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I subjected my still-new (and barely broken-in) Barrett-built IO-390-X to the kind of abuse that would make the old pelican himself, John Deakin, stand up in a crowd and shake his fist at me. I ran the cylinder heads to a temperature that would make any half-smart metallurgist cringe. I flogged my four-banger in a way that even old man Barrett, himself no stranger to taking an internal-combustion engine to its limits (and a bit beyond, when necessary), would consider inappropriate. I can see him cornering me at the next airshow, placing hand on shoulder and saying, "Son, I wish you hadn'ta done that."But, but, but … I did it for science.Moreover, I did it for an education on the hows and whys of prop vibration. See, I submitted my homebuilt Sportsman 2+2 to five days of testing with Hartzell Propeller to learn if the big four-cylinder engine could get along with a new-design, blended-airfoil prop. Any pilot can tell you there's more to mating an engine and prop than making sure the studs fit through the crank flange. But, after flying a dozen flights and watching two Hartzell engineers at close range, I can tell you there's a lot more.
What's the Deal?
All props and engines face distinct challenges in getting along. Certain engines create certain kinds of vibration, from big pulses down in the 1P range (sometimes called "one per," or one beat per crankshaft revolution) as well as fractional thumps. The terminology can be confusing, it's true, but any excitation that happens once per crankshaft revolution is colloquially known as a 1P — but more accurately called a first-order vibration. A pulse that occurs twice for every revolution of the crank is a second-order vibration, and so on. The lower the frequency, the more this vibration will feel like a rumble. There are also harmonics that go well up the range, and these are the ones that hurt metal propellers most.The trouble starts when the prop and engine combination exhibit resonances — where a vibration created by the engine sets up a sympathetic vibration in the propeller. Think about this: The engine is creating all sorts of vibration types, low and high frequency, regular and irregular. You have natural imbalances in rotational parts, inherent imbalances in reciprocating parts, and then you have variations in the size, duration and timing of each power pulse. Change the power setting or mixture strength, and you've changed the vibration structure as well.The goal is to get the engine's and prop's natural frequencies far enough apart that they never coincide during normal operation. Doing so may require modifications to the prop, either its static balance, mass distribution, or, more commonly, by selecting a thicker blade that not only has a different natural frequency than a thinner one, but also is capable of taking more of a pounding.Hartzell's literature offers an interesting observation: If the point of high stress is at 10 or 12P (cycles per crankshaft revolution), the total number of stress cycles can add up rapidly. At 10P and 2500 rpm, it works out to 1 billion cycles in 667 hours of flying. Cyclic stress at 1P for the same amount of time is, obviously, one tenth of that, theoretically prolonging the life of the blade and hub by a like amount.
You Don't Know Until You Try
It's obviously important to test an engine/prop combination for dangerous resonances. For production aircraft, this takes place during flight testing — and can be committed on already certified aircraft when there's a prop change on an STC, for example. But for Experimentals, it's a bit more loose. Many of the larger kit makers will offer demonstrator or prototype aircraft for testing, but not all do. Those manufacturers who decline often hide behind the fact that the builder is really the airplane manufacturer, and as such he's responsible for the happy marriage of all the parts. When it comes to recommendations, these kit makers usually err on the conservative side and only recommend engine/prop combos that have been tested in production aircraft. (That accounts for many of the big variables, but still the homebuilder's penchant for running higher compression ratios or electronic ignition inserts another layer of variability that could be of minor consequence, or huge.)That's a long way around to how I got roped into torturing my engine. Glasair Aviation, maker of my kit, was hot to get the newly released IO-390 into more of its Sportsman airframes. Hartzell was hot to know if its new blended-airfoil prop would work on the IO-390. As I was the first to fly this airplane on this engine, all eyes turned my way, like I'd belched at the opera.Hartzell was pretty dang sure the prop would work, but needed a testbed to be sure. That's how, this spring, Lee Riedel and John Hartmann showed up at my hangar in Chino, Calif., packing several magic crates and two specially prepared propellers. The goal was to test both the new prop, a 74-inch model intended for faster airplanes, as well as a more conventional 80-inch, two-blade prop that's been a popular choice for the Sportsman airframes going on floats.It took Lee and John all of the first day to prepare the airplane for ground and flight testing. And that's taking into account that much work had been done back at Hartzell's Piqua, Ohio, base: These props had been treated with dozens of film strain gauges, about a quarter inch long and an eighth-inch wide. Typically, they are bonded onto various surfaces and buried in the shank of the blade as well as the hub. Hairlike wires extend toward the hub under a thin coat of epoxy. Their placement is the result of thousands of hours of test data as well as computer modeling showing where the highest stresses are likely to be found.Signals from the tiny strain gauges are collected at special doughnut-shaped component surrounding the normal prop dome, ahead of the blades. Inside are parallel analog-to-digital converters, a matrixer and a simple RF transmitter. It's all battery powered and doesn't even have to touch the airframe. (This system is, I'm told, a massive improvement over transmitting by slip rings, which were prone to wear and had a limited number of channels.) This system can send 16 channels of data simultaneously but, typical of engineers, they want to measure more than that. So some tests are performed twice to rule out high vibration from areas where it's not expected; the bulk of the testing is done with the sensors active in the worst places, notably the mid span of the blade.On the cowling side of the prop is a simple wire antenna and a pickup that proves a once-per-revolution count for the system. We ran the wires back along the cowling under aluminum tape and into the cabin through a ventilation duct. Although the team uses a laptop to gather and examine the data, a parallel stream is sent to a 60-pound data collector with a tape drive.
First Test, Big Fun (But Not For The Engine)
The first test is done on the ground, preferably with the airplane facing into the wind. We tied the airplane to my pickup truck so it wouldn't careen down the ramp and, with the data recorders going, ran the engine from idle to redline-plus-50 in 50-rpm increments. Engine speed for this test is by throttle only, so the power load and cooling requirements are fairly modest. (Aside from the fact that my engine doesn't idle for diddly between 900 and 1200 rpm, it was a piece of cake.)Next comes the full-throttle test. Start with max power (again at redline plus 50 rpm) and work down to 2000 rpm using the prop governor. This would be the most stressful part of the testing — for me. We managed to keep the peak CHTs to around 420F, a number that had until that time never been reached, and has not been seen since.With the torturous ground tests done, we began the more exciting part: flying. Hartzell's test program consists of two primary flight tests, with a handful of smaller tests, to check for harmful vibration. To examine for the influence of the power pulse, one test is committed at as low a level as is safe, thereby obtaining maximum power. This one, I have to say, was a hoot, scampering along at approximately 2000 feet with the throttle pinned and the prop howling 50 rpm above redline. (I wish I could have heard that one, with the big prop, from the ground. "Cessna 185 … incoming!") From that initial data point, the test requires a reduction of engine speed in 50-rpm increments all the way down to 2000 rpm. Assuming care and precision of the pilot in finding the correct settings, this test can go quickly. A similar version of this test is performed at 10,000 feet.Other tests include checking the takeoff and initial climb at all normal flap settings, and checking the climb-power test at all normally used engine speeds. (We did this one from 2400 to 2750 rpm.)Finally, and likely the most enjoyable test, was what is called the gas-pressure test. It's designed to measure vibration with the prop driving the engine. Begin at 10,000 feet, set max rpm with the governor, completely close the throttle … and then pitch over until the prop comes up to the redline value. For the small prop, this wasn't a harrowing test, but with the drag of the 80-incher, Lee and I were looking nearly straight down to California soil before the prop got to speed. Then it's a modest pitch-up to the stall. Simple.After the test, Lee checks for scary vibration peaks on the laptop. For the small prop, we found none. For the 80-inch jobbie, he noticed a definite resonance. (In fact, he had predicted it. Smart guy.) So we repeated the test with a bit of throttle. And then again with a bit more throttle, to isolate the minimum manifold pressure required to keep the prop out of the danger zone. After three tests and lots of good data, we were done.Five days of testing later, Lee and John packed up their equipment and took the two instrument props back to Ohio. Normally, they work separately, but there was something of a push to get my airplane tested, and, in particular, two props tested at the same time. I can't say enough about their efficiency and professionalism. And it was tested: Over a plate of steaming cobbler at Flo's Cafe, I asked John about the scariest test flight he'd ever been on; c'mon, tell us all about it. He pondered the question in that slightly distracted, engineer way, cracked the slightest smile and confessed, "I'd better not say." Denied! I just hope that when he retires and can spill the stories, John won't mention me by name.
