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MORE than a third of Australians say the economy is the most important issue in deciding who they will vote for at the election - up from the quarter who put it at the top before the 2007 election.
Nominated by 35 per cent in the Age/Nielsen poll, the economy was followed by health and hospitals (27 per cent); 19 per cent nominated education, 10 per cent the environment, 5 per cent industrial relations and 3 per cent interest rates.
But there was a sharp difference between Labor and Coalition voters, with 51 per cent of Coalition voters nominating the economy. Labor supporters' first priority was health and hospitals (29 per cent).
People were asked to choose the issue most important for their vote from the economy, health and hospitals, education, the environment, industrial relations, and interest rates. With Coalition voters, the economy was clearly out in front. More than twice as many nominated it as chose the next most popular issue - health and hospitals (25 per cent).
There was another big step down to education (12 per cent), with industrial relations attracting 6 per cent, interest rates 3 per cent and the environment only 2 per cent.
Labor voters spread much more evenly among the three top issues. The economy (27 per cent) ran health and hospitals a close second, with education just behind at 24 per cent.
The importance of the economy to voters is one reason why the government is determined to deliver a 2012-13 surplus if possible. This is despite the poll showing that those who believe a surplus this financial year should be a high priority fell from 53 per cent to 49 in a month.
In the poll of 1400 taken between Thursday and Saturday, 53 per cent (down 3 points since October) predicted a Coalition win at the election; 35 per cent thought Labor would win.
Responding to the poll finding that the AWU affair appeared to have backfired on Tony Abbott, deputy PM Wayne Swan said he was ''very confident'' Labor could win the election. ''We've got a Prime Minister who is tough as teeth … who has got ideas for the future, and we've got an Opposition Leader who is a policy weakling, and … a thug when it comes to personal attacks.''

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Good price for a new 2013 740Li
Im in the process of ordering a new 740Li . Packages will include the rear entertainment package and M package as well. They are giving me a qoute of (to include military DOD discount) of 64,500 USD. Is this a pretty fair deal? I havent sealed the deal yet.
I also see on this forum that alot of people are swapping out the tires for non-RFT. The rft are the only option with the M package and the dealer says that the new 2013 RFT's are much better but Im not buying it and want them swapped out once the car is delivered. I also do not like the rims on the M package. Does anyone have any experience with the 2013 run flats?
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Sounds like a great deal to me.
Wow...that's cheap for a new 7 series. Have fun with that thing - the new rear entertainment looks awesome.
Thanks..I think its a pretty good deal seeing as these cars go for almost twice as much in the country i am in. I will pay a 4% import tax but the same car where I live goes for almost 120k. I just signed the delivery documents yesterday so now its just a waiting game. I did add the executive package as well to get the ventilated seats.
Congrats on the new car!
Sounds awesome, and yes a VERY good price!!!
How much more to go 750Li?
Im ordering it from a place called pentagoncarsales in Germany. They are not really a dealer. They basically order the car from the factory and they act as the middle man for people buying that are in the military or work for Department of Defense. So you basically get the car for the same price a dealer would pay from the factory (or so I am told). BMW has probably the best deals for DOD and Military members. Jag and Audi have a program but the savings dont come close to what BMW has to offer.
So the complete breakdown.
740Li with:
rear entertainemnt package,
m sport package (which is free with the2013 models anyway)
executive package.
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I plan on adding dark tint and maybe the Alpina rear spoiler. I might change out the rims and tires since so many people here are complaing about the RFT's being a harsh ride.
Price came to 71,000USD.
I did inquire about upgrading to a 750Li but the 14k extra just wasnt worth it to me. Plus, I plan on only keeping the car for 6months and probably selling it. The country I work in, marks these cars up almost 70% from MSRP, so I could actually make a pretty decent profit from this deal when I am ready to sell it. Then I will just order another one :) ..at least thats the plan, unless I fall in love with the car and dont want to part with it.
I do have a question, does anyone have a 2013 model and if so are the RFT's any better than the 2012's? The (lets call him a "dealer" for simplicity) says that the 2013 RTF's are better and I want to verify that.
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1.1 Population and migration (ILO)
Migrant Workers
Ongoing methodological work:
• The ILO will continue its methods development in the field of migration statistics.
• Participation in various statistical workshops, such as the meetings of the European-Asian Programme on Forced Displacement and Migration (EAP) on the subject of data collection, exchange, and registration; UN expert group meetings; ECE/US Census Bureau/World Bank sponsored conference on using household surveys to measure remittances.
Data collection:
• The International Migration Data Base has been largely revised and will continue to be updated in 2011, in close cooperation with other international and regional entities. It is available on the ILO data warehouse at http://laborsta.ilo.org.
Economically active population
• Estimates and projections of the economically active population (EAP) and activity rates by age, sex and sector have been published since 1971. The most recent edition of the Estimates and Projections of economically active population in 2009 provides estimates and projections for the period 1980 2020 for 191 countries and territories and 29 economic and geographical grouping (available at http://laborsta.ilo.org). Work on improved global projections methodology began in 2010 as well as the development of an inventory of best practices for EAP projections at the national and international levels. Updated EAP projections are expected to be ready in early 2011.
1.2 Labour (ILO)
Labour Statistics
Rural Employment Statistics
• The ILO will continue its collection and methods development in the field of rural employment statistics, defining the essential features of national data sets, and in particular the different determinants used to define "rurality".
• Preparation of a rural data compendium with the longer-term objective of "ruralizing" existing data collection instruments will continue.
• The ILO will continue to supplement its portion of the Joint FAO ILO Website on Rural Employment, focussing on agricultural and non-agricultural labour, including unpaid services in rural households and agricultural holdings for own-consumption.
Volunteer work
• A manual on measuring volunteer work has been prepared and will shortly be available online in the three working languages. Its recommendations will be applied in a number of pilot countries in the following years.
Administrative Records
• The ILO is developing methodologies for the improvement or use of administrative records as a statistical source; this includes not only EAP statistics but also statistics of labour inspections, of cessations of employment due to firing, or rural employment, etc., related to ILO Conventions on the relevant topics.
Ongoing methodological work
Working Time
• The ILO will continue to work on time-use classifications as an instrument to serve the measurement of work and working time statistics within and beyong the production boundary.
• The ILO is also preparing a joint initiative to design a Training Curriculum on Understanding Time Use Surveys to Promote Gender Equality" in a modular form and to enable technical cooperation activities in the field of Time Use Survey development.
Measurement of decent work and quality of employment
• As a follow-up to the national Tripartite Workshop on the preparation of the pilot Decent Work Profile of Ukraine (Kiev, August 2009), technical assistance will be provided to the Ministry of Labour and State Statistics Committee on the measurement of occupational wages within the ILO/EC project Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work (MAP).
