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scripts can be reused for some other commands too. You just need to run this nohup or open a screen for it.
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Most convenient way of regex searching recursively for files in python
def find_files(directory, pattern):
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
for basename in files:
if fnmatch.fnmatch(basename.lower(), pattern):
filename = os.path.join(root, basename)
yield filename
Its copied from stackoverflow, but it shows a really good example on when to use yield. Basically it returns a generator and thats far more memory efficient than returning a list.
Least painful set up for apache php mysql stack on mac os 10.10.
I am keeping this just in case i need to use it again. WOW sooo good.
Updating all existing python packages.
pip freeze --local | grep -v '^\-e' | cut -d = -f 1 | xargs -n1 pip install -U
Copied from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2720014/upgrading-all-packages-with-pip
Install php mysql stack on yosimite
Here is how to install mysql using homebrew
This is a great blog post. I am reposting it:
Change the background color in android app programatically
1. so. The first thing you need to make sure, is that for the content you want to change color on has an ID where you can reference to your program. Something like a android:id="@+id/name" so you can find it under resources.
2. LinearLayout ly = findViewById(R.id.name)
3. ly.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE)
Send messages to different users log on to the same server.
One of the cool features of UNIX is that you don't need to have any software installed to send message to users logged on to that machine. There is a handy command called "write" which enables you to do this. Here is the syntax of this command:
$write username tty
Now the question arises, how to know the tty of a particular user. The "who" command of UNIX comes in to play here. Just shoot "who" command on your terminal and see the magic. You will receive the list of all users logged on to that machine with their tty. Below is an example.
$who root :0 May 7 03:51 root pts/1 May 7 03:51 (:0.0) root pts/2 May 7 03:51 (:0.0) user5 pts/10 May 7 04:17 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-74) user8 pts/13 May 7 04:12 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-180) user9 pts/15 May 7 04:12 (10.176.146.212) user7 pts/14 May 7 04:23 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-118) user12 pts/18 May 7 04:14 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-119) user11 pts/23 May 7 04:14 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-31) user1 pts/22 May 7 04:27 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-125) user15 pts/24 May 7 04:14 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-65) user6 pts/12 May 7 04:14 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-120) user2 pts/28 May 7 04:14 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-60) user7 pts/30 May 7 04:14 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-118) user4 pts/31 May 7 04:14 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-72) user10 pts/32 May 7 04:14 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-68) user14 pts/33 May 7 04:14 (dhcp-dwf1-4-10-176-162-27)
If you want to send message to user8, issue following command at your terminal:
$write user8 pts/13
Now write any message you want. To end the message, press Ctrl+D. Your message would be sent.
(copied from) Reference: https://blogs.oracle.com/pranav/entry/how_to_send_message_to_users_l


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In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, West Virginia University's Women Against Rape will be holding several events to educate females at WVU.
The first event on April 7 will be Drop-A-Cop hosted with the WVU Police Department. Women will have the chance to tackle a University police officer and learn several tips to effectively protect themselves.
On April 14, WAR will have an information booth with facts and games related to sexual assault awareness as well as a bake sale.
MACE, or Mace A Criminal Expertly, will take place on April 21. Women will be shown the proper usage of pepper spray and given the opportunity to practice spraying police officers with a deactivated spray.
The last event, on April 28, will give women the chance to see if they can tell the difference between a safe drink and a spiked drink. WAR will be handing out coasters that test for major date rape drugs such as GHB and Ketamine.
Each event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. in the free speech zone in front of the Mountainlair. Women will have the chance to sign up for WAR's newsletter, as well as obtain information about sexual assault and the PROTECT self-defense class offered by the University Police Department.
WAR is a new organization that works to promote sexual assault awareness on campus and the free self-defense classes offered by the WVU Police Department.
To learn more, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the Facebook group by searching for "WVU Women Against Rape."
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Wow, this week has been hectic with the capital H-E-K-T-I-K. And I still haven't completed various things I have to do, much less wanted to do. Starting with my due date for chapter 01 for my thesis project. Dr. Visor is probably wondering what had happened to me. I fear opening my school email account for this fact.
The other note haven't finished is the story for January's Journey. I can't do my thesis report and stop thinking about that work I wanted to do so I'm going to finish the story. Hopefully it'll be up by today.
As voted by you - and me - (what? Can't I vote for my own story pictures?), I got the next month's picture running and I'm uploading it into Photobucket.com. By the time you read this, it'll be in my file server but I won't post it up yet until I got January's Journey coming.
Instead, I've decided to post these two images as pics of the weeks, including the one I missed last weekend. This are for the more playful aspects of myself, rather than have any connecting with my life's book series project. I thought you might get bored of landscapes and handsome characters.
A snail with a pimped-up ride by Vasily Bodnar. Probably with free cable TV and hot water shower, this snail is obviously showing off his country-style new digs to his fellow slow-mates. See carefully and try to spot how many other snails are there.
Of course, this piece of escargot is going to need to upgrade to an army tank if he every got close of one of these veggies.
A monster plant by Alberto Lozano. He wrote in CGSociety that he imagined this devil-flytrap was a product of a crazy lad student, most probably trying to play Little Shop of Horrors. The art drawn here is an excellent monster worthy of any 2B pencil. Oh yeah, and the Lozano's not a bad artist himself either. I really liked the plant's canines (scary monsters don't have placque!).
These two pictures I'd liked a lot for their quirky humour and their visual design and colouration. They make my smile easier to come by as I'm working on my deadlines. Enjoy them!


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Unlike many other wallet cases, this iLuv case has plenty of space for all your credit cards, your driving licence and cash. It looks stylish and it is really comfortable and easy to use and to setup.
This wallet case is perfect for the galaxy S4 and in my personal opinion is very underrated, maybe because of its price.
The case itself is made with full-grain, top-grade calf leather with a matte finish to provide a nice stylish look.
It is a Premium wallet and protective case for the Samsung galaxy S4. It can contain up to four credit cards, one. In addition it has a cool ID window, and two slots for cash. It also maintains access to all ports and controls including the camera and provides a complete and comfortable use as both a case and a high quality wallet.
This is definitely one of my favorite wallet cases for galaxy S4, it has it all. A lot of space for credit cards, cash, an ID window and a perfect for for the phone.


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Congresswoman Michele Bachmann held an anti-health-care-reform rally on the steps of the Capitol last week although she and other GOP members of congress wanted to call it a press conference and act as if this many concerned citizens just happened to use their own hard earned money to travel to D.C. to hear them speak. Bachman estimated that at least 20,000-45,000 people attended the event, while the Washington Post reported it was actually more like 10,000.
As expected the mainstream media reported on the event and gave the politicians their free air time to rail against the very government they belong to. One particular television personality thought he needed to put his own spin on the event, no matter how dishonest. Who might that personality be? None other than Sean Hannity. He and his show not only inflated the number in attendance with their words, but actually used footage from a heavily-attended protest this summer to make this health care rally appear more popular. Hannity even pointed out that this was a huge crowd for a Thursday, when the protest footage they used was from a Saturday.
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And just as we might also expect one up and coming journalist Jon Stewart and his team caught the falsehood Hannity and team were running and ran with it. Stewart pointed out neither the color of the leaves nor sky in the tacked-on video match that of the actual footage of last weeks event. Stewart and team of course went on to mock Fox by adding more video to the interview, this time from Woodstock and the movie "300" which is well deserved.
Unfortunately it isn't the first time Hannity has pulled a stunt like this and sadly it certainly won't be the last time he attempts to create the news he'd really like to report.


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Rona Ambrose supports dropping same-sex marriage ban from Conservative policy
Interim Conservative leader would back motion at party's May policy convention in Vancouver
Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose says she backs a call for removal of the long-standing same-sex marriage ban from official Tory policy, her latest move to reshape the party in the post-Stephen Harper era.
