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Are we allowed to celebrate the Prophet's (sa) birthday? Shaykh Yasir Qadhi presents a thorough analysis.
Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman: Life after Ramadan
Ramadan is over, have you gotten closer to Allah (swt)? Have you returned back to your sins? Are you worse off than before Ramadan? Have you stopped visiting the Masjid? Have you stopped your Qiyam (nightly prayers)?
Alhamdulillah this great lecture was given by Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman in August 2009 (post Ramadan 09) at Lakemba Mosque. May Allah (swt) reward you all for watching, Ameen.
Wudhoo as made by the Prophet (sa)
Shaykh Khatri demonstrates the prophetic wudhoo, as taught to him by his teacher with an unbroken chain right back to the Prophet (sa).
TED Talk: Where is home?
More and more people worldwide are living in countries not considered their own. Writer Pico Iyer – who himself has three or four "origins" – meditates on the meaning of home, the joy of traveling and the serenity of standing still.
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Acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer began his career documenting a neglected aspect of travel – the sometimes surreal disconnect between local tradition and imported global pop culture. Since then, he has written ten books, exploring also the cultural consequences of isolation, whether writing about the exiled spiritual leaders of Tibet or the embargoed society of Cuba.
Iyer's latest focus is on yet another overlooked aspect of travel: how can it help us regain our sense of stillness and focus in a world where our devices and digital networks increasing distract us? As he says: "Almost everybody I know has this sense of overdosing on information and getting dizzy living at post-human speeds. Nearly everybody I know does something to try to remove herself to clear her head and to have enough time and space to think. … All of us instinctively feel that something inside us is crying out for more spaciousness and stillness to offset the exhilaration of this movement and the fun and diversion of the modern world."
Nouman Ali Khan: Make Dua Now!
This amazing video will give you chill – we do so many sins, but still Allah (swt) is so Gracious and Merciful that He is waiting to answer our Duas.
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Listen with us to the lecture of Dr. Abdul Majid Ali, in which he talks about merits and innovations concerning the month of Shaban.
TED Talk: What will future jobs look like?
Economist Andrew McAfee suggests that, yes, probably, droids will take our jobs — or at least the kinds of jobs we know now. In this far-seeing talk, he thinks through what future jobs might look like, and how to educate coming generations to hold them.
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Andrew McAfee studies the ways that information technology (IT) affects businesses, business as a whole, and the larger society. His research investigates how IT changes the way companies perform, organize themselves and compete. At a higher level, his work also investigates how computerization affects competition, society, the economy and the workforce.
He's a principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His books include Enterprise 2.0 and Race Against the Machine (with Erik Brynjolfsson). Read more on his blog.
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Children have the most sincere way of talking about serious matters. Enjoy with us this video, which will make you smile, while giving a boost to your Emaan at the same time!
Reality of 27th Rajab or Shabay Meraj
Should Muslims celebrate the 27th of Rajab? Dr. Muhammad Saleh gives a detailed answer to this question, highlighting the reality of Shab-e-Meraj.
"Hamaan" Mentioned in the Quran
In this short yet enlightening video, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan talks about Hamaan, the minister and the right-hand man of the Pharoah (Firawn). Find out more about him in this short lecture.
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Dr. Zakir Naik gives answer to the question of coping with Bidahs (religious innovations) we may be seeing around us.
TED talk: Ken Robinson on educational 'death valley'
Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
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Why don't we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity — are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says. It's a message with deep resonance. Robinson's TEDTalk has been distributed widely around the Web since its release in June 2006. The most popular words framing blog posts on his talk? "Everyone should watch this."
A visionary cultural leader, Sir Ken led the British government's 1998 advisory committee on creative and cultural education, a massive inquiry into the significance of creativity in the educational system and the economy, and was knighted in 2003 for his achievements. His 2009 book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, is a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into 21 languages. A 10th anniversary edition of his classic work on creativity and innovation, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, was published in 2011. His latest book, Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life, will be published by Viking in May 2013.
"Ken's vision and expertise is sought by public and commercial organizations throughout the world." (BBC Radio 4)
TED talk: Every Child Deserves a Champion
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
R. Pierson says: "Every child deserves a champion — an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be."
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Rita F. Pierson, a professional educator since 1972, has taught elementary school, junior high and special education. She's been a counselor, a testing coordinator and an assistant principal. In each of these roles, she's brought a special energy to the role — a desire to get to know her students, show them how much they matter and support them in their growth, even if it's modest.
For the past decade, Pierson has conducted professional development workshops and seminars for thousands of educators. Focusing on the students who are too often under-served, she lectures on topics like "Helping Under-Resourced Learners,""Meeting the Educational Needs of African American Boys" and "Engage and Graduate your Secondary Students: Preventing Dropouts."
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From the middle of the year Microsoft will roll out a mandatory Windows validation process. The process is being piloted currently for Czech, Chinese and Norwegian versions of Windows.
The decision to enforce validation will help Microsoft fight against counterfeit software and will also help IT departments and consumers to check that they have bought valid products.
Invalid software licences has been a problem for users in the past, particularly when they have tried to obtain discounts on Microsoft volume licensing and ended up buying counterfeits rather than legitimate licence.
This is what happened in 2002 to Clackmannanshire Council in Scotland. When the council needed to extend its MS Select desktop licences a supplier offered extra licences more cheaply than were available under the Select agreement. The deal turned sour when an audit, done in co-operation with Microsoft, revealed that the new licences were counterfeit.