Decent work indicators have been defined by a tripartite meeting of experts in a number of countries including Bangladesh, Brazil, Peru, Tanzania, and Ukraine, with background studies and decent work country profiles developed in several of these countries.
• Work has begun on the collection and publication of some of the key ILO decent work indicators.
• A "Refernce Guide on Decent Work Indicators" will be published in the firs half of 2011.
• As a member of the organizing committee for next joint UNECE/ILO/EUROSTAT Seminar on the Measurement of the Quality of Employment (Geneva, 31 October-2 November 2011), the ILO will provide technical contribution to the Seminar's conceptual paper and other relevant reports.
Forced labour
• The ILO has developed a database on forced labour, which relies on secondary sources and includes information on reported cases. In 2005, this database was used to calculate the ILO's first global estimate of the total number of forced labour victims in the world. The ILO is also focusing on technical cooperation for developing reliable national statistics at the country-level, and providing benchmarks by which progress can be measured over time. Five countries from different regions have initially been selected for producing these national estimates, guided by the recommendations from a workshop held in December 2006. Following a review, more countries will be selected. The findings for a wider range of countries will be assessed in the 2011.
Data collection
Since its establishment over 90 years ago, the ILO has been collecting and disseminating statistics on a wide array of labour topics. The ILO central data warehouse for labour statistics is LABORSTA. All the series described below can be accessed at http://laborsta.ilo.org.
• Annual data on the economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour cost, consumer price indices, occupational injuries and strikes and lockouts are collected regularly for dissemination in the ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics, by CD-ROM and on the LABORSTA website which is updated each month. Descriptions of the methods used to compile these statistics are produced and disseminated in the Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics series of publications, by CD-ROM and on the LABORSTA website. Beginning in 2006, the Yearbook has been published in two volumes: i) Volume 1 has time series for each country usually covering the preceding ten years, and ii) Volume 2 has a "country profile" format showing the latest available labour statistics for each country.
• A review of the topics and methods of data collection for short-term indicators began in 2010 and will continue in 2011.
• Following the 2008 financial crisis which rapidly deteriorated the labour market situation in many countries, the ILO started to publish in December 2008 selected statistics on employment, unemployment, wages, hours of work, and consumer prices at the country level for which data are produced on a monthly or quarterly basis. These indicators have been selected for their ability to reflect recent and short-term changes. The data are updated and disseminated each month in the online short-term indicators of the labour market database of the ILO Department of Statistics http://laborsta.ilo.org/sti/sti_E.html. This work will continue in 2011. Aggregate global estimates are available based on real data from reporting countries, as well as aggregate estimates for groupings of developed and developing countries. Data can be accessed by topic and by country and seasonally adjusted data are available for key short-term labour market variables and indicators to allow users to better analyze period-to-period changes - regular updates of these estimates will be carried out throughout 2011.
• A consultation of around 250 expert data producers and users worldwide (including experts from Ministries of Labour, employer organizations and worker organizations) is underway by the ILO Department of Statistics to reach a consensus regarding the wages/earnings, working time and employment variables for which the ILO should collect data disaggregated by industry, occupation and sex. The consultation also seeks to determine which industries (based on ISIC rev. 4) and occupations (based on ISCO-08) and at what level of disaggregation data should be collected. The aim is to streamline the labour market data collected by industry, occupation and sex. The final results of the consultation are expected to be obtained in early 2011 and incorporated into the yearly indicators questionnaire, thus replacing the former October Inquiry publication.
• Series on public sector employment for 140 countries, areas and territories are updated with biannual periodicity, the last update started at the end of 2010 and will be finalized in the first half of 2011.
• A number of other series are updated less frequently. These include the databases on :
- distribution of employed population by hours of work;
- household income and expenditure statistics;
- informal employment;
- employment in the informal sector;
- trade union membership;
- labour migration.
• The ILO will resume the collection and publication of the ILO-comparable annual employment and unemployment estimates in 2011, as part of the programme on ILO-comparable estimates.
• A new survey to collect information on collective bargaining coverage and trade union density will be carried out in 2011. The purpose of this survey is to develop statistical indicators of social dialogue and workplace relations.
• In addition to expanding the coverage of the topics and the coverage of the countries and territories, significant efforts are being made to improve the quality of the statistics collected and disseminated and (ii) to reduce the reporting burden on national statistical bodies. The latter includes the collaboration with UNSD with respect to data sharing of statistics on the economically active population, the joint data collection with Eurostat for the Member States of the European Union on strikes and lockouts, and the use of electronic questionnaires. The Department of Statistics is working on the possibility of exchanging data and metadata more rapidly by using SDMX and other electronic means.
G-20 Labour Statistics Update Reports
• Given the ILO's recent status as a full member of the G20, it has been actively involved in providing up-to-date information on the impact of the current economic crisis on the labour market for G20 countries. In April 2010, the ILO produced a series of statistical labour market reports by country as well as the summary report for the full set of countries "Employment and labour market adjustments in G20 Countries during 2007-09 and outlook for 2010: A statistical overview" for the G20 Labour Ministerial Meeting in Washington, DC. The full set of documents can be found at: http://www.ilo.org/pls/apex/f?p=109:12:0. More recently, the ILO produced the report, "Weak employment recovery with persistent high unemployment and decent work deficits: An update on employment and labour market trends in G20 countries" for the G20 Summit in Seoul, Korea held in November 2010; this document can be found at: http://www.ilo.org/pls/apex/f?p=109:14:0. This work will be continued in 2011, as requested.
The ILO set of Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM)
• The Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) is a multi-functional research tool offered by the ILO with the aim of making labour market information and analysis easily accessible. It contains a core set of 20 labour market indicators and accompanying trends analyses that together provide a framework for monitoring various facets of the world of work. The first KILM was released in 1999. It has since become a flagship product of the ILO and is used on a daily basis by researchers and policy-makers throughout the world. The 6th edition was released in September 2009 and the next update of the indicators is planned for September 2011.
1.5 Income and consumption (ILO)
Household Income and Expenditure
New activities:
• Work is being planned on the preparation of a technical guide on household income and expenditure statistics, in collaboration with the International Household Survey Network.
Data collection:
• Statistics and metadata on household income and expenditure are available at http://laborsta.ilo.org.
