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Winners of six of seven, New York tabs Hughes vs. veteran Guthrie
Another series against an American League Central team seems to bode well for the Yankees. Just not so much for that opponent.
As the Royals make the trip to Yankee Stadium this week, they will face the daunting task of taking on a team that has dominated their division. New York, coming off a series victory against the Orioles, is 14-3 against the AL Central, including a three-game sweep at Kauffman Stadium in May.
The Yankees outscored the Royals, 18-10, in that series.
But Kansas City has continued to stay afloat in the division, leading the Major Leagues with 28 comeback victories and 32 one-run games -- with a 15-17 record in them.
"Our record doesn't really show how good of a team we have, but I think we're getting closer to that .500 mark," closer Greg Holland said. "We're excited about hopefully having a good road trip to end that half before the All-Star break. We're not where we want to be, but we're in a good spot to play well on both sides, defensively and offensively."
George Kottaras has been one of those guys playing well offensively, as the catcher has a home run in each of his last three starts.
That Kansas City offense will be up against Yankees right-hander Phil Hughes, who has put together two consecutive strong starts as he tries to correct some of the issues that hurt him in this first half.
Hughes held the Rangers and Twins to a combined three runs on 11 hits in 15 innings. Against Minnesota on Tuesday, he allowed just one run while striking out three in the Yankees' 7-3 victory.
"They had a lot of lefties in the lineup, and I felt like I was able to get my fastball inside to those guys, for the most part," Hughes said. "I made a few critical pitches when I had to to get out of some jams, the offense did their job, and it was a good win."
Yankees: Heating up with the weather
After taking two of three from the Orioles over the weekend, the Yankees are 6-1 this month and haven't experienced a losing July in the last 20 seasons.
Their stretch of 19 straight winning records in the month -- a Major League record for July -- was snapped last year.
• Despite blowing a save Sunday, Mariano Rivera has converted 29 of his 31 save opportunities this year and reached the 25-save plateau for the 16th time in his career, extending his all-time record.
Royals: Guthrie takes the mound
Jeremy Guthrie will get the ball in Monday's opener, looking to improve on a 7-6 record and 4.29 ERA in 17 starts. He had a distracting start on Wednesday, with a two-hour, 37-minute rain delay, an injury delay and another 12-minute delay when the stadium lights went out at midnight.
Guthrie held the Indians scoreless through five innings before allowing back-to-back singles in the sixth and an inside-the-park home run when left fielder Alex Gordon crashed into the left-field wall. He gave up two more runs after the lighting delay and finished with a no-decision.
The right-hander is 4-9 against the Yankees with a 5.05 ERA in 17 games (15 starts). The last 17 came with the Orioles.
Worth noting
• The Royals are 3-3 so far in a key 20-game stretch that began on Tuesday with a series against the Indians and ends with four against the Orioles. The combined record of those five opponents entering Sunday was 44 games over .500.
• Hughes last faced the Royals in a May 10 win, but he allowed six runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.


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Phoronix: PCLinuxOS 2010 Runs Against, But Falls Short Of Ubuntu 10.04
While a bulk of the Linux community is engaged by the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS next week, another popular Linux distribution put out its first major update of 2010 a few days ago. PCLinuxOS, the Mandriva-based OS that is one of the top 10 most popular Linux distributions according to DistroWatch, is out with this update that bumps their kernel to Linux 18.104.22.168 while still carrying the BFS scheduler, updated NVIDIA and ATI driver support, locale improvements, and much more. We have a few benchmarks up this morning of PCLinuxOS 2010 compared to the latest snapshot of Ubuntu 10.04.
Is it just me or did the colours in the charts change?
Hi all,
The results are interesting, but i think that the way Phoronix benchmarks desktop distros (in particular) can be improved.
Users probably do not mind much that their video encoding ends 1s earlier if they used distro X instead of distro Y. I still think those benchmarks can be interesting, but only if they reveal significant improvement or regression.
However, users are happy when the desktop feels more reactive overall, even if the performance in CPU-intensive benchmarks (like video encoding or raytracing) is slightly degraded. It is not an easy thing to measure, but maybe a tool like Interbech could be (revived and) included in PTS.
I'm interested in where you found this "daily snapshot from 2010-04-24"
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/ only lists 19-Apr-2010?
I can't find this Ubuntu "(a daily snapshot from 2010-04-24)" http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/ only has April 19. Where do you/I find this latest build?
Any ideas/comments about the differences between PCLOS 2010 and Ubuntu 10.04 on disk performance (postmark) and LAT (graphicsmagick) ?
I don't think BFS has much to do with the disk performance difference. Perhaps PCLOS uses a different I/O scheduler or slab allocator? Any PCLOS users here?

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For the 2014 Football Season, UO students will be able to purchase a Student Season Ticket. The season ticket cost is currently $367, and all 7 home games will be embedded into your UO Student ID card. Students with a Student Season Ticket will not need to claim a ticket through the lottery process on a game-by-game basis, though you will still get your UO ID scanned at the student entrance at Autzen before each game.
UO Student Season Tickets will go onsale, ONLINE ONLY, on August 17th at 6pm. There is a limit of 1,000 season tickets and they will be sold to currently enrolled UO Students on a first-come first-serve basis. Student Season Tickets are only available for UO Students.
The student No Show Penalty DOES NOT apply to games not attended by students who purchase a student season ticket or mini plan.
As an added benefit, student season ticket holders will have the first opportunity to purchase student ticket (s) for the football game at Oregon State and the Bowl game.
Student Season Tickets are non-returnable and non-transferable.
500 Pac-12 plans will be sold to students after season tickets sell out. The onsale date is scheduled for August 20th at 6pm, with the mini plans costing $262.
If a student becomes ineligible to receive student tickets during the football season and has purchased a Student Season Ticket or Mini Plan, any remaining games will be refunded to the student.
Single Game Tickets
University of Oregon student tickets for football and men's basketball games will be distributed via electronic ticketing. The system is structured on a "first come, first served" basis within each class; however tickets are weighted proportionality among the five classes. Students may log-in and request tickets on the Sunday prior to a home football or men's basketball game.
Breakdown of Class/Groups:
Credit Hours:
Class status' will be determined by an update received from the Registrar's office the Thursday prior to each distribution.
Any unclaimed or returned tickets will become available:
Football - 5pm on the Thursday prior to the home game
Men's Basketball - 9:00 AM on game day or the Friday before the game for weekend games
All tickets turned back to the UO Ticket Office as well as any unclaimed tickets will be made available for any student to request. Tickets can be claimed by any student, regardless of credit hours, but must have paid the incidental fees. Students that claim the returned ticket are responsible for the game attendance or will be subject to penalty.
Process to return student tickets
Upon logging into your account with your student ID and password by clicking HERE, select MY ACCOUNT on the top menu bar then Ticket Forwarding / Ticket Return under 'Manage my Tickets. Click the text 'Return', then select your student ticket and submit. Students have until noon the day before the Return Student Distribution to return their ticket.
Students are NOT able to transfer tickets between one another. All returned tickets go into the returned student ticket distribution allotment.
No Show Policy & Rewards Program
Students that pick up a ticket but do not show up for the game will forfeit opportunities to attend future contests. After a student misses one home football game he or she receives tickets for, the student forfeits tickets to the next home game. After missing two football games, the student forfeits tickets for the rest of the season.
This penalty DOES NOT apply games not attended by students who purchase a student season ticket.
After a student misses two home men's basketball games he or she receives tickets for, the student forfeits to the next home game. After missing three men's basketball games, the student forfeits tickets for the rest of the season.
- Students will be able to log onto www.goducks.com to register their account and set-up a password.
- Once an account has been registered, the student's 95# and password will be used to log-in.
- On the first distribution day, students will log onto www.goducks.com. The student will need their account log-in to request student tickets.
- Students that receive tickets will receive a confirmation email from the Athletic Department. The ticket will be added on the UO identification card.
- Students enter Autzen Stadium or Matthew Knight Arena with their ID and receive a stamp on their arm which gains them entrance to their student section.
- Students without their student ID will not be admitted into the event.
