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PHOENIX -- Dozens of teachers in the Phoenix School District are seeing less money in their paychecks this month and it has nothing to do with budget cuts.
Because of a communication breakdown in the district's new payroll system, the teachers were paid for days they didn't actually come to work. They'd called in personal days.
The district now wants that money back, which could leave many teachers with a paycheck of zero dollars.
"On March 27, the human resources department is going to take out the amount of $1,027," Tani Hough said.
The news sent Hough into panic. That much money taken out of her paycheck would leave the South Mountain High School teacher with less than $100 until her next paycheck in two weeks.
"Rent's due, car payment's due, food -- I have about $50," she said.
The overpayment stems from a problem with the district's new absence monitoring system.
In July, the Human Resources Department went live with a new business system and there was an error that they discovered and that that error was an overpayment.
The district did an audit and discovered it had overpaid people throughout the whole year.
Teachers in Phoenix can have total of 12 absences throughout the school year. Two are given immediately and the other 10 are accrued over the 10-month school year -- one day off per month worked.
The system failed when it began paying teachers for days off they hadn't earned.
Teachers should keep track of their days off, but Hough says sometimes that doesn't happen.
When the district demanded Hough pay back the thousand dollars immediately, Hough said she tried to work out a payment plan.
"Every time I get the same answer, 'We're not in the business of loans and we expect immediate payment," Hough said.
That's when she turned to 3 On Your Side for help.
"They shouldn't take out the entire amount from one paycheck, you know, it was an error over the whole course of the year and it was their error," Hough said.
What makes her mad the most is that the district wasn't willing to work with her.
"It's sad to see they're taking out the human aspect of who I am and what I do, that I'm part of the district, that I'm a human, and I have a son at home that I have to take care of," she said.
3 On Your Side contacted the Phoenix Union High School District, which says it will allow Hough to pay off the money over a couple paychecks.
In a statement, the district spokesperson admits, "The new business system, which includes payroll, has not been able to track absences and personal days in a timely manner. We will meet with the employee to accommodate this particular situation over more than one paycheck. We have returned to the original way of monitoring leave days."


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The Frenchman's contract with Toulouse was due to expire at the end of the season and Newcastle were set to sign him on a free in June. However, due to increasingly glum circumstances in terms of Newcastle's league position, the signing was brought forward to the January window for a sum of just under £2 million. For that price, Sissoko looks to be an absolute bargain.
Moussa Sissoko has all the attributes needed to make it in the English Premier League and is just the sort of player Newcastle needed to try and help them out of their lowly league position. The immediate impact he has made to the club has been nothing short of outstanding.
Since Sissoko's arrival, Newcastle have beaten Aston Villa in their first away win of the season and beaten Chelsea in a thriller at St. James' Park. His two man of the match performances have undoubtedly showcased his thoroughly impressive skills and showed he will be a force to be reckoned with.
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Saturday, June 16th 2018 @ The Georiga World Congress Center
After years of being asked to bring an event to Atlanta, it's finally happening! We can't wait to see what kind of crazy builds the ATL brings to the table! Tuner Evolution: Atlanta will feature the same signature entertainment and events, including the bikini contest, RC Drifting, models and of course some of the hottest cars in the country competing for top honors!
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Saturday, July 28th 2018 @ The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center
Our main event, Tuner Evolution is the show that started it all for us. The best way to describe it is a full automotive lifestyle event that showcases many aspects of the aftermarket automotive industry. Including some of the hottest customized vehicles in the country, vendors showing off their latest and greatest products, entertainments acts including bands, hip hop artists, skating and BMX demos, graffiti artists, eating contests, bikini contest, celebrity appearances, models, and so much more that we can't even list it all!


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The state of Alaska has an area of 663,267 square miles. Alaska is also the least densely populated state in the nation, with an average of 1.2 people per square mile.
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The account given by John Leonard MacKean in a videotaped interview with RCMP is contrary in several points with the testimony court heard from the alleged victim on Tuesday.
MacKean told police he did not perform oral sex on the boy, but used his hand to rub the alleged victim's genitals.
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The police interview, which came after his arrest for sexual assault, was submitted as evidence and played before a jury Wednesday in the province's Supreme Court.
In the four-hour video, MacKean told RCMP Cpl. Luc Cote that he was in a cabin with the alleged victim, who has testified that he was blindfolded with a sleeping mask and his hands and feet were chained to a bed when a man performed oral sex on him on Sept. 20, 2012.
"I didn't see chains," MacKean told Cote in the video dated Nov. 19, 2012.
MacKean said on the night of the alleged incident, he saw someone he believed to be in his early 20s lying down blindfolded on a bed in a cabin.
MacKean, 64, has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and communicating for the purpose of obtaining sexual services from a person under 18.
The alleged victim testified Tuesday that he was abducted by two other men and held against his will in a cabin located about 130 kilometres southwest of Halifax. The youth, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, told the court that while he was kept captive another man police believe was MacKean sexually assaulted him.
At one point during his police interview, MacKean is shown on the video leaning over a white map that Cote had placed on the floor to simulate a bed. MacKean then demonstrates how he was positioned across the alleged victim's body and used his hand to rub the youth's penis up and down.
MacKean also said during the interview that Wayne Alan Cunningham, another man accused in the case who later died, told him that the youth, now 17, was in his early 20s.
"There wasn't supposed to be any young fellahs there, OK?" MacKean told Cote.
