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NEW YORK (Reuters Blogs) -- I like index funds, and I believe that the best way to maximize your retirement savings is, simply, to save more money. So I was intrigued to see a press release from Charles Schwab this week, touting its new 401(k) product, which combines index funds with opt-out advice services. The results, according to Schwab, are impressive: Investors save 77% on operating expenses, and also tend to put more money into their plans:
Nearly 90% of workers in Schwab Index Advantage plans are receiving low-cost, professional, third-party advice to help manage their 401(k) investments. Prior to the transition, only about 4% of these same workers elected to receive advice. Schwab data shows that employees who have chosen to use independent, professional, point-in-time 401(k) advice services in the past have tended to save twice as much, were better diversified and stuck to their long-term plan, even in the most volatile market environments.
Sounds good! But it really isn't. The headline of the press release says that "Schwab's Index-Based 401(k) Offering Cuts Investment Costs by 77%, Delivering on Low-Cost Goal" -- but that's incredibly misleading, precisely because the overwhelming majority of plan participants wind up paying for that "low-cost, professional, third-party advice."
Here are the numbers: The weighted average operating expense ratio for the new index-fund product is 14.78bp, down from 65.11bp in Schwab's old actively managed plans. That's a handy savings of just over 50bp. But as part of the deal, all the participants in the new plans automatically get enrolled in a plan that gives them something called "independent point-in-time advice."
How much does that advice cost? Turns out, it's about 45bp. Which means that far from seeing their expenses fall by 50bp, the new savers are actually only saving about 5bp, all-in. (Under the old system, the advice came free, although it did so on an opt-in basis rather than an opt-out basis.)
Still, it might be worth paying 45bp for advice, if doing so led plan participants to double the amount they are saving. The problem is, there's no real evidence that it does. The "Schwab data" cited here is based not on the activity of people in Schwab's new index-fund plan, but rather on the activity of people who took advantage of the old, opt-in plan. And it's well worth parsing the exact wording of the results of that study:
Approximately 70% of participants that receive and implement 401(k) advice make a change to their deferral rates, and those savings rates nearly double on average as a result, jumping from approximately 5% to 10% of pay.
To recap: when given the opportunity to opt in to advice-giving services, even when they're free, only a tiny minority of plan participants -- about 4% -- actually did so. It's reasonable to assume that most of that 4% of people were thinking about significantly increasing the amount they save, and wanted advice on how best to do that. Now Schwab doesn't tell us how many people received advice but didn't ultimately end up implementing it. It does say that of the people who
implemented advice, 70% changed their deferral rates. And within that 70%, deferral rates roughly doubled. But at a maximum, we're still only talking about 70% of 4%, here, which is a by-definition highly unrepresentative 2.8% of participants.
In other words, Schwab has given us no evidence at all that the people enrolled in its new index-based 401(k) plan are saving more money as a result of paying 45bp a year for advice. I'm sure that a small minority of people who want to save more will ask for advice on how to do so -- but that doesn't mean that the advice causes them to save more. Indeed, the causality probably runs exactly in the opposite direction.
It seems to me that Schwab is looking a bit desperate here. It used to be able to make lots of money by charging high amounts for its 401(k) plans, but now that everybody understands the superiority of index funds, Schwab is being forced to offer its own index-based service. Obviously, the only way to sell such a service is to talk about how much participants will save on fees. But Schwab doesn't want lower fees, it wants higher fees. So while removing management fees with one hand, it simultaneously inserts huge new advice fees with the other -- and the advice fees probably have even bigger margins than the management fees did.
What's more, Schwab's messaging around this product has always been less than fully honest.
Here's the launch press release
"Fund operating expenses for index mutual funds and ETFs are typically lower than those associated with most actively managed mutual funds offered in 401(k) plans today. We believe index funds can provide employees with a better opportunity to accumulate more savings for retirement," said Steve Anderson, head of retirement plan services at Charles Schwab. "Through such low-cost investments, fund operating expenses could be cut significantly. For the average worker in a 401(k) plan, that can mean nearly $115,000 more at retirement."
The irony here is deeply hidden: In order to end up with $115,000 more at retirement, you would have to opt
of the advice plan that the Schwab index-fund offering automatically enrolls you into. But actually, "the average worker in a 401(k) plan" is never going to wind up with an extra $115,000 at retirement just by switching to index funds.
If you look at the assumptions behind that $115,000 figure, you'll find that our "average worker" is, in fact, very far from average. For one thing, she starts saving money at age 25, when she's already earning $50,000 per year. That's pretty much the median income for a U.S.
, within just a couple of years of entering the workforce. Well done, that person! She then gets a 3% raise every year for the next 30 years -- and once she's in her 30s, she manages to sock away a full 10% of her income into her 401(k) account every year until retirement. Oh, and she managed to save 66bp by switching to index funds: That's significantly larger than the real-world 50bp that we saw with the Schwab participants. And all the while her investments are growing by 7.5% per year, even when she's near retirement and ought by rights to have switched largely to bonds.
But all of these assumptions are deeply buried and hard to find. As far as Schwab is concerned, the main thing to do is to come up with a large headline figure, something that will make it easier to sell the new index-fund retirement service to the less-sophisticated end of the HR spectrum. Schwab is pretty well positioned in this market: it's known mainly as a discount broker, which means that the brand comes with connotations of low fees and low margins. But if you want to sign your employees up for an index-based 401(k) plan, which is a good idea, then the Schwab plan is not the right way to go, since it's quite possibly the highest-fee index-fund plan out there, once all those advice fees are taken into consideration.
I work for an enormous company with a very financially literate HR department; they're not going to fall for this kind of pitch. But we shouldn't live in a world where every medium-sized company needs to have people who can navigate the hard sell from people like Schwab offering fabulous new 401(k) plans. Right now, it's incredibly difficult and time-consuming to choose between them, and it's easy to see why plan administrators might easily just plump for a known name like Schwab. There really should be some reliable and impartial resource for those administrators. But I'm not holding my breath.
