Seeking Alpha as a Senior Editor in June 2012. Currently, I manage the Dividends, Income & Retirement and Expert Insight platforms. D&I focuses on income investment strategies and dividend investment-focused content for investors from the accumulation stage to retirement. The purpose of Expert Insight is to expand and elevate the quality of Seeking Alpha's content by including articles from an industry insider's point of view, designed to help investors make more informed decisions as they consider specific sectors and trends within those sectors for their investing strategies, e.g., utilities or technology. Expert Insight articles offer more of a macro, 30,000-foot-view that goes beyond investment analysis or stock recommendations.
I also curate the Dividends & Income Digest, a bi-weekly publication that takes a look at a question that is compelling and relevant to the community, showcases the responses of DI thought leaders, and serves as a round-up of top DI articles.
I hope to continue to discover new voices and thought leaders through insightful articles and conversations in the comments threads. My goal is to draw a large, diverse audience to Seeking Alpha, and make our community THE go-to place to participate in investing research and exchange lucrative, unique, exciting investing knowledge and ideas. I'm always looking for new ideas and contributors, so please feel free to reach out to me. I'm eager to hear your thoughts and discover how we can work together to make Seeking Alpha the best site for investors on the web.
I was trained as a lawyer and practiced in the fields of corporate law and bank regulation in large U.S. firms for 20 years, then decided to do other things. My career has included banking and being an entrepreneur. For seven years I was CEO of a high-tech sports business. I have retired from active business and spend full-time writing, mostly on economic subjects.
My books include:
High Rollers: Inside the S&L Debacle (1991)
Debt Spiral: How Credit Failed Capitalism (2009)
Practical Handbook for Bank Directors (1995), second edition due 2012
Corporate Governance for Public Company Directors (2003)
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WisdomTree launched its first ETFs in June of 2006, and is currently the industry's fifth largest ETF provider.
The WisdomTree Seeking Alpha profile will feature content by some of our leading analysts including:
Luciano Siracusano:
Luciano Siracusano is WisdomTree's Chief Investment Strategist and Head of Sales. He is the co-creator with CEO Jonathan Steinberg of WisdomTree's patented Indexing methodology and has led the firm's sales force since 2008. Luciano is a regular guest on CNBC and FOX Business, and speaks frequently on ETFs, indexing and global financial markets. A former equity analyst at ValueLine, Luciano began his career as a speechwriter for former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros. He graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Political Science in 1987.
Jeremy Schwartz:
As WisdomTree's Director of Research, Jeremy Schwartz offers timely ideas and timeless wisdom on a bi-monthly basis. Prior to joining WisdomTree, Jeremy was Professor Jeremy Siegel's head research assistant and helped with the research and writing of Stocks for the Long Run and The Future for Investors. He is also the co-author of the Financial Analysts Journal paper "What Happened to the Original Stocks in the S&P 500?" and the Wall Street Journal article "The Great American Bond Bubble."
Christopher Gannatti:
Christopher Gannatti began at WisdomTree as a Research Analyst in December 2010, working directly with Jeremy Schwartz, CFA®, Director of Research. He is involved in creating and communicating WisdomTree's thoughts on the markets, as well as analyzing existing strategies and developing new approaches. Christopher came to WisdomTree from Lord Abbett, where he worked for four and a half years as a Regional Consultant.
Rick Harper:
Rick Harper serves as the Head of Fixed Income and Currency for WisdomTree Asset Management, where he oversees fixed income and currency products developed through our collaborations with the BNY Mellon Corporation and Western Asset Management. Rick has over 19 years investment experience in strategy and portfolio management positions at prominent investment firms. Prior to joining WisdomTree in 2007, Rick held senior level strategist roles with RBC Dain Rauscher, Bank One Capital Markets, ETF Advisors, and Nuveen Investments.
Bradley Krom:
Bradley Krom joined WisdomTree as a member of the Fixed Income and Currency team in December 2010. He is involved in creating and communicating WisdomTree's thoughts on currency and fixed income markets, as well as analyzing existing and new fund strategies. Prior to joining WisdomTree, Bradley served as a senior trader on a proprietary trading desk at TransMarket Group.