"It was supposed to be a buddy of his ... a friend of his, 21, 22 years old."
On a number of occasions during the interview, MacKean paces the room. He repeatedly says he is in a bad situation and describes himself as a "twit" for ever associating with Cunningham, with whom he had a sexual relationship.
MacKean is heard telling Cote that Cunningham "set me up," adding that it was Cunningham who had oral sex with the youth during "a threesome" he says went on for about 20 minutes.
MacKean said during the interview that he ejaculated afterwards while sitting at the side of the bed.
In his opening statement to the jury Tuesday, Crown prosecutor Lloyd Tancock said he will present evidence that an item in the cabin contains a DNA sample that ties MacKean to the scene of the alleged sexual assault.
Just before the end of Wednesday's proceedings, Tancock submitted DNA evidence from a blanket at the cabin.
Defence lawyer Mike Taylor said his client will testify Thursday.
"There's some evidence the jury needs to hear," Taylor said outside court. "It's necessary to clarify some issues."
Last June, David James LeBlanc was sentenced in the case to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping, forcible confinement, sexual assault, uttering threats and breach of conditions.
An agreed statement of facts in LeBlanc's case said he offered the teen a painting job and drove him in a van from Halifax to Lunenburg County in September 2012 on the pretext of picking up painting supplies.
The youth later escaped and a woman reported seeing a barefoot teenager at her doorstep, chained at his wrists and ankles.
LeBlanc was arrested in northern Ontario in September 2012 after a Canada-wide manhunt. At the time, police were also searching for Cunningham, whose body was later found near the area where LeBlanc was arrested. Foul play was not suspected in his death.


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What Postwar California Gave to Art, Design and Culture
Austin, Texas
The Renaissance had a word for it: sprezzatura, the quality of apparent ease that the perfect courtier brought to all his high-wire acts: swordplay, flute-playing, poetry-writing, singing, lovemaking. A later articulation of the same quality: A hundred years ago Vaslav Nijinsky, when asked how he managed his gravity-defying grands jetés, said "I merely leap and pause."
Recklessness, abandon, sang-froid, talent: Fifty years ago it was called "cool." It still is. That's the quality celebrated in "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury" at the University of Texas' Blanton Museum of Art (now through May 17). Originally organized by the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, this is the kind of small didactic show, based on a somewhat shaky premise and promising a mingling of many arts, that nevertheless manages to delight and instruct in often surprising ways.
Something happened in Southern California after World War II. European émigré artists and intellectuals, having escaped Nazi Germany, had set down roots. New postwar prosperity led people to move west. After a decade of the war effort, industry resumed, offering new materials for civilian products. The stars were aligned. Industrial design, film and television, painting and jazz all bloomed in the desert. A new aesthetic emerged.
This show's title, borrowed from Miles Davis's album "Birth of the Cool," suggests unnecessary special pleading. Even though Davis's 1949 recording signaled a new musical development, he was an East Coast guy all the way. Los Angeles had no monopoly on the cool, the hip, or anything else. Even the famous furniture of Charles and Ray Eames, as well as the sleek glass-and-steel, often cantilevered architecture of Richard Neutra, Pierre Koenig and John Lautner, would not have been possible without the commanding inspiration of modernist masters like Frank Lloyd Wright (whose 1959 Guggenheim Museum in New York is pictured in the exhibit) and Mies Van der Rohe. Or the Danish modern furniture -- rosewood and teak -- that filled domestic spaces along the East Coast throughout the '50s.
Anyone even approaching senior-citizen status will get a kick out of the historical timeline -- a walk down Memory Lane -- with which the show begins. Along three walls in the first "room" of this open space, the curators have mounted magazine covers, video and audio clips, newspapers ads, and other memorabilia from 1959, a year that began with the death of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper and that also included the rise to national prominence of Jack and Jackie Kennedy; Maynard G. Krebs (the first TV slacker, or beatnik, on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"); Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest," with its own Mount Rushmore version of an L.A.-styled Neutra house; Louis Kahn's Salk Institute; and the Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Time Out."
Having whetted our senses with these snippets of style, the show then opens into a grander space, where we find interesting clusters of objects on the floor, especially a grouping of 13 Eames furniture pieces, a bright kaleidoscope of shapes, materials and colors. The molded plywood for the famous chairs is used, as well, in a Quadriflex stereo speaker, which is itself -- a circle within a box, within another box -- a kind of painterly abstraction.
What distinguishes all of the pieces is lightness. Everything seems to float, even an Eames surfboard coffee table from 1957 that is hung on a wall like a shield. So do a chair by Maurice Martiné of walnut, aluminum and cotton cord, and another by Dan Johnson of steel, brass and rattan. If "Cool" has any meaning in furniture, it suggests release, levitation and bounce. ("Cool" also owed a lot to the materials being developed for the burgeoning aerospace industry in Southern California.)
The furniture seems to be having a discussion with the pictures on the walls -- "hard-edged" modern works by Karl Benjamin, Lorser Feitelson, Frederick Hammersley, John McLaughlin and Helen Lundeberg. This is perhaps the most instructive part of the show, especially if one wanders upstairs to see the Blanton's fine assortment of New York School paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s. By comparison to the sheer painterliness, richness and varied palettes of their East Coast Abstract Expressionist cousins (Joan Mitchell, Adolph Gottlieb, Ellsworth Kelly, Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler), the colors of the California painters seem brighter, their lines sharper, and their edges cleaner. (I kept thinking of Richard Diebenkorn's much more beautiful "Ocean Park" series, more than a decade in the future.)
