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Ok first off I would like to say that I really know little about PHP. I am good at looking at code and figureing out what it does though. With that said I am trying to modify a PHP script and having a bit of trouble.
I will give a little history first
Ok this script uses a database as well. What it does is it gives you a page where you can add a file information, example : filename, version , author ect... I am using this script to keep track of my files. The script would be perfect on its own exept I am trying to add a feild to put the md5sum of the file so it will list that as well as all the other information. This is were I am running into trouble.
There are 3 files that I have been editing to do this.
One is called file.php and it is in the includes directory
One is called file.php and it is in the includes/admin directory
One is called language.php and that is in the language directory
file.php in the includes directory is the file that displays the final information after you submit it
file.php in the includes/admin directory is where you fill out and submit the information
language.php is the language file of course [ not having any trouble there but just thought I would give the complete list of files i altered.
So I take a look at the source of includes/file.php and see that for the field long discription it has a statment like this
ok that tells me that to make the field long discription display the discription that was inputed from includes/admin/file.php you have to include the <?php echo $file[file_longdesc]; ?> .PHP Code:

<?php echo $str[desc]; ?>:	<?php echo $file[file_longdesc]; ?>

Ok since I want to display md5sum this is what I added to make the field appear on that page
Ok, upload it and the field is there, now I have to get the information from includes/admin/file.php to includes/file.phpPHP Code:

<?php echo $str[md5sum]; ?>:	<?php echo $file[file_mdsum]; ?>

So I take a look at that
I notice that for the long description line they have this
Ok this tells me that they use "form[longdesc]" as the name so that if you remember from includes/file.php they added <?php echo $file[file_longdesc]; ?> ok but the one is saying form and the other is saying $file that didnt make sence to me untill i scrolled down and saw thisPHP Code:

<?php echo $str[fileld]; ?>	<input type="text" class="forminput" size="50" name="form[longdesc]">
<?php echo $str[fileldinfo]; ?>

ok that makes sence... this line tells us that '$form[longdesc]', "; is refered to with the statmentPHP Code:
$query .= "file_longdesc = '$form[longdesc]', ";
"file_longdesc ok good.. So this is what I do:
I add
to make the feild to put the info in and then go down the script a bit and addPHP Code:

<?php echo $str[md5sum]; ?>	<input type="text" class="forminput" size="50" name="form[mdsum]">
<?php echo $str[md5sumexplain]; ?>

along with the other $query feilds to I guess you would say declare it.PHP Code:
$query .= "file_mdsum = '$form[mdsum]', ";
I then edited the language file to make all my $str statements work. Upload all this and refresh and its all there , a place to add the info and a place to display the final outcome of adding the info
So I add something to test it submit and to my dismay it is not including the md5sum the feild is just empty. Ok maybe my logic wrong, i screwed up somewhere . BUt then got the idea, ok the info is displaying for long discription and everything else but not md5sum. I edit the includes/admin/file.php to make the statement for the md5sum be <?php echo $file[file_longdesc]; ?> instead of <?php echo $file[file_mdsum]; ?> upload and refresh and now in the md5sum feild it displays a description... so my logic is right.
I dont understand why this dont work then. Because I added another feild do I have to add another table to the database you think so it has a place to store it or should the database be fine.
Any help would be appreciated