Student Spouse/Domestic Partner Program
An eligible student with a spouse, domestic partner and/or child may apply at the ASUO Executive Office for certification of those relationships and issuance of a Spouse/Domestic Partner Certification Card (C-Card). A student with a C-Card may pick up an additional ticket for use by one of the individuals named on the C-Card. This C-Card ticket must be picked up at the Matthew Knight Arena Ticket Box Office or the Oregon Athletic Ticket Office the business day following an online distribution at 9am. Up to one (1) percent of the tickets available for an event may be issued to C-Card tickets on a non-exclusive basis. Students must get their C-Card tickets on a game-by-game basis. C-Card tickets can only be claimed by students who have claimed a student ticket during the distribution process or have purchased a student season ticket.
Student Ticket Eligibility
To be eligible to claim a student ticket you have to either:
Be registered for a fall course that incurs the Mandatory Fees (so self-support courses don't count) OR be a new Fall 2012 Admitted Student (who may not have registered yet).
Student eligibility is loaded into the student ticket system the Thursday prior ticket-giveaway weekend. Students who register for fall classes AFTER the last upload will NOT be in the system in time to get tickets for that game.
CEP students aren't admitted students and won't register until Sept 26, so they will not be able to get tickets for the Nevada or Missouri State games.
Some additional notes:
1. Students who have a staff benefit rate code do not pay the incidental fee, so are ineligible.
2. A dual-enrolled student at LCC is eligible if they have been assessed the fee (DFEE).
If you have questions about the about the eligibility of students please contact:
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Oregon Football tickets are distributed on a game-by-game basis ONLINE ONLY to eligible students*. For games contested before the beginning of Fall term (South Dakota, Michigan St. and Wyoming), 1,549 tickets are available (sections 7 & 8). For the Arizona, Washington, Stanford and Colorado, 3,948 tickets are available (sections 4 through 8).
CLICK HERE for a seating chart.
Entry to FOOTBALL games is through the SOUTH GATE ONLY. The student entrance is located at the east end of the South Gate. This is the ONLY gate you may enter with your ID Card. When entering the gate, you MUST get the designated student hand stamp on the inside of your wrist. Your student ID and the hand stamp will be required for admittance to the designated student seating sections. It is YOUR responsibility to make sure that your ID is scanned at the gate.
A diagram of Autzen Stadium showing the student sections is on the bottom of this page.
Listed below is the 2014 home schedule and the dates tickets are available to be picked up:
Game Date |
Opponent | Distribution Date / Time |
Returned Ticket Distribution (5:00 PM) |
Aug. 30 | South Dakota | 8/24/14 |
Graduate/Law - 6:00pm Senior - 7:00pm Junior - 8:00pm Sophomore - 9:00pm Freshman - 10:00pm |
Thurs. - 8/28/14 |
Sep. 6 | Michigan St. | 8/31/14 |
Graduate/Law - 6:00pm Senior - 7:00pm Junior - 8:00pm Sophomore - 9:00pm Freshman - 10:00pm |
Thurs. - 9/4/14 |
Sep. 13 | Wyoming | 9/7/14 |
Graduate/Law - 6:00pm Senior - 7:00pm Junior - 8:00pm Sophomore - 9:00pm Freshman - 10:00pm |
Thurs. - 9/11/14 |
Oct. 2 | Arizona^ | 9/28/14 |
Graduate/Law - 6:00pm Senior - 7:00pm Junior - 8:00pm Sophomore - 9:00pm Freshman - 10:00pm |
Oct. 18 | Washington | 10/12/14 |
Graduate/Law - 6:00pm Senior - 7:00pm Junior - 8:00pm Sophomore - 9:00pm Freshman - 10:00pm |
Thurs. - 10/16/14 |
Nov. 1 | Stanford | 10/26/14 |
Graduate/Law - 6:00pm Senior - 7:00pm Junior - 8:00pm Sophomore - 9:00pm Freshman - 10:00pm |
Thurs. - 10/30/14 |
Nov. 22 | Colorado | 11/16/14 |
Graduate/Law - 6:00pm Senior - 7:00pm Junior - 8:00pm Sophomore - 9:00pm Freshman - 10:00pm |
Thurs. - 11/20/14 |
* If all 1000 season tickets are not sold, that number will be added to the single game distribution total.
^Arizona student data upload will occur on 9/21.
Oregon Men's Basketball tickets are generally distributed by home stand (usually two games at a time). For the majority of games, a total of 1,836 tickets per game are available for UO students. For games during winter break: Cal State Northridge, Delaware State, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Irvine seating will be limited to sections 111A, 112A, 113A, 114A for a total of 458 tickets.
Student seating for games in Matthew Knight Arena will be located in sections 111A, 112A, 113A, 114A, 117, 118, 119, for a total of 1836 seats.
CLICK HERE for a seating chart.
*Note: standing on seats is not allowed and may result in loss of student seating.
Distribution for Men's Basketball will be done at 6:00PM the Sunday before the home stand for all student classes, though certain dates and times have been adjusted to accommodate holiday and school schedules as well as conflicting events. Please refer to the below distribution dates and times for the 2014-2015 Men's Basketball Season.
Game Date |
Opponent |
Distribution |
Returned Ticket |
11/4 |
Northwest Christian (EX) |
10/27/14 |
11/4/14 |
11/9 |
Western Oregon (EX) |
11/2/14 |
11/7/14 |
11/14 |
Coppin State |
11/9/14 |
11/14/14 |
11/17 |
Detroit |
11/9/13 |
11/17/14 |
11/21 |
Toledo |
11/16/14 |
11/21/14 |
11/30 |
Portland State |
11/23/14 |
11/28/14 |
12/3 |
Concordia (Oregon) |
11/23/14 |
12/3/14 |
12/7 |
Mississippi |
11/30/14 |
12/5/14 |
12/17 |
Cal State Northridge |
12/14/14 |
12/17/14 |
12/20 |
Delaware State |
12/14/14 |
12/19/14 |
12/22 |
UC Santa Barbara |
12/14/14 |
12/22/14 |
12/29 |
UC Irvine |
12/14/14 |
12/29/14 |
1/3 |
Oregon State |
12/28/14 |
1/2/15 |
1/8 |
Arizona |
1/4/15 |
1/8/15 |
1/10 |
Arizona State |
1/4/15 |
1/9/15 |
1/22 |
1/18/15 |
1/22/15 |
1/24 |
1/18/15 |
1/23/15 |
2/4 |
Washington |
2/1/15 |
2/4/15 |
2/8 |
Washington State |
2/1/15 |
2/6/15 |
2/18 |
Colorado |
2/15/15 |
2/18/15 |
2/22 |
Utah |
2/15/15 |
2/20/15 |
Remaining Duck Sports
To attend the Duck sports of women's basketball, volleyball, softball, baseball, track and field, lacrosse, soccer and stunts & gymnastics a current UO student photo ID card is required for admission. Tickets are not needed for these sports. Just show your UO student photo ID at the gate for admittance. Admission is not charged for tennis, golf, and cross country, so ID is not required.
Ticket Usage
Student tickets are non-transferable. Failure to comply with this policy may result in the loss of student ticket privileges.
UO photo ID cards and tickets used inappropriately will be confiscated by game management personnel. To recover an ID, students may contact the UO Office of Public Safety two working days following the game. Offenders will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct.
Conduct: Students are required to comply with all facility rules and conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner.
Contraband: No alcoholic beverages or glass or metal containers are allowed. A complete list of contraband items is located at each gate/door of the facilities.
Umbrellas: Open umbrellas are prohibited in all seating areas, aisles and standing room only locations of all outdoors facilities. OAR 571-50-0011 (9)
Smoking: Smoking is prohibited in McArthur Court and in all exterior seating and aisles of Autzen Stadium, Hayward Field and in posted locations in athletic facilities. OAR 571-50-0005 (10)
Athletic Department Finance Committee of the ASUO - (541) 346-3749 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Oregon Athletic Ticket Office - (541) 346-4461 or email@example.com
Accessible Seating Information
Requests for accommodations related to disabilities should be made to the Oregon Athletic Ticket Office. All requests must be made at least one (1) week prior to the event by calling (541) 346-4461, or emailing email@example.com.