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Remarks by Martin J. Gruenberg Chairman, FDIC Third Annual American Banker Regulatory Symposium Arlington, VA
September 23, 2013
Good afternoon. I appreciate the opportunity to take part in this third annual American Banker Regulatory Symposium. I intend to touch on two subjects in my remarks this afternoon. The first is the condition of the banking industry based on the results of the FDICs recent second quarter 2013 Quarterly Banking Profile (QBP). The second is the recent rulemakings by the banking agencies on risk- based and leverage capital requirements.
Condition of the Industry
The FDIC released second quarter results for insured commercial banks and savings institutions on August 29th. The report provided further evidence of the gradual recovery that has been underway in the banking industry for almost four years now. Net income for the industry was $42.2 billion, marking the sixteenth consecutive quarter that earnings posted a year-over-year increase. Average return on assets was 1.17 percent for the quarter -- still well below the highs we saw in the early 2000s, but the highest in over six years. Asset quality improved, loan balances grew, fewer institutions were unprofitable, and the number of failing banks and problem banks continued to fall. These improvements were shared across the banking industry, from small to large institutions.
Commercial and industrial lending continued to be relatively strong during the quarter and nonmortgage consumer lending trended up, while real estate loans declined slightly. Importantly, small business loans were up, with community banks leading the increase. The number of problem banks declined for a ninth consecutive quarter, to 553, bringing the Problem List down to a level that is nearly 40 percent below its peak of 888 institutions in the first quarter of 2011. So far this year 22 banks have failed. That compares to 42 at this time last year. To provide further perspective, failing banks peaked in 2010 at 157 institutions, fell to 92 in 2011, and declined to 51 last year.
The Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) balance rose to $37.9 billion as of June 30, up from $35.7 billion at the end of March. Assessment income continues to drive the growth in the Fund balance. I would note that at its low point during the crisis, the DIF was over $20 billion in the red. The reserve ratiowhich is the Fund balance as a percent of estimated insured depositsincreased to 0.63 percent at June 30 from 0.59 percent at March 31. The Deposit Insurance Fund must achieve a minimum reserve ratio of 1.35 percent by 2020, and we remain on a pace to meet that objective.
Despite these positive overall trends, challenges remain. Narrow net interest margins and modest loan growth have made it difficult for banks to increase revenue. And the rise in interest rates during the second quarter contributed to a decline of $51 billion in the value of available-for-sale securities, which was the largest such decline since banks started reporting these data in 1994. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities do not affect current earnings, but they have implications for future earnings if the securities are sold. These gains and losses also do not currently affect regulatory capital. But that will change under the new Basel III capital rules at large banking organizations that are subject to the advanced approaches requirements, as well as other institutions that choose not to opt out of that provision of the new rules as is permitted.
These developments underscore the importance of managing interest rate risk, an issue that has been an ongoing concern to the banking agencies. It will continue to be a focus of attention in FDIC safety and soundness examinations, as well as guidance we provide to insured institutions.
Recent Capital Rulemakings
As we continue to see gradual but steady improvement in the banking industry from the recent financial crisis and ensuing recession, I thought I would take a few moments to talk about the two important regulatory capital rulemakings that the federal banking agencies acted on earlier this year. At its July 9th meeting, the FDIC Board issued an interim final rule that significantly revises and strengthens risk-based capital regulations, adopting with revisions three notices of proposed rulemaking from 2012 the Basel III NPR, the Basel III Advanced Approaches NPR, and the Standardized Approach NPR. The FDIC also issued a separate, complementary notice of proposed rulemaking to strengthen the leverage requirements for the largest, most systemically significant banking organizations and their insured banks. Ill discuss first the risk-based capital rule, and then, in particular, the reasoning behind the proposed increase in the leverage capital requirement.
Risk-Based Capital Rule
The rule implementing the Basel III international accord substantially strengthens both the quality and the quantity of risk-based capital for all banks in the United States by placing greater emphasis on Tier 1 common equity capital. Tier 1 common equity capital is widely recognized as the most loss-absorbing form of capital, and the Basel III changes are expected to result in a stronger, more resilient industry better able to withstand periods of economic stress in the future.
While there has been general recognition in the aftermath of the financial crisis that higher capital levels as a buffer against economic stress would be appropriate, community banks in particular raised a number of concerns regarding the potential impact of some of the proposed changes to regulatory capital. I should mention that given the complexity of the proposed rules, the FDIC engaged in significant outreach efforts to explain the proposals in order to place banks, particularly community banks, in the best position to submit detailed informed comments. Specifically, both the Basel III and Standardized Approach notices of proposed rulemaking included addenda to aid smaller banks in identifying and understanding the aspects of the proposals that would apply to them. In addition, the FDIC held a national teleconference to provide an overview of the proposed changes, held a series of informational sessions in each of our six regions, and provided an online tool for estimating the impact of the proposed rules on an individual institution.
The agencies received a large number of highly specific comments that identified three main areas of concern, particularly for community banks: the risk-weighting for residential mortgages; the treatment of accumulated other comprehensive income (or AOCI, which includes unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities held by an institution); and the treatment of Trust Preferred Securities (or TruPS) issued by smaller bank holding companies. These comments proved very helpful as the agencies moved forward with the rulemaking. As a result, unlike the NPR, the rule did not make any changes to the current risk-weighting approach for residential mortgages. It allows for a one-time opt-out from the regulatory capital recognition of AOCI, except for large banking organizations that are subject to the advanced approaches requirements. Further, the rule reflects that the Federal Reserve adopted the grandfathering approach permitted by section 171 of the Dodd Frank Act for TruPS issued by smaller bank holding companies with less than $15 billion in assets. At the end of the day, the industrys comments enabled the agencies to craft a rule that significantly strengthened the capital framework while still being responsive to specific community bank concern.
Although the new capital requirements are higher and more stringent than the previous requirements, the large majority of U.S. banks already meet the requirements of the rule. Importantly, however, the rule would have the effect going forward of preserving and maintaining the gains in capital strength the industry has achieved in recent years. As a result, banks should be better positioned to withstand periods of economic stress and serve as a source of credit to local communities.
The FDIC has again engaged in extensive outreach and is providing technical assistance to bankers on the rule. Our efforts have included compliance guides, another teleconference, an informational video that is available on the FDICs website, a series of regional outreach meetings, and identifying subject matter experts at each of our regional offices whom banks can contact directly with questions. For easy access, we have consolidated all materials in a single location on our website (found at www.fdic.gov/regulations/capital).
