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All the hype over emerging markets sounds great…
…until you sit back and realize something: you don't have a shot at breaking in, at least if you're a foreigner with no connection to the region.
And it's especially bad in China, where, according to a previous interviewee and plenty of commenters, it's nearly impossible to break in as a foreigner.
But if you've learned anything from the hundreds of articles on this site, it's that you can't give up even when the odds are against you.
Our interviewee today took that lesson to heart and did what most would call impossible: he made the move from a Big 4 firm in his home country to a private equity firm in China.
And not a company that's secretly a front for a drug money laundering operation in central Asia – a real, legitimate European firm that has a significant presence in China.
Here's how he did it, and how you can do the same:
Prior to Departure…
Q: Let's start with your background and where you were coming from before moving to China.
A: Sure. I was a lawyer working for a Big 4 firm in their tax and legal team – not the best background for a career change into finance, but not a horrible one either.
I had worked at that firm for a few years in my home country (we'll label that "a Western country" to indicate that I wasn't from Asia).
I had a bit of family background in China and was looking to do something different, so I targeted Shanghai and began frantically networking to get into the finance industry there any way I could.
Q: So I'm assuming you also spoke perfect Mandarin and went there in-person to network?
A: No, and no. My Chinese ability was OK, but I needed a lot of work to reach "business-level" proficiency.
And since I was still working full-time, I wasn't in a position to go network there in-person. Instead, I began contacting firms and found one boutique in China that was headed by a fellow ex-pat from my country.
Q: So when you say, "contacting firms," how did you actually find the information? Most people struggle with that part, especially in emerging markets where information is more limited.
A: I used LinkedIn extensively and even went through their paid options (InMail, etc.) so that I could contact people directly.
I would search for terms like "China private equity" and "China investment banking" and also look up fellow ex-pats who had indicated they were from my country but were now in China doing business.
I used a bit of random Google searching for those types of terms as well; and, of course, I got some ideas from your networking program.
Q: Right, but I've heard mixed reports about responsiveness over LinkedIn. What was your response rate? And do you have any tips for getting more responses?
A: I got around a 30% response rate from the messages I sent there, BUT:
- I had a very good profile and made sure to use key buzzwords like "M&A," "cross-border transactions," and so on and made it concise and targeted at IB and PE.
- I focused on contacting ex-pats rather than native Chinese professionals.
- I'm also including rejections of applications / people saying they wouldn't be able to hire a foreigner as "responses" – there were many of these.
Even though I had been working in tax and legal at the Big 4 firm I had the chance to work on the due diligence aspect of a few deals, including a big coal deal between a foreign company and one in China.
So I made sure to draw attention to that experience in my profile – even though I wasn't doing actual M&A or valuation work, I was still close to the process and understood the transactions.
On point #2, I found that sometimes I couldn't connect with local professionals because you have to use Mandarin when networking with them – and at that stage, I wasn't good enough to make a good first impression. That also made cold calling incredibly difficult.
Q: OK, I see. So you were looking for people with extremely specific backgrounds and filtered out the rest, and that's how you got such a high response rate.
We'll jump back into more networking tips later, but let's move into what happened next after you began finding names of firms in Shanghai.
A: Sure – as I said, I stumbled across one firm owned by an ex-pat from my own country, and we hit it off well.
I got to talking with them, but found they were more interested in my writing skills and ability to produce PowerPoint slides – there was barely any financial modeling with what they did.
As part of the "interview process," they asked me to send them sanitized versions of PPT's I had previously worked on, which was weird since confidentiality is normally paramount in finance.
But I said, "Hey, it's China, maybe things are done differently here" and leapt at the opportunity.
Eventually they gave me a "case study" and asked me to put together a pitch over the weekend, which I used to impress them even further.
They finally said, "You can come work here, but you need to improve your Chinese abilities and get up to speed quickly."
Q: And I'm guessing you were gullible enough to say "yes" and quit your job to go and do it.
A: You bet! Except I would label myself "adventurous" rather than "gullible."
Stranger in a Strange Land
Q: OK, so you accepted their offer to go to Shanghai and join this boutique firm.
I'm hoping that no one drugged and kidnapped you on the voyage over there?
A: I woke up with all my organs intact, so no.
At first I was excited to land there and start working – but a few surprises were in store for me after I got off the plane:
- I discovered that the main reason they needed someone ASAP was because of a big deal that had just kicked off.
- And there was even less real technical / deal work than I had imagined.
I only spent about 3-4 months there, and during that time I did a ton of due diligence work, PowerPoint slide creation, and administrative stuff like tracking people, potential buyers, and so on.
Q: So when you say, "I only spent about 3-4 months there," does that mean that they fired you? Or did you leave voluntarily?
A: That deal I was talking about fell apart after a few months, so they "no longer needed me" and told me to go off and improve my language skills.
I felt a bit used at the time, but I still wanted to leave on a good note. So I got a few introductions on the way out, including one person that become essential in the future.
After leaving, I went to a 2nd tier city in China to study the language for 8 months. I did that because I didn't want to spend time in a city with tons of foreigners where it's easy to rely on English.
I got to the point where I could speak for an hour, read the finance section of the newspaper and understand 80% of it, and also explain my work experience in detail.
That was good, but I was still nothing compared to a native speaker – I did gain more confidence in the process, though.
Back to Shanghai?
Q: And then you decided to move back to the city and get back into the industry with your newfound skills?
A: Yup. I ended up contacting over 200 people and using many of the same networking tactics as before, including LinkedIn.
But this time I went much broader and also tried channels like the Chamber of Commerce, law firms from my own country that had offices there, and also going out and meeting ex-pats at networking events and even random bars.
Now that I was on the ground, networking was much easier and I found that local ex-pats were more than willing to help me – we all knew how difficult it was to break into business there.