One of the most arresting pictures is Karl Benjamin's 1957 oil-on-linen "Small Planes: White, Blue, and Pink," whose multiple tetragonal shapes look like boxes that have been mounted, or spread, but simultaneously seem to float weightlessly on the picture plane. Again, the painting embodies that quality of lightness that we have come to associate with coolness.
One darkened corner of the exhibit features "Tops," a three-minute film (1959) that Charles and Ray Eames did for "Stars of Jazz," a television series, and completed in a week. Music accompanies the action. Children's tops, as well as a dreidel and a gyroscope, are seen from above, below, close up, far off, singly and in groups. Pictured spinning or dancing like Wordsworth's daffodils, they combine balance and drunkenness; it's as if the Eameses had taken a Giorgio Morandi still life and made his bottles start to turn.
The show leaves the impression that one synonym for "cool" is neither "hip," nor "sleekly rational," nor "laid-back." It is, unexpectedly, "innocent." The '50s died officially on Nov. 22, 1963. But even before, in the mid-1950s, we had the "angel-headed hipsters" of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" and the escapades of Jack Kerouac's heroic wanderers in "On the Road," the nascent Civil Rights movement, and Castro's revolution. Still, the postwar generation had hopefulness, too often mistaken by cultural historians for conformity and repression.
When we look at the pictures of the elegant June Cleaver ladies and their tie-wearing gentlemen in the sleek houses overlooking L.A. (think a West Coast version of "Mad Men"), and especially at William Claxton's gorgeous black-and-white photos of jazz musicians (and hear their music through the overhead speakers) -- a smiling, barefoot June Christy; a saxophone-carrying Art Pepper mounting a dusty, tall Los Angeles hill; even the tragic Chet Baker on the prow of a sailboat -- we might say to ourselves "how young they all are."
Mr. Spiegelman is the Hughes Professor of English at Southern Methodist University.


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Since its launch on 30 April, the venue, located on London's Southbank, has hosted a range of high-profile events, including Shrek's Adventure Launch, James Bond Spectre Filming and BPI AGM.
The venue, which is the first in the portfolio to be available for daytime events, joins Merlin Events collection of world class London attractions including, Madame Tussauds, The London Dungeon, Stardome 4D and SEA LIFE London Aquarium.
Gareth McTiffin, Marketing and Events Manager of Merlin Events London, commented: "We have had an amazing summer of events at the Riverside Rooms and are delighted with the level of enquiries received. The multi-purpose space is new to the events market and has successfully allowed us to respond to the ever increasing demand as well as being able to offer daytime availability, with almost half of our confirmed business using the venue during the day. We are very much looking forward to sharing the venue with new audiences and seeing what the next six months bring."
The Riverside Rooms not only provides a great standalone venue, but also the opportunity of optional add-on tours with the London Dungeon or London Eye. Ideal for dinners, cocktail parties, networking and conferences as well as brand and press launches. The rooms are also the perfect place to celebrate New Year's Eve with the most perfect view of the celebrations.


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Dec 6, 2013
Thor: The Dark World is an arcade pseudo beat-em up arcade game that also serves as an official Android companion game to the movie of the same name.
The game is nice to look at. Thor's hair has the golden yellow halo effect, and the virtual environment is a fine interpretation of of cinematic imagination. Bright colors, interesting beasts and nicely animated characters rolling to the booming voice of Thorish proclamations. There is a judicious use of color, and while some of the animations are a bit formulaic they are altogether hard not to enjoy.
Play-wise, the game, as noted, is a leveled task oriented arcade type of game. The storyline loosely follows the movie canon, with familiar characters and a whole lot of enemies to dispatch.
It wouldn't be a Norse epic without Mjolnir, and Thor's famed boomeranging weapon takes front and center in this game. Waves of enemies try to deplete Odinson's life source, but of course our protagonist has some major advantages. Controlling the action is mostly done through single and multi-touch taps, and a gesture here and there. Taps control melee attacks, hammer attacks and are also used to summon help from among the available forces on Thor's side. As Thor makes his way through the levels, the baddies become more formidable, with mini-bosses and major bosses coming in at the appropriate junctions. The overall objective to get through some crystals and to have Thor's life bar outlast that of the bad guys.
There is gold to be had, and there are plenty of upgrade options available; it's possible to increase attributes of Thor and even his hammer.
In the end, Thor's easy feel lends to its struggles. After a few rounds, it tastes too familiar in its repetitiveness. It is cool to see known enemies, but the plot is overly simplistic.
It's free to play, is based on a box office winner and involves golden hair and a hammer. It just might be worth checking out.


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Syracuse, NY - The Hofmann hot dog executive accused in a lawsuit of using corporate money as a "personal slush fund" said he will prove in court this week that many of the charges filed by high-profile investors are "inaccurate."
The Oneida Indian Nation, Jim Boeheim and other investors asked for CEO Frank Zaccanelli's immediate resignation after several top employees signed affidavits claiming their boss spent more than $34,000 on his corporate credit card for personal expenses such as airfare for his wife, nightclub outings, women's clothing and jewelry.
The lawsuit filed last month in state Supreme Court also alleges Zaccanelli instructed the backdating of employment records in order for his "apparent girlfriend" to receive company health insurance. He is also accused of having Hofmann Sausage Co. help lease a Dallas home for the woman. The payment was disguised as a "facilities payment," the lawsuit said.