Supplementary Leverage Ratio
Another issue raised by the Basel III international agreement and reflected in the rule was a new supplementary leverage ratio requirement. This represents an important enhancement to the international capital framework. Prior to this rule, there was no international leverage ratio requirement. For the first time, Basel III included an international minimum leverage ratio, and consistent with the agreement, the rule includes a three percent minimum supplementary leverage ratio that applies only to the seventeen large banking organizations subject to the advanced approaches rule. The supplementary leverage ratio is more stringent than the existing U.S. leverage ratio since it includes certain off-balance sheet exposures in its denominator. Given the extensive off-balance sheet activities of many advanced approaches organizations, the supplementary leverage ratio is a significant new standard.
The FDIC also joined the Federal Reserve and the OCC in issuing an NPR which would increase the supplementary leverage ratio requirement in the rule for the largest, most systemically important banking organizations and their insured banks. Based on the NPRs proposed definitions of $700 billion in total consolidated assets or $10 trillion in assets under custody to identify large systemically significant firms, the proposed requirements would currently apply to eight U.S. bank holding companies and to their insured banks.
The NPR would require these insured banks to satisfy a six percent supplementary leverage ratio in order to be considered well capitalized for prompt corrective action (PCA) purposes. For the eight affected banks, based on third quarter 2012 data, the agencies estimated this would represent $89 billion in additional capital.
Bank holding companies (BHCs) covered by the NPR would need to maintain supplementary leverage ratios of a three percent minimum plus a two percent buffer for a five percent requirement in order to avoid conservation buffer restrictions on capital distributions and executive compensation. Banking agency estimates indicate that this would require $63 billion in additional capital based on third quarter 2012 data.
As the NPR points out, maintenance of a strong base of capital at the largest, most systemically significant institutions is particularly important. As we saw during the financial crisis, capital shortfalls at these institutions can contribute to systemic distress and adverse effects on the economy. Although the Basel Committees establishment of a three percent minimum leverage ratio is a significant achievement, for the following reasons the agencies proposed to increase the leverage ratio requirement in order to further strengthen the capital base of the largest, most systemically significant banking organizations.
First, analysis by the agencies suggests that a three percent minimum supplementary leverage ratio would not have appreciably mitigated the growth in leverage among these organizations in the years preceding the financial crisis. The FDIC viewed this as problematic because one of the most important objectives of the capital reforms was to address the buildup of excessive leverage.
Second, the agencies also took into account the complementary nature of leverage capital requirements and risk-based capital requirements. From a safety and soundness perspective, each type of capital requirement offsets the potential weaknesses of the other, and the two working together -- as they have in the United States for over 20 years -- are more effective than either by itself. For example, risk-weighted asset calculations are subject to modeling error, subjectivity, and other uncertainties that can result in an undue buildup of leverage. This would be offset by a more robust leverage ratio. On the other hand, risk-based capital measures differentiate among asset exposures and may better capture outsized risk positions.
With that in mind, it is important to recognize that the Basel III risk-based capital ratios and the Basel III three percent minimum leverage ratio were developed for different purposes, using different standards of stringency. The risk-based ratios were set to absorb losses in a period of high stress. In contrast, the Basel Committee adopted the minimum leverage ratio to be more of a backstop and a generally lower requirement. Consequently, the Basel III rule increases risk-based capital requirements in the United States significantly more than it increases leverage requirements.
The result is that the rule places increasing reliance on the risk-based ratios relative to the leverage ratio. This represents a shift in terms of the longstanding complementary relationship in the United States between leverage capital requirements and risk-based capital requirements. It is a shift that is consequential for the largest, most systemically significant institutions, which historically have had the greatest tendency to maximize their use of financial leverage. Without a corresponding increase in the leverage requirement, there is a risk that these institutions could employ strategies that may increase their leverage to imprudent levels.
The increase in stringency in the leverage requirements represented by this proposal is roughly comparable to the increase in stringency of the Basel III risk-based capital requirements. This would serve as a tighter constraint on the leverage of these institutions and preserve the complementary relationship between the two types of capital requirements.
Part of the objective behind proposing higher capital standards for these institutions is to have an additional cushion of capital against the systemic risks they pose. Higher standards would result in additional private capital at risk before the Deposit Insurance Fund and the Federal governments resolution mechanisms would be called upon. Moreover, as the preamble to the NPR points out, to the extent that these institutions may continue to have funding cost advantages, higher leverage standards for these institutions could result in a more level playing field for other financial institutions that do not present the same degree of systemic risk.
I view this proposed rulemaking as one of the most important steps the banking agencies could take to strengthen the safety and soundness of the U.S. banking and financial systems.The agencies look forward to considering the comments on the proposed rule.
Thank you very much.
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Please review and correct this HOWTO as needs be. It is designed to be both suitable for newbies as well as detailed. As a consequence it is likely to be too long winded for the more experienced but the detail given will still likely provide some useful information.
HOWTO Use Perl on Puppy Linux Systems
Today's Puppy Linux systems contain a copy of Perl with the base operating system. At the time of writing this, I'm using Puppy 5.2.5. Perl has been in the main Puppy versions since about middle of 2006 onwards. Consequently, for most Puppy Linux systems you don't need to add anything to your operating system to write and run a standard Perl program so long as the Perl script doesn't use Perl's CPAN libraries.
From a Linux command console (such as the urxvt terminal emulator under the Utility menu) the command
perl -v
Will tell you the current version of your Perl if you have Perl installed.
The command
which perl
tells you where the Perl interpreter will execute from. Currently running this gives a response of the following:
This should be used on the first line of your Perl scripts with a Shebang (#!) placed before it to tell the system what compiler you are wanting to use. Many people place a space then a -w after it. This is the equivalent of adding the directive 'use warnings'. It is recommended to always add this directive and always add the 'use strict' directive. Consequently, the first line of your Perl script should have the following:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
My helloworld.pl file contains the following lines:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
print "Hello World \n";
The Perl script files should have their flags set so that they are executable. From a Linux command console, after doing a cd to the directory containing the script, the scripts should be then executable by typing ./ following by the name of the script. For example:
For Linux you need the ./ in front of the file name unless the "." has been placed into your PATH variable. If you get the following style of error:
bash: ./helloworld.pl: Permission denied
then you probably haven't set the execute flag for this file. Note that with many puppy installations that share disk space with Microsoft Windows, the directories within /mnt/home or sda1 do not allow you to change the flags. In this area of the file system, Puppy simply assumes that all text files have the execute flags set. You only have to worry about the file's flags when the file is within Puppy's own file system such as files within the /root directory.
If you get a response of the following form:
bash: ./helloworld.pl: /usr/bin/perl^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
or (if your script has the directive 'use warnings') just the following:
: No such file or directory
then the script file is probably formatted as an MSDOS file. You need to convert the line endings to Linux format. This problem occurs with Bash scripts also.
Note that with errors that relate to the filesystem such as 'No such file or directory', it can help to temporally comment out the use warnings directive to see if you get more helpful information from Bash.
From a Linux command console, after doing a cd to the directory containing the script, you can also execute the Perl script by a command in the following form:
perl helloworld.pl
This will work in a number of cases such as using MSDOS files where just typing ./helloworld.pl won't work.
By creating a small shell script you can have your perl script run from a single click without having to open a command console. Further, if you drag the shell script to the desktop you will create a shortcut icon on the desktop. Assume the above helloworld.pl file is placed in your ~/my-applications directory. In this case you can create a text file with the following lines:
tail -n +4 $0 > /tmp/myscript.txt
exec rxvt -e sh /tmp/myscript.txt
perl ~/my-applications/helloworld.pl
Change the fourth line so that it refers to your Perl script. You can save this shell script in a file named HelloWorld (or named anything else you like). Ensure that its flags are also set for it to be executable.
