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on 04-01-2019 12:05 PM
My prepay credit balance won't display either in My3 web page or app on iPhoneSE.
My preferred phone number was ported in a few weeks ago so the issue may be related?
The web page gives message:
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Been trying for weeks!
on 05-01-2019 12:21 PM
Hi @gm_gales 👋 Did you register your account online with your temporary number before your own was ported over? This may be what's causing it 🤔 Have you tried to account your my3 account from any other device (laptop/PC/different phone) and if so, was it the same? Susan
on 05-01-2019 12:56 PM - last edited on 05-01-2019 03:55 PM by Three_Susan
Hi Susan,
Thanks for your reply.
Yes, I believe I did register with the original SIM number, which was xxxxxxxxxxx.
Any suggestions what I can do to remedy the problem?
on 05-01-2019 01:04 PM
Is that the phone number or the serial number of the SIM @gm_glaes? It doesn't look like either from our network. Is it an Irish Three account you have?
on 05-01-2019 03:51 PM
on 05-01-2019 03:57 PM
Thanks, @Michael_Mick my mistake. @gm_gales I have just edited the post for you. As @Michael_Mick said, it looks to be a UK number so I won't have any access to your account here as this is an Irish forum but Im sure if you contact Three UK, they will be more than happy to assist.
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I recently attended a Winter Gala hosted by my boyfriend's employer. I decided not to wear the standard cocktail dress but instead opted for a cute skirt and blouse combo.
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A point worth noting, I think … Say your Mailbox as reported in Exchange Management Console/Shell/ESM is 110 Mb, an often asked question is why the OST file for that mailbox is soooo much bigger.
Microsoft have the answer : http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA011402591033.aspx
When deploying Cached Exchange Mode for Outlook, be aware that users' OST files can increase in size by 50 percent to 80 percent over the size of the mailbox reported in Exchange Server. The format Outlook uses to store data locally for Cached Exchange Mode is less efficient than the server data file format, resulting in more disk space used when mailboxes are downloaded to provide a local copy for Cached Exchange Mode.
And further.. Remember the OST/PST "speed up" patch which was released. It had a small side-effect :
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Fitness business owner offers start-up advice
An accomplished Wearside entrepreneur and footballer whose sports companies are going from strength to strength has shared his business expertise with Sunderland College students.
Gavin Cogdon owns successful fitness training ventures CrossFit Tailored Training and Unique Performance Coaching, and has just launched Movement Academy, a football strength and conditioning programme for youngsters.
And his achievements don't stop there. The 33-year-old also plays for South Shields FC who have just won promotion to the Evo-Stik League after being crowned Northern League champions, and he will be heading to Wembley with his team this month for the FA Vase final.
Gavin, who used to study at Sunderland College, returned to Bede Campus to deliver a motivational talk to BTEC sport, fitness instructor, personal trainer and higher education sports students, who are interested in setting up their own companies.
The dad-of-two, who works full-time as a physical activity programme coordinator for people with long-term health conditions, admits he has become a master at juggling priorities and is keen to speak to aspiring entrepreneurs about the reality of running a business.
He said: "It's a very rewarding experience but I think a lot of people at the outset don't realise how much hard work it can be. You've got to love what you do otherwise you won't have the motivation and commitment to see it through.
"We all make mistakes and have to sacrifice certain things, and I think that's what separates the dreamers from the people who go out and make it work – I'm still learning from my mistakes, and I think it's important that people understand the challenges of owning a business, and how you can turn a mistake into a success story."
Since launching Washington-based CrossFit Tailored Training three years ago with business partners Michael Williamson, an ex-Sunderland College student, and John Lee Lydon the company has tripled its membership and moved into bigger premises to meet demand.
Building on this success, Gavin and his friend Ian Watson launched Unique Performance Coaching (UPC) in 2016, a business designed initially to educate elite sportspeople about the importance of strength and conditioning as part of a training programme. It now has a range of clients attending using the UPC tagline 'train like an athlete'.
The company trains professional boxers, athletes, MMA fighters and semi-professional footballers, and is set for expansion – via the launch of Movement Academy – as it aims to target the younger market.
Gavin, from Wear View, spoke to Sunderland College students about his businesses and offered a range of advice, covering areas such as marketing, business development, unique selling points and gaining experience.
He added: "I really enjoyed speaking with the students and I hope it was beneficial to them. When I studied at the college I was given lots of encouragement and support, so it was nice to give something back and help the students decide what they want to do after they leave the college."
John Rushworth, Faculty Director (Sport, Health and Wellbeing), said: "It was fantastic to welcome Gavin back to Sunderland College to share with learners what he has achieved from the skills, knowledge and experience he gained from the courses he studied with us. His achievements to date are a testament to his passion for the exercise and fitness Industry, and I'm sure our sports students have been inspired by his journey."
Sunderland College teaches a range of courses from its purpose-built Sports Academy, including qualifications in Level 2 fitness instructing, level 3 in personal training, level 3 in combined fitness instructing and personal training, and Level 1 to 5 sport courses.
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"Sujon is a masterful healer. Just being around him you feel his compassion and unconditional love. You simply look into his eyes and you feel the real deal. My heart is finally open after 20 years of sheer imprisonment. I love you, Sujon." - Marilyn R.
"How many healers actually take the time to listen to you and explain how everything works? He gets to the root of the problem, and the homework that he assigns makes a difference. I do my affirmations and mantras everyday. Find out why Sujon is a fantastic healer!" - Cheryl Solberg, IL
"Forget the massage! You won't need one. My shoulders have been stiff for years. Two minutes of healing on my shoulders, a clearing of my throat chakra, and the blissful sound of his voice to my truth, my heart, and my soul, and I feel alive. I feel light. I feel love. Thanks Sujon!" -
"'Laughing is the same button as crying!' says Sujon. I have been so wrapped up in my head about my problems that I forgot my sense of humor. Go figure... I'm a comedian. Sujon pushed all the right buttons and I am laughing all the way to the bank. My career, relationship, and life have taken a turn which I will forever credit to Sujon." - S. Love,
"'Ahem Prema,' means 'I am Divine Love.' This is a mantra that I have been saying everyday. Sujon introduced me to this mantra and my daily meditation. He has taught so many insightful lessons. He is a wonderful, loving coach. He really takes time to listen, unlike the therapist I had for 3 years. I wasn't just another 45-minute session to him. He cares and he has opened the door to an amazing new life." -
"The Secret? Five powerful sessions with Sujon. That's all you will need to get you on your path!" - Ian Searle
"Sujon gave me back my happiness when no one else could. He is one of the most amazing healers I have ever had. I'm going to put this simply: I went to Sujon after experiencing an unrequited love and then a betrayal from a close friend who I loved and trusted. I fell deep into the darkest night of my soul and did not know how to come out of it. I went to psychologists, energy healers, Reiki masters, Mom and Dad, spiritual healers, and hypnotherapists. I even went to Egypt and took a beautiful cruise down the Nile but nothing seemed to bring back my happiness. It felt as if I had lost a part of me, and I didn't know how to get it back. I decided to see Sujon after a series of mysterious encounters where he kept showing up in the most random places. He told me to see him and I kept putting it off. When I returned from
Sujon immediately took a look at me and could see the root of the problem. Before he even started on the healing we had a very nice conversation about my problem. We discussed what was important to me and why I was not healing. Sujon told me something that no other professional had thought about. It was so simple. He said, "You have to call your friend who betrayed you and talk to him. Sujon was right. I was so afraid to call him because I was so angry, and my anger was causing everything to shut down; my creativity was shut down, my relationships, my life and my happiness. Sujon made me realize that I was only hurting myself--and no one else--by not taking action now, and doing what it takes to release all the layers of anger, fear and grief that I had taken on. I wasn't quite ready to take his advice but I told him I would think about it. Sujon proceeded with the healing using divine assistance and the Great Spiritual Masters, including his great-grand uncle Paramahansa Yogananda. Together we cleared many layers of sadness that I was holding on to from the relationships in my life. We took care of anyone and everyone that was causing me pain.