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HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a petition for civil contempt against Broadway Healthcare Management LLC, Broadway Nutritional Services LLC and Michael Konig for failing to comply with a November 2009 consent judgment which prohibited violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Investigations conducted by the department's Wage and Hour Division determined that Broadway Healthcare Management violated the FLSA and the 2009 judgment when it partnered with Prime Services of Brooklyn, N.Y., who did not actually employ any of the employees affected, in an effort to avoid paying overtime wages to workers. Nurses and support staff employed at several of Broadway's 10 locations throughout New Jersey were issued two separate paychecks for overtime workweeks, one from Broadway and one from Prime Services, neither of which included pay for hours worked beyond 40 per week or an overtime premium. The company also failed to pay nursing staff for certain hours worked beyond the scheduled end of their shifts. Additionally, the employer failed to include shift differentials and bonuses in employees' regular rates for the purpose of computing overtime pay.
"Broadway Healthcare Management has a long history of wage violations at the locations they operate. This case demonstrates that they clearly knew their obligation to pay overtime, yet willfully took steps to circumvent it," said Brian Johnson, director of enforcement for the division's Northeast Region. "Filing this petition demonstrates the Wage and Hour Division's commitment to using all enforcement tools available to investigate repeat violators, recover workers' wages and ensure accountability under the law."
The companies and Konig entered into the consent judgment to resolve the findings of a 2008 Wage and Hour Division investigation. The petition seeks to have the judge find the defendants in civil contempt and to order them to produce complete records and pay the cost of an independent auditor to compute back wages due.
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Dallas Tea Party leader Ken Emanuelson said Tuesday that he misspoke when he told an activist last month that Republicans don't want blacks to vote because they overwhelmingly support Democrats.
"That was a mistake," he said in an email. "I hold no position of authority within the Republican Party and it wasn't my place to opine on behalf of the desires of the Republican Party."
Emanuelson's earlier comments had provoked a storm of criticism from Democrats and a rebuke from the chairman of the state GOP, Steve Munisteri, who said they did not reflect his position or the party's.
The Tea Party leader was speaking at a May 20 meeting of Republicans in Dallas. In an audio recording of the remarks, distributed to news outlets Tuesday by Democrats, an activist can be heard asking Emanuelson what the party is doing to attract black voters to the GOP ticket.
"I'm going to be real honest with you," Emanuelson responded. "The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote if they are going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats."
The activist said he took that to mean the GOP had given up on black voters. Emanuelson did not disagree.
"We have a lot of work to do in that community, and it has been written off and we need to change that," Emanuelson said. "Now we're not going to change that by 2014, but we might be able to change it if we start now in years in the future. But it's not going to be soon."
Democrats blasted Emanuelson and promptly used his remarks as part of a fundraising campaign for Battleground Texas, a group dedicated to breaking the Republican lock on state politics.
"Well, I am going to be real honest with you, Mr. Emanuelson — the Republican Party discounts communities of color at their own peril and attacks like these only serve to embolden us for the long road ahead," U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, wrote in a message to Battleground Texas supporters.
Munisteri, the state GOP chairman, said he spoke at the same event, organized by the Dallas County Republican Party, but did not hear Emanuelson address the audience.
"It doesn't reflect the Republican Party of Texas' position, and it doesn't reflect my position," Munisteri said of the remarks. He added that the strategy of ignoring black voters has "backfired" and told The Texas Tribune that he is about to launch an effort to target "several hundred thousand African-American households" that the party believes have a propensity to vote Republican.
"It is immoral to ignore large segments of the population with our message," Munisteri said. "If we think our message is good for one community, then it should be spread to all communities."
In an email sent to the Tribune, Emanuelson still said he believed it was "not in the interests of the Republican Party to spend its own time and energy working to generally increase the number of Democratic voters at the polls, and at this point in time, nine out of every ten African American voters cast their votes for the Democratic Party."
But he said he should have made it clear that he was expressing his "personal opinion" and not speaking for the party.
The fundraising appeal provided a link to the 16-second audio bite of Emanuelson's remarks. Upon request, Battleground Texas provided a link to the full audio of the remarks.
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at http://www.texastribune.org/2013/06/04/gop-distances-itself-tea-party-leaders-remarks/.


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Over the winter, fans submitted nominations and 32 tracks have been selected for the bracket-style countdown including the previous sing-along, Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places."
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Anthony DeMello tells the story of "The Contented Fisherman": A rich industrialist was horrified to find a fisherman lying lazily beside his boat smoking a pipe. "Why aren't you fishing?" said the industrialist. "Because I have caught enough fish for the day," said the fisherman. "Why don't you catch more than you need?" said the industrialist. "What would I do with them?" asked the fisherman. "You could earn more money," was the reply. "With that you could have a motor fixed to your boat. Then you could go into deeper waters and catch more fish. Then you would make enough to buy nylon nets. These would bring you more fish and more money. Soon you would have enough money to own two boats, maybe even a fleet of boats. The you would be a rich man like me." "What would I do then?" asked the fisherman. "Then you could sit down and enjoy life," said the industrialist. "What do you think I am doing right now?" said the contented fisherman. (From: This is My Beloved Son- Listen to Him, vol.2; by A. Coniaris, p.67 [1988]).
This story demonstrates the deceitfulness of riches. The rich industrialist assumes that because the fisherman is not working, that he is poor and unhappy. He also believes that accumulating more wealth will lead to happiness. However, one child of a rich industrialist tells a different story. Christina Onassis once said, "Happiness does not depend on money. Our family is the best proof of that." The industrialist, blinded by his own greed, thinks the fisherman is lazy, not working hard enough. This same love for wealth and money is what blinds the rich man in today's gospel reading from the 5th Sunday of Luke 16:19-31. It's as if he cannot see Lazaros who is laying down right at his own front door. How often do we, when seeing a poor person, immediately think or say, "he just needs to get a job and work hard"? It's a lot easier to think or say such a thing than to reach out and help someone. The depth of the rich man's blindness is further demonstrated by the fact that Lazaros, whose name ironically means "one who is helped", is not just poor but he is also sick with sores and hungry.