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I know I've brought this up before, but with the holidays coming up, and food lovers making their wish lists, I find it's time to bring it up again. LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold wrote about the Top 10 Battered Cookbooks in his kitchen last week, and I love lists like this because I discover titles I've never heard of before.
From what he says in the descriptions of his top 10, Gold owns hundreds of cookbooks. I own about 20, or exactly one shelf's worth. When a new one comes in, I have to chose one to throw in the donate pile. So knowing my most used cookbooks must not be nearly as hard as it is for someone like Gold.
Looking at Gold's list, I own one of his top 10, Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything." He has an Alice Water's cookbook on his list, "Chez Panisse Cooking" co-authored with Paul Bertolli. One of her cookbooks is one of my most used, but it's not the same one.
I have been asked by my wonderful husband to start putting together a Christmas wish list, and Gold's list has given me a few ideas for a cookbook or two to put on it. But, I'd like your suggestions, too.
What is your most used cookbook and why? Let me know in the comments, please.
I'm going to list my top five for you.
"Chez Panisse Vegetables" by Alice Waters. I bought my copy of this cookbook in a used bookstore. It has notes in the margins by the previous owner who cooked for someone named Bunny. So in addition to introducing me to new ways to cook vegetables, I also get the privilege of knowing that on 10/1/96 the book's previous cooked Celery Root, Potato and Olive gratin for Bunny, and Bunny called it a "fancy dinner." I leave my own notes in the margins, and I hope that someday the book makes its way into the hands of someone who enjoys reading the comments.
"The Bread Baker's Apprentice" by Peter Reinhart. I made an attempt at cooking every recipe in this book last year, but I didn't get very far. I still use it to make bread from all the time, though. I have yet to attempt to make my own baguette from it, but lately I've been thinking I need to take up the challenge.
"Morton's Steak Bible" by Klaus Fritsch. Years ago, I told me husband to pick out a cookbook from the store that he would like to me to cook from, and he chose this. It includes recipes from the Morton's Steakhouse restaurant chain. The Beef Filet Diane is out of this world, but it's the Black Bean Soup recipe that I make the most from this book. You can see by the photo above, it's been well-used.
"Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book." You see this red-and-white checkered book in kitchens all the time, and there's a good reason why. The recipes for tried and true standard dishes are really good. I've tried dozens of fancy lasagna recipes, but the one my family likes best comes from this book. This is a great first cookbook — one that will never get bumped off my shelf when a new book comes in.
"How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman. This is the first book I go to when I say to myself, "Hey, maybe I should try making …" Whatever it is, it's almost always in here. I use it at least once every week and always for basics like pizza dough, pancake batter and risotto. It's the one I couldn't live without.
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Former Bassendean MLA Martin Whitely has quit the Labor Party in protest over union boss Joe Bullock's rise to the top of the WA Senate ticket as recriminations from the bitter preselection reverberate.
Mr Whitely, a factionally unaligned MP who retired from State Parliament at the last election rather than fight a preselection battle he believed he could not win, had been a Labor member for the past 18 years.
He had been an advocate for party reform and was a constant critic of Mr Bullock, the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association secretary who won the No.1 spot on the Senate ticket ahead of sitting senator Louise Pratt.
Yesterday, Mr Whitely said he had reached the end of his tether.
"What about this mob is worth bothering with," he said. "I can't see a way forward. We had a crack at reforming the party, aimed exclusively at watering down the power of those union bosses and we got nowhere."
He denied his resignation was a "dummy spit" after he failed to win a spot on the Senate ticket. "I always acknowledged I may not get a vote, but it was a protest candidature," he said.
Mr Whitely said Prime Minister Julia Gillard - whose "captain's pick" secured the endorsement of former athlete Nova Peris Kneebone to the Northern Territory Senate ticket - should veto Mr Bullock's candidacy after he reportedly turned his back on a welcome-to-country ceremony at the Queen's garden party at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth in 2011.
Mr Whitely said he had vowed during his valedictory speech to quit the party if Mr Bullock won preselection and was delivering on that promise.
He is critical of Mr Bullock, 58, for, among other things, his socially conservative views, including opposition to abortion and gay marriage, and his defence of "show and tell" voting in party ballots.
"But worse still is the cowardice and complicity of those within WA Labor who claim to be appalled by his world view but did everything in their power to help him," Mr Whitely said.
"I have terminated my membership of the party I once proudly served in the WA Parliament."
Mr Bullock declined to comment on Mr Whitely's criticism other than to say: "I'm sorry Martin is leaving the party."
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The tragic death of President Lech Kaczynski and Poland's political and military elite among the trees of the Katyn Forest is surreal, given that in those same woods, thousands of Polish prisoners of war were murdered by Joseph Stalin's secret police.
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About one in 4,000 people, or about 2 million worldwide, have retinitis pigmentosa. The condition typically results in night blindness in adolescence before the loss of side vision in young adulthood, followed by tunnel vision as it worsens and virtual blindness by the time a patient turns 60, researchers write in the study background.
Eliot L. Berson, M.D., of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and Harvard Medical School, and colleagues analyzed visual acuity data from three clinical trials conducted involving patients with typical retinitis pigmentosa from 1984 to 1991, 1996 to 2001 and 2003 to 2008. A total of 357 patients were included in the current study and all were taking vitamin A palmitate (15,000 IU/d).
Their results indicate that patients with a diet high in long-chain ω-3 fatty acids (≥0.20 g/d) had a 40 percent slower mean (average) annual rate of decline in distance visual acuity than those with a diet low in those fatty acids, the researchers comment.
The researchers further note that they previously reported an effect of dietary ω-3 intake on retaining central visual field sensitivity. Patients receiving vitamin A palmitate, 15,000 IU/d, with ω-3 intake of at least 0.20 g/d had almost a 50 percent slower rate of decline in central visual field sensitivity than those receiving this dose of vitamin A with a lower ω-3 intake.
"Therefore, the treatment regimen of vitamin A combined with an ω-3-rich diet (≥0.20 g/d) should make it possible for many patients with typical retinitis pigmentosa to retain both visual acuity and central visual field for most of their lives," the researchers conclude.
The authors also comment about the rate of decline in letters per year on Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) distance acuity testing. They explain the mean (average) rate of decline in letters per year was 0.59 letter for patients receiving vitamin A with high ω-3 intake vs. 1.00 letter for patients receiving vitamin A with low ω-3 intake over a four to six year period. They estimate what this could mean over the long term.
"A representative patient who starts receiving vitamin A by age 35 years and eats an ω-3-rich diet (i.e. one to two 3-ounce servings of oily fish per week) with an ETDRS acuity of 50 letters (equivalent to 20/30 on the Snellen chart) would, on average, be expected to decline to an ETDRS acuity of 24 letters (equivalent to 20/100 on the Snellen chart) at age 79 years, whereas this patient receiving vitamin A with a low dietary ω-3 intake (e.g. less than one 3-ounce serving of oily fish per week) would decline to this level at age 61 years," they conclude.
"We are sometimes asked how one or two nutritional supplements can benefit patients with so many different gene defects," Dr. Berson said. "With respect to vitamin A, we and others have suggested that under daylight conditions rods give cones vitamin A via Müller cells. Interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP) transports vitamin A between these cells. Release of vitamin A from IRBP requires DHA present in oily fish. Rod degeneration leads to a deficiency of vitamin A and DHA. This could explain why vitamin A plus an oily fish diet benefits patients with RP. Patients are advised to take vitamin A to replace their rods and eat oily fish to enhance delivery of vitamin A to cones."
This study was supported by the National Eye Institute and the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Columbia, Md. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, financial contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc.
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It seems like just yesterday Ava was small enough to fit into my arms, but this weekend my baby girl had her first soccer game. And just like that – I'm a soccer mom (and wife to a soccer coach to boot!). 😉
I don't know if I look like a soccer mom. What do soccer moms look like anyway? I'd take a pic of myself and let you make the call, but since we've all been sick with some nasty colds the past several days and I haven't had a haircut in months and may now be sporting a mullet (gah!) and thus am hardly feeling photogenic at the moment, I think I'll pass. ;oP
Anyway, Ava and daddy had their first soccer game this weekend. The kids were up against a much more experienced team and while they weren't able to pull off even one goal (bummer), they had fun and I had a good time watching them and snapping pics (I even dusted off my SLR for the occasion) until a certain little someone pulled me away to the playground. 😉
This is how we'll be spending our Saturdays for the next eight weeks and that brings a smile to my face.
Here are some pics of my little soccer player (in the purple pants) and coach hubby (with the shaved head and the green shirt). Mouse over the pics for captions or click to enlarge.
I know I haven't participated in a while (photography just hasn't been in the cards for me lately), but I'm counting this as my Best Shot Monday post and choosing the last pic as my BSM for this week. For more Best Shot Monday pics, visit Mother May I.


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SOUTH AFRICA: Government pays workers who are part of its official job creation programme as little as R30 per day, according to a report today.
The prescribed minimum wage for workers in the programme for extended public works, a government initiative, is R66.34 per day, Beeld reported.
According to the report official statistics show that some provincial education and public works departments in the programme paid workers an average of R30 per day in the last three months of 2012.
However, workers in the agricultural sector in the Free State who were also part of the programme got R50 a day while workers in the same sector in Limpopo got R87 per day.
Spokeswoman for the programme Kgomotso Mathuloe told the newspaper the wages differ from province to province as wage levels are influenced by socio-economic circumstances in various areas.
The labour department tasked the Employment Conditions Commission with reviewing the sectoral determination following an extended strike by Western Cape farmworkers for the minimum daily wage to be increased from R69 to R150.


