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Tuesday: Mater Dei plays host to Rosary at 6 p.m. in a match to decide second place in the Trinity League. Both teams have dealt with injuries but now appear to be full-strength. This one will be key for playoff seeding in Division 2.
Also on Tuesday, first-year program Orange Lutheran plays at JSerra for fourth place in the Trinity League. If the Lancers (10-9 overall) win, they'll be eligible to apply for an at-large berth to the Division 2 playoffs because their overall .500 record.
Coach Steve Carrera's Orange Lutheran team starts five freshmen and two sophomores.
Wednesday: Los Alamitos plays at Newport Harbor at 7:10p.m. in arguably the biggest league match of the county season. The match will decide the Sunset League title and likely push the winner into the No. 4 seed for the Division 1 playoffs and the loser to the No. 6.
Also watch out for the Edison-Huntington Beach match for third place at 6:05 p.m. at Newport Harbor. If the Chargers don't win, the former county Top 10-ranked team won't be eligible to apply for a Division 1 at-large berth because it will have an overall record below .500.
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In the Freeway League, Sunny Hills plays host to Troy in a likely league-title match. If the Warriors win, the title could be theirs out-right in the Division 4 league. But if the Lancers win, there could be a title for the crown.
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Here's a sampling of reader feedback on the last week's worth of blogs and columns on mutual fund fees in Canada, as exemplified by Investors Group.
Here's what chartered accountant David Trahair says. Trahair is the author of Smoke & Mirrors, Enough Bull and Crushing Debt:
I have been reading with interest the dialogue you have been having recently with Investors Group and felt I would add my two cents.
First of all, thank-you.
Thank you for having the guts to put in print every day what Canadians need to hear about what goes on in the investment industry and how it affects them. We need more people like you educating Canadians to prevent the personal financial disaster that is looming for many unwary Canadians. Here are some comments with suggestions.
1. Mutual Funds were the greatest invention since sliced bread … for the sellers. I have to hand it to the people that invented mutual funds: brilliant job. It is stunning to see how much it is possible to make selling these products without the client even knowing. This is done via the Management Expense Ratio (MER).
That is the "invisible fee" as it is not usually disclosed in dollar terms to the individual investor. Of course the "visible fee", the Deferred Sales Charge (DSC) is also an awesome tool … for the seller. This fee (usually starting at 5.5% or 6% in the first year and declining by 0.5% per year after that and not getting to zero until after 6 or 7 years) is a great way to discourage investors from selling their poor-performing actively managed mutual funds.
Investors should go to http://www.sedar.com, select "Search Database" and enter the name of their mutual fund. Find the latest "Final fund facts." This document will detail the MER, the DSC percentages and rates as well as how well the fund has performed (i.e. the annual average compound return). Only armed with this information can you make informed decisions on your investments.2. Is it worth paying for actively managed mutual funds?
Personally I would have no problem paying a 2.5% MER if the fund consistently beat its benchmark index by 2.5%. Unfortunately, this does not seem to happen very often. S&P Indices Research and Design produces a report called the "Standard & Poor's Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard (SPIVA). It can be found at http://www.standardandpoors.com/indices/spiva/en/us <http://www.standardandpoors.com/indices/spiva/en/us> . The last one produced was for 2010 and reported on the performance of actively managed Canadian mutual funds, corrected for survivorship bias, and including equal- and asset-weighted peer averages. SPIVA found:– In 2010 only 19.6% of Canadian Equity active funds were able to outperform the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index (the one that includes re-invested dividends);
– Over the three-year period ending in 2010 only 11% of the active funds beat the index;
– Over the five-year period ending in 2010 only 2.5% of active funds beat the index.Recommendation
Unless your fund is among the 2.5% that beat the index, the MER debate is over. I came to that conclusion about 8 years ago and got out of all the actively managed mutual funds I owned. These were the steps:
– Find out what the DSC fee is on each fund. If it is low or zero, sell it;
– If the DSC fee is too high, consider switching to a lower risk fund at the same fund company to avoid the DSC fee, hold on until the fee is palatable, then sell;
– For each fund you own with a high DSC fee, consider selling 10% of the units each year. This is allowed on a DSC-free basis and is called the "10% peel";
– If you still trust the market, consider buying low MER Exchange Traded Index Funds (ETFs).Last Point
I nominate Jonathan Chevreau for National Financial Literacy Leader. If this happens I think Canadians will at least have a fighting chance against the investment industry.
I also heard from some Investors Group alumni, such as Gordon Stockman, who find that the firm's fees are so high, it's easy to undercut them and still make money:
I will try not to repeat what has already been said recently about Ig, since it is bang on. I will remind you that I find Investors Group clients a very easy crowd to remove to a lower cost environment, once they find us.
Instead of using the comparison of the IG Dividend Fund to an ETF, it is clearer to make a direct comparison. This is the comparison I used with my clients when I left IG in 2005 and unbelievably it still holds true today.
The IG Beutel Goodman Canadian Small Cap is the identical fund as the Beutel Goodman Small Cap. Well almost identical except for the MER. IG's MER is 3.10 and Beutel Goodman's is 2.30 for their advisor version(class B) or 1.19 for their F class version and 1.53 for their direct to public version (class D).
