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Weeks of stagnant trading have led up to the key June 30 date, when the Fed's keenly watched decision on interest rates coincides with the power handover in Iraq.
In addition, the market will be wading through a slew of economic data, including Friday's payroll data, Tuesday's consumer confidence survey and Thursday's manufacturing index.
John Shin, U.S. economist at Lehman Bros., said: "Everything's happening next week. We have the Fed, the payroll report and then for good measure on the political side, the handover of power in Iraq."
A Reuters survey of 39 strategists published on Thursday suggested the market believes the Federal Reserve will raise its key fed funds rate for overnight bank loans on Wednesday from its 46-year low of 1.0% to curb inflation.
Shin added that with the verdict so certain, the market would instead be "hooked on every word, every adjective in the statement."
"If the Fed makes the expected 25-(basis-points) rise and continues to use the phrase 'measured pace,' the equity markets will probably be relieved that it doesn't seem to be stepping on the brakes — and that will be a mild positive."
On Friday, both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index ended modestly lower, while the Nasdaq composite closed slightly higher.
For the week, the blue-chip Dow average fell 0.4% and the S&P 500 dipped 0.1%, but the Nasdaq climbed 2%.
With the first half of the year almost over, the Dow is down 0.8%, while the Nasdaq is up 1% and the S&P 500 is up 2%.
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The market will be sharply focused on Friday's non-farm payroll data, expected to show a gain of 250,000 jobs in June versus 248,000 previously.
Tuesday's consumer confidence survey could show a slight increase for June, according to HSBC.
Thursday's Institute of Supply Management manufacturing index for June could show a pullback from recent strength, according to HSBC, which forecasts a decline to 60, from a reading of 62.8 the previous month.
The handover of power in Iraq will add to the market's tension, as investors fret over continued violence in the country. More than a year's occupation has failed to stabilize Iraq, which has the world's second-largest crude oil reserves.
Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak, however, said Iraq would have less impact on the market than the Fed's meeting.
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Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators
Latest 2015 indicator reference list now available.
The Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators is a standard set of 100 indicators prioritized by the global community to provide concise information on the health situation and trends, including responses at national and global levels. At the country level, it will be a cornerstone in moving towards all partners using one country-led platform for information and accountability. It will be reviewed and updated periodically as global and country priorities evolve and measurement methods improve.
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- Measurement and Accountability for Results in Health Summit, Washington DC, 9-11 June 2015, Washington DC
- Work, supported by IHP+, in countries to jointly strengthen national monitoring and evaluation frameworks and move towards all partners using the same platform for information and accountability.
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At the informal meeting of global health leaders in New York on September 24, 2013, it was decided to make a concerted effort to achieve concrete progress on one of the IHP+ Seven Behaviours, namely monitoring progress jointly. A Working Group on Indicators & Reporting Burden was established. It consisted of senior focal points from the participating global health agencies, and was chaired by WHO's Director General, Margaret Chan. Under the leadership of WHO and the World Bank the technical work is being taken forward, with support from IHP+.
A meeting of the IHP+ Working Group on Information and Accountability (previously the M&E Working Group) and the Working Group on Indicators and Reporting Burden on 27-28 August 2014 in Geneva issued an Outcome Statement and agreed on a list of core indicators.
The Global Health Agency Leaders reviewed this progress on 24 September 2015, in New York. They endorsed the meeting outcome statement, committed to promote the use of the list of core indicators and to make further progress on rationalising global reporting requirements.
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The Volcker rule, a central element of the U.S. financial reform effort, is facing heavy criticism as regulators prepare a final version. We encourage them to stick as close as possible to the rule's original intent: severing the links between high-stakes securities trading and the banking services crucial to the broader economy.
Inspired by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, the rule forbids proprietary trading, or the use of a bank's own funds to make speculative bets. This has two main aims: prevent losses on such trades from reducing banks' ability to lend, and cut traders off from the taxpayer subsidies implicit in federal deposit insurance, emergency central-bank credit and government bailouts.
In recent days, big banks, investment managers and even the governments of Germany, Japan and the U.K. have lamented what they see as the rule's adverse effects. Their primary complaint relates to an exemption -- inserted in the legislation by the finance industry's lobbyists -- that allows banks to engage in the business known as market making. This useful activity, which helps customers buy or sell financial instruments, is dominated by a handful of U.S. banks. It can be difficult to distinguish from proprietary trading because both tend to involve buying and selling for the bank's own account. Market makers do so in anticipation of clients' needs. Prop traders do so solely to make bets with shareholders' and creditors' money.
Impaired Liquidity
The rule's critics worry that aggressive efforts to eliminate proprietary trading will complicate market making, leading banks to charge more for the service or pull out of the business entirely. This in turn could prompt investors to demand a higher return to compensate for the extra difficulty in making trades, thus increasing borrowing costs for governments and companies. One study, commissioned by a financial-industry trade group, estimates that the decreased liquidity -- that is, the impaired ability to trade quickly and inexpensively -- could add as much as $43 billion a year in borrowing costs for U.S. corporations, while knocking as much as $315 billion off the value of existing corporate bonds.
There are many reasons to question the validity of such analyses. First, they assume that if the rule puts a chill on market making, the structure of the market would remain the same. Unlikely. If big banks such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. pulled out or charged more, smaller dealers that are not banks, such as Jefferies Group Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald LP, would probably step in to fill at least part of the void.
The altered environment might also spur new and more efficient ways to match buyers and sellers, much as high oil prices encourage the development of alternative energy. Corporations and governments might seek to address the lack of standardization in bond issues, a characteristic that makes them much less liquid than stocks.
Second, the Volcker rule's critics talk as if liquidity is an unmitigated good. Questionable. Economists from Keynes to Larry Summers -- and more recently, Adair Turner, the chairman of the U.K. Financial Services Authority -- have suggested that higher transaction costs could be beneficial because they favor long-term investment over short-term speculative trading.