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The global financial crisis has shown that the developing world no longer holds a monopoly on investment risk. A new risk reality has emerged—one that is ubiquitous and less associated with the developing regions of the world. Thanks to this new reality, combined with macrotrends affecting the global economic landscape, businesses are now looking for new markets in which to invest. In the aftermath of the crisis, the "South–South" expansion of trade and investment is likely to accelerate thanks to the global appetite for natural resources; the effects of climate change will continue to complicate growth and open up new investment opportunities; and changing demographics will have important implications for productivity and demand. Against this backdrop, sub-Saharan Africa offers a better platform for profitable new investments than ever.
Future global economic growth will increasingly come from emerging markets. Following more than 20 years of hard-won political and economic reform, sub-Saharan Africa will be an important part of this story. Africa is often associated with poor governance, weak institutions, civil unrest, a lack of infrastructure, and other difficulties. The extent of these problems cannot be minimized, and African governments and civil society must continue to work against them. But there is an emerging side of the African story that speaks of successes often achieved below the radar screen. The region aspires to move past the image of extreme poverty and conflict with which it has long been associated and to show that it is not only open for business but also actually in business. Before the crisis, sub-Saharan Africa had been growing fast, with an average annual growth rate of 6 percent between 2002 and 2008. The region, which is weathering the global downturn better than most other parts of the world, is projected to grow by 3.8 and 4.5 percent in 2010 and 2011, respectively—faster than Latin America, Europe, and Central Asia.
Sub-Saharan Africa's recent sustained growth has been made possible largely by improved political and macroeconomic stability, a strengthened political commitment to private-sector growth, and increased investment in infrastructure and education. Many sub-Saharan African countries have liberalized trade since the early 1980s, and throughout the continent fiscal soundness and monetary discipline are increasing. Debt as a share of exports has declined dramatically, to levels comparable to those of other regions, and sovereign credit ratings in parts of the continent enjoy a positive outlook. More of the region's countries are now regarded as frontier emerging economies with relatively developed financial markets, including Botswana, Cape Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Most encouraging of all is the fact that the region is continuing to reform through difficult times. There is a broadly shared conviction among sub-Saharan Africa's leaders that sustained growth will come only from the private sector and increased integration with the global economy. Last year, two-thirds of the economies of sub-Saharan Africa implemented reforms to ease the path of investors doing business there. In 2008–09 alone, Rwanda completed seven reforms, Mauritius six, and Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone five each. Indeed, Rwanda's and Liberia's measures were so significant that they both received "top reformer" status: Rwanda was the number-one reformer world-wide in Doing Business 2010, and Liberia was number ten.1 1.Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times, Palgrave MacMillan, the International Finance Corporation, and the World Bank, 2009.
These reform efforts have been complemented by increased investments in infrastructure and human development. The figures for average years of schooling are catching up fast with those of the rest of the world, after having increased more than fivefold since 1960. Infrastructure spending amounts to $45 billion a year and absorbs more than 5 percent of total GDP.2 2. Vivien Foster and Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia, eds., Africa's Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation, Agence Française de Développement and the World Bank, 2010. The $45 billion "is based on annualized averages for 2001–2006, and averages are weighted by country GDP. Figures are extrapolations based on the 24-country sample covered in the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic Phase 1." A recent $600 million private investment in high-capacity fiber-optic cable connects southern and eastern Africa to the global Internet backbone, widening the continent's horizons of connectivity.
Last year, two-thirds of the economies of sub-Saharan Africa implemented reforms to ease the path of investors doing business there.
As developing countries continue to increase their exports and imports, South–South trade and investment will make up a mounting share of global economic activity. Since 1990, sub-Saharan Africa has almost tripled its level of exports and diversified its trade and investment partners. The combined share of its exports to the European Union and the United States fell to 49 percent, from 73 percent. During this time, Chinese imports alone from sub-Saharan Africa increased to over $13 billion, from $64 million.
Natural resources will continue to be a key source of export revenue for sub-Saharan Africa as global demand, albeit decelerating when the economic contraction began, continues to grow. With pre-crisis growth rates and booming prices, investments in nonferrous metals around the world rose to $9 billion in 2007, from $2 billion in 2002. During this time, foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa grew for eight consecutive years. Most of this investment took the form of greenfield and expansion projects prospecting for reserves of base metals and oil. In one decade, the region's mineral fuel exports rose to $96 billion, from $11 billion. Today sub-Saharan Africa is not only a major supplier of natural resources but also the region with the greatest potential for new discoveries. As global growth resumes, the region should benefit from higher prices, in addition to higher volumes. The World Bank predicts that both energy and food prices, driven predominantly by the emerging economies' resource needs, will remain high over the next 20 years.
The resource rush will also increasingly target renewable sources of energy. Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly well positioned for developing solar and hydro energy, as well as the production of biofuels. But the 2008 food crisis highlighted what could go wrong if food production is substituted for biofuels production. Africa can and must feed itself first while engaging in the development of a biofuels market that does not compete with food production. Between 2003 and 2007, two-thirds of the global increase in corn output went to biofuels, mostly to meet demand in the United States. While biofuels have contributed to higher food crop prices, they also represent an opportunity for profitable production in the developing world. Sub-Saharan African countries, including Angola, Mozambique, and Tanzania, have the potential to produce ethanol profitably from sugarcane on land that is not used for food crops. The International Energy Agency suggests that demand for grain to produce biofuels could increase by 7.8 percent a year over the next 20 years.
Rising commodity revenues will ultimately allow sub-Saharan Africa to increase its investment in infrastructure and education, especially as it continues to improve its business governance. Some 28 sub-Saharan African governments have adopted the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),3 3. The EITI is a global standard that promotes revenue transparency by monitoring and reconciling company payments and government revenues at the national level. with the aim of improving governance through the verification and full publication of company payments for and government revenues from oil, gas, and mining. In addition, 37 oil, gas, and mining companies, with assets amounting to more than $14 trillion before the financial crisis, have agreed to support the initiative.
Sub-Saharan Africa's natural resources also provide it with a strong comparative advantage in agricultural development. The region has the resources both to feed its growing population and to meet the world's burgeoning demand for food and other agricultural products. In sub-Saharan Africa, demand for food is expected to reach $100 billion by 2015, double the levels in 2000. Moving forward, appropriate investments in agricultural skills and infrastructure—for example, irrigation—could prompt a green revolution in sub-Saharan Africa. Both nontraditional and traditional exports are important, as are regional export markets for food staples and livestock. Global markets for nontraditional exports such as horticulture are expanding rapidly. Sub-Saharan Africa has many success stories, such as the production of cassava chips in Ghana, organic coffee in Tanzania, and cut flowers in Kenya, as well as aquaculture in Malawi. All of these products are exported to European and other Western countries. Expanding markets such as dairy production in east sub-Saharan Africa could also be scaled up for faster growth.
On the IT front, Africa has made great strides. It has, for example, become the fastest-growing region in the global cellular market, going from fewer than 2 million mobile phones in 1998 to more than 400 million today. More than 65 percent of the population now lives within reach of a wireless voice network, up from less than 1 percent ten years ago. Mobile phones have become the single-largest platform that can be used to deliver government services to the poor. Yet while great progress has been made in improving access to the information and communications infrastructure in many countries, much less effort has been made to exploit its potential to transform other sectors.
Access to resources and agricultural development will increasingly require new methods of engagement with nature, such as the use of innovative technologies in energy consumption. Climate change makes the challenge of sustainable growth more complex. Developing countries, whose average per capita emissions are a third those of high-income countries, need major expansions in energy, transport, urban systems, and agricultural production. If pursued using traditional technology with carbon emissions, these developments will produce more greenhouse gases and, hence, contribute to climate change. With rain-fed agriculture helping to generate 30 percent of sub-Saharan Africa's GDP and 70 percent of its employment, the region is particularly vulnerable. Climate change will continue to pose significant dangers to the region's economic growth, with more droughts, floods, storms, and heat waves. Yet many adaptation and mitigation activities have significant benefits not only for environmental sustainability but also for public health, energy security, and financial savings.