Through the validation process, users will be required to enter authentication details on the Microsoft website. According to Microsoft, users will be alerted if an invalidate licence is found.
Unless authentication of the software is validated, the user will be unable to download software updates such as the latest releases of device driver software. For the time being, security patches will not be affected. Alex Hilton, anti-piracy manager at Microsoft, said, "If users do not succeed in validating the software, they will still have access to security patched."
Hilton said users found to have an invalid licence would be given the option of purchasing a legitimate one, at a fee that would be less than the cost of the boxed retail version, but more expensive than an OEM-licence. Users would need to provide Microsoft with details of the supplier of the software in order to obtain the discount, Hilton said.
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REDDING, Calif. - The library building at Simpson University was evacuated Thursday morning after the smell of smoke filled the building. The smoke came from a furnace motor that caught fire and then ignited the furnace filter, sending smoke through the building's air vents.
University heating and cooling manager Rodney Hauptman said the smoke alarms were triggered around 8:30 a.m. About 200 people were evacuated from the building. Redding Fire Department responded to the campus.
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HP unleashes a worm to find and fix server holes
Technology developed by HP Labs that uses virus propogation techniques to patch vulnerable servers is to be offered as a service.
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It has been used inside HP since 2001 to protect the company's own infrastructure.
HP said the service was not intended to replace an organisation's existing IT security provisions, but was designed to provide additional capability to detect and repair vulnerable systems in advance of an attack.
A number of European and US businesses have piloted the service, which is due to be available by the end of October, said HP.
HP researcher Boris Balacheff said the technology was designed to remediate security vulnerabilities proactively where the IT director had decided it was too risky to wait for the normal patch management process to complete.
The service focuses on security infrastructures that allow some viruses and worms through the normal defences provided by antivirus, intrusion prevention/detection, patch management and vulnerability assessment tools.
HP said the service had been designed to complement these tools and give IT security administrators the ability to take immediate action to find and patch systems which otherwise left the whole infrastructure open to attack.
Balacheff said, "The approach HP has taken is a corporate immune system. We take advantage of the same vulnerability as the worm and make sure that if we find a vulnerable system, we break in and close the vulnerability. If a worm can break into the system, we can too."
Businesses with fewer than 20,000 active IP addresses will be offered the service at a fixed price, which HP said would be "extremely competitive".
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Although 80% of motorists know that a hybrid car could be better for the environment, people aren't prepared to make the financial sacrifice necessary to buy one of them.
Research from the Energy Savings Trust, a policy analysis group that promotes sustainable use of energy, shows that just 12% of drivers would change from a conventional car to a hybrid without some form of incentive.
Richard Tarboton, head of the transport energy business unit at the EST, said: 'Road transport is the UK's second largest contributor to climate change and emissions from vehicles are not only harming our environment but also our health.
'These results clearly show that the majority of people in the UK are starting to take these issues seriously and want to see improvements.
'Carefully targeted financial incentives are available through our own transport energy programmes in the form of grants towards the cost of low-carbon vehicles and emissions reduction technologies.'
The EST claims that up to 24,000 people die in the UK every year as a result of poor air quality – and it has grants available to help anyone buy a cleaner vehicle with lower levels of carbon dioxide.
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There were 128 other incidents on the network serious enough to require an official report and further investigation in the month ending 30 January, bringing the total to 182.
In one, a train struck a ladder which had been left suspended above the track by sub-contractors. In another, a train overshot the platform because of too much grease on the lines.
Apart from the potentially disastrous red light blunders, faulty signals, power failures and staff shortages led to delays on a daily basis.
Confidential documents seen by the Standard show there were 187 hours and 35 minutes of recorded disruption on the Tube in the four weeks but the real total is thought to be much higher.
It is not known whether the figure of 182 incidents shows an increase or decrease from previous months. Included in the total are the 54 times trains passed red lights.
On one occasion at London Bridge on the Northern line during the rush hour, a train overshot the platform and the red light by two carriage lengths. This was due to a track mounted grease dispenser spurting out too much grease.
A "wrong signal" sent 100 passengers on the Jubilee line to Neasden train depot instead of Neasden station. Passengers on the Northern line at Kennington were taken off into sidings. This was because the carriages had not been inspected properly to check there was nobody still on board when the train reached the end of is journey.
There were massive delays on the Circle line last month when a train struck an object at Aldgate. LU said at the time it had hit some scaffolding left by contractors.
What actually happened was that sub-contractors had, without authority, attached a ladder to the underside of girders above the track. The driver "reported a loud bang as train left Aldgate." The result was six hours of delays.
A Victoria line train was damaged at Northumberland Park depot when it "collided with closed shutter doors of the train shed". The train was empty save for the driver, who was not hurt.
There were 20 signal failures which resulted in delays of more than 18 hours. Twelve power failures caused delays of more than 16 hours.
London Underground says "safety is paramount" and the network has a system which brakes trains automatically if a signal is passed at red. The company said record amounts of money is being invested. Some of the delays are caused by situations out of the Tube's control, such as suicides, a power failure from national grid supplies and flooding.
A London Underground spokesman said: "Safety is our top priority and London Underground has worked hard to successfully reduce signals passed at danger (SPADs) in recent years.