Beyond that, market makers must always stand ready to take a client's trade, no matter what. Consider the financial turmoil of 2008, when securities firms were trying to get rid of mortgage-backed investments that were rapidly becoming worthless. Is it really desirable that federally insured institutions be among the buyers in such a situation?
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Finally, estimates of the Volcker rule's costs tend to ignore its potential benefits, which include protecting the economy from trading losses. The Government Accountability Office has reported that the six largest U.S. bank holding companies lost nearly $16 billion on proprietary trading in the 18 months ending December 2008. Assuming banks can lend about $10 for every dollar in capital, the losses reduced banks' lending capacity by at least $160 billion, at a time when the economy desperately needed the money. The GAO's number doesn't fully account for tens of billions of dollars in further losses on complex mortgage securities, which banks didn't classify as proprietary trades.
One genuine danger of the Volcker rule, as currently written, is that it could impose requirements that nobody can reasonably follow or enforce. It offers, for example, 17 quantitative measures by which regulators will assess whether banks' market-making activities constitute proprietary trading. Even a genuine market-making operation might look proprietary by some measures. As a result, regulators will be drawn into debates with banks about which indicators really matter. The effect could be chaos -- without actually preventing proprietary trading.
As they craft the final rule, regulators should pare down the measures to the few that are most relevant. One to consider keeping is how much a bank's market-making desk could lose in various worst-case scenarios. As long as the value at risk is no larger than it was before the financial crisis, chances are the bank isn't adding any proprietary trading to its market-making activities. Another is how long the trading desk has been holding its inventory of securities. Some kinds of distressed debt can take months to find a buyer, but the average for a big market-making operation should be a matter of days. A third is what percentage of trades a desk makes with clients, as opposed to with other securities dealers. If most trades are with customers, one can be reasonably sure the bank is engaged in bona fide market making.
For financial companies that view these measures as too onerous, regulators could offer an alternative: Allow financial holding companies to engage in proprietary trading as long as they split their banking and securities activities into independent, separately capitalized entities. Regulators in the U.K. have already adopted this approach, known as ring-fencing. The banks wouldn't be allowed to lend to financial firms, and the securities side would be subject to capital and liquidity requirements that vary with size, risk and systemic importance.
The upshot: The securities side won't enjoy the bank's taxpayer-subsidized borrowing costs, and the bank won't be directly exposed to trading losses -- fulfilling the Volcker rule's intent. Liquidity should hardly be affected at all, mitigating the concerns of foreign governments and investment managers.
It'll be difficult to find a version of the Volcker rule that executives at the largest U.S. banks will love. But as long as it makes the economy more resilient to financial shocks without unduly gumming up markets, it will be good for America.
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I think I've got you all beat. Look at my sig, below. The 3.0CS was a lovely car to own, and expensive to maintain in its perfect condition (and I sold it for $22,000, having bought it new in Santa Monica for $11,000 exactly in 1972), but it wasn't very sophisticated.
The new Bimmers are clearly the best. I've driven 5 decades of them, from my father's 1969 2800CS, to the cars listed below.
In terms of driving precision and stability, there is nothing on the road that can match the new Bimmers. The Z3 was fun but gutless (though it tramlined horribly), and the 630CS and 633CSi were the best of the under-powered, over-regulated, horrible automobiles that were being foisted on Americans in the last 70s and early 80s.
You can get misty-eyed about the old Bimmers, but there is nothing that comes close to the current cars (though the 1972-4 2002Tii was a lot of fun).
I'm going to disagree with you.
The problem you have with the "classic" BMWs is that you owned every lame old BMW in the book. My 88 M6 will kick the crap out of your new 8 series, err 6 series. I've driven the 650 and you don't have the same relationship with the road, plus everything is governed for you; oh and my M6 it's good looking to boot unlike the new Banglelized BMWs. The new BMWs are dummied down for the masses.
My DINAN 750iL will not only kick the crap out of the new 7 series, but unlike the new ones is gorgeous to look at.
The only newer BMW that interests me was the Z8 because of its simple use of modern technology, so I bought one. The X3, well it's a daily driver.
No offense intended, just wanting to set the record straight.
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You should sell only the assets of your business and not the entity, i.e. the corporation stock or LLC membership itself. The buyer should form a new corporation and if possible, change the name of the business. If the name is XXXXX XXXXX be changed, then the buyer should file a "doing business as" form with the county recorder where the business is located. Also, the buyer should file for new EIN and state tax numbers for the business.
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Hello Mr. Law,
Thank you for your reply. I am not selling the business. I am stepping down as the owner and being replaced by someone yet to be announced. Before and after I step down, what are the legal steps to make sure all my ties and responsibilities to the company have been completely severed and that I am in no way liable for any actions the company may take in the future?
How do I check on a county, state and federal level that my name is completely "off the books"....???
Thank you for your advice,
It is an LTD.
LTD (meaning "Limited") is a designation for a corporation. Lets assume that you own all of the stock, or at least majority of the stock. As the shareholder of the corporation, you are not personally liable for its debts.In order to turn the business over to others,you will have to transfer your stock in the corporation to them. Once that is done, you can never be held personally liable for corporation obligations. I would add that in addition to transferring your stock, you should also resign as an officer and director. The people to whom you turn it over become the owners and they also have immunity from personal liability as long as they maintain a correctly operated corporation. You should have a local business attorney handle the actual preparation of the necessary minutes of meetings and transfer documents which will become permanent records of the corporation.
Mr. Law,
Are you a local business attorney?? If not, should I follow up with another lawyer on this website....??? I would like to know what transfer documentation will be necessary.
Thank you again,
Ralph: If you will provide more details about what is actually happening and your relationship to the corporation (i.e.are there other shareholders, officer and directors) I might be able to give you general ideas on documentation; however, we cannot substitute for actual legal advice from a local attorney who is personally familiar with what is going on.