Africa has great potential for sustainable, intensive farming through investments in new technologies and the conservation of vegetation, soil, and water. These approaches provide a "triple dividend" supporting adaptation to climate variability and change, mitigating carbon emissions, and promoting food security. The financial resources generated through mitigation could be very substantial. In sub-Saharan Africa, the economic potential from agricultural soil carbon sequestration is estimated to be 150 million tons of greenhouse gases a year. If agreement is reached at the 2010 UN climate change conference, in Cancún, Mexico,4 4. November 29 to December 10, 2010. on the price per ton of carbon dioxide, Africa stands to benefit substantially from this new revenue stream. There is also great potential for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
In short, the continent's future potential for environmentally sustainable private-sector growth and opportunities in carbon abatement are immense. Sub-Saharan Africa has enormous potential for generating clean energy, such as solar, wind, and biomass. Preliminary results from two pilot projects in Kenya also show that smallholder agriculture can be integrated into the financial arrangements for carbon abatement.
In the coming decades, one of sub-Saharan Africa's most powerful offerings may be its growing population of young people, who serve as a source of competitive labor and a growing consumer market. It is estimated that by 2050, almost 20 percent of the world's population will live in 4 Africa, up from 7 percent in 1950. Developing countries will be home not just to a larger share of the world's population but also to a younger population. By 2050, young people 15 to 25 years of age will account for one person in five in sub-Saharan Africa.
By the same token, the region is rapidly urbanizing. Between 2000 and 2008, the rate of urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa was more than twice the world average. The region leads even the rest of the developing world. The United Nations projects that the proportion of sub-Saharan Africa's people living in urban areas will nearly double between 2005 and 2050, from 35 percent (300 million) to more than 67 percent (1 billion).
Urbanization and the growing young population will have significant implications for productivity, growth, and demand. Sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to become an increasingly important resource for labor-intensive industries if it continues to invest in skills and infrastructure and to reform its business environment—especially as wages are expected to rise in Asia. Even if real wages in China rise by only some 7 percent a year, which is modest given the country's GDP growth, they are likely to double over the next decade. The rising cost of manufacturing there will translate into an opportunity for sub-Saharan Africa. East Asia broke into large-scale global manufacturing only around 1980. By that time, the gap in per capita incomes, and hence wages, between China and the OECD5 5. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. countries had widened exponentially. To a large extent, this huge advantage in labor costs allowed China to become competitive in manufacturing. As labor costs rise, the advantage is likely to shift toward sub-Saharan Africa.
A new risk reality is emerging in the aftermath of the financial crisis, with continued demand for commodities, climate change, and evolving demographics driving the way people do business around the world. Sub-Saharan Africa stands to play an important role in each of these major trends. Many industries, while nascent, are already emerging as success stories across the region. From footwear in Ethiopia to emerging tourism in Cape Verde and Rwanda, the menu of options for profitable investments is growing.
There are, of course, many challenges to realizing this great potential. As the world turns its attention to new markets for the next spring of growth, sub-Saharan Africa must address the constraints to its competitiveness. More opportunities will come up as much-needed improvements in business governance, infrastructure, logistics, and education are implemented; critical policy areas (including competition and access to finance and land) are reformed and modernized; and reforms and strategic investments in the underlying foundations that nourish businesses continue. Sub-Saharan Africa stands to be the new frontier for profitable investments.6 6. The discussion on global trends and African competitiveness is based on a forthcoming working paper, African Competitiveness in the New Global Economy, by Uri Dadush, Tugba Gurcanlar, and Vincent Palmade, as part of the World Bank research program Competitive Africa: Strategies to Leverage the New Global Economy, World Bank, 2010.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a managing director at the World Bank.
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A broken slide at the Dell Rapids swimming pool might not get fixed if city officials cant find the part needed to get it operating again.The 13-year-old slide in the southwest end of the city pool has gone unused since summer 2012 when one of its plastic segments began cracking. Since then, administration at City Hall has unsuccessfully searched for a new part."We've been working since the day it broke. There's a plastic section in the middle (of the slide)," said Justin Weiland, Dell Rapids city administrator. "We've searched high and low to get a replacement part."Weiland said the manufacturer of the slide, which was installed in 2001 for about $10,000, was purchased by a different company."This company took over and doesn't make this slide anymore, doesn't have the pieces that fit, doesn't have the design of the mold that was used to create the inception," Weiland said.In spring 2013, Weiland said, city officials thought they had found a replacement, but the new part didn't fit properly."We looked at ways to take that one and rig it up so it worked, but there just wasn't anyway to do that," he said.Weiland told the city council last week what its options are. The slide could continue to go unused and possibly be torn down; a special replacement part could be molded, inspected and installed; or an entirely different slide could be installed using the existing deck and stair."By the time that someone went and designed the part, got the insurance on it, got it passed through inspections, it'd be as much as a whole slide," Weiland said of the first option.Finding a different slide compatible to the deck and stairs could cost $10,000 or more."We have the deck and the stair. We could have someone manufacture just the slide," Weiland said. "It'd be multiple pieces with multiple supports."Councilor Gary Haak said he'd prefer not having a pool slide at all."I'd like to see the slide come down," he said. "Get rid of it."Councilor Craig Lauritzen agreed the slide should be removed, but only if it can't be fixed."If we're not going to be able to find a piece for it, and if we're not going to be able to afford to replace the section, and the only option is to get a new one, I think we should at least get it out of there," he said. "We can't use it, we can't fix it, so let's get it out of there." The council has about $20,000 in a special pool fund if it chooses to fix the slide or pursue replacing it.Haak said the money would be better spent on chairs and umbrellas for the pool deck."I'd like to see us have nicer chairs for the adults that sit there and watch their kids and some umbrellas for some shade."Weiland told the council plans were already in the works to spend about $3,000 on umbrellas and deck chairs ahead of this year's pool season.No action was taken on the fate of the slide.
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"You can sleep tonight knowing the Klan is awake!" read fliers promoting the neighborhood watch group in Fairview Township, according to PennLive.
The leaflets appeared on the doorsteps of homes late last week.
"It's just like any neighborhood watch program. It's not targeting any specific ethnicity. We would report anything we see to law enforcement," Frank Ancona, the organization's imperial wizard and president, told PennLive. "We don't hate people. We are an organization who looks out for our race. We believe in racial separation. God created each species after its kind and saw that it was good."
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Q: Where can I get help?
A: On the top of your Home Page is a link to How to Use My PAA for a brief description of the overall e-filing process. If you have additional questions, please refer to the My PAA Users Manual for detailed step-by-step instructions on how to use My PAA, or to the premium filing instructions for each plan year. Also note that the My PAA screens include instruction links within the body of the screens about how to use My PAA and about the data elements that must be entered (for screen and imported filings). In addition, each screen includes links at the top of the screen (e.g., to the My PAA Users Manual) and links at the bottom of the screen (e.g., to the Online Premium Filing with My PAA website page and to the Contact Us information).
To help you keep current and file timely, we suggest that you sign up for the following email updates:
- What's New for Practitioners: This will alert you to changes that may impact your filings and dealings with PBGC.
- Monthly Filing Reminders: You will get a filing reminder email for each month you select.
If you still have questions, call 1-800-736-2444 (select the "premium" option) or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. (For TTY/ASCII users, call the federal relay service at 1-800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 1-800-736-2444.) PBGC's business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
Q: What are the password rules and how do I set up/change my account?
A: To use My PAA, you must first establish an account that will include your user ID and password, your secret question/answer, and at least one plan for which premiums will be e-filed. To set up your account, click on "Sign Up for My PAA - New Users Only" and provide the information requested (e.g., email address).
After you establish your account:
- If you will be the filing coordinator for one or more plans, you can add plans to your account from your "Home Page".
- If someone else will be the filing coordinator, that person needs to "invite" you to be part of each plan's filing team.
- You will use only one account for all of your plans.
- The primary password requirements include:
- It must be between 10 and 24 characters and contain at least 1 uppercase character, 1 lowercase character, 1 number and 1 special character.
- Do not include spaces or the following special characters:
- Single Quote ' or Double Quote "
- Equal to = or Percent %
- Asterisk * or Backslash \
- Plus + or Ampersand &
- Greater than > or Less than <
- Semicolon ; or Question Mark ?