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A pair of organizations with ties to Microsoft today slammed a report that Google and European antitrust regulators were set to strike a deal without running it by them.
Earlier today, Reuters reported that the U.S. search giant and European Union officials are close to wrapping up a deal that would let Google off the hook from a three-year antitrust investigation into charges that it discriminated against rivals in its search results.
The agreement, which Reuters said could be announced in the next few days or weeks, would let Google dodge a formal complaint, a long legal process and the possibility of billions in fines.
Two groups with strong ties to Microsoft -- whose Bing competes with Google's share-leading search service -- took exception to any deal unless they and others had had a chance to test the proposed changes.
"Without actual testing of the likely effects of Google's latest proposal, any assessment of it would just be speculative," said FairSearch.org in a statement Wednesday. "The concerns raised by the Commission's investigation are too important to consumers for them to be addressed by a settlement that is not thoroughly vetted."
FairSearch is a 17-company group whose biggest members are Microsoft, Nokia -- whose handset business Microsoft is in the process of acquiring -- and Oracle.
Another Microsoft-backed group, the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP), also weighed in on the Reuters report today.
"While we don't want to respond to speculation," ICOMP said in its own statement, then did exactly that by adding, "Clearly it is necessary that the experts, complainants and concerned third parties get the opportunity to review this third proposal, before any settlement is finalised."
Google's first two proposals, both submitted last year, were rejected by EU regulators after more than 100 companies and organizations, including FairSearch and ICOMP, panned the deals.
By Reuters' account, the EU doesn't plan on rerunning a feedback phase for the third proposal because it already knows what it will hear after the first two testing and commenting periods.
FairSearch objected to that. "Google's first two proposals were rejected by Commissioner Joaquin Almunia as a result of the knowledge gained through market tests, and it is vital that Google's third try also be subject to broad consultation," the group argued.
That group has been especially vocal in its criticism of Google, in particular related to what it sees as anti-competitive practices in European search. But as Nicolas Petit, a professor of competition law at the University of Liege in Belgium said last year, "FairSearch.org is seen by many observers here as a Microsoft Trojan Horse."
It's not surprising that Google and the EU are rushing towards a settlement.
A month ago, Petit predicted that the two would come to an agreement, largely because Joaqun Almunia, the former Spanish politician who as Competition Commissioner heads the EU's antitrust agency, desperately wanted to close the case before he leaves office later this year.
In December, Almunia called Google's third proposal "not acceptable," but Petit read that as a bluff, and said Almunia would make every effort to show he had succeeded with his policy of negotiation rather than litigation by getting Google to sign a deal.
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Steve Poland necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 297 diseños de 66 diseñadores freelance.
I have run 4 other contests on here and guaranteed their prizes. Have been pleased by them. I'm responsive to designs and provide feedback.
I'm this guy: http://blog.stevepoland.com/about
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Planning for a lot of visibility for this logo/site.
Logos I like:
- Winners of my last 4 contests: http://99designs.com/people/stp
- Twitter
- simplicity of Hype Machine's heart http://hypem.com
The site is going to be all the sites/videos/etc that the user likes -- their favorites.
The logo/mark/icon will be used in a toolbar in the web browser, so that users can 'add to myfavorites.com'. So basically, like how there's a star for favorites in Internet Explorer browser and Google's Chrome browser. We're looking to replace 'bookmarks' and 'favorites' from normal web browsers. We'll have some similar functionality to Facebook's "like" button.
We need an icon that people will associate with 'MyFavorites.com'. My assumption is this will be a star, but we're open to ideas... and can be variations of a star, we want ours to be unique. Or maybe it ends up being a heart. Facebook uses a thumbs up; Twitter uses a star; Hype Machine uses a heart.
Possible ideas:
- a star with the word 'my' in the middle of it.
- a thumbs up (like Facebook's "like" thumb) that is a star hand?
The logo should include a 2- or 3-color scheme, which we'll then utilize throughout our website [once we design that]. We don't have a color scheme, but maybe yellow for the star? And/or yellow/blue. Or yellow/red? Open to ideas.
Logo should be the mark/icon, as well as 'MyFavorites.com' spelled out.
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subglabrous to fairly thickly pubescent with tiny stellae; petals 1/4
subglabrous to fairly thickly pubescent with tiny stellae; petals 1/4
to 5/8 inch long, pinkish-lavender.
to 5/8 inch long, pinkish-lavender.
==Bloom Period==
==Bloom Period==
Revision as of 22:37, 13 May 2012
- Kingdom - Plantae– Plants
- Subkingdom - Tracheobionta– Vascular plants
- Superdivision - Spermatophyta– Seed plants
- Division - Magnoliophyta– Flowering plants
- Class - Magnoliopsida– Dicotyledons
- Subclass - Dilleniidae
- Order - Malvales
- Family - Malvaceae– Mallow family
- Genus - Sidalcea A. Gray– checkerbloom
- Species - Sidalcea nelsoniana Piper– Nelson's checkerbloom
Perennial herb with a stout taproot and short woodstock, stems 16 to 40 inches tall, glabrous to hirsute with short appressed simple hairs; racemes spikelike but elongate and open, many-flowered, the pedicels usually about 1/8 inch long; calyx 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, usually purplish-tinged, subglabrous to fairly thickly pubescent with tiny stellae; petals 1/4 to 5/8 inch long, pinkish-lavender. [1]
Bloom Period
Flowering can occur as early as mid-May and extend into September, depending on weather and site conditions. Fruits have been observed as early as mid-June and as late as mid-October.
Regional endemic; southern Benton County, Oregon, north to Lewis County, Washington, and from central Linn County, Oregon, west to just west of the crest of the Coast Range. In WA it occurs in the Olympic Peninsula and Southwest Washington physiographic province.
It occurs along streams and in meadows and other relatively open areas, such as roadsides. It is generally found in areas where prairie or grassland remnants persist, such as along fencerows, drainage swales, and at the edges of plowed fields adjacent to wooded areas. Standing water is present at some sites.
Unknown. Only two populations exist in Washington, one each in Lewis and Cowlitz counties.
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Producers Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum announced Tuesday that Allen is set to start shooting his untitled new comedy this summer.
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This page is here to answer all things Java related to OpenEmbedded.
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- 1 A word of warning
- 2 Configuring
- 2.1 Bootstrap process
- 2.2 Bootstrap virtual machine aka virtual/java-initial
- 2.3 Native virtual machine aka virtual/java-native
- 2.4 Native Java compiler aka virtual/javac-native
- 2.5 Target virtual machine
- 2.6 GNU Classpath for headless machines aka classpath-minimal
- 3 Writing a Java recipe
- 4 Information on specific libraries
- 5 Caveats, known issues, hints, miscellaneous information
- 6 Future plans
A word of warning
Every so often people on the net suggest that in order to get Java stuff running in OpenEmbedded, you need to install a JDK, Kaffe or Jikes and then make modifications to the PATH variable in order to allow the build use the runtime or compiler. These suggestions are wrong! The Java support in OpenEmbedded is (and strives to stay) completely self-hosting. You should not need a single bit of Java on your host OS to get the Java recipes to compile.
On the other hand the Java support in OE can happily co-exist with whatever 'java', 'javac' and other tools you might have installed in your OS. Due to the nature of some configure scripts, those will sometimes find these executables but in the end only the tools from OpenEmbedded's staging directory will be used (if not its a bug that needs to be fixed).
Please note that problem reports that are caused by pulling in native Java tools (those from your OS) into the OpenEmbedded build process will be closed as invalid. The reason is that the recipes are only supposed to work with the built-in toolchain.
In this section you learn about the things you can set up. In many OpenEmbedded-based distributions some or most of these decision may have already been made for you so there is no need to specify them. However in case you want to provide the Java support in your distribution you need to know which knobs are available.
Bootstrap process
As told in the toolchain support section the whole Java support in OpenEmbedded is self-hosting. This mean you do not need to have any bit of Java on your build machine as OpenEmbedded will build this itself.
This bootstrap process contains the following steps: At first jikes-native is compiled which is a Java 1.4-capable compiler that does not need a runtime or (strictly) a class library to work. With this compiler we compile the initial runtime (package virtual/java-initial).
virtual/java-initial is a preliminary runtime. This virtual package is currently provided by cacao-initial or jamvm-initial. After that ecj-initial is built. At that point we have a 1.5-capable compiler running on a Java 1.4 compatible VM.
The compiler is then used to build virtual/java-native and finally virtual/javac-native. The former virtual package is provided by either cacao-native or jamvm-native. The latter package is currently only provided through ecj-bootstrap-native. Having built these packages provides the OpenEmbedded build environment with a Java5-capable compiler and runtime. At that point we are ready to compile any other Java package.
Bootstrap virtual machine aka virtual/java-initial
The bootstrap virtual machine has the sole purpose of running ecj-initial (the bootstrap compiler) to compile a 1.5-capable runtime and library. The bootstrap VM runs on your build host and is therefore a -native package. Inside the native staging directory the VM provides a 'java-initial' executable.
As told above there are currently two packages that provide 'virtual/java-native'. Add
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/java-initial = "cacao-initial" PREFERRED_VERSION_cacao-initial = "0.98"