Q: Right, I've always said that you need to go there in-person to network if you want to have a good shot at breaking in in another city or country.
I'm curious, though: did you network with any local Chinese professionals rather than ex-pats?
A: I did contact quite a few higher-level people there, but my response rate was extremely low.
A few people in senior positions responded, though, and I even met with a Chinese Managing Director and Chinese-American VP, who were both quite friendly.
We had a few discussions about me joining their firm, but they had a valid objection to me: "98% of our business is domestic M&A. What value can you add over a local graduate from a top-tier university here?"
And that is why it's so hard to break into finance in China, or any other emerging market: you really can't add more value than a local graduate unless you have a specific skill or connection they need (knowledge of another language, industry expertise, a Rolodex of CEOs that could be likely acquirers, and so on).
Q: Right, so networking with the local professional population wasn't going so well, and ex-pats were more responsive but they still couldn't do much.
Why didn't you just contact your old boss at the first firm you worked at?
A: Oh, I tried that when I first arrived and they said there was nothing for me even though I had greatly improved my language skills – and to be frank I didn't really want to work for them again as they weren't the most professional outfit.
I mentioned that I got a lot of referrals and introductions from them, though, including one ex-pat who was reasonably new to China and who worked at a foreign firm there.
I met up with this guy briefly and gave him some tips on learning the language, also casually asking him about jobs at his private equity firm.
He brushed me off at first and then went dormant for a few months, so I kept networking with other people.
Then one day he finally got back to me and didn't explicitly offer me a job, but said there might be something for me in the future there.
Q: So you magically "convinced" him to let you work there?
A: Nope. I proposed something that you've recommended before: working for free.
I said, "I understand you may not want to hire me right now, but if I can help in the future anyway, why don't we start with an unpaid trial run? That way there's no risk to you, and I'll be more than prepared once you actually need me."
And they agreed to that, thinking that it would only be an unpaid trial at first. Risk removal is essential when you're looking for jobs.
Q: I'm really surprised that tactic worked, because I don't think firms in Western countries would ever let someone with full-time experience work for free.
A: Yeah, I agree with you there. In China it can definitely work well, because things are more dynamic and there aren't as many "rules" for how businesses are run.
But you need to watch out because people will take advantage of you and make you work for 6 months and then kick you out, unless you know what to look for and you can tell whether or not an operation is legitimate.
Q: We'll circle back to that point at the end, but for now, what made you so confident that this place wouldn't just exploit you and then dump you?
A: I had gotten to know the fellow ex-pat who was relatively senior at the firm (the same one I mentioned before), and he had had 10 years of experience at a bulge bracket bank in the West.
I didn't think he would take advantage of me because we had been speaking off and on for months and I had already given him plenty of tips on getting adjusted to the country, learning the language, and more.
Plus, I didn't really have a choice – after tons of networking I had made it to final rounds at 3 firms: this European PE firm with an active office in China, an investment firm in Hong Kong, and another boutique in Shanghai.
The latter two ended up saying the same thing: "We like you and we'd hire you, but we need someone who's native Chinese instead."
Q: Yup, that seems to be par for the course there.
So what were the interviews at this private equity firm like? And do you have any tips for readers who might be interviewing for similar roles in emerging markets?
A: They were reasonably intense, but nothing like what you see in developed countries where you build financial models and complete LBO case studies.
I went through 3 interviews – the first was with the Director of Investments and was mostly focused on fit and background/industry knowledge.
The second two were tougher and they delved more into industry-specific questions, on-the-spot thinking, and problem-solving questions.
At one point I also had to read an article about finance, in Chinese, and then discuss it for a few minutes, also in Chinese.
Q: Yeah, I think language tests like that are pretty standard in most countries. What exactly do you mean by "industry-specific questions"? And were there no technical questions?
A: There were technical questions but they were not very difficult – it was pretty much just the 3 financial statements, how a DCF works, and the difference between FCFF (Free Cash Flow to Firm) and FCFE (Free Cash Flow to Equity) and related concepts.
The industry-related questions were about clean-tech and renewable energy because my firm makes a lot of investments in those areas.
It wasn't super-technical, but they did test my understanding of industry trends and the pros and cons of different technologies.
Q: And I'm assuming you did well in these interviews?
A: Yeah, I won the unpaid trial offer and after a few months, convinced them to turn it into a full-time, paid offer with a 2-year contract.
There are very, very few foreigners working in private equity in China so I definitely lucked out winning this offer.
But it was also the result of tons of hard work, networking, and language-learning.
And I probably couldn't have done it at all if I hadn't met that new, senior ex-pat and if my firm hadn't needed someone well-versed with Western companies and culture.
Reflections on Breaking In: The Play-by-Play
Q: That's a great story, but it sounds pretty risky for other foreigners to follow your path. For one, how can you tell whether or not a firm you're going to is legitimate?
A: You need to go there and interview in-person.
A lot of firms have great online presences, websites, and so on, but it's all just a façade – you need to go check it out and see if they have a real office with real people.
Sometimes they'll try to fool you by meeting in places other than their office, so you have to prevent that from happening.
Go and see how they treat their staff, how many people they actually have, and even something simple like whether they have a kitchen with snacks and water.
All of this may sound trivial, but there are plenty of 2-person firms here that promise you the world and then turn out to be full of it. You don't want to get worked to death and then kicked out 6 months later with no explanation.
Q: Yeah, it sounds like this theme of not-so-forthcoming firms is common in some regions.
Lots of people and recent interviewees on the site have claimed that it's impossible to break into finance in China as a foreigner these days, due to the strong preference for natives and because of the fact that IB and PE are hyper-local businesses.
Obviously you defied the odds and got in anyway, but what's your take on this?
A: Actually, I agree completely. The upside for foreigners in China will be quite limited going forward.