Click it from ROX-Filer or other file explorer program and it will run the helloworld.pl Perl script leaving a terminal window open with the output. Alternatively, drag the shell script to the desktop and you will create a shortcut icon on the desktop. If you right click this icon and select 'File <filename>' and then 'set icon...', you can setup your own image for this icon or for all icons for shell scripts. Also, if you right click this icon and select 'Edit Item', you can assign it a short cut key combination.
If you have an application where you don't need the terminal window left open then leave off the 'read' line in the above shell script. Special note for this shell script: Don't leave any blank lines within the first 3 lines of this script. You can get more information on this script from the following address:
Geany, the default text editor in the current Puppy, will recognize that a script is in Perl if the filename ends with .pl or if the first line starts with #!/usr/bin/perl Geany will then provide color coding to give Perl syntax highlighting. For the editing of Perl scripts it provides a number of useful features such as auto-indentation, go to tag definition and autocompletion. You can also directly run the Perl script from within Geany by selecting 'Execute' from the toolbar or from the Build menu or by depressing the F5 key.
You can also get Geany to automatically set the execute flag on any Perl script that it executes. To do this, first load a script that it recognizes as being Perl. Then select the 'Set Build Commands' from the Build menu. Under 'Execute Commands' to the right of the Execute Button you should see Perl "%f". Change this to the following and click the OK button.
chmod a+x "%f" && perl "%f"
Creating websites is one of the common uses for Perl. Consequently, it is worth pointing out a problem with the use of some Puppy's for website design. When Puppy uses Microsoft Windows filesystems, such as a Frugal shared disk installation, it does a fudge for the file permission flags. All permissions are given for those files. When you use an ftp client program such as gFTP to upload these files to a web server, those permission flags are normally copied to the web server with the file. These can be difficult to change on the server and this poses a security risk. I suggest that you shift the files to one of the subdirectories of /root before working on the files and before doing any uploads. This way you can keep an eye on and modify appropriately the permission flags before the files are uploaded. This applies to all files used on the web server, not just Perl scripts.
If you try to run a script that requires any CPAN library modules that you haven't installed then you will get an error message that starts with something like the following:
Can't locate MODNAME/Submod.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ...
The error message should show the line of the Perl script that caused the problem. This line will probably have a 'use' statement something like the following example:
use LWP::UserAgent;
You need to download, compile and install the missing modules (as used in the 'use' statement) from the "Comprehensive Perl Archive Network" (ie. CPAN) or mirror thereof which is available over the internet. It is possible to manually download and install the needed modules but it is generally better to first install the CPAN perl module into your Perl. This module automates the download and installation. This includes finding and automatically installing any needed dependencies for the module.
Steps for this are as follows:
As most of the modules you download require compilation (from C or C++ source) you first need to update your copy of Puppy to include the developers compilers. (ie _devx_)
You may be able to do this with the quickpet program under the SFS-Get Tab
Otherwise, you can do it manually. For this you need to download the current _devx_ sfs file for your version of puppy (called lupu_devx_525.sfs for Puppy 5.2.5) into the installation and configure the boot manager to load it at startup. For live CD and Frugal installs the configure is as follows:
menu >>system >>bootmanager configure bootup >>>> Choose which extra sfs to load at bootup
Note: In a full hard drive partition installation (ext2, ext3 or ext4) there is a different means of installing the devx sfs file. See the following for more info:
The CPAN perl module looks for a large number of programs when it installs itself. When it doesn't find some of these it often has an alternative so getting errors relating to these doesn't always mean it won't work. One program it likes to use is the Lynx text based web browser. You are best to install this first. A puppy .pet copy can be obtained from
Download the .pet package, click on it and it will install itself. With my installation of the CPAN perl module, it didn't find ncftpget, ftp or applypatch programs but it is working alright without them. Now you can install the CPAN perl module.
With Puppy, you are already running as user root so you don't need to do a 'su root' as you would with other Unix Operating Systems. From a Linux command console just type the following.
perl -MCPAN -e shell
The first time it is run, it will ask you a bunch of configuration questions. For most people all of them can be answered with the default value (press <return>) including allowing it to install automatically. Don't be too concerned with errors relating to not being able to find things.
When finished it should come up with the cpan shell prompt as following:
The next time you run cpan, it will go directly to the cpan shell prompt. From the cpan shell enter h for help or q for quit back to the Linux command line.
You may want to make sure you have the latest and greatest CPAN perl module with all the trimmings. To do this, at the cpan shell prompt type the following command:
cpan> install Bundle::CPAN
Again, it will ask you many questions, which can normally be answered with the default value (press <return>) including allowing it to install automatically. Don't be too concerned with errors but you need to stay with it to keep pressing the return key when it needs it. It takes a long time to install. It keeps trying to use modules it hasn't installed yet but it will come back to these later. When finished you can quickly reload it as follows:
cpan> reload cpan
From the cpan command line you should be able to install any perl module with a single command. A standard install of a module is done with the standard install command. An example may be as follows:
cpan> install HTTP::Request
If it is already installed, it will tell you. In many cases you will want the complete bundle relating to the module. An example of a typical bundle install is as follows:
cpan> install Bundle::LWP
If cpan encounters any problems, it will not install the module. If you wish to force the install, then use the "force" command as in the following example:
cpan> force install Tk
Actually, the Tk module is a bad example as, without the force, it installed fine on my Puppy system. The Tk module provides a set of tools (widgets etc) to create Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) for your program. This is the same Tk as used in Tcl/Tk.
After quiting the CPAN module (with q) if you later wish to install an extra module you can simple re-enter CPAN again using the 'perl -MCPAN -e shell' command. It should just start without doing another install.
Installing a Perl module manually can be required in some instances. In this case, save it somewhere. From a command line change directory to where you saved it and enter commands of the following form (assuming the file is called Abc999.999.tar.gz).
gunzip Abc999.999.tar.gz
tar -xvf Abc999.999.tar
cd Abc999.999
perl Makefile.PL
make test
make install
The last line of this (make install) requires root privileges but you already have these with Puppy.
Some of the above information came from the book "Impatient Perl" by Greg London. This is a good book for getting up and running with Perl in a short time. The book is more suited for someone who already knows how to program in other languages. It is freely distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License. You can download it from the following website:
A good Tutorial on the Tk module can be downloaded from the following website:
From a Linux command console you can also use the man command to get information about or learn Perl. With the current Puppy, this is supplied from the internet into your browser. The Perl man manual has been split up into a large number of sections. Type 'man perl' and it lists the sections such as perlintro for an introduction to Perl or perlsyn for the Perl syntax. To get each section just type 'man' in front of the name of the section. For example, to get the Perl syntax type 'man perlsyn'.
Perl is a computer language that is mentioned in a very high number of computer job vacancies. While it is a good language, the real advantage of it probably lies more with the size and strength of the CPAN Archive of modules rather than the language itself. Given the high number of jobs in Perl, it is well worth spending some time learning the language.
Hope this is helpful
Ken Dawber
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Posted: Wed 04 May 2011, 07:46
Post subject:
Here is the link for full installs:
(installing the devx from the quickpet did not work for me. Save yourself the trouble and download it directly.)
So the solutions here worked for me so thanks. I just started to learn perl, like today, and some of the more recent tutorials used "say" instead of "print". I would get an error message when trying to activate it using
"use feature ':5.10';"
error message "can't locate feature.pm in .......blah blah
Interesting enough, either installing the devx or installing linx did the trick. Glad i tested it out before i downloaded the module, i don't i need it anymore. Now i can write:
say "Howdy Partner!"
instead of:
print "Howdy Partner!\n"
hopefully no more troubles or features missing from now on, though i still can't access the perl documentations using
i get: You need to install the perl-doc package to use this program
edit: i tried man perl as well, and no manual entry for perl
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Posts: 896
Location: .ar
Posted: Mon 27 Feb 2012, 12:18
Post subject: Let's bring this post to life again :)
General introduction:
perldoc perlintro
Syntax intro:
perldoc perlsyn
You can
get the whole official documentation
as html only or html+pdf files in this site
Check you number version first.