to your local or site configuration to choose the Cacao VM. This virtual machine has a JIT compiler and is generally faster but takes a bit longer to compile. Furthermore this VM is only tested to work correctly on X86 build hosts. If you chose Cacao there will also be a 'cacao-initial' binary in your native staging directory.
Note: There is a problem with Cacao 0.98 running on recent distributions where mmaping the zero page is not allowed. Chose jamvm-initial (see below) if you do not want to change the vm_mmap_min_adr restriction on your system.
In case Cacao is unsuitable for you add
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/java-initial = "jamvm-initial" PREFERRED_VERSION_jamvm-initial = "1.4.5"
to your configuration. JamVM is an interpreting Java virtual machine. Despite interpreting only it is very fast (implements many modern interpreter techniques) and compiles quickly. Furthermore it is known to work on X86 and PowerPC build hosts.
Note: Native versions of jamvm are unsupported on amd64/x86_64 hosts since OpenEmbedded lacks a native libffi.
Native virtual machine aka virtual/java-native
As for virtual/java-initial this virtual package provides a Java virtual machine which runs on your build host. Its purpose is to run any Java programs that are needed during your build process. The most prominent program that it is supposed to run is the compiler ECJ. The virtual/java-native package provides a 'java' binary inside the native staging directory. At the moment you can chose between two runtimes: Cacao and JamVM.
As for the general features it is the same as for java-initial. However for virtual/java-native later versions of the VMs are used so stability and platform support is better. For instance you can use cacao-native on PowerPC as well since the version of Cacao used properly supports it.
To chose Cacao add the following line to your configuration:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/java-native = "cacao-native"
Besides 'java' cacao-native install a 'cacao' binary into the native staging directory.
If you favor JamVM (or are having trouble with Cacao) use:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/java-native = "jamvm-native"
There will also be a 'jamvm' binary in native staging directory besides the 'java' one with jamvm-native.
Note: Native versions of jamvm are unsupported on amd64/x86_64 hosts since OpenEmbedded lacks a native libffi. If you desperately need jamvm on your platform consider installing the development package for libffi of your distro.
Native Java compiler aka virtual/javac-native
The virtual/javac-native package provides the 'javac' binary which is to be found within the native staging directory. This compiler is used to build all of the Java packages within OpenEmbedded.
There are two recipes which provide this functionality:
ecj-bootstrap-native uses the commandline variant of the Eclipse IDE's integrated compiler. In order to use that compiler add the following to your configuration:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/javac-native = "ecj-bootstrap-native"
The second option is OpenJDK's Java compiler which is the F/OSS variant of good old 'javac'. If you experience trouble with ecj you should try OpenJDK's Java compiler by setting the following in your configuration:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/javac-native = "openjdk-javac-native"
Note: OpenJDK's javac is actually build in the package openjdk-language-tools-native (provides a 'sun-javac' binary). The reason for this is to allow 'ecj-bootstrap-native' and 'openjdk-language-tools-native' to coexist in the staging dir.
ecj-bootstrap-native, ecj-initial and libecj-bootstrap
Since ecj-initial and ecj-bootstrap-native use the same jar file the compilation step for both packages is done through in the libecj-bootstrap recipe. Therefore in order to decide which ECJ version to use for compilation you need to set a version preference for that recipe:
PREFERRED_VERSION_libecj-bootstrap = "3.4"
Target virtual machine
Note: There used to be a virtual/java package. It turned out that by having this it prevented offering multiple J2SE-compatible VMs for the target device.
From a distributors point of view you can build the jamvm, cacao, phoneme or openjdk recipes and provide them to your users. Those can then either install the packages directly by its name or rely on a chosing of the packaging.
At the moment Cacao and JamVM are supported runtimes. Cacao is ready for x86, PowerPC and ARM systems (others are untested and AVR32 is not suppported) and has a JIT compiler. JamVM can be used on x86, PowerPC, ARM and MIPS. PhoneME Advanced should support x86, PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and Sparc.
Additionally OpenJDK can be built using either Cacao (same properties as above) or the Zero port of Hotspot. Zero is an C++-based interpreter capable of running on any platform that is supported by libffi.
When installed all J2SE runtimes provide the 'java' executable (chosen through update-alternatives). PhoneME Advanced gives you a 'java-cdc' executable.
Runtime provider
Warning: When we talk of 'runtime provider' here this is meant in the OpenEmbedded sense (PROVIDES = build provides, RPROVIDES = runtime provides) The Cacao, JamVM or OpenJDK packages are set to provide 'java2-runtime'. Packages which need a J2SE-capable VM should RDEPEND on this. By inheriting the 'java-library' class in your recipe this is done automatically.
PhoneME on the other hand is set to provide 'java-cdc-runtime'.
GNU Classpath for headless machines aka classpath-minimal
Through setting the provider for 'classpath' you can decide whether you build a full class library with support for AWT/Swing (having a gtk+ dependency) or a variant that works without that and is primarily meant for headless devices. It might also be handy if you decide not to use AWT/Swing and use SWT instead. To chose the minimal variant add this to your configuration:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_classpath = "classpath-minimal"
Otherwise you need to add this line:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_classpath = "classpath"
Currently the Angstrom distribution does not set a preference and you have to provide your own.
Writing a Java recipe
This section is going to tell you, how to write a proper recipe to build a Java library or program.
At the moment this is a stub and you will only find some scattered information which at a later point will be merged into a consistent whole.
If you use the java-library bbclass in a recipe foo and generate a native variant (e.g. foo-native) you should use
inherit java-native
instead of native. By doing so, you make sure, that any jars created by the recipe are properly installed into staging.
Information on specific libraries
swt3.4-gtk and swt3.4-gtk-hildon
Some effort has been done to integrate Gtk+-based SWT 3.4 into the Hildon environment (that is what Maemo provides). Distributions targeting Maemo should set the preferred provider for swt3.4-gtk like this:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_swt3.4-gtk = "swt3.4-gtk-hildon"
Important: If you do not want the hildon variant it is best to declare
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_swt3.4-gtk = "swt3.4-gtk"
as well. So bitbake will not chose the wrong one by accident (which would otherwise pull in all kinds of unwanted dependencies).
Caveats, known issues, hints, miscellaneous information
Version suggestions
Everyone and his dog knows that combining glibc 2.8, gcc 2.95 and Linux kernel 2.6.26 is not going to work. In the GNU Classpath realm we also have a set of versions that do not fit together. Here are some suggestions for your PREFERRED_VERSIONs. Stick to these if you are unsure. You can always find out which version are supposed to be compatible by reading the READMEs of the VMs.
jamvm-initial and classpath-initial
Use this and nothing else:
PREFERRED_VERSION_jamvm-initial = "1.4.5" PREFERRED_VERSION_classpath-initial = "0.93"
cacao-initial and classpath-initial
Use this and nothing else:
PREFERRED_VERSION_cacao-initial = "0.98" PREFERRED_VERSION_classpath-initial = "0.93"
jamvm[-native] and classpath[-native]
These are the releases that appear to be stable. Highly recommended on AMD64 systems where Cacao likes to fail:
PREFERRED_VERSION_jamvm-native = "1.5.3" PREFERRED_VERSION_classpath-native = "0.98"
For the target device:
PREFERRED_VERSION_jamvm = "1.5.2" PREFERRED_VERSION_classpath = "0.98"
cacao[-native] and classpath[-native]
These releases appear to be stable:
PREFERRED_VERSION_cacao-native = "0.99.3" PREFERRED_VERSION_classpath-native = "0.97.2"
For the target device take these:
PREFERRED_VERSION_cacao = "0.99.4" PREFERRED_VERSION_classpath = "0.98"
PREFERRED_VERSION_libecj-bootstrap = "3.4"
Extra binaries and symlinks
Since both Cacao and JamVM can be installed in staging you can use this and modify the 'java' or 'java-initial' symlink if you want to switch to a certain VM.
Debugging Cacao on the target
You need to debug the Cacao JVM on your target device using GDB and need some pointers on how to get started? Read this page from the Jalimo Wiki.
Future plans
Default Bytecode compliance level
Soon an option will be introduced to set the default bytecode compliance level. For any Java package that does not explicitly provide this level (not many do this) the one you set in your configuration will be used.
OpenJDK + Cacao
The flexibility of the Cacao runtime allows it to run it with OpenJDK's class library. This allows you to use the official class library and a JIT-capable runtime on an ARM device (as of today Hotspot has no JIT on ARM).
Since the middle of August 2008 OpenJDK + Cacao can be build and is included in the Debian armel sid repositories (package cacao-oj6-sdk). Xerxes Rånby is showing some webbapplets running using OpenJDK + CACAO on his blog: http://labb.zafena.se/?p=1
Since December 2008 OpenJDK + Cacao can be crosscompiled with OpenEmbedded as demonstrated by Robert Schuster! Check out http://rschuster.blogs.evolvis.org/2008/12/21/serving-cross-compiled-openjdk-with-icedtea/ and the answers http://rschuster.blogs.evolvis.org/2008/12/23/comments-on-latest-post-on-openjdk/
Ant is an often used tool in the Java world. Even OpenJDK uses it. Unfortunately it is also a complex beast with many dependencies (many of which use Ant itself). Still there is work in progress to build and use it inside OpenEmbedded.
Preliminary work has been done in the Jalimo Subversion repository. There is an 'ant-native' recipe exists which actually works. :)
This space is for *your* questions and those that appeared more often on the mailing list. Things will be added here by the Jalimo folk/OE-Java maintainers or by you asking a question.
Q: I do get all these editions, configurations and profiles that exist in the Java world wrong. Any pointer on this?
I found these articles in Wikipedia helpful to clarify the situation Java platform, Java ME.
Q: I need to solve a specific Java problem in OE and want to throw money at this. Whom can I contact?
The Jalimo project has done a lot of Java work in OE and are available for contract work. You can also ask for experienced devs on the openembedded-devel mailing list.