"I've been clear for a long time that the Conservative Party welcomes all conservatives, regardless of sexual orientation. If you believe in smaller government, lower taxes, balanced budgets and individual freedom, we want you in our party," Ambrose said in a statement to CBC News.
A group of Alberta Tories adopted a resolution over the weekend calling for the two lines that deal with same-sex marriage to be deleted from the Conservative Party's social policy at its upcoming national convention in Vancouver.
Existing Conservative policy — which was reaffirmed at the party's last convention in 2013 — says Parliament, not the courts, should determine the definition of marriage and that the party supports legislation defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
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"I was happy to see our Alberta policy congress vote in huge numbers in that spirit this past weekend. If it's something that makes it to our policy convention floor, I'll be happy to vote the same way," Ambrose said.
Would-be Tory voters turned off by ban
A group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Conservatives wrote to the Edmonton-area MP earlier this month, asking her to support their efforts to strike down the ban at the Vancouver convention.
"This policy is a significant obstacle to the acceptance of the Conservative message by voters who would otherwise be attracted to the party's stance on economic, security, and foreign policy issues," signatories from the group LGBTory Rainbow Conservatives wrote to Ambrose.
"Most of us have had encounters with people for whom the Conservative vision resonates strongly but who are repelled by a social-conservative policy on same-sex marriage."
The message seems to have resonated with the Tory leader, who, in just a few short months at the helm, has dropped the party's opposition to an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and the long-form census, among other policy shifts.
But as Stephanie Levitz of The Canadian Press reported Tuesday, the Alberta motion and Ambrose's support for the change is just the first step in getting the ban dropped as there's no guarantee that it will be part of the suite of policy options Conservatives will consider this spring in Vancouver.
It's up to the party's national executive to determine what motions will be debated at the meeting, a process that often takes into account how many members support a particular position.
Calgary MP Michelle Rempel told Levitiz she was among those who voted in favour of the Alberta resolution and that she was glad to see the motion get broad support.
"It's a very positive thing and something that's been very positively accepted," Rempel said. "There is a quite a bit of interest in this particular resolution and I'd anticipate other riding associations across the country will try to submit similar resolutions or support one single one going to the floor."
The Conservative Party's national policy convention will be held from May 26 to 28.
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2012 Pork Industry Environmental Steward Award-winning Dahl Family Farms uses cutting-edge technology to improve the environment for both people and pigs. "We don't want to be just another name on that abstract," Wayne says. "We want to leave a legacy. Wayne and his wife, Laura, combine a love of the land with their passion for pigs on their Minnesota farm.
Enjoy this photographic tour of Dahl Family Farms. Learn more about the operation by reading the story, "Living for the Legacy," published in the Sept. 15, 2012 issue of National Hog Farmer. Take a video tour of the farm in the Video Section of the National Hog Farmer Web site.
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Monday after Rogate
Scripture: St. John 10:1-5 (NKJV)
1 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."
Sin is to seek things on one's own terms rather than abide by God's holy will. We confess in the creeds that we believe God the Father created all things. This also means that He set things in order according to His benevolent will. However, Satan and our parents, Adam and Eve, fouled things up by transgressing His good will and righteous ordering, and things have been scattered and damaged ever since.
To this day wicked men and false teachers circumvent God's will and Christ's commands for the Church, and these men cause havoc. God's lambs are gathered together by the one voice of the Good Shepherd and made into one flock. But man's foolishness and selfishness causes them to follow strange voices that are different from God's. They steal the blessings of peace and assurance in the clear Word of God by spreading Satan's noise, and they disturb the flock.
This is why it is always important for us to discern and follow the voice of Christ's sound doctrine and be guarded by it. The wisdom of His Law helps us to see how our lives should look as one of His lambs, and the glory of His Gospel shows us that He has done all to redeem us and grant us abundant life in Him according to faith and His Spirit.
We pray: Lord God, keep us steadfast in Your Word and guide us always by the voice of our Good Shepherd, Your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.


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shaunharris needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 74 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
My home improvement club (My HI CLUB)
We are a home improvement company operating in Orange County California. Currently we publish a home improvement direct mail magazine that is delivered free of charge to the top 250'000 homes in OC. the intention is now to offer an online resource directory connecting buyers and service providers.
living in homes worth $400k and above
targeting woman - married / family / 35 years plus
A graphic logo
the name written in a unique way / font
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Numbered Coat Rack
10 comments:
- AntiqueChase said...
Great Coat rack!! love it! Happy New Year
- January 1, 2012 at 8:16 PM
- sissie said...
I have thought what would be a simple project turn into a nightmare. Thank goodness you had the patience to repaint your coat rack until you were happy with it.
I love it. And, it will sell right away.
- January 2, 2012 at 3:29 AM
- KiwiStyle said...
Just discovered and enjoying your blog from New Zealand. Happy New Year. Jane :)
- January 2, 2012 at 10:07 AM
- Judy said...
Love your take on the coat rack! I can't imagine it in its original form.
- January 2, 2012 at 6:35 PM
- Rebecca said...
Thanks so much for your comment! :) I will definately want to place a custom order when I can decide for sure what I would like! Yay! :) Thank you! Also, do you live in Granbury? I am from and live in Arkansas but lived in Stephenville, TX at one time which isn't far from Granbury. :)
- January 3, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- Lana M. said...
Thanks so much for my sign. I love it. Happy New Year!
- January 6, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Greetings from California.
I am Your Newest Follower.
I invite you to visit My Blog
Have a Nice Day :-)
- January 8, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- Heather said...
Hi, my name is Heather! Please email me when you can, I have a question about your blog!
- January 10, 2012 at 9:06 AM
- JoLynn said...
I am a big lover or all signs...I have made a few myself, but this "Yes, we're open" sign is great! Whatever you do to make it look so distressed turned out fantastic!! :)
- January 29, 2012 at 9:54 AM
- JoLynn said...
Sorry...was supposed to say I am a big lover OF all signs, not or all signs! :)
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Traditional Textiles Series: Indian Bandhani and the Embroidery of Kutch, Lao Supplementary Weft Weaving and Katu Backstrap Weaving, Presentations at Maestrale Imports, Port Townsend, WA, Feb 1 - March 29, 2017
Bedouin Weaving in Qatar, Presentation to Whidbey Weavers' Guild, Pacific Northwest Art School, Coupeville, WA, September 1, 2016
PLY Magazine, "True Spindle Bouclé ", Autumn 2016, Issue 14
Spin-Off Magazine, "Ancient Techniques, New Connections," Spring 2016
PLY Magazine, "Creating Texture on a Spindle", Autumn 2015, Issue 10
Handspinning with Spindles, Presentation at weekly seminar, University of Aberdeen School of Social Science, facilitated by Professor Tim Ingold, Aberdeen, Scotland, February 2015
Traditions, Tourists, Trends, (September, 2014) Presentation at Textile Society of America's Biennial Symposium: New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future. Paper available online: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/912/ Audio and slide show online: http://vimeopro.com/vc1/tsa2014/page/3 (scroll down to session 16)
EXARC Journal, "Variables and assumptions in modern interpretation of ancient spinning technique and technology through archaeological experimentation", January 2014 http://journal.exarc.net
PLY Magazine, "Follow the Fiber", Autumn 2013, Issue 2.
Marhaba Magazine, "Sadu Weaving in Qatar," Autumn 2012, Issue 54. Now online: http://marhaba.qa/sadu-weaving-in-qatar/
Spin-Off Magazine, "Bedouin in the Big City," Spring 2012, Volume XXXVI, Number 1.