Perhaps the most devastating deceit of all is that riches blind us to the presence of God and our utter dependence on Him for eternal life. Wealth in our society provides increasing physical comforts like a big home, a fancy car, a soft bed, good medical care, exotic vacations to far-away places, just to name a few examples. As we gain more money, we often step right up to the next level of comfort and prestige in whatever we possess. With these increasing comforts, who needs God? I have everything I want and if not, I just work harder and buy it. A Hasidic story demonstrates this dynamic effectively: "How easy it is for a poor man to depend on God! What else has he to depend on? And how hard it is for a rich man to depend on God! All his possessions call out to him, 'Depend on us!'"
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However, our relationship with our wealth can radically change if we understand that God is the rightful owner. He entrusts it to us so we can use it specifically to help spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and build His Kingdom on earth. If the rich man viewed his wealth in this way, he would have seen Lazaros at the gate as a God-given opportunity to share Divine love. To help us understand how we relate to wealth, we need a "Money Check-Up." J.H.Jowett said, "The real measure of our worth is how much we would be worth if we lost all our money."
The stewardship campaigns that are going on in most churches at this time of year are like 'health clinics on wealth' or 'money wellness seminars.' They provide us with another God-given opportunity to improve our vision to see the needs of others. They prompt us to think about our relationship with our possessions. As we walk through the Royal Gates into the Narthex and approach the Holy Gate of Sanctuary, will we notice the poor, sick and hungry people? Will we see the needs of our community and what is required to beautify our temple and maintain our facilities? Most importantly, will we see the absolute necessity for our parish to continue being a beacon of light and hope for those who are in darkness and despair?
God places the poor and suffering in our midst today. They surround us. They need not only food but faith; they need not only cash but caring; they need not only medicine but love. For the sake of the Kingdom, for our salvation as well as theirs, may we always see and never neglect the many Lazaroses at our gate. Consider the words of St. Paul to Timothy, "As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good deeds, liberal and generous, thus laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life which is life indeed" (1 Timothy 6:17-19). Amen!
Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews is the pastor of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fr. Andrews is the past president of Minnesota Eastern Orthodox Christian Clergy Association (MEOCCA), and a volunteer chaplain with the St. Paul Police Department.


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One of Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's best-known films, this semi-autobiographical drama follows the childhood and teenage years of a young man named Ah-ha, as he comes of age in the Taiwan countryside. Though born on the Chinese mainland, Ah-ha moves to Taiwan at a very early age when his father accepts a government position upon the island. His family soon becomes permanent residents of the island, thanks a combination of historical circumstance -- the Communist takeover of the mainland -- and his father's increasingly poor health. The family endures, despite serious financial difficulties that lead several of his older siblings to compromise their dreams for the sake of the common good, and cause increasing tension between the family members. Soon, Ah-ha's father has passed away and his siblings have left home, leaving him responsible for the family's well-being while dealing with his own personal struggles. This deliberate, intimately detailed drama utilizes a straightforward, unadorned style to present the family's trials and tribulations, which also reflect the shifts in Taiwanese society during the time of the director's youth. One of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's biggest successes in his home country, the film also received worldwide acclaim, winning special recognition at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Fernando Alonso believes the change in tyre construction midway through this season was the point at which Ferrari's title hopes fell apart.
Pirelli got clearance from all the teams to revert to its 2012 tyre construction after the 2013 design suffered multiple blowouts during the British Grand Prix. When racing on the performance-orientated but quick-degrading 2013 construction Alonso won in China and Spain, but the more stable 2012 specification has seen Red Bull eke out an even bigger advantage in recent rounds.
"I think we started in a good way, we were competitive in Australia, maybe not in qualifying but in the race we were taking care of the tyres very very well, together with Lotus," Alonso explained. "We won in China, we won in Spain and then we seemed to lose a little bit of performance, especially when the 2012 Pirelli tyres came back so that was probably our point in the championship; when they changed the tyres, we said bye bye."
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A little over a year ago, Roger Ebert was publicly denouncing the potential of video games to be considered art. This month, however, the National Endowment for Arts has publicly, if completely indirectly, disagreed.
The NEA, the largest public funding for arts in America, is expanding its Arts on Radio and Television grant program to include digital games, and renaming it Arts in Media. 2Player: Computers. Games. Art. is the resulting exhibit, which features five computer game artists displaying their work in various forms. Mark Essen, Paolo Perdicini, Jason Rohrer, Pixel Jam and Eric Svendang each present their own interpretation of what video game art means to them. Essen and Perdicini have taken their exhibits to contemporary art museums around the world. Essen has shown his exhibit at the New Museum in New York City, and FACT (The Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool. While 2Player was at FACT, it was only part of a year-long "season of gaming at FACT. The season includes interactive game events, competitions, and a game-themed film program." Perdicini has shown his work in the National Museum for Contemporary Art in Athens and the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro.
"The games designers in this exhibition are all resolutely low-fi. Their interests and style are all in opposition to the mainstream computer industry and reacting against the multi million pound texture mapped hyper-realism of contemporary games," according to the official description of the exhibit.
Many of the art pieces are, like the name of the exhibit suggests, playable by two people. This allows people to interact with the art piece, but also examines how art relates to the ways in which we communicate. Placing these games in an art gallery allows viewers to consider gaming graphics and mechanics of gameplay in the context of contemporary art.
2Player: Computers. Games. Art. opens at the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery in Leicester, UK on Saturday, where it will stay until September 5th.