"Tube engineering protects against accidents which could result from a train passing a red signal. In such an instance, the automatic brake system will operate, stopping the train. SPADs as a result of driver error remain on the decrease, but cold and wet weather at this time of year causes an increase in signal malfunctions which also cause trains to stop, and these also register as a SPAD."
He added: "We have seen a number of incidents in which stations have flooded from a water mains, and we work closely with Thames Water o ensure these have as little impact as possible on passenger service. Similarly, the winter months bring some increase in station power loss when the electricity network is under great demand, and we continue to work with power providers to make sure supply to stations is given the correct priority."
Incidents that caused disruption
5 January, 3.36am: Firefighters called to Finsbury Park after a blaze started by overnight contractors.
8 January, 11.20am: District line suspended between High Street Kensington and Edgware Road because there are no staff.
19 January, 5.24am: Circle line train hits subcontractor's ladder at Aldgate.
20 January, 6.40pm: 40 passengers stuck in a lift at Queensway.
20 January, 7.22pm: 100 passengers driven into depot instead of station.
21 January, 8.37am: Passengers on the Northern line at Kennington taken into the sidings.
24 January, 7.34am: Train overshoots platforms and red light at London Bridge because of too much grease on the tracks.
25 January, 9.01am: Woman taken to hospital with exhaustion after service between Wembley Park and Aldgate is suspended because two sets of points fail.
25 January; 6.50pm: Cooker fire in mess room at Caledonian Road.
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So, rather than try and force a post, I thought I'd just drop the very early, very rough draft of the beginning of SCIU #3 (no title yet, sadly).
Gavin Culp gazed out over the city of Springfield. The sun was just about to set in Missouri and everything held a soft glow. The autumn trees were alive with color as if lit by a hundred golden fires from within.
"I've never been up here," the woman said from behind him. "You're so right. It is beautiful."
Luring her to this place had been so much easier than he had anticipated. And he had already believed this would be his easiest kill yet. Her intellect had always been beneath his own.
"I can't believe I ran into again after all these years. Small world, eh?"
"Yes," he said with his back still turned from her. "It is a very small world." Getting smaller all the time as a matter of fact.
"How did you manage to get access to this roof?"
"A friend has a key. I come here to unwind, so whenever I'm in town, he lets me use it."
"I can't imagine a better place to relax."
Finally, he turned to gaze upon his guest. She hadn't really changed much in twenty years. Still the fat pig she'd been then. Same mousy brown hair. Same watery blue eyes. Her clothing was of a better quality, but she still wasn't exactly dressing for success.
"Imagine bumping into you after all these years."
He had to stop himself from rolling his eyes and telling her she'd already said almost that exact same thing. Pedestrian bitch. She never had imagination. That she had book smarts could never be denied, but her ability to problem solve and think critically had been her ultimate failing. That she'd been so beneath him her ignorance lulled him into a false sense of security back then made him want to put a bullet between her eyes now.
But that wasn't the plan. That, in itself, would be beneath his intellect as well.
"Meeting you was almost like it had be pre-ordained," he said with a smile. "But what are you doing standing all the way over there. You're missing the best part."
Her plump cheeks reddened. "I'm a little afraid of heights, so if you don't mind, I'll just look from over here."
Gavin laughed like it was the simplest thing in the world to overcome. "I won't let you fall, Martha. Honest. You don't want to miss this."
"It's a surprise." He exaggerated a pout and she laughed—just like he'd planned. "Come on. Once the sun drops below the horizon, you'll miss it."
The look in her eyes told him she was moving against her better judgment, but she still moved. One step closer. Then another.
He reached out a hand and she placed hers into it. Her sweaty palm made him want to gag, but he grinned. "That's it. A little closer."
Stepping to the edge, she sidled up against him for either comfort or to come on to him. He wasn't certain. Either way, she wouldn't find what she was looking for. Not from him.
"What did you want to show me?"
" A little thing I learned from Newton."
"Newton?" Her eyes crinkled and she laughed. "How funny. I went out of competition because of a question about Newton. Something about his work with the law of gravity."
"Exactly," he said.
It was the last word she heard. The only other sound was his laughter mixed with her screaming for the last three point oh five seconds of her pointless life.
It's rough, but there it is. In this, we will see Mackenzie 'Mac' Toliver hunt down someone who's been pushing people off buildings. In keeping with the theme of agents facing their fears to do their jobs, Mac is afraid of heights. Also in this, Frank Carruso of Dying Embers takes his place as the hero of the piece. Yay, Frank. We'll also hear from Director Graham, of course, and Lynn.
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Rollins's Get in the Van meets Bidini's On a Cold Road in an original fever dream
While touring Europe, Eamon McGrath wrestled with one of the biggest questions on the mind of any touring artist: should you suffer for your art? The pain and heartache that goes along with a working musician's lifestyle must serve as a means to some kind of cathartic end, McGrath argues — otherwise that torment served no purpose. In Berlin-Warszawa Express, McGrath fictionalizes experiences from his life and the lives of his peers to seek out meaning and significance in the tumultuous and emotional experience of living on the road.
From boozy techno-fied weekends in Berlin, to punk squats in Prague, to the alleyways and barrooms of Vienna, McGrath chronicles the dramatic changes in emotion and culture occurring on both sides of the train window in this raucous debut.