There are no officers or directors. On the tax records my name is XXXXX XXXXX having 100% shares of the company. I have requested the parent company to replace me. My main concern is to make sure the company transfer documentation is complete and legitimate.
What do you mean by parent company? Are you a franchisee? If so, I doubt they will want to take over the corporation because they would be taking on its' liabilities - known and unknown. The problem of liabilities cuts both ways.
The company is super small and specializes in one service to one customer. Basically, our one customer as invested, set up and controls my company. My company, small as it is, has grown and is doing well.
I am moving on to another job and worried about the new owner.
Thank you,
Ralph: You have provided so few facts about your transaction, I can tell you that the only way to absolutely protect yourself 100% is to transfer just the assets of your business to whoever is taking it over, whatever those are: patents, software, machinery, information files, equipment, building, to the acquiring company. Then formally dissolve your corporation with the CA Secretary of State's office. File final income taxes for the corporation both state and federal and you can rest easily about anything the acquiring company does afterward.
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I just made my 1st 2 cakes from TCB: The Perfect All American Chocolate Cake and the Domingo Chocolate Cake.
The texture and are amazing in both- light and airy. Yummy. However, they both taste dry as we chew, like we really want to get a drink to wash it down. It looks ok, used the baking strips,oven thermometer, ready at the beginning of the baking times, springing back easily, but the edges are a bit dark and crusty. Weighed all ingredients. Also, they are so fluffy, would they holdup to buttercream in the layers and on top when sliced?
Has anyone made these cakes? I think I'll go have another bite, with a glass of milk. Very tasty.
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Q. What type of customer will be interested in deploying Cisco IOS® Software Release 12.3T?
A. Cisco recommends Release 12.3T for Enterprise, Access, and Service Provider Aggregation customers who need to:
•Drive business productivity with increased security, improved voice quality and functionality to the branch office, and enhanced Quality of Service (QoS)
•Deploy or upgrade IPv6, NetFlow, and associated management features
•Deploy small remote offices and teleworkers who depend on secure Internet access and corporate network connectivity
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Q. Where can customers download Release 12.3T?
A. Visit the Software Center on Cisco.com to download any release product. To download Release 12.3T, please visit:
This site also provides valuable Cisco IOS Software information about hardware/software compatibility, and ordering procedures. Please ensure that you are entitled to access and download the release through an active SMARTnet contract or purchased feature license.
Q. Are there any special memory requirements related to the deployment of Release 12.3T?
A. Prior to installing 12.3T, please consult the Cisco IOS Upgrade Planner for memory requirements, which may vary depending upon hardware produce and image feature set selections:
Types of Cisco IOS Software Releases
Q. What type of release is Release 12.3T?
A. Release 12.3T is a new technology (T) release, which incorporates the functionality of Major Release 12.3, new features, hardware support, and application-specific releases.
Q. What is the relationship between a major release and a new technology release?
A. Major releases consolidate the new technology releases from the previous release family. For example, Major Release 12.3 is a consolidation of all features and hardware support in the Release 12.2T family. Major releases receive software fixes on regular basis, but no new features or hardware support.
New technology releases are derived from the major release that shares the same number. For example, Release 12.3T is derived from Major Release 12.3. Figure 1 shows that Release 12.3T is formed from Major Release 12.3, in addition to new features and hardware support.
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Major Release and New Technology Release Relationship
Q. What is the relationship between Release 12.3T and Release 12.3(n)T?
A. The numbering scheme with a T suffix (ie: 12.3T) is applied to a family of new technology releases. The formal numbering scheme is 12.3(n)T, where `n' represents the release number (ie: 12.3(4)T). New features, software improvements, and other enhancements are rolled out via the next new technology release at approximately sixteen week intervals, which is in line with market requirements and the strict Cisco quality schedule.
Q. How do Release 12.3(n)T releases differ from each other?
A. Each Cisco IOS Software new technology release is built upon the previous release. It adds new software features and hardware support, in addition to software fixes for previous major and new technology releases.
Release Numbering
Q. Why is Release 12.3(2)T the first instance of 12.3T?
A. If a major release and a new technology release have the same maintenance number (the number in the parenthesis), this means that they are "fix for fix" equivalent, or they have incorporated the same software fixes.
Release 12.3(2)T is the first release of the Release 12.3T family; however, it contains software fixes that were not incorporated in Major Release 12.3(1), which became available to customers on 5/19/03. Since these releases are not software "fix for fix" equivalent, it would be misleading to number this first release as 12.3(1)T.
Q. How will this affect the numbering of subsequent instances of Release 12.3T and Major Release 12.3?
A. Major Release 12.3 and Release 12.3T will share the same release number only if they ship with software "fix for fix" compatibility. However, if the next maintenance of Release 12.3T contains additional fixes beyond those contained in the prior major release, the release numbers will differ.
Cisco IOS Software Release Portfolio
Q. How is Release 12.3T positioned within the Cisco IOS Software release portfolio?
A. The Cisco IOS Software Release Portfolio currently includes:
• Major Release 12.3 (May 2003) is the latest example of how Cisco software delivers benefits through innovation and integration. It is a consolidated release designed for Enterprise, Access, and Cisco channel partners. It delivers innovative, optimized features that enable easy access to Voice, Security, and Quality of Service (QoS), and the leading-edge functionality and platform support introduced in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2T.
•The Release 12.3T family (July 2003) delivers advanced technologies that drive business productivity by delivering Security, Voice, and Wireless innovations to Enterprise, Access, and Service Provider Aggregation customers. Cisco is issuing the Release 12.3T family as a series of individual releases, each of which creates significant revenue opportunities. Release 12.3(4)T, the second of these 12.3T releases, supports nearly one hundred new features across more than thirty Cisco platforms.