The seed was already planted and it took me two weeks to take action. I called my ex-friend and talked to him. He admitted to his wrong-doing and I found out that he never even had any dealings with the girl after our separation. I told him I still loved him and put the water under the bridge. I was holding so much darkness for 6 months, and these layers of evil all bundled up together and left me all at once. The sadness was lifted once and for all, and I am happy once again. I love myself once again and I can move on with my life and put it all behind me. I realized something huge from this whole experience. I just mastered one of the major lessons I was supposed to learn in this incarnation on Earth. Forgiveness! Now, that's a healer! Thank you Sujon."
"Let Sujon help you. He listens and acknowledges your uniqueness in a very loving way. He will ask and direct powerful questions. He holds your vision and empowers you to achieve your dreams!" - Tim R., LA
"Sujon made me feel at ease and I knew that I could trust him with all my issues. He was non-judgmental and genuinely caring! His intuitive process brought the heart of the issue to the surface right away. His coaching and energy healing combination is potent. I feel I can fly! Amazing!" - Mike B., LA


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Unpaid family and medical leave will be granted up to 12 weeks per year to assist employees in balancing family and work life. For purposes of this policy, year is defined as July 1 through June 30. Requests for family and medical leave will be made to the superintendent.
Employees may be allowed to substitute paid leave for unpaid family and medical leave by meeting the requirements set out in the family and medical leave administrative rules. Employees eligible for family and medical leave must comply with the family and medical leave administrative rules prior to starting family and medical leave. It is the responsibility of the superintendent to develop administrative rules to implement this policy.
The requirements stated in the Master Contract between employees in the certified collective bargaining unit and the board regarding family and medical leave of such employees will be followed.
NOTE: This policy is consistent with federal law regarding family and medical leave. The links below are to applicable forms on the U.S. Department of Labor Web site.
Links: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf
WH-380-E Certification of Health Care Provider for Employee's Serious Health Condition (PDF)
WH-385 Certification for Serious Injury or Illness of Covered Servicemember -- for Military Family Leave (PDF)
Legal Reference: 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.
Iowa Code §§ 20; 85; 216; 279.40.
Whitney v. Rural Ind. School. District, 232 Iowa 61, 4 N.W.2d 394 (1942).
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I wrote a lovely post yesterday about our last family home evening. I had it saved to publish this morning. Poof! It's gone! So I'll try to remember why my post was lovely and recreate it.
I decided our theme for tonight would be Origami! I borrowed a few books on the art of paper folding, gathered construction paper and we were ready to go. Easy Peasy!
We had to dress for the occasion.
Let the paper folding begin. I found it humorous that John and I are the only ones wearing our head gear.
Our finished creations. Among the paper are birds, turtles, a bat and a couple of dinosaurs. Really. I promise.
I've decided to make Madison our official photographer. I am always to busy helping everyone so I don't get very many pictures. Madison grabbed the camera and clicked away. Unfortunately she forgot the flash so a lot of pictures were blury. But I like these she took of Devin.
Now go fold something!


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Adjusting Children
People are often curious as to why would a child need a Chiropractic adjustment, and this stems from a preconceived idea that Chiropractors just treat bad backs.
When you realise a Chiropractic adjustment helps to remove interference to the nervous system - which governs all function in the body, it makes perfect sense to want to check a child and make sure the brain body connection is functioning without interference.
Glut Stretch
The Glut stretch is great for relieving tension in the buttocks and hips. Simply lay in a comfortably spot, hold the flexed knee with both hands and pull the knee across the body and up towards the opposite shoulder.
STOP this exercise if you feel pain in the groin, ask you Chiropractor for an alternative way to do this exercise.
Hamstring Stretch
The Hamstring stretch releases tension from the back of the legs up to the pelvis. This muscle is released by standing facing towards a chair, step or ledge and placing one heel on the object. Keep the knee straight and the toes pointed towards your head, run the hand on the same side as the leg being stretched down the front of the leg towards the toes.
STOP if you feel pain in your low back - you should only feel a stretching in the back of the leg! Hold the stretch for 30 seconds and repeat 3 times on each side.
Hip Adductors - groin stretch
This is great for the hip Adductors (inner thigh and groin).
Stand with you feet wide apart and at 90 degrees to each other, then bend the front knee whilst keeping the back leg straight.
Neck and Thoracic roll
To help prevent stooping posture and "Tech Neck" this is a great exercise you can do before going to sleep - just lay in the bed with the rolls under your upper back and neck for 20 minutes and relax.
Stop if you experience dizziness or pain - consult your Chiropractor for advice.


text: Home > Bookshop > Australian Fiction > Australian Historical Fiction « Back Heart of the Town Jacobs, Anna Our Price Retail Price AUD$60.00 Your Price AUD$22.94 Minimum Order: 1 In Stock (1) Dispatch: 1 day Heart of the Town/Jacobs, Anna/Hardb/0340840773/S055-B1 AUD$22.94 QTY Gift Wrapping Add Gift Wrapping (click checkbox) If you would like a gift wrapping message, please add it in the Notes section on the checkout page, thank you. AUD$2.95 Publisher: Hodder ISBN-13: 9780340840771 Series: Preston Family Saga, Book 4 Binding: Hardback Year Published: 2006 Dora Preston can stand up for herself, but when she impulsively stops some young louts from torturing a puppy, she bites off more than she can chew. Luckily, a good-looking stranger rescues her. But though attracted to him, DoraÆs first desire is to find success on the music hall stage. Gideon, recently discharged from the Army, has arrived in Hedderby only to discover another man has stolen his name and inheritance. Would it be fair to court Dora when he can offer her so little? Despite his anger he patiently bides his time, working in the markets, until he can reclaim what is his. With the townÆs orphanage vandalised, the music hall not yet rebuilt, and the impostor prepared to kill to keep what he has stolen, trouble is brewing on several fronts. Gideon and DoraÆs lives are threatened. And even if they survive, how will they find a future together. ID: 70736 Code: AD001060


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It has truly been the year of the book here at Summerglen Music. Back in June, Christina published her Women Embracing Creativity book, and now Andrew has a book of his own as well–Building Grooves: A Beginner's Guide to Drumset Control and Coordination! Andrew's proof copy came in the mail today, and it looks great! [...]
Go Andrew Go!
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Well, my dissertation defense was yesterday.....and I actually passed!
I might blog about the process a little more later, but for now, a few comments:
First, I hope I don't become one of those people who insists on being called "doctor." That's for health care professionals, not historians.
Second, there were a few very last minute hiccups. At the time (about 36 hours before the defense) they seemed very momentous. Now, they seem inconsequential, amounting only to a few small and very doable revisions to the dissertation. That part of the experience, and the very poor way I handled it, is still a little raw for me to go into much more detail. But I might blog specifically about this later.