So it costs you .80 extra to use an IG rep instead of some other commissioned rep – for the exact same fund. Better yet, you save 1.91% if you have an advisor that can purchase F class funds for you. Few advisors (if any) charge 1.91% to help you with F class. Half that is closer to the average.
As a last note, IG introduced The Plan while I was still with them. As a rep I actually did a detailed financial plan for almost all my clients (non-group). First I heard of The Plan was in a television commercial . Always seemed odd to me that they were promising something that they had not even told their reps about. Never was quite sure what it was I was supposed to put in writing(part of the tag line).
I could fill a whole section of your newspaper with IG quips, so I will stop.
Gordon Stockman, CA, CFP
Vice President – Financial Planning
Efficient Wealth Management Inc.
A Fee for Advice provider
Investors betrayed by advisors acting in their own interest
From Weigh House Investor's Mike Macdonald:
One of the biggest issues I see with investors is their complete lack of knowledge or understanding of fees and impact on their investments. I have had investors walk away in denial rather than believe they are paying roughly $200/mo in fund fees for every $100,000 invested. Once they understand the relative cost and performance of an equivalent ETF product, investors then tend to feel their trust has been betrayed by salespeople who say they are acting in the clients best interest but who are clearly acting in their own best interest.
I have not had a client yet who was explained the ETF options available by their fund salesperson. For these so called advisors client ignorance is worth a lot of money. Those clients who do ask about ETFs are generally told a few misleading comments on risk but are rarely told the fund salesperson has no license to sell ETFs. Once clients learn how easy basic broad market ETFs are to own, they are rarely satisfied to just buy expensive funds.
Jonathan, my last blog was on understanding risk and includes a portion on "advisor risk" that may be useful:
Richards: What's good for fund company and salespeople may not be for clients
Good to see you back on the job hammering the fund groups for their MER's. Like you said, though, the people buying the funds are usually less "sophisticated" / less aware of the fee issues to begin with.
Interestingly, the argument by IG is that they provide advice for that rather outrageous fee level. Funny—I manage to charge my clients less than 1% (I cover all trading costs, trustee fees, etc for the fee) and for that fee, provide both personalized advice and market outperformance/ positive returns -even since the peak in 2008 (something that typically cannot be said about mutual funds—especially the big guys!).Back in the "bad old days" when I worked for the big brokerage firms, I was chastised repeatedly for quoting your book the Wealthy Boomer and Heinzl's book Stop Buying MF's in the columns I wrote for various publications. I was finally told by one executive at the brokerage I worked for to "cease and desist" –those were his exact words–with my comments about the fund industry & its costs/lack of performance. Too many Advisors working for the firm earned big commissions on these products, you see. Like you said, often good for the fund company (and the salespeople) not so great for the clients.
Keith G. Richards, CMT, CIM, FCSI
Portfolio Manager
ValueTrend Wealth Management
Worldsource Securities Inc.
Barrie, Ontario
Line blurred between financial advice and investment management
I also got a long email from BC based financial planner Tim Paziuk, who I quoted in a Saturday article. Here's his take on Investors Group's "stance" on financial literacy:
Over the last two years I've been working on a second book titled "The Financial Navigator: Managing Your Success." The purpose of the book is to provide professionals with information about the financial services industry. Specifically, it deals with banks, insurance companies, investments dealers, leasing companies and financial advisors. I've been writing this book out of frustration with the very industry that I have spent my entire career working in. My frustration is rooted in the lack of transparency and accountability both by individuals working in the industry and the companies they represent.
The comments made by Kevin Regan from Investors Group are expected. They are a typical representation of what the industry has become, but he's by no means alone. Let me explain.
What has been blurred is the line between financial advice and investment management. As an investor, the cost of having your money managed is important. This has been proven mathematically and can no way be refuted. Which than leads us to the cost and value of financial advice.
Mr. Regan's comments to the general populace on engaging financial advice are absolutely correct. He states that they should know "how much they are paying; how their advisor is being paid; and services they will receive in exchange for what they are paying" The problem is that in most cases there is no way to quantify the cost and the value of the advice. I suggest that Investors Group is the most obvious company in this regard because the cost of the advice is buried in the price of their investment management. If I own the Investors Dividend Fund I'm going to pay the same price if I get advice or not. Therein lies the problem.
If you were to separate financial advice from investment management then consumers could choose where to invest their money and where to get advice. The problem, the "industry" tells us, is that Canadians aren't willing to overtly pay for financial advice. If that's true, then why are they unknowingly forced to pay for it?
If the financial services industry was to license everyone to sell both mutual funds and securities I still don't think it would solve the problem. It's easier for an advisor to put someone in a managed product and do nothing but sit back and collect their fees. To prove my point here's an example. A new client of mine had her entire RRSP ($161,657.78) invested at CIBC Wood Gundy in 5 different Frontiers funds. The average MER on these 5 Frontiers funds is 2.63% (this is right in the ballpark with Investors Group so Investors Group definitely isn't alone). In this particular case the client told me she had never, in over 10 years, received any financial advice from this advisor. So is it worth 2.63% to have her money managed? My vote is no.