1.6 Social protection (ILO)
Social Security Schemes
• The new ILO Social Security Inquiry collects statistics on social security expenditure, financing, coverage and benefit levels from both developed and developing world. Its revised methodological approach is compatible as far as possible with SNA, with the EUROSTAT-ESSPROS approach to social protection revenue, and expenditure statistics, with OECD Social Protection Expenditure database and with IMF's 2001 Government Finance Statistics guidelines. In addition, coverage and benefit level data are collected and used for constructing coverage indicators. The ILO social security inquiry presents an inventory of national social protection schemes in order to collect data directly from the institutions that manage each of them, especially data on the coverage of the population, contributions and benefit levels and expenditure. In many countries, neither statistical offices nor ministries of welfare and social affairs collect data on all social protection programmes administered by different agencies. Data are collected and disseminated through the ILO Social Security Database, which contains on-line data entry module which can possibly be used directly by institutions administering social security schemes as well as automatic import utilities to include data from external compatible databases (such as SOCX OECD social expenditure data). A limited and regularly updated set of indicators on social security expenditure and coverage is now available for most Eastern European countries starting from 2000 to the latest available year. First results for nine countries in South-Eastern Europe were summarized in ILO (2005): Social Security Spending in South-Eastern Europe, Budapest: ILO. More recently updated data and indicators covering both expenditure and coverage have been published in the first edition of the World Social Security Report 2010/11.
• The ILO published The World Social Security Report 2010/11 Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond with provides a factual basis to support the development of national social security policies. It is the first in a series of World Social Security Reports which will also help to monitor the global progress on social security coverage and thus support the ILO's campaign to extend coverage. The report and related statistical data and indicators in Excel format are available on-line on the ILO Social Security Department platform at: http://www.socialsecurityextension.org/gimi/gess/ShowTheme.do?tid=1985.
• Historical data (1949-1993) on revenues and expenditure of social security schemes from 22 European countries are available on database on-line, developed by EURODATA Research Archive of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) in cooperation with the ILO. Data for other countries are available on-line on the ILO website at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/areas/stat/css/index.htm.
• The ILO has also published series of in-depth reports on social protection, which contain a broad range of statistics (Social Protection Expenditure and Performance Reviews - SPER). UNECE countries covered are Poland and the Slovak Republic.
• The ILO has developed - in cooperation with the Council of Europe - a manual on statistical data requirements and indicators related to reporting on compliance with ILO Convention No. 102 on minimum standards in social security and with the European Code of Social Security.
• The International Social Security Association (ISSA) continues its work to develop the statistical capacity of its members in developing countries and contributes to the development of international standards on social security/social protection statistics.
• The ILO intends to review and, if necessary, propose revisions to further develop the international standards on statistics of social security/social protection as laid down in the Resolution concerning the development of social security statistics, adopted by the 9th ICLS (1957). This was discussed at the 17th ICLS.
Data collection:
• Collection and analysis of statistical data on the performance of national social protection schemes in certain countries as well as on the extent of coverage by and exclusion from social protection (Social Protection Expenditure and Performance Reviews - SPER).
• Collection and analysis of statistical data on social protection expenditure, financing, coverage and benefit levels, available on the ILO Social Security Department Databases (with a broader focus than the previous "Inquiry into the Cost of Social Security"), see: the Social Security Inquiry http://www.ilo.org/dyn/ilossi/ssimain.home?p_lang=en, the social security expenditure and mechanisms databases (http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/areas/stat/sso.htm ) and the ILO socio-economic security database (http://www.ilo.org/dyn/sesame/ifpses.home).
• Collection of detailed statistical data for actuarial valuations of social security schemes.
• Within the framework of the activities on the informal economy, the Social Protection Sector is developing a module with limited number of questions on social protection to be integrated into the regular household surveys. This is undertaken by all units in collaboration with STAT with the aim of enhancing the use of this particular source to collect relevant data on social protection.
• Forthcoming book on social security statistics in the ILO's "Quantitative Methods in Social Protection" series.
• The International Social Security Association (ISSA), in collaboration with the United States Social Security Administration, collects information on the range of contingencies covered by social security schemes and disseminates it with Social Security Programmes throughout the World (SSPTW) (see http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw) and with the ISSA information service, Social Security Worldwide. The ISSA also collects data on the legal framework and governance of Public Social Insurance Reserve Funds as well as their asset allocation and expenditure.
1.10 Political and other community activities (ILO)
Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements
Ongoing methodological work:
Questionnaires will be sent to all ILO Member States in July 2011 to collect statistics on trade union membership and collective bargaining coverage available in national statistics offices and ministries of labour, as well as the corresponding metadata (See section Data collection above). This collection aims to provide a comprehensive account of available statistical information on these topics and to provide inputs to the ILO for developing international guidelines for their measurement to enhance their comparability.
2. Economic statistics (ILO)
2.2 Economic accounts (ILO)
Informal Economy
Ongoing methodological work:
• The ILO is continuing its methodological work on statistics of informal employment, on the basis of the guidelines endorsed by the 17th ICLS (2003) as a supplement to the 15th ICLS resolution concerning statistics of employment in the informal sector. A technical manual on surveys of informal employment and the informal sector is being prepared in cooperation with the Delhi Group.
• Following a request by the International Labour Conference in June 2002, the ILO continues to assist countries in the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistics on the informal economy.
• A Handbook on the Surveys of Informal Employment and Informal Sector will be published in the second half of 2011.
• Developmental work is under way to produce statistics on cooperatives in collaboration with COOP. A paper will be finalised in 2010 that will be published. Measurement of cooperatives will be recommended in ongoing technical assistance to countries.
2.4 Sectoral statistics (ILO)
2.4.5 Tourism (ILO)
Tourism Statistics
• On the basis of an agreement which sets the framework for cooperation, the ILO and the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) continue collaborating in the area of employment and decent work in tourism. The agreement was approved by the ILO Governing Body at its 301st Session (March 2008) and ratified by the General Assembly of the UNWTO. Prior to the agreement, a new chapter on employment in the tourism industries was prepared and included in the 2008 International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics.
• The agreement is geared towards (a) improvement of reliability of data on employment in the tourism industries; (b) setting up and testing of a core set of decent work statistical indicators for measuring progress towards decent work in the tourism industries; (c) development of international guidelines on best practices of measuring employment in the tourism industries.
• In line with the agreement, a joint ILO/UNWTO publication entitled Technical Guide on Best Practices of Measuring Employment in the Tourism Industries will be prepared and published in 2011.
2.5 Government finance, fiscal and public sector statistics (ILO)
Social protection expenditure and revenues
Ongoing activities:
• The ILO Social Security Inquiry will continue collection of statistics on social security expenditure and financing; its methodological approach is compatible as far as possible with the SNA, the Eurostat-ESSPROS approach to social protection revenue and expenditure statistics, the OECD Social Protection Expenditure database and the IMF's 2001 Government Finance Statistics guidelines (see 1.6 for more details).
2.7 Prices (ILO)
• The ILO, as a focal point for consumer price indices within the UN system, continues to:
i) collect and disseminate annual and monthly consumer price indices for some 200 countries and to produce and disseminate descriptions of the national methodologies underlying these indices;
ii) promote implementation of the international standards on CPI; and
iii) provide technical assistance to member States.