There are very, very few foreigners working in private equity here, and maybe a few more on the investment banking side.
To have any chance at all, you need a strong selling point – a third language (something European, Japanese, etc.), a personal relationship, or a firm that does more internationally-focused investments.
If it's a firm that invests in Chinese companies in China, it's nearly impossible.
My fund is traditionally European but has shifted its focus to Asia, and the only reason I had a shot is because they're expanding beyond China and need people who can work across markets.
So, bottom-line: unless you're 100% set on getting into China at any cost and you have a really strong selling point and a good connection to the region, I wouldn't bother.
Q: Any other tips for foreigners who are crazy enough to want to do what you did?
A: Aside from what I said above, I would consider internships if you really want to work here.
They are easier to get than full-time jobs, but the pay is very low and you'll have to last 3-6 months on a minimal salary.
I met quite a few people here doing internships during university break, so that's definitely a possibility. And you could still spin it into experience that sounds good even if you don't end up working full-time here.
Q: So what are your future plans? Are you going stick around in PE for a while, or are you thinking of moving somewhere else?
A: I'm definitely going to stay for the full 2 years of my contract. It's a great mix of foreigners and Chinese professionals here, it's a well-run firm, and they treat us well.
I'm not too optimistic about my long-term plans here because the government is actively discouraging companies from hiring foreigners, including introducing an "ex-pat tax" that makes it more expensive to hire us.
Eventually I do want to move back home, and I'm hoping that my skill set continues to prove valuable since we're doing so much business with China these days.
Q: Any final parting words of wisdom?
A: The only point I would add is that you need to stay in touch with your network.
I had 200+ contacts and had spoken with over 50 people, so by the time I landed my offer I was tempted to just say, "I'm done! No more networking!"
But I resisted that temptation and still kept everyone in the loop, which has proven very helpful as I've been on the job.
If you stay in touch, you not only position yourself for other opportunities but you also start bringing in your own deals as bankers and lawyers start to tell you about what's out there.
Q: That's great advice. I think lots of people just stop networking once they begin working, either because they're too busy or because they lose interest.
But even an hour or two per week can make a big difference.
Thanks for the chat – you have a great story!
A: Sure thing, enjoyed speaking with you.


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AUBURN HILLS -- The Detroit Pistons take pride in being able to win consistently on the road.
They'll get plenty of opportunities at the start and conclusion of the 2008-2009 season, which begins Oct. 29 at The Palace against Central Division rival Indiana.
In addition to it being Michael Curry's head coaching debut, the opener against the Pacers also will be one of the few times in the first month of the season that the Pistons will play at home.
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Known as Chef Art to friends including Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga, Smith is set to wed his partner of 10 years, Jesus R. Salguerio, an artist and painter.
"I've had an amazing career and life because Jesus taught me to dream and believe. We are a dynamic, creative duo that love to bring beauty to people's lives, as well as our own," Smith says in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE. The couple founded "Common Threads," the national kids cooking program, together.
The wedding will take place this fall, in Washington, D.C., at The Liaison Affinia Hotel, home of Smith's restaurant, "Art and Soul."
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BEREA - The Kansas City Chiefs will be arriving in Cleveland later this week still dealing with the impact of the murder-suicide that claimed the lives of linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Kasandra M. Perkins.
Belcher shot and killed Perkins at the couple's apartment. He then drove to Arrowhead Stadium, where he committed suicide in front of coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli.
Browns coach Pat Shurmur can't fathom what Crennel had to deal with trying to coach the following day. The Chiefs won for just the second time this season, 27-21, over the Carolina Panthers.
"I don't want to imagine what Romeo and the staff and the players went through there," Shurmur said. "You can see what happens when a group of guys bind together for some reason. They played an outstanding game and won.
"We play these games on Sunday, but there are some real-life, tragic things happening around us all the time. It's very thought-provoking and sad, but we have to keep moving forward and try to do the right thing."
The Browns are dealing with an in-house tragedy as well. Eric Eucker, an assistant groundskeeper, committed suicide in a storage building on the team's complex last week.
CONFIDENCE-BUILDER: The 14-play, 94-yard drive that produced a 3-yard touchdown run by Trent Richardson to seal the 20-17 win over the Oakland Raiders is something the offense can build on in the future.
"Any time that you do something once, you become confident that you can do it again," Shurmur said. "If you're not getting that done, then you're waiting for the other shoe to drop or we're going to screw something up. You get beyond it by doing it. That's where the confidence comes in."
MAKING STRIDES: Other than the two interceptions thrown by quarterback Brandon Weeden, Shurmur was pleased with what he saw of the rookie. Weeden was 25-of-36 for 364 yards and one touchdown. His passer rating was 88.2.
"I think he had some really good third-down throws," Shurmur said. "He made some pretty accurate throws with people in his face. It wasn't because they were free rushers. Even though we had hats on some of them, they had a little bit of a push, which can create inaccuracies for a quarterback. He made some tough throws."
WIN 'EM ALL: Last week linebacker D'Qwell Jackson said his goal was to win the final five games. Defensive tackle Ahtyba Rubin thinks it's a possibility.
"That's what we're pushing for," Rubin said. "Get in the playoff run and try to finish out the year on a good note. We've been close all year. Putting these last couple of games together would be huge, especially for the team and the city."
GETTING INVOLVED: Backup running back Montario Hardesty continues to provide solid relief when Richardson is given a break. Hardesty had 39 yards on five carries against the Raiders.
"For Montario, it's not quantity; it's quality," Shurmur said. "When he gets in there, he's had an impact on the football team. That's his role, and he's being a pro in handling it that way. He's earned a right to carry the ball some."
INJURY REPORT: For the first time in memory Shurmur didn't have any injuries to update on Monday.