Third, this experience is one example that although liberal arts professors probably have a certain ideological disposition that blinders them in favor of certain conclusions and analyses and against others, they usually (at least in my case) do their jobs fairly. I won't go into detail, but I framed my dissertation around a set of ideas that three of my five committee members, and perhaps all five committee members, are predisposed to disagree with. And while they criticized my use of these ideas, they based their criticism on the very real fact that although I discuss those ideas in the introduction and conclusion of my dissertation, I don't bring them up or demonstrate their applicability in the remaining 500+ pages. In other words, they set aside their ideological biases and treated me fairly.


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Three new apartment buildings are under construction near the University of Texas campus. Some readers have been asking us what is being built in and around the West Campus area, so here's the lowdown: (Side note – have a story idea? Submit it here.)
Skyline Rio (1901 Rio Grande)
Excavation work for the apartment building at MLK and Rio Grande is currently underway. According to the Rhode Partners website, the project will be 6-stories (plus 2 levels of underground parking) with 321 bedrooms for students.
The Crest at Pearl (706 W. MLK)
Lennar Multifamily Development, a subsidiary of one of the nation's largest homebuilders, is building a 141-unit project on the corner of MLK and Pearl Street called The Crest at Pearl. The 7-story building will be open in time for the 2014 academic year.
Lennar's student housing development is part of its strategy to diversify by constructing $1-billion worth of apartments. The ABJ wrote a piece on the project back in May.
West Campus Apartments (1715 Guadalupe)
It looks like the West Campus Apartments project on the corner of 18th & Guadalupe is just about to go vertical. The former Arby's restaurant site will transform into an apartment building with approximately 80 units. If you have been in the area you may have noticed the tower crane looming above the site. Block 16 Architects is the project's architect.
These new projects are proof that there is still strong demand for student housing in the UT area. Do you think this increased density will be beneficial? Leave your comments below.


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LAS VEGAS -- USA Technologies Inc. said that Minute Key Inc. has agreed to become a USAT ePort Connect customer. Minute Key is said to be the world's first operator of self-service key duplication kiosks, known as the minuteKEY. USAT said its new customer is committed to a fully connected operation. Using USAT's Quick Connect API, it was able to migrate, in a three-month period, 3,400 minuteKEYs to the ePort platform, which enables cashless transactions, mobile payments like Apple Pay and Android Pay, and the tracking of transactions.
USAT said that the minuteKEY is the next generation of smart machine technology in unattended retail. Introduced in 2008, minuteKEY kiosks can be found in such locations as Lowe's home improvement stores and Walmarts; the Boulder, CO-based company plans to expand to other high-traffic locations like grocery and convenience stores. The kiosks use robotics and an intuitive user interface, and work like this: customers swipe a credit card, place the key in the slot (just like putting it in a door lock) and wait. The machine goes to work, duplicating as many keys as desired, requiring roughly one minute per key.
"As retailers are looking to get the most value from employee spend, processes like key cutting that once took time and attention away from high-value items are increasingly being automated," said Minute Key senior vice-president of IT Scott K. Moore. "By partnering with USA Technologies, we are making sure everyone that makes a key at one of our kiosks is able to pay with their preferred payment method, whether it be cash, card or mobile phone."
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As a little boy, after many awkward collisions with grownups while walking on the sidewalk, I was taught to walk to the right in order to avoid these mishaps. When I got old enough to drive the rational for this early instruction was validated by the orderly flow of traffic (in America) on the right side of the road. I found that accidents usually occurred when one or more vehicles violated this right side of the road principle. Even in countries such as England and Australia, although they drive on the left side of the road, they still seem to walk on the right side of the road. This general "rules of the road" is fairly universal throughout the world—but, not everywhere.
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A First-Timer Watches Doctor Who: "Planet of the Ood"
Am I the only one who finds it a little hard to sympathize with the Ood? They're just so ugly! But maybe that's the point: because they're tough to look at, their deeper feelings and rights were easy to overlook. So they became slaves, unwilling servants to fourth-millennium humans living polished lives across several galaxies.
Last time we saw the Ood was in "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit," when they were possessed by the devil. Now they're under control of something equally malevolent: humans. After setting the TARDIS on random, Donna and the Doctor land on the Ood-Sphere, the icy home world of the Ood. There, humans have opened Ood Operations, a company that harvests and sells the Ood for 50 credits apiece. We don't know how that would translate to dollars, but it's probably not much. The Double O (as Ood Operations calls itself) claims the Ood were born to serve, though lately they've been rebelling. The Ood appear to be infected with a disease called "red eye," which makes their eyes all bloodshot—and makes them kill people.
The World War II themes were pretty overt here. Ood Operations' snowy labour camps share several aesthetic commonalities with the concentration camps seen in major Holocaust movies like Schindler's List and The Pianist. This is also one of the first Doctor Who episodes I've seen that explicitly criticizes contemporary capitalism. Donna is horrified that humans have turned to slavery, but the Doctor insists it's not so different from her time. "I haven't got slaves!" Donna responds. To which the Doctor says, "Who do you think made your clothes?" Donna is offended, and accuses the Doctor of taking a "cheap shot." But it's that same sense of denial that has allowed the Ood to become slaves.
As mentioned above, the Ood's nasty faces have made it hard for me to sympathize with them. But this episode, we also see their fragility. A creature who must carefully hold a second brain outside its body can only be fragile: it must take care of its brain, it can't be reckless. The way the Ood carefully hold their brains in their hands also makes them look like they are making an offering—and in a sense, they are. As Donna points out, a creature like the Ood is so vulnerable that it has no choice but to trust whoever they meet. They are constantly "offering themselves"—and hoping for the best. Unfortunately, humans took advantage of that vulnerability.
In "The Satan Pit," the Beast called Rose a "valiant child, who will die in battle so very soon." It was one of the more chilling moments in season two, a precursor to the devastating finale. Three episodes into season four, we've been given another freaky tease. As the Doctor says goodbye to the newly freed Ood, one of them tells him, "I think your song must end soon." The Doctor asks what he means, to which the Ood responds, "Every song must end." Of course, we know that means the end of David Tennant's tenure as The Doctor—but the Doctor himself isn't aware. Which makes me wonder: if the Doctor can travel through time, why isn't he aware of his own future forms?


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The New York Giants figure to have one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL this season. But if they can't solve a problem that plagued them last season -- that of not only moving the ball into the red zone, but getting into the end zone -- they may not be able to score enough to be the NFC contenders they hope to be.
New York's red zone issues inside their opponent's 20 yard-line plagued them again on Sunday night at MetLfie Stadium, as the Giants (1-1) failed to score a touchdown despite having three red zone trips with the first-team offense, in a 20-12 preseason Week 2 loss to the Indianapolis Colts (1-1).
Adding injury to insult, New York also saw three key starters suffer varying degrees of injuries, with star wide receiver Victor Cruz (bruised heel) and center David Baas (knee) leaving the game early, before defensive end Justin Tuck (hamstring) joined them with a visit to the trainer's room.
The Giants started fast with second-year running back David Wilson (eight carries, 34 yards) rushing for 21 yards on the game's second play, before Cruz drew a 39-yard pass interference call against double coverage, down the middle, on the next play.
But running back Andre Brown (eight carries, 36 yards) was stuffed on 4th-and-1 from the Indianapolis 7-yard line to end the drive.
The next New York possession got just as far, after a 56-yard Colts punt and a 42-yard trip in eight plays by the Giants. But wide receiver Kevin Hardy (no catches) dropped a would-be touchdown catch and New York had to settle for a 3-0 lead on a first-quarter field goal by newly acquired veteran kicker Josh Brown.
After quarterback Eli Manning (8-for-17, 91 yards, interception) tried to force a ball into wide receiver Hakeem Nicks (two catches of 20 yards each) and was picked off, leading to an Indianapolis field goal that made it 10-3, Manning later engineered a nice 15-play, 62-yard drive to the Indianapolis 5-yard line.
