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Hello All,
I have to create a query in which my columns will have current year and previous year and my rows will have 0calmonth field. Now i need to show data accordingly for example:
I have to show last 12 month data for the current year and previous year respectively. I am not able to apply any CKF and RKF to derive at particular structure. I have created a structure in rows for month calculation with offset but previous year value is not coming. I also tried cell formula but not able to apply for previous year. Any help will be appreciated.
currentyear previous year
01.2011 1000 800(this is 01.2010 data)
02.2011 2000 1200(this is 02.2010 data)
12.2011 3000 2000
Thanks & Regards
Hello Nishant
You can create a structure in rows.
Put twelve formulas. Each one of them will add two lines (2x12 24 lines) which will be the current and the previous year filtered. If you want to have it on two different colums you should have two different year characteristics one for the rows and one for the columns.
Thank you
Hi Nishant,
You will have to restrict the current year key figure with offset (month-12 to month) and for the previous year you will have to set the offset like (month-24 to month-12).
Or else you can easily achieve this by using two Customer Exit variables - One for Current Year and One for Previous Year.
Let me know if you need the code.
Regards, Joe
I think you have to make 12 different RKF each restricting one month with -1 offset for the calendar month. Make these offset RKF Constant Selection.
Please let me know if you require more details about how to achieve this pattern.
I don't know why many replies for such hardcoding is really necessary! In X-axis, place 2 elements. #1 : keep the 'Year' & restrict it with the following [YearVar] [YearVar-1]. In Y-Axis there must be 2 elements, #1 0CALMONTH element & #2 another structure which includes a RKF, which you can create with a "range" option to choose [MonthVar] to [MonVar-12] plus the KF. This must solve your issue. Thanks, Arun Bala
Hi Arun,
Yes, you are right that hardcoding such way is not a good practice but the replies for month and hardcoding of 12 and 24 were given because of what Nishant has requested for
I have to show last 12 month data for the current year and previous year respectively.
We all know that year can be directly used for year and previous year values. But not if we need rolling month to month values.
Regards, Joe
Thanks Yiannis, jordan, farrukh and arun for your replies,
I tried all of your solution but nothing is working.
I am getting values for current year but not for previous year
user has entered 01.2012 as input then my output is
current year previous year
01.2012 1000 0
if user is inputing 01.2013
then my required output should be
current year previous year
01.2013 xyz 1000(the value 01.2012 will become previous year).
But i am not getting any value in previous year
Also creating 24 offset variable will not serve my purpose, i need only current year/months offset variable, not the previous year/ months offset variable. I will only create 12 current year months offset variable and need to show values correspondingly for current year and previous year.
Hi Nishant,
I guess i misunderstood your requirement as you had said
I have to show last 12 month data for the current year and previous year respectively.
I thought you need to see last 12 months data and also last 12 months data for previous year.
looking at what you require now, if you have cal year, you could do what Sanjeev and Arun have suggested
or for the current year KF restrict with the input variable and for previous year Key figure restricting with same variable and setting the offset of the variable as -12 should fetch the required result.
Regards, Joe
Hi Nishant
If you are not getting the previous year values then you have placed your date filter in a wrong place.
What Arun gave for solution was pretty simple and i think you should follow it if you want a simple report.
What i gave you is a structure, i did a mistake a put year in both axis but you can use in rows only month. I saw your output and i thought you want something solid to give you always 12 months even if you are not having sales. In any case you can choose what ever you want.
I am confused with the expression "Last 12 months", if your user will give 05.2012 in the selection then the output will be from 01 until 05.2012?
Thank you
Hi yiannis,
i need solid last 12 month, suppose user gives 05.2012 then my output will be like.
Currentyear Previousyear
I have applied all the mentioned solution but not getting previous year value. If i dont restrict my month with offset then my month calculation is coming wrong as its coming equal to previous year months like user entred 05.2012 then
Currentyear Previousyear
my current year months are also coming but my purpose is gone.
how you fixed the columns? If you did what Arun said you should have two restrictions with a common variable. [yearvariable] in the first one, and the second one will have the same variable with -1 offset.
hi nishant,
i think urs question is simple & u just need to do is take ( 0calmonth & 0fiscyear) in rows and take your required key figure in column ( & create two selections in which first selection you will restrict that key figure with 0fiscyear and in second selection you will restrict the key figure by (0fiscyear-1). and you will get the resulta like below.
rows columns
0calmonth 0fiscyear currentyear previous year
01.2011 2011 1000 800 ( 01.2010)
02.2011 2011 2000 1600.( 02.2010)
12.2011 2011 3000 2400 ( 12.2010).
and you don't need to create 12 rkf or ckf.
Dear Sanjeev,
Thanks for replying,
I tried to do what u told me, first i cannot use fiscal year, so i used calyear and then restrict my query.
when i ran for user input as 01.2013,
the data is showing in previous year now but my calyear and month value is showing as 01.2012 instead of 01.2013. Also i need to show only last 12 month data not all data. Last 12 month current year and corresponding values for previous year.


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New Study: Is Vitamin E Linked To Osteoporosis?
There are two sides to every coin, the saying goes. Surprisingly, this also rings true when it comes to scientific studies. I'll explain.
More often than not, when a study about a natural supplement with an unexpected outcome is published, there's a frenzy of news articles and broadcast media touting the dangers of the product in question.
But here's the problem. The articles that end up in most mainstream media reports tend to take bits and pieces of studies, giving incomplete data and basing conclusions on erroneous or limited information… in other words, they're looking at only one side of the coin.
Why am I talking about this today? Because in the past week or so, quite a few community members have asked me whether Vitamin E is "bad for bones." This due to a recent study that links Vitamin E supplements to poor bone mass.
The Study vs. the Media Reports
The article published on BBC News trumpeted "Vitamin E May Be Bad for Bones," saying:
Writing in the journal Nature Medicine, the Keio University team said mice given large doses had lower bone mass – if the same was true in humans, fracture risk would be increased.
Vitamin E is found in oils, green vegetables such as spinach and broccoli and in almonds and hazelnuts.
But a UK expert said supplements could be problematic.1
Could vitamin E, a potent natural antioxidant – and much more – really hurt bones? Not so fast. First, let's look at the BBC's article a little more closely:
There's no mention of the type of Vitamin E used in the study.
Vitamin E comes in both natural and synthetic forms, and there are eight different types of natural Vitamin E: alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocopherol and alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocotrienol). The synthetic form of Vitamin E is tocopheryl acetate. In the BBC article, this is a complete mystery.
The article states that mice given "large doses" had lower bone mass.
The obvious question here is… exactly what is a "large dose"?
So the reader is basically led to believe that all Vitamin E supplements in any dose – enough to be large – "could be problematic", per the unnamed UK "expert's" statement.