• The ILO continues to actively participate in the work of the Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics (IWGPS).
i) As an agency responsible for the coordination of future revisions of the CPI Manual, ILO will continue maintaining the electronic version of the CPI manual on-line (see http://www.ilo.org/stat/index.htm). A number of chapters have already been updated. The webpage contains the original version, errata and the latest corrected version.
2.8 Labour cost (ILO)
Wage Statistics
Ongoing methodological work:
• A manual on measurement of wages will be prepared that will provide guidance concerning the various concepts of income related to employment (i.e. labour cost, earnings, wage rates, employment related income, employee income and income from self employment) and their relationships; and the different approaches to measuring wages through establishments, households and administrative records. This manual will be done in collaboration with other international organisations and with national statistical institutes.
• Training and technical assistance will continue to be provided.
Data collection:
• Up-to date data on average wages by sex and industry are available on the ILO statistical website (http://laborsta.ilo.org).
• The occupational wages part of the ILO October Inquiry (in which data are collected from all countries on wage rates and normal hours of work, and earnings and hours actually worked/paid for 159 occupations in 49 industry groups, by sex) is being revised in order to improve the range and quality of data collected.
• Data on current minimum wages and the legal framework are regularly compiled and are available on the ILO website at http://www.ilo.org/travaildatabase/servlet/minimumwages.
3. Environment and multi-domain statistics (ILO)
3.3 Multi-domain statistics and indicators (ILO)
3.3.2 Gender and special population groups (ILO)
Gender statistics
• Training and technical assistance will continue to be provided on gender mainstreaming.
Child labour
Ongoing methodological work:
• The ILO has developed a methodology for child labour surveys, which has been implemented in almost 70 countries at the national level, including 10 countries in the European region. An additional 80 baseline surveys and 100 rapid assessments have been supported, targeting specific issues on child labour in particular geographical locations.
• The ILO has aided national capacity building activities by developing a child labour data repository, and information sharing among different departments for national and international policy development.
• The ILO continues to provide technical assistance to national statistics offices and other implementing agencies in order to enhance their capacity and improve the quality of child labour surveys.
• The ILO has teamed up with the World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO and other international agencies in an effort to harmonize child labour data, child labour survey instruments, and child labour research efforts.
• International statistical measurement standards on child labour were established at the 18th ICLS (Geneva, 24 November - 5 December 2008).
• The ILO is pilot testing a methodology for making national level estimates of the worst forms of child labour other than hazardous forms in selected countries.
• Training in child labour data collection through rapid assessments and baseline surveys is being provided for building national capacities through regional workshops.
Data collection and dissemination:
• The child labour data collected through ILO supported child labour surveys, is available to interested researchers.
• The ILO data archive on child labour is the largest micro-data repositories on child labour and is continually updated. It provides micro data, meta data, survey questionnaires, and national reports from ILO supported child labour surveys and is available on-line at http://www.ilo.org/ipec/ChildlabourstatisticsSIMPOC/lang--en/index.htm as well as off-line.
• A database system hosted by ILO called CLInfo, which helps organize and present a set of standardized indicators on child labour and other children activities (as a variation of DevInfo) has been available on-line since October 2009. CLInfo will expand the access to, and usages of, child labour data from ILO supported surveys, as well as raise awareness and assist in informed policy making on child labour.3.3.5 Indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals (ILO)
MDG Indicators
ILO, as the lead UN agency promoting full, productive employment and decent work for all has central responsibility for ensuring that all MDG employment indicators are used in national and international labour market monitoring systems. Embedding these indicators in national development strategies is also a foundation stone for Decent Work Country Programmes.
Therefore, a guide on the MDG employment indicators has been produced which covers definitions, data sources, calculations, and analysis of the new indicators (Guide to the new Millennium Development Goals Employment Indicators. Including the full set of Decent Work Indicators (Geneva, ILO, June 2009); http://www.ilo.org/trends).
ILO has organised workshops that support country-level analysis of the indicators, and highlight the linkages between the MDG employment indicators and the broader set of decent work indicators.
As in the previous year the ILO has prepared global, regional and country estimates , monitored the progress and analysed the trends of the following 5 MDG indicators:
- Growth rate of GDP per person employed;
- Employment-to-population ratio;
- Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day;
- Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment;
- Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector.
4. Methodology of data collection, processing, dissemination and analysis (ILO)
4.2 Classifications (ILO)
• In March 2008 the Governing Body of the ILO endorsed the report of the December 2007 ILO tripartite Meeting of Experts on Labour Statistics, including the resolution adopting the International Standard Classification of Occupations, 2008 (ISCO-08) as an international statistical standard.
• The ISCO-08 structure is therefore final and is available for use on the ILO Website in English, French and Spanish. Definitions of categories in the classification have been uploaded to the ILO Website for information and comment. The index of occupations has been updated and is available at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/isco/isco88/index.htm.
• It is planned to publish in print form the English version of ISCO-08 in 2011.
• All inquiries should be addressed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
4.3 Data sources (ILO)
4.3.1 Population and housing censuses, registers of population, dwellings and buildings (ILO)
Economic characteristics in Population Censuses
• The Department of Statistics will be actively promoting the jointly published UN Statistics Division/ILO Handbook on the Measurement of the Economically Active Population through Population Censuses through training and seminars and providing technical advice, upon request.
4.5 Dissemination, data warehousing (ILO)
• The ILO's statistical Website (http://laborsta.ilo.org) has continued to be maintained and updated on a weekly basis. This site gives users access to a broad range of data contained in the ILO's statistical databases and makes it possible to view and download information free of charge. The associated national meta-information for each series is also available on-line on the Web site. The website is trilingual in English, French and Spanish, and it will continue to be maintained and developed in these three languages.
• The Department of Statistics website including the LABORSTA application will be reviewed and restructured in 2011 in accordance with the anticipated changes in data collection methods. The new relational database will be interactive, more user-friendly and offer more up-to-date information on decent work.
• In line with the collection of new statistical material, the entire program of dissemination through printed publications and CD-ROMs will be revised and enhanced. The main dissemination tool will be the Department's new data dissemination website, which will be updated weekly.
• The possibility of collecting and disseminating data through SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange) will be tested and if successful implemented on a large scale in our related activities.
5. Strategic and managerial issues of official statistics (ILO)
5.2 Statistical programmes, priority setting, relationships with users and respondents (ILO)
Statistical Policy
• The ILO Department of Statistic was established in May 2009, which replaced the former ILO Bureau of Statistics, and is responsible, inter alia, for compiling and making available in a timely manner ILO statistics on the four pillars of Decent Work. The compilation, quality control and dissemination of ILO statistical information is now centrally managed and coordinated by the Department of Statistics. All statistical methodologies and databases carried out by different units within sectors and regions are coordinated by the Department of Statistics. All units, regions and sectors are requested to seek technical clearance from the Department of Statistics before disseminating and publishing global and regional statistical data.