Tripp Zimmerman, Research Analyst
Tripp Zimmerman began at WisdomTree as a Research Analyst in February 2013. He is involved in creating and communicating WisdomTree's thoughts on the markets, as well as analyzing existing strategies and developing new approaches. Prior to joining WisdomTree, Tripp worked for TD Ameritrade as a fixed income specialist. Tripp also worked for Wells Fargo Advisors, TIAA-CREF and Evergreen Investments in various investment related roles. Tripp graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a dual degree in Economics and Philosophy. Tripp is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Jonathan Steinberg, CEO
Prior to establishing WisdomTree, Jonathan founded, and served as Chairman and CEO of Individual Investor Group, Inc. From 1998 to 2004, he held the role of Editor-in-Chief of Individual Investor and Ticker magazines. Before his entrepreneurial accomplishments, Jonathan was an Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions division at Bear Stearns & Co. He attended The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of Midas Investing, published by Random House in 1996.
Zach Hascoe, Capital Markets
Zach Hascoe began at WisdomTree in August 2010, and works directly with David Abner, Head of Capital Markets. The Capital Markets group is involved in all aspects of the WisdomTree ETFs including product development, helping to seed and bring new products to market, as well as trading strategies and best execution strategies for the client base. Zach works closely with the trading and liquidity community and does analytics on ETF baskets and the capital markets. He is a frequent contributor to the WisdomTree blog on topics related to the capital markets, liquidity, structure and best execution. In addition, he manages the hedge fund relationships for the firm. Zach received a B.A. from Bucknell University and was Captain of the Bucknell Tennis Team.
My husband plans to retire in 4 years (at age 67) and I plan to retire in 7 years (at age 62). We began focusing on dividend growth investing in 2013 but have been invested in mutual funds for decades. Our current DGI retirement portfolio is comprised of the following 64 DGI stocks: ABBV, ABT, AMGN, AVA, BBL, BMY, CAT, CBRL, CCP, CLX, CMCSA, COP, CVX, D, DEO, DLR, DUK, ED, EMR, EPD, GAS, GE, GILD, GIS, HCP, IBM, JNJ, KHC, KMB, KMI, KO, LMT, LNT, MCD, MMM, MMP, MO, MRK, MSFT, NEE, NOK, O, OHI, OMI, PEP, PFE, PG, PM, SCG, SEP, SO, SYY, T, TUP, UL, UPS, VTR, VZ, WEC, WMT, WPC, XEL, XOM, and ZBH.
Nothing I write should be considered investment advice. Only you can decide if any specific financial asset, security, allocation, opinion, idea, etc. is best for your financial portfolio.
Author of two books, available here, Options Strategies Every Investor Should Know and The 5 Fundamentals of Building a Retirement Portfolio (both available in paperback and eBook).
Ian Bezek worked for 3 years as an analyst at a New York-based hedge fund. He's currently living in Mexico, pursuing some entrepreneurial opportunities.
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Ticker: DMD
IPO date: January 26
IPO price: $17
Now trading at: $8.06
Revenue for first 9 months of 2011: $240 million
Loss for first 9 months of 2011: $15 million
Demand Media's January IPO kicked off 2011 with a pop. Shares of the online content creator closed 33% higher on its debut day, valuing the company at more than $1.5 billion.
It was a surprising debut, considering the criticisms that plagued Demand's road to the stock exchange. Demand CEO Richard Rosenblatt had insisted for years to media outlets including Fortune that his company was profitable. But in its IPO filing in August 2010, Demand disclosed that it was more than $6 million in the red for the year so far. It posted a net loss of $22 million in 2009.
Demand also faced criticism of its unorthodox accounting methods. Demand doesn't expense the cost of paying its writers upfront, as content companies typically do. Instead, it spreads those costs over five years, which boosts its bottom line.
Analysts marveled at the content churned out -- "It was amazing. They literally wrote 2 million articles in a year," an analyst commented to Fortune last month -- but Demand's method isn't working as well as it once did. In February, Google rolled out a change to its algorithm that pushed articles like Demand's lower in search results.
Demand stock managed to hold around its highs for the first quarter of the year, but it's been a sharp and steady decline ever since. Shares have lost more than 65% far in 2011.
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Despite surging petrol prices and peak-time traffic gridlock, Hamilton motorists are unwilling to save themselves from the commuter crush.