Fiberarts Magazine, "Yarn, the Art of Twist," Spring 2011
Surface Design Association Newsblog, "Creative Process: Spinning an ART YARN with inspiration from Ravelry.com," December, 2010, online publication. http://www.surfacedesign.org/newsblog/creative-process-spinning-an-art-yarn
Spin Artists, and How the Internet Fuels the Art Yarn Movement (October, 2010) Presentation at Textile Society of America's 12th Biennial Symposium: From Plains Space to Cyber Space. Paper published in the proceedings online. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/22/
Spin-Off Magazine, "Spinning Art: Handspinning as Creative Expression," Fall 2009, Volume XXXIII, Number 3.
Handspinning for Traditional Garments in Ladakh, (September, 2008) Presentation in the "Economics, Authenticity and Identity" session of the Textile Society of America's 11th biennial Symposium: Textiles as Cultural Expressions. Paper published in the proceedings online. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/247/
Spin-Off Magazine, "Spinning in the Himalayas," Fall 2008,Volume XXXII, Number 3.
Spin-Off Magazine, "Handspun Gallery of Baby Surprise Jackets," handspun and knitted work featured in Fall 2008 issue, Volume XXXII, Number 3.
Knitty Magazine - "Knitting in the Indian Himalaya," Winter 2006. http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/FEAThimalaya.html
Abby Franquemont, handspinning and backstrap weaving teacher
Amelia Garripolli, handspinning teacher
Joy Totah Hilden, weaver and textile researcher
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Read Lisa Mirabello's profile in the Spring 2014 Linkage newsletter.
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Dr. Lisa Mirabello earned her Ph.D. in biomedical sciences with a focus on molecular population genetics and infectious disease from the University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York in 2007. She joined the Clinical Genetics Branch of the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics as a postdoctoral Cancer Genetics Research Fellow in 2007 and was promoted to a Research Fellow in 2010. In 2013, Dr. Mirabello was appointed as an Earl Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator in the Genetic Epidemiology Branch. She is interested in understanding the contribution of genomic and epigenomic alterations to cancer etiology. Dr. Mirabello has received a number of awards for her work in this area, including a DCEG Fellowship Achievement Award as well as a DCEG Fellowship Award for Research Excellence.
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary, malignant bone tumor among children and adolescents. Osteosarcoma etiology has remained poorly characterized, and metastatic disease has a poor prognosis. Dr. Mirabello is using epidemiologic studies to examine incidence patterns and identify risk groups for this rare cancer. She is working to identify genes and pathways that may significantly contribute to risk of osteosarcoma. She is using candidate gene and whole-genome approaches to comprehensively explore the relationship between genetic variation and susceptibility to osteosarcoma and clinical outcomes. Dr. Mirabello and her colleagues have completed the first international, multi-institution genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of osteosarcoma risk and outcome. She is conducting large genomic epidemiologic studies to broadly seek novel germline genetic markers of disease risk and outcome.
Osteosarcoma is a defining feature of several, rare hereditary cancer susceptibility syndromes, such as Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA). DBA patients have a high incidence of osteosarcoma. Dr. Mirabello is evaluating DBA families from the longitudinal inherited bone marrow failure syndrome (IBMFS) cohort. She is assessing DBA families that lack a mutation in any of the known DBA genes using whole-exome sequencing. She seeks to discover new rare disease-causing mutations and to further our knowledge about the genetics of DBA, which may inform our understanding of osteosarcoma etiology.
Thirteen human papillomavirus (HPV) types cause virtually all cases of cervical cancer and a large proportion of other anogenital and oropharyngeal cancers. HPV is a common, sexually-transmitted infection, but only a small fraction of infected women progress to developing cervical precancer or cancer. Little is known about why only certain infections progress. There is huge variability in risk conferred by the different carcinogenic HPV types and, remarkably, strong differences even between closely related variant lineages within each type.
Dr. Mirabello is studying a large number of whole-genome sequences of carcinogenic HPV types from precancer/cancer cases and controls to understand the viral genetic basis of HPV carcinogenesis using a novel high-throughput HPV next-generation sequencing assay. HPV type 16 causes approximately half of all cervical cancers worldwide, and causes most other HPV-related cancers. A primary focus of this HPV genomics project is to evaluate why HPV16 is so much more carcinogenic than closely related HPV types, and to evaluate HPV16 variants related to within type risk differences. Dr. Mirabello has evaluated HPV16 whole-genome sequences from approximately 5,000 HPV16-positive women with benign infections or cervical precancer/cancer, and has made several novel observations regarding HPV16 epidemiology and carcinogenicity.


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SALE! Baby Sara twofer denim dress. Fall/Winter 2015 collection. Gray and pink knit top and denim skirt with ruffles and flower embellishments give this little twofer dress a little country comfort style. 94% Cotton. 6% Spandex. Hand Wash Cold.
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Credit Derivatives Trading in Tokyo: Interview
Continuing our series of interviews with bankers / financiers in different parts of the world, today we're speaking with a friend of mine from Stanford who worked in credit derivatives trading in Japan and then founded his own trading firm… after only 1 year of work.
A lot of readers are interested in going to Asia, and an equal number are interested in starting their own investment firms one day – so I figured this would be a good read.
1. Tell us about yourself.
I'm Taiwanese American, born in the states and raised in Silicon Valley. During my studies at Stanford, I had the opportunity to study abroad and intern in Japan.
It was so cool that I decided Tokyo was the place I wanted to be after graduation. While in Tokyo, I gained experience on the equities trading desk of a major U.S. investment bank and the fixed income trading desk of a major European investment bank.
Now I run my own trading firm out of Beijing, but I trade U.S. and Japanese equities.
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2. What was the recruiting process like for trading?
I applied for full-time jobs by going to the Boston Career Forum, which is the largest Japanese-English bilingual career fair in the world.
Many Japanese and non-Japanese find their jobs at top investment banks in Tokyo this way. Before attending the career forum, make sure to submit your resume in advance and fill out any online forms/questionnaires of firms you are interested in.
The interview process at the career fair can be grueling – possibly more than 15 interviews jam-packed in one day.
Most top-tier firms will interview you at least a half dozen times before giving you an offer, which might be given out on the spot or a few weeks later.
For finance professionals already working in Tokyo, much of the hiring goes through acquaintances, former colleagues, and headhunters.
Trading interviews are naturally different from investment banking interviews – for students, there will be some basic fit questions and math / brain teaser questions to test quantitative aptitude. For experienced professionals, the questions will focus on previous trading experience and your understanding of financial markets.
3. Was the process any different because you were applying to Japan?
For US or European investment banks in Tokyo, the process is pretty much the same as everywhere else, except you sometimes go through different channels – such as the Boston Career Forum – rather than sticking to on-campus recruiting or networking.
At Japanese securities firms, recruiting happens much earlier (over a year before the job starts). I'm not sure offhand how much the actual process differs because I didn't really apply to any Japanese companies.
In terms of getting offers, commitment to living in Japan and ability to speak Japanese come into play, but language ability is not as crucial to trading as it is to other finance jobs like investment banking or private equity.
4. How much networking did you do when getting your job? How essential was that?
My internship at the equity trading desk was due to networking with an alumnus.
I found the fixed income job via the career forum I went to, so no networking was required there.
I got in without a huge networking effort for 2 reasons:
- I went to a "target" school and had a finance background.
- The market was much better when I was recruiting.
These days networking would be pretty much required to get in, unless you get lucky or have some crazy connection(s).
The Job Itself
5. What did you think the job would be like before you started? How did that change once you got there?
I expected the fixed income trading job to be exciting and extremely quantitative, but I later realized there was a lot of repetition and that most of the real quantitative work was being done by the quants, not the traders.
The traders simply use the tools developed by the quants.
Trading volume and the outstanding notional amount of non-government fixed income securities in Japan is pretty small. Trading volume of Japanese equities is high but tick-sizes are controlled so that stocks seem to move much more slowly than U.S. equities.
Traders used to fast-paced U.S. markets might be somewhat turned off by this. That said, each market has its quirks and some people enjoy trading the Japanese capital markets.
Also, I expected to spend most of my time trading – but a lot of my time was actually spent resolving IT issues and organizing data.