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Iceland's special prosecutor into the banking crisis has confirmed that raids have taken place today and that arrests have been made. The Central Bank of Iceland is among the institutions under investigation.
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One factor here could be the nerves of Drew Brees. Brees and the Saints managed to sneak by the Vikes but Brees seemed to me to be a bit nervous. If he comes out pumped and not afraid to make a mistake or two, the Saints could really roll. If he gets a little nervous and doesn't commit on his throws, Manning and co will carve them up.
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Place made: Europe, The Netherlands
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posts on 12/19/2013 11:07:58 AM
It is highly unnecessary to tell people to grow up. Eight years between books is not acceptable and is, frankly, an abuse of your fan base. Not to mention the fact that IC's constant extension of the series means she SHOULD be delivering the books on time because she is already letting her fans down in this way. (And unnecessarily since about 200 pages of The Sending WEREN'T blantantly rehashing the previous books).
posts on 9/13/2011 5:48:19 AM
The Sending's release date has been confirmed as October 31st this year. I have a contact in the company that prints the books, and first copies are set and bound. A good sign I'd say. As for the Gateway Trilogy, current news says that The Firecats Dream (3rd in the Night Gate trilogy)wont be released until after The Red Queen is released (which sould be late next year). So we are probably looking at a 2013-14 release.
posts on 9/12/2011 5:48:42 PM
So did Isobelle Carmody finish writing the 3rd book of the Gateway Trilogy? My daughter read the first 2 and I've been searching for "The Firecat" as thats what the 2nd book said the 3rd was called. All the library databases don't have anything. Any info??
posts on 4/22/2011 10:29:54 PM
I'm not getting any younger - I just wish Isobelle would finish the series that she's started. To learn that Darkbane has been in draft since the early 2000's is irritating. I doubt she would have any trouble getting anything published and as a teacher I am loathe to recommend her books - which I usually do as there are so few quality Australian authors for younger people.
posts on 7/24/2010 1:38:05 AM
The latest release date for The Sending is November 2011!!!!! My son is now the same age I was when I started reading this series...I hope the series is finished before I become a grandparent!
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posts on 7/15/2010 11:25:13 PM
Hey guys, I was just wondering, I read the first two books of the gateway trilogy a while back and just got around to see can searching for the third book, but i cant seem to find it. Does anyone by any chance know where i can find the final book or if there even is one? Thanks. :)
posts on 6/22/2010 1:56:19 PM
Hi Isobelle Fans! I want to invite you all to come see a play based on Isobelle Carmody's short story, THE PHOENIX, at Yale Summer Cabaret this July. Isobelle is really excited about the play, as are we. Buy tickets at www.summercabaret.org!
posts on 5/21/2010 2:42:45 AM
I'd love to be able to recommend Isobelles's books to everyone. They are beautifully imagined, engaging and contian the best story I've ever ready (?And that's a lot!). But the sad fact is that I was given a copy of Obernewtyn for my birthday in June, 1988. I've been waiting over 20 years for a conclusion to this story. I know all the arguments for taking so long to finish - but how could I possibly justify recommending something that you may have to wait 25 years to see the ending! Don't think we will try any new ones - not for me or the kids... such a shame.
posts on 3/13/2010 3:49:58 AM
I'm so pumped for Darkbane! I cannot get this trilogy out of my mind!! By the way, to the person who mentioned Peter Jackson, I live in NZ and it's proven that everyone here lives within 2 degrees of separation. So I'll put in a good word for Isobelle Carmody's books. :P
posts on 3/12/2010 12:55:32 AM
Ive been waiting for Darkbane for a good 8 years, ever since Darksong was released. I understand that writing isn't easy, but its getting really frustrating and I'm close to giving up entirely...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 10, 2013) – Both the U.S. men's beach team of Casey Jennings and Stafford Slick along with the women's beach team of Emily Day and Whitney Pavlik captured gold medals on Sunday at the fourth stop of the 2013 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit in Toluca, Mexico.
In the men's gold-match, Slick (Andover, Minn.) and Jennings (Las Vegas, Nev.) battled through a three-set victory (21-17, 16-21, 17-15) defeating Mexico's two-time defending champions Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen.
"It's my first NORCECA tournament title in Mexico," Slick said in a NORCECA press release. "It is a good time for us; I really like the game. Mexico has a great team and it was a great game."
For the women's finals, Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.), recovered from a first-set loss to defeat Martha Revuelta and Bibiana Candelas of Mexico (15-21, 21-15, 17-15) in a sold out stadium packed with Revuelta and Candelas fans.
Effective blocking and defense were two components that led Day and Pavlik to the top of the podium.
"Mexico has a very good team and we had to plan our game well because it was a very difficult match," Day said in a NORCECA press release.
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Both the men's and women's gold winners finished the first day of pool play with 1-1 records but scrapped to the semifinals. There, Day and Pavlik eliminated compatriots Summer Ross (San Diego, Calif.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.) in three sets (21-16, 18-21, 15-9) to advance to the finals. Meanwhile, Slick and Jennings outlasted Puerto Rico's Roberto Rodriguez and Hector Soto (21-19, 21-23, 16-14) to move on to the championship match.
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She is survived by three daughters, Kathie R. Yarborough (Carl), Karen M. Tanner (Philip), both of Warwick, and Susan C. Rainone (John) of Smithfield. Also survived by six grandchildren, two great-grandsons and one great-great-granddaughter. She was the sister of the late Dr. Thomas Yetman.
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The Matchup
After playing to a 0-0 tie with conference rival Yale Saturday in its Ivy opener, the Harvard men's soccer team steps back outside conference play to welcome local foe Boston College in a midweek matchup Tuesday night.
