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The majority of Generation X workers believe they'll need to save a million bucks or more for retirement, and almost a third think they'll need more than $2 million.
But so far they only have about $70,000 in retirement savings for their household, according to a report out Thursday from the non-profit Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.
Most (83%) Gen Xers — those born between 1965 and 1978 — are concerned that Social Security won't be there when they're ready to retire, and the majority (85%) think they'll have a much harder time achieving financial security than their parents did, says the report, which is based on a survey of 4,143 full-time and part-time workers, including 1,120 Generation Xers.
Only 14% are very confident they'll be able to retire one day with a comfortable lifestyle, and about a third expect a lower standard of living in retirement.
In 2015, the first Gen Xers begin turning 50, says Transamerica Center President Catherine Collinson. "Many are saving for retirement, but most are not saving nearly enough to fully grow their nest eggs."
It is never too late to start saving for retirement — or to begin saving even more, Collinson says. About 84% of Gen Xers who are offered a 401(k) or similar plan participate in the plan at a median annual contribution rate of 7% of their annual salary. "They should be saving 10%, 12% or even 15%," she says. "Procrastination is the enemy of retirement planning. They can't afford to wait any longer."
Other findings about Gen X workers:
• 31% think they will need to save $2 million or more for retirement; 25%, $1 million to $2 million; 20%, $500,000 to $1 million; 24%, less than $500,000.
• 39% would rather not think about retirement investing until they get closer to retirement.
• 54% plan to work past age 65 or don't plan to retire. Most (62%) would like to ease into retirement by staying employed but work fewer hours so they have more leisure time, or they would like to work in a less demanding job that gives them greater personal satisfaction.
• That said, only 44% are working on keeping their job skills current; 18% are networking and meeting new folks; 17% are checking out the job market. "If they want to stay in the job market, Gen Xers need to be hyper-vigilant about keeping their job skills up-to-date and relevant. That's the world we live in," Collinson says.
• 61% have a retirement strategy, but only 14% have a written plan.
• 65% say they don't know as much as they should about retirement investing.
• 35% of those who are investing for retirement use a financial adviser.
Collinson offers these retirement planning tips:
• Take a close look at your finances. Do an assessment of your retirement savings, assets and debts. Doing a smart budget now may pay off in the future, she says.
• Calculate how much money you'll need for retirement and make a plan. Write it down. Make sure you consider living expenses, health care costs, long-term care, interests and hobbies. "We work and save all of our lives, but few people are setting funds aside for pursuing their retirement dreams like traveling and hobbies," Collinson says.
• Save aggressively. Participate in employer-sponsored retirement plans, if offered, and take full advantage of employer contributions. Consider catch-up contributions available for people age 50 and older.
• Learn all you can about retirement investing. Consider seeing a professional financial adviser. "You need to be educated enough to ask good questions so you can make informed decisions," she says.
• Check into Social Security and other government benefits such as Medicare. "The first Gen Xers will start becoming eligible for full benefits at age 67 in the year 2032, just one year before the Social Security Trust Funds' forecasted depletion. They should be engaged in the future of Social Security and its proposed reforms," Collinson says.


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macOS Catalina
The power of Mac.
Taken further.
Featuring all-new, dedicated apps for music, TV, and podcasts. Smart new features in the apps you use every day. And Sidecar, which lets you use iPad as a second Mac display.
macOS Catalina gives you more of everything you love about Mac. Experience music, TV, and podcasts in three all-new Mac apps. Enjoy your favorite iPad apps now on your Mac. Extend your workspace and expand your creativity with iPad and Apple Pencil. And discover smart new features in the apps you use every day. Now you can take everything you do above and beyond.See a preview of what's coming in macOS Big Sur
iTunes forever changed the way people experienced music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts. It all changes again with three all-new, dedicated apps — Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Podcasts — each designed from the ground up to be the best way to enjoy entertainment on your Mac. And rest assured; everything you had in your iTunes library is still accessible in each app. iCloud seamlessly syncs everything across your devices — or you can back up, restore, and sync by connecting the device directly to your Mac.
The new Apple Music app is the ultimate music streaming experience on Mac.1 Explore a library of 60 million songs, discover new artists and tracks, find the perfect playlist, download and listen offline, or enjoy all the music you've collected over the years. And find it all in your music library on all your devices.
Watch Dickinson on the Apple TV app
The Apple TV app for Mac is the new home for all your favorite movies, shows, premium channels, and Apple TV+.2 Watch everything directly in the app or enjoy it offline, and discover the best of what's on in the Watch Now tab. You can even pick up where you left off on any screen, across all your devices. And for the first time, 4K3 and Dolby Atmos4–supported movies are available on Mac.
More than 700,000 of the best entertainment, comedy, news, and sports shows are now available on your Mac with Apple Podcasts. Search for podcasts by title, topic, guest, host, content, and more. Subscribe and be notified as soon as new episodes become available. And in the Listen Now tab, you can easily pick up where you left off across all your devices.
Experience your favorite iPad apps now on your Mac. With Mac Catalyst, developers can easily create Mac apps from the iPad apps you already know and love. They run natively alongside your existing Mac apps so you can drag and drop content between them. They take full advantage of the larger screen and powerful architecture of your Mac. And because they are built from their iOS versions, they provide a seamless experience across your devices. Enjoy a broad range of Mac apps — from travel, entertainment, and gaming to banking, education, and project management.
The Twitter for Mac app takes full advantage of the native Mac features like multiple windows, drag and drop, keyboard shortcuts, and more. See more of what's happening on a larger screen and easily work alongside your other Mac apps.
Morpholio Board for Mac lets interior designers create their mood boards on a larger screen with much more detail. Users can scroll through a huge library of furnishings; use new editing, composition, curation, and organization tools; and work alongside web browsers, notes, and email.
With the Post-it® App on Mac, users can easily organize all their notes on the big screen. Grouping and sorting is much faster using a keyboard and mouse or trackpad. And importing boards from other users is even easier.
With Jira for Mac, manage projects like a boss. Take advantage of native Mac features and move through Jira faster than ever, with push notifications, keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop, custom menu bar, and more.
The American Airlines app for Mac lets users check in and choose their seats, see three-dimensional renderings of their seats powered by SceneKit, and even view traffic to the airport provided by Maps.
With TripIt on Mac, you can review all your plans in one place, edit and share your trip details, and research your destination, all while multitasking with other Mac apps. Your itinerary is even available offline, whether you're at your desk or at 35,000 feet.