A Waikato Times stake-out of a major city intersection at rush hour revealed more than eight out of 10 cars had a single occupant - despite efforts to get people car-pooling.
A new batch of road works kicks off along Hamilton's Wairere Dr this week and is expected to cause more traffic gridlock in the city's north.
Westbound traffic between Pukete Bridge and Pukete Rd will be reduced to a single lane for up to eight weeks and city council bosses are urging drivers to stagger their travel times, use alternative routes or carpool.
But recent figures from website "Let's Carpool" show Hamilton drivers are reluctant to share their rides, with 57 out of 91 (62.6 per cent) registered Waikato car poolers from outside the city.
The majority of car poolers are travelling into Hamilton.
Last week, the Times observed 5pm rush hour traffic travelling west on Fairfield Bridge and found that more than 80 per cent of cars were carrying only the driver.
That was despite record petrol prices hitting a high of up to $2.33 per litre on Thursday.
City councillor Daphne Bell, who has championed the "Let's Carpool" website, promoted by Hamilton City Council, said money may yet become more persuasive for many potential car poolers.
"I think times are changing [and] I think this will prompt more people to look at the costs of commuting to work," she said.
"It will become less affordable, and particularly if it's a big chunk of your weekly budget, and you have to get to work to earn your living.
"From council's point of view, we want to make better use of the roads we have so we don't keep building bigger roads, it's hugely expensive and you can't build your way out of congestion."
Tracy Morrow has carpooled between Hamilton and Te Awamutu for the past year and saves about $100 a fortnight.
While she started car-pooling of her own accord with a family friend, she recommends the car-pooling website to others, saying common concerns of waiting and the awkwardness of riding in cars with strangers, are more than worth it.
"Waiting isn't a problem. Even if I had to wait an hour, if it saves you $100 per week then it's worth it [and] you get a bit of extra money to spend on other things.
"I can see how it would be awkward but when you think about it, you'd get to know them pretty fast, and you meet strangers every day anyway," she said.
Another car-pooling fan, Louise Quinn started car-pooling 18 months ago to and from Raglan and said it was "way more cost effective" than each of them taking a car in every day.
"It was quite costly each day so it was way more cost effective. We're probably saving $100 a week.
"It's also quite enjoyable spending the drive in and out with other people, and on the way home it's good to have a chat with people and de-stress and unwind a bit," she said.
While Hamilton currently experiences congestion only during short morning and afternoon peaks, Mrs Bell said "the peaks will stretch".
Data from the council show the impact of congestion on vehicle speeds - and therefore journey times - along five key internal routes in Hamilton.
Last year vehicles' average speed during the morning peak was 23.4 km/h and 27.9km/h during the afternoon peak, this, compared to 32km/h during non-peak. Car-pooling therefore, not only saves money but time and as ever, the environmental benefit is a drawpoint.
"Beyond the peak period congestion, we see car-pooling having benefits for clean air, reducing emissions and making the city pleasant.
"The fewer cars on the road, the better," Mrs Bell said.
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Leonardo DiCaprio has not had the easiest of weeks following the suicide of his model friend's estranged husband, but girlfriend Toni Garrn was taking his mind off his troubles on Thursday.
The couple looked loved up as they enjoyed a casual outing in Soho, New York, and were seen holding hands after lunch together.
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Hand-in-hand: Toni was seen on an outing with her beau Leonardo DiCaprio in New York and the two also participated in some beach volleyball on Sunday
Toni looked lovely in a grey jersey skirt with a split up the front, along with a black T-shirt and white sandals.
Meanwhile Leonardo was dressed down in a short-sleeved grey shirt, khaki shorts, navy canvas shoes and his trademark Gatsby cap.
The Wolf Of Wall Street star, 39, looked to be in a good mood, and was clearly winding down after a difficult week.
Hand-in-hand: The couple, who have been due a date, were spotted in Soho, New York with their fingers interlaced
Laid-back: It was clearly a relaxed lunch date as the pair were joined by some friends
On Sunday 40-year-old entrepreneur Andrew Stern killed himself at a California shooting range, reportedly over heartbreak from a divorce with his wife Katie Cleary.
Just weeks earlier the pretty 32-year-old brunette model had been partying with the Great Gatsby star inside a nightclub during the Cannes Film Festival in France, although it is not known how well they knew each other.