With over 300 songs written and recorded, album of the year credits, multiple continent-spanning tours, Eamon McGrath has developed a body of work that could rival that of any artist 15 years his senior. This is the house that punk rock built: a fierce DIY attitude and constantly changing style has guided McGrath across the globe on countless tours, stories from which were cultivated in innumerable journal entries and song lyrics, eventually becoming the evocative and emotional journey that forms the backbone of Berlin-Warszawa Express. He is based in Toronto, Ontario.
Published: May 2017
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
Pages: 104
"With all the redemptive, provocative and gritty poetry that flows so effortlessly through his songs, Eamon McGrath has turned his hand to the open page, where his notoriously old soul remains as inquisitive and outraged (and self-destructive) as ever. At once a profound, yearning love story to both the splendour and the dregs of old Europe, Berlin-Warszawa Express offers a booze-fueled, fly-on-the-wall assessment of the pitfalls and the triumphs of the perpetually touring musician, and the end result is simply a beautiful literary offering." — Joel Thomas Hynes, author of Right Away Monday
"McGrath is not the kind of writer who tidies up after himself. This is a messy book about the messy life of a street-smart musician as he works his way across Europe. Expect broken teeth, blizzards, smashed vodka bottles and hangovers from hell. Beauty, too, in abundance. Whether he is looking inward to his own hopes and plans, or outward at the troubled Europe he is determined to comprehend, McGrath is a powerful observer. He tells the raw truth. An unforgettable read." — Linda Goyette, award-winning author and journalist


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1. Re: Allowing duplicate members in outline or anything else?sunil k Jan 14, 2013 4:27 PM (in response to deniska)Hi,1 person found this helpful
Child2 (under Par2 and Par3 ) can not be a shared member. it rather has to be a calculated member. You would need to use different member names under Par2 and Par3 (e.g. Par2_Child2, Par3_Child2) and have formula on these members. I do not think you need formula on Cost or any other dimension member to drive the result you are looking for.
If you have to have same member names, you can try by switching on 'Allow Duplicate Members' and having formula on Child2 instances under Par2 and Par3. I would rather suggest you to convince your users for different member names than trying to allow duplicate members.
2. Re: Allowing duplicate members in outline or anything else?deniska Jan 14, 2013 8:16 PM (in response to sunil k)Thanks for reply.I i think you are right that child2 has to be a calculated member.
But why do you suggest me to convince my users for different member names? Are there any problems in using duplicate members in essbase+obiee?
Look for example
Par1,Par2,Par3 - Economical Areas
Par1 - Whole World(all the countries)
Par2 - European Union(EU)(countries included in it at least onces(for one year) in the the examined period)
Par3 - Commonwealth of Independent States(CIS)
And we have three countries RU-RUSSIA, ES-SPAIN, DE-GERMANY.
Period=2 Years(2010,2011)
RU was in CIS for 2 years and wasnt in EU,
DE was in EU for 2 years and wasnt in CIS
and ES was in EU in 2010 and in CIS in 2011
If we have different member names our dimension looks like
-Whole World
-European Union
-Commonwealth of Independent States
First, if we choose zero level of dim we get 7 counties(users have to make additionl filer on Economical Areas) to get 3 countries.
Second, if user choose EU and drill through it he get
and have to cut (CIS) manually in his business report.
Thats why i want to try allow duplicate members. But if it isnt work properly in obiee(mdx to physical cube) i tell my users about it.
Did anybody try anything similar and may be face with any bug or problem?
3. Re: Allowing duplicate members in outline or anything else?sunil k Jan 14, 2013 8:44 PM (in response to deniska)Personally, i would not prefer to use duplicate members (unless there is no other option) because i would have to use fully qualified names in reports/scripts/calculations etc. It could become difficult to maintain in long run with change in structure/outline. That is my general guideline - I am sure you can give it a try if duplicate members are not present at large scale in your outline.
Which version of ESSBASE are you using? You can try to see if Varying Attribute would address your requirements – you may have to redesign your outline a little bit. - Realized that you are on 9.3.1 so this may not be am option as I do not think varying attribute was introduced back then
Edited by: sunil k on Jan 14, 2013 12:44 PM
4. Re: Allowing duplicate members in outline or anything else?deniska Jan 15, 2013 7:48 AM (in response to sunil k)You are right. Im on 9.3.1.
And thanks for varying attribute i'll check it.
5. Re: Allowing duplicate members in outline or anything else?deniska Jan 16, 2013 6:54 PM (in response to deniska)Hi again.
Use this method (without allowing duplicate members) and unfortunately cant stay with it.
1. I always create aggregational views after importing the data into cube.
But now after arrgregation i cant open dim Country.(got the error "Cannot send data") in EAS and OBI. In essbase.cfg two parameters(NetDelay.. and NetRetry...) are equal 75000.
Made two tricks in windows registry - the same. Understood that it was because of one member of level 1(c99) which has 228 childen and each children has such formula
"IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="02",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="03",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="04",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="05",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="06",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="07",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="08",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="09",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="10",c732,IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="11",c732,MISSING))))))))))"
after filtering on all other members(even together) i got the result. But i dont understand why...Other 14 level-1 members also has children(max 178) and they queries normally.