The Crew app for Mac is the first communications app designed for workers who don't have easy access to communication technology on the job. Managers often use Mac computers in the back of house at stores, so users can access the experience they expect on the platform they prefer.
This popular language-learning solution opens a whole new world on Mac. The desktop is wonderfully suited for focus and learning. Rosetta Stone is tightly integrated with the Mac microphone and includes an offline mode for a seamless app experience that's just not possible on the web.
Proloquo2Go on Mac is designed for people with communication challenges who are unable to make themselves understood using their own voices. The app lets parents, teachers, and therapists customize the app vocabulary using the keyboard and provide new words without requiring access to their child's device, which may be at school or at home.
Developers are continuing to build for Catalyst as many more of your favorite iPad apps will be coming to Mac.
With macOS Catalina, the apps you love are now more beautiful and intelligent than ever. So your everyday tasks are easier than ever.
Focus on your best shots.
Photos has a new immersive, dynamic look that showcases your photos and memories. See only the best shots in your library, without the duplicates and clutter. Browse your favorite photos by days, months, and years and get larger previews of all your photos. And Photos is even smarter, so it can highlight important moments like birthdays, anniversaries, and trips.
Sidecar lets you extend your workspace by using your iPad as a second Mac display.6 Work in one app while you reference another or view your artwork on your Mac while you use tools and palettes on your iPad. You can also mirror the screens so they both display the same content, making it perfect for sharing exactly what you see with others.View the Sidecar white paper (PDF)
Bring the ease and precision of Apple Pencil to your favorite creative Mac apps with Sidecar.7 Just drag your app window from your Mac to your iPad as you would with any second display. Then use Apple Pencil to design in Illustrator, edit photos in Affinity Photo, or create 3D models in ZBrush. The handy sidebar puts essential Command, Control, and Shift keys right at your fingertips.
Use Apple Pencil for everyday tasks like drawing and sketching or marking up screenshots and PDFs. You can easily insert a sketch from your iPad into any document on your Mac.
Discover all the amazing apps that are compatible with Sidecar, including illustration, photography, and 3D apps.
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macOS Catalina brings all your favorite Screen Time features to Mac, giving you greater insight into how you're spending your time. Monitor usage, schedule downtime, and set limits for both apps and websites across all your devices. And with Family Sharing, you can set app and communication limits for your kids to help them focus on the right things.
With macOS Catalina, there are enhanced security features to better protect macOS against tampering, help ensure that the apps you use are safe, and give you greater control over access to your data. And it's even easier to find your Mac if it's lost or stolen.
The Apple T2 Security Chip keeps your Mac secure by ensuring that you're running trusted software and automatically encrypting your stored data. It also provides secure authentication for Touch ID and secure payments for Apple Pay. And now macOS Catalina features Activation Lock, so only you can erase and reactivate your Mac.
macOS Catalina runs in its own read-only volume, so it's separate from all other data on your Mac, and nothing can accidentally overwrite your system files. And Gatekeeper ensures that new apps you install have been checked for known security issues before you run them, so you're always using good software.
Apps must now get your permission before directly accessing files in your Documents and Desktop folders, iCloud Drive, and external volumes, so you're always in control of your data. And you'll be prompted before any app can capture keyboard activity or a photo or video of your screen.
The new Find My app combines Find My iPhone and Find My Friends into a single, easy-to-use app on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Find My can help you locate a missing Mac — even if it's offline and sleeping — by sending out Bluetooth signals that can be detected by Apple devices in use nearby. They can then relay the detected location of your Mac to iCloud so you can locate it in the Find My app.
It's all anonymous and encrypted end-to-end so no one, including Apple, knows the identity of any reporting device. And because the reporting happens silently using tiny bits of data that piggyback on existing network traffic, there's no need to worry about your battery life, your data usage, or your privacy.
macOS Catalina includes new features to help everyone get the most out of Mac. Voice Control lets users who can't use traditional input devices control Mac, iPad, and iPhone entirely with their voice. New tools for users with low vision allow you to zoom in on a paragraph of text or the entire screen.
(Ian uses Dictation with Voice Control)
Wake up.
The level readings on the gray and white microphone-shaped Dictation icon move up and down with Ian's voice.
(Ian dictating)
Voice Control is a breakthrough feature that gives you full control of your devices comma, with just your voice, period.
Text of Ian's dictation appears in Notes.
(Ian dictating)
It's a whole new way to do everything you love, period. Like this. Correct love.
The word "love," is highlighted blue. A list of numbered options appears below the word. The options include replacement words as well as heart icons.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
A red heart icon replaces the word "love," in the text.
Cut to the interior of Ian's house. He sits in a motorized wheelchair in front of an iMac.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Open photos.
Photos opens from his dock. The "Days," folder shows May 15-19, photos of Ian in his wheelchair riding along a roadside with friends on bikes.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Scroll up.
In "Days," April 12-14, photos of a man on a mountain bike and a tree-covered mountain at the edge of a lake.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Show numbers.
Numbers appear on the folder buttons and on each photo.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
A photo opens. The man holds his mountain bike over his head in front of the lake.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Click share.
A dialog box opens: "Share 1 Photo To," with a numbered list of options.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Messages opens, and the photo appears in a message.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
The name Tim appears in the "To:" field, then autofills to "firstname.lastname@example.com."
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Next field. Let's ride this one today. Thumbs up emoji.
The text appears in the message, along with a thumbs up emoji.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Click send. Open Maps.
Maps opens.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Show grid.
The map of the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway is overlaid with a numbered grid.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Long press at twenty.
A pin drops with the tag, "Marked Location: Olympic National Park, Highway, 101, Port Angeles,…" and an Info icon.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Open App Switcher.
Ian glances down at his wheelchair-mounted iPhone. A notification pops-up: "Maps, from 'Ian's iMac.'" A number four appears in the top left of the notification.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
The Marked Location opens in Maps on Ian's iPhone.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Tap share.
Ian's contact, Tim is highlighted, with a Messages logo in the bottom of his photo.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Tap Tim.
The Marked Location appears in the Message with Tim, who has responded to the initial Message: "I'm down. Let's go!"
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Tap send.
The send button, numbered 11, is selected.
[music plays]
Jump in by Atomic Drum Assembly
Cut to a wide shot of Ian as he rides his motorized wheelchair across a pedestrian bridge over a river.