6. Is there any activity in credit derivatives (where you worked) these days? Or is it completely dead?
Yes, there is. The activity of credit default swaps actually increased after the credit crisis started, since previously Japanese companies didn't default much and the market didn't move much.
The Itraxx Japan CDS index, for example, moved about 3 basis points in the half year before July 2007, and then exploded by over 200 bps in a few months.
On the other hand, try selling a synthetic CDO stuffed full of subprime mortgages to a conservative regional Japanese bank… yeah, good luck. It was already really hard before the credit crisis, and now it's even harder.
Some investors are still willing to take risk given that corporate credit has pretty juicy yields now – but overall, the already small group of credit trading professionals in Tokyo has gotten even smaller since the credit crisis.
7. What other options were you considering? Were you glad you chose what you did in terms of geography/industry?
I only considered jobs in Japan since I liked the country so much.
I was also thinking about consulting or equity research – but those are also more difficult to get into and require native speaker level proficiency.
In retrospect I might have chosen a derivatives structuring job over credit trading, since I am analytical and disliked the repetition involved with flow trading.
Culture / Pay / Models & Bottles
8. Do bankers still lust after models and bottles in Japan? Or is it just sake bottles?
Haha. Oh man. Some guys come to Japan just for this.
If you want to indulge in in Tokyo, it's pretty easy to do so – until your boss wants you to work overtime.
I won't get into all the details here since this is PG-rated, but just use your imagination.
One common practice is "goukon," or blind date parties, where 5 guys and 5 girls might go out for drinks together. I organized one myself before. Even non-finance people in Japan work long hours and it's hard to meet people otherwise, so these have always been popular.
The selection of bars, pubs, and nightlife in Tokyo is also awesome (not just sake bottles; it's very international). It's not like Hong Kong where there is basically only one area (Lam Kwai Fung) to go drinking.
That said, you should come to Japan because you really like the country, not for the models / bottles aspect.
9. What was the culture of your firm like? Was it more because of the firm itself or because you were in Japan?
Foreign investment banks in Tokyo have a mix of the parent bank's culture and Japanese culture. That means:
- Longer working hours than Western counterparts, but maybe not as long as Japanese securities firms.
- It's a meritocracy, and young people can get paid a lot – unlike in Japanese firms, where you typically get paid a fraction of US salaries.
- Women are valued and respected more than at Japanese companies, but maybe not as much as they are in the West.
- Diversity is more important than at Japanese firms.
In my view, most people would be crazy to work for a Japanese securities firm over a foreign investment bank.
10. What were the hours / pay like in Tokyo?
My starting salary out of college was about 7 million yen base plus a 2.5 million yen bonus, so about $100K USD total. If you start out at a Japanese securities firm your salary could be as low as 1/4 of this (yet another reason why lots of Japanese youth still live with their parents – try getting by in Tokyo on $25K per year!).
Hours were around 13 hours a day plus an occasional Saturday. I know traders in Tokyo who work from 10 hours a day to 17 hours a day, but most are in the 11-14 hours per day range.
Just like at any other trading firm, your salary can quickly escalate into millions of USD depending on your performance – but that rarely happens and given the financial crisis, most firms probably won't let you take that sort of risk anymore.
11. These days many readers are concerned about how they'll pay for their apartments in Manhattan given lower pay – what was that like in Tokyo, where real estate is even more expensive than New York?
Keep in mind, everything in Japan – even the most expensive apartment you can find – is much smaller than what you'd find in the US or other parts of the world.
I paid about $1,000 USD per month for a 25 square meter (270 sq ft) place but the location was excellent.
If you are willing to take a short 30 minute commute then your rent can be a lot cheaper. The public transportation system in Tokyo is second-to-none, and Japanese products can help save space in the apartment (like really small but effective vacuum cleaners). Some companies also use an accounting trick to pay for an employee's housing before taxes, then subtract it from the employee's pre-tax income.
Next Moves / Starting a Trading Firm
12. You didn't stick around too long before starting your own firm – why did you leave the industry when you did?
I left my fixed income trading job in Japan because I wanted to start my own company, and because I felt my job was overly repetitive.
I'd like to say that I foresaw the credit crisis and all, but it was just good timing that I got out before things turned really bad.
13. Many readers are thinking of starting their own investment firms one day – what was it like going through that experience after having worked in trading for only a year or so?
Staring my own trading firm was a pretty tough experience, but I learned a lot. My advice: do not do it for the money.
You need to think carefully first about your desired work-life balance and your passion, and only then should you think about the money.
Although my firm is doing OK, I think I started it a bit too early on in life – I would have benefited from a bit more experience at a big company.
Starting the firm in China, of all places, was also "interesting" to say the least. Founding a company in any location is really tough, but all sorts of factors made it even more difficult and grueling here.
14. Where do you want to be 10 years from now?
I hope I can be back in Tokyo, and I'm open to career options outside of finance. I haven't done too much long-term planning because things change too quickly – if you had found me 2 years ago, I never would have expected to be running my own trading firm today!
15. Many readers are thinking about going to Asia to find opportunities in finance/business these days – any advice or recommendations on that?
I think it is an excellent time to be coming to Asia, especially Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, and Shanghai.
If you choose Tokyo, your career prospects might not be as bright but the lifestyle is great. Beijing and Shanghai have lifestyle issues (like pollution, etc.) and the financial system is not as advanced, but they are improving and growing rapidly.
Singapore and Hong Kong are the most advanced financially, they have excellent corporate-friendly legal systems, they are more diverse, and everyone speaks English.
16. Any words of advice for anyone interested in going into trading today?
Be confident but don't be overly confident. Don't think that you are always smarter than the market. Do your own due diligence when entering into a trade. Make sure you can handle the pressure of losing money before you take the job.
Trade because you really like doing it – not just for the money.
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Hopefully Jerry is still active on this post. Here we go:
I work for a US based tech company focused on digital media products (not advertising). Think CNN, Forbes and Hollywood studios as our clients. Given Jerry's role at Google and his involvement with the tech scene in Japan, I hope he will comment on the following:
I know and love Japan, speak some Japanese and have lived in East Asia. My goal is to convince my company to open their Asia HQ in Tokyo and appoint myself as the director. I would be in charge of all operations, sales, hiring etc…
1) I have experience with selling to corporations in S. East Asia. However, our company is able to sell some of our products without feet on the ground via online sales channels but acquiring large corporate customers without physical presence is not possible. What specific things should I focus on as a reason to have feet on the ground in Asia?
2) Keep in mind I am Caucasian, but I would like to spend the rest of my life in Asia. Besides the obvious things like I know the company culture, values, goals etc… What other important aspects should I focus on to convince the employer that I am the person who should be running Asia operations?
hi, im reading on your number #6, and you mentioned about japan itraxx credit default swap index move about 3 basis point half year before 2007. anyway, do you know any good book that mentioned about japan ixxtrax cds so that i can learn more about the topic? at my current job as an analyst and i price this security each night. i get the info of the jpy itraxx from ice website and price then on the portfolio. but i dont understand full concept of japan itraxx cds. would you please help me shed somelight or recomend some good book so i can expand my knowledge.thanks very much.
Sorry for posting a comment on an old post. I am a Chinese having lived in Japan for about 3 years (Japanese ability is soso, very basic business level). This year I graduated from a US university as a finance major and got a chance to have an interview with one of the top USA IB at Boston Career Forum, which will happen in about 4 days…The position will be a trader or sales position at FI division…Currently I am preparing for my interview and found that I almost forgot the knowledge learned from my previous Fixed Income class…Do you know what kind of FI questions will be asked in the FI S&T interviews? I think it is really too rush for me to review all the FI or Derivatives topics and at the same time, market information as well as Math knowledge…….Thank you very much!
I would like to ask about the Math related stuff in the interviews, and in Trading while doing the job.