More detailed dim Country
Country(Hierarchies Enabled)
-c00(stored)(+)(256 members)
-c10(Dynamic)(~)(10 members)
--c100(c10)(+)(formula above)
--c300(c10)(+)(formula above)
-c20(Dynamic)(~)(178 members)
--c100(c20)(+)(formula above)
--c200(c20)(+)(formula above)
-c99(Dynamic)(~)(228 members)
--c100(c99)(+)(formula above)
--c200(c99)(+)(formula above)
If i dont make aggr views i got the result even with "c99" in different combination (but sometimes also got the error "cannot send data")
2. But the main trouble is obiee pivot table.
If i choose level-2 members of this dim with different measures and other dim members it shows the result.
But after i set function SUM(before, after etc) in pivot i get "no data found".
except stored member "c00" - with it i get my SUM.
If i add filer with ONE! year inside i get my SUM. If more than one or none - "no data found"
except stored member "c00" - with it i get my SUM.
So now i see only one way...The whole dim Country is Stored
In Measure "Cost" i add big formula like "IIF(substring([Times].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="02" and IIF([Country].CurrentMember.Member_Name,3,4) ="c100(c10)", c100...
for each member...and there will be a lot of measures (CostN...) course the formula is very huge...


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This threat uses a software vulnerability to download and run other files on your PC, including malware.
It runs when you visit a hacked website and you have a vulnerable version of Java. Legitimate websites can also be hacked to unwillingly host this threat.
Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7 and 6 Update 27 and earlier are all vulnerable to this threat.
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You may get a detection for this threat when you visit a website that has the malicious code, even if you're not using a vulnerable version of Java. This doesn't mean that you have been compromised, it means an try to compromise your PC has been made.
The vulnerability that this threat exploits is described in CVE-2011-3544.
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Java is a general-purpose programming language, but cases of this exploit are targeted against the Java plug-in for web browsers. The intent of the Java plug-in is that Java programs (or "applets") can be offered by websites, and run in a "sandbox" where the Java plug-in enforces rules on what the Java applet can do so that it cannot escape outside the webpage it is included in.
Exploits are written to take advantage of weaknesses (or "vulnerabilities") in legitimate software. A project called "Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures" (or "CVE"), used by many vendors and organizations, gives each vulnerability a unique number, in this case "CVE-2011-3544". The portion "2011" refers to the year the vulnerability was discovered, and "3544" is a unique ID for this specific vulnerability. The official source that gives out CVE identifiers lists this at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3544.
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Exploit:Java/CVE-2011-3544 uses a bug in the JavaScript engine inside of the Java Runtime. Java applets can run JavaScript code, and normally the JavaScript code is subject to the same restrictions that the Java applet is. The JavaScript function in this exploit extends the internal function "toString" with its own code. Then it calls a built-in, privileged routine, like the Error object, that it knows will call the "toString" function that it just redefined. When it calls the "toString" function, the attacker's code is then run with elevated privileges. The exploit takes these privileges and can then run outside of the sandbox.
In summary, Exploit:Java/CVE-2011-3544 attacks the security model instead of a buffer overflow. With a buffer overflow, the exploit is dependent on the specific CPU (Central Processing Unit), and might be affected by technology like DEP (Data Execution Prevention) or ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization).
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About the Hotel
Property Location
A stay at Hilton Crystal City at National Airport places you in the heart of Addison Heights, convenient to Birchmere and Arlington National Cemetery. This hotel is close to Jefferson Memorial and Lincoln Memorial.
Make yourself at home in one of the 393 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Premium TV channels and video-game consoles are provided for your entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Don't miss out on recreational opportunities including a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services.
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Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and limo/town car service. Planning an event in Addison Heights? This hotel has 25000 square feet (2323 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
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If an adult member of your family has been in the intensive care unit (ICU) on a breathing machine (mechanical ventilator or respirator) for many days, this information about chronic critical illness is for you. We hope that the information will help you understand chronic critical illness and feel more informed when you talk with the doctors and nurses about important decisions for your family member.
What Is Chronic Critical Illness?
Most patients who need care in the ICU get better quickly. After a few days in the ICU, they no longer need a breathing machine or other critical care treatments. But even with the best ICU care, some patients remain critically ill and have trouble breathing on their own, without a machine, for a much longer time. These patients have chronic critical illness.
What Causes Chronic Critical Illness?
We do not know why some ICU patients get better quickly, whereas others remain critically ill and need a breathing machine for a long time. But we are learning how to take better care of patients with chronic critical illness and their families. We are also learning more about what to expect from treatments that exist today.
How Do Doctors and Nurses Know a Person Has Chronic Critical Illness?
There is no test to diagnose chronic critical illness. Doctors and nurses know that adult patients have chronic critical illness when they still need a breathing machine even after weeks in the ICU. For most patients, chronic critical illness also involves many body systems and organs.
What Treatment Is Available for Chronic Critical Illness?
Treating chronic critical illness involves caring for the total person rather than administering a single medication or procedure. The goal of care is, if possible, to free patients from the breathing machine, from other life supports, and from the need for more help with everyday activities than they needed before this illness. Doctors, nurses, and other members of the health care team try to slowly help the patient become free of the breathing machine in small steps (often called "weaning"). They also provide feeding through a tube, skin care, and other types of care for infections. They try to prevent new infections and other problems. Unfortunately, this is often very difficult and unsuccessful.
Where Are Patients With Chronic Critical Illness Cared For?
Patients may stay in the ICU, but sometimes patients with chronic critical illness are transferred to another unit in the hospital or to another facility outside the hospital that specializes in caring for these patients. This will depend on the patient's situation and on the hospital and city.