If your Puppy has man on it, Debain repo has a "perldoc.deb" with man pages waiting for you (check the Perl version, Lenny package is the same perlversion that Quirky 1.2 and some Puppies 4xx).
Perl man pages are exactly the same information that perldoc's pod files; in fact, there are all made with 'pod2man' program.
A really good idea is install the module "Pod::Pdf" from CPAN, to create pdf files of the most used docs (like the perlfaqs).
With this, you can do something like:
pod2pdf `perldoc -l perfaq`
to create a pdf file from some pod (format of the perl's help files).
Then grab the pdf file:
cd `perldoc -l perlfaq`
info in a function
, use this command:
perldoc -f open
To see what
modules you've added
to your Perl so far, check this:
perldoc perllocal
To debug, i recommend to 'use diagnostics' (see `perldoc diagnostics`). But read the doc:
perldoc perldebtut
"$| = 1" means unbuffered, this can speed some tasks, and you can always set it to 0 again (it can mess some things too).
Regex resources.
Introductory tutorial:
perldoc perlre
perldoc perlrequick
A good, detailed tutorial:
perldoc perlretut
How Perl regex works?
perldoc perlreguts
References on meanings of operators, classes, context...
perldoc perlreref
Perl cames with a lot of modules and pragmas, you can get a list of those using:
corelist -v 5.10.1
Replace that number for the only of your version, as `perl -v` shows.
This one covers an ideal installation, not the real one, but still is useful:
perldoc perlmodlib
Also gives a list of CPAN mirrors, need to pass some to configure cpan app itself the very first time.
Lack of memory?
perldoc perlcheat
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Posted: Sun 19 May 2013, 11:06
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hello dear folks
i want to run puppy with
perl and addtional to the general perl-packages with
a. mozrepl and
b. www mechanize firefox
is this doable!?
can this be done with a live-version of puppy!?
love to hear from you
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I never installed mozrepl, but guess you can try. Firefox has been always around.
To use Perl in any Puppy, is recommended to have the devxxx.sfs up and running, as it has an almost full Perl (the lacking core modules are in it). To install cpan modules in Perl, I'd use
cpanp i WWW::Mechanize
(It will take some time if is the first time you use "App::cpanp".)
Be sure your pupsave has space and if it asks you about installing missing modules, choose "Yes to All".
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to: sayhello_to_the_world
Download "precise-22.214.171.124-SCSI.iso". There are perl and python were built in.
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Posted: Tue 25 Jun 2013, 22:59
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hello you both - good day dear gustavo and vanchutr
many many thanks for the quick reply.
vanchutr wrote:
to: sayhello_to_the_world
Download "precise-22.214.171.124-SCSI.iso". There are perl and python were built in.
great to hear that.
i will tray out all your advices
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i just created a short comic with a writer and now i am looking for somewhere to publish it. it's called blue cassette heres some preview shots:
currently looking for some more writers to do some short comics with.
short comic: Blue Cassette
Post illustrations, animation, graphic design, sketches, etc.
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Well, this comment seems to be over 6 months late, but I think these are cool! I like the first one (particularly the use of the highlight color on the cassette) and the individually drawn hairs on the gorilla.
comics: http://www.thenerdsofparadise.com
older comics: http://www.alessonislearned.com
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Friday, March 26, 2010
A New Day
For agencies to provide the best care there has to be a flow of communication between service giver and service recipient. There needs to be a process of feedback from the member base as to the success or failure of the care which is offered. This is not a process to be feared, instead it is to be encouraged. Staff want to do a good job, but getting little feedback or false feedback does little but entrench what is into what always will be. I remember really wanting, almost begging, someone with a disability to give me feedback, to tell me what he really wanted. I knew we were all missing the boat. But he just smiled a subservient smiled and assured me everything was all right.
But then, on reflection, it made sense to me. The very people being asked to give feedback are provided care, service they need, from the very people they are being asked to be critical about. We have all had the experience of having a bad teacher at school or a bad supervisor at work, we all feared speaking up because the target of our displeasure had power in our lives. We'd rather put up with bad treatment than risk getting worse treatment. Silence is a result of hierarchy and power imbalance.
Imagine this:
A man with a disability likes his staff but wishes some things could be different between them. He's unsure of how to speak up but knows that if he wants things to change he has too. He attends and abuse prevention class taught by two people he trusts, he learns about abuse and he learns about speaking up. He speaks to the two teachers and says, 'I like my staff but I want him to be a little nicer to me and I don't understand why he does some of the things he does and makes the decisions that he makes.' When asked if he wants help to discuss this, the individual with a disability thinks and then says 'yes'. After a chat with the agencies Program Director, she meets with the member and the member makes it clear that he likes the staff, that he doesn't want the staff punished, that what is happening is not abuse, that he just wants a few changes. The Director says that she will meet with his staff and the member says, 'I'd like to be at that meeting.'
The meeting happens. The member expresses his concerns to the staff who is surprised but receptive. They work through some things, each is misunderstanding the other a little bit. It only takes a bit of jigging for them both to feel listened to and in sync. The meeting ends with them agreeing to review how its going in a couple of weeks.
OK, get this. This happened this week at work.
I believe that this happened because there has been several years of work to make sure that people with disabilities feel safe. Our focus has been on abuse prevention and the development of advocacy skills amongst the members of Vita. As we did this work there was a vague hope that the sense of security and the welcoming of voice would make it possible for people to begin to discuss, not abuse, but the quality of their care. How we interact and treat each other. I wondered if we encourage voice it would mean that people would not longer need to use behaviour to communicate. We all know that problem behaviour is a means of communication - and perhaps the only viable one when one is at the bottom of a very large hierarchy.
We realized as we discussed the ramifications of what happened at Vita that we've been seeing signs of this coming within the organization. As we have increasingly involved the self advocates in the life of the organization there seemed to be an interesting shift. It's as if our members got in an elevator and pushed the up button. Their skills in using voice and speaking up meant that there has been a shrinking in hierarchy and with that an reshuffling of power.
And none of it has been scary. That staff, can you imagine how good he felt. Someone in his care trusted him enough to give him honest feedback without fear of punishment or reprisals. OK, hands up, how many readers would feel that they could do the same with their supervisor. Ah, wouldn't you like an environment of safety where your voice was welcomed.
Some of our journey towards becoming a safe agency has been difficult and we made many mistakes. But we carried on believing that the purpose of safety was more important that the frustration of error. And now, a man comes forward and says, 'let's talk, reasonably, about my care.'
He could only do that, he would only do that, if we had demonstrated that we actually did care about his care.
8 comments:
- Heather said...
Minutes before reading your blog this morning I met with a representative from my care providing agency. My experience couldn't have been more different from that which you describe. I spoke up and asked for small changes, for better communication and for a named contact at their offices. They say I am being unreasonable and have made myself a complete nuisance by making these demands. That it is entirely possible that they may refuse to have me as a client in future if I continue to be obstructive and demanding. I have never, to my knowledge, been any of these things. Have never asked for changes before or questioned in any way their lack of communication or last-minute time changes.
The whole attitude was that this meeting was arranged reluctantly and not for my benefit. I was, however, treated to a run down of their staffing and financing problems. I don't want to change agency again as it makes my record look bad if I keep chopping and changing but there is no point discussing my care with them again if that is their attitude.
It will change one way or another eventually because I will not put up with it but how odd that you should write this today.