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Modification of graft antigenicity poses an attractive alternative to the complex problems arising from host immunosuppression. Preliminary reports1-5 suggest that treatment of simple organs such as skin with soluble RNA prior to transplantation prolongs graft survival without the addition of immunosuppressive agents. In seeking to apply this principle to more complex organs such as the heart, it becomes necessary to develop some means for isolated organ support during this type of treatment. Techniques6-10 utilizing hypothermia or hyperbaric oxygenation or both are unsatisfactory for organ pretreatment. Previously described perfusion techniques, as summarized by Hardy et al11 are traumatic and hazardous to tissue preservation. It is the purpose of this communication to describe a simplified perfusion preparation developed and used in our laboratory for pretreatment and preservation of canine donor hearts for transplantation. This technique has proved to be rapid and inexpensive as well as atraumatic to the heart.
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Wise up sucker! Ice cream, indeed ...
We've got paleo ice cream, here. Chicken Liver Parfait, to give it its proper title, "parfait" the French for "perfect", and it is.
Worried? Yeah, I know ... French cuisine ... posh terms, complex processes; but, you know me ... I'll break it down and show you that it's easy and you really don't need a recipe, just real food, a frying pan and a hand blender.
Let's get to ...
Chicken livers. I used 400g raw, trimming off sinews, green areas (which are bitter) and teasing off anything which looked okay. Net result, possibly 350g of liver. This will make two good ramekins - the picture at the top is after I had a go at it in the fridge, feeling peckish in the middle of the night.
Where were we? Livers ... now dice them and gently fry them off in a pan with butter. Real butter. Lovely stuff. Don't colour up the liver, just warm it through until it's not pink any more.
Drop it into a blending receptacle. I have a hand blender, so a Pyrex jug. If you have a good mixer, go nuts.
Flavours ...
I popped in a sprinkle of mixed spice - cinnamon, nutmeg and paprika. Just a little. Sea salt, black pepper and a little more melted butter. Oh, and double cream ... just a smidge.
Pass through a sieve. Nah! Don't! First, it's prissy and second, it's pointless.
You're done. Spoon into a ramekin.
Faffy French side note - you can use a spray of Marsala, Sherry or Brandy just to pep up the mix.
Now we need to seal it ... because we're going to keep it for some time ... yeah, right!
But, do this anyway ...
Melt butter. Pour over. Pop into fridge to chill. The butter will act as a natural barrier to keep the liver parfait just so.
When serving, bring up to room temperature, so the butter can be enjoyed. Hungry primals will pick off the disc of butter, eat it and then plunge unwashed fingers into the parfait.
Perfect, eh? Fuck, yeah!
That's the chocolate ... now, the vanilla ...
Parsnip Cream - a simple blend of one parsnip, boiled, drained and blended with cream. That's it. One decent sized parsnip makes one ramekin (above).
Serve with celery sticks, carrot sticks, whatever sticks float yo' boat.
Did I mention liver is a paleo superfood? Chicken, parfait; Lamb, perfect; cow, beauty!
Do it, have fun, don't worry about quantity and ratio, just clean up, dice, cook, blend and lightly wet up ... preferably with butter and set in the fridge.
The inspiration came from a visit to our local pub which just happens to have all manner of awards, accolades and general industry good-feeling, including Yorkshire's Pub of the Year for gawd knows how long ... and they've a mighty fine restaurant alongside.
... which put out a lovely piece of venison with duck liver parfait for my Mrs on her birthday this weekend passed, washed down with a damn good Perrier. Laurent Perrier, naturally.
So, Chocolate & Vanilla Ice Cream. True, there's cream in them, there pots.
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You want, I had ... it was fantastic ... grab some liver, do what I did and enjoy.
Muaaaaaa ... that's "More" and "Awwww (Homer slobber)" mixed. Real word ... check your Collins English
Have fun ...
Thanks Pigh, this made my seriously depressing day a bit better!
I know I have to brave liver one day, but for now I love the look of the parsnip cream. Never thought of using it as a dip before. Thanx
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Hehe ... thanks, guys.
Yes, Annie ... you must. Chicken is probably the lightest of flavours and a parfait/pate is an easy introduction. Liver really is good on all manner of levels and I think it should be a "Primal Rule" that liver be eaten regularly - once a week.
What I hoped to show here was that you don't need to follow complex recipes or methods ... just get some liver, dice and sauté, blend and add flavours. Chill. Enjoy.
Beyond that, try some lamb or beef liver, simply sliced and fried. After a while you'll be cooking it rarer and rarer ...
nearly avoided this thread as I don't much care for icecream
When I'd had enough of the grain and starched based 'diabetic eating for health' diet (eating for health, my ass!) my weight was 242.5 lbs. On starting primal- 18th April 2013 weight : 238.1.
27th July 2013. weight after 100 days 136.9 weight lost 101.2lb ; that's 105.6lbs since I stopped the 'diabetic eating for health'
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The 2001 Harley Davidson went off Lover's Lane, west of 14th Avenue, and into a ditch.
Ottawa County sheriff's deputies said Timothy Verstrate, 53, and Eileen Verstrate, 51, were on the motorcycle when the tree fell in front of them about 7:50 p.m.
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08/16/2014 UPDATE: Authorities say the barn is a complete loss. They believe wet hay being stored inside may have sparked the fire.
Firefighters from the Middleton area are on the scene of a barn fire this morning. It broke out just before 6 a.m. on Riles Road, off Highway 12, in the Town of Springfield.
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Authorities say it is a stubborn blaze, and apparently the roof is on the verge of collapse.
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This district's history dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, when it was developed as the city's first streetcar suburb. Today the Near Southside is an eclectic and diverse mixed-use community and the second largest employment center in Tarrant County, with around 30,000 jobs. The economic anchors for the district are the longstanding institutions and industries that continue to prosper. The most renowned economic engine is the Near Southside's Medical District, home to Tarrant County's five major hospitals as well as dozens of independent medical clinics. Other types of businesses, including a concentration of creative firms, are now calling the Near Southside home, diversifying the district's employment base.