A source told MailOnline, 'I don't think she did anything with Leonardo. She was very passionate about her animals, she did a documentary called Give Me Shelter, so everyone she meets she is handing out DVDs, so I think with Leo she was just pushing her animal agenda.'
Off-duty model: Victoria's Secret star Toni looked gorgeous in a split grey skirt, black T-shirt and white sandals
His go-to look: Leo, 39, wore a short-sleeved grey shirt and matching gatsby hat, with khaki shorts
No wonder he's smitten: Toni shared a photo of herself doing yoga in a sheer top and underwear on Wednesday
He's got the blues: The What's Eating Gilbert Grape actor wore a blue shirt and matching shoes and hat on Thursday in SoHo
Just another Manhattanite: The LA native didn't seem to mind walking the streets of the Big Apple instead of taking a town car
The insider added, 'She works non-stop on animal stuff. Leo has that girlfriend so I don't think anything happened between them at all. At the same time [Katie's] being shot by the paparazzi at a film festival and [Andrew] is at home dealing with all the mental stuff, so it probably did not help.'
Andrew had filed for divorce from Katie, who a friend said was 'the love of his life', in April after marrying in 2010.
Katie works on Deal Or No Deal and competed in the first season of America's Next Top Model.
Tragic suicide: Katie Cleary's estranged husband Andrew Stern killed himself at a California shooting range on Sunday
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June 19, 2016 News, Novel Blog
Happy Father's Day to all you dads, uncles, brothers, and sons out there! I figure human babies and fur babies qualify you as a dad - for instance - if you have a dog but no kids. That dog makes you a doggy-daddy! lol! (I tell my husband that but he disagrees)
Anyway, it's a busy day today - not only do I have a brand-new release, but I also have my August release up for pre-order. THE IRON KNIGHT is part of the de Russe legacy and this is going to be a very different book for me - a battered and beaten hero, mentally. He's got some flaws. More than that, he's older (40) and the heroine is a widow with a teenage daughter - so this is an older couple finding love the second time around. Love the second-chance themes!
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June 17, 2016 New Releases, News
Looking for a great read this weekend? Please pick up a copy of my new release, SILVERSWORD. Reviewers are calling it "Classic Le Veque", so I hope you think so, too!
This book has a lot of two elements in it - romance, and the Lords of Thunder. If you've read the Lords of Thunder series, then you know that Gallus, Maximus, and Tiberius have been siding with Simon de Montfort during Simon's campaign against Henry III. When Simon is killed at Evesham in a decisive battle, the Lords of Thunder are pretty much outlaws in their own country. The king wants to punish everyone who supported Simon. Now, bring in the House of de Lohr, who is related to the Lords of Thunder - of course, the de Lohrs are very protective of their kin, yet they have built their reputation on supporting the king.Read More
THE QUESTING is on sale for only .99 cents!
June 13, 2016 News, Novel Blog
My mother's favorite book of mine, THE QUESTING, is on sale in honor of the Spanish release of the book! I'm so excited! This is my first book in translation and I think it's one of the very best, so I'm thrilled to pieces. Interesting fact - there IS no translation for 'questing', so the title is "La Busqueda" (The Search). Makes sense to me! And look at the beautiful Spanish version cover!!
Anyway, get your copy of the ENGLISH version now on sale on Amazon. My mom says to read it! lol!
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Coming Books – Summertime reading!
June 12, 2016 News, Novel Blog
I'll have one book each month released through the summer - June will see SILVERSWORD, July will see EVER MY LOVE: THE LORE OF THE LUCIUS RING (my segment is called OF LOVE AND LEGEND), and August 'should' see THE IRON KNIGHT (or I might even slip in OF MEN AND ANGELS because it is a de Lohr dynasty book), so there is a TON of good stuff coming up. I can't believe it's already June! Sheesh!!
What's up for the rest of the year? Well, my release schedule tends to be kind of fluid. I'll be honest - it really depends on what I 'feel' like writing. The muse has to sing strongly for me to work on a book. Nothing is worse than trying to write a book that you're just not in to. You've heard the term "the muse sings" and, let me tell you, it's the TRUTH. The muse has to sing very loudly to meRead More
FREE book Monday!!