Maybe the solution to the problem is to legislate separation between the financial planning industry and the investment management industry. If you want to be a money manager then manage money and charge whatever you think you're worth. If the public thinks you're worth 2.63% then they'll pay it. I charge fees for financial planning and people either pay it or they don't. If I can't provide value then people will a) not work with me or b) leave. Each month my clients have to pay and each month they can leave. Why can't the industry be set up this way? Why is it allowed to continue to overcharge the public and hide behind "advice giving"?
Financial literacy starts with understanding, which in turn leads to knowledge. Knowledge is based on facts but only to the extent that you have all the facts. To say that you are educating someone on a subject but only giving them half the facts is not educating, it's manipulating. This is where the line must be drawn in the sand when it comes to financially educating the public.
People like you, Jonathan, play such an important role in educating the public. You have nothing to sell and nothing to gain from one product or another. The goal is to give people facts, and two facts are that people have a choice where they invest their money and they have a choice where to go for financial advice. Unfortunately most people in the financial services industry do have a vested interest in what products are sold and unfortunately for most of the nice people working at Investors Group they have too big of a vested interest in selling their own products.
I want to quote something that was printed in the Investment Executive paper in September, 2011. It was an article titled "Companies failing on financial planning". The article was based on a survey of advisors in Canada. To quote from the article "Many firms do not charge a fee for a financial plan, including Investors Group and Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada. Both firms see financial planning as the way they do business, not as service."
I think that quote pretty much sums it's up. If financial planning is being used primarily as a marketing tool to sell your own products why not just admit it and educate the public on the alternatives. If I want to go out and spend $100,000 on a Lexus then that's my choice but if I'm paying $100,000 for a Lexus and I'm driving a KIA we have a problem. The major difference between cars and investments is that with a car, everyone can see what I'm driving. With investments not everyone knows what I have and what I'm paying. The financial services industry has to come out of the dark ages and come clean with investors. Separate the fees into investment management and financial advising. If people aren't willing to pay for advice then don't give it to them. The way it works now is that you charge everyone for advice and then selectively give it to a few.
In my opinion it comes back to Mr. Regan's comment "how much they are paying; how their advisor is being paid; and services they will receive in exchange for what they are paying". Now that he said it, can he honestly say on behalf of the financial services industry that this can be quantified? Regrettably, I would have to say, the answer is no.
So for now Jonathan, I think its back to you and financial educators like you who strive to give the public the facts – all of them – without prejudice.
It's going to be interesting to watch how the Canadian financial services industry reacts when Vanguard Canada gets rolling. What they do is in my opinion the way the entire investment industry should work. Do the best you can for the people you're working for, the investors. Although Vanguard is only starting out with Exchange-Traded Funds they don't pretend to be something they're not. They're not financial advisors, they're product providers.
Cost is relative when you're investing. It's not the only factor but it is important. And like it not, for most investors, it's one of the only things they can control – if they're educated.
From a BMO Nesbitt advisor:
Loved your article this morning, and the answer is "no." Ignorance and inertia do indeed rule with most people and investments usually place below the TV schedule in order of importance. You may even want to consider a follow on article on DSCs.
I have never, repeat never, come across an Investors Group client who knew what the little DSC letters meant after all the ISG funds in their statement. (or any other mutual fund provider for that matter). When they understand they are shocked.
Just think if there were currently no DSC funds and Investors were to propose the idea. The conversation may go like this "How be we take a loan to pay the Advisor's commissions, then we build the cost of borrowing into the MER, and then we just add on a penalty schedule to the investor so if they want out of the fund they have to pay the loan back?" IIROC would toss them out the front door. Sadly, most investors don't really care as you say.
Plenty more where these came from: will add as time permits.
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When asked the question, Would you ever lose in your girlfriend? Eric Nam responded, I believe Im losing. DJ Park Kyung Lim then mentioned his victory in the swimming contest against his on-screen wife, to which he responded, Sooner than the match, I had lost several times. Still I sought after the prize of getting my wish granted so much, which is why I attempted my best.
Eric Nam also mentioned how he used this need to ask Solar to talk informally with him. She would combine formal and casual speech, but if she spoke formally I thought, Do I make her feel uncomfortable? So I asked her to communicate informally in hopes that she would turn into more at ease around me. At this time it feels more comfortable, he explained.
When asked about his We Got Married wife he said, Its in reality wonderful. Yong Sun (Solars genuine name) has so much talent and shes trulyan excellent friend. Initially it changed into really awkward, yet as time went on she took care of me. It feels like she is actually turning into my wife. Shes fitting more like my ideal type.
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Summary: Initiation factor 2 subunit family
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Initiation factor 2 subunit family Provide feedback
This family includes initiation factor 2B alpha, beta and delta subunits from eukaryotes, initiation factor 2B subunits 1 and 2 from archaebacteria and some proteins of unknown function from prokaryotes. Initiation factor 2 binds to Met-tRNA, GTP and the small ribosomal subunit. Members of this family have also been characterised as 5-methylthioribose- 1-phosphate isomerases, an enzyme of the methionine salvage pathway. The crystal structure of Ypr118w, a non-essential, low-copy number gene product from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, reveals a dimeric protein with two domains and a putative active site cleft [2].