Do Chronically Critically Ill Patients Regain the Ability to Breathe on Their Own Without a Breathing Machine?
In time, about half of patients with chronic critical illness are able to breathe on their own without a ventilator. The rest of the patients will always need the ventilator to help with breathing. The chances of being free from the ventilator decrease as time goes by. Each patient is different, and it is not always easy to predict how things will turn out. Feel free to ask the ICU staff for their opinion about what is likely to happen to your family member in the future.
What Does It Feel Like to Be Chronically Critically Ill?
Having intensive treatment for a long time may be difficult for patients. They may feel frustrated because they cannot talk or eat regular food. Some patients report distress or discomfort caused by pain. Some have difficulty sleeping. Some are depressed. Doctors, nurses, and other members of the health care team try to keep the patient comfortable and free of distress. The illness is still difficult for many patients.
How Alert Are Patients With Chronic Critical Illness?
In the early phase of critical illness in the ICU, many patients receive medicines to make them less anxious. These medicines are called sedatives. They make patients less alert. The doses of these medicines are often lowered or stopped as time passes, so patients can be more awake. Patients with chronic critical illness can also be confused or unconscious from other illnesses or medications. You can ask the physician how alert the patient is. You can also ask how much the patient understands what is happening.
Can Patients Live on Their Own After Treatment for Chronic Critical Illness?
Patients who survive treatment for chronic critical illness are weaker after treatment than they were before they came to the ICU. Very few of these patients can return directly home from the hospital. In fact, most patients never recover their previous strength and function. The majority are unable to do basic daily activities (such as eating, using the toilet, bathing) by themselves. Most cannot live independently and need to be in a nursing home.
What Is the Experience Like for Families of Patients With Chronic Critical Illness?
Long critical illness is hard on the family as well as the patient. You may feel stress, worry, sadness, or fatigue. Some families worry about financial burdens. They face many challenges when giving long-term care. You can ask for meetings with a social worker or other hospital staff members to get help with your concerns.
Is Chronic Critical Illness a Serious Condition?
Yes. Patients who survive initial treatment in the ICU remain at risk of dying. Doctors worry most about patients who are elderly and about those who still need life supports like the breathing machine, even after many attempts to help these patients come off life support. Most patients have trouble fighting infections. More than half of patients with chronic critical illness die within 6 months. Even if the patient is treated and slowly begins to breathe without the help of the ventilator, the effects of chronic critical illness can be severe and long-lasting.
What Are the Options?
Like any patient, the patient with chronic critical illness has the right to make decisions about treatments that may be offered by the health care team. If the patient cannot make decisions, someone else who is approved to make decisions, such as a health care proxy or family decision maker, has the right to be involved in treatment decisions and help the doctors and nurses understand what the patient would want if he or she could decide personally. To make the best decisions for your loved one, you need information about what treatment options are available. You can learn about the benefits, risks, and burdens for each option. You are encouraged to ask questions. Talk with the health care team about the patient's situation and chances of getting better. Decisions made at one point in time can be changed at a later time. You may also wish to discuss either now or later the option of stopping intensive treatments such as the breathing machine while keeping the patient comfortable. The needs and concerns of the family as well as the patient are important throughout this process.
What Is a Tracheotomy?
A breathing machine (mechanical ventilator or respirator) helps the lungs breathe and provides oxygen. When patients are first put on this machine, they are usually connected to it by a tube that goes through the mouth and vocal cords (in the larynx or voice box) into the trachea (windpipe). If the patient needs a breathing machine for a long time, the ICU team may advise that this tube be moved from the patient's mouth to the neck. A small cut called a "tracheotomy" is made in the neck, allowing the tube to be taken out of the mouth and placed directly into the trachea below the vocal cords; the patient is still connected to the breathing machine. Tracheotomy is a kind of surgery that is usually done in less than 30 minutes at the patient's bedside in the ICU. Sometimes it is done in the operating room.
If a tracheotomy is being discussed for your loved one, you can learn about the likely risks and benefits of this procedure. You can talk about the decision with the ICU team and the surgeon who would perform it. If tracheotomy is being discussed because the patient is still on a breathing machine with chronic critical illness (there are reasons besides chronic critical illness why a tracheotomy may be recommended— those situations can be different), you should also try to understand more about chronic critical illness and the risks and benefits of being on a breathing machine for a long time.
A patient who is connected to a breathing machine (mechanical ventilator or respirator) by a tracheotomy tube inserted in the patient's neck
Who Can Help?
The doctors and nurses on the critical care team can provide facts, advice, and support. Help from a social worker or chaplain may also be valuable. Ask for information and assistance.
Here are brief explanations of some terms you may hear:
Advance directive—Instructions from a patient (spoken or written) about treatments the patient would want or not want and about who should make medical decisions if the patient cannot do this personally. Advance directives include living will, durable power of attorney for health care, and health care proxy.
Arterial blood gas (ABG, blood gas, gas)—Blood test on a sample of blood from the artery that helps the doctors and nurses know how well a patient is breathing by measuring the amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Attending physician—Senior doctor on the health care team who oversees the patient's care.
Cardiac monitor (monitor)—Screen that shows the patient's vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen levels, breathing rate). Various wires and cables connect the patient to this monitor.