Wilson, however, lost four yards on a poorly designed run, and then Manning misfired on successive passes looking for wide receiver Ramses Barden (four catches, 28 yards) and newly signed tight end Brandon Myers (no catches), as New York could only manage another field goal, to get to within 17-6, late in the opening half.
Manning was outshined by last year's NFL Rookie of the Year finalist, quarterback Andrew Luck (9-for-13, 107 yards, two touchdowns), who true to his surname, tossed one of the most fortunate and bizarre touchdown passes ever seen.
A Luck pass was badly underthrown up the right side, where cornerback Aaron Ross (three tackles) had an easy interception within his grasp, until he fell while trying to cradle the ball. The ball popped high in the air and behind him, where wide receiver Reggie Wayne (three catches, 37 yards, touchdown) alertly tipped it even higher, and then stayed with it for a 28-yard touchdown reception that gave the Colts a 7-3 lead with 2:48 left in the first quarter.
Following a Giants three-and-out, a face mask penalty on Ross began a seven-play, 54-yard march that ended with a beautifully thrown ball by Luck, on which wider receiver T.Y. Hilton (two catches, 36 yards, touchdown) made an equally nice catch to beat corner back Jayron Hosley (tackle, interception) in the far right corner of the end zone, to put Indianapolis up 17-3, on the Colts' first possession of the second period.
Brown, who missed from 38 yards, but made two short kicks and drilled a 47-yarder in his first game as a Giant in Pittsburgh last week, went a perfect 4-for-4, including a 45-yard kick that got New York to within 17-9 as the first half ended, and a 47-yard boot that momentarily kept the Giants alive, down 20-12, with 8:43 left in the game.
Running back Michael Cox (two catches) led New York in receiving yards with 48, including a 28-yard grab, and reserve defensive end Adewale Ojomo continued to impress by leading the Giants with five tackles (all solo).
Head coach Tom Coughlin, who was very happy with his team committing just three penalties (and none until the final quarter) a week ago, will make sure he gets his team's attention after it was flagged 10 times for 96 yards against Indianapolis.
Next up for the Giants will be the annual Snoopy Bowl against their MetLfife co-tenants, the New York Jets (1-1), in the usual preseason week that most resembles a regular season contest, with the starters getting the most time.
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It was always going to be a challenge to surpass the exellent 2012 release of XCOM. XCOM 2 easily meets this challenge. The release keeps the addicting elements of the older game and also improves it. The micro game is better, more options and more variation to keep this part as engaging as ever. The macro game is also much improved and a lot more interesting. The only down side is that you will need a pretty decent system to run this, the 2012 release was a lot more efficient than this one. All in all, a fantastic addition to the XCOM series which will keep you playing long into the night.
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NCCofC Annual General MeetingName: NCCofC Annual General MeetingDate: January 29, 2020Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ESTRegistration: Register NowEvent Description:On Wednesday, January 29th, the Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its 112th Annual General Meeting of the Membership.
All members in good standing are invited to attend this important meeting and hear an overview of the Chamber's activities for the past year, including presentation of the Chamber's audited year-end financial report. The 2020 Executive will be introduced, and elections will be held to fill the available seats on the Board of Directors.
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YEAR OF THE DRAGON: It's a fact of life: you can never have too many graphic tees. In honor of the upcoming dragon boat festival, snag the Kid Dragon tee at Upper Playground on Telegraph.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER: This small and ornate Peacock Necklace is an excellent statement piece. The crisp white and hint of blue-green color have an understated way of drawing attention.
WEDGED IN: "Inglorious Basterds" has us all on modest-heeled t-strap alert. These deep green wedges from Nalej in Santa Clara could definitely calm the frenzy.


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Did you know that the average British household wastes about a week's worth of groceries every month? That's a huge seven million tonnes a year, enough to fill 210 Royal Albert Halls.
The average UK household could save £60 a month, simply by not throwing out perfectly good food and drink
But as well as impacting on the environment, it's also hitting our wallets.
Helen White from Love Food Hate Waste, a campaign raising awareness of food waste, says, "If you found £60, you'd be delighted, right? Well, the average UK household could save £60 a month, simply by not throwing out perfectly good food and drink."
At Asda, we're seriously committed to reducing waste, from reviewing packaging so that food stays fresher longer, to calculating the right stock for the right store at the right time.
As Chris Brown, Asda's Sustainable Business Director, explains, "We visited every point in the supply chain to see where food is wasted, and to see how and where we can make improvements.
"Plus, 85% of customers told us they want to reduce waste at home," he adds, "so this year we teamed up with WRAP [Waste and Resources Action Programme] to deliver Love Food Hate Waste activities in store. Our 350 Community Life Champions organised games, provided tips and recipes, and gave out freebies to help customers."
10 Top food-saving hacks
- Make sure your fridge is at the right temperature – any warmer than 5°C and your food will go off quicker.
- Raw eggs can be frozen – either divide yolk and white into separate bags, or beat together before freezing.
- Microwave a lemon or lime for a few seconds to get the most juice out of it.
- If your celery is limp, trim the ends and stand in a glass of ice-cold water for 30 mins to rehydrate it.
- Mash and freeze over-ripe bananas, to make banana bread later.
- Use onion, carrot and celery trimmings to make stock. Chuck in a pan of water, season and simmer. Good for freezing in ice-cube trays to use later.
- Freeze wilting herbs in an ice-cube tray with olive oil or melted butter. Then add to soups and casseroles for extra flavour.
- Use the oil from drained tuna or jars of olives and sundried tomatoes to make a dressing with added flavour.
- Mash leftover chickpeas or other pulses with garlic, lemon juice and herbs for a DIY houmous-style dip.
- Use stale bread to make croutons for salads or soup. Cut off the crusts, spread with butter, cut into cubes and bake for 15 minutes.
Wonderfully wonky Vegetable
It may not look perfect, but customers are still loving the taste. Last February, Asda launched its £3.50 Wonky Veg boxes in an initiative to cut food waste and help increase the returns to farmers. Each box contains 5.5kg of misshapen produce – like carrots, spuds, onions, peppers, cabbages, leeks, cucumbers and parsnips – not deemed 'pretty' enough for most supermarkets, even though it's just as tasty!
It was a huge success, with the first 2,500 boxes selling out in just 36 hours.
We've since sold 50,000 Wonky Veg boxes (weighing an impressive 275 tonnes) that would otherwise have ended up as animal feed or landfill. Look out for them in store from 20 January.
Long live good food
Here's how to use foods in your fridge that need eating up.
Cheese – grate hard cheeses such as Cheddar and Red Leicester, then freeze to use in omelettes, pizza toppings, cheese sauces and pasta dishes and to make cheese bread.
Cooked meat – mix chopped chicken, bacon or salami with pasta, veg and a drizzle of flavoured oil; turn cooked beef into fajitas by frying with onions and peppers and serving in wraps.
Raw meat – divide into smaller portions and freeze before the 'use by' date; or make into curries or stews and freeze in ready-meal batches.
Fruit – blend with milk to make a delicious shake; purée then stir into yogurt for breakfast; cook and then freeze to use in pies.
Veg – make up a batch of soup; add squishy tomatoes to pasta sauces; cook mushrooms, then freeze to add to stews; use to make a vegetable stock.
Yogurt – use as a topping for cereal instead of milk; freeze in moulds to make lollies; mix plain yogurt with cucumber, garlic, herbs and lemon zest for a dip.