Now, the camera follows him from behind as he rides toward an evergreen forest.
Cut to Ian as he uses a sip and puff controller to ride along a forest trail. Tim rides up next to him. The two men smile.
(Ian talks to Tim)
Hey, good to see you.
Cut to Tim and Ian as the reach the shore of a lake ringed by green hills. They look out at the water.
(Ian uses Voice Control)
Open music. Turn up the volume.
(Ian speaks)
We zoom in on the hills and the white clouds that fill the sky.
A white Apple logo appears in front of the clouds.
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EPA Proposes to Add Two Puerto Rico Sites to the Superfund List
Release Date: 10/19/2010
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(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed to add both the Cabo Rojo Ground Water Contamination Site in the municipality of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico and the Hormigas Ground Water Plume Site in the municipality of Caguas to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country's most hazardous waste sites. Sampling at the sites has found chemical contamination that is impacting wells once used to supply drinking water to the local communities. Exposure to these contaminants can have serious health impacts, damage the liver and increase the risk of cancer.
"EPA takes the contamination of people's drinking water very seriously," said Judith Enck, EPA Regional Administrator. "By placing these sites on the Superfund list, EPA can do the extensive sampling needed to find the best ways to address the contamination and protect people's health."
Cabo Rojo Ground Water Contamination
The Cabo Rojo Urbano public water system has six drinking water wells that serve approximately 48,500 people. Ground water samples collected by the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) from 2002 to 2006 found tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE), solvents commonly used in industrial processes, in the Ana Maria well, part of the Cabo Rojo Urbano system.
Ground water samples collected by EPA in 2006 and 2009 confirmed the presence of PCE and TCE in the well. In an effort to identify the source of contamination, EPA conducted investigations at 68 facilities and collected soil and ground water samples from 13 facilities. EPA's investigation has not yet identified the source of ground water contamination in the public supply wells and further investigations will be conducted.
The contamination detected in the Cabo Rojo wells that are still in operation is below levels of concern.
Hormigas Ground Water Contamination
The former Hormigas public water system has two wells - the Eufracia and Hormigas - and served a population of over 5,000 people until it was taken out of service. In 2006, PRASA detected PCE in the Eufracia well above the level considered acceptable under federal drinking water standards. In response, PRASA closed the Hormigas water system and discontinued use of both wells in 2009.
EPA collected more samples from the Eufracia well in 2009, and the results confirmed the presence of PCE. TCE and cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (cis-1,2-DCE), additional chemical contaminants, were also detected in the Eufracia well. EPA plans to conduct further investigations to identify the source of contamination in the wells.
After receiving a letter from the Puerto Rico government supporting the inclusion of the Cabo Rojo and Hormigas sites on the Superfund, EPA has determined that a listing offers the best course of action to protect human health and clean up the contamination. EPA periodically proposes sites to the Superfund list and, after responding to public comments, designates them as final Superfund sites. The Superfund final designation makes them eligible for funds to conduct long-term cleanups.
For Federal Register notices and supporting documents for these final and proposed sites, on the day of publication visit: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/current.htm
With the proposal of this site to the NPL, a 60-day comment period will begin during which EPA solicits public input regarding this action. For instructions to submit comments, go to: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/pubcom.htm
Comments can be submitted, identified by Docket number by one of the following methods:
Docket number (EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0638) for the Cabo Rojo Site,
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The latest addition to Gibson's worldwide network of showrooms, the Las Vegas space will serve as a place for artists to try out the latest and greatest products from Gibson and its family of brands. In addition, it will also serve as a full-fledged performance and broadcasting studio. It's the first showroom of its kind.
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By formatting data for others' use, agencies might simultaneously make the data easier to reuse internally. For instance, Nevada is in the process of annotating its grants reporting in such a way that it can eliminate a lot of manual cutting and pasting within the state's offices.
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Nevada uses XBRL to streamline data reuse
The state is applying the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) to a number of its business processes and has plans to use it as part of its business Web portal, said State Controller Kim Wallin.
Created by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, XBRL is a vendor-neutral extension of the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and offers a large set of markup tags for reporting on business activities. A wide range of commercial accounting and enterprise software recognize the tags, which makes it is easier to automatically move data into various reports the state must generate.
The state is starting with grants reporting. Nevada documents how it uses federal grant money on a monthly basis for external and internal use. Employees who generate the reports must download the data from multiple sources, usually in a comma-separated values (CSV) file. They then must paste parts of those datasets into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
The approach is time-consuming for employees — it takes an average of two weeks for an employee to generate the monthly report. And, as with any manual process, cutting and pasting data creates opportunities for errors. To automate the process, the controller's office is developing an XBRL GL Adapter that applies tags to each general ledger entry. After the CSV file is downloaded, the XBRL data fields can be populated directly into a report employees build using Web-based XForms that process XML. All in all, generating a report should take about an hour, she added.
Wallin also would like to use XBRL to develop a Web portal for businesses. Right now, the process of starting a business in Nevada, as in many other states, involves applying for permits and licenses at a number of agencies. And each agency collects a lot of the same information, such as name and address.
The controller's office plans to establish a statewide taxonomy that different agency systems can use to share basic information so business owners only need to supply it once. "It will be a one-stop shop for all business transactions," she said.
Just as Nevada uses XBRL to improve data movement, the federal government could use it for similar duties, Wallin predicted. For example, she said, it could help track the billions of dollars that Congress is allotting to the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Another candidate is the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. In March, members of the XBRL Consortium told Congress that the language could oversee how money is dispersed through this legislation. Requiring financial firms to file reports in XBRL would make it easier for the government and investors to evaluate those firms' activities, they said.
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This collection consists of two parts: records of the alumnae association in the period of Mercy Hospital and records of the organization under its present name. It complements the Mercy-Douglass Hospital records (MC 78) in that the latter are exclusively hospital and school records organically created before the hospital closed in 1973. The alumnae association collection contains historical accounts of the hospital and the school as prepared by the alumni, minutes of alumni meetings, programs of various kinds of activities the association sponsored, newsletters, correspondence, clippings, and material the association collected of other organizations.


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Nicollette Sheridanwill get a new trial in her wrongful termination case againstDesperate Housewives, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
Sheridan originally suedABC, Touchstone Television and showcreatorMarc Cherryfor $20 million in April 2010, claiming she was unfairly fired for complaining aboutCherry hitting her in ...