Catheter (tube, line, drain)—Plastic tube placed in a blood vessel (vein or artery) or another part of the body (eg, bladder catheter to drain urine).
Central line (IJ, subclavian line, femoral line)—Special intravenous catheter in a large vein (usually near the neck or collar bone) to give fluids, medications, or nutrition or to measure blood pressures in and around the heart.
CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)—A procedure to try to restart the heartbeat if a patient has a cardiac arrest—that is, if the patient's heart and breathing stop. This procedure combines pressing on the chest and giving rescue breathing (in the ICU, this is done by machine) and administering medications.
Critical care team (ICU team)—Team of health care professionals who care for critically ill patients and their families; this team includes the attending intensive care doctor, critical care nurse, respiratory therapist, and critical care pharmacist. Social workers, clergy, and others may also be members of the critical care team. Some ICUs have nurse practitioners or physician assistants.
Do-not-resuscitate (DNR, do-not-attemptresuscitation, DNAR)—A directive (order) that instructs doctors and nurses not to attempt to restart the patient's heartbeat or breathing through CPR.
Durable power of attorney for health care— Legal document that gives another person— called a "surrogate decision maker"—the authority to make health care decisions for a patient when the patient is unable to do so personally.
ECG (EKG)—Equipment that monitors and shows the heartbeat.
Endotracheal tube (ET tube)—Breathing tube that is placed in the patient's airway (trachea) through the mouth or nose (or through the neck after a tracheotomy). This tube is attached to a mechanical ventilator (breathing machine) to help the patient breathe.
Face mask (oxygen mask, O2 mask)— Plastic mask that is placed over the nose and mouth. The mask is attached to a plastic hose that gives oxygen (from a tank or wall source) to help the patient breathe.
Fellow (ICU fellow)—Doctor who is training to care for critically ill patients and their families.
Health care proxy (proxy)—Similar to durable power of attorney for health care; see above.
Intensivist—Doctor or nurse with special training to care for critically ill patients and their families.
Life-supporting treatment (life support)— Treatment that can include mechanical ventilation (breathing machine), artificial nutrition (feeding by tube or through the vein), intravenous hydration (fluid given through the vein), kidney dialysis, medicines to raise blood pressure and boost the heart rate, and other treatments to attempt to prolong life.
Nasal cannula (cannula)—Plastic tube that fits around the head with two short prongs into the nostrils. It provides the patient with oxygen (from a tank or wall source).
Nasogastric tube (NGT, NG), orogastric tube (OGT, OG)—A tube placed through the nose or mouth into the stomach. It is used to give medicines and feedings or to drain stomach contents.
PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy)— Tube placed through the skin and wall of the abdomen into the stomach to give feedings (and medicines) to patients who cannot take these by mouth.
Pulse oximeter (pulse ox, O2 sat monitor)— Device placed on finger, toe, or earlobe to check how much oxygen is in the blood.
Suction—Removal of secretions (phlegm or mucus) or drainage from the patient's airway (trachea) or other part of the body (eg, stomach).Tracheotomy (tracheostomy, trach)—Surgical opening in the neck for a breathing (endotracheal) tube into the patient's airway (trachea). This tube is attached to a mechanical ventilator (breathing machine) or an oxygen mask to help the patient breathe.
Vasoactive drugs (vasopressors, pressors, drips)—Medicines that are given by vein (intravenously) to raise or lower blood pressure and boost the heartbeat.
Ventilator/respirator (vent, breathing machine, mechanical ventilator)—Machine attached to the patient by a tube (in mouth, nose, or neck) to help the patient breathe.
Weaning—Process of trying to help the patient become free of the breathing machine by lessening the help from the machine step by step.
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Miles Corak: Roughly speaking, middle-income households are not much, if at all, better off than 30 years ago. They are now working harder and relying more on government transfers to maintain the same standard of living. The starting salaries of each successive cohort of young people entering the labour market are lower. Poverty is another thing altogether, and though it has fallen when compared to 20 years ago, this is cold comfort.
Kevin Lynch: As Sergeant Friday used to say: "The facts, nothing but the facts." And the facts suggest that income inequality worsened in Canada, as measured by the Gini coefficient by about the same percentage as the OECD countries on average, and the deterioration actually happened in the second half of the 1990s, not in the last decade. Over the last decade, median real disposable income rose in Canada by about 20 per cent compared to a decline of 4 per cent in the U.S., and the ratio of the top 10 per cent to the bottom 10 per cent declined slightly after rising in the 1990s. Within these statistics, there were increasing market returns to those with better education, and pressures on middle class workers as the nature of work changed.
Anne Golden: The point is not that the middle class and the poor in Canada are not worse off than they were 30 years ago. The point is that the incomes of the middle class have stagnated. The average income of the middle quintile grew by just 6 per cent in real terms in over a third of a century. Nor is the point that the poor are not worse off. It's that they are not much better off, despite a period of significant growth in incomes. The point is that it is top fifth of the population who reaped the benefit of this growth. And the effects of this can be seen in a shrinking of the number of middle class neighbourhoods, as rich and poor grow further apart.
Miles Corak: It is also important to appreciate that this picture cannot be brought into focus by relying on any statistic. The Gini coefficient, by its very construction, is not sensitive to changes in the extremes of the income distribution and so does not fully capture the impact on inequality of rising income shares being captured by top earners. Over the last decade inequality continued to increase, but the nature of the increase was different, reflecting a pulling away of the top tail of the income distribution.