"These charges are not accurate," said Zaccanelli, a Syracuse native and former president of the Dallas Mavericks. "We plan to prove that in court."
Zaccanelli is heading a group of investors who bought the Syracuse-based hot dog company in May in an effort to market its hot dogs nationwide.
The lawsuit filed by more than 20 plaintiffs alleges Zaccanelli hired an unqualified woman, with whom he was romantically involved. The woman, Megan Lucas, was paid at an executive salary, the lawsuit said. He is also accused of having an employee change Lucas' employment records so she could receive health insurance.
"I don't know the first thing about how you put someone on an insurance policy or not," said Zaccanelli. "I would never instruct somebody to break the law, to backdate anything. I don't know where that came from."
Zaccanelli described Lucas as "a smart, bright woman brought into the middle of this."
"She has done a nice job as it relates to doing things the company has asked her to do," he added, mentioning her work as a social media coordinator for the company.
The lawsuit describes repeated "failings" of Lucas, who was hired on a contract in June as a photographer and later appointed a social media coordinator before being hired full-time with the title "Chief Marketing Officer."
Asked if Lucas was his girlfriend, Zaccanelli said he was "extremely happily married" with "three great kids."
He also said the payments toward Lucas' lease were "part of her salary structure."
He said it was "sad" that women are "sometimes treated differently" in the workplace, and called himself a "great proponent of hiring women in business."
While Zaccanelli said his attorney advised him not to discuss specifics of the lawsuit, he spoke generally about the accusations, and called most of them "misrepresentations."
Asked about the corporate credit charges mentioned in the lawsuit such as more than $1,000 for a night-out at a Dallas nightclub called "The Dram," Zaccanelli said "that will all be answered with documents I am filing."
"Anyone who knows me, knows I don't need ten to twenty thousand out of my expense account," he said. "I've been blessed with pretty good success in business."
He said "many inaccuracies" will come to light when he files paperwork Wednesday with Supreme Court Justice Deborah Karalunas.
Zaccanelli and Lucas are both still working at Hofmann.
Zaccanelli said he agreed to buy out investors during settlement negotiations, but that they asked for an "outrageous amount," which was more than they had invested originally.
The lawsuit says plaintiffs had invested more than $7.5 million.
Zaccanelli said investors "ambushed" him on an airplane with accusatory documents and tried to "intimidate" him into resigning.
"Anybody who knows me, knows I don't run easily," he said.
A companywide meeting, which Zaccanelli said was a ploy to get him to Syracuse, was scheduled for the start of the new year by the same department heads who signed affidavits against him.
Upon boarding the plane in Dallas, Zaccanelli said he was greeted by a lawyer and told that if he didn't sign away his leadership of the company by the time the plane landed in Charlotte, NC, a lawsuit would be filed, making public the accusations of his affair with Lucas and other alleged misconduct.
The meeting was a farce, said Zaccanelli, and other employees he had brought with him from Dallas were left "stranded" in Syracuse.
"The only thing I can come up with… is that they tried to defame me, hurt my family, my children, and tried to ruin my reputation," he said. "If you never get an e-mail, never get a call, never get anything where displeasure is voiced, then how would you ever know? There's not an e-mail—nothing—that would indicate on January 2 I would be ambushed on a plane."
Two of the employees who made allegations against him had an axe to grind, said Zaccanelli.
In-house attorney Jason Woods was also the company's chief investment officer until Zaccanelli said he "relieved him of that role" in December.
And Dennis DuVal, who was formerly a police chief in Syracuse, resigned as president of the northeast region of the company in August and returned in a less involved role as chief relationship officer in October.
DuVal said in an affidavit he resigned "to avoid carrying out directives that I found to be morally repugnant."
Zaccanelli said DuVal "had a real problem with connecting the dots as it related to him being president of the northeastern (branch of the company). He wasn't qualified. I thought he could do it, but it didn't work out. He resigned and was hired back with my blessing as brand ambassador, basically community relations, for a lot less money."
Zaccanelli said that although he has been "very influential in the advancement" of DuVal's career, DuVal never approached him with any of the concerns mentioned in his affidavit.
Other employees who filed affidavits were Chief Financial Officer Shannon Bane and Chief Operations Officer Reginald Bailey.
What hurts most, said Zaccanelli, is the impact the lawsuit is having on a company that has been a household name in Central New York for more than a century.
"In the manner in which they did this, they hurt the company," he said. "The way it was handled mars the company. It is hurtful to Central New York."


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When I started drafting the Fish Fry Masala recipe, I was also thinking about the next non-veg. recipe for all you foodies.
Then, I found out that I haven't shared the Chettinad Chicken Biryani recipe on this blog. It is one of the most loved Biryanis in Tamil Nadu, India. So, I believe this is the right time to share its recipe with everyone.
Talking about Chettinad cuisine, it is a well-preserved cuisine in the history of Indian food. The way these people use their spices in traditional recipes is just impeccable.
Chettinad Chicken Biryani comes under the similar category of dishes in which you should know more about the spices than anything else. All other preparation steps are somewhat familiar to everyone due to various popular Biryanis like Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani and Lucknowi Dum Biryani.
Now, let's jump over to the preparation of this mouthwatering Biryani.