Nicollette Sheridan will get a new trial in her wrongful termination case against Desperate Housewives, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Sheridan originally sued ABC, Touchstone Television and show creator Marc Cherry for $20 million in April 2010, claiming she was unfairly fired for complaining about Cherry hitting her in the head during a September 2008 argument. In March 2012, a judge declared a mistrial when the jury couldn't reach a verdict and remained suck at 8-4 in Sheridan's favor.
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An appeals court ruled in August 2012 that Sheridan was not fired, but rather the studio and network decided not to renew her contract. Sheridan then went after Touchstone for retaliating against her work condition complaints, but Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Stern ruled that she should have filed a complaint to the California Labor Commissioner within six months of the alleged incident before filing a labor lawsuit.
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It's been a long three weeks for the Houston Dynamo since Ricardo Clark left the field against the Seattle Sounders with an unspecified illness.
His absence in that time period has left the club without one of its best players, but on Friday the club got a glimmer of hope that it could finally have the former US international midfielder back in the fold.
Clark was back on the training pitch working with the Dynamo for the first time since that Sounders game, helping his club prepare for a crucial Eastern Conference showdown Sunday (4 p.m. CT; TICKETS) against the New York Red Bulls.
"We miss Rico, he's a big part of this team," Dynamo captain Brad Davis said. "We haven't had our full team almost all year. That's frustrating. It really is. We've been missing a lot of guys for a lot of time. It's great to have Rico out there, and I hope we have him available for the weekend."
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In the three MLS games he's missed, the Dynamo have been outscored 8-1 and are 0-2-1. If Clark is fit for Sunday, he could be part of a cure to Houston's defensive ills by adding back to the mix his ability to cover sideline-to-sideline.
Clark has been out of action since Aug. 17 when he left the Sounders game with an illness. Two weeks prior to that incident, he left a game against the Columbus Crew complaining of similar symptoms, including what head coach Dominic Kinnear said was dizziness.
After his exit against the Sounders, Kinnear called the situation "scary" and last week said that Clark was being evaluated and the club would not put him back on the field until they were sure he was ready.
"We've missed him," Kinnear said. "It's good to see him back training with the guys. Hopefully he'll be available for Sunday, and then we'll move forward to Philly."
While Clark is on the mend, the club was without defenders Eric Brunner and Corey Ashe and midfielder Andrew Driver on Friday. All three were later listed as out for Sunday's came on the club's injury report.
Brunner left last Sunday's 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire with a sprained ankle suffered on a rough tackle by Chris Rolfe. Driver and Ashe left Wednesday's loss to the Columbus Crew in the second half with what the team termed as right and left leg injuries, respectively. With defender Jermaine Taylor away on international duty, the injuries have made for a thin depth chart at a critical time.
"It's been a tough stretch mentally for the guys," Davis said. You can see the results aren't going our way and I know those guys want to be out here and compete with the group. We just have to stick together."
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An update on sound clips. We've now increased the length of clips that we're making on the site and are trying to go back and update many of the clips that have already been made.
All steps below are the same but we are now uploading 3 minute long clips. We've found that starting 30 seconds in often gives best results and gets most of the song's intro and a fair bit of the drop.
So as some of you may have noticed we have sound clips in the new rolldabeats...which is nice!
For an example check the little grey play icons on these pages
We need people with collections of mp3s to spare a little time to help make and upload clips. It doesn't take long and providing we follow some basic guidelines it all works fairly smoothly.
What to do
We're trying to get complete labels done as much as possible from all genres and eras. it's harder to manage one release here and there but that's not to say we don't want clips for these if that's all you have
Step 1
Download mp3 cropping software
This will crop mp3s for you
and this will then do encoding
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Convert your mp3s to 180 second clips at 128kbps. Don't make the start point 0 seconds but set it to 30 seconds in so we can make sure we get as much of the actual tune as possible and skip any long intros.
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If you are doing many mp3s on a label that has a bunch of varying catalogue numbers then use a label identifier (substituting any spaces for underscores) at the start of the filename just so we can keep things tidy. There are also so many clips now that it's often best to add the label name anyway to keep file names unique
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You can upload directly to our web server via FTP
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This info is now out-of-date. Contact me directly for details on how to upload clips - haste at rolldabeats dot com. We'll need you to send the files over so that we can upload for you at the moment
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville coach Rick Pitino isn't worried about a letdown after the big victory over Kentucky.
That's because the No. 4 Cardinals (12-1) have something to prove in Wednesday's Big East opener against Providence (8-4).
Louisville's 90-59 loss at Providence last January was the Cardinals' worst of the season. Pitino credits the Friars for playing well in that game while adding that nothing went right for Louisville in an ``embarrassing'' loss.
On Saturday, Louisville beat Kentucky 80-77. Now the Cardinals must put state rivalries aside and shift their attention to the most important part of the season - the 18-game conference schedule.
``We're thrilled because we played a great first half but disappointed in the way we executed in the second half, and we're going to learn from victory with that,'' Pitino said Tuesday of beating Kentucky.
``We think the league is much more important. It's going to determine where you are at the end of the year. Beating Kentucky, we're delighted for our fans but we didn't give any postgame speech because of mistakes we made at crucial times. The Providence game is very big, so I don't think that (letdown) will happen at all.''
Especially since many areas are a work in progress for the Cardinals, the defending conference tournament champions.
Pitino is pleased with Louisville's 78.2-point scoring average, its highest in seven years and just behind the 2005 Final Four team (80.7). Part of that is due to the recent growth of sophomore forwards Chane Behanan (11.5 points) and Wayne Blackshear (9.6), though guards Russ Smith (19.8) and Peyton Siva (12.0) have improved their offense as well.
``Chane has worked hard at becoming the player he should be in the last month or so,'' Pitino said, ``and I think the guards are getting him the basketball more, which is really important.''
Surprisingly, Louisville's defense is an area for concern. Although the Cardinals' +8.4 turnover margin and 11.4 steals per game rank second nationally, Pitino believes they've become too reliant on Siva and Smith creating takeaways and wants to see more contributions from Luke Hancock and Kevin Ware.
Saturday's return of junior center Gorgui Dieng from a broken left wrist should help the Cardinals' post defense once he gets back into a rhythm. Pitino's hope for the 6-foot-11 Senegal native is that he doesn't allow foul trouble to make him as tentative as in the second half against Kentucky, which erased a 17-point deficit thanks to several Cardinals with at least three fouls.