•Designed for the largest Enterprise and Service Provider networks that demand world-class network availability, scalability, security, and IP Services, Release 12.2S is a single release family that delivers a carefully selected combination of leading-edge technologies and high-end hardware support, all built upon the very latest advances in Cisco IOS Software Infrastructure. Release 12.2(18)S (August 2003), the second customer release of the Release 12.2S family, delivers infrastructure innovation and technology leadership with more than new features.
Release 12.3(11)T
Q. What new hardware support is delivered in Release 12.3(11)T?
A. Release 12.3(11)T powers the Cisco 3800 Series Router, part of the new series of Cisco Integrated Services Routers. This represents the first hardware/software system to deliver secure, wire-speed data, voice, video, and security services to small and medium-sized businesses, Enterprise branch offices, and Service Providers who offer managed services. By speeding application deployment and reducing operating complexity, customers realize a lower total cost of ownership.
The Cisco 3800 Series Router delivers secure, concurrent services in the largest and most demanding Enterprise branch offices.
Q. What new features are highlighted in Release 12.3(11)T?
A. Release 12.3(11)T extends the benefits of Cisco IOS High Availability to the small and medium sized business and branch office by minimizing router downtime during planned or unplanned outages.
Cisco IOS Warm Upgrade significantly reduces planned downtime for Cisco IOS Software devices during upgrades to new Cisco IOS Software images. This improves the overall availability of hardware with single route or switch processors. Users implementing Cisco IOS Warm Upgrade will typically enjoy an eighty percent reduction in downtime during an image upgrade.
Cisco IOS IPsec Stateful Failover enables a backup router to take control of terminating IPsec traffic if the primary router or circuit is affected by an outage. It greatly improves failover time, as compared to a stateless IPsec/ Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) outage.
Release 12.3(8)T
Q. What new features and hardware support are highlighted in Release 12.3(8)T?
A. In order to maximize the value of the network, Cisco customers are continually integrating new technologies, hardware, and services into the existing infrastructure. In recognition of the challenges this can pose, Cisco IOS Software Release 12.3(8)T delivers network intelligence with integrated features that secure branch office communications, automate the deployment of new applications, and optimize the flow of outbound traffic.
•Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN) enables zero-touch deployment of IPsec networks. DMVPN Spoke-to-Spoke Functionality is an enhancement that enables the secure exchange of data between two branch offices without traversing the head office. þThis improves network performance by reducing latency and jitter, while optimizing head office bandwidth utilization.
• Cisco AutoQoS: AutoDiscovery "Trust" Option extends the power of Cisco AutoQoS for the Enterprise to those routers on which Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) values have already been assigned to traffic at the network edge. This option enables customers to automatically set the Quality of Service (QoS) policy on routers by allowing the network to "trust" internally established priority levels for various types of traffic.
• Cisco IOS Optimized Edge Routing (OER) delivers automatic routing performance optimization and allows customers to minimize bandwidth costs and engineering operating expenses. Cisco IOS OER leverages Cisco IOS Netflow and Cisco IOS Service Assurance Agent to choose the optimal outbound route based on cost minimization, load distribution policy, and overall network performance.
•Release 12.3(8)T3, an update to Release 12.3(8)T, introduces support for two of the new Cisco Integrated Services Routers: the Cisco 2800 and 1800 Series Routers. The Cisco 2800 Series Router supports wide deployment of concurrent services without compromising router performance. The Cisco 1800 Series Router provides secure data connectivity. It represents a fivefold performance increase, as compared to prior generations of the Cisco 1700 Series Router.
Release 12.3(7)T
Q. What new features and hardware support are highlighted in Release 12.3(7)T?
A. Release 12.3(7)T, extends the robust suite of Cisco IOS Security capabilities with features that further reduce network vulnerability. Like all releases in the 12.3T family, it also supports innovations that span multiple technology areas. In addition to the features highlighted below, it includes advancements in IP Routing, IPv6, Multicast, and Quality of Service (QoS). Cisco customers can use Release 12.3(7)T to protect sensitive data and corporate resources from malicious attacks.
•The Cisco 1711 and 1712 Security Access Routers deliver an integrated security solution: high-speed IPsec Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) performance, stateful firewall with URL filtering, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and Cisco AutoSecure.
• Role-based Command Line Interface (CLI) Access enables administrators to secure configuration and monitoring options with enhanced management capabilities. By defining CLI access based on administrative roles, network/security router administrators can exercise more precise control over the use of Cisco IOS Software commands throughout their network.
• Transparent Cisco IOS Firewall, or Layer 2 Firewall, simplifies network provisioning with easy deployment via the network's existing IP addressing scheme. It offers distinct advantages over conventional Layer 3 Firewalls, which require resource-intensive subnet separations during deployment.
• Cisco IOS Firewall for IPv6 enables Cisco IOS Firewall to statefully inspect both IPv4 and IPv6 packets on a single interface. The secure co-existence of IPv4 and IPv6 enables an organization to better manage its IPv6 migration process.
Release 12.3(4)T
Q. What new features and hardware support are highlighted in Release 12.3(4)T?
A. Release 12.3(4)T delivers nearly one hundred new features across more than thirty Cisco hardware products. Highlights include:
Secure Business Productivity
•Secure Shell Version 2
– Secure Shell version 2 (SSHv2) provides powerful new authentication and encryption capabilities. More options are now available for tunneling additional types of traffic over the encrypted connection, including file-copy and email protocols. Network security is enhanced by a greater breadth of authentication functionality, including digital certificates and more two-factor authentication options.
•Control Plane Policing
– Control Plane Policing protects the network against malicious Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, allowing businesses to maintain productivity without interruption. It also enables bandwidth management by allowing users to control the maximum rate of traffic transmitted or received on an interface. Users can partition their networks into multiple priority levels or classes of service by using the packet marking functionality.
Deploy Voice with Confidence
•Cisco CallManager Express
– Cisco CallManager Express is the latest enhancement to the suite of Cisco IP Communication solutions. Cisco now offers worldwide small business customers and autonomous small enterprise branch offices, an entry-level IP Telephony solution integrated directly into Cisco IOS Software.