The research study was published in the Nature Medicine journal on March 4, 2012, and was conducted by a group of scientists at Keio University in Japan.2 A group of mice were given doses of alpha-tocopherol equivalent to what a person would take. The study resulted in loss of bone mass.
Additionally, the observation in another group of mice who were genetically modified to have a chronic alpha tocopherol deficiency, was that this form of Vitamin E,
"… stimulated osteoclast fusion, independent of its antioxidant capacity, by inducing the expression of dendritic-cell–specific transmembrane protein, an essential molecule for osteoclast fusion…" 2
To understand the above quote, we must first…
Put On Our Detective's Hat
As I write in the Save Our Bones Program, osteoclasts are bone cells that remove old bone to make room for new bone deposition. Without the action of osteoclasts, also known as resorption, bone doesn't renew itself, so it eventually gets old and fragile.
Most osteoporosis drugs, including the popular bisphosphonates, alter resorption, thus offering a short window of opportunity for bone to remain denser – but not renewed and resilient to fractures.
Osteoclasts are formed when two types of cells fuse together, thus the researchers write "stimulated osteoclast fusion." So in the above quote, the scientists are clearly saying that vitamin E facilitated osteoclast formation, yet they consider this a problem.
Isn't this exactly what we should be looking for in order to prevent fractures? The presence of a good number of osteoclasts coupled with proper nutrition and plenty of weight-bearing activity can ensure that bone gets renewed, thus becoming more resistant to fractures. (For a lighthearted explanation of bone remodeling, read this.)
So while Vitamin E is not one of the Foundation Supplements, if you are currently taking it, go ahead and continue without worries.
The Bottom Line
Now you know why reading between the lines can really make a difference. Thankfully, as a Save Our Bones community member, you are ahead of the curve. And I promise you that I will continue to play "detective", so we can all stay on track.
Take Care of Your Bones
With all the confusing information about bone health, isn't it nice to know that there's one program you can follow that's 100% natural AND doctor approved?
Indeed, the late Dr. Robert Salter – a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon, author, and scientist – recommended the Save Our Bones Program "as essential reading for all persons involved with preventing and treating osteoporosis."
Save Our Bones Program at a Glance
- The Save Our Bones Program is a whopping 336 pages thick. Each chapter ends with a 'Let's Summarize' and 'What This Means To You' section to make it even easier to follow.
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If you haven't already, I would love for you to join the thousands from all around the world who are naturally building their bone density with the Save Our Bones Program. That's why I've made it as easy and risk-free as possible for you to get this program and prove to yourself that it will improve your bones and your life.
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1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17237569
2 "Vitamin E decreases bone mass by stimulating osteoclast fusion." http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nm.2659.html


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Obit of the Day: A League She Owned
Doris "Sammye" Sams was a no-doubt-about star of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Ms. Sams who entered the league in 1946 would play for eight seasons on for the Muskegon and Kalamazoo (Michigan) Lassies. She was a dual threat both on the mound and in the batter's box. She was elected to the All-Star team in six of eight seasons. She earned two Player of the Year awards in 1947 and 1949. In the former season she threw the third perfect game in AAGPBL history* for Muskegon. Ironically, her best season on the mound was 1948 when she won 18 games, had a 1.54 ERA and struck out 117 in 268 innings.
Ms. Sams hit over .300 in her final four seasons as player. And in 1952, she would lead the league in home runs, with twelve. She would retire one year later after hitting .314 in the 1953 season. (You can find her complete playing record here
At her peak, Ms. Sams earned $4000 per year between her playing contract and endorsements which included an appearance on the back cover of the 1948 Dell baseball guide. (The player on the front was some guy named Ted Williams.)
Ms. Sams, who had no immediate survivors, died at the age of 85 from complications due to Alzheimer's.
Random note: Before turning to baseball, Ms. Sams was a marbles and badminton champion in Knoxville, Tennessee.
(Image of Doris Sams, circa 1946-1950, is courtesy of the Washington <i>Examiner</i>.)
* According to baseball-reference.com, five perfect games were thrown in the AAGPBL by four different women: Annabelle Lee, 1944; Carolyn Morris, 1945; Doris Sams, 1947; and Jean Faut, 1951 & 1953.
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Arugula Summer Salad Recipe
This simple summer-fresh salad stars arugula and tomatoes—we love them both. Olive oil—the only oil I use in my kitchen—flavors the light vinaigrette dressing. Marie Forte, Raritan, New Jersey
- 4 cups fresh arugula or baby spinach
- 1 large sweet onion, thinly sliced
- 2 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- In a salad bowl, combine the arugula, onion and tomatoes. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients; drizzle over salad and gently toss to coat. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Arugula Summer Salad in Taste of Home June/July 2009, p69
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"Monsters" are not just individual fears but are reactions to cultural influences, social change and historical events. Conflicting anxieties about race, class, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs, science, and politics manifest themselves as haunting beings with new monsters appearing as American society continues to evolve. This course asks students to investigate the dark obsessions that have helped create our national identity and to trace some aspect of America's continued fascination with the hideous and the macabre.
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11/26/2012 23:31
After taking a week off due to the military situation throughout the country, the Kraft Family IFL returns with a vengeance.
Photo: Rick Blumsack/IFL
Beginning with a mouthwatering Thursday doubleheader in the capital, the Bourbon Street Tel Aviv/Jaffa Sabres came to town to pay a visit to the Talpion Judean Rebels and this time the defending champs turned out the lights on the Orangemen without need for any late-game dramatics in a 36-20 decisive triumph.
The Big Blue Jerusalem Lions followed that up with their first victory of the season, outdueling Nemo's Haifa Underdogs 40-24 as Ori Refaelowitz caught three long TD passes and Binyamin Schultz notched a pair of second-half touchdowns to seal the deal and help stave off the black-and-gold's comeback attempt.
Friday in Petah Tikva featured the skies opening up just in time for the burgeoning rivalry clash between the PT Troopers and the ISD Jerusalem Kings, who ultimately rained on the hosts' parade to the tune of a 46-20 shellacking behind impressive performances from the quarterbacking tandem of Eli Skolnik and young Jordan Guin.
That contest paved the muddy path for Saturday's soaker in Herzliya, a makeup affair pitting the second-year Nahariya Northern Stars traveling to take on the expansion Rechovot Silverbacks, who almost pulled out the franchise's first victory, but ended up settling for a 21-16 morale-lifting loss.
For Nahariya, which claimed just its second-ever conquest to improve to 1-0 on the campaign, it was the perfect opportunity to jump out on the right foot and Netanel Ben-Zaquen scored on the opening drive to stake the visitors to a 7-0 lead after Yuval Fisher booted the extra point through the "uprights."