``He didn't play good defense,'' Pitino said. ``Four or five times he had the ability to go block the shot without fouling and he didn't do it. You've got to play good defense out there, you can't back away.''
At the moment, Louisville has offered little defense against a flu epidemic. Pitino said he was affected during the Kentucky game and the virus has spread to freshman center Mangok Mathiang, assistant coach Kevin Keatts and Behanan, who's considered doubtful for Wednesday.
Louisville did not make players available Tuesday.
Providence, meanwhile, has recently gotten healthy. After starting 7-2 despite playing with seven or fewer players, the Friars welcomed former Arizona forward Sidiki Johnson and freshman guard Kris Dunn.
In Dunn's collegiate debut following summer shoulder surgery, he tied a Providence freshman record with 13 assists while setting another school mark for the most in his first game. He's averaging 7.0 assists, helping a Friars offense led by Big East scoring leader Bryce Cotton (22.0 points), sophomore forward LaDontae Henton (17.3) and junior forward Kadeem Batts (16.6).
Providence is 0-6 in Louisville but the memory of last year's blowout win tells the Friars what can happen when everything clicks. Pitino is more focused on a strong follow-up and momentum he believes the Cardinals will need to defend their Big East title.


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El Asian wrote:Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer FPS game, basic google would have you come up on that but then again, IWA MS fans don't believe in simple searching
and I'll continue to bring up Ian Rotten until you stop posting shit about how you used to be an IWA Mid South fan to "prove" your a wrestling fan
Souf Centrol wrote:As far as the bucks mailin it in, I don't blame them for not going all out. They still have to go back to TNA and make their money. Can't do that hurt. I didn't have a problem with the taunting because I actually like when they do that. It made me laugh cuz people were hating it....which means they did their job as heels.
Fsportsentertainment wrote:Holy Shit what did I start here?!?!? lol
Wow... Krazy is loco!
At least most of the people here are actually here for the wrestling. Krazy... Why so angry???
I still stand by what I said at the start of this thread... The Bucks are getting smarter in what they do in the ring. Souf is dead on right. They gotta make money. Anyone who feels they should kill themselves for less money and potentially injure themselves all the time isnt rational. Would you almost injure yourself for say, $200 when you can make $1000 and do less work. Yes, i do hate sports entertainment, but to deny these guys a chance to make some money and look out for themselves by saying they mailed it in is just an extremely selfish thing to say. I know you "have a brain" and dont always try to think positive, but try it. You might just enjoy things a little bit more.
Oh yeah, as per the topic of this thread, Young Bucks are awesome!
eldink wrote:you would be surprised what the bucks make in tna...very surprised
El Hijo del Generico wrote:eldink wrote:you would be surprised what the bucks make in tna...very surprised
Why don't you enlighten us?
eldink wrote:El Hijo del Generico wrote:eldink wrote:you would be surprised what the bucks make in tna...very surprised
Why don't you enlighten us?
it was something i read where they were the least paid talent...the number was similar to the number indy midcarders receive..the article was well written and seemed credible..maybe i would be wrong to post the number but they made it clear they were low men [ and women] as far as pay per match...the article was more about the spending of tna, paying guest non-wrestlers sick amounts and then screwing their own....
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KDE PIM/Akonadi/Testing
- 1 Akonadi Test and Benchmark Infrastructure
- 1.1 Akonadi Testrunner
- 1.2 KNUT Test Data Resource
- 1.3 Akonadi Scriptable Resource
- 1.4 Akonadi Benchmarker
- 1.5 Unittests
Akonadi Test and Benchmark Infrastructure
Akonadi Testrunner
Igor's GSoC project, found in kdepimlibs/akonadi/tests/testrunner. The Akonadi Testrunner sets up an isolated Akonadi server (which implies a separated D-Bus server) based on an environment configuration file.
Creating Testrunner Environments
Documentation based on Igor's mail to kde-pim ML:
First you need create a configuration file in KStandardDirs config resource type (try to use: kde4-config --path config, to find the path in my case the path is /usr/share/kde4/config) , the configuration file is a xml and look like:
<kdehome>/home/igor/kde/installs/trunk </kdehome>
<item location="/path/to/file.vcf"
Using the Testrunner
Interactive Use
For manual usage, the testrunner provides an interactive mode in which it sets up the environment and provides a way to "switch" into it.
First, start the testrunner:
$ akonaditest -c config.xml &
Once the setup is complete, it creates a shell script containing the necessary environment variable changes to switch into the test environment:
$ source testenvironment.sh
The environment variables of the current shell are then changed to point to the test environment (eg. KDEHOME, DBUS_*, etc.). Every Akonadi application run in that shell operates on the Akonadi server of the test environment.
To terminate and cleanup the test environment, run:
$ shutdown-testenvironment
Note that your shell afterwards still points to the (now no longer existing) test environment and might not work as expected anymore.
Non-Interactive Use
kdepimlibs/akonadi/tests uses the Akonadi Testrunner to run unittests in an isolated environment. For automated usage, the testrunner can be used in a non-interactive way:
$ akonaditest -c config.xml <comand> <params>
The testrunner will run command params within the isolated environment and terminate afterwards.
This can be used from within CMake (example based on kdepimlibs/akonadi/tests):
macro(add_akonadi_isolated_test _source)
set(_test ${_source})
get_filename_component(_name ${_source} NAME_WE)
kde4_add_executable(${_name} TEST ${_test})
akonadi-kde akonadi-kmime ${QT_QTTEST_LIBRARY}
# based on kde4_add_unit_test
if (WIN32)
get_target_property( _loc ${_name} LOCATION )
set(_executable ${_loc}.bat)
else (WIN32)
set(_executable ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/${_name})
endif (WIN32)
if (UNIX)
set(_executable ${_executable}.shell)
endif (UNIX)
find_program(_testrunner akonaditest)
add_test( libakonadi-${_name}
${_testrunner} -c
Using QtTest unittests with KDE extensions (QTEST_KDEMAIN) together with the testrunner is problematic as they modify some of the environment variables set by the testrunner. Instead, use the following:
- include <qtest_akonadi.h>
QTEST_AKONADIMAIN( MyTest, NoGUI )
KNUT Test Data Resource
In kdepim/akonadi/resources, fully featured resource that operates on a single XML file. File format is decribed in knut.xsd and follows closely the internal structure of Akonadi. New files can be created in eg. Akonadiconsole by creating a resource and specifying a non-existing file.