June 6, 2016 News, Novel Blog
I've got a fantastic free book today! TO THE LADY BORN has one of my very favorite heroes, Weston de Royans. Very straight-laced and pious, he's a bad-ass with a sword. Meeting our heroine, he is faced with a moral dilemma. And their meeting in the garden of the convent... one of the best love scenes you'll ever read. It's probably my favorite, of any book. So, for free, how can you go wrong? Pick up a copy and please share with your friends. I would love for everyone to have a FREE copy!!
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SEA OF DREAMS is only .99 cents today!
May 29, 2016 News, Novel Blog
SEA OF DREAMS, my Military Romance, is on sale today for only .99 cents in honor of Memorial Day! This is probably my favorite contemporary romance that I've written (the hero is to die for), so even if you don't like contemporary romance, just imagine he's a modern-day knight - and pick up a copy for only .99 cents! It's available on all platforms, so please share the sale with your friends! A .99 cent book is always good news! (it's also for sale in Canada and the U.K.!)
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FREE book Friday!!
May 27, 2016 News, Novel Blog
GREAT PROTECTOR is FREE on Amazon for the next five days, so if you haven't read this book yet, make sure you grab your copy. Let your friends know! This book hasn't been free in years, so this is a rare event. Don't miss it! This book is one of my favorites for the sheer fact that there's a very eccentric character in it named Bartholomew - he thinks he's a great actor and loves to recite Greek tragedies at inopportune times. He's quite artistic and rather bad at it, so it makes for some great moments.
Make sure to get your copy today!
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Silversword is coming!
May 25, 2016 News, Novel Blog
My June release, SILVERSWORD, will be here before you know it. This book has turned into an old-friends reunion - Bose de Moray (The Gorgon), all three de Shera brothers (Lords of Thunder series), Davyss de Winter (Lespada), Daniel de Lohr (Shadowmoor), and an appearance by Curtis de Lohr, Christopher de Lohr's firstborn son (and Curtis will have his own novel as well very soon!), so this is definitely a book you will not want to miss. It's taking some great twists and turns, and the humor in it had me laughing out loud as I wrote it, so make sure you have your copy reserved. You'll really want to laugh with these guys - and stress out over the predicament they're in. Plus, the heroine, Alessandria, is a strong young lady - strong enough to stand up to a de Lohr male!
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Empowerment as Fostering Positive Youth Development and Citizenship
Abstract:Objective: To develop a theoretical framework of youth empowerment in the context of a participatory community health promotion intervention, a longitudinal qualitative study was conducted. Methods: Individual and group interviews, documents, and observations were analyzed using the constant comparative method and theoretical sampling. Results: Practitioners created an environment conducive to adolescents' taking responsibility for their quality-of-life issues by welcoming and enabling youth. Power was transferred to youth as responsibility for voicing, decision making, and action. This led to positive changes in youth development and their social integration into community. Conclusion: Empowerment emerged as a transactional partnering process between adults and youth.
Keywords: citizenship; health promotion; participatory research; positive youth development; youth empowerment
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal & Culture, and Mental Health Research Unit, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, CANADA. 2: Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA. 3: Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. 4: Vancouver/Richmond Health Board, Community Health Services, Vancouver, BC, CANADA. 5: Office of Extramural Prevention Research, Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Publication date: May 1, 2003
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The launch of music channels like Channel V and MTV was a new era in the TV industry. With the same boring daily soaps everyday, exclusive music channels like these changed the TV scene in India.
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A proposal to start a television channel for the Delhi assembly on the lines of the two channels run by Parliament will be forwarded to the state finance department by the assembly secretariat.
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There is a need to bring women to formal channels and to tell them that their money multiplies with the banks, it is safe with the banks and they can borrow at very lower rates, said Usha Ananthasubramanian, chairman and managing director (CMD), Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB) at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi.
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V.21 No.24 | 6/14/2012
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Arts Profile
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The beat goes on for dancer Cissy King
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For Cissy King, remembering lines has always presented a host of challenges. But the veteran dancer-turned-actress has no trouble firing off some of the funnier misspeakings of her former boss, television variety show icon Lawrence Welk. King, who grew up in Albuquerque, danced on the program for more than 11 years.