- Change your password often but not more than once per day.
- Your password is case sensitive so be sure to enter it exactly as you originally set it up.
- Once your account is established, you can make changes to your name, telephone number, email address, and password. To make a change, click the "My Account" link at the top of any page within My PAA.
- You cannot change your user ID, secret question, or secret answer.
Q: How can I change a plan name or address shown in My PAA?
A: The name of each plan is displayed on the Home Page as well as the Plan Page. In addition, each Plan Page displays the sponsor's name/address and the plan administrator's name/address. If this information needs to be changed, you can generally do so by including the updated information on the plan's next premium filing. After the submitted information is reflected within PBGC's premium processing system, the updated information will be reflected within My PAA. Note that uploaded filings will only result in updates to the Plan Page — the Plan Name on the Home Page will not be updated.
Q: What does it mean to be a plan's filing coordinator or part of a filing team?
A: As in the "paper world," there may be one person or several people involved with preparing, signing, and paying a plan's premium filing in My PAA. To make this process run smoothly in My PAA, each plan/sponsor designates a person (preferably more than one) who will be the filing coordinator for the plan. The filing coordinator is the person who oversees the premium filing process, ensures that filings are submitted timely, and performs administrative tasks in My PAA.
The e-filing team concept most fully applies to two of the e-filing methods — using the My PAA data entry and editing screens or importing software-prepared filings into My PAA's editing screens. For the upload filing method, the filing coordinator verifies that the authorized uploader has an account — with at least one plan in the account (not necessarily a plan for which a filing will be uploaded). If the uploader does not already have a plan in his/her account, the filing coordinator can "invite" the uploader to be part of the plan's filing team.
The filing coordinator starts the filing process by setting up an account and adding the plan to that account (if necessary). The filing coordinator then "invites" each person who will be part of the plan's filing team (if applicable) and sets up what each person can do for each plan (create/edit data, certify as plan administrator/pa representative, certify as enrolled actuary, select the payment method, view a plan's account history, or act as filing coordinator). Once an invited person has signed up for an account or if the invited person already has an account, his/her name will be listed as part of the plan's premium filing team of practitioners on the Plan Page, and on the Filing Manager Page for a filing in process. The filing coordinator can subsequently make changes as needed (e.g., add or remove filing team members or modify permissions). For My PAA screen-prepared filings and imported filings, the filing coordinator can also retrieve or delete an in-process filing as well as submit a fully-completed filing to PBGC.
Q: How do I become a plan's filing coordinator?
A: To become a plan's filing coordinator, you must have an account (e.g., user ID & password) and have the plan added to your account along with the filing coordinator permission. When this is done, the plan will show on your Home page (in the Plans in Your Account section) and your name and permissions will be reflected on the Plan Page (in the Premium Filing Practitioners section). How the plan is added to your account (so that it shows on your Home Page) primarily depends upon whether the plan has a filing coordinator.
- If there is currently a filing coordinator, that person invites you to be part of the plan's filing team and sets your permissions to include being the filing coordinator.
- If there has never been a filing coordinator, the new filing coordinator selects the "Add a Plan as Filing Coordinator" button on his/her Home Page and provides the requested information.
- If a filing team has been left without a filing coordinator, a person outside the filing team (i.e., other than a current team member) selects the "Add a Plan as Filing Coordinator" button on his/her Home Page and provides the requested information.
- For all other situations (e.g., if the listed filing coordinator is no longer available and another team member wants to become the filing coordinator), call 1-800-736-2444 (select the premium option) or send an email to email@example.com. PBGC's business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
Q: What are My PAA "permissions" and how are they used?
A: As in the "paper world," electronic filing also has business rules that require certain people to perform certain tasks, e.g., only the plan administrator/pa representative can use My PAA to sign an electronic filing as the plan administrator/pa representative. The ability to perform these tasks in My PAA is controlled by the set of "permissions" a person has for a certain plan. The plan's filing coordinator is responsible for establishing and editing each e-filing team member's permissions.
Standard My PAA Permissions — All filing team members can:
- Use the My PAA data entry and editing screens to create and edit a filing for each plan in their account.
- Import a software-prepared filing for each plan in their account
- Upload a software-prepared filing for any plan.
In addition, only a plan's filing coordinator or plan administrator/pa representative can submit My PAA screen-prepared and imported filings that contain all the required information, e-signatures, and authorizations (the submitter must be holding the filing).
Optional Permissions — The filing coordinator for a plan is responsible for setting the following optional permissions for each person on the plan's e-filing team (as appropriate):
- Sign and submit the filing as the plan administrator/pa representative
- Sign the filing as the enrolled actuary
- Select the payment alternative
- View the plan's account history
- Perform filing coordinator tasks
Since filing team members can have different permissions and only one person can work on a filing at a time, filings (that were either created with the My PAA data entry and editing screens or imported into the My PAA editing screens) are "routed" to the appropriate team members for action (e.g., for the plan administrator/pa representative to e-sign). This means that more than one person may be required to complete, sign, and submit filings created in My PAA or imported into My PAA. For the upload filing method, only one person is required to upload filings and that person only needs to have at least one plan in his/her account.
My PAA also has a permission that the filing coordinator can give to any e-filing team member called "View the plan's account history." If a person has this permission, he/she can view an online account history from the Plan Page that shows the filings and payments PBGC has received from that plan, regardless of the filing or payment method used to submit them.
Backup Filers are Recommended — It is strongly recommended that there be one or more back-ups for all e-filing roles/permissions (e.g., plan administrator/pa representative, enrolled actuary, payer, filing coordinator) to help ensure continuity as people go on vacation or leave the company. (Note that when a plan is initially added to a filing coordinator's account, there may be a delay before the filing coordinator can add another filing coordinator.) As changes occur to the team of people available to contribute to a plan's e-filing, the filing coordinator makes changes to the filing team members (e.g., permissions may be changed and practitioners may be added to, or deleted from, the plan's filing team).
Q: How do I access an in-process premium filing?
A: There are two ways to access an in-process filing (that was created in the My PAA screens or imported into the editing screens) — from your Home Page and from the Plan Page:
- If a filing is in the In-Process Filings section of your Home Page, it means that the filing has not yet been submitted to PBGC. The name of the person who is holding the filing (including yourself) is shown in the Held By column. All of the plan's e-filing team members can view the filing; however, only the person who is holding the filing can take any action on it at that time. To view or take action on the filing, select the View/Manage Filing button displayed to the right of the filing. This will take you to the Filing Manager Page for that filing. From that page, you can select to view, edit, route, sign, pay or submit the filing depending on who is holding the filing and your permissions.
- In-process filings for a plan are also shown in the Premium Filings In Process Online section of the Plan Page. To access the Plan Page and then the Filing Manager Page for an in-process filing:
- Select the plan's Go to Plan Page button in the Plans in Your Account section of your Home Page.
- Select the View/Manage Filing button next to the filing in the Premium Filings In Process Online section of the Plan Page.
Q: How are premium e-filings certified?
A: The premium filing certification requirements have not changed with the implementation of electronic filing. The plan administrator must always certify each filing while the enrolled actuary must certify certain types of filings. What electronic filing has changed is how the certifications are completed.
For filings that are prepared via the My PAA data entry screens and for filings that are imported into the My PAA screens, all certifications are made on the My PAA screens. This is why each certifier must have an account (user ID and password) and the plan must be included within each person's account. To certify a filing, a person with the appropriate permission must hold the filing (as shown in the In-Process Filings section of your Home Page), select the View/Manage Filing button (next to the filing), and go the Filing Manager Page to see the relevant Sign buttons.
For My PAA screen-prepared and imported filings, we also allow a plan administrator's representative to electronically sign a filing within My PAA and to certify that the plan administrator has manually certified the filing. The permission called "plan administrator's representative" is assigned by the plan's filing coordinator.