Literature references
Kyrpides NC, Woese CR; , Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998;95:3726-3730.: Archaeal translation initiation revisited: the initiation factor 2 and eukaryotic initiation factor 2B alpha-beta-delta subunit families. PUBMED:9520434 EPMC:9520434
Bumann M, Djafarzadeh S, Oberholzer AE, Bigler P, Altmann M, Trachsel H, Baumann U; , J Biol Chem 2004; [Epub ahead of print]: Crystal structure of yeast Ypr118w, a methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase related to regulatory eIF2B subunits. PUBMED:15215245 EPMC:15215245
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InterPro entry IPR000649
Initiation factor 2 binds to Met-tRNA, GTP and the small ribosomal subunit. The eukaryotic translation initiation factor EIF-2B is a complex made up of five different subunits, alpha, beta, gamma, delta and epsilon, and catalyses the exchange of EIF-2-bound GDP for GTP. This family includes initiation factor 2B alpha, beta and delta subunits from eukaryotes; related proteins from archaebacteria and IF-2 from prokaryotes and also contains a subfamily of proteins in eukaryotes, archaeae (e.g. Pyrococcus furiosus), or eubacteria such as Bacillus subtilis and Thermotoga maritima. Many of these proteins were initially annotated as putative translation initiation factors despite the fact that there is no evidence for the requirement of an IF2 recycling factor in prokaryotic translation initiation. Recently, one of these proteins from B. subtilis has been functionally characterised as a 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase (MTNA) [PUBMED:14551435]. This enzyme participates in the methionine salvage pathway catalysing the isomerisation of 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate to 5-methylthioribulose-1-phosphate [PUBMED:15215245]. The methionine salvage pathway leads to the synthesis of methionine from methylthioadenosine, the end product of the spermidine and spermine anabolism in many species.
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Biological process | cellular metabolic process (GO:0044237) |
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This family is a member of clan ISOCOT_Fold (CL0246), which has the following description:
This superfamily contains a variety of enzymes and non-enzymatic ligand binding domains.
The clan contains the following 12 members:
5-FTHF_cyc-lig AcetylCoA_hyd_C AcetylCoA_hydro CitF CoA_trans DeoRC Glucosamine_iso IF-2B LUD_dom Mal_decarbox_Al Rib_5-P_isom_A Sugar-bindAlignments
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Seed source: | Pfam-B_1302 (release 3.0) |
Previous IDs: | none |
Type: | Family |
Author: | Bateman A |
Number in seed: | 18 |
Number in full: | 5642 |
Average length of the domain: | 278.10 aa |
Average identity of full alignment: | 24 % |
Average coverage of the sequence by the domain: | 73.01 % |
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Model length: | 282 | ||||||||||||
Family (HMM) version: | 16 | ||||||||||||
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For those sequences which have a structure in the Protein DataBank, we use the mapping between UniProt, PDB and Pfam coordinate systems from the PDBe group, to allow us to map Pfam domains onto UniProt sequences and three-dimensional protein structures. The table below shows the structures on which the IF-2B domain has been found. There are 67 instances of this domain found in the PDB. Note that there may be multiple copies of the domain in a single PDB structure, since many structures contain multiple copies of the same protein seqence.
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Chic, Organized Home Office for Under $100
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Materials Needed:
- assorted magazine and lidded storage boxes
- paintbrush
- paint or wallpaper
- photo frames
- trash bins (for sorting)
Before: A Cluttered Catchall
Like most desks, this area had become a place where items simply piled up making it useless as a home office.
Clean Out and Organize
Remove everything from the messy area and sort items into three bins: donate, store and trash. This is a great time to purge things you've collected but no longer need or use. A good rule of thumb: If you can't remember the last time you used it (or have forgotten you even owned it) it's time to let it go.
Make a Plan
Once shelves are completely empty, decide how you want the space to function and appear.
Add Interest With Color
Paint and wallpaper (just a small amount will work) are two inexpensive options for spicing up a bland bookcase. To save money, use paint you already have on hand (mix a dark color with primer for a toned-down version) or purchase a sample size container. Other stylish options: sheet music, fabric, gift wrap or natural cork. Tip: Because this is such a small area, consider using a bold pattern or saturated color here.
Shop for Storage
The bulk of the budget will be spent on storage containers. Shop discount stores for magazine holders, lidded boxes in assorted sizes, expandable file folders and other containers to hold the items you wish to store. Simple designs and classic colors are best. Try to pick just one color for a clean, unified look.
Create Labels
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Add color and personality to your new home office with assorted vintage containers, such as old baskets and glass jars. Fill frames with a favorite poem or saying, sheet music or bit of fabric. A linen pinboard is the perfect place to display meaningful notes, cards and inspiration, while a clear jar holds bits of ribbon ready for use.


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Why I Support Free Software
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One of the great pleasures of helping to represent the Free Software community is to meet a lot of young people who have done some amazing things.
Often in my talks I show a slide of some of the young people I have met in the fifteen years since I met Linus Torvalds and became involved with the GNU/Linux system. Of course a lot of them are no longer considered "young", as they are in their mid-thirties or even (cough) approaching forty years old.
However, when they started their various projects a lot of them were either in university or still in high school, and some even earlier than that.