Milk – use for a shake or custard; make in to a batch of white sauce, then freeze to use in lasagne, cauliflower cheese or fish pie.
Make a date
Get to grips with what the different dates on food labels mean – and you'll be less likely to throw food away.
'Use by' - This is found on fresh foods that go off quickly, such as meat, fish and salads. This is the date you really need to take notice of. It's fine to eat food up to the end of this date, but not after this time as it will be unsafe to eat – even if it looks or smells fine. If you have food that is coming up to the 'use by' date, it's best to cook and freeze it if you're not going to eat it. Always defrost food in a fridge, use within 24 hours and cook until steaming hot all the way through.
'Best before' - This date relates to the quality of a food rather than its safety. Food will still be safe to eat after this date, although it may be past its best in terms of texture and taste.


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The three goals were announced today as having been shortlisted, with football fans able to vote for their favourite.
Messi's impudent flick over Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia during a Champions League fixture at the Nou Camp last season, after being played in by Andres Iniesta, is in the running for the end of season accolade.
On the run the Argentine kept his incredible balance to finish off the move after putting Almunia on his backside.
Neymar's solo effort against Flamengo for his side Santos is also under consideration.
The Brazilian exchanges a one-two along way out from goal before heading straight through the heart of the opposition defence with bamboozling fleet of foot.
Rooney's winner in last season's derby victory over City was voted goal of the season in England.
A perfectly timed leap and swing of the leg to connect perfectly with the cross left goalkeeper Joe Hart with no chance for/of stopping the strike and grave Rooney the chance to goad City's supporters with his one man version of the Poznan.


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Kinfolk at 94 Wythe brings something new and exciting to the Wythe Corridor the same way Kinfolk 90 did just two years prior. At the front of 94 is The Kinfolk Store, a menswear boutique stocking labels as varied as they are refined, including Bleu De Paname, Maharishi, Bedwin & The Heartbreakers, Maiden Noir, Lewis Leathers, Deluxe, La Paz, and our very own Kinfolk label, as well as many unisex accessories, home goods and vintage one of a kind pieces.
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Shortly after Grand Theft Auto III set the gaming world ablaze in 2001, one of the first games to attempt to emulate that game's gritty style and open-ended gameplay was True Crime: Streets of LA. The game left a lot of room for improvement, but it at least laid a foundation that could be built upon in future installments in the series. Somehow, though, with the follow-up, True Crime: New York City, the series has taken a huge step backward. Even if you forgive the flimsy story, cliché characters, and derivative gameplay, it's impossible to look past the myriad frustrating technical problems that plague this game. While the PC version manages to address some of the more egregious glitches that appeared in the console versions of the game, it still doesn't feel like a finished product.
You play as Marcus Reed, a young gangster-turned-cop who is out to clean up the streets of New York City with his own brand of off-the-books justice. Reed is the newest member of the Organized Crime Division in the New York Police Department, and he's eager to make a name for himself by taking down the biggest crime syndicates in the city. There are four major cases to solve, and each one involves taking down the same kind of stereotypical thugs and mob bosses you've seen in countless cop movies. Each case is broken down into several smaller missions that follow the same basic pattern. You get a tip about a bad guy, locate that bad guy, waste all his henchmen, and then interrogate him until he tells you about yet another bad guy that you have to bust. You then head off to do the same thing all over again in a slightly different location. The missions are extremely easy, and it doesn't take too long to complete each one. Since there are only four cases, you can easily beat the story part of the game in just a few hours.
If for some reason you feel like spending more time with this game, there are some side missions to keep you busy. You can meet up with informants who give you tips on various crimes going down around the city or who ask you to do a bit of dirty work for them. These missions are pretty quick and easy, but completing them is a good way to make a little extra cash. There's a madam who sends you on errands to take care of her girls, a cabbie who needs an extra driver from time to time, and more. Aside from the informant missions, you can join an illegal street racing circuit or put your fists to work in an underground fighting tournament. As you cruise around the city, police dispatch will inform you of random crimes that are happening in your vicinity. If you want to, you can go arrest or kill the perps. If that's too much work, you can simply walk up to anyone on the street and frisk the person for contraband. Sometimes you'll find things like gun parts, stolen license plates, obscene photos, or drug paraphernalia. When you collar a criminal, you earn career points, and you can turn in collected evidence to the precinct or sell it to a pawn shop for cash.
Career points are rewarded every time you solve a crime. Once you have enough career points, you'll be promoted within the police department. There are five ranks to achieve, and at each rank you can earn a couple of new driving or shooting skills. If you play by the rules, you'll earn good-cop points. If you use unnecessary force and terrorize the public, you'll earn bad-cop points. These good-cop and bad-cop points don't have much effect on the game unless you reach the extreme on the bad-cop side of the scale, which will cost you a rank within the department.
The basic gameplay mechanics are pretty simple in True Crime: New York City. You can run around, climb on obstacles, shoot enemies, commandeer and drive cars, trucks, and motorcycles, and use a few different styles of melee combat. The default PC controls are just about unusable, so you'll definitely want to map the controls to an analog gamepad.
Once you play this game you'll realize why nobody in New York drives. It's just not worth the hassle. You can flash your badge or fire your gun into the air to get drivers to hand over their cars, and you can also purchase various cars if you're so inclined. The cars are all based on real-world vehicles, and you'll recognize them as such even though none of them are licensed. The vehicle physics aren't realistic at all. Cars seem to float around at times, and they don't ever feel like they have any weight to them. Sometimes you'll hit a small curb and be launched 20 feet straight up into the air. You can perform some fancy moves, like driving on two wheels and performing a pit maneuver to spin out a fleeing suspect, but these tricks just look and feel awkward. The pit maneuver is especially goofy, because all you have to do is lightly tap the rear quarter-panel of any car, and it will instantly spin out, regardless of what type of vehicle it is.
The gunplay is extremely basic. You can lock on to an enemy and just shoot until the enemy is dead, which usually takes only a couple of shots regardless of which gun you're using. You can perform a gun dive and aim manually for more precise shots, but those tricks are rarely useful. You can pick up any guns your enemies drop, and while there are quite a few different types of guns, they aren't varied enough to be interesting, and usually you'll end up picking up new guns just to get the ammo. Melee combat is a bit more fun, just because it looks and feels so ridiculous. You can punch and kick your enemies in a variety of styles--which you can learn at dojos located throughout the city--and you can also grapple and dive-tackle your enemies. When grappling enemies, you can slam their heads against a wall, sock them in the kidneys, or, if you're stealthy enough, break their necks.
The developer did a good job of capturing the physical geography of New York City, but the life within the city feels completely unnatural. There are only a few different character models for non-story characters, and you'll often see whole crowds of the same exact character walking down a street. It's also a bit strange to see the same character model used as a prostitute and as a delivery driver cruising around in a big box truck, or to see a police officer driving a fire truck. The sound is way off too, and sometimes you'll hear a person on the street talk in two or three accents as he or she spouts off random--and usually very profane--phrases.
Those types of odd glitches are everywhere in this game. Some of the major bugs have been worked out for the PC version, but there are still plenty of bizarre and annoying moments in the game. There are serious collision-detection issues where you'll have to try several times to grapple a person, and edge-detection problems where you'll get stuck on the edge of a platform and just tweak out for a while. Sometimes you'll see a character disappear, and if you're inside a building, you'll often see people running for the door only to stop and tweak out as they reach the door.