The Silverbacks would claw back, pulling to within a point with the team's first points on a short TD pass from Michael Slabodkin to Tom Kaufman.
The wet weather gave both teams some trouble, with there being a combined 12 fumbles on the night, most coming on botched snaps.
Just before the half, an Erez Baharav TD restored Nahariya's seven-point advantage, however two plays later, Rechovot's Mike Zinn zipped up the middle of the field 45 yards to the house for a score, with Slabodkin's two-point keeper convert handing the hosts a 14- 13 lead heading into the break.
In a testament to the fact that a closely contested, hard-fought football game will always be extremely entertaining – no matter how sloppy – the Silverback and Northern Stars waged a second-half battle for the ages, with no player wanting to make the crucial mistake that would doom their side's chances.
Shay Rotbaum came up huge for the Northerners with nine tackles and a crucial interception on a bat-down-tohimself piece of brilliance, while David Abramovich and Matan Nissimov anchored a stout defensive showing from Rechovot, which got the only points of the third quarter on a Safety to take a slim 16-13 edge into the final frame.
Just when it seemed as if the Silverbacks might have enough willpower and stamina to complete the upset, the Stars' offense sputtered to life. Etay Torres wasn't about to let his team take the long bus-ride home in silence and picked up a crucial first-down before barreling into the endzone for an eightyard touchdown and self-conversion that held up as the final points of the nights and fueled a well-earned first Nahariya road win.
Indeed, it was good weekend for visiting teams in the IFL, with the Sabres and Kings also notching away victories and the Underdogs being only traveling loser of the round.
Tel Aviv/Jaffa was once again buoyed by an entire gang of standout performers, with Brandon MacDougald leading the way with three TDs and Cory Zinker chipping in with two more.
Banning Fudge (11 tackles, INT), Adam Zinker (9 tackles, sack) and Ryan Michael (12 tackles) starred on the other side of the ball with Aaron Suissa (9 tackles) infusing the special-teams unit with a needed spark after the Rebels had rallied back from an early 18-0 deficit to make it 18-14 by halftime.
Jaymes Kine (13-27, 81 yards, 2 TDs and 19 carries for 71 yards and a score on the ground) and Dani Eastman (161 total yards, 2 TDs) helped keep the Rebels in the game, however the Judeans were clearly overmatched in this one and simply didn't have the firepower to keep up with the Big Red Machine, which improved to 2-0 with a second comfortable conquest over a supposed contender.
Haifa, meanwhile, fell to a second straight defeat as it was done in by the balanced Lions' attack, which welcomed back Chaim Schiff, who threw for 121 yards and three TDs, even while tossing two picks.
Refaelowitz and Schultz combined for five of Big Blue's six touchdowns, with Matan Lavi bursting through a seam for a 56-yard score and racking up 101 yards on just carries and veteran Shmuel Halperin hauling in a number of pretty catches and a pair of twopoint conversions.
Even while keeping pace after a disastrous first quarter in which they fell behind 14-0, the Underdogs couldn't generate any consistent momentum.
With both Matt Kaufman or Moshe Genon taking turns under center, Haifa turned the ball over four times, simply too many against a Jerusalem squad which always seems ready to pounce on opponents' mistakes.
The Kings, as well, came ready to take advantage of any opportunities Petah Tikva would throw their way, and jumped out to a 24-0 lead before the Troopers were able to grab back a score just before half-time. A pair of thirdquarter touchdowns by Guinn essentially put the game out of reach at 40-6, although the Troopers used the fourth quarter to get their passing game in gear, with Ran David firing a pair of scoring strikes to Sahar Yair and hitting both Artiyum Somoskovi and Adi Sharabi on long completions.
All in all, while only one of the four games played finished within a score, the losing squads all learned valuable lessons early on that will benefit them once the games really start to intensify in the battle for the six precious playoff spots (out of 11 teams in the league.) This week sees three more games scheduled across the country, with the Silverbacks visiting the Hasharon Hammers for a rare Wednesday night kickoff, the Travel Leader Beersheva Blackswarm at the Rebels on Thursday in Kraft Stadium and the Northern Stars hosting the Sabres on Friday morning in Kibbutz Ein Ha'Mifratz.
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An 1-year-old boy is in critical condition after his father left him in his car while he was at work on Saturday. Scottsdale Police say a father flagged down a security guard at Scottsdale Quarter shopping center and told him he needed medical help for his 1-year-old son. The child was reportedly sluggish after being left in his father's car since 9 a.m. Police say the father told them he couldn't find a sitter for the child so he thought leaving him inside the car with the air conditioning on would be okay. When the father went to lunch between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., he told police the child seemed fine. However, when he checked on him at 2 p.m., he thought the child seemed lethargic. Police say the man drove around looking for a hospital when he decided to pull into the mall and ask a security guard for help. The 1-year-old was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Officers are investigating and haven't decided if they'll press charges. No names haven't been released.
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Posted: 7:00 am Monday, September 10th, 2012
Governor to visit Boca Raton High on Sept. 11
By Jason Schultz
Gov. Rick Scott will spend much of Tuesday afternoon and evening at Boca Raton High School talking to parents, students and staff.
Scott is planning on showing up at the high school around 1:15 p.m. to attend the annual Sept. 11 memorial ceremony held by the school's Junior ROTC program, said Boca Raton High Principal Geoff McKee.
At 2:30 p.m. Scott is planning to hold a 50-minute discussion answering questions from about 200 students from the school's Junior ROTC classes and student government council, McKee said.
After school lets out at 3:20 the governor will hold a roundtable discussion with the faculty department heads at the school followed by another roundtable at 4:45 p.m. with a selected group of parents. The parents are all elected members of Boca Raton High School's School Advisory Council, McKee said.
After the last roundtable ends at 5:30 p.m. Scott will attend the high school's annual open house and greet arriving students and parents.
McKee said the governor's visit came about because he hosted then Commissioner of Education Gerard Robinson for a public meeting last spring and then spoke before the state education commission in Fort Lauderdale over the summer.
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Jason Schultz covers the Palm Beach County School District. He covered Martin County for several years as well as breaking news and several municipalities and western and southern Palm Beach County.


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After more than 20 years being a Spurs fans I'm finally getting the chance to watch them live for the first time. I live in northwest México, a few hundred miles south of Phoenix and I have never being to an NBA game, much less a Spurs game because I kept waiting for the perfect moment that never came.
Several times I've tried to make a trip, either to San Antonio or Phoenix but something always happened, sometimes even before I could start planning. Games were scheduled the wrong day, either during some busy dates at work or around some holiday. Some other times it was financial set backs.