An amazing renaissance is underway in the Near Southside, with dozens of restoration and new construction projects transforming the district and attracting new residents and businesses. Visitors from throughout the region come here to visit the area's acclaimed restaurants and historic landmarks. FWSI is leading the effort to sustain the momentum and create an even brighter future for the Near Southside.
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Felix St. Julien Jr.
Breaux Bridge – Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church for Felix St. Julien Jr., 63, who passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at his residence.
Interment followed at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 2.
The Rev. James Fallon officiated at the Funeral Mass.
Mr. St. Julien was an educator for 34 years; the majority of those years were spent teaching at Evangeline Technical College, after teaching for three years in St. Martinville. He was a member of the St. Martin Parish Teachers Association. Felix enjoyed teaching his students and in his spare time he enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his family and friends at various family gatherings.
Survivors include his wife, Verna Alexander St. Julien of Breaux Bridge; three sons, Ricky St. Julien of Alabama, and Jarvis St. Julien, and Bradford Navy, both of Breaux Bridge; five daughters, Ella Mae Alexander, Ciara St. Julien, and Megan St. Julien, all of Breaux Bridge, Madria St. Julien of Alabama, and Danielle St. Julien of Lafayette; two brothers, James St. Julien of Texas and Ernest St. Julien of California; one sister, Rose Mary St. Julien of Lafayette; and one granddaughter, Madeline Moco.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Yvonne and Felix St. Julien Sr.; and his son, Felix St. Julien III.
Pallbearers were Danny, Joseph and David Sylvester, James and Tilaska Alexander and Bradford Navy.
Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge was in charge of arrangements.
To view on-line obituary, sign guestbook and view video tribute, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com.


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> Say, for instance, I have the IP address 22.214.171.124
> Now, this address if it was used with a subnet mask of /24 would be
> different than if used with a subnet mask of /8.
Not really, it would still be the same address. Some routes would be
different, that's all.
> The /24 would indicate that the network address was 184.108.40.206
> whereas the /8 would say that the network address was 18.104.22.168
> If we have a situation where routing protocols which did not use subnet
> masks, e.g RIP1, were used, how would this work in a network? Or is the
> answer that it simply won't?
RIPv1 assumes classful addressing, so it assumes /8 for a class A
address, /16 for a class B address and so on.
> Also, say on the internet, if there were two machines using the address
> 220.127.116.11 with the two subnet masks I mentioned above, how would
> we be able to differentiate between the two? Do some routers on the
> internet use certain routing protocols or is it a mix?
There can't be more than one host with the same IP address in the same
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The god of homosexuals,politicians,lawyers,nambla etc.
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Saddam's gay lover on South Park.
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Who politicians serve.
Who politicians want YOU to serve.
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The Dark One, a.k.a Martha Stewart.
Martha Stewart can help you decorate your home with just a pine cone and some glitter...and then she'll eat you soul.
de Jeremy V 1 avril 2005
The profoundly evil adversary of God and humanity, often identified with the leader of the fallen angels, the Devil.the archfiend Satan, Old Nick, Devil, the Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]
master of Hell
master of Hell
After that child had broken my windows,Lit my house on fire and ate my cat spaghetti style, I believe he had satan in him.
de Down4People 13 octobre 2003
Christianity's big bad scapegoat/boogieman. Originally a Jewish demon-like character who tested you, but changed into the all-evil devil that Christians blame everything on. Allows for the dismissal of accountability.
OJ: "Satan made me do it!"
Pope: "You are forgiven."
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a misunderstood guy. he makes sure heaven doesn't have any bad people ruining it for everyone. wow. what a great guy.
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One of the projects - repaving a part of 144th Avenue in Robinson Township will include adding a three-foot-wide shoulder to the existing roadway to make it easier for non-motorized traffic to use the road. The Road Commission's estimated for the project was $480,000 and the bid came in at , $395,839.
The county engineer's estimate for the total 2013 countywide paving program was $3,651,558.
Rieth-Riley construction, of Ada, was the low bidder for the work as its bid of $2,805,390 was $845,626 less than what county engineers expected to pay for the projects.
The four other projects are:
- James Street: U.S. 31 to 136th Avenue, $825,000 estimate, $514,112 bid
- Baldwin Street: 20th Avenue to Cottonwood Drive, $950,000 estimate, $577,753 bid
- 64th Avenue: County line to Byron Road, $725,000 estimate, $523,017 bid
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As an unplanned update to our previous post on Tennessee's jersey selection for Saturday's game at Alabama ...The Vols did indeed ask Crimson Tide officials for approval to wear orange home jerseys Saturday. UA's athletics department did not grant permission and passed along word to UT officials today, according to a source close to the situation.
Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin confirmed that news to reporters after practice today in Knoxville.
"In talking with some people in the offseason about the history here and both teams wearing the home jersey, I thought it would be something that would be really neat for our fans and for their fans," Kiffin said. "We were approved by the SEC, and Alabama denied us that."
UT had offered UA the opportunity to wear crimson jerseys next year in Neyland Stadium.
UA athletics director Mal Moore owned up to the denial with a statement tonight: "(UT athletics director) Mike (Hamilton) and I had a good conversation this morning and I told him that it is our desire to maintain the custom of the visiting team wearing their visiting jerseys. We'll continue to wear our white jerseys when we visit Knoxville next year."
The Vols' request had been approved by the SEC. They could still wear orange and take a 15-yard penalty in each half for doing so, but they are planning to wear usual white road jerseys.
"We're not good enough to do that," Kiffin said.