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Since 1698 the Lund University Library, Sweden has the right to receive one copy of every Swedish print, the so-called right of legal deposit, which must be kept for the future. This applies to everything from books, newspapers and maps to ephemera such as posters, organisational prints, product catalogues and advertisements. The majority - but not all - is catalogued and thereby becomes visible and available. Material which is not catalogued is called Ephemera and this represents the biggest part of our Swedish prints. This is especially important since it cannot be obtained in any other way. These are single leaflets, pamphlets, brochures and programmes, material which reflects the occasion.
The exhibition Var dags tryck explores four themes: Health, Politics, Leisure and Popular movements, but whatever you may choose it is possible to track the growth of modern Sweden in the Ephemera. Everything is here: little league newsletters, pizza menus, mail order catalogues and advertising mail which tell us about people's needs and dreams and everyday life. The University Library is now starting a long-term drive to promote Ephemera and to make it more accessible.
IWM North, part of Imperial War Museums in Manchester, presents this major exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of clothes rationing in Britain.
During the Second World War British men and women had to find new ways to dress as austerity measures and the rationing of clothes took hold. They demonstrated amazing adaptability and ingenuity
by adopting more casual styles and by renovating, recycling and creating their own clothes.
Bringing together 300 exhibits including clothing, accessories, photographs and film, official documents and
publications, artworks, wartime letters, interviews and ephemera, some of which have never been on display before, Fashion on the Ration presents a sense of what life was like on the home front for
men and women during wartime Britain.
This exhibition showcases over forty photographs that present a unique snapshot of black lives and experiences in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Developed in collaboration with Autograph ABP, this intervention in three gallery spaces includes some of the earliest photographs in the Gallerys Collection alongside recently rediscovered photographs from the Hulton Archive, a division of Getty Images.
These portraits of individuals of African and Asian heritage bear witness to Britains imperial history of empire and expansion. They highlight an important and complex black presence in Britain before 1948, a watershed moment when the Empire Windrush brought the first large group of Caribbean immigrants to Britain.
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The Museum of Printing and Graphic Communication, Lyon presents a retrospective exhibition dedicated to the great French poster designer Charles Loupot (1892-1962) with material extending over 50 years from the archives of the Bibliotheque Forney.
This exhibition explores the many, often surprising, aspects of Queen Victorias character: devoted wife, dedicated mother, devastated widow and powerful stateswoman.
Follow Victorias story from the room in which she spent her first moments as queen. Trace her journey from young girl to queen enthralled with a new husband, to grieving matriarch and ruler of a vast empire.
Included in the exhibition are iconic, impressive, beautiful and often deeply personal objects, from Victorias simple white silk wedding gown, to the dolls she made, dressed and named as a little girl.
Victoria and the people who surrounded her tell this story: excerpts from her journals, letters and reports from contemporary commentators give insight into the extraordinary life of the woman whose name defined an age.


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I've posted a review of the 2005 version of Mr. And Mrs. Smith over at my journal.Review here: http://allisontooey.livejournal.com/140274.html
I've posted a review of the original Mr. and Mrs. Smith over at my journal.Review: http://allisontooey.livejournal.com/139967.html
I've posted a review of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant over at my journal, as part of the Hit Me With Your Best Shot Challenge.Review: http://allisontooey.livejournal.com/139697.html
I've posted a review of The Wrecking Crew over at my journal.Review: http://allisontooey.livejournal.com/139320.html
I've posted a review of the movie Infamous over at my journal.Review here: http://allisontooey.livejournal.com/139194.html
Of Spies, Gangsters & CowboysIN LIKE FLINT:Flint (played by James Coburn) is a sixties super spy - possibly the American answer to James Bond. This is the second cinematic outing for the character and the tongue is very definitely in cheek - so much so that this feels more like a prototype for Austin Powers than a rival to Bond. It isnt quite funny enough to work as a comedy or spoof but its a little too silly to retain much credibility either. I remember very much enjoying 'Our Man Flint' and I don't know if that still stands up to contemporary viewing but this really doesn't.CARLITO'S WAY:Just when he thought he was out, they pull him back in! Pacino treds familiar turf to previous movies both in theme (the gangster that wants to leave it all behind him) and questionable ethnicity (here Puerto Rican rather than Scarface's Cuban). This is by no means a bad film but this later Pacino film (from 1993) already indicates a 'past its peak' phase in Pacino's career. Sean Penn turns in a memorable performance as do a range of other cast members but I can't help watching Pacino in this and remembering his better roles. I will say it again, this is by no means a bad film - it's very watchable - but is a pale shadow of Pacino at his best.OPEN RANGE:Kevin Costner