How to make Chettinad Masala
For this masala, you will need some traditional spices that go into the making of Biryani. Here's the list of these ingredients –
Ingredients for Chettinad Masala –
- Grated Coconut – 4-5 tablespoon
- Green Chillies – 3-4 nos., should be mild-hot
- Coriander Seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Fennel Seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
- Bay Leaf – 1, medium sized
- Green Cardamom – 2 pods
- Marathi Moggu – 2 nos.
- Cloves – 2-3 nos.
- Star Anise – 1
- Cinnamon Stick – 1, small sized
- Mace – 1
- Oil – 2 teaspoon
- Water as needed
Instructions –
1. Heat oil in a pan on medium flame.
2. When the oil turns hot enough, add all the spices in it. Stir-fry them for a couple of minutes.
Note – Please make sure that you don't burn these spices, as it'd change the taste of your Biryani later.
3. Add the green chillies and grated coconut into it. Mix them well and stir-fry for another two minutes.
4. Switch off the flame and wait till it cools down.
5. Get a grinder and add this stir-fried mixture into it.
6. Add some water and prepare a fine paste out of it.
Keep this Masala paste aside. You will need it during the Biryani preparation below.
Note – If you don't want to use grated coconut, you can use coconut milk along with water in your recipe.
Chettinad Chicken Biryani Preparation
Let's quickly take a look at the ingredients required to make this Biryani.
Ingredients for Biryani –
- Chettinad Masala
- Basmati Rice – 300 gm
- Chicken – 300 gm, cleaned and cut into medium sized pieces
- Onion – 1, medium sized, sliced into juliennes
- Tomato – 1, medium sized, chopped into small pieces
- Yoghurt – 2-3 tablespoon
- Red Chilli Powder – 1 teaspoon
- Turmeric Powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Mint Leaves – 1 tablespoon, finely chopped
- Coriander Leaves – 1 tablespoon, finely chopped
- Salt to taste
- Ghee/Clarified Butter – 3 tablespoon
- Water as needed
Instructions –
For Chicken Marination:
1. Get a bowl and add the chicken pieces, Chettinad masala, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, yogurt and oil (1 tablespoon) into it.
2. Mix it well and keep aside for at least half an hour.
For Chicken Biryani:
1. Heat Ghee in a heavy bottom pan on medium flame.
2. Add the ginger-garlic paste and fry it nicely till the raw smell goes away.
3. Add the onion juliennes & salt and fry them until they turn slightly brown.
4. Add the tomato pieces and cook them along with onions.
5. When tomatoes turn mushy, add the marinated chicken into the pan.
6. Cook the chicken on the same flame for 8-10 minutes without adding any water. Don't forget to stir in between.
7. Meanwhile, cook your rice in the pressure cooker or boil separately in a cooking pot.
8. Check the chicken. If it has turned dry, add some water and mix well.
9. Reduce the flame and cook the chicken for another 15 minutes under the lid.
10. When the chicken is nearly done, add the coriander leaves and mint leaves into it. Mix them together and cook further for 1-2 minutes.
11. Now, place a Tawa on the flame and keep your chicken pan on top of it.
12. Layer the rice and chicken gravy as per your style.
Note – You may also use food colors, fried onions and some chopped coriander leaves for garnishing.
13. Sprinkle a little bit of water and cover it with the lid. Cook for 3-4 minutes on low flame.
Serve it hot with boiled egg and chilled cucumber or onion raita.
Variations for Chettinad Chicken Biryani
For this Chicken Biryani, I'd like to suggest a couple of variations for you. These variations are nothing but the replacements for two main ingredients in this Biryani i.e. Rice and Chicken.
So, do take a look at these variations below. I'm sure you will love to explore them more.
Biryani using Local Rice –
That's right! If you want to bring more authentic flavors to this biryani, you should try using locally available rice i.e. Seeraga Samba Rice.
Many folks from this region prefer this rice over Basmati rice. When cooked to perfection, it turns fluffy and slightly sticky like most of the traditional Indian rice varieties.
This variety of rice tastes great with spicy preparations such as Biryani and Pulao.
Chettinad Prawns Biryani –
Similarly, you can cook Prawns in the same masala that I've talked about earlier in this post.
It also saves your time, as prawns cook much faster than chicken. So, if you wanna impress your guests with quick Biryani, you can surely think of making this variation at home.
Chettinad Chicken Biryani is quite different from most of the mainstream Biryanis in India.
Generally, you don't get to see the usage of Coconut Milk or Grated Coconut in Biryani dishes. Chettinad masala paste is a unique feature of this dish, which you'd not find in North Indian recipes.
Over to you –
What's your style of making Chettinad Biryani? Do you use any other secret spices in its preparation?
I'd love to know more about this type of Indian cuisine. So, drop your comment below and share your thoughts.


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The Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been projected to rise to $6.4trillion by 2050, thereby moving the country to the ninth position on the world ranking, surpassing Germany, United Kingdom, France, and Saudi Arabia.
This was stated in a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, titled: "Nigeria: Looking Beyond Oil".
Nigeria's rebased figures had put the value of the nominal GDP in 2012 at N71.1 trillion (about $453.9 billion) as well as a projected figure of about N80.2 trillion (about $509.9 billion) in 2013.
However, in order to achieve the 2050 GDP projection in the report, PwC stressed the need for diversification of the country's economic overdependence on crude oil. It pointed out that Nigeria's intrinsic potential lies beyond oil, maintaining that harnessing this potential had become an imperative given the expectations of lower for longer oil prices and heightened competition in the oil market.