• The Department defines and implements a statistical capacity-building programme for the Office and its constituents.
• The Director of the Department of Statistics serves as the ILO Chief Statistician and is consulted on all matters of data collection, statistical methodologies and major publications and releases of ILO statistical information.
5.5 Technological resources (including standards for electronic data exchange and data sharing) (ILO)
Statistical Information Collection and Processing
• An important effort will be made to collect and disseminate new statistics and indicators, for short term and also annual data.
• As regards data collection, electronic questionnaires will be relied upon to a greater extent to collect data on new as well as more traditional indicators. Data received through electronic questionnaires will be automatically uploaded into the database for prompt dissemination. We will also continue to explore the possibilities of joint data collection with other international agencies (Eurostat, OECD and others), in order to alleviate the reporting burden on countries by similar international questionnaires. The possibility of exchanging data with EUROSTAT and OECD through SDMX will also be tested.
• The day to day operations and use of the database will be reviewed and modernized using a web-based version of the software used.
• In the near future, all the databases operated by the Department of STATISTICS will be restructured, coding systems will be revised, and the new databases will be migrated to a relational database management environment using Oracle.
All the satellite applications related to the preparation and production of the new programme of data collection, management and dissemination will also be migrated from a SAS (Statistical Analysis Software) environment to the new Oracle environment, and the use of the SAS software will be limited to the processing of data for the purpose of statistical analysis.
5.7 Technical cooperation and capacity building programmes (ILO)
Technical Assistance
• The statistical capabilities of ILO constituents vary, and a considerable upgrading of capacity is needed in many areas. The ILO provides technical support for labour statistics to member States in the form of technical advice and assistance, training, manuals, and technical cooperation projects. This assistance is provided under the auspices of the ILO's Decent Work Country Programmes. It is demand-driven, depending on the availability of resources. Requests for assistance may derive from the application of the Labour Statistics Convention 1985 (160).
• Technical assistance is served from the ILO Offices in Budapest, Moscow and, in the case of Mongolia, Bangkok, and by national correspondents, and in Latin America, from the ILO Office in Santiago and SIALC-Panama, as well as from ILO headquarters in Geneva.
Training Programme of the ILO Department of Statistics
• In 2011, the ILO Department of Statistics' training programme will fully support its new and strengthened mandate and will focus, therefore, on two major training areas:
a) to meet the needs of ILO constituents to increase their capacity to produce reliable statistics for the best use in effective decision-making, to achieve decent work for all and;
b) to enhance ILO staff knowledge and use of modern statistical methods regarding data collection and analysis so as to optimize their service to member States, to assist them to meet their goals of Decent Work for all.
• Training and technical assistance will continue to be provided on Designing labour force surveys and labour force modules for household surveys to measure decent work, and on Analysing survey data to monitor labour market conditions and progress towards decent work, in cooperation with the ILO Training Centre in Turin.


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New trend among teens: eyeball licking
A new trend in Japan is spreading, both in popularity and bacterial infections. Instead of kissing each other, teenagers are licking each other's eyeballs.
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The NASA Kepler telescope is in orbit and within the past few months has located about 706 planets which have the capability of being about the size of Earth, rocky and containing water which are the ingredients for life. Further investigation is necessary to determine which of these planets actually has the capability for life and it will require at least several additional months of investigation to make that determination. At present, scientists believe we have over 460 planets have been identified containing the possibility for life. The latest announcement was amazing in the number cited within such a short period of time.
We suggest that all records of these planets should be destroyed. Given our behavior on this planet, it would not be fair for life in this universe to allow Earth people to wander around with their sick and evil ideas. Since human life emerged on this planet there has not been a single day in which someone was not being killed or mistreated because they are not in "our group." Save the Universe, establish a barrier that prevents humans from exploring outer reaches of space until they behave like decent life forms!


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Park Slopers Utterly Baffled by Meaning of Graffiti Tag 'You Would'
We attempt an explanation.By Nitasha Tiku
We attempt an explanation.By Nitasha Tiku
Joe Biden Owned a Hedge-Fund Billionaire Who Mocked Him Over His Late Son
The Great Drake Bell–Josh Peck Feud Just Keeps Getting Pettier
Pornhub Is the Kinsey Report of Our Time
What It Was Like to Star in the Trump-Themed Julius Caesar
The Perverse Presidency of Donald Trump
Only U.K. Television Could Get Away With Sharing Unflattering Photos of Kristen Wiig and Steve Carrell
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Around 60 dead in clashes in Central African Republic
By Paul Marin Ngoupana
BANGUI (Reuters) - Around 60 people have been killed in sectarian clashes in Central African Republic between local militias and former rebels, witnesses and a local official said on Wednesday.
The mineral-rich but impoverished nation has descended into chaos since mostly Muslim Seleka rebels from the north seized the capital Bangui in March, ousting President Francois Bozize.
The new transitional government's failure to stem the violence has prompted the U.N. Security Council to consider intervening to restore order.
Local self-defense militias, known as "anti-balaka" or anti-machetes, attacked a Seleka position in the mining village of Gaga, around 250 km (150 miles) northwest of Bangui, on Monday, killing four ex-rebels before attacking Muslim civilians.
The Seleka fighters retaliated against Christian civilians in the village, witnesses said. Seleka gunmen, many of them from neighboring Chad and Sudan, have repeatedly been accused of desecrating churches and terrorizing Christian communities.
"We're waiting for reinforcements in order to go there but the different accounts we've gathered from survivors coming from Gaga lead us to believe there are over 60 dead," said Judicael Kama, a gendarme in the nearby town of Yaloke.
Many of those wounded in the violence were taken to Yaloke's hospital, around 35 km from Gaga.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Forcing a Derivative
I agree that Mathematica's notion of function MAY be broader than in
Mathematics in some respects (but in others is MUCH narrower -- that's
quite another topic). But I don't quite see how that necessarily
precludes a reasonable implementation of such an algebra of
numerically-valued functions of numerical arguments.
After all, I would not try to evaluate
either! But that doesn't prohibit me from evaluating, say, Sin'[x].
Likewise, just because I would not dream of asking for the syntactically
correct expression
Plot + NumberForm
to have meaning does not preclude a meaning for, say, Sin + Exp.
Andrzej Kozlowski wrote:
> But one does not need to introduce x in f:
> f[x_]:=x^3
> Derivative[2][f]
> 6 #1&
> No x was needed.
> As has been pointed out already a number of times, what is not
> implemented by default is the algebra of complex functions, that is,
> if f and g are functions then 2f + 3 g or 5 f*g are not considered by
> Mathematica to be functions. One reason for that maybe that in
> Mathematica the notion of a "function" is broader than in Mathematics.