stars in and directs a pretty decent western. I think this stands as a love letter to the classics of the genre as much as being part of the genre itself. Costner does okay behind the camera but on screen just about every seen is stolen by Robert Duvall. The rest of the cast do well too (I would love to see Michael Gambon do more westerns!) but Duvall is brilliantly cast. The story is comparatively simple and told in way that is pretty much free from cynicism and the on screen violence is used sparingly and to great effect. I liked this more than I was expecting to.RONIN:Robert DeNiro leads an excellent ensemble cast in a European set gangster/spy/heist thriller. Like Pacino in Carlito's Way I couldnt help looking at DeNiro and remembering his better roles but again this is not a bad film. There is a bit of an epic car chase - grand by the standards of the day but feels slightly dated now - that feels a bit like an early version of a Jason Bourne movie, posssibly encouraged by the European setting. The Ronin aspect hinted at by the title is not properly explored in my opinion despite being directly referenced in the story. DeNiro is clearly supposed to represent the 'master'less samurai' but the analogy doesn't quite hold water, but you can see what they were going for. I know I sound critical. Despite my moaning it's a decent enough film but it already feels quite dated and the character Deniro plays has nothing like the impact of his earlier work.
I've posted a review of The Monuments Men over at my journal.Review here: http://allisontooey.livejournal.com/138901.html
I've posted a review of The General Died at Dawn over at my journal.Review: http://allisontooey.livejournal.com/138749.html
Two animated movies:ANGRY BIRDS:So this was based on a computer game? I struggle to think of a decent movie that was made on that premise, though the spoof trailer for 'Minesweeper' is inspired: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKsI think that you need to be pretty young or pretty simple to really enjoy the movie as there isn't a lot going on. There are some very funny gags at the start of the movie as we learn how angry one particular bird is. There are some nice set pieces at the end of the film climax too but in between there was so little to keep my brain engaged that I am not sure whether I actually fell asleep and missed some of the movie or I just wished I had. This could have been a very funny short cartoon - and maybe the game is brilliant - but it doesn't cut it as a movie.INSIDE OUT: Since Pixar started turning out some uninspired sequels I have been less fastidious in promptly following their output. This is why I have only really caught up with this one on dvd. I actually quite like this. It isn't as groundbreaking or as funny as some of Pixar's best nor is it as beautiful but it is one of the most emotionally grounded. This might not be surprising seen as the film is mostly about emotions - in this case personified within the brain of a little girl. The Pixar film it most closely resembles I think is 'UP' but this movie is very much about an internal journey rather than an external one. I enjoyed this and would be happy to share it again with either kids or adults.
I've posted a review of My Favorite Wife over at my journal.Review: http://allisontooey.livejournal.com/138464.html
Two thoughtful genre pieces:MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT:From the start I should declare my feelings about this are a bit mixed. I was a big fan of the original film in this series, 'Monsters'. The original movie was thoughtful, beautiful in places and wildly original. This sequel, which is set ten years after the original film and is this time mostly set in the Middle East, struggles with the legacy of the original now that surprise and originality have been spoken for. That deals with most of the negative. The positive aspects include a quite insightful modern war movie - that just all happens to have giant aliens in it. The main characters are a group of friends who sign up to the American military to fight in the region. Partially the friends do this to escape from Detroit and it's poor economic prospects but there is a genuine sense of the men wanting to protect their family/country from the alien menace. When they arrive in the Middle East they find that they are not welcomed as liberators and they quickly face the threat of a growing insurgency that sees the American's weapons as more dangerous than the actual creatures. Aside from the giant monsters this can and does contain powerful echoes of the invasion of Iraq. On this level the film is brilliant and the creature design is brilliant once again but the plot meanders and isnt always clear. This could be taken as an accurate representation of life (which doesn't have to have clear meaning) or it could be poor writing. There is a lot in this film I like but I am not sure if I like the film itself, if that makes sense. I think I need to watch it again, and maybe the original too.CRIMSON PEAK:I like Crimson Peak. It's a gothic horror that could have been an Edgar Allen Poe story if it were not co-written (and directed) by Guillermo Del Toro. There is a 'people element' with some of the characters up to no good (including murder) but also a strong supernatural element and it is not too often that we see that balance worked out successfully in a modern movie (at least in the Western world). The period setting works very well and the film manages to be satisfyingly gothic without ever straying into the camp as many Hammer type films have done. With a 15 rating in the UK the horror remains quite mild but the characters/ performances are strong enough to keep the story engaging. Few, if any new doors were opened by this film but it nicely explores part of the palate this genre rarely reaches. For what it's worth, I approve.