Based on recent trends, the report reviewed the impact of low oil prices on key economic indicators and the real sector as well as addresses the question of priority sectors that should be targeted for diversification efforts.
The PwC report identified agriculture, petroleum, retail and ICT as priority sectors with the most dominant transmission links to the overall economy.
It also noted that forward linkages to agro-processing and other services such as logistics as well as backward integration to input supply sectors could improve farm incomes, increase employment and improve domestic food security.
Potentially, Nigeria's global agriculture exports could take-off at a rate similar to Brazil's, with $59 billion in export revenues by 2030, it added.
Similarly, value added to oil and gas output needs to urgently improve by implementing diversification within the sector. This implies investments across the downstream sector to develop petrochemicals, fertilizers, methanol and refining, industries relevant in both industrial and consumer products which Nigeria currently imports.
Commenting on the findings of the report, the Country and Regional Senior Partner for PwC Nigeria and the West Market Area, Uyi Akpata noted: "Consumer spending is the largest driver of the economy, accounting for about 70 per cent of GDP and this is expected to be the boost for the retail sector growth even as population continues to expand.
"Thus, as incomes rise along with rapid urbanisation, it is projected that household consumption expenditure could reach $1.1 trillion by 2030, from $317 billion in 2014. With tele-density at 107.87, a large population of urban, young people and massive scope to improve internet broadband penetration, Nigeria is likely to see accelerated growth of its digital economy. More importantly, the opportunity to leverage technology to generate improved social and economic outcomes across other sectors has to be created."
In detailing what needs to be done to support the projected economic growth, a PwC Partner and Chief Economist, Andrew Nevin, opined that the transition to a non-oil economy would not be an easy task.
Furthermore, PwC's Partner and Head of Tax & Regulatory Services, Taiwo Oyedele noted that a well-structured tax system was important in the diversification of the economy. According to Oyedele, Nigeria needs to ensure sustainable fiscal management that is resilient to the global oil price cycles.
"Improving tax collection and administration have become imperatives for achieving national growth objectives. The framework for tax exemptions should be reviewed and approvals targeted at growth inducing sectors even as the government improves collection.
"Efficiency in government spending has to improve; there is room for substantial savings in capital outlays and operating expenditure across the three tiers of government," he added.
The report was launched at a forum jointly organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
In an address earlier, the LCCI President, Mrs. Nike Akande, said the sustained decline in global oil prices since 2014 has put the nation in a difficult position and consequently led to various fiscal and economic challenges such as the drop in foreign earnings, decline in foreign reserves, huge financial bailout for some state governments and unstable business environment.
According to her, the decline in crude oil price will change the country's development focus for good if the right steps are taken to reduce reliance on oil.
"I believe that a holistic diversification of the economy is desirable and inevitable at this trying period. There are many alternatives to oil and there are a lot we can do to make the best out of the present situation.
"More than ever before as a nation, we need more strategic decisions and policies that will put the economy into the path of economic recovery and social prosperity," she added.


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Sify Names C R Rao as Chief Operating Officer
C R Rao joined Sify in 2009 as Vice President – Strategic Planning. In his new role as the Chief Operating Officer, CR Rao will work closely with the Chairman and be responsible for all operational and delivery duties concerning Sify's multiple businesses.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Raju Vegesna, Chairman, Sify Technologies, said "Sify is now in its third phase of growth and is emerging as a strong player in the IT solutions and services industry, with a strong focus on Cloud based services. C R Rao will play a crucial role in ensuring operational excellence during this defining period. Over the years, Rao has established a sterling track record of being persistent in his efforts to put Sify on the growth roadmap and we welcome him as he takes on a larger role on the management team."
Commenting on his new role, Mr. C R Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Sify Technologies, said, "The last four years have given me substantial learnings on the major factors driving growth within Sify. The company is now at a defining point in its multiple service and product lines. I look forward to the challenges of this new role, equipped with rich learnings from my previous engagements."
Prior to joining Sify, C R Rao has over 21 years of industry experience and brings with him rich expertise in strategic planning, operational management and organizational development initiatives. A double graduate in Law and Commerce, his previous assignments were with Delta Tubes Pvt. Ltd. and Bobba Aviation Services – GSA Lufthansa Cargo.
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Sify is among the largest integrated Managed Network, IT and Software services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network infrastructure reaching more than 1000 cities and towns in India.
A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from Enterprise Services, which include Network and IT services, Security, Enterprise applications, Hosting and Remote Infrastructure Management Services. A varied product portfolio at multiple price points allows Sify to also cater to the burgeoning demands of the SMB/SOHO community and the retail consumer; much of it on the cloud platform.
Sify is a recognized ISO 9001:2008 certified service provider for network operations, data center operations and customer support, and for provisioning of VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP solutions and integrated security solutions, and ISO / IEC 20000 - 1:2005 and ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certified for Internet Data Center operations. Sify has also built a credible reputation in the emerging Cloud Computing market and is today, regarded as a domain expert. Sify has licenses to operate NLD (National Long Distance) and ILD (International Long Distance) services and offers VoIP backhaul to long distance subscriber telephony services. With the Sify Cable landing station and the partnerships inked with several cable companies globally, Sify in present in almost all the spheres of the ICT eco system.
The company has an expanding base of Managed Services customers, both in India and overseas, and is also India's first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services.