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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Prima Ballerina
sparkly big pink tutu" that Sydney has requested? I can make that baby myself.
And maybe a matching one for me?
3 comments:
- Angela Friedman said...
How cute! I make costumes for the New York City Ballet, and sometimes when we have old pieces we're going to get rid of, I send a couple to my cousins (I think they're 6 and 9) who love dance. They're always so excited to have real costumes, especially since sometimes they're things that I've made. Nothing like a tutu to light up a little girl's entire week, eh?!
- September 5, 2010 at 12:33 AM
- julie said...
I think that a tutu would light up anyone's entire week!
I've made the girlies lots and lots of tied no-sew tutus, but I do have that stiff netting stuff, too, and it's my goal to make them those beautiful sewn sticky-straight-out tutus, too.
- September 5, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Angela Friedman said...
Beware the stiff net can be quite scratchy on the cut ends - our male dancers frequently complain about this on new tutus, because it can really cut up their arms in partnering.
When you get to the complex projects, holler if you would like some advice or suggestions!
- September 5, 2010 at 12:07 PM


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The Kid in Charge
Valor often requires little more than the common sense of a 6-year-old. Three days after Katrina ravaged New Orleans, Catrina Williams, the mother of first-grader De'Monte, decided she had to get her family out of their flooded Uptown neighborhood. But when a small rescue helicopter finally touched down at their apartment complex, the pilot said he could take only a handful of children; he would come right back for the parents. Reluctant but seeing the floodwaters about to swallow their home, Williams tearfully put De'Monte, 6, and his 5-month-old brother Da'Roneal (on...