What kind of math "level" you should know, or how important portion of the interview is it?
And what kind of math you will need to deal as a trader in the actual job?
Hi! Thank you for the post!
I am a senior graduating in August this year and is thinking of going to the Boston Career Forum.
I have never thought of working in Tokyo before studying abroad in Tokyo, so I missed the Forum last year…Does anyone know if the Tokyo Career Forum in June is a good bet too?
Thank you! =]
So what factors do traders consider when trading Credit Default Swaps?
I was just wondering how come you chose the other Asian markets as oppose to choosing to work in the Taiwanese financial market?
And do you by any chance know the difficulty in breaking into the American/Swiss Investment banks doing S&T in Taiwan?
I been in Japan one month in host family in tokyo and maybe going back for one year (exchange student)…How wonder how much energy should I put into it.
If I am interested in IB and later BD , how can I break into Japan. Is it possible to become Tech investment Banker there ? I know its alot of work but, my main question is if I work for an american bank, all the documents and reading should be in English right ? May be Im just wishing… but I heard that so much people are working there at quite high level and they dont speak Japanese at all….I mean beeen there, one mot
For IBD in Japan, you need an extremely high level of Japanese; maybe not for other divisions, but IBD you definitely need super good japanese, since you're mainly dealing with Japanese clients – even my Japanese friend got asked if her japanese was okay, and another friend who interned at jpm said while the bank is very international, ibd only has japanese people in it.
in other words, unless your japanese is at native level, you'll (unfortunately) get filtered out during the document screening process
really, but what kind of business/banking related jobs non japanese has in japan ? if they are not Japanese native ?
except trading …
What do you mean by "IBD" ?
Investment Banking Department
hey jerry, i like your comment about how it seems that the quants are doing all the work, and the traders are just executing. from talking to some quants, they feel neglected in that their models aren't always used. the traders don't even know what the programs do half the time, and don't bother to ask.
i have a related question:
is it true that for someone interested in non-market making trading (quantitative), an ideal position would be a quant at one of the large quant funds, i.e. rentech, deshaw, aqr, citadel? Would these positions be preferred over say a trading position at a bulge-bracket (goldman, MS, etc)? I'm not very sure what traders actually do at banks. I know some structure derivatives, i.e. MBS, CDOs, exotics, but i'm not interested in doing that. I'm trying to find a position where it is quantitative, non-market making, and where risk is taken, thereby giving potential for large returns.
The other option, from what i've read, is to be a banker in m&a/lev fin/coverage group, learn fundamentals/accounting real well, and go into a fundamental-driven equity hedge fund. This would be non-quantitative, but I would be okay with this as well.
What are your thoughts?
As I went through this site, I stumbled across this section and couldn't believe I've found someone who did something I am trying to do at the moment. I am going to attend the 2010 Boston Career fair and really want to land a trading job in Japan because I love the country and have many friends. I also studied Japanese in University on the side while majoring in Finance. I was wondering if you could give me some pointers on how to prepare for the interviews, how to network my way in since I don't have much experience (only 1 year in asset management ops and 1 year of english teaching in japan which i know doesn't look good on my CV). Basically, I need your help in increasing my chances of landing a job, as i really want one in trading and love Japan!!


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With the increasing economic tie between the US and China and the growing role San Antonio plays in the global economy, the demand for learning the Chinese language and understanding the Chinese cultural has also increased.
The Confucius Institute (CI) at University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) was established, in collaboration with UTSA and Hanban, to better meet this increasing demand.
Located on the campus of UTSA, the Confucius Institute at UTSA has established its programs with the mission to promote Chinese language learning, help appreciate and understand the Chinese culture, history, and society, and create cultural and educational exchange opportunities for people in San Antonio and in the south Texas region.
The Confucius Institute at UTSA focuses especially on establishing Confucius Classrooms in all of the community colleges and in grade schools in San Antonio area. By offering college credited Chinese language and cultural courses instructed by well-trained Chinese language professors, coupled with its year-round Chinese language and cultural programs to pre-school to high school age children, the Confucius Institute strives to create the best environment for students of all ages to learn the Chinese language and culture!
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Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Mah Siew Keong, released the following statement, after the EU Parliament voted in Strasbourg to ban all Palm Oil biofuels, as part of the EU's Renewable Energy Directive (RED):
- The vote by the EU Parliament to exclude Palm Oil biofuels from the EU's renewable energy future is a wholly unjustified blockade against Malaysian farmers, families and communities.
- The EU Parliament's plan would allow all other oilseed crops to continue operating under the RED, whereas Palm Oil will be excluded. This is a clear case of discrimination against Palm Oil producing countries. The EU is practising a form of Crop Apartheid.
- The Malaysian Government views this as an unacceptable and protectionist trade barrier, and a breach of the EU's WTO commitments. We will not hesitate to take corrective action. The EU Parliament's decision to discriminate against Palm Oil biofuels will negatively impact European trade and cooperation in Malaysia, and the wider South East Asian region.
- We urge European Governments, and the Council of the EU, to reject the EU Parliament's position on Palm Oil biofuels. The Parliament's blockade will place at risk the work of the Council of the EU in creating European jobs and expanding bilateral trade and other strategic interests in South-East Asia.
- The EU Parliament's allegations relating to Malaysian Palm Oil's environmental impact are demonstrably false. Malaysia has one of the most advanced forest protection regimes in the world, as recognised by the United Nations and the World Bank, among others. Malaysia's forest protection is vastly superior to that of almost every EU Member State.
- Malaysian Palm Oil exporters are able to meet the strictest standards of sustainability required by our European customers, and Malaysian Palm Oil biofuel exporters have been certified as sustainable by leading European sustainability schemes, including the German ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification), as recognised by the EU Commission.
- Malaysia has proven world-leading sustainable palm oil practices, as confirmed by the EU Commission's own recognised sustainability schemes. The EU Parliament's attempt to denigrate Malaysia is insulting and has no basis in fact.
- The Malaysian Government will take any action necessary to protect the rights of 650,000 Malaysian Palm Oil small farmers, and to secure the future of the Palm Oil sector that has lifted millions of Malaysians out of poverty. Protectionist discrimination against Malaysian Palm Oil exports will not be tolerated.
Notes to Editors:
- Malaysian Palm Oil is responsible for RM70bn (€14.5bn) in annual export revenue; and around 7.5 per cent of all Malaysian exports.
- 39 per cent of all oil palm plantations in Malaysia are cultivated by small farmers. Palm oil programme have lifted millions of Malaysians out of poverty[1].
- EU exports to Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, total over €40billion annually[2].
- Malaysia's forest cover is over 50 per cent, as reported in the UNFAO Global Forest Resources Assessment[3]
[1] Ragayah, Haji Mat Zin (2013). The New Economic Policy and Poverty Eradication. In Terence Gomez and Johan Saravanamuttu (eds). The New Economic Policy in Malaysia: Affirmative Action, Ethnic Inequalities and Social Justice. Singapore, NUS Press.
[2]Malaysia," European Commission, 16 March 2017 ; Indonesia," European Commission, 16 March 2017; Thailand," European Commission, 16 March 2017.
[3] United Nations FAO: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4808e.pdf


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By: Veronica Rose, Chief Analyst
You asked for a summary of sSB 998—An Act Concerning Crimes With a Firearm (LCO 4681).
This bill requires local police departments (or resident state troopers or constables who perform law enforcement duties where there is no police department) to establish and maintain a gun offender registry. It defines 33 gun offenses and requires people convicted of any one of them, on or after October 1, 2011, to register as gun offenders in the town where they live and update the information annually, unless their conviction is overturned or they are pardoned. The bill applies even if a gun offender's case is on appeal. (For a list of gun offenses, see Table 1 at the end of the report. )
The bill requires courts to inform people convicted of these gun offenses of the registration requirement. It specifies information the registry must maintain, registration deadlines, and responsibilities of law enforcement units. It subjects gun offenders who provide false information to the registry or fail to register to a fine of up to $ 1,000, imprisonment for up to one year, or both.