This year I noticed a game scheduled at Phoenix was on a Friday and it was not on either end of a back to back so I knew it could be my final chance to see the Timmy and Manu play. I was planning well ahead, I got a couple of friends to agree to go with me. One a Suns' fan and another a Magic's fan. My first friend drop out of the trip a few months ago when he learn he was going be a father once more and the baby was due around game date. We tried to get someone else to take his place but we couldn't find anyone able and willing. We were still set on going.
A few weeks, everything seemed OK so we bought the tickets and made sure nothing would come up that could ruin our plans, but then Spurs' players started dropping like flies and I got worried. First Tiago, then Green and Kawhi. Manu scared me the most. I could always watch the other guys a few years from now if they stay with the team but Ginobili doesn't have too many games at Phoenix remaining, specially considering how often he gets hurt or rested. I quickly checked a calendar and noticed most if not all could come back for this game. This week, Pop announced would be out for the foreseeable future. This means he almost surely won't play tomorrow (shakes heads in disappointment).
Today, when we thought we were all set and just waiting for the next day to start driving north, my friends calls me to say something came up at work and there was no way he could make the trip. For a moment I felt like it was game 6 all over. I thought about making the trip alone, even take a bus, attend the game and come back the same day to avoid driving all the way by myself. Fortunately, just a couple of hours ago, we got another friend to come with me instead and we are leaving at first light tomorrow! We will be seating on row 12 behind the Spurs' bench. If you see #1 Spurs' home replica jersey please wave at your Tv and post about it on the game thread.
Finally, I would appreciate if you guys could give some pointers about how an NBA game works. Here are a few questions I have thought about but it would be great if you could tell me about things I have not.
- How early can I go the arena?
- Can I take close up pictures of players before the game? With them? When? How?
- Is it OK to take pictures during the game?
- Is there WiFi available in the arena? I'm not sure my cellphone plan works in the US and if it does I'm sure it would be pretty expensive to use it.


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The Secure Choice Savings Program (SB 2758): Ensuring All Illinoisans Retire in Dignity
During the State of the Union address last week, President Obama raised the profile of the nation's looming retirement insecurity crisis with the announcement of a new starter retirement savings account: the myRA. Nationally, 38 million working-age households (45%) do not own any retirement account assets.
Treasury Initiative--myRA
The myRA program is designed for savers who either do not have access to an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan or are looking to supplement a current plan. The Roth IRA product will be offered on a pilot basis through the Treasury Department. Employers will have the option to provide myRAs to employees, and employees must opt-in through an online account. On payday, employers will send a direct deposit to each participating employee's myRa. The myRa will offer a very modest variable rate of interest (currently less than three percent) tied to the Government Securities Investment Fund in the Thrift Savings Plan rate and will be guaranteed against loss of principal by the government. There is no choice of other investment options, and participants will be required to roll over the myRA into a private market Roth IRA once they accumulate $15,000 or after 30 years. MyRAs can be used at multiple employers and are portable. Learn more at www.treasurydirect.gov/readysavegrow or (800) 553-2663.
While the myRA program is a welcome first step in acknowledging the widespread problem of unequal access to employer-based retirement tools, the President realizes that much more needs to be done to ensure universal access to retirement savings tools for all workers and for those with poor financial literacy. That is why in addition to introducing the myRA product, the President also called on Congress to act to "offer every American access to an automatic IRA on the job, so they can save at work just like everybody in this chamber can." President Obama has consistently included in his yearly budget a program that would require employers in business for at least two years that have more than 10 employees to offer an automatic IRA option to employees.
Illinois's Solution--The Secure Choice Savings Program
The President's State of the Union endorsement of employer-based automatic enrollment IRAs came just as Illinois advocates and Senator Daniel Biss filed a bill for a statewide automatic retirement savings plan, the Secure Choice Savings Program (SB 2758). The program gives every worker in Illinois access to a portable retirement savings account through his or her employer and the opportunity to build a financially secure future.
The Secure Choice Savings Program is a safe, easy, and affordable way to help hardworking Illinoisans save for retirement—and it's sorely needed. According to a report by the Illinois Asset Building Group and Woodstock Institute, 2.5 million Illinoisans and 43.8% of private sector Illinois workers do not have access to an employment-based retirement plan. As a result, across age groups, the median amount of money in retirement savings accounts is only $3,000. That means more than one-third of all Illinois households will rely on Social Security benefits, which average only $1,152 a month, for at least 90% of their retirement income. When these workers retire, they will be retiring into poverty, where they will have to choose between basic needs like paying for their prescription drugs or keeping the lights on.
Unlike the president's myRA program, the Secure Choice Savings Program provides universal coverage and extremely simple enrollment procedures. It requires all employers who do not offer a retirement savings tools to automatically enroll their employees in the program. Studies show that automatic enrollment goes a long way toward closing the retirement security gap; employees also overwhelmingly endorse automatic enrollment procedures, particularly because they are so easy and make a daunting financial task extremely simple. With automatic enrollment, participation in 401(k)s increased from 75% to 90 or 95% of newly eligible employees. That change was highest among lower income and minority workers.
Under the Secure Choice Savings Program, employees can choose to opt-out of the program at any time, as well as choose a contribution level (default is 3%) and up to four investment options. By pooling all assets into a single fund, managed by the Illinois Treasurer and a qualified board, participants will benefit from low fees and competitive investment performance. The program allows workers to save competitively for retirement without having to make complex and time-consuming investment decisions. Learn more about the details of the Secure Choice Savings Program here. The text of SB 2758 can be found here.
As the President has said, without a universal solution to our looming retirement crisis, Illinoisans face a great and increasing risk of retiring into poverty. The Secure Choice Savings Program is the secure choice to ensure Illinoisans' secure futures.
Help the Shriver Center and the Illinois Asset Building Group (IABG) along with the Woodstock Institute, Heartland Alliance, AARP, SEIU and many other organizations build the movement by supporting efforts to get the Secure Choice Savings Program passed! Take Action Now: Add your organization, financial institution or business to our list of supporters.


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In this invaluable, in-depth series we'll be taking a look at smoke and fire simulation techniques within Blender 2.5, and who better to take us through this process than the man behind the official documents himself, Gottfried Hofmann. In the 3rd part of the series we continue to prepare the hi-res setup, and we also look at tips on saving baking time and how to keep the simulation stable. Prepare to be amazed at just what Blender can do for free!
Techniques covered in this third video include :
- Analyse the effects of additional hi-res divisions.
- Save render time by creating a tight domain.
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Re: if and else_if with InSection()
27 March 2009 at 9:57am Last edited: 27 March 2009 9:58am
Decided to test straight away and had issues both with the latest SVN build of SS, and the patch. Decided to post here rather bog up the Trac entry in case I was doing something wrong.