> In any case the algebras of functions and operators are easy to
> implement oneself and this has already been done more than once on this
> list....
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This is getting out of hand. Thank you to the Bush Administration and the Congress of 2001.
"So let this be clear: There is no scientific controversy over this. Climate change denial is purely, 100 percent made-up political and corporate-sponsored crap. When the loudest voices are fossil-fuel funded think tanks, when they don't publish in journals but instead write error-laden op-eds in partisan venues, when they have to manipulate the data to support their point, then what they're doing isn't science."
The Prop 8 proponents think that the judge in their case was biased because he was gay and in a long term relationship, and appealed.
Um, don't you think that Justice Scalia is also biased?
Boy, some of the Bible-thumpers out there are really gonna be in trouble.
The bailout has been fully repaid and taxpayers profited by $22B.
NOM Exposed has learned that the National Organization For Marriage has purchased (at least) four domain names all built around the idea that some gay people are against marriage equality. The obvious intention is to stir up yet more intra-human division, a notion that has come to define the National Organization For Marriage in 2012.
I'm so cynical at this point that this doesn't really make me happy – a) it's yet again another delay for all those people who have been waiting years to get married; b) if they do uphold the lower courts they will probably write the opinion so narrowly that it isn't worthy of a national court; c) another stage for the odious bigots to spew on. This could well be the next Brown v Board of Education, but I don't see the Court as wanting to be that bold.


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The girl is as beutiful as the rainbow.
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That's really beautiful, but I have one minor criticism: there are too many light sources. I really love the dress though! Good work!
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Last of the Dragons and Some Others (1972)
by E. Nesbit
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I'm going a little retro today. I'm in the process of re-cataloging and arranging my entire library and am currently going through paperbacks. I have a lot of middle grade books I'm in the middle of, but nothing at review point yet, so...have something old!
Edith Nesbit's collection, A Book of Dragons, has been republished several times in different forms. This particular edition includes an extra dragon story - "The Last of the Dragons" and has an admittedly awful cover. These stories typify what I think of as "common magic" every day, ordinary children who suddenly encounter magic, usually with complete equanimity. I always think of E. Nesbit as the creator of this genre.
"The Last of the Dragons" is the story of....the last dragon. Of course, the princess must face him and be rescued by the prince. But the princess thinks this is a great shame and wouldn't it be better to give the dragon some kind words and maybe a few biscuits? The dragon has never faced such treatment before and it changes his whole attitude.
"The Book of Beasts" in which a little boy is made king and learns he oughtn't to open books that his nurse says should stay shut...in case horrid beasts come out! Fortunately, the little king remembers his duty, wipes away his tears, and finds the right creature to put right the wrongs he's done.
"Uncle James, or, The Purple Stranger" is a truly adorable story. A princess and a garden boy live on an island where everything is backwards - there's a chihuahua as big as an elephant and the elephant can fit in your pocket, for example. The princess has a horrid uncle who tries to take over the kingdom, but the clever gardener's boy saves her. I love that the princess tries her best to do her lessons, although she is not very good at them, and when Uncle James gets shrunk "the dragon took him because he wanted a birthday present."
"The deliverers of their country" is, perhaps my favorite story. There is a sudden plague of dragons on England. At first nobody believes the children who see them, then everyone thinks it's interesting, but as the dragons grow bigger and bigger and keep multiplying it becomes a major infestation and nobody knows how to deal with it. Fortunately for England, a naughty boy and his sister are prepared to be the Deliverers of Their Country, especially when St. George isn't able to help. A little plumbing, and the problem is solved!
"The ice dragon; or, do as you are told" in which two naughty children discover the truly awful things that can happen to children who sneak out of the house at night - like sliding all the way to the north pole and nearly getting eaten!
Hmm, no, I think "The Dragon Tamers" is my favorite. It tells the story of a blacksmith who accidentally discovers a dragon in his cellar. Catastrophe is averted by his clever children and there is bread and milk for everyone!
"The Fiery Dragon; or the Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold" is the closest to a traditional fairy tale, complete with a captured princess and a rescuing prince. Except the prince turns out to be a really nasty piece of work an an usurper to boot and the real heroes are the princess herself and the brave pig-boy. He becomes a prince and marries the princess and "keeps no hippopotamuses and is consequently very popular."
"Kind little Edmund; or, the Caves and the Cockatrice" is probably the most outdated of these stories as it's a rather moralistic tale about not asking questions, respecting your betters, and the frontispiece for the story shows a boy being whipped by his schoolmaster.
Finally, we have another fairy tale, "The Island of the Nine Whirlpools". It takes a mathematically-inclined sailor boy and some help from the princess herself to get her rescued from all the fearsome guardians her nasty father has set about her.
Verdict: If I was replacing and adding classics, which I hope to do in a year or two, I'd definitely add this one to the list. The stories are fresh, funny, and clever. Although some of the language is outdated, the characters and plots are lively enough to overcome this. There's a nice, very affordable edition from the Looking Glass Library series by Random House that I have on a list to get sometime soon!
ISBN: 0140350691; Published 1972 by Puffin (this edition is out of print); From my personal library
This was another book I read aloud with my kids. They love dragons for some reason, and they really enjoyed these stories. They have a fairy tale feel to them, with moral lessons, (somewhat) gruesome endings, and all. My children especially liked the baby that would cry and cry and cry whenever its mother was asleep. (No real surprise that my daughter felt a kinship with that particular character.) I especially liked that the princesses weren't all just waiting to be rescued and that so many of the dragons' scales clattered like metal. I like the idea that perhaps a dragon sounds a bit like a very large wind chime.
Maybe these stories will act as a gateway to other Edith Nesbit books that my children might finally allow me to read to them. Sure, I could read children's literature to myself, but it just feels more efficient to read it aloud to my kids since I read to them constantly anyway. It could also be a good introduction to The Hobbit.
I think this was a really good book! I had to read it for on of my classes! I loved it! Great story! The book also has a really good moral (lesson)! Check it out!!
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I bought some of this when i was like in grade 6 and I loved it, the store was having a clearence so my mom said i could buy some, they went for like $2 i think, but I loved! i want to buy more but i dunno wear to get it
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I have a few of these, and the most notable are the silver, gold, and black. The silver and gold are truly metallic--they actually feel cool when you touch them to your eye. They're very shiny and illuminate the eye perfectly. The black is a rich, dense black that smudges well and adds real drama because the pigment is so dense. No tugging or skipping with these--I always get a smooth line.
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You don't really think of Eminem as a home wrecker. You think of him more as guy who has a serious hang up about his double ex, Kim Mathers. You know, I don't know if it is actually considered home wrecking if it was only a boyfriend/girlfriend thing rather than a marriage.