The graphics are rough as well. It isn't a matter of dull textures or blocky character models (which this game has plenty of); it's a matter of an unstable frame rate, flickering textures, and copious amounts of jarring draw-in. Sometimes when you're driving, a car will suddenly appear right in front of you, which makes high-speed chases particularly frustrating. The frame rate is unstable no matter what you're doing, even on a PC that far exceeds the recommended system requirements. Sometimes when you enter a business, the game will slow to a crawl and stay that way until you go back out onto the street.
The sound is fairly decent overall. The soundtrack includes licensed music from Redman, Blue Oyster Cult, The Misfits, Danzig, Grandmaster Flash, and many more. You can rank each song according to your preference, so if you hate one song, you can give it zero stars, and it won't come up in the random playlist that you hear as you drive around. There's some good voice talent on hand, but it feels wasted on this mess of a game. Christopher Walken and Laurence Fishburne both have prominent roles here, but it feels like they were used for the sake of including some celebrity voice talent, not because their dialogue brings anything to the game. The dialogue in the game is composed almost entirely of the "F" word and variations thereof. The profanity is used to the extent that it sounds foolish rather than edgy or tough. The sound effects are all standard gunshots and explosions, and none of them are remarkable. The vehicle sounds are somewhat varied, and it does sound cool when you commandeer some elderly woman's exotic sports car and roar off down the street.
True Crime: New York City is just a mess of a game that should be avoided regardless of whether or not you enjoyed the first True Crime game. The gameplay has a few almost-decent spots, but the technical problems far outweigh any faint hope this game ever had of being enjoyable. If you're curious about what a video game looks like before it goes through adequate testing and quality assurance, then by all means give this one a look. And if you do happen to give in to that morbid curiosity, the PC version is the best version to get--although that's not saying much.


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• Take that, Francois Hollande!: Gerard Depardieu showed he's serious about turning his back on France by flying to Russia this weekend to personally pick up his new passport from President Vladimir Putin. The two enjoyed manly hugs and a photo-op dinner at Putin's home in Sochi
— and then the actor traveled onward Sunday to the small town of Saransk, where he was greeted like a hero and offered a free home. The 64-year-old movie star caused a scandal last month in his native France when he moved to Belgium in protest of President Hollande's proposed tax hikes on millionaires. (Read earlier: Why Depardieu has a friend in Putin, 1/3/12
• The new Kennedy in Congress has his state's new senator to thank for his marriage. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told WPRI.com that Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) met new bride Lauren Birchfield when both were students in Warren's class at Harvard Law.
• Josh Brolin spent part of New Year's Day in the slammer after getting arrested for public intoxication in Santa Monica, reports AP. The actor (who played Dubya in "W.") was released six hours later without a citation.
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My Ph.D. advisor is James Glimm, who is the former president of the American Mathematical Society and a recipient of Heineman Prize, Leroy P. Steele Prize and National Medal of Science.
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• Monitored $67 billion multi-asset allocation and conducted optimal portfolio analysis using different theories, e.g. extreme value theory - Pareto distribution, mean-variance
• Simulated tracking errors of global fixed-income portfolios by modifying parallel/non-parallel duration shifts on each bucket and applied different weight sampling methods to find distributions of tracking errors
• Evaluated external managers' performance using Stochastic Dominance, Regime Shift and Monte Carlo simulations for forecasting and VaR/ES calculation
• Performed risk mapping and simulation of $15.3 billion global private equities and real assets
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* Does not expect Swiss to tolerate loophole
* EU oil embargo due to take full effect July 1
By Emma Farge
GENEVA, June 7 (Reuters) - The United States is disappointed that Switzerland has not yet adopted the European Union's embargo on Iranian oil, the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland said, adding that he did not expect the country to permit a legal loophole in the long run.
Switzerland, a major physical oil trading hub and base for Iranian state-owned oil trading firm Naftiran Intertrade Company, extended an Iran blacklist in April but postponed a decision on the EU ban until a "later date".
It also exempted Iran's central bank from its asset freeze.
"We expressed our disappointment. We would like them to do it [follow the EU on Iran sanctions]," Donald S. Beyer told a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday.
The EU embargo bans all new oil contracts with Iran and is due to take full effect for existing contracts from 1 July.
Beyer added that Switzerland had cited its traditional role as a go-between for Washington and Tehran and its history of neutrality as reasons for not following the EU on Iran sanctions.
Switzerland has represented U.S. interests in Iran since 1980 following the Islamic revolution in 1979. It is not a member of the EU and has no legal obligation to follow EU sanctions, which are designed to pressure Tehran over its disputed nuclear programme.
Switzerland's body for enforcing sanctions, the Swiss Secretariat for Economics, said on Thursday the Federal Council had not yet indicated when it would make a final decision on the Iranian sanctions.
"My reading of the Swiss leadership is they very much do not want Switzerland to become an outlet for evading sanctions," Beyer said.
"I don't think that's what they want or what they would tolerate."
It is unclear how much of Iran's oil exports, estimated at below 2 million barrels per day, are currently traded or financed via Switzerland, where trading of a third of total global oil by volume takes place.
Some major commodities traders such as Zug-based Glencore say they have already voluntarily halted all oil trade with Iran.


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India's GDP slowed to 5.3 per cent in the January to March quarter. Since then S&P has warned that the country could lose its investment grade, and Fitch revised India's outlook to 'negative'.Sentiment has turned against India not just on a slew of weak economic data, but also the country's political unwillingness to implement reforms, and on allegations of corruption.
We drew on S&P's report, "Will India Be The First BRIC Fallen Angel?" for a broader look at what's got everyone bothered about the Indian economy.
While S&P says the country is in a better position to deal with economic shocks now than it was in the past, the country has many challenges ahead.
India has the lowest credit rating among the four BRIC nations, and it is the only one with a negative outlook. Russia and Brazil have 'BBB' long-term foreign currency ratings, China has an 'AA-' rating, and all three have stable outlooks.
Meanwhile, S&P has India's long-term sovereign rating at 'BBB-' but with a negative outlook, meaning there is a one-in-three chance of a downgrade in the next two years. S&P has warned that India could be downgraded to junk status.
Source: Standard & Poor's
Business confidence in the country has taken a hit for a host of reasons including 'policy paralysis within the central government'.
The perceived slowdown in government decision-making, failure to implement reforms that have been announced, bottlenecks in crucial sectors have all contributed to the deteriorating business confidence.
Set backs in economic policy, for instance the reversal in the cap on foreign direct investment (FDI) and government's stance on retrospective taxes, have hurt investor sentiment.
Source: Standard & Poor's
India's economy grew about 8 - 9 per cent in the three years preceding the global financial crisis. But GDP is expected to grow about 6.5 per cent in FY 2012-2013.
Fiscal strain and lower corporate profits are reducing both public and private sector savings rates in coming years which could lower investment and raise the current account deficit. This in turn could lower GDP growth or raise the external deficit making the country more vulnerable to external shocks.
Source: Standard & Poor's
Senior Indian policymakers say they are committed to liberalizing the economy and pushing a market-oriented growth strategy. But the momentum for economic reform has slowed recently.
There is real concern that in trying to curb India's external deficit, its policymakers may shift policies to favour domestic producers.
Source: Standard & Poor's
'Indian officials have consistently stated that while economic reform may be slow because of the political realities of a largely poor, diverse, and democratic country, it could only go forward. But is there a risk that economic liberalization may not just stall, but could even recede?
Such a retreat might be in line with the more interventionist economic policies many developed countries pursued in response to the recent global economic crisis. However, India's economic conditions differ greatly from those of developed countries, and its economic performance has been remarkably successful since liberalization began. Failure to advance with more liberalization might reduce India's long-term growth potential and thus hurt its sovereign rating.'