Jim Stanford: How low we set the bar: Despite the advent of incredible technology. Despite a 50 per cent increase in average labour productivity. Despite the mass entry of women into the paid labour market. Despite all these things, the real income of the truly "middle" household (the median family) has not budged in more than 30 years – and even that is due to the impact of government in moderating the strong polarization of market incomes. And yet some claim this as a "victory." Most Canadians have been completely sidestepped by the benefits of economic progress for a generation – precisely because of the erosion of the institutions designed to share the wealth (like income security, collective bargaining, and progressive taxation). Real incomes for the richest 1% doubled in the same period, and real incomes for the super-rich (the top 0.01%) tripled. So by the definition of relative poverty (being worse off than those around you … and, in this case, much worse off than those you read about and see on TV), poverty has indeed increased in Canada.
William Robson: Since we are making such different claims about the trends, I'm quoting Statistics Canada's household incomes, adjusted to an individual basis to correct for how the average household is getting smaller over time. Between 1996 and 2011, the after-tax-and-transfer figures do show average incomes in the top quintile outpacing the others. But they also show average incomes in every quintile up more than 30 percent over the period – not a bad performance, and much better than what came before it.
Jim Stanford: Adjusting the data for the size of household is problematic for several reasons. First, household expenses per capita are higher for smaller households, so claiming that families are "richer than they feel" because there are less people in each household is not very comforting. Second, to some extent households may be smaller precisely because incomes have stagnated, so there is a circularity in the causation. Third, while average household size has declined, average household paid working hours did not.Report Typo/Error
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What did Robert Vadra do?
Robert Vadra landed in a fresh controversy as he was caught on camera for losing his cool and pushing away a journalist who asked him questions regarding land deal in Haryana.
The Congress president's son-in-law was in an inaugural ceremony of a fitness centre at Ashoka Hotel in Delhi on Saturday, became adamant when the journalist posed a question regarding land deal. A furious Vadra asked, "Are you serious, are you serious? Put your camera off. Are you nuts?"
Vadra was not only seen pushing the ANI, a leading news agency, reporter's mic away but his men reportedly went on pressurised the reporter and his camera person to delete clips of the interview from the camera.
Vadra still defiant
Vadra, who has not apologised yet for his gross attitude later clarified with a statement that he was unaware of the fact that the journalist was from ANI.
In the official statement, Vadra claimed, "I thought the question was asked by a private photographer."
What made Mr Vadra feel so offended that he crossed his limit?
This reflects nothing but Mr. Vadra's arrogance and that he can behave with anyone in whatever way he wishes. At a time when others use the term "no comments" to avoid blunt questions from journalists, Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law - who considers himself an elite - roughs up the reporter who is doing his job.
It seems Mr Vadra has not yet realised that his mother-in-law's party is no more in power at Centre and she couldn't shield him.
Congress' brazen defence
But, what is more shocking is the brazen defence of the Congress which instead of asking Vadra for tendering his apology is blaming the media for unnecessarily hounding him.
Earlier in the day, senior Congress leader and a loyalist of 10 Janpath, Digvijay Singh came to his rescue and aid he is amazed by the media attention given to a minor incident involving the Congress president's son-in-law.
Digvijay took to micro-blogging site twitter and wrote, "I am amazed by the Media attention given to a minor incident involving Robert Vadhra. Why a private Citizen being unnecessarily hounded?"
"If he has violated any Law Prosecute him. If has ill gotten wealth confiscate it, but this unnecessary media attention is not justified," he added.
"We Politicians are feeling jealous of the Media Attention which Robert is getting. We are the real Punching Bags for you. Spare him!" added Singh.
The Congress has started raking up incidents in the past when other politicians had misbehaved with the journalists and calling the present episode as a propagated political agenda.
BJP gets a fodder to attack Vadra
This development has given Congress' rival BJP another chance to attack the former for shamelessly defending Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law. Taking potshots at Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, the BJP on Sunday described Vadra's action towards the journalist as 'monarchial highhandedness' and said it is not sober to do so in a democracy.
"This is not a minor incident, assaulting journalism is monarchial highhandedness and it is not sober to do so in a democracy. It is an irony that Digvijay Singh says that whatever Mr. Vadra did with the journalist friend was a minor incident," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told ANI.
Not only BJP, leaders across the political spectrum slammed Vadra for losing his temper when the the bitter question could have avoided by simply saying "no comments".
Why Robert Vadra must apologise?
Robert Vadra must apologise to the media person for obvious reasons. Mr Robert Vadra must remember that his name is still associated with a controversial land deal in Haryana and his role in the deal is being probed. Hence, he cannot escape from the media's questions. And he has no right to behave with any person for asking him a question.
Both he as well as the media enjoy freedom of expression and hence both should not cross their respective limits. The media person did not cross his limit, by posing a simple question over former's involvement in a particular scam he was just doing his job, then what made Mr Vadra feel so offended that he crossed his limit?
The way he behaved shows his ignorance of the Constitution's freedom of expression and also shows his misuse of power.
The Congress should also not try and defend Mr Vadra for he is caught on camera showing his arrogance and it will not be in party's interest which is already on the back foot for helping Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law flourish by making controversial deals. Apologising for one's folly will not decrease the party's image but not doing so might just go against it.


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