When deployed in conjunction with Cisco Unity Express, Cisco CallManager Express provides a complete voice solution with voice mail and auto-attendant capabilities. The products enable the deployment of XML network-based applications via the recently expanded series of Series IP phones.
•Cisco IOS Service Assurance Agent for Voice over IP
– Cisco IOS Service Assurance Agent (SAA) for Voice over IP (VoIP) verifies network preparedness and QoS effectiveness prior to VoIP deployment. It protects against network downtime during installation, and ensures the availability and performance of the voice network after installation.
Ensure Uninterrupted Workflow
•Dynamic Security Associations and Key Distribution
– Dynamic Security Associations and Key Distribution improves user mobility experience by eliminating the need for multiple authentications. By enabling a Mobile IP client to use the Windows login information to generate shared keys between it and the Home Agent, users can leverage existing authentication infrastructure and eliminate the need for additional configurations. For network administrators, this feature simplifies Mobile IP provisioning and increases mobility security through dynamic re-keying.
Powerful New Hardware Support
•Cisco IDS Network Module
–The Cisco IDS Network Module for the Cisco 2600XM and 3700 Series Routers and the Cisco 3660 Router is part of the Cisco Intrusion Detection System (IDS) sensor portfolio and the Cisco Intrusion Protection System. With the increased complexity of security threats, achieving efficient network intrusion security solutions is critical to maintaining a high level of protection. Vigilant protection helps ensure business continuity and minimizes the effect of costly intrusions.
Release 12.3(2)T
Q. What new features and hardware support are highlighted in Release 12.3(2)T?
A. Release 12.3(2)T delivers nearly seventy new features across more than thirty Cisco hardware products. Highlights include:
•Cisco 830 Series Access Router—Manageable, Scalable, and Reliable Access
–The Cisco 830 Series Router combines for the first time the power of an integrated router and a security appliance—a capability unmatched in the industry. The Cisco 830 Series Router uses the valuable management and deployment tools within Release 12.3(2)T to deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership for small remote offices and teleworkers who depend on secure Internet and corporate network access.
•Cisco Security Device Manager—Simplified Router Deployment
– Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM) is an intuitive, web-based device management tool embedded in Cisco access routers. Cisco SDM simplifies router and security configuration through intelligent agents, enabling customers to quickly and easily deploy, configure, and monitor the security features of a Cisco access router without requiring knowledge of the Cisco IOS Software command line interface.
Cisco IOS Software Release Policy
Q. What is the Cisco IOS Software Release Policy?
A. The Cisco IOS Software Release Policy is a structured plan that addresses the Cisco IOS Software Lifecycle from First Commercial Shipment (FCS) through End of Life (EoL). The Release Policy addresses lifecycle guidelines and migration planning.
Q. What are the milestones of the Cisco IOS Software Release Lifecycle?
•First Commercial Shipment (FCS)—Release is first available to customers on Cisco.com
•General Deployment (GD)—Major release that is appropriate for general, unconstrained use in customer networks
•End of Sale (EoS)—Customer can no longer order release from Cisco manufacturing, but maintenance releases are available to download from Software Center
•End of Engineering (EoE)—No new software fixes are provided by Cisco IOS Engineering and no new functionality is added. Release is still supported by Cisco TAC
•Archive—Images are removed from the Software Center and customers cannot download the release
•End of Life (EoL)—Release is no longer supported by Cisco TAC and Cisco TAC will only open cases on the release to recommend an upgrade
Figure 2
Cisco IOS Software Major Release EoS, EoE, EoL Timeline
For additional information about milestones, please visit Product Bulletin No. 2214, Cisco IOS Software Product Lifecycle Dates & Milestone:
Cisco Integrated Services Routers
Q. Why are the Cisco Integrated Services Routers supported in two separate instances of Release 12.3T?
A. Cisco is committed to ongoing quality improvements. As part of this commitment, Cisco is introducing the Cisco Integrated Services Routers in instances of Release 12.3T that best leverage the strengths of each router, while ensuring maximum stability.
Q. Where can I find additional information and collateral about Cisco Integrated Services Routers?
A. http://www.cisco.com/go/isr/
Q. What is Cisco IOS Packaging?
A. Cisco IOS Packaging is an initiative that simplifies the image selection process by consolidating the number of packages and using consistent package names across platforms.
The first phase of Cisco IOS Packaging is specifically designed for Cisco 1700, 2600XM, and 3700 Series Access Routers, and on the Cisco 2691 Router. It is fully implemented in Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.3 and 12.3T.
Q. What are the objectives of Cisco IOS Packaging?
•Simplification: simplified software selection process and reduction in feature set confusion
•Consolidation: streamlined the number of feature sets from as many as forty-four to eight
•Consistency: consistent naming across platforms and tools
•Improve the perceived value of Cisco IOS Software
Q. What are the eight new packages?
•IP Base: entry level package
•IP Voice: adds IP Telephony, VoIP, VoFR to IP Base
•SP Services: adds NetFlow, SSH, ATM, VoATM, MPLS to IP Voice
•Advanced Security: adds Cisco IOS FW, IDS, SSH, IPsec VPN, 3DES to IP Base
•Enterprise Base: adds multi-protocols and IBM support to IP Base
•Enterprise Services: adds full IBM support, Service Provider Services to Enterprise Base
•Advanced IP Services: adds IPv6, Advanced Security to SP Services
•Advanced Enterprise Services: full Cisco IOS Software
Q. What is the new naming convention and what do the names mean?
A. The new package names emphasize the inheritance characteristics of the new packaging framework. They also provide a high-level feature content description of the new packages, which further simplifies the image selection process.