Steps to duplicate errors:
1. Get latest SVN from http://svn.silverstripe.com/open/phpinstaller/trunk
2. Install SS as normal using Blackcandy Theme
3. Add following code to /themes/blackcandy/templates/Page.ss just above $Layout
<% if InSection(home) %>
<% else_if InSection(about-us) %>
About Us
<% else %>
Not Home or About Us
<% end_if %>
4. Check out the home page and about us page on new installation.
ERRORS on SS Trunk
1. When on home page, not only is "Home" displayed by the above code, but the <% else_if InSection(about-us) %> statement is not parsed and "Home <% else_if InSection(about-us) %> About Us" is displayed on the page.
2. When on about-us page, only "Not Home or About Us" is displayed.
The Patch
1. Apply patch with Tortoise SVN (Windows XP). /sapphire/core/SSViewer.php, /sapphire/tests/SSViewerTest.php and /cms/templates/Includes/CommentAdmin_SiteTree.ss all updated.
2. Go to home page and flush=1
ERROR on Patch
Fatal error: Class 'TemplateParser' not found in C:\wamp\www\ss_latest\sapphire\core\SSViewer.php on line 405
I havn't had time to go through the code to figure that out yet.
Re: if and else_if with InSection()
27 March 2009 at 11:10am Last edited: 27 March 2009 11:11am
My bad. I forgot to include the template parser file in that patch file. Patch file revision 5 has been revised to include that file!
Does it work any better now?
Re: if and else_if with InSection()
27 March 2009 at 11:33am
No more fatal error. But there is a SS error there:
http://sandbox.ecomgroup.co.nz/aaron_ss/SS_TemplateParserStackTrace.htm (not live, just an HTML dump)
Occurs with or without the test template block in my previous post.
A little over my head without picking through the code and working out how this exactly works.
Re: if and else_if with InSection()
28 March 2009 at 3:03am
This is valuable feedback. I think the problem is that my PHP install has a later version of the PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) library which supports \g<name> syntax. I probably need to rework the expressions to not use that feature.
Would you be able to provide a copy of your server's phpinfo() output (at least the PHP version & PCRE info parts)? With that info, maybe I can find a matching PHP build for me to test on.
Re: if and else_if with InSection()
28 March 2009 at 3:18am
In the mean time, I posted revision 5.1 which uses a different syntax style in the regular expressions. Maybe it will work on your PHP install.
Revision 5 used Oniguruma style subroutine calls; 5.1 uses Python's style.
Re: if and else_if with InSection()
30 March 2009 at 9:46am
Hi Ben,
No luck there sorry. 5.1 fails to parse pretty much everything and just pumps out all the <% %> tags to browser.
I am using WAMP 2.0 on Windows XP.
Re: if and else_if with InSection()
31 March 2009 at 2:26am
Hi Aaron,
This is strange. To verify that the patch contains all of the necessary files, I just applied it to a fresh copy of truck. The patch worked flawlessly. Would you have time where we could hope on IRC together and troubleshoot this?
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Re: if and else_if with InSection()
10 April 2010 at 4:40am
*Sigh* This still isn't fixed?
Just ran into this issue on a site I'm working on. Seems like a pretty common request and could be useful.
I was the one that originally brought this up when I stumbled across it in SS version 2.2.x
I would have thought/hoped this would be fixed now that we're coming up to 2.4 Any word on this? I see the ticket is still unassigned in trac.
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Matchup: Detroit Red Wings vs. Dallas Stars
Venue: American Airlines Center; Dallas, TX
Time: 8:00 PM EST
Television: Detroit- FSD; Dallas- FS-Southwest
The Detroit Red Wings (18-14-10, 46 points, 5th place Atlantic Division) return to the indoors for their first game after the cold and snowy Winter Classic which saw them lose in familiar fashion in a shootout. The loss was the Red Wings third in their past six games. Tonight's game against Dallas kicks off a five game road trip for the Red Wings who have posted an Eastern Conference best 12-4-3 record on the road this season. After tonight's game, the Red Wings will head out west for three games in California before heading back to the East Coast to New York. If the Red Wings are able to continue to put together solid play on the road, they will be able to continue to hold off the teams behind them that are fast approaching in the standings.
The Dallas Stars (20-13-7, 47 points, 4th place Central Division) come into tonight's game two points behind Phoenix for the final playoff spot in the extremely tough Western Conference. The Stars have won four of their past seven games and look to wrap up their final game of a five game home stand with a win over the Red Wings tonight. After tonight's game, the Stars will hit the road for three games before heading home for three consecutive games. While Dallas has not been terrible at home this season, they have only been able to muster a 9-5-5 record in 19 games played there so far this season. That, coupled with the Red Wings good road play, could spell trouble for Dallas tonight.
The Red Wings will be starting Jimmy Howard in net tonight after getting a three day rest since the Red Wings last game. Despite Howard's strong play in the Winter Classic, he still earned the loss in the shootout. The Winter Classic was Howard's second game back from injury, so the solid play in bad conditions was a good sign as the Red Wings head down the stretch.
Dallas will counter with Dan Ellis in net on Saturday. The start will be the first for Ellis since he earned the win in a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on December 17th. Ellis is a familiar face for the Red Wings who saw him a few times when he was with former divisional opponent Nashville for three seasons.
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Are you ready for some football* and don't want to wait for Fall?
The Lingerie Football League (LFL) is coming back to America (SKOL VALKYRIES!) and kickoff starts on March 30th.
Apparently they are taking this whole "playing football thingy" a little more serious and are doing a whole big re-branding deal. NO REALLY!!! Crazy right? 'cause they already had a great name! Well,not as good as Barenaked Ladies but, that was already taken and stuff.
Whell, now the first "L" stands for Legen - wait for it - Dary ... er I mean Legends. Do you respect them a little more now? Gosh, I know I sure do!
FYI: The Minnesota Valkyries will play two away games starting the season against the Green Bay Chill May 11th then out to Seattle to take on the Mist July 6th. The Home opener will be July 26 at Target Center vs the Chicago Bliss. They will finish up the regular season on August against L.A. (How come every time I see the city of LA in print I want say "suck it Marty" ... hmmm weird...but I digress)
Anywho... I thought I would share oh and in case you were wondering looks like they are starting to go "down under" with teams now in Australia. What? Wow get your mind out of the gutter... I cant believe you thought I meant something else when i said "down under" Shesh!! Oh... and I almost forgot... the LFL has already said they will not be interested in the Female kicker that tried out for the NFL... saying they're only interested in "real" football players (unlike the NY Jets).
See? I told you they were getting serious.
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Nation's fastest growing sports league' (NBC Sports), Lingerie Football League (or 'LFL') officials have announced a major re-branding of the successful Lingerie Football League as Legends Football League. Despite the tremendous success' of the Lingerie Football League since premiering in 2009, LFL officials are now positioning the global brand to gain more recognition as a sport.