I still remember the Texas parents of a young man, aged twelve, who stood in front of me with a large red and white striped "Cat-In-The-Hat" head covering telling me that "he just came home from school last month, wiped his computer disk clean and installed Red Hat Linux. He swears he will never use Microsoft again."
At a Linuxworld trade show I heard three people arguing about the proper way to decompose applications to work on a high-performance Linux-based supercomputer. The three people were two engineers from Hewlett Packard and an eleven year-old programmer. The interesting part was that the two engineers from HP were wrong and the young programmer was right.
Often statements that I made had long-range effects......
I was visiting a friend in Hawaii in 1995, and gave his college roommate a copy of Red Hat Linux that Digital had sponsored to celebrate the port of Linux to the Alpha. The roommate seemed somewhat interested, but not impassioned about Linux.
Three years later I called Los Alamos laboratories to talk to a person who was in charge of one of their supercomputers, using them to simulate asteroids crashing into the planet. Of course the supercomputer ran Linux. When I introduced myself on the phone, the voice on the other end said, "You don't remember me, do you? You gave me that copy of Red Hat Linux when I was attending college back in Hawaii." Because of that one copy of Linux given out, many of Los Alamos' computers ran Red Hat Linux for a long time.
Another time I was in Soweto, South Africa. Soweto was township of approximately 500,000 people, mostly black and in the lower economic regions. I mentioned to a government official that there were probably Free Software people in Soweto, and he did not believe me. After I left the country the official mentioned what I had said to his manager, and to their credit they went to see if it was true. While they were holding a "Free Software" meeting in Soweto, they found a young man who was running a consulting service out of his house, using dial-up lines and sending email to Linus Torvalds helping Linus fix a problem in the Linux kernel. This so impressed the government officials that they opened up a Free and Open Source competency center in Soweto.
I met a young university student in Brazil who was working with the Arduino processor. He was organizing events in his free time to introduce the Arduino to other college students. He called these "Hack and Beers". I encouraged him to think about putting on courses for the Arduino and to be paid for them. He organized the courses, a web site, and was able to quit his other jobs and to teach courses and consult about Arduino full time.
There have been many more people that I have "influenced", and I feel really good about them.
One day I received an email from a fifteen year old who lived about five miles from my house. He wanted to "get together" since "he too liked Linux." We met for pizza (alas, due to his age I did not indulge in my normal beer accompaniment), and talked about Free Software. He had been programming since the age of nine, hacking the Linux kernel since the age of twelve, and writing device drivers for his father's company starting that year. Later he went on to become a network administrator for a small New England College, and his work in setting up honeypots to help the FBI trap network intruders gained him an article in Newsweek magazine. Still later he met the person that did the special effects for the Star Wars movie and worked with him on future effects.
He is now married and lives in Oregon, doing consulting. I am happy to have officiated at his wedding.
Or the fourteen-year-old that created his own distribution of Linux and had shipped thousands of copies before his parents found out what he was doing.
Another young man was the step-son of a friend. My friend's stepson was going through a rough age, and would even punch holes in the wall with his fists. Invited to dinner one night I gave him a copy of Red Hat and an early copy of Matt Welch's "Running Linux" book. Within a short time I was told that he had installed Linux on his system at home. Then he set up a wireless network for his house, allowing his parent's systems to share a printer and the Internet. Before long I learned that he had taught himself "C", and that his high-school grades were improving over-all.
He started a computer club at school, then he joined the football team (not really expected, since he is rather a small-framed person) and became one of the best-liked players on the team. After he graduated he went on to Northeastern University and by Junior year was doing graduate level work in computer security. Now he has graduated and is flying around the world working for a company that specializes in computer security.
None of the above people (and many thousands more) are extremely "famous", although many of them have earned or are earning their living with "Free Software". All of them were able to go as fast and as far as they wanted by studying Free Software and working with it. Many started their path because they were doing it "just for fun".
And where I have said "young men" or "he" in this post, I also mean young women too. I am proud of the Free Software community in embracing diversity. And finally, it is lucky for me that the Free Software community also embraces older people.....
No one asks these programmer/entrepreneurs their age, their race, their religion, their sex or their "sexual orientation". No one asks them if they were physically challenged, what country they came from, or their political views. No one told them "don't go there", "don't do that", "you are too young", "you are too old", "you are just a..." or "you can not succeed".....because (as one of my favorite cartoons points out) "on the Internet no one knows that you are a dog".
All the Free Software community says is "show me the code".
I work with Free Software because you do not have to ask anyone's permission to use it. You can pick up Free Software and form your own business without having to have huge amounts of money, and huge numbers of lawyers. You can develop Free Software even on cast-off computers that most people would throw away as scrap. Indeed I have many friends who take these cast-off computers, refurbish them, and help people who could not otherwise afford computers to have access to one. Free Software helps to level the playing field of the "haves" from the "have nots".
I continue to work with Free Software because I believe it is the great chance for me (and the world) to find the next "Albert Einsteins of Computer Science". Free Software developers are not shielded from our view as are their "closed source" counterparts. The world can see the contributions of Free Software people in the mailing lists and source submissions. On finding these people, we can reach out to them and skim them off the top of the stack of programmers, much like skimming cream off the top of non-homogenized milk.