As a solutions provider, Sify Software develops applications and offers services to improve business efficiencies of its current and prospective client bases. Sify also offers services in the specialized domains of eLearning for-profit, not-for-profit and government institutions both in India and globally. The business also operates two of the most popular portals in India, Sify.com and Samachar.com.
For more information about Sify, visit www.sifycorp.com.
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For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify's business, please see the discussion under the caption "Risk Factors" in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2012, which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, and Sify's other reports filed with the SEC.


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You can never have too much of a good thing, or at least that is the feeling at the Villas of MariMack, a maintenance-provided golf community in Kearney offering reasonably priced homes starting from the $170,000s.
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During the tour, Porter Communities, the development company, will be working with mortgage lenders to offer 100 percent USDA financing, reduced mortgage insurance rates and free appraisals in these communities. In addition, Porter Communities is offering a guaranteed buy-out program to buyers with homes to sell.
"If a client wants to purchase one of our homes, we will buy their current home at a predetermined and agreed to price," said developer Craig Porter. "By doing this, both homes will close simultaneously so the buyers don't need to worry about two house payments. And, they only have to move once. Our agents will be on hand to explain the guidelines and answer any questions prospective buyers may have."
One of the biggest draws to The Villas of MariMack is that they are traditional detached homes with very few of the challenges associated with homeownership. Additionally, Kearney property taxes are some of the lowest in the area, which makes living there very economical compared to other areas in Kansas City.
Exterior design features encompass low-maintenance vinyl siding with stone and stucco facades, decks, patios and in-ground sprinkler systems. The homeowner association operates the in-ground sprinkler system and pays for watering and lawn care during warm weather, as well as snow removal in the winter months.
Standard interior design elements in these luxury villas include custom-built cabinetry, wood floors, ceiling fans and gas fireplaces. The homes are also some of the first in the area to boast universal design concepts as standard features.
"These universal design concepts allow people to 'age in place,' which is very important to many homebuyers today, particularly empty-nesters and retirees," said marketing agent Brad Brown of RE/MAX Advantage.
These features include wider doors, zero (no-step) entries through the front door and garage, wheelchair accessible pantries, and large no-step and wheelchair accessible tile showers in the master bathroom.
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Ireland and Scotland allies in Brexit negotiations - Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon has declared Ireland and Scotland allies in the Brexit negotiations.
The Scottish First Minister told an audience of business leaders in Dublin that she will argue for the Irish border to remain open in the wake of the UK's split from Europe.
She also said the Republic and Scotland are united on virtually every issue of substance relating to Brexit.
After talks with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Ms Sturgeon told an audience of about 1,500 business figures that staying in the European single market and the customs union is the obvious answer to the negotiations.
"The fact that the UK Government is committed to leaving the EU means that Scotland - like Ireland, and like Northern Ireland - now faces a dilemma which is not of our choosing. We want to remain a full member of the EU but face being taken out against our will," she said.
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Read More: Nicola Sturgeon: Ties between Scotland and Ireland 'more important than ever'
Ms Sturgeon's talks with the Taoiseach focused on Brexit.
In her speech to the Dublin Chamber, she also disputed Prime Minister Theresa May's remarks in Florence last week and claimed that in Scotland many people have felt absolutely at home in Europe.
She also emphasised the social and economic links between Scotland and Ireland, and noted the shared interest in ensuring the growth of a global economy is matched by a focus on inclusion.
Ms Sturgeon said leaving the single market will be deeply damaging for Scotland's businesses, universities, trade and jobs.
"On virtually every issue of substance relating to Brexit, the Irish Government - and the Irish business community as a whole - has an ally in Scotland," the First Minister said.
"Like you, we didn't want Brexit.
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"We believe that those positions are in the best interests of Scotland, of Ireland, and of everybody on these islands."
Ms Sturgeon told business figures the global political developments are a challenge to build a fair and inclusive society.
She added: "Scotland certainly hasn't got everything right, but - like Ireland - I think that we are at least facing up to the right issues.
"That's important from a political, social and moral perspective - and it's also crucial to ensuring that our economic policies are successful and sustainable."
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II's Top 10: The Most Popular Stories of 2013
From the near impossibility of beating the market to our annual ranking of U.S. equity analysts, here are the articles that captured readers' attention.
As the curtain comes down on 2013, we look back at the stories that earned the most page views in the past 12 months:
1. Beating the Market Has Become Nearly Impossible, by Julie Segal. With research showing that fewer and fewer investment managers deliver superior performance after expenses, Senior Writer Segal asks a provocative question: Is alpha dead? Her reporting is a must-read in a year when few managers succeeded in beating the nearly 30 percent rise in the Standard & Poors 500 index.
2. Ian Bremmer and Nouriel Roubini Unveil the New Abnormal, by Ian Bremmer and Nouriel Roubini. Just when investors were gaining confidence in the global economic recovery, analysts Bremmer and Roubini warn that the world remained as vulnerable as ever to economic, political and financial crises. The wise investor, they write, is prepared to be surprised.
3. Wisconsins Public Pension Works to Spread the Cheddar, by Frances Denmark. Senior Writer Denmark shows how Wisconsins unique practice of having retirees share in the ups and downs of the markets has created one of the best-funded public pension systems in the U.S., and one that could serve as a model for other states, like neighboring Illinois, that are in need of pension reform.