Akonadi Scriptable Resource
Second part of Igor's GSoC project, currently in playground/pim/akonaditest.
Akonadi Benchmarker
In kdepimlibs/akonadi/test, part of Robert's thesis.
Akonadi Server
Usable without installation, run with ctest/make test as usual.
These tests use the Akonadi Testrunner, the test environment is found in kdepimlibs/akonadi/tests/unittestenv.
The tests do not yet completely work without having certain components installed, namely:
- Akonadi Server
- KNUT resource
Running the tests
The tests can be run automatically using ctest/make test as usual. To run a single test manually, it needs to be executed using the Akonadi testrunner:
$ cd kdepimlibs/akonadi/test
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VANCOUVER — Evgeni Plushenko and Stephane Lambiel have allegedly come back to push the kids.
Up into the air, as the altruistic half of the theory goes? Or just off the Olympic podium? There is evidence to support both stories and skaters willing to buy one more readily than another.
"They came back for themselves," said Johnny Weir of the U.S. "Skating is skating. Skating is at a high level regardless who is skating. Two or three years after Plushenko sat a world record at the Olympics (in 2006) it was broken by a Japanese skater (Daisuke Takahashi at Four Continents in 2008) and Plushenko wasn't skating then. Lambiel was on his way to retirement before coming back. So in no way do I see them coming back to raise the level of skating. I see them coming back on a personal mission to compete in another Olympics."
And Weir has no problem with that.
"People are very cynical when they are talking about the comebacks and returns of these great stars. If you can compete in an Olympics once, you are blessed beyond belief. If you can do it two or three times, what more do you need? If you can do it, do it. If I'm still in good enough health in four years and I feel like I'm still on the ice and want to try again, I'll do it. A three-time Olympian? Come on. Who wouldn't want that?"
But we are told to believe that's not all they want. Though Plushenko isn't talking until after the short program, he has said in the past that his motivation to retrain himself into elite shape after years on the exhibition circuit came from different sources. He craves the adrenalin from competition as much as he does the medal. And he apparently wants his rivals to man up and start doing quads in both the long and short programs. The more the merrier. The past two world championships were won by Jeffrey Buttle of Smooth Rock Falls, Ont., and Evan Lysacek of the U.S. without a quad and that just won't do.
"They saw there was two times the world champion (won) without a quad. From Todd Eldredge ages there was nobody without the quad to win the world," said Czech skater Michal Brezina. "I think they did it just because of this. They want to show, if you want to be world champion of the ages you really have to do the quad. I don't think there is any other reason.
"If you want to be really, really good you have to jump like Evgeni and skate like Stephane. These two, if they can be one person, it would be the greatest skater of the world."
And if the stars of Russia and Switzerland were just one skater there would be another medal up for grabs here. Because Plushenko is a lock for a spot on the podium, quite likely the top, and Lambiel is in the mix for another. Their comebacks have shrunk the theoretical size of the podium, but for a lot of skaters it was out of reach anyway. So it's hardly an intrusion for the reigning Olympic champ to waltz back onto the ice with them. In fact, a guy like Denis Ten of Kazakhstan can hardly believe his luck.
"When I watch their skating I feel like, 'Oh my God they're my idols.' I can learn a lot from them. I think it's great they come back."
Lysacek sounds somewhat less enthusiastic, though he does appreciate the spotlight that Plushenko focuses on the men's event. And he does retain hope that Plushenko is not invincible.
"I don't think anyone is unbeatable right now, because of the way the sport is judged," said Lysacek. "Obviously there's a lot of room for error, but there's also a lot of room to gain extra points on what you are doing."
Brezina's chances at a medal here were infinitesimal anyway, but he is looking well past his own Olympic hopes at what is best for his sport, and he has little doubt that the comebacks have been beneficial. Not just for the obvious increase in media attention, either.
"I think it's good because you can see everyone is now trying to do the quads. In the previous seasons there was not so many attempts to do the quad in competition. I came from the Europeans without a quad in the program and right now I'm practising them because if you want to beat some of the big stars and you don't have the quad, you have no chance."
Ahem. That seems like bad news for Lysacek and Patrick Chan of Toronto, but Weir wasn't buying that either.
"I don't think necessarily you need a quad to win a medal here," he countered. "Plushenko, he's a rock star. What can I say? He's a king of this sport. I'm honoured to be on the ice with him again. It's such a pleasure to watch him come back and compete and be so strong. But I don't think people are trying quads just to compete with them. I think people are trying to better themselves. I want to be perfect. I want people to be transported to a different planet when I'm skating. That's my goal. Some people want to do a quad. Some people are a lot younger than me and will have another Olympics or two Olympics. This is probably my last one. I want to go out with a bang, not falling on a jump that's only 50/50."
So what about the money potential? What about the real gold that Olympic champs can mine?
"Plushenko is a celebrity in Russia," said Weir. "He's not coming back for the prize money. He's coming back for pride. He's in music videos in Russia. He's all over the news. He has a very famous wife. He's a star in Russia. So he has no need or want for anything. He's coming back for personal pride and to compete again in the Olympics."
The comebacks of Plushenko and Lambiel aren't figure skating's only retro stories at these Games. The Chinese couple of Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao are back with a bang in the pairs competition. Despite touring as pros for two years, they came back to Olympic-eligible competition and won both their Grand Prix assignments. They look ready to add a gold to a pair of bronze medals gleaned from three previous Olympics. In Chan's eyes, that makes the comeback worthwhile.
"The Chinese pairs, they're absolutely amazing. I think my opinion is if you make a comeback it better be a darn good comeback. It's got to be really out with a bang and the Chinese pairs did that. They're phenomenal and beautiful. If you're going to come back, really go out and give it your all because it's your last one."