I am not so arrogant to think that the next "Albert Einstein of Computer Science" will come from the United States. They might come from the United States, or they might come from Soweto, or Brazil or even as unlikely a place as Helsinki, Finland.......but in any case we have the tools to reach out and encourage these young programmers and entrepreneurs to do their best, learn the most and to...
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I have played cards with the same group of ladies from Washington for the last 35 years. We met at Sazani's for our annual Christmas luncheon on Dec. 5.
After enjoying a delightful lunch, we were asked by our waiter if we wanted dessert. At that point we decided to order one dessert to celebrate one of the ladies' birthday that day. I also mentioned to the waiter (in conversation) that we were also celebrating the fact that none of our families were injured during the recent devastating tornado, even though two of our ladies lost their homes, one son lost his home, and another's home was badly damaged. He came back and said the owner wanted each of us to choose a dessert on the house.
This was truly unnecessary, but added a wonderful ending to our special Christmas luncheon. Thank you again to Sazani's. Your thoughtfulness will not be forgotten.
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China's auction of shale blocks is a somewhat strange business. The first shale sale in June 2011 was largely a staged play among the six state-run bidders. The second round held in 2012 was open to private investors, but shortlisted candidates included the bizarre choices of a home-appliance company and a hardware firm that mainly sells hand tools. Now the repeatedly delayed third round is expected to take place, but things are unlikely to get any better for private investors hoping to benefit from the country's future shale gas boom.
The third auction, which Beijing planned to launch towards the end of 2013, is almost a year overdue as the central government, local officials and state-run oil conglomerates finalize the coming sale. Local governments will now manage the bidding process on their own instead of having the Ministry of Land and Resources decide the winners, according to Chinese media reports and research notes from China-based consultancies. The move is unlikely to be good news for private investors and foreign entities seeking to tap the Asian giant's hope to replicate the shale boom that changed the energy landscape in the United States.
There is a danger that officials will favor local enterprises over any other entity, warns Lin Boqiang, an energy economist at Xiamen University. Those cadres have long wanted more from Sinopec and CNPC, China's national oil companies that together hold almost 80% of the country's shale exploration rights. Under the current agreements, the local governments get little from the NOCs other than meager tax revenues. Awarding a good block to local firms will surely guarantee more benefits.
The blocks' quality is also in question. Complex geology and high production costs have rendered the exploration process a nightmare for almost all auction winners except Sinopec, which announced in March that the Fuling project, a key field in southwestern China, will yield at least 10 billion cubic meters in 2017. Wang Xiaokun, an analyst at consultancy Sublime China Information International, tells FORBES that the quality of the blocks will be no different this time while Mr. Lin says he expects a major improvement.
The struggle means China is nowhere close to meeting its 2020 natural gas production target. Beijing, in a nod to the difficulties of getting its 25 trillion cubic meters of exploitable gas reserves out of the ground, has halved the quantum of shale gas it expects to produce by that year. "The previous targets were more of a vague prospect, a hope of 30 bcm is a more realistic goal," said a government source who was briefed on the new target, according to Reuters.


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YouTube has recently announced support for ultra high quality video(4096p or 4k). YouTube declared a statement at the VidCon Conference 2010. To view 4k videos you have to select Original.
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For those who have jailbroken their iPhone with blackra1n might be facing problems running Youtube on iPhone. Today we are going to tell you about a package that will fix this problem.
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FORT MILL, S.C. — Charlotte used a pair of six-run innings to pound Toledo 12-3 on Tuesday.
The Knights scored six times in the fifth and sixth innings as the Hens fell to 1-5 on their current road trip, having lost nine of their last 11 contests.
The six-run rally in the fifth came against Toledo starter Ramon Garcia, who got the first out before allowing three hits, a walk, and another hit that produced three runs. Garcia then got the second out of the inning before giving up a three-run homer to Jordan Danks.
The sixth inning was ugly, as the Knights sent 12 men to the plate and scored six times with just a single hit in the frame.
Hens reliever Kenny Faulk gave up three walks to load the bases with one out; Steve Tolleson followed with a two-run double. When Toledo shortstop Argenis Diaz committed a throwing error, two more runs scored after Tolleson's hit.
An error by Kevin Russo at third base was followed by two more walks by Faulk and a sacrifice fly by Josh Phegley. Faulk then walked his sixth batter of the inning to reload the bases, and Evan Reed came on to walk the first batter he faced, Mike McDade, to force home a sixth run.
Those two big innings overshadowed a strong offensive performance by the Mud Hens' Jordan Lennerton, who went 3-for-4.
Lennerton singled in the first inning to extend his hit streak to 17 games, which is tied with Durham's Vince Belnome for the second-longest in the IL.
In the third inning Lennerton followed a single by Brandon Douglas by slamming a long home run to left, and in the ninth Lennerton pounded his second home run of the game, giving him a team-leading 10 this season.


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If there was any doubt about the fact that if you play well you'll be rewarded here in New England, Friday once again proved that's exactly what will happen.
Mike Reiss of ESPN Boston reported Friday morning that the Patriots have signed Rob Ninkovich to a 2-year contract extension.