Perhaps I'll send them a copy.
- 26 March 2010 at 07:27
- Kristin said...
What an amazing group you work for/with at Vita.
@ OhWheely...I am so sorry you got that dismal response from your group.
- 26 March 2010 at 08:24
- Unknown said...
I am so excited and happy for the progress your organization is experiencing, Dave. And maybe you ought to use that momentum to call OhWheely...'s care provider and show them how things should be done.
- 26 March 2010 at 10:48
- Amanda said...
I understand the fear and that is why I never trust the surveys they do. Especially since the interview is carried out in the agency office.
It has taken me years to get that kind of trust. Why? Five years ago is a good example. I put up with everything including some amount of abuse from staff. There were two people I told the agency never to send to my house again.
One was a man who was not abusive but was so incompetent that I told the agency this man had a severe cognitive impairment that made him unsafe with me. His language comprehension was worse than most clients. If you told him you didn't want a sandwich he would seize upon the word sandwich and go make you one. He once gave me an overdose of a dangerous prescription drug when I asked for a Tylenol or something. I knew the tricks he used to hide his incomprehension because I grew up with a severe receptive language impairment and used all the same tricks. He also wandered off in the middle of shifts, went out for hours driving to a store across town if you asked him to go across the street, and was constantly bewildered and disoriented.
When I told about him and an equally incompetent other staff person, my case manager turned mean. He told me I hated this guy even though I said he was a nice guy. He told me the agency would never hire someone that incompetent. And he kept sending him back against my wishes. Same with the second guy (who in addition to incompetence was trying to convert me to his religion and would say things like "I help you out so in return you need to let me use your computer to print out my religious materials.").
Eventually I had an advocate help me make the phone calls. My case manager stopped answering his phone.
Eventually I got a letter in the mail from my case manager and his supervisor. It demanded I sign release forms so that they could find out the extent of my violent behavior (which didn't exist) and other accusations were made against me. He also said staff hated working with me and these two men were the only ones left because I was rude and disrespectful. Even though when I asked other staff they were confused and said they loved working with me. He accused me of having gone through lots of staff in my previous agency even though I had had one staff person for three whole years which is forever in this field.
And the worst part? If I didn't sign these releases he told me he would put me in residential care so staff would be safe from my violence. (I had no history of violence with staff there.)
A friend helped me file a complaint. I won. I was terrified but I won. I got a new case manager. And my next two case managers spent the next four and a half years trying to save my reputation from the terrible rumors started by my first case manager and his boss. (His boss hated me because I refused to let her order my own advocate out if my home. My advocate told her what I was thinking and she didn't like it. She even told my advocate "Amanda has no body language so no way can you translate what she is thinking." Because my advocate had correctly interpreted my actions as the actions of someone the supervisor was bullying into submissiveness.)
Anyway, I now have a very good reputation but it took years because I complained about two staff while silently enduring abuse from others. And even that was too much and made me a bad client.
And you know what? The first man? He had Alzheimer's. I was the only one who noticed. He had been trying to hide it in order to keep his job but it was too severe for him to be safe with clients.
But seriously. That's why I am still afraid to speak up about lesser issues. Because refusing two staff who endangered me, one of whom also had terrible boundary violations... that made me a terrible hostile rude violent client who needs to be in residential care for the safety of staff, and who had to spend over four years cleaning up my reputation.
- 26 March 2010 at 13:18
The wheeliecrone says -
Well done, Vita! Well done, Dave! Oh, it is good to know that somewhere there is a place where people with disability are treated with respect!
Thank you!
- 26 March 2010 at 18:14
- moplans said...
Dave this is such an inspiring story. I wish there were more like this and fewer like the ones readers share here. Sadly more of mine are of the latter type.
I would so love to have my daughter in the care of Vita.
- 26 March 2010 at 18:24
- Jan said...
Dave I know of many organizations that could use some massive training to be able to do what you all have accomplished at Vita. I rhink the scary part of this is that these agencies that are described in these posts and many other agencies I know of do not even admit that they do not provide safe places where people are heard and listened to. I know of one agency that has a customer hot line that take complaints and concerns from families and self advocates and as OhWheely said they follow up with poor communication about agency pressures and problems of staffing etc and nothing is done and that is the best senerio
- 26 March 2010 at 19:29
I find the organization my personal care assistant works for to be an enormous pain. They keep promising me a reassessment that doesn't come so I can get more hours and get people paid to do my laundry, something I can't do. They want to come in and have assessment visits inconveniently frequently, but nobody ever takes care of the thing *I* want. And at one point, because it took 2 weeks to be able to have one of the meetings they wanted, they cut off my services until the meeting happened. I can't tell you how pissed off I was. If you want a meeting with me, and you're only available a couple hours a day, it can take a while to work you in around my doctors and my classes. And frankly, my time with both of those is more important.
On the other hand, my care assistant is a wonderful, wonderful woman. She's very good at taking care of the things I want done in a way that satisfies my poor little OCD-hounded brain. We joke about our respective boyfriends and our neighbors (and my goof of a service dog), kvetch about the dummies she works for, and in it all, I feel like I have a relationship based on mutual respect.
Because of that air of respect, I can correct when she doesn't get things the way I want them. And because of that air of respect, she wants to make sure things are done, not to company specifications but to mine. I very much value the way we interact, to the point where I've stayed with the nuisance of a company because if I switch to another provider, I get a new care assistant. The benefits from that in terms of not dealing with the occasional nuisance are not worth the costs in the day-to-day excellence of my care assistant.
- 5 April 2010 at 19:41


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A popular college football coach recently returned to campus with a My Hope video in hand to share his faith and encourage the team not to play with eternity.
Jerry Moore coached football at Appalachian State University for 24 years. His team won 10 Southern Conference titles and brought home three consecutive national championships from 2005 to 2007. By the time Moore ended his run with the Mountaineers last December, he had a 215-87 record and bragging rights to "the win" over Michigan in 2007, one of the biggest upsets in college football history.
But for the 74-year-old Moore, success has little to do with wins and losses and shiny national title trophies. It has everything to do with pouring his heart and soul into the players. A couple of weeks ago, he revisited the Boone, N.C., campus to tell the players what Jesus means to his life and how they, too, can know true success by living a life dedicated to Him.
For Moore, following Christ gives him a greater love and concern for others.
"Sometimes coaches are seen as hard-nosed," Moore said. "That might be partially right," he admits, but also feels that when coaches show compassion for their players, the players play harder and respect the coaches.
He spoke to about 60 players, along with coaches and support staff, and showed "The Cross," a short film about how God's love was expressed in the cross of Christ. The film features present-day Billy Graham and two 30-somethings who share their stories of faith. "The Cross" is the flagship program of My Hope America, a nationwide grassroots effort to tell people about Christ.
Appalachian State chaplain Reggie Hunt helped organize the gathering in the football meeting room. He told players that Moore would be there, and they were all excited to see him.
"He's been a good spiritual leader, as well as a great coach," Hunt said. "He's a father figure to a lot of the guys."
Appalachian's current coach, Scott Satterfield, who played football under Moore, also attended the gathering.
Moore shared his story before the film, saying he grew up a "good guy" who "didn't mess around." He was always in church and knew plenty about Christ, "but I never really made a real commitment." Then around 1960, he was riding in a car with a fellow Baylor football player when they got into an accident. The car made a complete 360-degree spin.
That's when Moore started questioning what would have happened if he had died that night. Would he have gone to heaven? He wasn't sure, and it changed everything for him.
Before playing "The Cross," Moore told the guys about Billy Graham — how he "dedicated his life to Jesus Christ" — and how the evangelist was about to turn 95.