For software-prepared filings that are uploaded into My PAA, the plan administrator or enrolled actuary may certify directly on the My PAA upload screen if he/she is the uploader. If the plan administrator or enrolled actuary is not the uploader, the certification is typically made on a paper copy of the filing information printed from the software. For each uploaded filing, the name and contact information of the plan administrator and actuary who have certified the filing is reported in the certification section of the filing (within the XML filing data). Certified copies of filing information are subject to audit and must be retained with plan records for six years from the due date of the filing (they are not submitted to PBGC). For details about the certification requirements, refer to the My PAA Detailed Users Manual.
Q: How are premium e-filings submitted to PBGC?
A: For filings created in My PAA's data entry and editing screens or imported into My PAA's editing screens, only the filing coordinator or plan administrator/pa representative can submit e-filings to PBGC. The filing coordinator or plan administrator/pa representative will see the Submit button(s) on the Filing Manager Page if the following conditions have been met:
- The Filing Status on the Filing Manager Page must show that the filing is ready for submission. This means that the filing is complete, certified, and that a payment method has been selected.
- The Holding Status (in the Filing Status section) on the Filing Manager Page must show that the filing coordinator or plan administrator/pa representative is holding the filing (which means that the filing will be reflected in that person's In-Process Fillings section on their Home Page).
For completed filings that will be uploaded to PBGC, anyone who is authorized to upload on behalf of a plan can submit the XML file (containing one or more premium filings) to PBGC by selecting the Submit button that is offered during Step 1 of the upload process.
Q: How do I know a premium filing was received by PBGC?
A: My PAA will display a confirmation to the submitter that shows the date and time that PBGC received the filing/file. In addition, for filings created in My PAA or imported into My PAA, the confirmation is e-mailed to the people who signed the filing (the plan administrator/pa representative and enrolled actuary, if applicable), and the person who made the payment method selection. For uploaded filings, the confirmation is only displayed to the uploader of the file and if the uploader chooses, he/she can receive a confirmation e-mail as well.
In addition, the following online information is available:
- For filings created in My PAA's data entry screens and for software-prepared filings that are imported into My PAA, a receipt is available on the Plan Page that shows the date and time of receipt, the confirmation number, and the actual data that was submitted to PBGC. All filing team members can view this information.
- For uploaded files, only the uploader can view the following information on his/her Home Page: the date and time the file was received, the My PAA confirmation number, and summary information entered by the uploader, e.g., the file name, comments, and payment selection (if applicable). In addition, the uploader can view the data submitted on each filing by selecting the Conf. ID/Receipt link for the uploaded file (if a link is displayed); and then selecting each Filing link that is displayed for most uploaded filings (e.g., for Comprehensive Filings).
- All premium filings and payments are eventually posted to a plan's account history, which reflects a plan's premium filing history by plan year. The account history can be viewed online from the Plan Page to ensure that a plan's filings are up-to-date, to verify that the information is accurate, and to determine whether there are any underpayments or overpayment that need to be addressed. To help ensure that filings and payments are posted promptly, please submit complete and accurate filings as well as payments that reference the plan's ein/pn and pyc. (See the next question/answer for more information.)
Q: How can I view a plan's account history online?
A: To view a plan's account history in My PAA, a person must have an account (e.g., user ID and password), have the plan in his/her account, and have the "permission" to view the plan's account history. This can be done regardless of the e-filing method that is used. While each person is responsible for setting up his/her own account, the plan's filing coordinator must invite you to be part of the plan's filing team and "permit" you to view the plan's account history. (See the previous question/answer for more information.)
Q: How do I report/handle EIN/PN changes?
A: EIN/PN changes should be reported carefully via a premium filing and should not be handled by adding the new EIN/PN to your account.
- If the plan that has an EIN/PN change is in your account, do not add the new EIN/PN to your account. Instead, report the EIN/PN change on your next premium filing, which you will create by clicking "Create Filing" next to the plan with the old EIN/PN. The old EIN/PN will populate the "Previous EIN" and "Previous PN" fields and the new EIN/PN should be entered in the "Current EIN" and "Current PN" fields.
- If the plan that has an EIN/PN change is not in your account, you will need to add this plan to your account before you can create or import a premium filing for it. When adding the plan, be sure to add it using the old EIN/PN. Report the EIN/PN change via your next premium filing, which you will create by clicking "Create Filing" next to the plan with the old EIN/PN. The old EIN/PN will populate the "Previous EIN" and "Previous PN" fields and the new EIN/PN should be entered in the "Current EIN" and "Current PN" fields.
- When you submit filings with EIN/PN changes, My PAA automatically adds the plan with the new EIN/PN to your account. You will see it listed in the "Plans in Your Account" section of your Home Page in addition to the plan with the previous EIN/PN.
- The receipt for the filing that shows the EIN/PN change can be found on the Plan Page for the plan with the old EIN/PN.
- If an EIN/PN is being changed to the EIN/PN of another existing plan, the change should typically be reported as a merger, consolidation, or spinoff rather than as an EIN/PN change.
Q: How do I amend a previously-submitted e-filing?
A: Once an e-filing is submitted, that specific e-filing cannot be pulled back or changed. Any changes or corrections must be submitted via an amended e-filing. To amend a filing, you must prepare and submit a new filing with the amended filing block checked. For example, if you use My PAA's data entry screens to prepare a filing, you click the "Create Filing" button to prepare a new filing for the plan. On the first My PAA screen, you check the amended filing box to identify the filing as an amended filing. The amended filing must be fully completed because it will replace the previously-submitted filing.
While an amended filing should be created and submitted to reflect most changes (e.g., a change in the participant count or address), an amended filing is not required for non-substantive changes such as a change in the type of payment that will be submitted outside of My PAA (e.g., if you subsequently decide to send a paper check rather than send an electronic funds transfer to PBGC).
Q: How do I access/use the Home Page, Plan Page, and Filing Manager Page?
A: If you have a My PAA account, you have a Home Page. If you have a plan in your account, you have a Plan Page. If you have a My PAA screen filing or an imported filing that is in process, you have a Filing Manager Page. See below for details.
Home Page
Every time you log into My PAA, the first page displayed is your Home Page. The Home Page reflects all of the plans that are in your account and serves as your "base of operations" for all My PAA activities. For example:
- If you will be the filing coordinator for one or more plans, you can add a plan to your account or invite another practitioner to each plan in your account from your Home Page.
- If you have plans in your account, you can create a filing within My PAA or import a software-prepared filing into the My PAA screens.
- If there is an in-process screen-prepared or imported filing for a plan in your account, the filing will be reflected in your In-Process Filings section. If you are holding the filing (your name is in the Held By column), you can view and edit the filing. If someone else is holding the filing (their name is in the Held By column), you can only view the filing. To access the filing, click on the filing's View/Manage Filing button to go to the Filing Manager Page; and then click on the Filing Manager's View Filing or View/Edit Filing button.
- If you have at least one plan in your account, you can upload one or more filings for that plan or any plan (even for plans not reflected in your account). Your Home Page also reflects summary information about any files that you uploaded and shows links to the uploaded filing receipts.
- You can change the sorting of the columns in the In-Process Filings section. In addition, you can access a particular plan in the Plans in Your Account section by entering the Plan Name or EIN and then clicking the Search by Plan Name/EIN button. To return to the full list of plans, click on the Clear Search button.
Plan Page
Each plan in your account has a Plan Page, which you access by clicking on the Go to Plan Page button to the right of the plan's name in the Plans in Your Account section of your Home Page. The Plan Page includes the following information:
- If there is an in-process filing, you can view the filing by clicking on the filing's View/Manage Filing button in the Premium Filings in Process Online section and then clicking the Filing Manager's View Filing or View/Edit Filing button. In order to edit the filing, you must be holding the filing.
- A plan's filing coordinator can make changes to a plan's e-filing team, e.g., to change a person's permissions (by clicking on his/her name) or to remove a practitioner from the team (by clicking the Remove button).
- All filing team members can access the filing receipts for filings submitted that were created via the My PAA screens or imported into the My PAA screens.
- The plan's account history is available online if the person has the permission to view the plan's account history.