Series History
Tuesday's matchup will be the 21st time Harvard and Boston College have squared off, with the Eagles holding a 10-6-4 edge in the all-time series. BC captured the inaugural game of the series, 2-1 in 1981, and has the longest winning streak in the series at four games from 1989-93. Harvard has dropped the two most recent meetings by scores of 2-1 in 2010 and 2-0 last year in Chestnut Hill. Harvard's last win over the Eagles came in 2009, a 2-0 victory on BC's home turf.
Last Time Out
After a quiet first half, the Crimson took control of the game Saturday against Yale, but was unable to find the back of the net in a 0-0 draw. Freshman goalie Joe Festa notched four saves, including two big stops in the final minutes of regulation, giving him the first shutout of his collegiate career. Harvard finished the game with a 23-11 edge in shots and a 20-6 advantage in corners. Kyle Henderson had Harvard's best look of the game as his shot from outside the box sailed past a diving Yale keeper and banged off the far post to keep the game scoreless.
About the Crimson
The five goals on the season for Harvard have come from five different players, with Zack Wolfenzon becoming the latest to join the list. The senior forward also leads the team in shots with 18 while Henderson is close behind with 17. David Barna has the lone assist on the season for the Crimson, providing the helper on co-captain Scott Prozeller's goal against Southern Methodist.
Joe Festa and Evan Mendez have both seen significant time in net for Harvard and Festa offers the better goals-against average at 1.35. Mendez boasts a 1-2-1 record on the season in five games started.
Scouting the Eagles
Boston College is having a strong season and enters the Harvard game with a 5-3-1 record on the year and a 2-1-1 road mark. After dropping a pair of home contests early, the Eagles collected victories in their last three home games, scoring eight goals between the three matches.
Charlie Rugg has been the offensive sparkplug for the Eagles this season, putting home four of the team's 12 goals and adding three assists for a team-high 11 points. Derrick Boateng also has three helpers on the season, and his three goals in addition give him nine points on the year. Kevin Mejia is the third multi-goal scorer on the team with a pair of strikes this season. Goalie Justin Luthy has played the lions' share of minutes for the Eagles this season and boasts a 1.55 goals against average and 23 saves. Alex Kapp has played 154 minutes for BC and is a perfect 2-0-0 on the season, having conceded just one goal.
Up Next
Harvard wraps up its three-game homestand when it welcomes a powerful No. 22 Cornell squad to Cambridge Saturday. The game is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.


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Two Houston Dynamo goals off set pieces were not enough as Sebastien Le Toux and rookie Danny Mwanga each scored second-half goals to earn the Philadelphia Union a 3-2 victory at Robertson Stadium on Saturday night.
It was the expansion team's first ever win on the road, and the result ensured the Dynamo continue their pattern of alternating between wins and losses. All week the Dynamo had talked about starting the match with the same intensity the team brought to its game against D.C. United last Saturday, but in the first half Houston was flat and lifeless, and the Union took full advantage.
The visitors capitalized on their better play in the first half when Shea Salinas took the ball toward the corner before slipping by Bobby Boswell and breaking free along the endline. As Pat Onstad came out on Salinas, the Union midfielder deftly chipped the ball inside the far post from a tight angle to give the Union the halftime lead.
The home team attempted a response in the second half, with head coach Dominic Kinnear bringing on forward Brian Ching to a near standing ovation. The Dynamo forward took out his frustration at missing the World Cup squad by converting a header off Brad Davis' set piece in the 52nd minute to tie the game.
The momentum then began to swing heavily in Houston's favor. The Dynamo continued to press and took the lead in the 59th minute. The hosts were deadly on set pieces, and it was a Davis free kick — once again — that found the head of Eddie Robinson. The defender converted from short range to hand the Dynamo the lead.
However, Philadelphia head coach Peter Nowak made some key substitutions of his own, bringing on Mwanga after the first Houston goal and Roger Torres after the second. Both bench players provided the inspiration for the equalizer — Torres deftly chipped the ball into the path of Mwanga, whose first touch was near perfect as he laid the ball off to forward Le Toux. The Frenchman converted from the top of the box, and again the score was level in the 69th minute.
Houston had several set pieces late, but the Dynamo failed to convert them and were punished in injury time. Le Toux drove down the right side of the field and dropped the ball off to Mwanga, who calmly finished to give the Union a 3-2 victory.
Philadelphia Union (2-5-1) vs. Houston Dynamo (5-5-1)
May 29, 2010 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
Scoring Summary:
PHI -- Shea Salinas 1 (Alejandro Moreno 4)
HOU -- Brian Ching 1 (Brad Davis 5) 52
HOU -- Eddie Robinson 1 (Brad Davis 6) 59
PHI -- Sebastien Le Toux 5 (Danny Mwanga 1, Roger Torres 3) 69
PHI -- Danny Mwanga 2 (Sebastien Le Toux 2, Alejandro Moreno 5) 93+
Philadelphia Union -- Chris Seitz, Cristian Arrieta, Danny Califf, Michael Orozco Fiscal, Jordan Harvey, Shea Salinas (Roger Torres 62), Stefani Miglioranzi, Kyle Nakazawa, Fred (Danny Mwanga 54), Sebastien Le Toux, Alejandro Moreno.
Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Andrew Jacobson, Jack McInerney, Amobi Okugo, Shavar Thomas.
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Richard Mulrooney, Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson (Ryan Cochrane 76), Mike Chabala (Andrew Hainault 46), Danny Cruz, Lovel Palmer, Brad Davis, Brian Mullan, Luis Angel Landin (Brian Ching 46), Dominic Oduro.
Substitutes Not Used: Tally Hall, Corey Ashe, Joseph Ngwenya, Cam Weaver.