UT was required to get written permission from UA to wear orange and agreement from the SEC that the color shades contrasted enough. The NCAA's rule change before this season on jerseys stated this ...
The rules for many years have required white jerseys to be worn by one team, which must be the visiting team unless the opponent agrees otherwise prior to the start of the season. The new rule creates a process whereby both teams may wear colored jerseys if the visitors have received written permission from the home team, and if the home team's conference agrees that the jerseys are of contrasting colors. If the visitors wear colored jerseys without having such agreements, they will receive a 15-yard penalty following the opening kickoff of each half.


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Intendant des finances
The Intendants des finances were intendants or agents of France's financial administration under the Ancien Régime.
The role of intendant des finances was created in 1552 as a 'commission' or committee, to manage the subsidies raised for the 'trip to Germany', though these commissaires were only known by that title from 1556 onwards. They formed a collegiate ministry of finances, but it was common for one among them to be become preeminent or even sometimes be made surintendant des finances.
The number of intendants fluctuated significantly, from 3 to 6 in the mid 16th century, then 12 in the mid 17th century, before falling back to 3 in 1661. Each intendant was put in charge of a geographical département as well as (until 1661) specialist duties such as for roads and bridges or for directly imposed taxes.
In 1690, the intendants became officiers or office-holders, under the direction of the Controller-General of Finances, who held a titular commission that could be revoked at any time (unlike the 'offices' of the intendants, who could ensure continuity in the financial administration thanks to the stability of their posts). The Controller-General and intendants were suppressed under the polysynody but revived in 1722. In 1777 they were again suppressed and their duties transferred to the maîtres des requêtes, who in 1787 received the commissions of the intendants des finances. It was briefly revived as the title for the French finance minister for the Dutch departments under the First French Empire, being held in that form by Alexander Gogel.
The intendants des finances were only subsidiary by law to the Conseil privé, but they were not very diligent. Two of them sat on the Conseil royal des finances. Nearly all of them ended up being made conseillers d'État.
They benefitted from a wide autonomy in exercising their powers in their own départements, directly answering to the chancellor of France, the secrétaires d'État and the provincial intendants. The intendants des finances ended up informally gathering to prepare dossiers to present to the Conseil royal des finances, which resulted in its becoming a de facto substitute for that Conseil.
The intendants des finances and Controller-General were generally chosen from among the maîtres des requêtes. This origin, allied to the stability of the intendants des finances and the instability of the Controller-General, tended to blur the hierarchy that in principle placed the Controller-General above the intendants. However, even if the rank of the intendant des finances became almost equivalent to that of a secretary of state, they did not have the privilege (reserved for the Controller-General) of working in particular with the king. The intendants des finances nevertheless continued to assert their importance and rank nevertheless right up to the reign of Louis XV.
Each intendant des finances headed a département with a coherent assembly of duties:
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SAGINAW — The Saginaw Sting didn't come away from last week's showdown against Northern Kentucky with a win, but they did come away with a list of improvements to make in anticipation for their next clash.
A week later, the Sting are confident those improvements have been made, and they say they are ready for another showdown against the league leaders.
In a game that became essentially a tuneup between dates with Northern Kentucky, the Sting quickly dispatched the Johnstown Generals, 55-37, in front of 1,461 fans Friday night at The Dow Event Center.
The Sting face the River Monsters at home at 7:30 p.m. Friday at The Dow.
"We learned from our mistakes this week and I think that was a good adjustment," Sting quarterback Tommy Jones said. "We knew the little things that we kept screwing up on, and we came out here and put emphasis on getting those things right, and I think we really did that."
Friday's Sting win moved the team to 7-3 and ensured them a spot in the four-team UIFL playoffs, with four games to go in the regular season.
The Sting not only have their eyes on a top-two playoff seed, which would mean a home playoff game, but the top overall seed, which could bring the inaugural UIFL championship game to Saginaw in early June.
"We want to wrap up a home game for sure, and if the cards play right we could have the championship game here if we win out," Sting coach Vince Leveille said. "We've got to beat Northern Kentucky and they'd have to lose once. But hey, anything's possible."
To keep that hope alive, Friday's game is all but a must win. Should the River Monsters win, they would own at least a two-game lead with three games to play, plus a head-to-head tiebreaker.
Friday's performance, though, offered hope that it's still a possibility. After Saginaw and Johstown traded early first-quarter touchdowns, Saginaw rallied off the next 35 points to build an insurmountable lead.
Three of the Sting's first-half touchdowns came after turnovers, and a fourth came after a blocked field goal that gave the Sting possession at the Johnstown 4-yard line.
Following a takeaway or a blocked field goal, it never took Saginaw more than two plays to score a touchdown.
"We really work on if we get the ball we've really got to take advantage of it right now," Leveille said.
After scoring one first quarter point last week, the Sting's early game performance was markedly different Friday.
"If we play like we did in the first half, we've got a great shot of beating them," Leveille said. "We got good pressure on the quarterback, and that's what it's all about with (River Monsters quarterback Jared) Lorenzen."


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Emmanuelle Moreaux Suspended 100 Colors From the Ceiling
For Japan's Shinjuku Creators Festa 2013, Artist Emmanuelle Moreaux created 100 Colors, a suspended installation features more tahn 840 sheets of
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Public Works Director Denny McPhate said Friday that the system would mainly be used to warn of floods but could perhaps also be used to warn of an approaching tornado.
System testing is to start at about 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Whittington Valley, Park Avenue and the south side of the downtown area.
A flood warning system was installed in 2006 and is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. The Sentinel-Record reports (http://is.gd/7fpCYc ) the system monitors Hot Springs Creek at key points north and south of the downtown area and notifies emergency personnel.
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The report says the woman followed her husband into a parking lot in the 3700 block of Ross Clark Circle. During the argument, the woman hit the car her husband was inside with her own vehicle repeatedly before fleeing.