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The Toyota Prius, the gold standard for fuel economy, is a bit like steamed broccoli: utterly insipid but wholesome just the same. Iconic status was guaranteed when Hollywood types with air-conditioned mega-mansions trotted out Priuses as their green beards, even before the car was immortalized with its own episode of South Park. An anodyne ownership experience includes tepid acceleration, numb steering, and nonlinear brakes. Of note are the unbeatable fuel economy, impressively low price tag, and unique, futuristic lines that house a large amount of usable space. Stay tuned for the next-generation Prius and a plug-in version, which will further increase fuel economy, in 2011. City: 48 mpg/Highway: 45 mpg
The TDI, as equipped with a six-speed manual transmission, shines in highway driving, returning fuel economy on par with the air-hockey-table-sized Smart Fortwo. Diesel currently outpaces gasoline prices by about 20 percent, but the TDI betters the fuel economy of the next-thriftiest Jetta model by over 30 percent. The SportWagen, while more expensive than the sedan, suffers no penalty in fuel economy. It offers more luggage volume than the Prius and just slightly less passenger volume while being good-looking and offering a driving experience that won't approximate the work of an anesthesiologist. Both aesthetically and dynamically, the diesel-sipping Jetta TDI is engineered to be enjoyed by the user, not just employed. City: 30 mpg/Highway: 41 mpg
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AdvisorOne partnered with fi360 for the 2012 Article Competition. Here, the winner, Gregory Kasten, presents fiduciary best practices for actuarial implementation that can consistently improve 401(k) participant outcomes.
Great strides have been made over the past two decades to upgrade fiduciary best practices and the standard of care in the investment business. Our industry has seen the creation and widespread acceptance of groups like fi360, Committee for the Fiduciary Standard and CEFEX, and the publication of the Prudent Practices Handbook. Since passage in 1974, ERISA has always required a duty of loyalty and prudent expert standard of care. We are now seeing these duties fulfilled on a much more widespread basis. However, if our industry is to thrive, these necessary procedures must produce tangible results for the end user—the client. Tangible results are ultimately more important than simply avoiding prohibited transactions and fee transparency. For an ERISA plan, the most tangible result of all is the successful retirement of most plan participants.
The purpose of this article is not to launch into a prolonged debate about market efficiency. I hope most observers would agree that in the aggregate, the stock market cannot outperform itself. Clearly, after fees, the aggregate net investment performance of investors in the market must be below the market itself, so alpha is negative for the entire group. When investment professionals talk about alpha as their main value proposition, they have placed themselves in the untenable situation of promising an outcome that, at least across all advisors as a group, cannot exist.
This alpha value proposition view is widespread. A study by Jefferson National found almost 76% of advisors thought they added alpha. Not only does adding alpha not exist in any widespread basis, real-world alpha is actually negative in the aggregate. The fiduciary business model must have solid principles and deliver tangible results to the vast majority of clients, not just a few exceptions.
Intangible Value
The current environment mixes market fluctuation, economic uncertainty, fee compression, DOL investigations, threat of participant lawsuits and an ever-changing regulatory landscape. The fiduciary standards under ERISA are very high. Plan sponsors have an affirmative duty to be prudent experts and to discharge all of their duties in the sole and exclusive best interest of plan participants. This creates an ideal time for plan sponsors to step back, reassess their current practices and work with an advisor dedicated to understanding ERISA and retirement planning.
Preventing something adverse from happening is mostly an intangible value. This is particularly true in small ERISA plans that have never seen a participant lawsuit, so preventing one seems hard to quantify from a value perspective. Important practices include holding regular committee meetings and calling special ones when necessary, such as significant investment news affecting the plan's lineup. Decisions should be documented even when the decision is to do nothing. It is important to memorialize the process that you went through to reach that decision. Likewise, it is also very important to maintain a well-drafted investment policy statement. Plan sponsors need to be aware that the investment policy statement and committee minutes are regularly requested items in a DOL audit.
There is no law that requires plan sponsors to offer advice, or even education, to their plan participants. To reduce plan sponsor risk, the advisor should create a record showing everything offered to help participants achieve a secure retirement. Offering education, offering low-cost investment options and providing robust advice programs are some very important ways that you, as a plan fiduciary advisor, can help your participants along their path.
With that said, we also know that most education programs produce little impact on participants' outcome. Inertia is simply too great. According to the most recent EBRI study, only two in 10 workers stated that they would be very likely to take advantage of such a service if it were available at a modest cost. Further, the study found that those who chose to take advantage of investment advice generally did not benefit from it because most did not implement the recommendations. Of the subset indicating they were likely to seek advice, only two in 10 said they would implement all of the recommendations they received as long as they trusted the source. Thus a minuscule 4% of all the employees (of the two in 10 receiving advice, only two in 10 will act on it) will both take advantage of the service and fully implement the advice.
Managing the Upcoming Fee Discussion
There is no doubt that for years most plan sponsors and participants have not understood what their plan costs. Understanding fees—and ensuring that they are reasonable—is something that the DOL has spent years focusing on. The market environment, combined with the litigation environment, has put fees on the forefront of plan sponsors' minds.
Plan sponsors are now encouraged to look at not only out-of-pocket or visible recordkeeping fees, but also generally hidden investment costs and wrap fees that go along with having a fund lineup. The legal standard here is reasonableness. There is no legal requirement that plan sponsors find the lowest fee. Instead, reasonableness should be assessed in light of the services received and outcomes delivered. Plans can have different needs based on complexity, number of participants, etc. Services should be evaluated in light of the needs of that particular plan.
Periodic reviews should be documented. This is particularly true when recent events imply that an RFP needs to be conducted every three years. Many plan sponsors will now think they need to go to a "cheaper plan" to save five or 10 basis points. Cost is only the primary determinant in the absence of value. If all plans are a commodity with no value added, then plan sponsors should switch to save five basis points.
The 2012 upcoming 408(b)(2) plan sponsor fee disclosures and 404(a) participant disclosures are going to create a whole new discussion with plan sponsors. The discussion cannot be about fees only. It is also important to benchmark fees, services and outcomes. This fee discussion will make the delivery of tangible value of huge importance.
As can be seen in Figure 1 above, a benchmarked comparison can be made between total plan costs to the services of the plan (intangible value) and with measureable participant outcomes (tangible value). Plans with high cost and little value represent risk to the advisor (loss of business) and risk to the plan sponsor (participant litigation).
From Intangible to Tangible Value
In the future, the successful fiduciary advisor will deliver both intangible and tangible value in exchange for a reasonable fee. But a greater emphasis must be placed on the consistent delivery of tangible and measurable value. The tangible value proposition statement should include:
- A clear, believable and understandable statement of the tangible (quantifiable) results that will be delivered, i.e., the added value clients can expect and when they can expect it.
- A logical and evidence-based connection between the product and service being pitched and how it will favorably impact the plan sponsor and the participants.