Since premiering in 2009, the LFL has accomplished the following:
- Named 'Nation's fastest growing sports league'.
- Secured the 1st ever video game deal in the history of women's sports.
- Drawn sell-out crowds in the US as well as internationally.
- Record TV ratings for MTV Networks.
- Broadcast to nearly 85 territories around the world.
- Launched international league play in Canada (2012), Australia (2013) and Europe (2015).
"This is the next step in the maturation of our now global sport. While the Lingerie Football League name has drawn great media attention allowing us to showcase the sport to millions, we have now reached a crossroad of gaining credibility as a sport or continuing to be viewed as a gimmick. In the coming years we will further establish this sport in the US, Australia, Europe and Asia as the most known form of American football globally. In order to reach the next milestone, we feel the focus has to be the sport and our amazing athletes", said Mitchell S. Mortaza, Founder & Chairman, Lingerie Football League, LLC.
LFL re-branding announcement also includes:
- Performance wear replaces all lingerie aspects of uniform.
- New design of logos removing any sexy female figures.
- Redesign of shoulder pads to increase protection.
- Brand tagline shifts from 'True Fantasy Football' to 'Women of the Gridiron'
via www.lflus.com
Handy dandy links for you:
MN Valkyrie site: http://www.lflus.com/minnesotavalkyrie/
Entire Schedule: http://www.lflus.com/schedule
Canada Site: http://lflcanada.com/
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/lingeriefootball
* I miss the Hank Williams song on Monday Night Football (sad-face)
Will you be watching???
LFL | Canada - Game 3 - Nikki Johnson destroys Devine Burton (via Legends Football League)


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Prom season is underway in the Lubbock area, and some students are speaking out against drinking and driving.
On Friday, the Teen Coalition Against Destructive Driving unveiled the Trailer of Life at Shallowater High School. Inside the trailer is the car Bryan Perry and Jackie Little were riding in when Gabriel Gonzales ran a red light and slammed into their car in August of 2006. Both were killed on impact.
However, after months of student hard work and thousands of dollars in grant money, the car where Jackie and Bryan died may help save other's lives.
"This is a called the Trailer of Life," President and Found of the Teen Coalition Against Destructive Driving Bryson McCarty said.
The trailer is a mobile memorial to Jackie Little and Bryan Perry. Both were killed when Gabriel Gonzales struck their car at 19th and Indiana in August of 2006. The 34-year-old's blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit when he ran a red light.
Cpl. Tim Seeley investigated the scene. He said, "This is one of the most horrific traffic cases I've had to work."
During a school assembly at Shallowater High School, students heard from some affected by this wreck, including the families of those killed.
"August 28, 2006 was the most horrible day of my life because it ended two beautiful lives. It ended Brian Perry and Jackie Little," Gina Perry, Bryan's mother said.
District Attorney Matt Powell also addressed the school. He says, "Gonzales plead guilty to murder and will spend the next 50 years in prison thinking about that August night."
However, Powell says Gonzales is not a typical case.
"It's somebody who goes to a high school prom party and drinks and they kill somebody that's driving with them or they kill somebody on the road that's going home with them," said Powell.
So to prevent others from drinking driving, Bryson McCarty and the Teen Coalition Against Destructive Driving spent months transforming the trailer.
"You can look thought the car and see a lot of personal items and nobody can live through that. It does not matter if you are wearing a seat belt or anything. That's a preventable crime that nobody can live through," McCarty said.
"It's really touching, just the pain of Bryan Perry's mom. I didn't even know them," Bianca Ramirez, SHS student said.
"If that one kid picks up the phone and calls mom and dad and says come and get me, if just one kid will do that, than this trailer does everything it's meant to do," Perry said.
Lubbock Victims Assistant Services plans take the trailer to area high schools prior to graduation and community events such Fourth on Broadway.
To have the Trailer of Life come to your event, contact Lubbock Victims Assistant Services at 789-5857.
Gonzales Charged With Murder In Double Fatal Crash
For the first time in Lubbock County the District Attorney says a man accused in a fatal drunk driving crash is being charged with felony murder in the deaths of Bryan Perry and Jackie Little.
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If you guessed Bryce Cotton, your sort of right.... If your thinking Mike Rutherford, your still kind of right.
But this early tweet came from future Cardinal Angel Nunez.
I have watched people on Twitter ask a celebrity's for shout outs, so I decided to ask for some.
Lebron James- I requested, but I'm sure he is kind of busy!
Dwight Howard- I requested, but he is to busy writing strongly worded letters to tiny local Newspaper businesses.
Angel Nunez- I requested and got a tweet back about 10 minutes later.!
I have been living on this earth for 18 years today. I am so blessed by God for a healthy life, great friends, and amazing family! 18 years down and forever to go. Thanks guys for putting up with me for the better half of a year I am glad to call you good friends!
I am coming down to Louisville for my one month vacation July 5th.


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Are UFOs Evil?
One of the core principles upon which this work was founded is based on the
biblical edict to prove the concepts it represents as stated in 1 Thessalonians
5:21, "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." The most important of
those concepts is that we believe the Bible shows overwhelming evidence that the
Elohiym, God, and the Malak, angels that serve the Elohiym, travel in UFO-like
vehicles. We also argue against the concept that these vehicles are satanic in
origin, as the Bible only contains only the most vague of non-specific
references that this may be possible. Many theorists claiming the UFOs in our
skies are an illusionary or holographic reproduction of UFOs to deceive mankind
into turning from the worship of God to the worship of a false alien race.
The King James Bible
The first mention by Jesus of a possible deception is found in Matthew's account
of his ministry:
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text: Not Going Out Series 3 - 2. Winner Share: About this programme 2/8. Lee wins £1,000 for writing an essay entitled Disability in the Workplace, and Lucy is moved to tears by his sensitivity. However, Tim remains unconvinced, and his scepticism pays off when the journalist who turns up to cover the story is shocked to find an able-bodied author. Comedy, starring Lee Mack, Sally Bretton and Tim Vine. Cast and crew Cast Lee Lee Mack Tim Tim Vine Lucy Sally Bretton Barbara Miranda Hart Daisy Katy Wix Dawn Rebecca Gethings Crew Director Nick Wood Executive Producer Lee Mack Executive Producer Jon Thoday Executive Producer Richard Allen-Turner Producer Jamie Rix Writer Lee Mack Writer Andrew Collins Categories Sitcom Share:


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Pine Meadow Golf Club is on the grounds of the University of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in the far north suburb of Chicago in Mundelein.
The course plays to 7,141 yards, 138 slope from the championship tees, and was designed by Joe Lee and Rocky Roquemore in 1985. The course is a parkland style layout with a good amount of bunkering, mature stands of trees, and a lot of water hazards with tee to green bentgrass with bluegrass roughs. It's a very interesting and diverse course to play, and will challenge every part of your game.