"The Cross," Moore said, is "so simple. [Billy Graham] is so articulate about every phase of 'The Cross.'"
The idea to show the film at the university started when a friend told Moore the coaches should see it. But Moore's idea extended beyond just coaches.
"Those players need to see this," he said.
Football player Logan Hallock, who leads the team's Bible study, was thinking the same thing. A couple of weeks earlier, he showed about 20 guys "Defining Moments," another My Hope film featuring former NFL player David Tyree. A couple of guys talked to Hallock about the video afterwards.
Hallock stresses how important it is for college athletes to let Christ "be No. 1." He remembers as a freshman being discipled by senior Blake Elder, who at the time led the team Bible study.
The pair met regularly, prayed for each other and their teammates, encouraged each other to "stay in the Word" and served as accountability partners. That helped Hallock grow in his faith, he said, and he wants to see the same thing happen for his teammates.
During "The Cross," Chaplain Hunt said, "no one was texting. Everyone was real attentive." The players really connected with the people in the film: rapper Lecrae and singer Lacey Sturm. Lecrae talked about getting sucked into a culture of drugs, gangs and lots of women. Lacey shared about her deep depression and anger toward God.
Hunt, who also serves as a local pastor, led a prayer after "The Cross." He asked anyone who prayed to accept Christ or rededicate their lives to Him to raise their hands. As he spoke, Moore quietly got on his knees to pray in one inconspicuous spot of the room.
About 25 players responded to "The Cross" that night. Hunt ran out of response cards for them to fill out and had some of them jot down their decisions on index cards instead.
"I've been praying for those guys and wanting the Lord to do a work in their lives," Hallock said. Last week, he saw five new players in his Bible study and has talked to several guys about God since they saw "The Cross."
"I've seen more guys start to change their ways and think more about the Lord," he said.
Some players came to App State with no reference of faith at all, Hunt said. Others grew up in church but lack an actual one-on-one connection with Christ. As student athletes, they face a lot of temptation with alcohol, drugs and in their relationships.
"They're under a lot of scrutiny because they're pretty visible," Hunt said, but added, "You don't have to be the victim of your circumstances."
The team's prayer every Saturday for those who participate in pre-game devotions is that Christ would transform their lives on and off the field. Only Christ can offer forgiveness, power to overcome obstacles, true purpose and hope for eternity.
In 2006, Moore began a monthly prayer of his own. It was that year that he invited R.V. Brown, a BGEA associate evangelist and founder of Outreach to America's Youth, to speak to the players. Fifty-six of them made decisions for Christ that night, and Moore wrote down every single name. That day was the 16th of the month, and every 16th since then, he has prayed for those players.
He has also prayed with players, he said in a previous interview with BGEA. They aren't just guys on a team, but young men who were entrusted to his care as a coach and as an example.
Sept. 1, 2007, is remembered at App State as the day the football team went to the Big House and defeated Michigan, which was then ranked fifth in the nation. The next day, Moore started his morning like any other, reading five Psalms and one chapter of Proverbs. Then he went to church.
"I believe that if Christ is not at the center of all we are doing, then all we've done is a failure," he told BGEA, adding that "God doesn't care who won the ASU-Michigan game."
When current players watched "The Cross" a couple of weeks ago, those who wanted a Bible were given one, and many took a BGEA Living in Christ Bible study booklet. They also received a book of Psalms and a book of Proverbs.
To find out more about My Hope America with Billy Graham, click here.


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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wash and dry each chicken breast. Coat each breast in egg mixture and then coat in flour and bread crumb mixture. In a large oven safe skillet, melt butter over medium heat then add coated chicken and cook on both sides for about 10 minutes until golden brown. Drizzle the apricot sauce over chicken and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes. Serve over rice.


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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)
Category: Sovereign Wealth Fund
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Established: 1976
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is considered one of the world's largest SWFs.
Estimated asset base:
SWF institute: US$627 billion (accessed December 26, 2012)
Financial Times: USD$700 billion (July 2009)
Zawya (Emirates Business): USD$400 billion (March 2009)
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority states that its mission is "to invest funds on behalf of the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to make available the necessary financial resources to secure and maintain the future welfare of the Emirate."
Though ADIA does not always offer a detailed picture of its work to the public, we observed in fall 2012 that the ADIA Web site appears to have begun offering more insights into the SWF's operations. ADIA also began releasing annual reviews in March 2010 (PDF here). The first review includes information on asset allocation, specific investment departments, and staff nationality, but continues ADIA's tradition of not revealing the value of its assets. A second review, covering 2010, was issued in September 2011 (PDF online), and the third review was published in late June 2012 (PDF online).
ADIA was established in 1976-77 with a focus on "equities and bonds, treasury, finance and administration, real estate, local and regional investments." ADIA moved into commodities in 1986, private equities in 1989, inflation-indexed bonds in 1998, and emerging markets in 2005. By 1993, ADIA employed over 1,000 people; the SWF's 2011 annual review says ADIA employed 1,275 representing 40 nationalities.
The annual reviews for 2009, 2010, and 2011 also note that roughly 80% of ADIA's assets are managed externally, with 2011's edition stating that "approximately 60% of ADIA's assets are invested in index-replicating strategies."
ADIA is universally recognized as one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. A Business Week article from June 2008 estimated its value at the time at USD$875 billion, though in late December 2012, the SWF Institute showed Norway's Government Pension Fund (Global) at US$664.3 billion and ADIA at US$627 billion.
ADIA is owned by the government of Abu Dhabi but "carries out its investment programme independently and without reference to the Government of Abu Dhabi or other entities that also invest on the Government's behalf," according to ADIA's Web site.
ADIA states that ADIA's investment strategy is long-term value creation. The global portfolio crosses sectors, and decisions are "based solely on its economic objectives of delivering sustained long-term financial returns. ADIA does not seek an active role in the management of the companies in which it invests." ADIA writes on the Investment Strategy page of its Web site that "ADIA's investment strategy involves looking beyond individual economic cycles and focusing on strategies aimed at capturing secular trends to generate long-term, sustainable returns."
ADIA's annualized return for the 30 years preceding its 2011 annual review were 8.1%; the 20-year rate was 6.9%.
ADIA announced in late August 2011 that it had restructured its external equities departments in July 2011. According to ADIA's 2011 Review, the restructuring created two divisions: "the Indexed Funds Department, which comprises all passively-managed equity portfolios; and the External Equities Department, which combines all of our external actively-managed equity portfolios." External equities were previously divided by geography, into Europe, North America, Far East, and emerging markets. The 2011 Review also notes that about 80% of ADIA's assets are managed by external managers. (PDF: 2011 ADIA Review)
Another change in 2011 was the merging of real estate and infrastructure into one department, now known as the Real Estate & Infrastructure Department.
ADIA's 2011 annual review and Web site list investment targets by asset class and geographical region. The largest asset class is developed equities (35-45%), followed by emerging market equities and government bonds (10-20% each). ADIA's other categories are: small cap equities, credit, alternative, real estate, private equity, infrastructure, and cash. The review also provides basic information on operations within each of ADIA's investment departments.
Geographically, the largest area for investments is North America (35-50%), followed by Europe (25-35%), emerging markets (15-25%), and developed Asia (10-20%). ADIA does not invest in the United Arab Emirates and only invests in the Gulf region "in instances where such investments constitute part of an index."