Filing Manager Page
The Filing Manager Page is only available if there is a My PAA screen filing or imported filing in process that has not yet been submitted to PBGC. To access the Filing Manager Page, click the View/Manage Filing button next to the in-process filing on your Home Page or Plan Page:
- An in-process filing will show in the In-Process Filings section on your Home Page and also in the Premium Filings In Process Online Section on the Plan Page. In addition, the In-Process Filings section on your Home Page and the Filing Status section on the Filing Manager Page will show who is holding the filing.
- All of the plan's e-filing team members can view an in-process filing by clicking the View Filing or View/Edit Filing button for the filing. However, only the person who is "holding" the filing can edit the filing.
The Filing Manager Page is used by a plan's e-filing team members to view, complete and submit a filing that was created in the My PAA screens or that was imported into the My PAA screens. Once a filing is created, team members open the filing and take action on it via the Filing Manager Page. Any team member can review the draft filing in read-only mode and can view any warning or error messages that are displayed. However, to make any edits to the data, you must be holding the filing. In addition, to certify or pay the filing, you must have the appropriate permission (e.g., to sign as the enrolled actuary) and must be holding the filing. If someone else is holding the filing, he/she can route it to you (by clicking on the Route To button on the Filing Manager Page) so you can take the necessary action. If you are the Filing Coordinator, you can retrieve a filing in process (by clicking on the Retrieve Filing button on the Filing Manager Page) so you can take the necessary action (e.g., submit the filing).
Q: How can I help ensure that my premium filing is accurate and complete?
To submit an accurate and complete premium filing, you must report the data in accordance with each plan year's premium filing instructions. Here are some filing reminders, primarily from the Comprehensive Filing instructions:
- File and Pay Timely and Properly: A filing includes both the submission of required data and the payment of any required premium and must be made by the due date. To help ensure the correct posting of the payment:
- If you pay outside of My PAA (www.pay.gov, check or ACH), the payment should be only for one plan and must include the plan's EIN/PN and PYC.
- If you pay by check, make the check payable to the "Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation" and reference the plan's ein/pn and pyc. In addition, be sure to use the correct mailing address which is displayed on our website – either the U.S. Postal Service address (to a P.O. Box) or the Delivery Service address (e.g., for FedEx or UPS).
- The earlier you file the better. In some instances, this will allow plans to be notified about filing errors in time to correct the filing by the due date.
- Report Complete Information: Be sure to answer all questions and provide all information requested, for example:
- Dates should include a 4-digit year (e.g., 01/01/2014).
- Report the plan effective date for all plans.
- Answer all related questions if you report that the plan is new or newly covered (e.g., adoption date).
- Report the names and contact information that we should use if there are questions about the filing, e.g., for the "attention" line of mailings and for an additional plan contact.
- Alternative Premium Funding Target Election: A plan may elect to use the "alternative premium funding target" by checking the box in the "Alternative Premium Funding Target Election" section of the Comprehensive Filing. In order to be considered valid, the election must be part of a timely filing (i.e., submitted by the variable-rate premium due date), for example, by October 15th for a large or medium calendar year plan. Once a plan has made the election to use the alternative premium funding target, this election cannot be revoked for any premium payment year that begins less than five calendar years after the beginning of the premium payment year for which the election was made. If an election is in effect, do not make an election again. If you are uncertain about the status of your election (e.g., whether an election is in effect), review the plan's online account history or send an email to email@example.com with the plan's name, employer identification number (EIN), and plan number (PN). PBGC will reply with the status of your election.
- Alternative Premium Funding Target Revocation: A plan may revoke a prior election to use the Alternative Premium Funding Target if the election has been in effect for at least five years. Revocations must be made properly and timely, and must remain in place for at least five years. The plan will be required to use the Standard Premium Funding Target while the Revocation is in effect.
- UVB Valuation Date: Be sure to report the proper UVB valuation date which is used to determine unfunded vested benefits.
- Premium Funding Target Method: The method selected must be in sync with the Alternative Premium Funding Target Election or Revocation:
- The standard method must be used if an election was not previously made, an election was not made on the current filing, or an election is revoked.
- The alternative method must be used if an election was previously made or made on the current filing.
- Starting plan year 2014, all plans have the option to report the premium funding target as an estimate. In addition, the estimated VRP must be reconciled in a timely manner.
- Segment Rates: If a plan is using the standard premium funding target method, the filing must include all three segments for the discount rates. If the plan is using the alternative premium funding target method, the filing must include either all three segment rates OR a selection that the full yield curve was used.
- For the standard method, these rates must be the segment rates for the month preceding the month in which the Premium Payment Year begins, as shown on PBGC's website.
- For the alternative method, use IRS-issued 24-month average segment rates acceptable for the UVB valuation date reported OR check the box to report that the full yield curve was used.
- Amended Filing: If you are making changes to a previously-submitted filing, check the amended filing box and answer fully the amended filing questions. A Variable-rate Premium reconciliation filling (in which you provide final Premium Funding Target information after having reported an estimated Premium Funding Target) is also considered to be an amended filing. An amended filing should include all valid filing data from the previously-submitted filing (e.g., an election or revocation if appropriate). If an amended filing is submitted by the due date, information may be changed if appropriate (e.g., an election or revocation).
- Reporting Dollar Amounts: Assets and liabilities being reported should be in whole numbers only, no cents. Premium, premium credits, the amount due PBGC, and the amount of any overpayment should be in dollars and cents.
- Treatment of Overpayment: If a filing indicates that the plan has an overpayment, the filer must choose whether to have the overpayment credited toward the next year's premium for the plan or refunded (by EFT or check). If EFT, the filer must provide the banking information requested.
- Consider Filing Method Used: Be aware that only My PAA screen-prepared filings and imported filings have up-front My PAA validations, which help to reduce filing errors prior to submission. If you upload filings instead, the premium validations will not occur until after submission; therefore, be sure to closely review the data prepared in approved vendor software products for accuracy prior to uploading the file.
- Submit the Filing and Print Receipt: Be sure to click the submit button to transfer your filings to PBGC. For My PAA screen-prepared filings and imported filings, all e-filing team members can see a receipt that shows the date and time that PBGC received the filing along with all the filing data submitted (on the Plan Page). For uploaded filings, only the uploader can see the date and time that PBGC received the file as well as the data submitted on most filings (via his/her Home Page). It is also suggested that you review the plan's Account History to verify the posting of the filing/payment and to verify that the plan year is paid in full.
- Final Filing: If you report that this is the plan's final filing, be sure to complete and submit any additional required filings/information to PBGC. For example, if the plan will terminate in a standard termination, the appropriate standard termination forms must be submitted to PBGC.
- File and Pay Timely and Properly: A filing includes both the submission of required data and the payment of any required premium and must be made by the due date. To help ensure the correct posting of the payment:
Q: How do I identify and report a "computer incident"?
A: A computer incident is a violation or suspected violation of common information security practices, such as the following examples:
- Attempts to gain unauthorized access;
- Unauthorized use of electronic resources;
- Unauthorized modification of data, software, or configurations;
- Compromised account information (e.g., stolen password, etc.); or
- Loss or theft of IT hardware or information.
To report a suspected or known computer incident regarding My PAA, contact PBGC's service representatives at email@example.com or 1-800-736-2444 and select the "premium" option.


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Religious Crafts
Looking for cute religious crafts for your event? For many kids, part of the fun of going to Vacation Bible School or Sunday School is the ability to make fun craft projects. We are delighted to sell a variety of inspirational craft projects that not only are appropriate for religious events, but can be used to better teach different biblical lessons. Many of our craft projects are designed with different stories in mind, helping children relate to these tales and better understand the different lessons taught by these stories. Along with these cute craft projects, we also sell other religious crafts, allowing kids to show their love for Christ with different cross crafts.
All of our projects and craft supplies are also designed with kids in mind, allowing parents and teachers alike to find exactly what they need for their religious lesson. Many of our crafts can also be used as prizes for religious events, or as novelty party favors, allowing kids to decorate their favorite binder or folder for school with fun religiously inspired stickers and other project items. We are also constantly adding more craft supplies and craft projects to the site, allowing you to find the perfect religious crafts for your classroom or home at Designed 2B Sweet!