The bill requires that registration information on registered offenders be expunged four years after conviction or release from prison, depending on whether the sentence included incarceration. But if a person's conviction is reversed or he or she is pardoned, he or she may apply for expungement at any time.
The bill takes effect October 1, 2011.
The bill requires each local police department or, where there is no police department, the resident state trooper or constable who performs law enforcement duties, to (1) establish and maintain a gun offender registry and (2) maintain registry data for four years following the date of an offender's (a) conviction, if the offender's sentence did not include imprisonment, or (b) release from prison (§ 3(i)).
At the end of the applicable retention period, the department or official must expunge the offender's registration record.
The bill requires any state court that convicts a person of a gun offense to (1) enter an order certifying that the defendant is a gun offender, (2) advise the defendant of his or her duty to register, and (3) order him or her to comply with the registration requirements (§ 2).
The bill requires gun offenders to register in person with the appropriate law enforcement official or department in the town where they live no later than 48 hours after the date they are (1) sentenced, if the sentence does not include imprisonment, or (2) released from prison (§ 3). The registration must include:
1. the gun offender's name, any aliases he or she has used, and any other name by which he or she has been legally known;
2. a description of the offense for which the gun offender was convicted;
3. the date of conviction and the date of release from prison, if applicable;
4. identifying information, including a physical description;
5. residence address;
6. the names of any other city, town, or borough where the gun offender has registered; and
7. any other information the law enforcement official or department requires under the registration law (§ 3).
The law enforcement official or department may (1) photograph the offender and include the photograph in the registration and (2) require documentation from him or her to verify the contents of the registration (§§ 3(d) & (e)). The offender must sign and date the registration.
No later than 20 days after each anniversary of an initial registration, the bill requires the gun offender to personally appear at the law enforcement department or before the official where he or she is registered and verify and update the registration, as appropriate. If in prison or hospitalized during the 20-day period, he or she must do so no later than 48 hours after release (§ 3).
If a registered offender changes his or her residence address and his or her current residence address is in Connecticut, he or she must, no later than 48 hours after the change, personally appear before the pertinent law enforcement official or at the department to update his or her registration (§ 3).
Registered offenders must provide registration updates during the entire registration period if they continue to live in Connecticut.
Police departments or law enforcement officials may make gun registry information available to federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies. And they may cooperate with such agencies and state courts to facilitate the implementation of the gun registry (§ 4).
The bill imposes penalties for (1) failing to register, (2) failing to verify information, and (3) providing false information in the registration or verification. The penalty is a fine of up to $ 1,000, imprisonment for up to one year, or both (§ 5).
Anyone whose gun offense conviction is reversed on appeal, set aside by law, or pardoned by the governor may request expungement of his or her registration information and release from the obligations under the bill. (In Connecticut, it is the Board of Pardons and Paroles, not the governor, that grants pardons. ) The person must request expungement in writing and provide a certified copy of the (1) court order reversing and dismissing the conviction or (2) certificate of pardon (§ 5).
Table 1: Gun Offenses Under sSB 998
|Interfering with the legislative process (involves the use of any weapon, not just firearms)
|Transfer handgun to prohibited person
|Obtain handgun without a permit
|Transfer handgun in violation of law's transfer procedures; transfer handgun in violation of law knowing it was stolen or defaced
|Make false statement in connection with sale or transfer of handgun & sell or transfer handgun to anyone under age 21
|Carry handgun without a permit
|Alter a firearm's identification mark, number, or name
|Failure to transfer firearm after becoming ineligible to possess it
|Make false statements when buying or selling firearm other than handgun
|Buy handgun with intent to transfer to prohibited person
|Possess machine gun in commission of violent crime
|Possess machine gun for offensive or aggressive purpose or transfer machine gun to someone under age 16
|Failure to register machine gun
|Sell or transfer of assault weapon
|Possess assault weapons
|Commit Class A, B, or C felony with assault weapon
|Commit a Class A, B, or C felony with firearm
|Firearms trafficking
|Knowingly provide firearm to anyone to engage in illegal activity
|1st degree manslaughter with firearm
|2nd degree manslaughter with firearm
|2nd degree assault with firearm
|2nd degree assault of elderly, blind, disabled, pregnant, or mentally retarded person with firearm
|3rd degree sexual assault with firearm
|1st degree kidnapping with firearm
|2nd degree kidnapping with firearm
|2nd degree burglary with firearm
|3rd degree burglary with firearm
|Possess sawed-off shotgun or silencer
|Stealing a firearm
|Criminally negligent storage of firearms
|Possess weapon on school grounds
|Criminal possession of handgun
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i've decided that i'm not just going to write about the ups and downs of our fertility journey, but i'm also going to include some things about my day to day during the journey towards becoming a parents. don't get me wrong, our fertility journey will still be the main focus of the blog, and since there is a lot of waiting between doc appointments, tests, and cycles i've decided it'd be better to try to fill the space in between with other things such as recipes, and fun things. i'm going to try to do this in an attempt to keep myself from obsessing over my daily temperatures, OPK readings, and the general neurosis that sets in during the times of waiting during the infertility journey.
and on that note, i'd like to introduce you to two members of the David Austen english rose family that will be making their way into my life early next year! i know when people are having trouble trying to get pregnant for any amount of time they will sometimes buy a puppy {or insert animal of choice here}, but since we already have a kitty, chinchilla, and a goldfish we've met our animal quota.... so therefore i decided i'd like to re-try my hand at gardening.
why re-try you ask?... well two years ago i became majorly obsessed with peonies and wanted so badly to grow them myself... well, seeing how i live in so cal and our weather is generally perfect for everything but growing peonies, i thought surely i could trick the peonies into growing for me! ha! i was wrong and tried to no avail and my peony roots grew but never really produced anything other than skinny branches and some leaves. {waah waaahh} so then i discovered these beautiful english roses, which are perfect and just as ruffled and made my heart skip a beat just like peonies do! so yesterday i pre-ordered my rose shrubs. the top is called Glamis Castle {which IMO is a dead ringer for a white peony} and the bottom is called A Strophshire Lad, the perfect peachy-blush tone! I.AM.SO.EXCITED!
so sometime right around my birthday these beauties will come in, and cannot even wait!! i guess i just bought my first 30th birthday present to myself, haha... these beauts will be sure to bring lots of joy in the days to come.


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Write It Down
It's going to be a long day.
Why is it my body decided that I should get up at 2:30 am this morning with the hubby?
I mean I don't mind feeling wide awake at awful times in the early am {read: I am a night person}. But if I am going to be able to patiently and lovingly care for my children, dogs, and home, why would I WANT to be up at that time?
So back to post title; I have been doing the famously popular Kon Mari Method to our home. Y'all probably know what the basis of how it works; going through things by category, getting rid of items that do not spark joy. So far it has been amazing. I am already through clothes and paper/books and about half way thru komono. So when my body decided to keep me awake at 3 this morning I decided to redo books. {Background-yesterday I reorganized my fabric stash by using the ugly bookcase, loving the book case now.} I think the dogs in the room thought I was nuts and should go to bed. About half way through the books I thought of a really awesome blog topic...guess what? I didn't write it down...


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Chapter 5: During the Journey: The Tale of Two Men with an Undecided Match
Part 1
As I flew above the gentle grasslands with my broom, the sounds of wind gently brushing the flowers reached my ears. The moderately warm sunlight and fresh wind was a pleasant combination, so much that I wanted to keep on flying at this place.
Whoosh, whoosh, the sound of the wind could be heard as I manipulated the broom, following the wind left and right - I started enjoying it just a bit.
But enjoying moments always end up being easily disrupted. This time was also not an exception, and I stopped after catching some voices in the wind.