The following categories summarize the new package naming:
•Base: entry level package (i.e.: IP Base, Enterprise Base)
•Services: adds MPLS, NetFlow, IP Telephony Services, VoIP, VoFR, and ATM (i.e.: SP Services or Enterprise Services)
•Advanced: adds VPN, Cisco IOS Firewall, 3DES encryption, Cisco IOS IPsec and Intrusion Detection Systems (i.e.: Advanced Security and Advanced IP Services)
•Enterprise: adds multi-protocols: IBM, IPX, Appletalk (i.e.: Enterprise Base, Enterprise Services)
Q. What is the inheritance principle and how does it benefit customers?
A. The new packaging is fundamentally based on an inheritance model. Each comprehensive package inherits all the features and services available in the package below it (see Figure 3).
Figure 3
Feature Inheritance Pyramid
Q. How do I choose the best package for my network?
A. For help with package selection, please refer to the Product Bulletin No. 2160, Cisco IOS Packaging:
Q. Where can I get additional information on packaging?
A. http://www.cisco.com/go/packaging/
Additional Information
Q. What are release notes?
A. Release notes are detailed descriptions of the Release 12.3T features and platform support available
Release 12.3T release notes are available at:
Q. Where can I find additional information and collateral about Release 12.3T?
A. http://www.cisco.com/go/release123t/


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Add Lindsay Lohan to the list of celebs who want to be referred to by just one name, for example Madonna, Prince, Cher, Beyonce, Jewel, Diddy, etc.
Lindsay's mom Dina has confirmed the news to PopEater's Rob Shuter that she plans to remove "Lohan" from her official name.
"Lindsay is dropping the Lohan and just going by Lindsay. Plus, me and [younger daughter] Ali will be officially changing our last names back to my maiden name, Sullivan."
A family friend adds:
"So many of the greatest people in showbiz are known by just their first name. Look at Oprah and Beyonce. Now you can add Lindsay to that list. And it's a way for them all to start over. No one in the family want anything to do with Lindsay's father [Michael Lohan] anymore and that includes sharing a last name."
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Lester's New Menu Stars Orange-Infused Java and Housemade Baba Ghanoush
The prettiest double shot of espresso you've ever seen. Straight from Guatemala and in Wynwood.
All photos by Carla Torres
When we got word that Lester's, Wynwood's destination for beer, books, wine, espresso, and magazines was launching an expanded small bites menu, it seemed too good to be true. Owner Daniel Milewski's spot was already one of the best places to chill out with a book in Miami, but he felt something was missing in terms of edible ingredients, so he sought out food and beverage professional Chris Hudnall.
In order to introduce this new side of Lester's to the neighborhood, Daniel and Chris hosted a preview. Check out pictures of all of Lester's new munchies and booze options after the jump.
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A place of exchanging ideas, and creating ideas, Lester's is a cultural meeting hub for artists, writers, and pretty much anyone who steps into Wynwood. While great ideas can be made perusing through books and magazines after having had a couple of coffees, beers, or wines, an empty stomach is no way to work. Enter Lester's upping their eats to small bites, hot-pressed sandwiches and housemade sodas. Don't worry, the Guatemalan coffee from Daniel's uncle Ricardo isn't going anywhere.
The Dippin' trio features house made hummus, baba ghanoush and tsatziki with pita chips for just $6. The baba ghanoush is excellent in taste, texture, and heat. They should make these by the pint and sell them.
Lester's is getting cheesy with its cured meat and cheese selection that features manchego, drunken goat cheese, and espresso rubbed chorizo. Some kalamata olives act as a sidekick. ($14)
Bloody Valentine cocktail combines strawberry infused sweet vermouth, rosemary, lime, honey, and shipyard export for a drink that will have anyone thinking clearly ($8).
While this looks like a blood Mary, it's actually baptized Lesterlada -- Narragansett, tomato, spices, lime, tabasco, and Worchestershire sauce ($7). An olive with a cornichon stuffed inside is a very nice touch, so is the spice. Take that, Mary.
a turkey sandwich with swiss, romaine, dijon mustard, sea salt, and pepper pressed down to a small bite for just $6. Pair that with WiFi and you're talking a working lunch. Just hold back on the beers. Also on the sandwich menu is the Parsons, mozzarella with tomato, honey, dijon mustard, and bacon jam ($7); and the Morrissey, a
tomato sandwich with basil and olive oil, also just seven dollars.
What's in the mystery box? Exactly what you were hoping for -- ramen. The Harrison pairs ramen noodles with cucumber, garlic, red pepper, scallion, housemade peanut teriyaki sauce. This cool noodle dish is exactly what you want out of ramen on a 100-degree Miami summer day.
Danko salad mixes together arugula, clementine orange, walnut, gorgonzola, housemade citrus vinaigrette, and tuna salad, also housemade ($7).
The prettiest double shot of espresso you've ever seen. Straight from Guatemala and in Wynwood.
All photos by Carla Torres
Lester's espresso will keep you working on whatever you need to get done. Double-shot, house-made Chinese five spice syrup, and orange aromatic makes for a cup of Christmas in August. It's citrusy and not strong or bitter like your typical cup of java, but will do the trick. For only three bucks a pop, it will be easy to overdo it.
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We're NOT what people THINK we are
This is a follow up to a conversation I was having with Chuck Custer on the air Sunday while filling in for Joe Gallagher on WGY.
We were discussing the rally in downtown Albany the day before that he and Kelly Lynch attended.
This was the NYS version of the "Guns Across America" gathering held in state capitals around the country.
Besides being among (a guestimate here) the largest attended of all the rallies, Chuck brought up a great point:
People who own guns/support the Second Amendment do not fit the stereotype one would make about "gun owners," based on many people he and Kelly saw/spoke with.
Not every gun owner is a redneck.
Not every gun owner lives in a trailer.
Not every gun owner is toothless.
Not every gun owner is illiterate.
Not every gun owner chews Red Man (gee, is it not PC to even say the name of the product?).