Eminem has started dating Marni Bright who is a hairdresser turned music studio manager. That is a common career path. Lots of people who work at SuperCuts right now are going to be managing recording studios next year.
Anyway this Marni Bright woman is allegedly a dead ringer for Kim Mathers, and that makes it easier when they are having sex because you know he is calling out Kim. But then his daughter Hailie might come in the room thinking he was back together with mom, and so maybe they should just whisper.
Marni had been dating a guy for four years. To me that is long term. I have no idea if they were shacking up together, but I doubt they were living at home with mom and dad. Well as soon as Eminem said hello, she said goodbye to her boyfriend. So when Eminem dumps her, will the boyfriend take her back? Actually I don't think Eminem is much of a dumping kind of guy. He is more of a stalker kind of guy. You have to be pretty obsessed with someone to marry them twice, not to mention all the times they took each other back despite some serious shit.
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Okay guys, big game coming up this weekend. Giants. Niners. The Giants are coming into this game hot as ever as they have won thier last 4 games. They beat the number 1 seeded Green Bay by 17 points. They are on fire and have the momentum in this one. The Niners, even though ranked 2nd, were not neccesarily favored to beat New Orleans but they got it done. The key in this game for the 49ers is going to be thier pass rush. If they can (and they will) keep pressure on the O-line and Eli Manning, it will be a long day for NY. They also are going to want to eliminate the deadly passing game. Hakeem Nicks (4 TD, 280 Yds Rec) in the post season has emerged as a deadly offensive weapon. Victor Cruz is having a quiet post season compared to his terrific record setting regular season, but those to wide outs can be devistating to defenses. Containing them all starts with an effective pass rush. For the Giants, they need to keep Frank Gore behing the line of scrimage. If they let him run its going to be a big game for him. And don't forget to double team Vernon Davis, the guy's a monster.


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Capture the essence of a character through concept art. I'll be taking you through the various steps of character creation, from the initial silhouettes through to a final polished design. I will focus on a particular genre of character but feel free to create any character you wish, as the methods can still be applied.
This class is perfect for anyone with a passion for art, from beginners to professionals looking to learn a different approach. This class will take you through the various steps of character concept art, showcasing your range of ability (a perfect portfolio piece for anyone interested in Concept Art!).
What You'll Learn
- Sketch. The first stage of the class is to start sketching out rough thumbnails that focus purely on the shape and silhouette of your character. During this stage I will explain the importance of brush choices / strokes and speed.
- Refine. I the next stage of the class we'll begin the process of refining the character. You'll have some pretty rough images from the thumbnail stage and will start cleaning them up and evaluating the design, shape, pose and structure of your thumbnails.
- Variation. Standard with almost any character design, for clients in particular, next comes the stage of variation. Rarely will a client want to see a finished design instantaneously, We'll go through the process of picking a refined thumbnail as your starting point and varying the design to create alternatives.
- Final Design. In the final stage you'll have chosen your final character design and it's time to add in some detail and really make the character shine.
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You will create a final concept art piece, designing a character of your choice. This will be executed from start to finish, covering all essential techniques and ideas in concept art.
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Solid advice and a simple process that I think would ideal to any designer's workflow, especially if they find themselves not knowing how to start.
Charlie Bowater is one of my favorite artist. I first discovered her through my ImagineFX magazines. I got excited to see that she has a class here on Skillshare coz I really want to learn about her process. Highly recommend this class!
I absolutely loved it. I'm more of a traditional artist and I've dabbled in digital art before purely because the things I've seen so far have amazed me. I wish I had access to this class before. Because this was very very useful.
Charlie is a full time Concept Artist and part time Illustrator living in North East England.
Raised on 90's cartoons, she spent her childhood drawing her favorite cartoon characters and insisting to anyone who would listen: that she would grow up to be an animator.
She works as a concept artist for Atomhawk Design and spend the rest of her time illustrating and generally doodling! Her work has been featured in and she has created tutorials for publications such as Imagine FX and 3DTotal. She particularly enjoys book cover illustration and has created various covers for individuals and publishers, such as Simon & Schuster and Guterpunkt. Her professional concept work ranges from Pottermore to Dead Island Riptide and Injustice, to Gods Among Us. Variety is the spice of life!


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Were so old that back in the day before Andriod and Apple ruled the roost of the mobile world, back when polyphonic ringtones were all the range – we used to get really excited about Cyber-Shot phones.
Well it looks like it might be time to get excited again as Sony Ericsson are ready to leverage some of that goodwill left and are planning a new Android Cyber-shot handset.
We've come across some rather blurry images of what appears to be a new Xperia phone with the Cyber-shot insignia on the bottom – it looks as if Sony Ericsson are looking to build up on the success of its Xperia range.
The source is a very unofficial Xperia blog, and shows off an all-black sleek looking handset that has all the hallmarks of Android and the words 'Cyber-shot' embezzled on it.
The picture clearly shows the return, home and back buttons – so it would be a good bet to think that it has Android under the hood.
Considering what we're already seeing on Sony Ericsson phones at present, it will surely sport the likes of the Exmor R sensor present on the likes of the Xperia Arc, and possibly even with those insanely high megapixel counts we've heard are on the way at some point.
If Sony do decide to marry Cyber-shot, Xperia and Android – this would be match made in heaven and we expect the phone to fly off the shelves, after all the iPhone 4's camera isn't the best thing in the world – and Cyber-shot cameras are re-nowed for bullet-proof quality.
We'll keep tabs on this and see how it develops over the coming months.


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The Monday ProCanes report will weed through all the NFL highlights and news to bring you the information you care about the most... what the former University of Miami Hurricanes did during the week prior. In another big week for ProCanes wide receivers, Washington's Leonard Hankerson scored two touchdowns, Cleveland rookie Travis Benjamin caught a 69-yard score, and Andre Johnson delivered an 11-catch, 151-yard performance for AFC South champions Houston.
Leonard Hankerson (Washington Redskins) - two catches, 56 yards, two touchdowns
The Redskins' second-year wide receiver enjoyed a breakout game against Cleveland, recording the first multi-touchdown game of his career in a 38-21 Washington win. Hankerson hauled in his first touchdown of the game on a 54-yard bomb from rookie quarterback Kirk Cousins through triple coverage. His second score of the day, a two-yard catch on a bootleg in the third quarter, helped seal the victory. Hankerson and ProCanes veteran Santana Moss have combined for 73 catches, 1,046 yards and 10 touchdowns for the Washington offense this season.