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Guinness World Record: WHD 2012
Absolutely everyone can identify with a record attempt, no matter where you're from, what language you speak, or how old you are. A record attempt is about setting ourselves a seemingly impossible goal and showing the determination to achieve it. Hence, the Alliance is planning a Guinness World Record attempt to celebrate World Hepatitis Day 2012 (July 28) by having the most people performing the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" actions in 24 hours at multiple venues around the world.
These actions relate to a proverb known as the three wise monkeys covering their eyes, ears and mouth. There are many meanings attached to the proverb, but mostly it is used to refer to those who deal with problems by refusing to acknowledge them. This theme has been chosen to highlight that, around the world, hepatitis is being ignored.
We need as many organisations as possible to take part in the record on the same day, 28th July 2012, and encourage people to confront hepatitis. If we can't mobilize ourselves, how can we expect Governments to mobilize resources to help us?
If you would like to join us in this amazing global event and help hepatitis achieve a place in the record books, please download the guidelines for the global event.
Download the guidelines in any of the seven languages below:
Guinness World Record TM has some very precise rules to validate the record attempt and those are highlighted in our guidelines together with some suggestions and tips.
We need the following information ahead of July 28:
- Name of the local organiser.
- Time, town and venue of the event.
- Names (and ideally occupations) of the two independent witnesses.
- Details of the proposed counting methods – important to also demonstrate controlled entrance and exit.
Any group planning a record attempt with over 5000 people will have to employ a professional auditing firm to do the counting of the participants and the company's name will have to be approved by Guinness World Records TM ahead of the event.
In terms of the information we need after the event, to verify the record, we need the following information preferably within 24 hours:
- Photographs of the event – there should be at least one good quality digital photo that shows the whole crowd, and also should demonstrate that the crowd are in a restricted area.
- Video footage (optional, but useful).
- Need to demonstrate the record has taken place at the right date / time – we suggest the best way is by a digital camera that can capture the date / time on the photograph (or digital video clip that does the same thing).
- The two signed independent witness statements – it is important that the writing on the statement is legible.
You can download the template statement here
Please include the following claim ID number on the witness statements:
Claim ID: 386310
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The Cambridgeshire Constabulary wanted to replace an outdated Lotus Notes environment and transform how the organization worked. In 2012, the constabulary used Microsoft SharePoint 2013 to explore how it could better help its employees discover information, share documents, and organize data. As a result, the constabulary expects to lower costs, increase collaboration, and enhance public safety.
For many years, the constabulary used Lotus Notes to develop in-house solutions that managed internal data, such as event orders, duty rosters, and other critical policing information. Cambridgeshire used Lotus Notes to manage databases of key criminal, public safety, and operational information, and according to government guidelines, it must maintain some databases for up to 25 years.
Over time, the Lotus Notes environment became expensive to maintain and difficult to interoperate with the constabulary's updated IT infrastructure, which included Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, and Microsoft Lync 2010. Constables and other employees could only search one Lotus Notes database at a time, and they often had to open more than a dozen databases before finding the information they needed.
The Cambridgeshire Constabulary needed to control costs, while creating more capacity to collaborate and share information. It wanted a technology that would work well with other critical programs, across organizational boundaries, and on multiple devices. "We needed to streamline and transform our organization," says Phil Silvester, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Strategy and Program Manager at Cambridgeshire Constabulary. "It was time to look at every process, every workflow, and make them more efficient."
Constables and other employees can use the search functionality in SharePoint 2013 to look for information and get consolidated results from the entire Cambridgeshire environment with a single query. While the constabulary still uses Lotus Notes, employees can use a SharePoint 2013 connector to crawl and return data from any Lotus Notes database with just one search.
In October 2012, the Cambridgeshire ICT team began migrating data from its Lotus Notes programs to new applications it had built using SharePoint 2013. The team expects to shut down most of the Lotus Notes environment by March 31, 2013. By November 2013, Cambridgeshire expects to deploy SharePoint 2013 to 2,400 internal employees and enable access to almost 10,000 users at Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
"With SharePoint 2013, we can input information in one place and then deliver that information to anyone in the organization, anytime, anywhere," says Bell. "People can work together to collect intelligence, complete investigations quickly, and provide effective public services."
"In the next 12 months, we will create dramatic change for the Cambridgeshire Constabulary," says Silvester. "Our Chief Constable, Simon Parr, sees SharePoint 2013 as a key element of everything we do internally to work with other agencies, increase public engagement, and enhance public safety."
The Cambridgeshire Constabulary delivers public-safety services for the 800,000 residents in Cambridgeshire, England. The constabulary has 2,400 employees, including 1,100 constables.


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Plants + Collections
The National Botanic Garden of Wales has several important plant collections which are not only unique to Wales but to the rest of the world In the Garden as a whole, and since 1997, we have acquired 8,000 taxa (different sorts of plants) from 240 families, making up 12,000 individual entries on our database. Within the borders of areas such as the Double Walled Garden and the Broadwalk, we are currently developing collections of Actaeas (bugbanes), Thalictrum (meadow rue), Crocosmia (montbretia), Kniphofias (red hot pokers), Hamamellis (witch hazels), Cistus (rock roses) and Galanthus (snowdrops).
Within the parkland, we are expanding our collection of Quercus (oaks), Betula (birches), Fagus (beech), Juglandaceae (walnut family), Sorbus (mountain ash and whitebeams) and Alnus (alders). Woods of the World is a phyto-geographically arranged collection of trees and shrubs from various different temperate regions across the world. Regions currently being developed include Tasmania, the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China, areas from the Western Himalayas (Nepal, Pakistan and parts of India) and the cool temperate regions of Chile. As part of our contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, and in particular Target 8 (which specifies that 60% of threatened plant species should be held in accessible ex-situ collections, preferably in the country of origin) we are also building a collection of native Welsh plants, some of which can be seen in the small display behind Theatr Botanica. One of the highlights of this collection is the Sorbus leyana, Britain's rarest tree, which is found in tiny numbers at only two sites in the Brecon Beacons, and nowhere else in the world. As we write, however, perhaps our most significant collection of plants is housed in the Great Glasshouse. The Mediterranean flora of the South African Western Cape is known locally as 'fynbos' (fine-leaved bush). Important families are the Ericaceae, the heather family (more than 500 species), the Protaceae – Proteas and Leucadendrons (69 species) and the Restionaceae or Cape reeds (310 species). The diversity of plant species in the region is astonishing; Table Mountain alone (an area of 57 square kilometres) has almost 1,500 species, a number comparable to the flora of the entire British Isles. Nearly 80% of the plants from South Western Australia are found nowhere else in the world. Families of interest here are the Protaceae (Banksia, Dryandra, Grevillea and Hakea being particularly notable), the Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus, Melaleucas and Callistemons, for example) and the Fabaceae, the pea family, which fix nitrogen in their roots, enabling them to survive in the very impoverished soils of the region (in particular, Acacias and Cassias). The Mediterranean basin itself is characterised by, in particular, the scented-leaved shrubs we use as culinary herbs (the Lamiaceae, including Thymes and Rosemary), the Cistaceae (rock roses) and, again, the Fabaceae, especially brooms. California is known for its enormous diversity of oak species, as well as Ceanothus (Californian lilacs) and Arctostaphylos (manzanitas). Many Californian annual species, such as the Escholtzias (Californian poppies) and the Limnanthes (poached egg plants), have become popular garden plants in Britain. Chile is probably the least well-known of the floras represented here, but some plants, such as the Berberis and the Escallonias, will be familiar to many. Also important here are the Lobelias, the Azaras and many members of the Myrtaceae family.


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Funeral homes are weird, and death makes you see things in weird new ways.The director at the home for my mom�s funeral a few weeks ago asked us to select prayer cards, but most of them were more religious than she was. She was more attuned to another guy born on Dec. 25, Jimmy Buffett, so we sat in the funeral home looking up Buffett lyrics and sobbing like goofy fools.
I remember a time when New Year�s Eve meant trying to figure out if I was going to have a party or where I was going to celebrate. Over the years, I stayed home more often, perhaps inviting a few couples over for dinner. As midnight came closer,...
Dick Clark is so much a part of celebrating New Year�s Eve that two years after his death, his name is still in the title of the show he had hosted for 16 years.
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