Source: Standard & Poor's
Recent political scandals involving government corruption charges has increased public perception of poor governance. The government has been named in mining, telecommunications, oil and gas, and land acquisition scams and this could impact public support for pro-market policies.
'Practices that in many instances are favourable for business, especially politically well-connected firms, are often misinterpreted in general public opinion as being pro-market, rather than pro-business. Hence, public backlash against such abuses may erroneously result in a backlash against market-oriented policies.'
Source: Standard & Poor's
There is a risk that Indian policymakers could boost public spending on services without any real reform, or tighten regulations and create a bigger burden on the private sector.
Heavily regulated sectors like energy, mining, infrastructure and financial services are more vulnerable to such risks.
Increased government revenues have in the past gone towards subsidizing consumption and increases in public-sector salaries, all of which is considered to be misguided and which tends to skip the very poor who need it the most.
Policymakers might be especially tempted to go this route if economic growth were to slow more than expected and seriously reduce the pace of job creation.
Source: Standard & Poor's
The risks around India's economic policy stem from its politics, since all legislation has to pass through both houses of parliament.
The current Congress-let coalition has failed to push through reforms because of 'internal strife, uncooperative coalition allies, and an obstructionist opposition.'
What's more? The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), the leading opposition party, is criticised for opposing reforms like raising caps on FDI in multi-brand retail, pension reform, and privatization, all of which it had first introduced, for the sake of being partisan.
Source: Standard & Poor's
Political power lies with Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi, who has appointed cabinet members but doesn't have a cabinet position herself. Meanwhile, the government is lef by Manmohan Singh, an unelected prime minister without his own political base:
'Hence, the prime minister often appears to have limited ability to influence his cabinet colleagues and proceed with the liberalization policies he favours (and constantly advocates in his public speeches). For example, Singh has been unable to liberalize the heavily controlled coal sector despite publicly advocating it for many years.'
Moreover many senior Congress leaders oppose economic liberalization because they it would cause them to lose power over regulated sectors of the economy or worse, because 'economic reforms will cost them votes, or at least will not gain new votes.'
Source: Standard & Poor's
India's credit rating could be downgraded if it doesn't curb current spending and if weak GDP growth causes revenue shortfalls
'Under a more pessimistic scenario, political problems could prevent the government from containing the growth in current spending, and lower-than-projected GDP growth could result in revenue shortfalls.
Politically inspired spending programs could further widen the fiscal deficit. Lack of progress in alleviating bottlenecks in key sectors of the economy could lower both domestic and foreign investment levels. Fiscal slippage, combined with persistently high inflation, could further weaken investor confidence.
Both the government's debt burden and fiscal flexibility could continue to erode, in step with rising external vulnerability because of higher trade and current account deficits. India's credit quality would suffer under such a scenario, and a downgrade could result.'
Source: Standard & Poor's
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Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life
TRUST Werner Herzog to bring a fresh eye to a familiar topic. His film tells the story of Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, teenagers at the time they committed a triple homicide in 2000.
As the documentary begins Perry is on Death Row in Texas. Burkett is serving life Herzog's interest lies not in the grisly details of what they did but more in the legacy it left for the families of the victims, the convicted killers themselves and their loved ones.
There is a forensic thoroughness and fairness to Herzog's approach
His film is about the lingering human cost of crime and its consequences. Herzog is clearly not in favour of the death penalty but he doesn't allow his own opinions to overwhelm the film. His gentle questions and respectful manner draw out everyone he interviews.
There is a forensic thoroughness and fairness to his approach that results in a powerful, poignant film.
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What's new and improved in IPsec in Windows Server 2008
Security expert Jonathan Hassell goes over the improvements to IPsec in Windows Server 2008, which include a simplified configuration console, server and domain isolation and its conjunction with Network Access Protection (NAP).
Long story short, IPsec isn't just for VPNs anymore. While IPsec is popular when used in conjunction with virtual private networks, the technology has reached a level of maturity that now allows it to be used for basic packet filtering and other isolative security practices.
Windows Server 2008 takes some steps forward when it comes to broadening the reach of IPsec. Let's look at the ways Windows Server 2008 takes steps to broaden the reach of IPsec.
Correcting the befuddling deployment process
With the release of Vista and now Windows Server 2008, the configuration console for IPsec has melded with Windows Firewall, making it infinitely easier to correctly deploy IPsec policies in tandem with other technologies. For instance, the addition of the "New Connection Security Rule Wizard," is really useful for getting any type of IPsec configuration correct, be it an isolation policy, a tunnel or server-to-server filtering.
Server and domain isolation
IPsec's somewhat hidden strength, however, is its built-in capability for shielding legitimate machines on your network from communications with machines that (a) are not managed and (b) are not authenticated. IPsec can require authentication, based on Kerberos, certificates or pre-shared keys, and enforce the presence of those factors before it allows actual communications between two machines. This is enormously powerful in the context of server isolation -- it's a sort of pre-Network Access Protection (NAP) way of ensuring that your most precious machines on the network aren't being threatened by zombie PCs that come on the wire.
You can create this type of isolation rule with the aforementioned wizard. On the first screen of the New Connection Security Rule Wizard, select the Isolation option and proceed through the creation of your own IPsec isolation policy rule.
NAP and cross-platform compatibility
Perhaps the biggest cheerleader for wider IPsec implementation is its place in conjunction with NAP. NAP is a network-wide, software-hardware solution for restricting unfettered network access from unmanaged hosts whose health hasn't been verified. IPsec with NAP takes server and domain isolation even further and isolates the whole network from clients that don't meet certain administrator-set health guidelines.
The idea of IPsec on Windows might raise some admins' eyebrows -- those with multi-platform deployments -- but the good news here is that Microsoft has been working with more than 100 NAP partners to extend the technology to any device, any platform. Several NAP clients for Macintosh and Linux flavors are already working and available, if in beta form.
Bottom line: IPsec has made tremendous progress over the last few years. Take a look at this new way of deploying IPsec in Windows Server 2008, with better configuration features and its integration with NAP. The time may be right for you to consider IPsec.
About the author: Jonathan Hassell is an author, consultant and speaker residing in Charlotte, N.C. Jonathan's books include RADIUS and Learning Windows Server 2003 for O'Reilly Media and Hardening Windows for Apress. His work is seen regularly in popular periodicals such as Windows IT Pro magazine, SecurityFocus, PC Pro and Microsoft's TechNet Magazine. He speaks around the world on topics including networking, security and Windows administration. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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The Oregon City School District has issued a statement indicating that the Gaffney Lane Elementary School has gone into lockdown after reports of a shooting nearby. Information is coming out slowly, but the initial indication is that the shooting did not happen at the school itself, and that the lockdown was implemented solely because the situation is still unknown and the shooting happened close to the school.
Information coming out now from Oregon City Police is that a woman was shot in what is believed to have been an instance of domestic violence, though the shooter has not been publicly identified. The only information about him is that he is male, he may have shot himself in the altercation, and that he is being sought by police. With an armed and potentially dangerous suspect at large in the area, it is likely that the lockdown at the school will continue at least a while longer until authorities are able to determine the potential danger to the students.
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2 9-inch frozen deep-dish pastry shells
Apple filling:
1¼ cups sour cream
¾ cup sugar
¼ cup all-purpose fl our
¼ tsp. salt
1 egg
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 Granny Smith apples, thinly sliced
3 Cortland apples, thinly sliced
1 Gala or McIntosh apple, thinly sliced
Walnut streusel topping:
¾ cup chopped walnuts
¾ cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
Optional garnish: Store-bought caramel sauce
1. To prepare the filling: Preheat the oven to 350° F. In a large bowl, whisk the sour cream, sugar, flour, salt, egg, and vanilla. Stir in the sliced apples. Pour the filling into the two frozen pastry shells and bake for 55 minutes.