Video Highlights: Triple Coverage TD | Bootleg Score
Travis Benjamin (Cleveland Browns) - 69-yard touchdown reception
The reigning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, recently recognized by teammates and opponents for his blazing speed, put on the jets in Cleveland's matchup with Washington. The Belle Glade, Fla., native hauled in a 69-yard catch from quarterback Brandon Weeden for his second receiving touchdown of the season. Much like his impressive 96-yard punt return last week, Benjamin blew by the competition, this time Redskins' safety Domonique Johnson, for a career-long catch.
Video Highlights: 69-yard TD
Andre Johnson (Houston Texans) - 11 catches, 151 yards, one touchdown
Houston's tenth-year wideout delivered another spectacular performance for the Texans, who clinched the AFC South with a 29-17 win over upstart Indianapolis. Johnson recorded his fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season with a 151-yard showing, which also included a three-yard touchdhown catch. The Miami, Fla., native now ranks third in the NFL with 1,360 receiving yards, marking his sixth career 1,000-yard season. With 11,016 career receiving yards, Johnson became one of only 28 receivers to ever surpass 11,000 yards.
Video Highlights: Ridiculous Grab | Slant Score
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- Jeweler: Marry Me
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- Caterer: Camille's Anne Catering
- Photographer: Peppermint Media
- Ceremony Musician: Trivoce
- Tuxedo Vendor: Onesimus - SM Megamall
- Coordinator: Dream Worxs
- Tuxedo Vendor: Edward Teng
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- Videographer: Toperocreative
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- Wedding Day Beauty Vendor: Daxon Bitancul
- Decorations Vendor: Dream Worxs
- Wedding Fashion Vendor: Louis Meil Bridal Boutique
- Favors Vendor: Souvenirs - Blue Spirit
- Ceremony: Peñafrancia Basilica Minore
- Restaurant: Avenue Square Plaza
- Reception: Clubhouse - Caceres Heights Resort Subdivision
- Attraction: Camsur Watersports Complex
- Hotel: Avenue Plaza Hotel
- Attraction: Panicuason Hot Springs Resort
- Hotel: Villa Caceres Hotel
- Attraction: Stonehouse Gardens Resort
- Hotel: Naga Regent Hotel
- Shopping Mall: LCC Naga
- Hotel: Moraville Hotel & Restaurant
- Shopping Mall: SM City Naga
- Hotel: CBD Plaza Hotel
- Church: Naga Metropolitan Cathedral
- Hotel: Starview Hotel
- Ceremony & Reception Venue: Basilica Minore
- Hotel: Nagaland Hotel
- Retreat: Before I Do Workshop
- Hotel: Naga Manor Hotel
Suzette UbaldeNaga City, 4400, Philippines
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Mabeth ApringNaga City, 4400, Philippines
Cakes/Candies Vendor:
Cake my DayNaga City,, Philippines
Camille's Anne CateringNaga City,, Philippines
Ceremony Musician:
TrivoceNaga City,, Philippines
Dream WorxsNaga City, 4400, Philippines
Decorations Vendor:
Ma. Luisa Fashion CollectionsGround Floor
Market Market
Taguig City,, Philippines
Decorations Vendor:
The Monogram HubNaga City,, Philippines
Decorations Vendor:
Dream WorxsNaga City, 4400, Philippines
Favors Vendor:
Souvenirs - Blue SpiritGround Floor
Taguig City,, Philippines
Invitations Vendor:
HandmadebykhristineNaga City,, Philippines
Marry MeMarket-Market
Naga City, Philippines
Photo Booth Vendor:
RedPepperBooth17 Bacolod St., Gimenez Park Subd.,, Concepcion Pequeña,
Naga City,, Philippines
Peppermint Media17 Bacolod St.,
Gimenez Subd.,
Naga City, Camarines Sur 4400, Philippines
+63 917 824 0098
Tuxedo Vendor:
Onesimus - SM MegamallNaga City,, Philippines
Tuxedo Vendor:
Edward TengNaga City,, Philippines
ToperocreativeNaga City, 4400, Philippines
Wedding Day Beauty Vendor:
Daxon BitanculNaga City, 4400, Philippines
Wedding Fashion Vendor:
Louis Meil Bridal Boutique2E-8
11/88 Mall
Naga City,, Philippines
Peñafrancia Basilica MinoreBalatas Road
Naga City,
Clubhouse - Caceres Heights Resort SubdivisionPacol
Naga City,
Avenue Plaza HotelMagsaysay Avenue
Naga City,
Villa Caceres HotelMagsaysay Avenue
Naga City,
Naga Regent Hotel63 Elias Angeles, Naga City 4400
, Philippines
Moraville Hotel & RestaurantPanganiban Drive
Naga City, Bicol, Philippines
CBD Plaza HotelCBD PLAZA HOTEL, Naga City 4400
Naga City, Bicol, PH
Starview HotelElias Angeles
Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Nagaland HotelElias Angeles
Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Naga Manor HotelBalatas Road, Naga City, Camarines Sur
, Philippines
(63)(54) 8117288,811-3311,472-3332
Avenue Square Plaza
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Camsur Watersports ComplexPili, Bicol, Philippines
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"Camsur Watersport Complex (CWC) is not your ordinary wakeboarding site as this place has become the Philippines' and Asia's mecca of the vastly growing water sport."
Panicuason Hot Springs ResortBarangay Panicuason, Naga City, Camarines Sur
, Philippines
"This is one of Bicol's secret hideaways. It is clandestinely located below the teeming and lush greens of Mt. Isarog. The resort is a sight to behold, a virtual jungle paradise of ancient trees and giant ferns minus the wild animals. A day or two at the hot spring resort will surely uplift one's spirit and soothe his aching and weary muscles with hot spring water that emanates from the earth's bowels. (text from Naga City Official Website)"
Stonehouse Gardens ResortPanicuason Road
Naga City, Bicol, Philippines
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LCC Naga
Shopping Mall:
SM City Naga
Naga Metropolitan CathedralJacob
Naga City, Bicol, Philippines
Ceremony & Reception Venue:
Basilica MinoreBalatas Road
Naga City, Bicol 4400, Philippines
Before I Do Workshop17 G. Araneta Avenue
Quezon City,


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text: I know this may sound silly. But could the trial version maybe be set to just have the 15 minute timeout? The reason I ask, is my SD setup is in the suburban, where it belongs. I like to be able to test digital mod's and skins for overall feel on my desk. I understand there is the devel mode, but it seems digital mods dont work there, and some functions that you might want to test skins at dont work there as well. Honestly, I think everyone could benefit from it in the end, without causing a loss to SD. Maybe even make the timeout 5 mintues.


text: I also have a goose gun I recently bought. It's in excellent condition including the original sling. I plan on using it for turkey next month and had considered using it for ducks & geese, but if steel shot hurt your choke, I might not. How many boxes did you shoot to open your choke? Mine presently measures .685. Is your a lot different from that? Thanks! SW