"Aahn? What was that? Say that one more time you shitty big brother."
"Aahn? As I said, I was the one who was better you shitty younger brother."
This precious refreshing mood was ruined.
As I turned my head to confirm the source of the voices, I saw shapes of two men who were arguing about something.
The two wore colorful closes, and guessing from their previous conversation, they are brothers.
"Wrong, I'm(orecchi) better that you. I'm absolutely better."
"Wrong, It's decided that I'm(oresama) better. Because there doesn't exist a little brother who can surpass his older brother."
"Hahaa! That logic is too old. It's the antique way of thinking. Over the ages, there have appeared little brothers who grew as they witnessed the blunders of their older brothers. Little brothers who can avoid blunders in advance are the strongest."
"Hahaa! Such foolish talk. Isn't that the talk about good for nothing old brothers? But I'm already a perfectly flawless human. If I had failures, just for argument's sake, those failures would be something too high for you to succeed with!"
Those two cursed for some reason and kept glaring while groaning like "Aah?" and "Wanna have a go?" towards each other.
By the way, what exactly is the antique way of thinking I wonder? Or what are the high level failures?
While I was puzzled about that, my eyes meet with one of the brothers (who was probably older one) who referred to himself as oresama.
He immediately declared with a loud voice.
"In that case, we should let that girl judge which one of us is the superior!"
The brother (probably younger) who referred to himself as orecchi nodded in agreement. "That's fine with me. Well, the one who wins would be me in the end anyway."
I have a very bad premonition about this.
"So, what are you two quarreling about anyway?"
I asked the two while sitting on the grasslands.
The two of them had similar facial features and hairstyles. Only difference between them was the color of the clothes. Older brother wore red while younger brother wore blue.
And then red and blue brothers said at the same time.
"Magic tricks!"
"Haa, magic tricks is it?"
"Magic tricks!"
"I got it already so no need to say it for the second time"
"Hey didn't you hear what she said? This is why brats are...."
"Aahn? Don't get carried away just because you were born mere three years before me, you shitty brother."
"Exactly because you don't know the difference between three years is what makes you a brat, you brat."
"Even though there is three year difference, you can't even use magic tricks on the same level as me? Ah?"
"Won't the two of you quiet down for a bit?"
I made them shut up. They became silent. Good, it finally became quiet.
However, magic tricks huh..... Since I am a Witch, I'm too unfamiliar with magic tricks.
This is troublesome. Umumu.....
Talking to both of them at once would be troublesome so I'll talk to one at a time. I started talking towards the younger brother.
"Why magic tricks?"
"In your country, there's not even one magician. There's also the fact that it's a small country, but, for some religious reasons, it has a history of banning Magic."
I have a feeling that some serious talk is about to start.
The older brother continued the words of his younger brother. "But there's an instinct that attracts ones to prohibited things right? There are many young people like us who admire magicians."
"So the two of us started thinking. 『Eh? If we pretend to be magicians, wouldn't we make a sum?』 so we thought."
"After that, we performed as the 'Illusionists who are really close to the Magicians' on the way."
Ah, it really was a serious story, huh?
I cut into the story that those two were proudly talking about together.
"And, didn't anyone get angry?"
The one who answered was the one in blue ─ In other words, the younger brother.
"They got angry, and we got caught. But, it's not like we can use Magic. They are magic tricks. So, no matter how many times we were caught, we were immediately released."
"Such thing......"
That's like a treatment of a hero.
Also, they added "The government of our country is no good! They are incompetent!" at the end......
"But, wouldn't the magic tricks end up being banned because of you two?"
It just a simple question.
"Ah. It was."
"And, we were exiled. Completely broke."
"Eh? You were exiled huh?"
They both nodded. They really act the same.
"The decision to exile us was decided one month ago."
"After that, in order to earn money, we ended up becoming traveling entertainers."
"I see, I see."
"However, before becoming the traveling entertainers, one problem popped up."
"Our team didn't have a name"
"Team name is it?"
"We decided to make the team name from our names, but you see, we started arguing about which one of our names should be first"
"Then, we decided that whoever was better at magic tricks would be the first one"
I see, so that's what it's about.
"By the way, what was the outcome?"
Onii-san was the one who answered.
"Currently it's 0 wins, 0 loses and 15 draws."
"The outcome isn't decided at all......"
"That's why we want you to decide the victor among us."
"I want for my draw to end today"
Two of them glared at each other while shouting things like "What you looking at?" and "Haah?"
Oh? Could it be that I have a serious responsibility?
Part 2
The magic tricks of those two was truly a wonderful performance.
They did things like taking a bird out of nowhere, teleporting coins, finding the card I drew and so on. I got surprised and excited over and over.
Magic tricks are amazing.
But what was troublesome, was that the skills of those two were so great that they couldn't be distinguished. Certainly, I understand why the victor couldn't be decided from this contest.
"How was it? I was great right?" - said younger brother while putting on airs.
"No, my magic tricks were way better right? It's like that without a doubt" - Big brother also said exaggeratedly.
I looked at the two who kept glaring at each other at the same time, and declared.
"It seems it's a draw~"
Just that.
Both of their skills are amazing so there's no way for me to tell who's better ── That's my stand on this.
Honestly, it would be just too troublesome to speak my mind.
I will let some other person conclude it.
I was ready in case they started raging from my answer, but as one would expect, because they already had 15 draws, they were unexpectedly calm.
"......Is that so. Well, It can't be helped. Deciding the team name is still ahead."
"Weeell, my name would be the one that ends up as first anyway"
"What what that?"
"Please stop it both of you"
While they became silent, I took some distance.
"Well then. My role ends with this."
I am a traveler after all, so I need to reach the next country soon── saying so, I made a forced smile and began to depart.
But at that moment.
"Ah, hey. Wait a minute."
"Won't you pay the price?"
I was stopped by them.
Eh? Price?
"The magic tricks we just did has a price right?"
As I turned around, both of them started shrugging.
"It's should be quite pricey, right?"
"Seeing our tricks for free isn't really a good thing right? Right?"
Where did the two who were quarreling since a while ago go? Now they appeared to be quite in sync with each other.
I have some bad feeling.
"Wait, no one said anything about it costing money......"
"I don't remember saying it was free either," the younger brother started acting like a child.
"Wait a second. Let's confirm the situation. You asked me to watch over your contest of magic tricks── Then I acted as a judge of that contest. Is this correct so far?"
"Yes. That's how it was."
Older brother nodded. Then, I continued.
"Right? Isn't that right? In that case, these magic tricks weren't for the business but for the sake of deciding your match right? Should there be a necessary for paying the money?"
"Don't say foolish things. Our magic tricks are always our matches. Right?"
.......These two.
They set me up. I had a feeling that I was being tricked since the beginning.
They lure travelers with their quarrels, then make them see their tricks and ask for money....... Probably, they repeated this kind of play for the past 15 times as well.
What shameless bunch.
"......By the way, how much is the price?"
I'm just making sure. There's no way I'd agree to their complaints.
"It's four silvers"
"It's 8 silvers all together"
"Ehh. So high"
One silver coin is needed to stay one night in the inn, so in other words, they are asking me to give up eight days worth money to them.
Such a thing.
"You saw the magic tricks of best traveling entertainers after all. Rather, that should be cheap right?" big brother declared.
Well, the skill of their magic tricks were most certainly high, however.
I'm just unwilling, but certainly, their complaints aren't really wrong.
I who didn't agree would be in the wrong, but that's it.
I don't wanna pay. I don't wanna pay the money for such useless thing──
I kept thinking about such things over and over.
"Wait a second!"
I heard some voice, that sounded like it was asking about something.
As I looked ahead, there was a giant from a while ago standing there like a saviour.
Ohh, what a coincidence.
"Ah, hello"
Nodding hastily, he began to get embarrassed.
