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ETF / index funds. Resources.

Vanguard Index Funds. VTI  - Vanguard Total Stock market Index  = 40%  ( only 0. 05%) VEU -  VANGUAR D free all - world    - 20% VWO -  Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index ( VWO ) - 5% VCIT -  Vanguard Intermediate - Term Corporate Index  - 25% (  for stable) Remaining to be done with the bonds to get a 60% =- 40% ratio.

Social Media tools.

Social Media software for Small Business:   This article I am trying to find a social media software which will help my companies.   Since budget is premium we need to work in that order that essentially starts from FREE. FOR SOCIAL conversation like posting, following up and also to use your employees to be assigned on follow up, we need a software which will post over and which can be traceable.  For Pro seems to be a good fit and can manage until we can go the next level.   After searching it seems that there is no one to beat hootsuite. Sproutsocial was near by but nothing like Hootsuite Hootsuite:     FREE PLAN:  3 social profiles ( facebook, twitter, google+ may be). For $9.99  it has 50 social profiles. Plans s & Pricing Free For: Personal Use, Casual Enthusiast Get Started Now 30 day free trial Pro For: Social Media Power Users & Practitioners (from   $ 9.99 /month) Get...

FTP install on Ubuntu 14.04 Amazon EC2

Apparently there is a bug in UBUNTU 14.04 where the VSFTP does not seem to work  It is a reported bug by Ubuntu kernel and there is an updated kernel which works.  Unfortunately for the Amazon EC2 it seems that they still have the older version.  There is an option to get the latest Ubuntu Kernel and update it but that will be great with a fresh install.  For those installed the option seems to be limited. The PROFTPD seems to be working.  Here are the details.  LOGIN IN using the pem key via putty: #sudo su root - root# apt-get install proftpd Edit the proftd.conf in /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf   vi  /etc/proftpd/proftpd.confg  Make sure port 21 is not commented out Make the below changes. # In some cases you have to specify passive ports range to by-pass # firewall limitations. Ephemeral ports can be used for that, but # feel free to use a more narrow range. PassivePorts       ...

STARDOM

STAR DOM   When you wish upon a star, Your dreams will take you very far But when you wish upon a dream, Life ain't always what it seems What you see on nights so clear, In the sky so very dear You're a shining star, No matter who you are Shining bright to see, What you can truly be Shining star comes into view, Shines it's watchful light on you Gives you strength to carry on, Makes your body big and strong Born a man-child of the sun, Saw my work had just begun Found I had to stand alone, Blessed now I got my own So if you find yourself in need, Why don't you listen to these words of heed Be a giant grain of sand, Words of wisdom "Yes I can"

Cross Pens

The company A.T. Cross (or Cross for short) was founded in Providence, Rhode Island in 1846 by Richard Cross. Though the Cross family were traditionally jewelers, Richard Cross was a superb pen and pencil maker who passed all of his knowledge to his son, Alonzo T. Cross. In 1916, the Cross family sold the company to an employee, Walter R. Boss, who transformed it into the world-wide success it is today.For more than 165 years, Cross has re-invented writing instruments by combining design ingenuity with jewelry-quality craftsmanship. As America's first manufacturer of quality Cross fine pens , they have continued to make pens people will use, depend on and enjoy for years to come.What is most striking about Cross, is not how much the Company has managed to create and revolutionize in its 165 years, buy what has not changed about it. Headquartered in beautiful Lincoln, Rhode Island, A.T. Cross is proud to still be part of the community that it was founded in. While other companies u...

Global Recession

I still keep in touch with my colleagues. They are all in great shape ( I meant in their career :-). Everyone is smart in some way and especially the teacher who used to teach us is really been the pillar behind everyone. A selfless act, he stooped down from his teacher position to a friend during our classes. Many life has been changed by him. So this morning my friend Vinod gives this wonder summation of global recession. I think he covered good. We can argue about communism and other facts, but overall a fantastic opinion put forth by him. So, what does Vinod do... well apart from playing flute, you guessed it. He is in the loans department of a major bank. What started the global recession? The sub-prime mortgage exposure and losses, the subsequent collapse of a HUGE bank in the US and the resulting lack of rust in the banks all over the world in each other (in some cases, not without reason), leading to liquidity crunch in the financial systems all across the world . What cau...

Intro

OK. Everyone seems to be blogging. So I thought I will also do it. Why not. It relieves you out and google has given us the blogger where one can do it freely. My name is Rajiv. I kinda do many things. But that is all normal stuff.