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By Elena Hines
Special to the Gazette
PORTAGE — By compiling coupons for food, services, entertainment and other things, Barbara Menlen plays a key role in helping many local nonprofit organizations to raise money.
Her company, Super Book in Portage, makes coupons something that area groups can sell.
"I love the fact that the Super Book is a special part of this community ... a vehicle for nonprofit groups to raise money, with a proven product that can actually help the organization, the book buyer and the merchants who participate in the book," Menlen said.
"I love that the groups we work with make more each year than we do. It's the social worker in me."
Born and raised in Detroit, with a two-year detour in Japan to finish high school and begin college, Menlen attended Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and Wayne State University in Detroit. She relocated to Kalamazoo County in 1977.
Married with two adult daughters and five grandchildren, her family has always been her biggest passion. Her hobbies have ranged from reading to sewing to politics and a wide variety of social support organizations.
After more than a decade as a full-time homemaker and volunteer, she returned to the paid employment world doing crisis counseling. But she later moved into sales and marketing.
She spent most of the 1980s in charge of membership, communications and marketing at the Kalamazoo Area Chamber of Commerce (now the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce), then went to work in 1991 with the Super Book organization with a plan that she would gradually take over ownership, which she did in 1996.
Over the years, the size of the book has grown tenfold, and grown technologically, but she has adapted.
"When I started at Super Book, we had no technology," she said. "Coupons were hand-drawn and sent out for typesetting and layout. When they came back, we proofed them, and usually sent them back for corrections and then they went to the printer as individual pages. We do five different publications each year varying from 64 to over 300 pages, so we drew out a lot of coupons."
Now her business, which includes herself along with two full-time workers and four part-timers, continues to produce several publications each year.
"Today, all of the typesetting and layout is done in-house on computers, and each publication is sent to the printer as one complete document," she said.


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Following the recent announcement that Digia will be acquiring the complete Qt business from Nokia, Digia has set out its plans in a letter to the KDE Community.
Digia Director of R&D, Tuukka Turunen, sets out their aims of securing the future of Qt as the best cross-platform development framework and seeking greater cooperation with KDE and other partners in the Qt ecosystem.
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This book maps the contours of migrant students'
Canadian identity through the diverse ways students
perceive Canada, Canadians, and themselves as
Canadians in an effort to contribute to ongoing
theory-building about Canadian identity. As well, it
evaluates social studies curriculum documents and
textbooks in order to gain insights that could
contribute to ongoing efforts for improvement of
such resources.
By illustrating the changing nature of Canadian
national identity and the need to be
sensitive to diverse conceptions of Canada and what
it means to be Canadian, this book contributes to
ongoing efforts to improve the potential of
curricula and textbooks to engage students more
fully in the construction of national identities
that are both meaningful and purposeful.
Todd Horton.
Todd Horton obtained his B.A. at the University of Toronto in
1987 followed by a B.Ed in 1990 and M.A. in 1992 from the
University of New Brunswick. He received his Ph.D. from the
University of British Columbia in 2003.
Dr. Horton is currently a professor in the Faculty of Education
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As the nation marks 60 years since the Korean War Armistice, Marylanders remember local soldiers who made history while serving in Korea but had to keep fighting -- even after the war was over.
The Korean War, often called "The Forgotten War," broke out in June 1950. One month later, the Maryland National Guard 231st Transportation Truck Battalion was called to active duty, which included retired Sgt. 1st Class Louis Diggs.
"A high percentage of African-Americans that served in the Korean War were, in fact, in some service branch," Diggs said.
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Saturday, 19 February 2011
Somebody – nobody knows who – said: all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Wrong. Good men can "start a dialogue" with wicked men or join the "debate". Wicked men have cottoned onto this dialogue and debate business, and are using it to their own advantage – and that of the Ummah..
Tim Winter, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad to the Ummah, likes debate – it buys time for Islam to spread. Thus, when Ayaan Hirsi Ali fights to stop Sharia, which cuts up and kills women, he writes that she needs to get with the debating programme. From Clive James's blistering response:
At a time when British police have truly distinguished themselves by at last asking potential victims of honour crimes to report death threats, we have a piquant state of affairs in which Tim Winter, a lecturer in Islamic studies at Cambridge, thinks that the first thing we have to understand is the "twentieth-century Muslim debate on Islamic law and modernity". But surely, while we wait for the results of that debate to come in, the first thing to understand is that the men of the Islamic minorities in the democratic countries should be prevailed upon to honour the law of the land before they concern themselves with the supposed honour of their families. They simply must be induced, if not by persuasion then by punishment, to stop cutting up and killing their women. Otherwise there will be little hope for Islam within democratic borders.
Dialogue is another stalling tactic, to allow Islam to regroup and Muslims to carry on stoning. Tariq Ramadan is a great one for dialogue. Here he is in the London Evening Standard, sticking to his well-known blustering tactic on the matter of stoning:
We meet in the Grand Champagne Bar at St Pancras station, sipping tea among bankers who are necking glasses of fizz while waiting for an evening Eurostar.
Ramadan, an observant Muslim who says he prays five times a day, has found an hour before boarding a train for an evening lecture at Cambridge. The night before he had performed at an Intelligence Squared debate in London.
Seven years ago, he was challenged on French television by Nicolas Sarkozy to condemn the stoning of women adulterers under a section of the Islamic penal code, but declined to do so.
I had no better luck in the champagne bar when he said rather than condemn, he would prefer to open a dialogue with Muslim scholars about the validity of stoning.
"Why can't you just unequivocally condemn something that is self-evidently barbaric?" I asked.
He replied: "Because I can say that for me it is not implementable. The difference between you and me is that you only think with your mind. From an Islamic viewpoint, these are rules that you find in the texts.