2. Prepare the walnut streusel topping: In a bowl, combine the walnuts, fl our, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Add the softened butter and mix until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle the topping over the two pies and bake until golden, 30 minutes longer. Allow to cool at room temperature for several hours before serving. If the pie has been refrigerated, bring to room temperature before serving. Plate the pie slices garnished with the caramel sauce on the side, if desired.
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Igor Fedotov
The primary objective of my sabbatical is to travel to Russia in 2006-2007 to continue research on music written for viola and piano by twentieth-century Russian-Soviet composers. This music represents a vital part of the Russian musical legacy, but has been lost or become inaccessible due to a scarcity of reprints and recordings. My goal is to bring this music back to the stage and preserve it through recording. Although some of the composers are very well - known in Russia, Western musicians are not familiar with their work. The performance and recording of this work will not only preserve this part of Russian cultural heritage but also significantly expand the viola repertoire.
I will perform three programs compiled from the best examples of this music in a series of lecture recitals in St. Petersburg and Moscow and record them with Melodia Recording Company in Moscow. I will conclude my residency in Russia by presenting a multimedia performance in collaboration with faculty and students of the Moscow M. Balakirev School of the Arts and based on materials found during my research. This performance will take place during the All Russian Conference of Arts Institutions and Organizations in June of 2007.
In addition, I will teach an orchestral excerpts course based on the unique method of Ellen Rose, Principal Violist of the Dallas Symphony. Even though these lectures are not part of my research project, I feel that while I am in Russia, it will be important for me to introduce this method to my Russian colleagues and their students and share with them my experience of using it with the students at Western Michigan University. Two institutions have invited me to work with their students: the Moscow State A.G. Shnitke Institute of Music and St.-Petersburg State Conservatory.


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Here are my finds of the day!
Although I have these salts...they were 25 cents each...so I could not let them pass....
Wow, you got quite the haul there.
Those bunnies are adorable. I really like those frog thingy dos.
Glad you had a great day!
It seems that you had a fun day, Ceekay (in spite of the heat!). I really like all the vintage things you bought -- great prices too! Need? When it comes to estate sales, I do my very best to avoid thinking of the "need" question -- what fun is asking (or being asked) a question like that? ;)
Hope you have a great weekend!
Hi Ceekay! Oh, my, you did good! I'll be looking forward to seeing what you do with all of these treasures!
I love Red Lobster too. My favorite is popcorn shrimp!
Be a sweetie,
shelia ;)
Ceekay!! You found some great stuff! I think my favorite is the old wooden spoon!!
I have only been to 2 estate sales and I had a blast! Great finds. The cookie cutters look like the ones I grew up with!! I love those tiny little bunnies, too. Sounds like it was a great day, Ceekay!
Lot's of cute little vintage things there Ceekay! Sounds like a great day!
Hi Ceekay,
My friend and I went to an auction today and it was so hot I thought we would melt! LOL.
But, we still had fun. I'm glad you had fun too and from the looks of your loot I can see you made out alright. Love everything.
Ceekay, when the shoe hook has a bakelite handle of course you need it!! Looks like you had fun. Linda
Oh my goodness Ceekay you really made off with quite a haul didn't you? I love those little bunnies!
Hugs XX
I am jealous!! so need a flower frog!! LOL I need to get my butt out there and look! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Ceekay,
You got yourself some wonderful finds! Love those little salts! I'm glad you had a good time! Hope you have a beautiful weekend.
I could see those cookie cutters tied with pretty ribbon on a kitchen Christmas tree! The tiny bunnies are too cute. I went to an awesome yard sale today but am too tired to take pics or post about it. hugs♥olive
Hi Ceekay,
Sounds like you had a great time. I have those cookie cutters too. I believe they were my moms to begin with!
Exciting finds...but I bet the company was the best part of the day...
Gotta love the 10 and 25 cent tags at garage sales, right?! Garage sales are one of my weakness.
Thanks for the visit.


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Activities for teaching sorting skills in Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Sorting Activities for Preschool
Activities and ideas for teaching sorting skills in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classrooms. Teach children to sort using various attributes.
Sorting is a foundational math skill for preschoolers. It can take months or even an entire school year for young children begin to understand the concept of sorting and the various ways to sort. For this reason it is important to provide your students with plenty of sorting practice all year long.
Objective: Sort, classify, and order objects by size, shape, color, and a variety of other attributes.
Books about Sorting
Using Music to Teach Sorting
I routinely use songs to help reinforce math skills in my classroom. I have used HeidiSongs Musical Math DVD with great success in my classroom. The Musical Math DVD has a specific song for teaching sorting that is very effective. HeidiSongs work because they use a multi-sensory approach which adds movement to each song so the students sing the song and move at the same time. When combined, these strategies provide a more meaningful experience that will promote retention of the concept being taught.
Sorting Activities
Materials: inexpensive erasers from Oriental Trading to go with your theme, sorting mat
You can find erasers to match just about any theme. Students can sort the erasers by type on a paper sorting mat. I made this sorting mat by tracing circles on a blank sheet of paper.
Sorting by Color
Materials: white vinyl tablecloth (from dollar store), colored permanent markers, variety of different colored objects for sorting (see Color Boxes section on Colors page)
Students enjoy sorting items by color with this giant sorting mat. Sit students in a circle around the mat and pass around a basket full of different colored items. Each child takes an item from the basket and places it on the appropriate circle.
Other materials for sorting
- Shells
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Thematic Sorting Activities
I have many thematic sorting activities on the individual Theme Pages.
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The Girl Meets World news just keeps on coming as the creators are wanting production to move quickly in order to get the show "picked up" for Disney's 2013-2014 schedule. We are now getting a chance to learn more about the show and new characters, including Cory and Topanga's daughter, Riley Matthews.
Today it was announced that the studio cast 13-year-old Pennsylvania native Sabrina Carpenter in the role of Maya Fox. Her character is Riley's rebellious best friend.Entertainment Weekly also shared some new information on characters that the directors and producers of the show are looking to cast:
"– Elliott Matthews, 13. Cory and Topanga's son. This guy will start the series as a "thinking man's jock." He's described as "good looking, well built, funny and insightful in his observations. Good hearted except for his dedication toward using Riley (Blanchard) as his wrestling practice dummy. His parents worry that he has inherited the 'Eric Matthews Algernon' gene and will lose intelligence as time goes by." That "Eric Matthews Algernon" bit is a two-part reference to a character in the original series who got dumber as seasons passed and the classic novel with a similar theme, Flowers for Algernon.
– Tristan Friar, 12-13. An Austin, Texas transplant who's a "cowboy in the city." His description: "He seems actually possessed of ethics, common sense and a value system making him immediately alien to everybody else except Riley, who believes it's the value system that attracts her to want to be his friend even though he's too good looking for her to look at."
– Shamus Farkle, 12-13: This is the show's resident genius. Future world ruler. Riley's rebellious best friend Maya is his nemesis, Riley gets between them to save his life. Farkle is wildly attached and protective of both girls and loves equally that Riley doesn't make him miserable and Maya does."
Do you think these new characters sound interesting? Will you be interested in seeing how the relationships between these characters will turn out? I want to hear what you think, so sound of in the comments!
Source: Entertainment Weekly