"It's been a while, Witch ojou-san"
"It's been a while. Brawny man."
It was the guy with cool muscles that I met few days ago. The brawny man.
Since I never heard his name when I met him last time, I reflexively called him a brawny man, but it looked like he started throbbing when he heard word about muscles:
"Fufun, that's right. I am the brawny man"
He puffed his chest.
Uwaa, he looks like a fool.
With the sudden appearance of this mysterious brawny guy, those two swindlers were clearly trembling in fright.
"H-Hey....... Who is this guy"
"What? Could it be her boyfriend?"
"That's wrong"
I firmly declared.
A guy whose muscles reached up to his brain is a bit much.
He, without understanding the meaning behind my behavior──Or perhaps not even hearing it──turned toward the two and said with quite a bit of volume.
"By the way, you two! Doing things like tricking people to earn money, even if God allows it, I for sure won't. Prepare yourselves."
It became something that was too much for me in every sense of the word so I turned my face away.
"......Why did you turn away."
My actions were seen.
"No, it's nothing," I answered.
"By the way, why is brawny man here?"
"Ah. I was on my way to take down the legendary dragon as the country up ahead calls it. Then, I saw your figure as I was competing with the wind in a running contest──"
"What about Imouto-san?"
After a short silence, "Ah, Imouto...... Imouto, right. I was thinking of going on a search for her after I defeated the legendary dragon. Hahahaha!" - He started laughing in a visibly forced way.
He totally forgot about her, huh?
It seems his head was packed by nothing but muscles.
"......How should I say, Isn't this guy unrelated to our and her business?"
"Yeah. For sure. S-should we send the outsider away?"
Both of them were clearly frightened. Well, if someone with bulging muscles like this suddenly appeared, it would be totally normal for the body to feel fear.
"Shut up!"
The brawny man flatly declared.
Hii - Two of them leaked a small voice, and I unintentionally burst into laughter from amusement.
"To be ripping money from such lovely girl, it's not a good thing to do! I will now beat your character into shape! Come!"
Saying so, the brawny man caught both them by the napes and started running.
"Eh, Wha...... that, I don't want it! Stop!"
"Anything but muscles! Anything but muscles!"
"I will teach you both the magnificence of the world of muscles! Fuhahahahaha!"
"No! Let go! Let me gooo!"
"Uwaaah! I'm sorry! I won't ever trick another person!"
"Fuhahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahahahaha!"
I who was left behind, continued waving my hand towards their screaming figures.
Even after their shapes became as small as a grain of rice, the voices of agony of those two continued resounding on and on throughout the vast grasslands.
And they all lived happily ever after.
What would become of those two and the brawny man from now on?
In the end, that's a story that has no relation to me.
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In a past post I mentioned a quick and easy way to get a clearer idea of what a particular neighborhood looks like by using Esri's "Zip Lookup." Users simply type in a Zip Code to see demographic and lifestyle information showing the three primary market segments in a particular area along with comparable data on income, age, and population density.
This is just one of numerous online tools and data sets you can draw from in order to take a somewhat educated first step toward deciding on where you might want to plant your feet in the future.
What Your County Says
Another interesting online tool comes from the American Communities Project (ACP). ACP breaks down the U.S. by segmenting every county into one of 15 color-coded community types. For instance, almost every county in the state of Utah is colored purple for "LDS Enclaves," a place, perhaps, if you are not a Latter Day Saint, you may want to stay away from. Or, on the opposite side of the spectrum, you might want to live in one of 197 "Urban Suburb" county designations. An Urban Suburb typically has many large city characteristics and is relatively diverse as well as wealthy. Santa Barbara County, California is an Urban Suburb as well as Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
The Best Book on Finding Your Geography
For a really great comprehensive book about anything and everything you should possibly understand relative to relocating, get Move to the Place of Your Dreams, by Troy Heerwagen. In one chapter alone, titled "Develop Your Criteria," Heerwagen covers an enormous amount of important information you should be keenly aware of before considering a move, including factors related to economy and employment, cost of living, crime and safety, health services, transportation, education, city size and density, climate, aesthetics, location, people, local culture, and demographics.
As you can see by those topics alone, Heerwagen did his homework. His book is well worth its relatively inexpensive price because it will ultimately save you an enormous amount of money and hassles. By reviewing all of the key information in Move to the Place of Your Dreams you'll be extraordinarily capable of making an extremely pragmatic decision concerning your next geography of place.
Esri, ACP and Heerwagen's book comprise a very small number of the vast amount of interesting tools and data sets that are at available. There are many, many more.
However, over and beyond all the helpful information you can find online and in bookstores, physically visiting a place and exploring the surroundings is the absolute best method for finding your ultimate place. That is, of course, an expensive undertaking. Start by conducting an extensive amount of online research on the places you find most intriguing and then narrow down your choices to only those places you can physically visit for a few days, if you can muster up the funds.
Go to a Supermarket
When and if you make such a trip, and once you are in the neighborhood you are contemplating, pay a visit to its best supermarkets, especially on a Saturday or Sunday. Supermarket traffic gives you an eye-opening picture of what your prospective neighbors are really like. Notice how the people dress, how they move through the aisles, what kind of cars are in the parking lot and whether they are courteous drivers, how friendly and efficient the cashiers may or may not behave, what kind of products are on the shelves, how the deli workers handle customers, what kind of food-and wine-bars they may have, and the overall entire aura of the place. Supermarkets are most definitely great one-stops that can show you a neighborhood's true character.
On Light and Temperature
Outside of all these ways and means to review any geographic location you may be taking under consideration for a move, Winifred Gallagher, author of The Power of Place: How Our Surroundings Shape Our Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions, gives us another set of factors to contemplate as we search for our ideal place. In a chapter titled "A Day and Night World," Gallagher notes that light and temperature are the "two greatest environmental influences on living things." How much sunlight and whether or not the temperature outside is conducive to being under direct daylight as opposed to being under indoor light definitely has an effect on your overall well-being. I can attest to that from my experiences living in the Southwestern U.S., Hawaii and in Buffalo, NY.
While the winter can be beautiful, especially if you partake in winter sports, it can also put you in the doldrums of relative darkness and indoor lighting for extended periods of time and consequently a challenge for many people to not fall into a deep depression. Those of us who live in places where there are long winters – as well as those of us who live in other harsh climates, such as geographies with stifling hot summers and other commonly harsh weather conditions that keep us indoors – can easily get depressed after spending days without venturing outdoors or from being hampered by weather conditions that restrict your ability to walk unimpeded, regardless of temperature. I typically battle several relatively mild bouts of depression during the months of January through March in Western New York. Unfortunately, I cannot afford to travel to a warmer clime during these months, so I do what I can to avoid falling into severe depression by going for early morning walks at the local gym (with my favorite music piping over my headphones) as well as by frequenting cafes and books stores whenever I can. Going out into nature under the light of day, is matchless, however. There is no replacement for a good walk in the woods, through a park, at a beach, along a city sidewalk or country road.
Nature and Walking
It seems almost unnecessary to say, but ensuring that you have good access to nature, of course, should be a key element in your decision-making process for finding your ideal place. As Gallagher so efficiently puts it, "when we immerse our weary brains in soothing patterns of natural input, such as rippling water, sighing branches, or drifting clouds, fewer things compete for our attention and drain our energy, and we start to feel refreshed. Even in a big city, we can enjoy this most obvious benefit simply by stepping from a busy street into the nearest park."
What You Do for a Living: Earning Potential Can Outdo All Other Factors
Regardless of Gallagher's exceptional views, your focused research on places that intrigue you is only the very beginning of your journey. What you already do for a living or what you are planning to do for a living can make all the difference in the world as to where you wind up, either permanently or temporarily. In other words, where you find work can overcome everything else; that is, of course, if you let that be your main guidepost, which is something many people do for both comfortable survival as well as for pursuing their passionate interests in general.


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