Practices that Produce Reliable and Tangible Improvements
There are a number of tangible outcomes a plan can measure. These would include improvements in participation, savings rates, plan investment performance and appropriate participant investing based upon risk, age, funded status and generally accepted investment theory. Yet none of these is an end point of a retirement plan. The end point is successful retirement. Since successful (or unsuccessful) retirement for most participants is still far into the future, we can use an accurate actuarial projection of asset/liability funded status as a measurable proxy for retirement success. The easiest way to understand a tangible result is for the independent financial advisor to be able to say to the plan sponsor: "Before you hired us, you had 27% of employees on track for a successful retirement. After we instituted our actions, you now have 66% on track."
It is important to include the actuarial asset liability solution as part of the tangible value solution. Generally, it can make a much greater difference in the participant's funded ratio. In fact, the difference for a near retiree is usually 10–25 times greater than the portfolio change impact.
Figures 2 and 3 show that a 62-year-old participant's funded ratio in a moderate risk glidepath jumps from 0.542 to 1.081, a 99.2% increase. This dwarfs the 4.4% increase from an isolated higher risk-based portfolio change for a person of this age.
The 401(k) industry almost exclusively focuses on the asset side of the equation rather than the whole equation. The industry focus is on higher investment performance, "better" managers, "better" mutual funds, "better" target-date funds, greater diversification, lower fees, etc. None of these actions has any impact on the other side of the equation—the liability—which is the cost of retirement that the participant's 401(k) plan must bear. In order to become fully funded, the asset should equal the liability, giving an asset/liability funded ratio of 1.00 or higher. The key to success is to simultaneously raise the asset and lower the liability.
Critical Factors for Tangible Success
No system can be effective and deliver much tangible value if only used by 5% to 10% of plan participants. A single digit utilization rate is found in most voluntary advice programs. Web-based tools and calculators are used by a tiny handful of employees, but even fewer implement the advice. Without implementation, no program can succeed. Much higher acceptance rates (80%–90%) are consistently obtainable with better approaches. A default-driven pathway can ensure uniform adoption due to participant inertia. The value proposition is an individualized actuarial solution that is fully implemented by the discretionary plan trustee. Automated implementation of required actions by the trustee is the key to success. Implementation occurs whether or not the participant takes any action, other than to not opt out of the program.
Efficient data management and workflow automation can greatly increase efficiency. This is necessary to create the level of profitability to the advisor and his or her firm that makes delivery of the tangible value proposition a worthwhile endeavor over the long haul. Straight-through processing and seamless data integration, along with automated implementation of necessary actions, are required to create a pension-like experience for defined contribution 401(k) participants across many thousands of employees in plans both large and small.
As plan sponsors focus more and more on visible fees, the successful retirement advisor must deliver visible and tangible value. We can deliver a material improvement in the retirement readiness for most participants who utilize the platform. The increased tangible success rates result by combining "intelligent defaults" such as automatic enrollment, savings increases, appropriate portfolio selection and portfolio rebalancing with ongoing fiduciary and actuarial solution oversight. This approach allows the advisor to have a sustainable fiduciary business model with a clear value statement.


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Put simply, I don't understand want. I learned that today.
I'm a member of a local CSA farm here in Colorado, which stands for Community Support Agriculture. You buy a "share" of a local farm for one season, supporting the farm and receiving produce each week, but also buying into the risk of farming.
It's a great way to support small local farms, eat delicious melons, and attend fall pumpkin festivals at a farm.
If you're from around here, you know that parts of Colorado are pretty close to a desert. Many people, upon arriving in Colorado (expecting to see green mountain meadows and purple mountain majesties), respond, "It's so brown." (I happen to love the brown, thank you very much.)
Until recently, we'd only gotten a little over three inches of rain all year long. Then, in just two days, we got over four inches and a hearty dose of hail for good measure.
And all my melons, oh my sweet melons, and luscious tomatoes and sweet peppers from my CSA farm were destroyed in one fell swoop.
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I'm glad I joined this farm – it will help them stay afloat this year despite the hit. And if I really want a tomato or a melon, I'll just go to the farmer's market on Saturday and stock up.
Immediately after receiving the email about the hail on the CSA farm, I read a story of a farming family in Ethiopia. It's been raining erratically there. And if the rain doesn't come, they'll lose all their crops too.
Only they can't bike down to the local farmer's market and just buy more if they fail. They can't go stock up at King Soopers or Winn Dixie. That's it for them. They really don't know what they'll do. They're already only eating one small serving of injera, Ethiopian flatbread, a day.
I've never been in that situation. There's always been another option. And I realize that I really have no idea what it's like to want.
I just watched a cell phone commercial that leaned on the old cliche of not wasting food "because there are children starving in other countries," likening it to wasting cell phone minutes, because there are others around the world who don't have as many cell phone minutes as we do. Only in our very isolated, comfortable context could we make this comparison as a joke.
Hunger and want are so unreal and unknown to us that we don't even blink an eye at it because the want in the world is unknown or unpersonal to us.
So what are we to do?
All I can do is ask God to help me to remember how blessed I am and that he blessed me for a reason. I can ask God to help me in a very small way to understand the plight of those around the world who know want all too well, and to have compassion for them.


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CHICAGO -- A pretty deep search is needed to find a negative amid Chris Sale's Cy Young-worthy performance in 2013. He set a single-season franchise record for a left-handed starter with 226 strikeouts, established a franchise record for a starter with 9.49 strikeouts per nine innings and surpassed 200 innings for the first time in his career, not to mention reducing his walk total from his rotation debut in 2012.
But neutralizing the running game remains a work in progress for Sale. Factoring in two Royals' stolen bases on Friday, opponents were successful on 19 of 21 opportunities with Sale on the mound.
"I wouldn't say I have a good move to first by any means. I actually have a kind of bad move," Sale said with a wry smile. "It's something you want to build on and do better at. You watch guys like Andy Pettitte, and obviously Mark Buehrle had an unbelievable move.
"To be able to take away maybe half of those, it's big. It's something to work on for next year."
By Sale's own admission, he really doesn't care about the runner on base. Finding a happy medium between too much focus and none at all certainly will give White Sox catchers a better chance at nailing would-be base stealers.
"Yeah, work on a pickoff move, maybe work on looks. Just get better for next year," Sale said. "My focus is at the plate. Sometimes I feel like you worry about the guy at first and you kind of lose track of what you really need to do.
"Like I said, that's my downfall. I wouldn't say not caring, but not paying attention enough to guys on base, knowing that I have to get this guy out before anything happens with him."


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