Ninkovich played well last season, finishing with 91 tackles, 5.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, along with 7 pass deflections in his second season with the Patriots. New England picked him up after he was cut by the Saints in August of 2009, and he's been a great fit so far since being here. He's already received one extension that had him signed through 2011 in November of that season thanks to his performance early in the year, and he's obviously impressed them enough to want to keep him around even longer.
He told NESN that he's excited about the fact he'll be sticking around for a while.
"I'm happy to be here, and [for] a few more years, so I'm excited," Ninkovich said.
Earlier this preseason the Patriots rewarded cornerback Kyle Arrington with a contract extension after he came in and took over for Darius Butler and played well last season, and also did the same thing last year with runningback Danny Woodhead after his performance.
Needless to say the mantra seems to be the same:
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Spotted a page from mugsbigsis in the latest issue of Somerset Studios Digital memories!! Anyone else in there I should be looking for??!! Love seeing you all published!
Spotted a page from mugsbigsis in the latest issue of Somerset Studios Digital memories!! Anyone else in there I should be looking for??!! Love seeing you all published!
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Congratulations, Kelly!
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Thanks for the mention! Patsy Tabbert has a page in that issue, too. :O)
Katie, Somerset Digital Studios magazine is where all the action is this time around. Patsy and I have pages in that issue and Debbie West is a Featured Artist! It's a wonderful publication. Well, All of the Somerset magazines are really.
Wonderful news! I have always enjoyed the Somerset Studio publications. Congrats, Kelly, Patsy and Debbie! I am eager to get my hands on this issue of the magazine so I can admire you all in print!
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I need to run out and get a copy! Congratulations Kelly! I'll be anxious to see the feature on Debbie too, she is amazing!
That's fantastic - congrats Kelly!
I saw all those pages last week, browsing at Barnes & Noble. Looking good ladies!
Big congrats, ladies!!!
Congrats ladies!! How wonderful for you!!
Thanks everyone! It's always an honor to be included in a Somerset Digital Studios or Somerset Memories issue! Congrats to Kelly and Debbie too!
Way to go ladies!!! That is wonderful! I am going to check out this publication. I thumb through it when I am at Barnes and Noble. It sounds like I need to subscribe!
Kelly was the one who pushed me over the edge to submit some work and I have to tell you it has been such a FUN experience all the way around! There is such talent here at DD I would encourage ALL of you to take the plunge!!
Great news! I don't know whether we get that publication over here in Australia (Aussie girls???) Congrats
I am new here and simply have to say how much I enjoy Debbie's work as well as that of everyone else...absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
Have the issue of Somerset Digital Studio everyone is talking about. Great article...I am still going through the learning process of digital pages and just realized something as I am writing this - you never get out of the "learning process" when it comes to digital creations. We learn from each other which makes life a bit easier...thanks for sharing.
congratulations ladies, that is wonderful!!!
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I don't think we get that publication here either?... I've never seen it ... Congrats!! though ladies!! I'm sure they are all fabulous pages!!
This is such exciting news! Many congratulations ladies!
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I love that magazine, and can't wait to get a copy and see your pages! Congrats ladies - You are all so very talented!!


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A: Our competitive model is based on performance. At the end of the year, the more you brought in, the more you put in your pocket. That keeps you motivated. Also, when Lee opens a new office the shareholders in existing offices help raise capital, so they have a stake.
And being a broker-owned operation keeps people here. We can allocate our own dollars to execute our own business plan.
Q: How do you keep a staffâs morale up during a steep recession?
A: One way is trying to stay focused on our business plan and our goals. But another way is to try and have some fun events. Itâs kind of a philosophy of work hard, play hard. We have barbecue contests and potlucks and ski trips. Weâre a pretty tight group, but when you own and operate a business together it does create that kind of camaraderie.
And weâve been fortunate that, in the last four years, weâve been profitable. That helps morale.
Q: Whatâs a typical âgreat dayâ like for you?
A: Itâs when I get the opportunity to come in, when a broker asks me to sit down with him and brainstorm, and asks âHow do I do this? Whatâs the best strategy?â Iâm a long-time broker and I donât get to do that all the time. I miss it.
We have a good chief operating officer, Lori Jensen, who handles the operations side. That means that Iâm able to have some of those good days when I get to go out and help brokers make money.
David Illsley
Company: Lee & Associates
Title: President, Riverside office
Years with company: 3
Employees: 57 (45 brokers, 12 support workers)
Age: 55
Education: Degree in Business Administration, University of Southern California


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In the end your opinion is your own and you are more than welcome to think/believe anything you wish, I just disagree with putting out statements with out supporting them. You can make lists of qb you think are better than Eli all you want and you might be right or wrong, but you never support your claims by using facts.
It is ridiculous that folks are even stating that Dan Fouts, Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman and Joe Namath are better than Eli Manning.
Its these kinds of posts that give you Eli Cultists a bad name.
It's not a crime to delude yourself into believing that Eli Manning is some kind of all time great player. But when you say its silly to say that Roger Staubach (a top 5 all time QB) is better than Eli.....we have crossed the line into lunacy.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..


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As of Thursday afternoon, online retailer Amazon.com is already listing PalmOne's next handheld device, which features a hard drive. According to the site, the PalmOne LifeDrive Mobile Manager is not currently available. Sources tell us the device will be introduced on May 18.