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Trent Richardson
Richardson tries to take next step with Colts
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May 13 2011
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Mar 11 2011
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Jul 20 2010
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If people feel that mainstream media is ignoring alternative politics, then they can now create their own media. But how should traditional journalism respond? Should it change its ideas of impartiality to reflect the real diversity of contemporary politics? This … Continue reading
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Jan 30 2010
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text: Shannon is a third year phd candidate in Stanford's department of anthropology. She is interested in peoples' relationships to the environment, food and wild animals in contested tropical forested regions of the world, where diverse agendas of local peoples and governments intersect with extraction corporations, conservation and development organizations. Her dissertation will explore how different identities are shaped and reinforced through the politics and consumption of Central African wild forested animals along a bushmeat commodity chain from forested Cameroon to urban Cameroon and finally to Paris, France. Previously, she conducted research in Zambia on health seeking behavior in transitioning rural landscape; in Cameroon on health risks associated with hunting primates; in coastal Kenya on contested National Heritage sacred forest sites and real estate development; in Madagascar on human impacts on primate behavior; and in Brazil and Indonesia on the social, health and food choice impacts of commercial forest land conversion for agribusiness plantations.


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There is no doubt that social media can be of great benefit to a commercial organisations. but many companies underestimate the resources, commitment and intelligence required to use social media to make a positive contribution to their customer engagement.
There have been many examples where using social media, Twitter in particular, has backfired spectacularly on major organisations. Probably the most famous of these occurred in 2009, when furniture store Habitat's tweets included hashtags relating to trending topics rather than their own business. One hashtag used was against the name of 'Mousavi', an Iranian politician; other tweets included the words 'Apple' and 'iPhone'. Other examples of corporate Twitter misbehaviour come from big brands such as Vodaphone, Virgin, and Ryanair, who have all issued personally insulting and critical tweets directed at their customers.
Train operators First Capital Connect (@Firstcc) are committed to using social media. They use Twitter as a customer service tool, giving real-time advice and service updates, and automatically retweet any tweet they receive. Unfortunately for them, their actual product isn't as good as their marketing, and the following are just a sample of the negative @Firstcc retweets from the past day:
"Surprise surprise technical difficulties on the train ahead on @FirstCC delays AGAIN will there ever be a day without them"
"Surprise surprise technical difficulties on the train ahead on @FirstCC delays AGAIN will there ever be a day without them"
"Felt a bit weirded out by my @FirstCC train turning up on time. Normal service resumed though when it parked in tunnel for 5 minutes"
"Sorry @FirstCC can we stop referring to this train as he 815 that moments been and gone" [sic]
There were plenty more very similar and a few, which have been removed, using personally insulting strong language towards their staff.
I'm not sure whether to admire FCC or not. While their honesty and willingness to engage professionally with customers is to be admired, the constant stream of negative publicity cannot be good corporately. They obviously have a well thought out social media strategy, and are willing to sacrifice a bit of reputation for customer engagement.
First Capital Connect do have one advantage of course, and one which probably explains the willingness to take so much public flack. They are, in effect, a monopoly – their customers have very few alternatives.
First Capital Connect do have one advantage of course, and one which probably explains the willingness to take so much public flack. They are, in effect, a monopoly – their customers have very few alternatives.
Going back to Habitat and the other Twitter offenders mentioned above, all of them pointed the finger at individual members of staff who, they claim, acted autonomously. Habitat blamed 'an overenthusiastic intern, acting without authorisation……[who] is no longer associated with Habitat'. This demonstrates just how seriously companies should take their social media engagement, and resource with intelligence and management accountability. You wouldn't put an unsupervised trainee in charge of a £100,000 PPC campaign, so why risk the reputational damage social media can inflict by under resourcing?
If a company has a Twitter account, they should tweet on a regular basis, similarly if they commit to publishing blogs then they should be regularly updated. Failure to do so is a (very) public declaration of complacency, which by extension could reflect badly on the company and its products and services.
The message to organisations must be, take social media seriously, or don't include it in your marketing tactics at all.


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32 pages | 6 x 9
The focus of this report is on artificial intelligence (AI) and human-computer interface (HCI) technology. Observations, conclusions, and recommendations regarding AI and HCI are presented in terms of six grand challenge areas which serve to identify key scientific and engineering issues and opportunities. Chapter 1 presents the panel's definitions of these and related terms. Chapter 2 presents the panel's general observations and recommendations regarding AI and HCI. Finally, Chapter 3 discusses computer science, AI, and HCI in terms of the six selected "grand challenge" areas and three time horizons, that is, short term (within the next 2 years), midterm (2 to 6 years), and long term (more than 6 years from now) and presents additional recommendations in these areas.
National Research Council. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1997.
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Alexandria, VAUSA
Hometown: Richmond, VA
February 18, 2010
Love sailing. Just got into it a year and half ago and already have my ASA Bareboat certification and a Catalina 25 in Washington, DC. Looking to meet new people and get some more experience, particularly on the Bay!
1983 Catalina 25 swing keel at the Washington Sailing Marina in DC.
Welcome to the group, Ryan! Let me know if you have any questions about parkour, freerunning, or Urban Evolution in general, and we hope to see you soon!
It was: Isabella and a pot of bazil ! Poem name: "Isabella, or a Pot of Basil" mulitple paintings by the Pre-Rafaelites(sp) but the version at the museum of fine arts boston shows a pot with no basil growing out of the top.... any who...cheers, fun chatting, till next time...
Hi Ryan, thanks for joining the conversation! Look forward to hearing your perspectives. Best, Glenn
Another new sailing story to tell, had a good time on Saturday. Hope to sail together again.
Thanks for coming out to HH last night Ryan!
Ryan, Thanks for choosing the wine Wednesday! Second bottle was definitely much better! Enjoyed meeting you
That pic with you, a glass of dark brew, and a cigar is classic! Sorry you got stuck as Vampires for the majority of Tag... You gotta work on your predatory skills!!!
Ryan is a great conversationalist.
My favorite Liberal!!
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Can Africans learn something from today's Chinese and Indians? Can we learn that a strong market for goods and services is a leading cause of economic growth, and that market is itself a major cause of capital, investment, and technological advancement? Are we now convinced that economic growth is an organic process, involving many interrelated factors? What about understanding that even the banking industry and other financial institutions do not create the conditions for economic growth, since they are only important when an economy is sufficiently sophisticated to make efficient and creative intermediation between savings and business?Well, I, for one, hope so.