My main point: the days of thinking an individual is by what they believe/do are over.
Here's another example: bikers.
I learned this myself over the years up north when Americade rolled through Lake George every summer.
Not every biker is a Hell's Angel.
Not every biker packs a piece.
Not every biker is a doper.
Not every biker is filthy.
Any and every stereotype is NOT as perceived.
All that said, I still to this day believe this country has become WAY WAY WAY too PC. It seems we all have to walk on eggshells hoping we don't say anything to offend someone, or that we're not offended by every/any word someone says to us.
America has to grow a thicker skin.
America has to toughen up.
America needs to man up and grow a pair.
And yes I'm sure someone was offended by that last one, but frankly, I don't care.
Let's think before we speak, and think before we preceive, but for goodness sake we're not perfect so deal with it and move on.
With this being written on Martin Luther King Day, it brings on even more meaning.
Finally, one last stereotype...all fat people are jolly.
On behalf of the fat people, I can personally say I love laughing my (rather large) backside off...
even/especially if a joke is a little "inappropriate."
Mike Patrick


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Churches are increasingly exploring the potential of diaconal ministry to help them serve wider society in the contemporary context. Those involved in this ministry seek to forge improved connections between churches and the wider communities in which they are located. However, the role of those ordained to be deacons is diverse, challenging and often controversial, both within and outside the Church.
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Grilled Tuna with Pepper Sauce
The yellow bell peppers, roughly pureed with potato, look like cooked polenta.
- Servings: 8
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
- 1 small onion, coarsely chopped
- 2 yellow bell peppers, coarsely chopped
- 1 medium Yukon Gold potato—peeled, halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise paper-thin
- 1 cup water
- Salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Freshly ground pepper
- Eight 6-ounce tuna steaks, 1 inch thick
- Sage leaves, for garnish
How to make this recipe
Light a grill or preheat the broiler.
In a saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the onion and cook over low heat until softened but not browned, about 5 minutes. Add the yellow peppers, potato, water and a large pinch of salt. Cover and cook until the peppers and potatoes are tender, about 12 minutes. Transfer the vegetables and their liquid to a food processor and process until roughly pureed. Scrape the sauce into a bowl, add the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
Brush the tuna steaks with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill or broil for 2 minutes on each side, or until lightly charred on the outside and medium rare in the center. Spoon the sauce onto large plates and set the tuna steaks on top. Garnish with sage leaves and serve.
Make Ahead
The sauce can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Suggested Pairing
The meaty flavors of the grilled tuna and sweet peppers point away from white wine to a soft, smooth Pinot Noir. Try one from Santa Barbara.


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Senior superintendent of police, Muzaffarpur, Jitendra Rana has come down heavily on officers for lack of investigation into 11,000 pending cases accumulated over months.
Apart from directing senior officers and station house officers to pull up their socks, Rana also claimed that he would bring down the staggering figure within three months.
Sources said Muzaffarpurs figure of 11,000 pending cases is the highest among the 38 districts. The cases include special reported (major incidents like murder and kidnapping) and non-special reported (burglary and others) ones that have piled up over one-and-a-half years.
Rana, a 2005-batch IPS officer who took charge of Muzaffarpur in June-end, told The Telegraph: Close to 11,000 pending cases are a big challenge that I have taken up extremely seriously. I would minimise the astounding figure within three months.
Apart from putting curbs on the menace of loot and other crimes, he has started to act tough with police officers who fail to deliver. They have been asked to furnish case diaries and file chargesheets or else face suspension.
Chargesheets have to be filed within 90 days of an FIR being filed, failing which the accused can seek bail. Recently, Rana put three police officers under suspension for their delay in filing chargesheets against the accused in cases they were investigating.
Town MLA Suresh Sharma said: The cases have not stacked up in a day but over months. There had been a spurt in crime, including vehicle theft, loot and murder, during the tenure of former SSP Saurav Kumar.
Rana said investigating officers are known to make deals with the accused so that they can get bail in the absence of case diaries and chargesheets.
On Tuesday, he held a special classroom session with deputy superintendents of police and station house officers to direct them to mend their ways or face punitive action.
He added: They should take the pending cases as a priority. They should complete the formalities for the pending cases, including collection of evidence and completion of police diaries. The deputy superintendents of police and other officers have been asked to dispose of cases by filing chargesheets. Twenty-nine police station house officers and officers at 11 outposts have been directed to check the spiralling crime graph.
Along with additional superintendent of police Rajiv Ranjan and additional superintendent of police (operation) Rana Brajesh, the SSP told the officers ways to prepare supervision reports and diaries within the stipulated timeframe. The field officers manning the police stations have been directed to catch accused within a day, spend six hours of a day in checking papers of vehicles and verify credentials of motorists.
Short- and long-term strategies to tame criminals and tackle rise in crime have also been prepared.


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Yasser Arafat has suffered a mild heart attack, but the Palestinian leadership has sought to keep his health problems secret for fear it would "create panic".
The 74-year-old Palestinian President, who is suffering from Parkinson's disease, disappeared from public view last week and re-emerged at the weekend looking extremely ill. His face was pale and pinched, he had lost weight and he was almost inaudible. He had trouble standing for more than a few minutes at a time.
The Palestinian press said he had the flu. But Palestinian officials told The Guardian Mr Arafat had a heart attack last week. "Although he has had a slight heart attack, the doctors say he will make a full recovery. He is in full control. There is nothing to worry about," said an aide.
Asked why it had not been made public at the time, the official said it would "have created panic at a critical time when the Israelis are threatening Arafat's life".
Israeli officials say the Palestinian President's health is not a factor as the Government considers whether to exile, or even kill, Mr Arafat. "It would be very convenient if nature were to take its course," said Israeli Foreign Ministry official Jonathan Peled. "But Mr Arafat is a cat with nine lives and we do not believe he has used all of them yet."