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Ways You Didn't Know Your Body Changes After 50 Gallery
With age, you gain wisdom, strength, and experience. You develop meaningful relationships and watch those around you grow. You begin to discover what you find most important, and let go of some of the rules that governed your younger days. But along with those immaterial things, your body goes through some changes, as well.
Many of the changes that come with old age you probably already know. Your metabolism slows down, for instance, and you become more susceptible to high blood pressure and heart disease. You know not to overdo it on the salt, and limiting foods that could send your cholesterol flying might already be on your mind. But what other, more subtle changes are about to happen?
You may get wrinkles or see your hair turn gray. Every person experiences aging differently, but there are things happening biologically that cause these visual changes. Other changes are completely invisible, happening in your brain or at a cellular level. As you pass through to the second half of a century, you will likely start to feel different. You may find yourself becoming tired more easily. Here are some of the lesser-known ways your body changes after you turn 50.istockphoto.com
Slow collagen production
As you age, your body begins to slow the production of collagen, a protein responsible for keeping your skin firm and elastic. Lack of collagen is one of the reasons your skin becomes wrinkled as you get older. Some companies have devised collagen supplements, rumored to slow down skin aging. But do these pills and powders really work? The science is still relatively underdeveloped on that front; most of the studies, according to Mark Moyad, MD, are at least partially funded by the industry.istockphoto.com
Dry skin
Your skin actually becomes thinner as you get older, becoming drier and more fragile as a result. People who are older can develop skin that breaks more easily, causing cuts and scabs. The good news is that you can counteract skin dehydration fairly simply - for instance, by drinking enough water and eating hydrating foods.istockphoto.com
Menopause and andropause
Around age 50, women start experiencing menopause. Women's ovaries begin to produce lower amounts of estrogen and progesterone and higher amounts of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). The symptoms of these hormonal changes vary from person to person, but many women experience side effects such as insomnia, hot flashes, decreased sex drive, depression, and mood swings. Some men (not all) actually experience hormonal changes, as well. According to the Rush University Medical Center, approximately 20 percent of men over 60 experience andropause, characterized by a decrease in testosterone production. The symptoms include lowered energy levels, depression, decreased muscle strength, and decreased sex drive, among others.istockphoto.com
Lower bone density
This is an especially prevalent risk for women - dips in estrogen can cause a loss of bone density, putting women over 50 at greater risk for osteoporosis. Low bone density is quite common; it affects 54 million Americans, with one out of every two women over the age of 50 likely to break a bone due to osteoporosis, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Smoking, inactivity, and high alcohol consumption can also adversely affect bone health, but one of the most impactful lifestyle choices that can reduce the risk of osteoporosis is committing to a well-balanced diet. Incorporating certain foods that are rich with the right nutrients can help lower your risk.istockphoto.com
Thinning hair
In addition to turning gray, hair may become thinner and more brittle. Hair pigment cells are not as efficiently produced after you turn 50 as they were when you were younger, and neither is collagen (one of the proteins used to build hair, nail, and skin cells). Eat foods with the nutrients your hair needs to stay strong and healthy to delay this effect.istockphoto.com
Difficulty sleeping
Can't sleep like you used to? Don't panic: According to the National Sleep Foundation, changes in sleep patterns are a totally normal part of the aging process. As you age, you're likely to sleep less soundly and less consistently. Many older adults report having difficulty falling asleep and waking up multiple times throughout the night.istockphoto.com
Slower heart rate
You just can't walk up the stairs as easily as you used to! There's a reason for that. As you age, your maximum heart rate (the fastest speed your heart is able to go) decreases. Some studies suggest that your normal heart rate decreases, as well, which might play a role in your capacity for aerobic exercise. Your days of intense cardio are numbered. But that's OK! There are other, lower-intensity ways to exercise that still have great benefits.istockphoto.com
Decreased bladder control
The muscles in your pelvis become weaker as you get older, which may result in urinary incontinence. This is especially common in women, and can be socially inhibitive. However, the good news is that there are ways to prevent and treat this condition - talk to your doctor if you experience small bladder leaks.istockphoto.com
Shrinking stature
You really do shrink with age, and not just because of your posture. Starting at age 40, the disks between the vertebrae of your spine begin to dry and thin out. This results in compression of your spine and some very real shrinkage. It's really nothing to freak out over, though - people typically only lose about a tenth of an inch every decade.istockphoto.com
Worsened night vision
In addition to needing reading glasses, you may also need more light to see once you reach age 50. According to the American Optometric Association, seeing in darkness becomes more difficult with age. This may be especially of concern for people who are used to driving at night.istockphoto.com
Dry eyes
The tear glands in your eyes produce fewer tears as you get older, according to the American Optometric Association. This can cause itchy, dry eyes for some. Women are especially likely to experience this effect of aging, largely due to hormonal changes.istockphoto.com
Limited color perception
Even if you were never colorblind, you might lose your ability to distinguish between certain hues once you pass 50. According to the American Optometric Association, the clear lens in your eye may begin to discolor, interfering with your perception of colors through the eye.istockphoto.com
Different-smelling sweat
There's actually some biological reasoning behind that rumored "old people" smell. As you age, your hormonal changes can cause a difference in your sweat composition. Additionally, some studies show that age increases the production of 2-nonenal, a compound that contributes to body odor.istockphoto.com
Diminishing sense of taste
According to the National Institute of Aging, your taste buds might dull over time - but not because of your taste buds themselves. This change is largely due to your sense of smell, which plays a large role in your ability to taste food. Medications can have side effects that interfere with taste, as well. Even more of a reason to enjoy all your favorite foods to the fullest while you still can!istockphoto.com
Weight gain
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NASCAR chairman Brian France's annual season-ending press conference on Saturday morning at Homestead-Miami Speedway focused almost exclusively on the look of next year's Sprint Cup cars. There was virtually nothing of substance about actual on-track racing.
The media gathering was primary a rollout of new graphic and sponsor-related livery on the new cars. Among the revelations offered by Steve O'Donnell, vice-president of racing operations:
-The driver's last name will be featured on the upper part of the windshield;
-Sponsor decals no longer will be allowed on the "headlight and taillight" covers, two distinguishing characteristics of the each manufacturer;
-Car numbers will be moved from the headlight covers to the front and rear bumpers;
-One sponsor logo will be permitted on the roof of each car, between the car number and the top of the rear window;
-Team sponsor decals will be permitted to extend past the front end of the B-post;
-"Step and repeat" or background patterns will be permitted on both sides of cars;
-Car numbers will be reduced by 10 percent and the package of contingency decals at the front of cars will be reduced to 26 square inches.
"These changes are an extension of the unprecedented collaboration with the manufacturers on the 2013 car, great industry feedback and our focus on increasing fan affinity," O'Donnell said before introducing France. During his time, France addressed the issue of driver conflicts, social media and the possibility of a dirt-track race next season.
"It's not really that fine a line," he said when asked about the "boys, have at it" approach and the severe penalties for on-track retaliation and fighting. "We have a stated approach that this is a contact sport; we expect contact, especially late in races. But there are limits and drivers know what those limits are. You can cross those limits, and that's what happened on Sunday [at Phoenix between Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer]. That was obvious and easy for us to figure out and for everybody to figure out, so we dealt with it.
"That doesn't change the idea that we're not going to walk away from [contact]. We expect there will be contact; there was contact [Friday] at a pretty significant level late in the [Truck Series] race. That's the history of this sport. There will be limits and drivers know where the limits are. If they have any confusion, they can talk to us or look at our calls and how we've dealt with it in the past when we think those limits have been broken."
As for social media and the recent fine to point-leader Brad Keselowski for having a cell phone in his car last weekend at Phoenix:
"We're the most aggressive sport in social and digital media in terms of our drivers and teams and tracks," France said. "The trick is that in the cars today and particularly in the future, with fuel injection, we'll be talking about a digital cockpit as early as 2014. There are 'smart devices' and smart phones and other devices that can have an effect on manipulating the technology that'll be in cars. We have to be careful; that's why our policy is you simply can't take any device with you into the car."
France was reminded that in February, during a long red-flag delay in the Daytona 500, Keselowski broke ground by texting and tweeting from the backstretch. In the days that followed, NASCAR reveled in the attention and took every opportunity to brag about how accessible its drivers were, even to the point of communicating with fans from the racing surface itself. So what brought on the change from "this is a good thing" to "no more communicating from the car"?
"The policy hasn't changed a bit," France said. "It's evolved. That [Daytona 500] was the first time we've seen somebody tweeting during a red flag. We loved that. We just know now that we have things in car that could be affected by those devices. We know we have to make sure we don't interfere with that. We have to balance it on the competition end to make sure nobody gains an advantage."
Finally, he was asked about perhaps running a dirt-track race in the Camping World Truck Series next year:
"Well, you know, it's part of our history at a high level," he said, "and it still is at the weekly track level. That hasn't been completely worked out, but it's a possibility. That would put a unique twist on the Truck Series if that can be worked out. We have a lot of fans who grew up watching [dirt-track racing] on their local short track. It would be fun to see if it happens."