Specifications on Amazon indicate the device will come with a 416MHz XScale processor and 320-by-480-pixel color display. Clicking on the order link says Amazon's price is $499.88.


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KINSHASA, Congo — Congo's health minister says two Ebola deaths have been confirmed in the Central African country.
Felix Kabange Numbi said Sunday that two of eight samples from the northwest Equateur province came back positive for the deadly disease.
Numbi said the samples were from the region where the World Health Organization said an outbreak of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis has killed 70 people in recent weeks.
The WHO said last week those deaths were not Ebola-related. Numbi said Congolese officials believed Ebola had killed 13 people in the region, including five health workers.
He said 11 people were sick and in isolation and that 80 contacts were being traced. He said the infections were of a different strain than those in the outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,400 people.
- British Ebola Victim Flown From Sierra Leone to England
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Do you want to actually look forward to Monday mornings?
You can at Workday! We embody the qualities of a great company, offer world-class products and services, listen to our employees, empower creativity and innovation, and celebrate a job well done. Itâs that simple, and has earned us the #1 ranking on two 2012 âBest Places to Workâ surveys (as voted by our own employees).
We're looking for a business analyst experienced in grants management to join Workday's Financials Product Management team. You should have a solid understanding of the grants management lifecycle. As a business analyst at Workday, you will help product managers define business requirements and produce functional design specifications. As part of the product management team, you will also work closely with software engineers to turn functional specifications into next-generation business services. Weâre looking for a team player who is passionate about building products.
*2 - 5+ years experience as a grants management business analyst, product manager or consultant.
*Functional knowledge of one or more of the following areas: pre-award, post-award, billing, grants.gov, effort certification.
*Experience with grants management in one or more of the following: higher education, K-12 education, state or local government.
*Fast learner, detail oriented, decisive, and enjoy a fast paced work environment.
*Research requirements.
*Create and collaborate on detailed functional designs, using Agile methodologies and tools.
*Assist product managers with complex designs.
*Work closely with developers and QA to ensure the product you intended to have built actually gets built.
*Create presentations and demos to help train additional teams on new functionality.
*Review, comment, follow-up, and target bug and enhancement requests.
*Be a point of contact for internal teams such as consultants, production support, training, documentation, and sales support.
*Work effectively within and across teams to get things accomplished.
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Headquarters: | 6230 Stoneridge Mall Rd. Pleasanton, CA 94588 United States |
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Grilled Tuna and Orange Salad with Candied Lemon and Mixed Baby Greens with Chili Aioli and Herb Tuile
- 2 lemons
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- 4 cups mixed baby greens
- 3 eggs
- 4 egg whites
- 1/2 cup simple syrup (equal amounts of sugar and water, boiled and then cooled to room temperature)
- 1/4 cup water
- 5 cloves garlic, chopped
- 4 cups flour
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- Salt and pepper
- Chopped rosemary
- 4 (5-ounce) pieces fresh tuna
- 4 oranges, sectioned
- 4 cups mixed baby greens
Quarter the lemons and set aside in a saucepot. Cover the lemon quarters with water, bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain, repeat this process, and let stand for 1 to 2 hours.
In a saucepot, combine the water and sugar, bring to a boil, and add the lemon pieces and simmer for 20 minutes. Let the rinds steep overnight and cut them into julienne.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
To make the herb tuille, combine the eggs, egg whites, syrup, water, and garlic, and whisk all together. Work in the flour and then add the butter, salt, and pepper, and mix until a paste is formed. On a buttered and floured baking sheet, pipe the batter onto the pan in random forms and sprinkle with rosemary. Bake for 2 to 3 minutes until light golden brown. Quickly remove from the oven and shape over a bowl or any desired shape and set aside.
Grill the tuna to medium, approximately 3 minutes each side.
To serve, place the greens on each plate. Layer the tuna on half of the greens, garnish with orange segments, tuille, and the candied lemon zest.
This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.


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by Debbie Farmer
Something terrible happened to me: I had to get my picture taken. Oh, okay, so maybe it's not the riveting heinous kind of terrible that you see on the evening news and trashy talk shows, but still disturbing none-the-less. Before I continue, let me just stop right here and say that it wasn't my idea. I blame the DMV.
As anyone with a driver's license knows, every
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My baby girl is well on her way to her 1 yr. birthday. It has completely blindsided me!
Definately the fastest year of my life to date...
Gabe and I love watching her personality unfold. We call her a silent ninja...always climbing and crawling and attempting daring things without a peep escaping from her. Quite funny.
She loves to chase after Gabriel and get into whatever he is playing. Luckily he has lots of patience for her. She is standing on her own but in no rush to walk. She is a speedster on the floor so she feels confident that it will be her means of transportation for a while....as well as mama's arms;) One of our favorite things is to watch Gabriel try to make her laugh. He loves being an entertainer, and she loves to be entertained, so its a great match. She laughs at him constantly.
I can't seem to stop buying her little shoes (as you may have noticed on instagram). Also adding one too many bathing suits to her closet. Having a girl to dress up is way too much fun:) I hope and pray I can remember these sweet moments forever so I can tell her about them one day, and remind her how much joy she brings to our lives.
I guess its time to plan a first birthday party!
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She's adorable! How wonderful for you!
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