Misconduct Summary:
PHI -- Jordan Harvey (caution; Reckless Foul) 23
PHI -- Kyle Nakazawa (caution; Reckless Foul) 42
PHI -- Cristian Arrieta (caution; Tactical Foul) 51
PHI -- Stefani Miglioranzi (caution; Reckless Foul) 58
HOU -- Brian Mullan (caution; Reckless Foul) 79
Referee: Steven DePiero
Referee's Assistants: Philippe Briere; Jason Cullum
4th official: Jeff Gontarek
Attendance: 13,555
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-88-degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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District Convenes Committee to Address Berkeley High Campus Drug, Alcohol Use
In a push to reduce drug and alcohol use by Berkeley's public school students, the Berkeley Unified School District will collaborate with the City of Berkeley government to form a committee by September to address the issue.
In March the Berkeley Board of Education received a report from district officials on the 2008 California Healthy Kids Survey, which showed that Berkeley public school students used drugs and alcohol at twice the national average.
It said that, compared with state and national figures, twice as many Berkeley ninth-graders (31 percent) and 11th-graders (54 percent) reported that they had been drunk on alcohol or high on other drugs while on school property, and twice as many students had smoked marijuana in the preceding 30 days.
The report said that cigarette, drug and alcohol use among students increased from fifth to 11th grades, and that there was higher consumption of alcohol—except at the fifth-grade level—than in the rest of the state and nation.
The California Healthy Kids Survey focuses on substance abuse, violence and safety and meets the requirements of the federal Safe and Drug Free Schools Act and the No Child Left Behind Act.
This was the first time survey results were presented to the school board. The report included data about drug and alcohol use by students in the Berkeley Unified School District, the county and the state, based on information provided by students in the fifth, seventh, ninth and 11th grades.
School board directors and district Superintendent Bill Huyett expressed concern at the March board meeting, with some attributing the spike in substance use to Berkeley's relatively high tolerance of drug culture.
Huyett warned that intoxicated students lag behind in school and directed district officials to work with the city to create a plan to address alcohol, tobacco and drug use in the city.
A report presented at the June 17 School Board meeting by Javier Mendieta, the district's manager of student welfare and attendance, said the 2008 data "reflected a significant increase in the use of marijuana and alcohol by BUSD students from the previous survey" completed in the spring of 2006.
Mendieta's report said that district Director of Student Services Felton Owens was inviting representatives from the district, the City of Berkeley's Health and Human Services staff, and Berkeley Unified parents and teachers to develop a plan for services to address alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse to meet the needs of students, staff and the community.
Mendieta acknowledged that, although the city has already done a lot of work in this area, the school district didn't have a chance to weigh in on it. As a result, "the city plan has not been widely implemented in the schools," Mendieta said, adding that it would provide a good foundation for the committee.
The new plan, according to Mendieta's report, would identify evaluation methods taking into account measures left out in the California Healthy Kids Survey. It would review district and school polices on drug and alcohol use and recommend updates if necessary.
It would also review disciplinary action and intervention and would develop a curriculum aligned with the Health Framework for California Public Schools, including a recommendation for an approved drug-education curriculum for secondary schools.
Peer and support programs such as Upfront: A Reality Drug Education and Support Program for High Schools, currently running as a pilot at B-Tech, would also be considered.
Other goals include broadening parent and community outreach, counseling and mental health services in collaboration with the city.
Mendieta's report includes suggestions for who should be included on the committee: district Director of Student Services Felton Owens; Berkeley's Alcohol and Other Drugs Coordinator Barbara White; Angela Gallegos-Castillo, assistant to the city manager; Berkeley High Student Health Center Director Lisa Sterner and representatives, parents and students from B-Tech, Berkeley High and the three middle schools.
School Board Director John Selawsky praised Mendieta's report, calling it "comprehensive" and "well written."
"We'd like to have one or two board liaisons, and I would like to volunteer for it," Selawsky said.
Selawsky and Shirley Issel also asked Mendieta to include the Alcohol Policy Network and Students for a Safer Southside in the committee in some way.
Board members agreed with Mendieta's suggestion in the report that the new plan be geared toward increasing student participation in the California Healthy Kids Survey.
Dr. Rebecca Cheung, the district's director of evaluation and assessment, informed the school board during the March presentation that the survey was considered to be most accurate when it had a 60 percent or higher participation rate.
Berkeley Unified only met that target in ninth grade (68 percent), followed by the 11th grade (52 percent), seventh grade (48 percent) and fifth grade (43 percent).
Berkeley Unified spokesperson Mark Coplan said that although some people took the California Healthy Kids Survey with a grain of salt because it was self-reported, Superintendent Huyett had a lot of faith in it.
"It's pretty solid information," Coplan said. "There might be a small percentage of kids who are saying one thing and meaning something else, but overall the survey is highly respected."


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Dahlstrom Launches New Website
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Dahlstrom USA, Warrens-ville Heights, OH, a member of the Formtek Group, has redesigned its website, www.dahlstromusa.com, to showcase its ability to design, manufacture and integrate tooling and machinery for custom rollforming, as well as flexible sheetmetal-fabricating equipment.
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The Met Office has issued a weather warning for Yorkshire and the Humber tonight as temperatures are set to drop.
A yellow weather warning for ice has been put in place for the region from 6pm tonight (Sunday) until 8am tomorrow (Monday).
The agency said: "Icy patches are likely to form on Sunday night and last into Monday morning.
"With surfaces left wet, from Sunday afternoon's mix of rain, sleet and snow, icy patches are likely to form overnight and into Monday morning on any untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.
"Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces are possible."
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A yellow warning for snow and ice had been issued for today between 6am and 6pm.
It said an area of snow was likely to move eastwards across many central and northern parts of the UK on Sunday.
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Part 3 - Write an application in Java and deploy it on .Net
Naked Objects is a Java framework, written by Java enthusiasts, and intended for use by Java developers. But we've discovered that Naked Objects will allow you to write a business application in Java and then deploy it, without modification, on either the Java or the .Net platforms. This ought to be seen as very good news for the Java community - it potentially positions Java as the de facto standard for specifying business functionality.