I've returned from my trip, and I come bearing a review of Intolerance over at my journal.Review: http://allisontooey.livejournal.com/137991.html
I've posted a review of Two of a Kind over at my journal, under the heading "Birds of a Feather..."
Three varying degrees of disappointment:ROBOT OVERLORDS:This has been looking up at min from the bottom of the bargain bin for a little while. From the title is sounds like the ultra trashy nonsense I often enjoy but Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson head the cast - might it be 'good'? The answer is that this film falls a little between the stools and suffers because of it. It could be a mega Summer blockbuster, but it lacks the big bucks and the big bangs. It could be an ultra cheap sci-fi silly-fest but with a decent cast it takes itself just a little too seriously. I gather that the writer and director were aiming for something like 'The Goonies' - a child friendly (and child led) light adventure. This certainly has some merit. When I was ten years old I would have eaten up this giant robot caper, but I am not ten anymore. It seems to lack the class of Goonies but that might be the nostalgia goggles kicking in. The more recent 'Super 8' though managed to capture some of that magic in a way that Robot Overlords did not, so maybe it isn't just the nostalgia. This is far from a bad film but it is aimed at a very specific audience and I think it comes close, but I'm not convinced. STAG NIGHT OF THE DEAD:It's got a snappy title and has zombies, but to say that it is all downhill from there undersells what a waste of space this film is. As a comedy it could have been the new 'Shaun Of The Dead' or even (given the title) the new 'Hangover' but it failed to make me crack a smile even once. I totally admire the way independent film makers can bring anything to the screen (its a tough business and takes close to a miracle) but there is little here that is worth that (or any) effort. Poor characters, poor script, pretty lame premise - the only thing they had going for it was the title and they wasted it. X-MEN APOCALYPSE:I like hero movies and I liked this too, but for the first time in a while I am going to have to qualify my support a little. Partly my disappointment is because my expectations were so high. X-Men was my favourite comic when I was a reader and this 'First Class' franchise reboot has been very enjoyable. Apocalypse was a serious bad-ass in the comics so since that teaser at the end of Days Of Future Past I have been getting excited - and the reality could not quite match up.There is a lot here that I really do like. I love the tinkering with characters that we have already seen in earlier movies (Blob, Nightcrawler, Storm, Angel and a host of others all make a reappearance to some degree). I like that the cinematic universe is expanding. I really like Quicksilver. Once again the scenes with him are among the best in the film, certainly the funniest. I like that the female characters kicked serious arse in the film and that Mystique is becomming more of a figurehead. What I don't like is harder to pin down. In the comics when Apocalypse shows up it is a major event with the story taking place not only across several issues of the X-men comic but also crossing over into other spin-off titles, such would be the scope of the story. (The Civil War story in the recent Captain America movie was an even bigger example of this). To fit that kind of story into a single movie takes a different kind of balance and I am not sure if the movie quite has it. To give gravity to the consequences of the events in this film a lot of set up work is necessary, which bogs down the plot in places. At other times events spin past the multiple characters so quickly that it becomes difficult to relate to the characters at all. The bottom line for me is that telling a story in comic form (especially one story across multiple comics) is one thing but stories in movies move and form differently. It seems that as success builds on success the movies are picking up more ambitious and complex stories to adapt. Captain America was a bit of a handful, X-men possibly more so. I still had a good time with this film. I enjoy seeing the comic characters I have loved for decades brought to life and re-interpretted, but this particular story is a little uneven and therefore maybe not quite as satisfying as earlier installments.
I've posted a review of Sorry, Wrong Number over at my journal, under the heading "I Think The Movie Was Put On Hold..."
I've posted a review of "G" Men over at my journal, under the heading "The 'G' Stands For Good."