"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid" - Gen Eisenhower.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Developing the African Economy
Interesting opinion piece from allAfrica urging Africa to learn from the Chinese and Indians and join the world economy here:
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The Big One: Ronald Biggs and the Great Train Robbery
A Taste of Freedom
Within weeks the gang were sent to various prisons across the country to begin their sentences.Ā While most of the gang were sent to Brixton prison, Biggs was taken first to
According to his account in Odd Man Out, Biggs began thinking about escape from the first day he was there.Ā On
Although strict, the new restrictions still allowed for regular exercise periods and it was during one of these that Biggs began to conspire with two fellow inmates, Paul Seabourne and Eric Flower to plan an escape.
While Eric was serving 12 years for robbery, Pauls release after a four year stretch was imminent and would make him an able accomplice on the outside.
The plan was simple enough. Ā On the day in question, Biggs and Flower made sure they took their exercise period together and shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 8, 1965, a van pulled up next to the perimeter wall, rope ladders were thrown over and, while two other inmates distracted the guards, Biggs and Flower climbed the wall where Seabourne waited to assist them down onto the roof of a specially converted removals van and into a waiting get away car.Ā The only complication was that several other inmates took the opportunity to escape as well meaning seven people instead of an expected four were crammed into the getaway car.
A few miles away, they exchanged vehicles and the other inmates went their separate ways while Biggs, Seabourne and Flower went to a pre-arranged hideout.
Seabourne would later be caught and returned to prison to serve four and a half years for his part in the escape while Biggs and Flower were hidden in various parts of the country for several months before being smuggled across the English Channel to Antwerp in Belgium where, in exchange for a large amount of money they were given new passports, clothes and facial reconstruction to mask their appearance.Ā The latter, described by Biggs in Odd Man Out as, so painful that I didnt think I would survive it.
By Christmas Biggs had healed from his surgery and was on his way to Sydney, Australia, traveling under the name Terrence Furminger.Ā He would later reunite with his family and Eric Flowers and spend several years hiding out and adapting to their new surroundings.
They were still living and working in Australia in 1968, when they received the news that Bruce Reynolds, Charlie Wilson and Jimmy White had been arrested and each given long terms in jail.Ā Buster Edwards had given himself up to police two years before which left Biggs as the only member of the gang still at large.
They spent the rest of the year and most of 1969 in
With the chance of detection and recapture now very real Biggs and his wife decided that they should split up, he to leave the country and she and the kids to stay in
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Saturday, November 20, 2010 at the Saskatoon Inn.
Ferguson Lecture: Indigenous People & Tobacco: A Dance of Cultural Cohesion & Substance Dependence
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December 9-10, 2010 - Pregnancy and Birth: Current Clinical Issues, Annual Conference, The Centre for Mother, Infant and Child Research, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
Topics: Viral infections in pregnancy; The shift in the obstetrical paradigm shift from 40 weeks to 39 weeks and the impact of intervention in term and near term pregnancies; Perinatal/postpartum Depression; When survivors give birth: understanding and healing the effects of early sexual abuse on childbearing women; Breast cancer: psychosocial implications for women of childbearing age.
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A letter to my son on his 8th birthday
You were born 4 days late, on the day of the Grand National and the wedding of Charles and Camilla. Someone thought it would be a good idea if we had one of those royal family commemorative plates to mark the occasion and, whilst it's far too hideous to take out of the box, one day you'll inherit this treasure.
You were big – 8 lb 7 oz – and you were gorgeous (in a covered in green poo kind of way). The first night you slept right through and even though I was exhausted from a long labour, I kept waking up every hour just to check you were still breathing. I continued to check on you every night until you were about 2, when I let myself give in to the fact that you were just fine on your own.
Your smile was, and still is, the kind that lights up your whole face and takes my breath away. Your eyes sparkle and then squint up and your cheeks turn into little rosy apples. Somehow your thick blonde hair grew straight up and out instead of down, which made you look like you had just touched one of those static electricity balls at the science centre. When we took you to Italy for a friend's wedding your cherubic figure was admired by all the mothers and those plump cheeks were pinched endlessly.
You were an easy baby, only crying when you were hungry or tired – not that much different from now in fact. I honestly don't know how 8 years can pass so quickly. From newborn to toddler to pre-schooler to Year 3 – each birthday, formative event and accomplishment marked and celebrated. Only memories and photos remain of those precious moments.
You've experienced a lot in your little lifetime – a divorce, a new family, a remarriage. Sometimes when you're pensive I wonder what you're thinking. I hope you know how much you're loved by everyone around you. I hope you feel secure and confident. I hope you continue, as you've done so far, to grow into a respectful, thoughtful and loving young man.
Life takes us down unexpected paths, some of which are full of twists and turns, but we have managed to navigate this life together. You are my constant and I am yours. Thank you for putting your trust in me and for loving me like you do. I'm not sure if you'll ever know how much that means to me.
8 years ago today I was lucky enough to be handed my very own treasure. My biggest hope of all is that you'll always feel that I was deserving of you.
Happy birthday darling,


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I wrote a simple audio player, where I select multiple "AMR" files and play one by one;
The player works fine in emulator but not in the handset.
synchronized (this) {
String curFile = playlist.getString (musicIndx);
Player player = Manager.createPlayer("file://"+currDirName+curFile);
player.addPlayerListener (this);
if(player.getState() == player.UNREALIZED) {
tmpStat ("before realize");
player.realize ();
tmpStat ("after realize");
if(player.getState() == player.REALIZED) {
tmpStat ("before prefetch");
player.prefetch ();
tmpStat ("after prefetch");
tmpStat ("checking for existing track ... to finish");
while (playerPlaying)
Thread.sleep (1);
tmpStat ("starting "+curFile);
player.start ();
tmpStat ("done");
The code works fine in emulator. But when I transfer to mobile, it doesnt play at all if i select more than 1 "AMR" file;
The same application works fine for a single AMR file play.
Is there anything to do for memory allocation related ??? pl help;


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Loki: Subjugation.
Loki: Kneel, puny earthlings, kneel before me and weep.
Loki: Five, six, seven, eight, I'mma gonna dominate.
Loki: HEY BABE HOW 'BOUT WE GO BACK TO MY PLACE AND I CAN SHOW YOU THE SIZE OF MY DADDY ISSUES.
Joss Whedon: Whoops I accidentally bound-and-gagged, whatever shall we do now?
Me: WHOOPS I ACCIDENTALLY—
More often than not when reblogging for Women of Comicbook Cosplay, posts get added to the post queue. Every once in a while a cosplay comes along that demands an immediate reblog! I cannot reblog this fast enough.
schpog as Kon-Elle. DAYUM she looks HOT. I nearly died when I saw her!
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Elton John: I'm very proud of my country
"I'm very proud of my country," Elton John told NBC's Today show as he announced he will marry his partner David Furnish in May.
"I'm very proud of Britain and the laws that we've seen come into existence since we've been together."
Read: Elton John to marry in 'quiet' wedding in May