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This is the fourth of the class photos. I believe this is actually the 1936-1937 year (Grandpa says in his writing it his his 10th Grade year). This class attended Weber High School located in Ogden, Weber, Utah. These students graduated in 1939. Nearly all these students came from Warren, Plain City, West Weber, and those parts of the county for school. Out of the whole picture, only one passed away in World War II (as far as I can tell, ALL the men served).
John Major Reese (1896-1976)
Ray Charlton (1920-1991)
John Earl Hipwell (1921-2000)
Miriam Weatherston (1921-2001)
Delmar White (1921-2008)
Owen Urry Wayment (1921-2008)
Neta Elizabeth England (1920-2006)
Orlo Steadwell Maw (1921-2004)
William Warren Williams (1921-1988)
Vesey Jean Etherington (1921-2000)
Elmer Taylor Jr. (1921-1985)
Wilmer Eugene Maw (1920-2009)
Cleone Carver (1921-1994)
Howard Hunt (1921-1944)
Ellis Marion Lund (1921-1984)
Vera Mary Wayment (1921-1989)
Benjamin Keith Hodson (1920-1970)
Edwin "Ted" Daniel Christensen (1921-2005)
Ruth Wade (1921-Alive)
Wayne Taylor (1921-1969)
Milo James Ross (1921-2014)
LauRene Thompson (1921-2010)
Frank Dee Poulsen (1920-2010)
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I love Western music. Not "Western music" as in "music rooted in European traditions," but rather the "Western" of "Country & Western." Cowboy Music. In many ways, Country and Western is an odd pairing. The two genres seem to be at complete odds. Sure, the performers evince a similar sartorial sensibility, but the subject matter of Western music is about hard-working buckeroos following honor and dogies out under the wide open sky.
Country, which I love too, is quite the opposite. Country celebrates the sedentary life - working and dying in the same small town, farm, or trailer court in which you were born -- and to hell with ethical codes of conduct; get drunk, cheat on your wife, and show up for your crappy job hungover.
Musically speaking, they're only distant cousins - no more closely related than Bluegrass and Jazz, House and Rap, Rock 'n' Roll and the Blues -- but of those examples, only Country & Western get so invariably lumped together as a single genre that people usually omit the "Western" altogether.


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MINNEAPOLIS -- Health Fitness Corp. (HFC), Minneapolis, had an increase in revenue both in fourth quarter 2008 and for the year 2008, the company announced Wednesday in a conference call with analysts.
For the fourth quarter, revenues increased 12.6 percent to $21.7 million compared to $19.2 million in fourth quarter 2007. Gross profit rose to $6.9 million in the quarter, up from $5.2 million in fourth quarter 2007. Operating income totaled $2.1 million for the quarter, an increase of $0.4 million. Net earnings were $1.2 million, or 12 cents per share, compared to $0.2 million, or 2 cents per share, in fourth quarter 2007.
For the year ended Dec. 31, 2008, revenue increased 11.0 percent to $77.7 million from $70.0 million in the previous year. Gross profit rose 20.9 percent to $23.7 million, or 30.6 percent of revenue, from $19.6 million, or 28.1 percent of revenue, for the prior year. Operating income for the year was $4.8 million, up from $1.9 million during the prior year. Net earnings for 2008 climbed to $2.7 million, or 28 cents per share, from $0.9 million, or 9 cents per share, last year.
"Obviously, we are very pleased with these outstanding results, particularly in light of the difficult macro-economic conditions in which we all operate," Gregg Lehman, HFC president and CEO, said during the call. "We turned in a very solid performance in what you all know was a very difficult year."
Results differed in fourth quarter 2008 for HFC's health management and fitness management divisions. Health management revenue grew 36 percent compared to the same period in 2007 while fitness management revenue decreased 6.2 percent compared to fourth quarter 2007.
"It marked the first quarter in which revenues for health management exceeded those of fitness management—that is, 54 percent vs. 46 percent," Lehman said. "At the same time, fitness management will continue to be a very important component of our overall business in the coming years. In addition to generating predictable revenue and cash flow, our fitness customers represent an opportunity to further grow health management revenue by introducing the benefits of our employee health improvement programs."
Lehman added that he remains optimistic about the company in the coming years and predicts a shift in employer-provided health care, which will involve a greater assumption of health responsibility on employees.
"We believe the focus will decidedly turn to the concepts of wellness and preventative care," Lehman said. "There will be a shift to healthy living, emphasizing diet, exercise and preventive medicine, with the idea that health-care costs can be substantially cut by adopting and maintaining healthy lifestyle habits, rather than focusing on providing costly acute care for advanced medical conditions. This dramatic shift will require a fundamental cultural change for the entire American population, and that will take time."
HFC's stock was listed at $1.82 on the American Stock Exchange in mid-morning trading today.