Part 1: The Case for Naked Objects: Getting Back to the Object-Oriented Ideal
Part 2: Challenging the Dominant Design of the 4-Layer Architecture
Part 3: Write an application in Java and deploy it on .Net
Part 4: Modeling simultaneously in UML, Java, and User Perspectives
Part 5: Fat is the new Thin: Building Rich Internet Applications with Naked Objects
This being TheServerSide.com, using the name of 'the other development platform' is probably about as welcome as using the name of 'the Scottish play' in a theatre! No, this isn't a sell-out. Naked Objects is a Java framework, written by Java enthusiasts, and intended for use by Java developers. But we've discovered that Naked Objects will allow you to write a business application in Java and then deploy it, without modification, on either the Java or the .Net platforms. This ought to be seen as very good news for the Java community - it potentially positions Java as the de facto standard for specifying business functionality.
What makes this capability all the more remarkable is that it is almost accidental: cross-platform development was never one of our goals. (The principal intended benefits for Naked Objects were laid out in the first article).
A stroke of luck
When Robert started to write the Naked Objects framework in mid-1999 (based on Richard's original research) he decided to implement it in Java 1.1. At that time, Java 1.2 was already available but 1.1 offered greater stability, plus the possibility of running on the open-source JVMs that were starting to appear. Though Java has since moved through 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5, Robert stuck with the capabilities of 1.1. (The default user interface for Naked Objects uses only the AWT components, not Swing, which was introduced in 1.2).
Many people have queried this policy over the years, but Robert says simply that he saw no advantage in using the capabilities of the later versions for what he was trying to achieve. And though the framework itself was written in 1.1, application developers were free to write their business objects on top of the framework in whichever version of Java they preferred.
Over the last couple of years we have fielded many requests for a .Net implementation of the framework. But there was still so much more that we wanted to do with the Java version that we were reluctant to divert resources onto a .Net version. We were also anxious to avoid having two diverging versions of the ramework.
It was only when Dan got involved in the framework's development that he spotted something that Richard and Robert had overlooked: J#, Microsoft's port of Java to the .Net platform, was (at least in theory) equivalent to Java 1.1. That is, J# uses the same language syntax as Java 1.1 (and 1.2 and 1.3 actually, since no new keywords were added in those releases). Moreover, it provides a .Net implementation of the Java platform as it existed in JDK 1.1.4.
Dan set about testing Microsoft's claim that J# and Java 1.1 were equivalent. The first step was to port two other frameworks that Naked Objects draws upon: Apache's log4j logging API, and an XML parser (either Xerces or Crimson, again both hosted by Apache). Porting log4j 1.2.7 and Crimson 1.1.3 to .Net took a day or so, a bit of refactoring, and some judicious pruning of un-needed features, but the result did seem to be Java libraries ported over to .Net.
Encouraged, Dan went to work on the Naked Objects framework itself. A further day, and he had compiled the complete framework into a .Net DLL. It turned out that there were a few minor things that needed fixing, where Robert had unwittingly used constructs from later Java versions, but these have all subsequently been written back into pure Java 1.1. The only part of Naked Objects that Dan didn't initially port was the in-built testing framework, which relies on JUnit and MockObjects. (The testing framework will be the subject of a future article.)
To test out the ported DLLs, Dan also ported an existing Naked Objects application - the Executive Car Services (ECS) demo issued with the framework and described in the Naked Objects book.
Within a short while he had successfully ported a complex framework and a simple application from the Java world to the .Net world, and it was almost disappointingly straightforward. Microsoft's claim that J#.Net was compatible with Java 1.1. suddenly began to look like the most overlooked capability of contemporary software development.
Crossing the divide
What does it mean to say that Naked Objects is available under .Net? First, it means that with the .Net version you can now write your business objects in VB.Net or C#. You must observe the conventions of the Naked Objects framework, but these are few in number. For example, prefixing any method name with 'action' will ensure that the method is automatically made available to the user on the pop-up menu for that object. Similarly, naked values, which are represented as fields in the Naked Objects GUI, are coded as methods prefixed with get. In fact, since both C# and VB.Net have language syntax support for properties, you can use this idiom instead of using getter methods.
But here's the kicker: if, instead, you write your business objects in Java 1.1, then they also will compile for either the Java or .Net platforms.
The listings at the end of this article show extracts of the Booking class taken from ECS demo. Listing 1 shows the original Java version (accessible under examples/ecs in the .Net download), Listing 2 shows the C# version (under examples/ecscsharp) and finally Listing 3 shows the VB.Net version (under examples/ecsvbnet).
When they are running, the .Net and JVM versions of an application are virtually identical (except for the tiny logo in the top left hand corner of the Window) The image below shows a screenshot of the ECS demo application, written in Java 1.1 and running – take it from us – under .Net.
There's clearly some very clever stuff going on under the covers. The Naked Objects framework uses Java's reflection APIs to infer information about the business objects (each of which must inherit from the framework's AbstractNakedObject class or, alternatively, implement the NakedObject interface). Since these APIs were part of the JDK 1.1.4, Microsoft has also ported these to .Net, so that for example a java.lang.Class correspondsto a System.Type, and a java.lang.Throwable corresponds to System.Exception. When the framework reflects on a business object, the .Net runtime returns the .Net metadata. The code emited by the vjc compiler transparently maps this to java.lang.Class and the rest of the Java Reflection API.
This remarkable support of .Net for Java 1.1 syntax means that, at least in a Naked Objects context, it really matters little whether you choose to develop your business objects in Java, or in J#. What matters instead is the API that you use. If you write in J#, but implement your business logic using .Net platform types (e.g. System.DayOfWeek which is an enumeration with no Java 1.1 equivalent), then your application will run only on .Net. Similarly, if you write in Java but using features from JDK 1.2 or above, then again your application will run only on a Java virtual machine. But if you write in Java 1.1 (or J#) and use only the APIs of the Naked Objects framework then your application will run unmodified on either the JVM or .Net platforms. And if you really need to port to VB.Net or C#, there are tools to do the job. Microsoft provide their Java Conversion Assistant to get from Java to C#, and there are freely available utilities to go from C# to VB.Net if you so desire.