If Mr Arafat requires medical treatment unavailable in Ramallah, he would be likely to travel to Egypt or Jordan but only if Israel permits him to return to the West Bank. Mr Peled said this would be unlikely.
Mr Arafat was on hand for Tuesday's swearing in of an emergency government led by new Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie. But the administration is already beset by power struggles over crucial issues such as control of the Palestinian security forces. Khalil Shikaki, a Palestinian political analyst, said Mr Qurie's Government was unlikely to ease the conflict with Israel.
"I don't expect this Government to deliver very much on the two main issues that confront the Palestinians, political reform and security," he said. "The reform process was destroyed by Arafat when he equated it to disloyalty. The previous government had a much better chance to bring peace because it had the 'road map' (the US-led peace plan) and a ceasefire from Hamas. That is all gone."
Mr Qurie proposed a new ceasefire in an interview published in the Israeli daily Ma'ariv yesterday, but Israeli Labour Minister Zevulun Orlev rejected the offer.
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Luling man who reportedly shot gun into air arrested
Jonathan Menard - Jan 03, 2013
Despite repeated warnings that included phone calls, emails and Facebook messages reminding residents that fireworks were illegal, St. Charles Parish Sheriffs Office deputies still found plenty of violators.
During the New Years holiday, deputies issued 113 citations and confiscated $10,000 worth of fireworks. The vast majority of the citations were handed out between 10:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on New Years Eve, according to the Sheriffs Office.
"It is disheartening that so many chose to participate in this illegal activity, especially after the extensive publicity reminding residents that the sale, possession and use of fireworks was illegal in St. Charles Parish," Sheriff Greg Champagne said. "The Sheriffs Office does not make the laws, but it is our responsibility to enforce them."
In March, the St. Charles Parish Council shot down a law to legalize fireworks in a 5-4 vote. The ordinance would have allowed the popping of fireworks for a few days a year during limited hours.
The current fireworks ban has proven difficult to enforce because deputies are usually called to deal with more important crimes during the New Years Eve weekend. Deputies must also catch someone in the act of shooting fireworks because most of the noise complaints the Sheriffs Office receives come from anonymous callers.
However, Champagne said it is clear that the council and Parish President V.J. St. Pierre expect the law to be enforced.
"Twice in the last two years the council considered and rejected a repeal of the fireworks ban," Champagne said. "In fact, practically no one appeared to support the appeal."
This year, the Sheriffs Office used a special task force in order to help enforce the law. Violating the fireworks law can mean up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $100, Champagne said.
While more than 100 people were cited for fireworks, a couple was also arrested after authorities say John McFadden, 41, of 573 Cypress Drive in Luling, fired an AR-15 rifle in the backyard of his home on New Years Eve.
McFaddens wife, Amy, was also arrested because deputies say she hindered their investigation by not telling officers where her husband was after they arrived at the home. McFadden was later located inside his house.
J. McFadden was charged with illegal use of weapons and resisting an officer. A. McFadden was booked with accessory to the illegal use of a weapon and resisting an officer.
Both were released from jail after posting bond on Jan. 1.
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The oldest body of seawater ever identified is buried under the Chesapeake Bay.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), this recently discovered body of water dates back to the Early Cretaceous period, when wet and dry seasons controlled the climate, tropical jungles dominated the landscape and dinosaurs were becoming more plentiful.
Image courtesy Nicolle Rager-Fuller/National Science Foundation
The water is buried beneath a large meteorite that struck the earth 35 million years ago, throwing debris into the atmosphere and spawning a train of tsunamis that probably reached as far as the Blue Ridge Mountains. The so-called "Chesapeake Bay impact crater" is the largest crater discovered in the United States and helped determine the current shape of the Bay.
Because the water is trapped in place, USGS scientists have been able to estimate its age—100 to 145 million years old—and its salinity—twice as salty as modern seawater.
Acting USGS Associate Director for Water Jerad Bales said in a media release that before this discovery was made, no one realized that the saltier-than-normal groundwater found deep in the Atlantic Coastal Plain "was North Atlantic ocean water that has essentially been in place for 100 million years."
"We are working directly with seawater that dates far back in earth's history," Bales said.
Welcome to the second installment of our newest feature, the BayBlog Question of the Week. Each week we'll take a question submitted through the Chesapeake Bay Program website and answer it here for all to read.
This week's question comes from Samantha. She asked:
What forces of nature caused the Chesapeake Bay to form?
The Chesapeake Bay as we know it today took on its current shape about 3,000 years ago, but its geologic history can be traced back about 35 million years. Around this time, a rare bolide, or a comet-like object from space, impacted the Earth. This impact did not create the Bay, but it did contribute to natural processes that eventually formed the Bay as we see it today.
The bolide collided with the Earth near what we now call Cape Charles, Virginia, on the lower tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, and created a crater. The crater is thought to have been as large as Rhode Island and as deep as the Grand Canyon. According to this article from National Geographic News, the impact of the bolide led to tsunamis and the decimation of marine life in the surrounding areas. The crater lay beneath sand, silt and clay for millions of years before it was discovered.
It was about 18,000 years ago when the Bay really began to form, as glaciers from the last Ice Age began to melt. During this time period, mile-thick glaciers existed as far south as Pennsylvania and the Atlantic coastline at that time reached about 180 miles farther east than it does today. As the glaciers melted, they carved rivers and streams flowing toward the coast and sea level rose continually. This led to the eventual submersion of what we know now as the Susquehanna River Valley.
History is rich in the Chesapeake Bay; evidence of the ancient Susquehanna River can still be found in a few deep troughs that form a channel along a large portion of the Bays bottom. But the Chesapeakes 3,000 year history in its present shape does not mean there havent been changes. In fact, the Bay is constantly changing due to the forces of erosion and sediment transport.
For more information about the history of the Chesapeake Bay, visit our Bay History page.
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