4. Blackstone Groups GSO Capital: Lenders of Last Resort, by Julie Segal. The financial crisis was a boon for distressed-debt specialists, and few have capitalized on it as well as GSO Capital Partners. Segal shows how the firm, founded by former Drexel Burnham Lambert executives Bennett Goodman, Douglas Ostrover and Tripp Smith, has grown its assets more than fivefold since being acquired by Blackstone in 2008, and has become a key provider of capital to corporate America.
5. Hedge Fund Manager John Burbanks Investment Alchemy, by Jan Alexander. What do you get when you combine macrotrader and hedge fund founder John Burbank III with a team of quants led by former State Street Global Advisors portfolio manager Tim Garry? The answer, reports Senior Writer Jan Alexander, is a nearly $4 billion hedge fund firm, Passport Capital, that has managed to smooth the bumps of market volatility and deliver strong risk-adjusted returns.
6. The 2013 Hedge Fund Rising Stars, by Imogen Rose-Smith. Our annual list of the best up-and-coming talent in the hedge fund industry puts a spotlight on a diverse cast of winners, including a former Iraq War combat veteran who is a director of investor relations at London-based Capula Investment Management and a Hong Kongborn analyst-turned-fund-manager whos leading the diversification of San Jose, Californias pension fund into hedge funds.
7. The 2013 Tech 50: Masters of a Volatile Universe, by Jeffrey Kutler. Our annual ranking of the leaders in financial technology underscores the growing importance of social media in the industry.
8. Understanding Apple Requires an Analysis of Fundamentals and Psychology, by Vitaliy Katsenelson. Speculation about the outlook for Apple was almost an industry of its own in 2013, which was not surprising considering the sharp fall and subsequent rebound in the stock price of the worlds most-valuable company. In his Inefficient Markets column, Contributor Katsenelson contends that investors need to separately weigh the psychology toward Apple, which can be mercurial, and the companys fundamentals, which he says will rely more and more on the broader Apple ecosystem as competitors offer increasingly appealing smartphones and tablets of their own.
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Neck Pain : Causes
Neck pain is a common disease that we often wake up in the morning with or experience at the end of a tiring day at work. It is usually a result of a minor strain or sprain and disappears with over-the-counter painkillers and symptomatic treatment at home. In some cases however, neck pain may be the result of a problem that requires emergency treatment.
The neck is made up of 7 bones called the cervical vertebrae, which constitute the spine in the neck region. The vertebrae protect the spinal cord. The vertebrae are stacked one on top of the other and kept in position by the anterior and posterior ligaments. Between the vertebrae are the intervertebral discs. The discs have a soft center surrounded by a tough fibrous part. The discs act as cushions and prevent friction during movement of the cervical vertebrae. Surrounding the vertebrae are various small as well as big muscles which support the spine and assist in movements.
Causes of neck pain may be located within the spine or in the ligaments or muscles surrounding the neck.
The parts of the neck that can perceive pain include the periosteum (the cover of the vertebrae), the outer ring of the intervertebral discs, the epidural veins (the veins located outside the covering of the spinal cord) and the posterior longitudinal ligament. Pain may also be caused due to pressure on a nerve. In such cases, the pain may be felt at a distant location along the area of distribution of the nerve. Such pain is called radicular pain.


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I successfully realized one of the project ideas mentioned in my resolutions for 2014, I hooked some slippers :)
Initially, I wanted to crochet a pair of Mary Jane slippers. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any appropriate yarn and I wasn't really in the mood for expanding my ever-growing stash even more. So I went for what I had, some yarn for socks. Therefore, I heavily altered the original pattern, made a few tweaks here and there and that's the result:
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ABB acquires APS Technology Group to expand its Crane and Harbor systems portfolio
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Gate Automation to help overtaxed terminals do more with less
Feb 12, 2013, 09:00 EST
CARY, N.C., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ABB (NYSE: ABB), a global leader in electric power and automation, said today that it will acquire San Diego-based APS Technology Group (APS) to add optical character recognition (OCR) and gate automation capabilities to further improve safety, productivity and efficiency of port operations as containerized shipping grows worldwide.
APS, an 11-year-old, 50-person company with offices in San Diego and Long Beach, California, will join ABB's Crane and Harbor automation business. No major changes to staffing, product offerings or marketing efforts are planned. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"As containerized shipping grows, container handling in ports and terminals is quickly moving away from manual controls to fully automated systems," said Fred Hoonaard, head of Crane and Harbor Center of Excellence. "Bringing visual, or OCR, technology to containers, trucks and gates gets us one step closer to delivering ship-to-gate automation that increases productivity and reduces accidents while saving time and money."
ABB estimates that the global terminal automation market will double in five years.
ABB is a top terminal crane automation company, having delivered automation systems to more than half the world's automated container terminals. It provides a range of automation and electric grid products and services to marine industries, including shore-to-ship electric power for idling ships' engines at ports to lower cost and emissions.
Zurich-based ABB has invested more than $11 billion in the last three years in U.S. companies. In North America, ABB employs more than 30,000 people, including about 20,000 in the United States. Globally, ABB employs about 145,000.


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More than 80 percent of physicians in the US now have smartphones. About a third have tablets. Despite the aggressive adoption rates of these devices many physicians still carry pagers. Yes, plenty of healthcare-specific messaging services are now available for physicians with smartphones, and we cover the launch of these services at MobiHealthNews. Is it really time to move away from the pager?...
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