"So I can please you by saying, I want this to stop. But to condemn this is not going to change anything. It means for you to take two minutes to get intellectual empathy, you come in my shoes, I am talking to Muslims now. The point is not to condemn but to change things."
I sensed in his refusal to budge, and in his resort to the peculiar word "implementable", a desire not to give a Westerner - me, or, for that matter, Sarkozy - some sort of assumed satisfaction in hearing a Muslim question Islamic teaching. I asked him if he believed the Koran could not be wrong on any count.
"What is in the Koran cannot be wrong for Muslims, for this is the very word of God. What is wrong is the way the Muslims are reading it the problem is the reader, not the text."
Even people on the Left who are sympathetic to Ramadan's world view express exasperation at his ultra-nuanced positions. It is not hard to see why he has been accused of camouflaging his Islamist agenda under the niqab of ambivalent doublespeak.
The camel in the room – the elephant got bored – is that there is nothing to debate. Stoning is just wrong, from the non-Muslim point of view but just right from the Muslim. What's the point of a dialogue when there's nothing to talk about? Is Ramadan, is Winter, suggesting that some kind of compromise could be reached – very small pebbles, perhaps, so the victim ends up half-dead?
As I note in my post here, Winter's weaselling powers are on the wane. Ramadan, unfortunately, has more mileage.
Posted on 02/19/2011 10:39 AM by Mary Jackson
19 Feb 2011
Don't believe all these conspiracy theories that Shakespeare didn't write his plays, or that Burke didn't say, "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Or maybe, "All that is essential for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing". Or possibly, "For evil to prosper all it needs is for good people to do nothing."
Whatever. He said it.
19 Feb 2011
'The difference between you and me is that you only think with your mind.'
It's difficult to imagine anyone other than a public intellectual making such an utterance.
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Comedy's third season will air in September
Spike TV has picked up 13 more episodes of scripted comedy "Blue Mountain State." The show's third season will begin airing in September.
Denise Richards will return to the show for a second season as Coach Daniels' ex-wife Debra. Skein, about the antics of a college football team, is exec produced by Varsity Pictures' Brian Roberts and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett, and Lionsgate.
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Errors prove costly for Gents in loss to Eunice
Crowley High shortstop Mackay Mouton tags out Eunice's Andrew Lomas on a steal attempt Tuesday during the Gents' 9-6 District 4-4A loss to the Bobcats.
EUNICE – A three-run outburst in the second inning had the Crowley Gents in prime position to take the outright lead in District 4-4A play Tuesday evening.
That was until the bottom of the frame, however.
The Gents committed a pair of errors in the bottom of the third and then two more in the sixth that allowed Eunice to rally for a 9-6 victory and throw the district into a three-way tie for first place at the end of the first round.
Crowley, Eunice and Rayne each have one loss entering the second round.
"The error bug was all over us tonight," said CHS coach Christian Doughty, whose team's four errors led to seven unearned runs. "It's very disappointing because I thought we played very well in the first five district games and tonight I just don't think we played like we're capable of playing. We made too many mistakes in critical situations in the game and Eunice capitalized on them and scored runs when they needed to.
"You just can't beat a team the quality of Eunice playing that kind of defense."
Pitching wise, the Gents were spot on.
Ben Broussard got the start and lasted just 2 2/3 innings due to the Gents' miscues. He limited the Bobcats to just two hits before giving way to Mackay Mouton, who also gave up just two hits in 4 1/3 innings.
"In Ben's defense, when he got into trouble in the third, we should have been out of that inning," said Doughty of Broussard, who was tagged with four unearned runs. "We just had some mishaps and he started missing his spots a little bit.
"It was just one of those things where we didn't play behind our pitchers tonight."
An error at shortstop to start the third inning got the Bobcats going and then with two outs, an errant throw on a ground ball to shortstop extended the frame and allowed two runs to score.
Wesley Hebert followed with an RBI triple to right center field before scoring himself on a wild pitch to give the Cats a 4-3 lead.
Eunice's lone two earned runs crossed the plate an inning later when Andrew Lomas drew a two-out walk and Jake Sonnier followed with a towering two-run home run of the left center field wall.
The Gents battled back and tied the game in the sixth inning with a three-run barrage courtesy of three hits and one Eunice error.
Luke Ancelet doubled to start the rally and Mackay Mouton reached base on an infield single. The Cats then made an error at second base allowing Ancelet to score before Jon Riley Mouton recorded a two-run double to left field to tie the game at 6-6.
Eunice regained the lead for good in the sixth inning thanks to two more CHS errors.
A chopper back to the mound resulted in an errant throw to first base, allowing Brennan Ashly to reach base. An error on a fly ball in the infield allowed the eventual winning run to score.
Eunice added to the lead with a walk and a two-run single from Jordan Comeaux.
Although the loss was difficult to swallow, Doughty was proud of the fight in his team.
"We battled back and our kids have done a good job of keeping us in the ball game," said Doughty. "We've had a few games where we've trailed late in the game and they have a never-give-up attitude and I think that's going to help us down the road.
"Unfortuantely, defensively, we didn't do our job tonight."
The Gents actually out-hit the Cats 11-4 on the evening.
Alex Ashby led the charge with a 3-for-4 performance that included a double and two RBI. Pate Broussard and Jon Riley Mouton each had a double and a single while Mouton also drove in two runs. Ancelet added a double and Kaleb Istre singled and drove in a run. Mackay Mouton and Bubba Daigle rounded out the offense with a single each.
Lomas, Sonnier, Comeaux and Hebert each had one hit for the Cats.
Caleb Taylor was credited with the victory on the mound after scattering 11 hits and walking one. He struck out seven in seven innings.
The Gents return to action tonight when they travel to Breaux Bridge to take on the Tigers at 6 p.m.


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