At the moment, the compilation process for the .Net DLLs (crimson, log4j and nakedobjects) is performed using Microsoft's Visual Studio.Net. In keeping with our open source philosophy, the intent is to move the compilation to run under Ant, using the vjc (Visual J#) compiler that Microsoft makes freely available as part of the .Net SDK. But for now, a copy of VS.Net is needed to create the .Net DLLs. In reality, most developers or organizations interested in the .Net version will have VS.Net anyway.
The Naked Objects framework is under active development; there is a new development release every month at least. At every release, we plan to make available the source code, a JAR file and the three DLLs. We will also release an example Naked Objects application as both an executable JAR file and as 3 different MSI installations (J#, C# and VB.Net). See the Naked Objects downloads page: http://www.nakedobjects.org/downloads.html
Note: Since the last article we have made a major new stable release of the framework (version 1.2). This release incorporates the new user interface, whereby all object views are incorporated within a single application window.
These are the code listings referenced in the article text.
Listing 1: part of Booking.java, one of the business objects in the ECS demo application
package ecs.delivery; ... public class Booking extends AbstractNakedObject { // Values private final TextString reference; private final TextString status; ... // Associations private Customer customer; private Location pickUp; private Location dropOff; ... public Booking() { reference = new TextString(); reference.setAbout(FieldAbout.READ_ONLY); status = new TextString(); status.setAbout(FieldAbout.READ_ONLY); ... } // Title public Title title() { return reference.title().append(status); } ... // Fields (values) public final TextString getReference() { return reference; } ... // Associations public void associateCustomer(Customer customer) { customer.associateBookings(this); } public void dissociateCustomer(Customer customer) { customer.dissociateBookings(this); } public Customer getCustomer() { resolve(customer); return customer; } public void setCustomer(Customer newCustomer) { customer = newCustomer; objectChanged(); } ... // Actions public Booking actionCopyBooking() { Booking copiedBooking = (Booking) createInstance(Booking.class); copiedBooking.associateCustomer(getCustomer()); ... return copiedBooking; } public About aboutActionCopyBooking() { int sets = 0; sets += ((getCustomer() != null) ? 1 : 0); ... return ActionAbout.enable(sets >= 3); } ... }
Listing 2: part of Booking.cs, the C# implementation of the ECS demo application
namespace ecs.delivery { ... public class Booking:AbstractNakedObject { // Values private TextString reference; private TextString status; ... // Associations private Customer customer; private Location pickUp; private Location dropOff; ... public Booking() { reference = new TextString(); reference.setAbout(FieldAbout.READ_ONLY); status = new TextString(); status.setAbout(FieldAbout.READ_ONLY); ... } // Title public override Title title() { return reference.title().append(status); } ... // Fields virtual public TextString Reference { get { return reference; } } ... // Associations public virtual void associateCustomer(Customer customer) { customer.associateBookings(this); } public virtual void dissociateCustomer(Customer customer) { customer.dissociateBookings(this); } virtual public Customer Customer { get { resolve(customer); return customer; } set { customer = value; objectChanged(); } } ... // Actions public virtual Booking actionCopyBooking() { Booking copiedBooking = (Booking) createInstance("ecs.delivery.Booking"); copiedBooking.associateCustomer(Customer); ... return copiedBooking; } public virtual About aboutActionCopyBooking() { int sets = 0; sets += ((Customer != null)?1:0); ... return ActionAbout.enable(sets >= 3); } ... } }
Listing 3: part of Booking.vb, the VB.Net implementation of the ECS demo application.
Namespace ecs.delivery ... Public Class Booking Inherits AbstractNakedObject ' Values Private _reference As TextString Private _status As TextString ... ' Associations Private _customer As Customer Private _pickUp As Location Private _dropOff As Location ... Public Sub New() _reference = New TextString _reference.setAbout(FieldAbout.READ_ONLY) _status = New TextString _status.setAbout(FieldAbout.READ_ONLY) ... End Sub ' Title Public Overrides Function title() As Title Return Reference.title().append(Status) End Function ... ' Values (fields) Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Reference() As TextString Get Return _reference End Get End Property ... ' Association Public Overridable Sub associateCustomer(ByVal customer As Customer) customer.associateBookings(Me) End Sub Public Overridable Sub dissociateCustomer(ByVal customer As Customer) customer.dissociateBookings(Me) End Sub Public Overridable Property Customer() As Customer Get resolve(_customer) Return _customer End Get Set(ByVal Value As Customer) _customer = Value objectChanged() End Set End Property ... ' Action Public Overridable Function actionCopy() As Booking Dim copiedBooking As Booking = CType(createInstance("ecs.delivery.Booking"), Booking) copiedBooking.associateCustomer(Customer) ... Return copiedBooking End Function Public Overridable Function aboutActionCopy() As org.nakedobjects.object.control.About Dim sets As Integer = 0 sets += (IIf(Customer Is Nothing, 1, 0)) ... Return ActionAbout.enable(sets >= 3) End Function ... End Class End Namespace


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Bachman Acquires Machining Center to Bolster Production-Machining Capabilities
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The CNC machining facility of Bachman Machine Co., St. Louis, MO, soon will welcome the addition of a new CNC double-column vertical machining center. Bachman will use the machine to provide added capacity to its tool and die operation, as well as support and grow its production-machining operations. The machining center, a DCV series 4025 model from Taiwanese builder YCM, features a 161- by 94-in. table and a maximum allowable load of 44,000 lb.
Bachman Machine is a manufacturer of metal stampings, progressive dies, plastic injection-molded parts and production CNC machined parts.
See also: Yeong Chin Machinery Industries Co., Ltd
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