These asset class listings differ a bit from those quoted in June 2008, when ADIA reported its asset allocation range for Business Week as: stocks in developed markets (45-55%), stocks in emerging markets (8-12%), small-cap stocks (1-4%), government bonds (12-18%), corporate and other bonds (4-8%), alternative investments (5-10%), real estate (5-10%), private equity (2-8%), infrastructure (0-4%), and cash (0-5%). (link)
An article on PrivateEquityRealEstate.com dated March 1, 2010, (online here) provides a detailed look at ADIA's real estate operations, which Bill Schwab, global head of real estate for ADIA, says have a broad mandate. The real estate department was slated to grow to about 90 staff members in 2010.
An article in The New York Times, published February 28, 2008, reports that ADIA "averages a yearly return of 10 to 20 percent, say people who have been briefed on the fund's investment strategy." The article estimates that Abu Dhabi generates an annual surplus of $50 billion if oil is $100/barrel; much of the surplus flows to ADIA. The real estate department was slated for growth to 90 people in 2010.
The Times article also notes that a relatively new strategic investment group within ADIA, overseen by Saeed Mubarek Rashid al-Hajiri, "picks investments in hopes of generating market-beating returns." The group apparently manages roughly $30 billion; the Times reports that "outsiders still manage 80 percent of ADIA's assets, proof that the fund's commitment to making direct investments is only in its early stages." The Times mentions Jean-Paul Villain, a French money manager, as a significant figure in ADIA's investment strategy and asset allocation.
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute rates ADIA a "5" for transparency (on scale of "10" as highest); the rating rose in late 2011 from 4 to 5. As mentioned above, ADIA released its first annual review in 2009, and Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ADIA's late managing director, mentions trust in his statement, continuing by writing, "...with the publication of this, our first Annual Review, we aim to enhance understanding of ADIA in key areas such as governance, investment strategy, portfolio structure, our approach to risk and – the lifeblood of our organisation – our people." Though the review is not an annual report, it is a decent first step toward greater transparency; additional reviews have been released in subsequent years. ADIA's Saeed Al Hajeri, executive director of ADIA's emerging markets department, noted in an interview in the January-February 2011 issues of CFA Magazine (PDF online) that "as a responsible long-term investor, we need to build understanding in the market about what we do and how we do it."
The New York Times February 2008 report noted that ADIA had no internal communications department but was working to establish one; by 2009, press releases carried the name of a media relations staffer. ADIA is publicity-shy after its experiences during the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) scandal in the early 1990s, when ADIA "is said to have lost hundreds of millions of dollars." ADIA appears to be moving toward greater disclosure (see "Open Editorial" below).
ADIA claims it has "established governance standards with defined policies, processes and systems that we have developed over many years to ensure accountability." The ADIA Web site lists functions within the organization – investment departments, finance and administration, information technology, and specialized committees – but provides little view of how they interact, though annual reviews offer significant glimpses into operations.
ADIA's board of directors "holds primary responsibility for the implementation of ADIA's strategy" and oversees (but does not participate in) many aspects of ADIA's management. The managing director reports to the board, and the investment committee assists the managing director.
Board chairman is H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is also president of the United Arab Emirates. The managing director is H.H. Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, half-brother of the president. He succeeds his brother, H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who held the position until he died in a glider crash in Morocco in late March 2010. An aiCIO story dated April 15, 2010, summarizing the developments, appears here.
ADIA made two new appointments in October 2012, hiring Colm Lanigan as head of principal investments in the private equities department and Marc Keirstead as chief financial officer in the private equities department. Lanigan came to ADIA from Tara Capital, a private equity firm that he founded in 2005, and Keirstead previously served as director of investor finance at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. (PDF release on Lanigan, PDF release on Keirstead)
Glen Beamson was appointed chief technology officer in mid-September 2012. (PDF release) Beamson joined ADIA from Standard Bank and has also worked at Bank of America and Barclays Capital.
On June 25, 2012, ADIA released its 2011 ADIA Review. A press release about the review (PDF online) notes that publication covers such topics as the restructuring of the external equities department (see above, Structure & Investment Basics) and the merging of the real estate and infrastructure functions. The full 2011 ADIA is available for PDF download.
On March 28, 2012, ADIA announced that it hired Eduardo Favrin to head the Latin America team in ADIA's Internal Equities Department. Favrin previously worked for HSBC Global Asset Management in Brazil, where his team managed a $2.6-billion equities portfolio. (PDF press release; date is incorrect) ADIA also added Pascal Duhamel as head of European real estate investments in February 2012. (PDF release)
ADIA announced on December 7, 2011, that it hired Benjamin C. Weston as global head of alternative investments. According to ADIA's press release (PDF online) Weston most recently worked as "CEO of Helvetica Wealth Management Partners, a company controlled by Credit Suisse and the State of Qatar."
As noted above, ADIA reorganized its external equities department in summer 2011, breaking it into two divisions, indexed funds and active funds. The change is intended to simplify work with external managers. Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan is managing external indexed funds and Obeid Al-Suwaiti is managing external equities. (Reuters news article)
An interview with Saeed Al Hajeri, executive director of ADIA's emerging markets department, in the January-February 2011 issue of CFA Magazine, offers information about ADIA's investments, international employee base, and transparency.
New appointments during the second half of 2010 included James Kester as chief investment officer for private equities (PDF release) and Ted Chu as chief economist (PDF release). Kester joined ADIA from Zurich Alternative Asset Management and Chu previously worked at General Motors.
The biggest news at ADIA in early 2010 was, as noted above, the death of managing director Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Other news in 2010 has included ADIA's acquisition of 15% of Gatwick airport (news item from UAE Interact here) and ADIA's issuance of its first annual review, which The New York Times blog DealBook briefly noted here.
In June 2008 ADIA announced a deal with Korea Development Bank and the Korea Trade Promotion Agency to increase investment flows between South Korea and the MENA region.
An Open Editorial by H.E. Hamad Al Hurr Al-Suwaidi, Under Secretary of Finance of Abu Dhabi; Henry Paulson, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore Finance Minister: This document addresses the "Santiago Principles," a "Voluntary Set of Generally Accepted Principles and Practices for Sovereign Wealth Funds." H.E. Hamad Al Hurr Al-Suwaidi served in October 2008 as a co-chair of the International Working Group of Sovereign Wealth Funds and supports the principles. (available via link on ADIA site) The ADIA News page includes further history of ADIA's role in developing the principles, which are being adopted by various SWFs.
Most recent profile update: December 26, 2012.
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A: Fluoride is an important mineral for all children. Bacteria in the mouth combine with sugars and produce acid that can harm tooth enamel and damage teeth. Fluoride protects teeth from acid damage and helps reverse early signs of decay. Make sure your children are drinking plenty of water and brushing with toothpaste that has fluoride in it.
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Breastfeed your baby.
Use bottled or purified water that has no fluoride with the formula.
Use ready-to-feed formula that does not need water to be added.
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A: Although using fluoridated water to prepare infant formula might increase the risk of dental fluorosis, most cases are mild.
Fluorosis usually appears as very faint white streaks on the teeth. Often it is only noticeable by a dental expert during an exam. Mild fluorosis is not painful and does not affect the function or health of the teeth.
Once your child's adult teeth come in (usually around age 8), the risk of developing fluorosis is over.


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This week's restaurant reviews
Peter M. Gianotti has us craving Italian cuisine after visiting Vero, the Amityville restaurant that's been resurrected. Smartly, chef Massimo Fedozzi remains to cook what Peter refers to as "his appealing menu, which delivers a taste of authenticity in plates small and large."
Joan Reminick's Cheap Eats saw her in Bellmore at Lincoln Station Bar & Grill. Isn't it the perfect weather to cozy up in a booth in a pub? And Joan says it offers a worthwhile deal in the $16.95 prix-fixe Sunday through Thursday nights: "three generous courses and plenty of value."
Photo: Vero's melanzane bruschetta appetizer is topped with an eggplant relish.