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What are the main problems that advisors try to solve in a client's portfolio?
To justify your own fees, performance that consistently outpaces the broader market indexes would be nice. However, you're not willing to take on undue risk or volatility. Moreover, as an advisor you're always focused on the cost of those investments, and an investment with high turnover goes against the long-term investing goal that most advisors have on behalf of their clients, not to mention the tax consequences of higher-frequency trading.
So perhaps you're thinking that certain alternative investments would fit the bill. The problem with many alts, however, is that your clients may need to be part of the high-net-worth cohort. Burned by the 2008-2009 hypercorrelation and crash-and-burn of many private vehicles, you demand liquidity and transparency. Oh, you also can't stomach the costs of 2-and-20 managers.
Enter Ben Warwick of QES Investments and a pairing of two investing vehicles — in ETF and mutual fund formats — that appears to go a long way toward meeting client needs for performance and diversification while assuaging advisors' concerns about alternatives' costs, transparency and liquidity.
Last month, an ETF was launched based on a QES private equity strategy on the London Stock Exchange, Source Nomura Modeled PERI ETF (PERI:LN). This past week, Hatteras Partners launched a mutual fund, Hatteras Private Equity Intelligence Fund (HPEIX). Both are built to deliver the benefits of private equity investing without the drawbacks of direct investing in listed or unlisted PE.
As CIO for the multi-office family office Sovereign Wealth Management, Warwick — a ThinkAdvisor and Investment Advisor contributor — and his team sought to use alternatives in performing asset allocation for larger portfolios. However, he found that there were "some negatives to what we were using," the primary drawback being the "the delivery mechanism of the limited partnership." Looking to deliver to his clients "access to risk premia that they wouldn't have been able to access," QES started by using futures, especially managed futures in portfolios as a strategic tilt away from the typical 60/40 portfolios.
Warwick realized that QES wanted to "build products that solve problems for advisors." First up: the Aspen Managed Futures mutual fund (MFBTX), a low-cost index-based managed futures '40 Act fund using both trend and countertrend strategies. He says the "low cost and the sensible structure of the index gave us some success with that product," which has attracted $160 million in assets in just two years.
Around that time, however, "we started to see if we could make available the returns of private equity, specifically buyout funds."
Why private equity? Simple, Warwick says. "Because the returns are better," delivering 3% to 5% better returns than an unmanaged S&P 500 strategy. However, PE also requires that a HNW investor "tie up your money for a decade" more often than not.
So QES started conducting attribution analysis on PE returns to determine the source of those extra returns. While some observers would expect the returns come from "levered equity," Warwick said, "that doesn't explain why private equity investments show a bigger upside with lower drawdowns."
It turns out that individual managers' alpha isn't the primary driver, either, though he admits "there's some of that." Instead, what QES' research found was that the "surprising driver" of PE returns is timing — "when you get in and when you get out" — and sector selection.
"Private equity managers are like hedge fund managers," argues Warwick, in that they exhibit "herd behavior; if you see one or two deals in utilities," for example, "you'll see all these private equity managers going into utilities."
Since there's a "momentum effect in capturing the money flows of PE, if you could capture that momentum effect and mirror the leverage, which changes with credit spreads, you could get close" to the returns of private equity funds. So QES needed to find the data on private equity funds to determine that momentum and timing.
Enter Preqin, which Warwick calls the "Morningstar of PE," which has a "huge database" containing "30,000 transactions and 600 buyout funds." Its data allowed QES to build portfolios that mimic the private equity buyout space.
Warwick says its PE index "went live a year ago, published on Bloomberg," and true to QES' research, "is providing good returns with less volatility." The ETF, based on the Nomura QES Modeled Private Equity Returns Index, launched last month while the Hatteras mutual fund, HPEIX, launched last week.
How do the funds help advisors? "Lots of advisors" want to follow the endowment model, Warwick says, and allocate 30% to private equity, "but clients can't afford that, so these funds allow you to cover the PE allocation."
Moreover, the benefits of buying an index-based PE fund include ameliorating the "significant timing risk" of buying just one "vintage year" of PE. "If you buy into our funds, you get every vintage year in one trade; we look at the asset allocation of every vintage year in the database."
Why not buy listed private equity, then? "Contrast our approach — trying to give returns from actual buyout funds — to listed PE, which buys the service providers of funds." Listed PE, he says, is "very illiquid; ours (the ETF and mutual fund) are more liquid than the funds they're wrapped into."
The downside to PE index approach? "The big risk with our strategy is that we're tied to how buyout funds do: if they don't do well, then we won't do well."
However, Warwick says that "historically their downside participation in equity pullbacks is much more muted than the S&P 500," partly because "we'll always be a combination of long equity and cash."
Why the cash? It's all about the private equity need for 'dry powder' in the portfolio, i.e., the cash necessary to fund future buyouts. If the QES funds are mimicking the private equity funds, they'll also mimic the amount of dry powder being held by PE funds. "Last year," says Warwick, the average level of cash in the portfolio was 35%, but the portfolio yielded "S&P returns with 30% less volatility."
What's the role of the funds? "Some people are looking to use our fund as a smart beta, others put it in the alternatives bucket; pension plans see these as return drivers," while "private banks see it as portfolio diversifiers."
The cost? "The index has a 1% fee embedded in it," plus trading costs.
The mutual fund's final expense ratios are still to be determined by Hatteras, but it will provide, says Warwick, "far cheaper access to private equity." Warwick himself says he's a "significant investor in both the managed futures fund" and the private equity funds. "I'm a big believer in eating my own cooking," he says.
Ben Warwick is a frequent contributor to Investment Advisor and writes the monthly Searching for Alpha index newsletter for ThinkAdvisor.com.
Ben also presented during a Nov. 12 ThinkAdvisor webinar on how to manage risk in a portfolio now.


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I did learn that the "bridge to nowhere" is proposed to be built here. There is legislation in Congress to build a 400 hundred million dollar bridge to connect a few islands to Ketchikan. Very few people would benefit. As nice as the people are here, I have to think there would be a better use for this money...
History of Ketchikan
As with all parts of Alaska, the local native tribes claim they have been here forever. Evidence shows that the area was used as a Tlingit fish camp in pre-European/American settlement days. Americans (and others) came to the area in 1885 when miners and fishermen moved in. A gold strike in the late nineteenth century brought in more immigrants.
Timber and fishing helped Ketichikan to grow. By the 1930s, the town claimed it was the "salmon capitol of the world." I saw several signs which still make this claim. There are over 9000 people in the city today. (A lot more on cruise ship days of course...)
Miland in Ketchikan
As I mentioned earlier, the ms Zaandam was only in dock briefly. My wife and I only had time for one shore excursion. We selected the "duck tour." This consisted of a bus that also is a boat. We drove around town and then went right into the water with the same vehicle.
I learned a lot about the town lore in this tour. In addition to what I wrote above, the history of Ketchikan features a prominent red light district from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At one point, over 120 women were known to ply the prostitute trade in town. The Dolly House Museum shares this history and features the life story of the most famous prostitute in Ketchikan history. The museum stills sells gift certificates even though the hooking trade is now dead or underground...
This was a charming little city (town). Outside of the salmon and the seasonal tourist trade, I do not see much to suggest it though. I can imagine living in Sitka or Juneau but not here.
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