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OECD Working Papers on Fiscal Federalism
- 2226-5848 (en ligne)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/22265848
The Fiscal Federalism Working Paper series covers issues related to intergovernmental fiscal relations and local/regional public finance, such as: tax and spending assignment across government levels; intergovernmental grants; fiscal equalization; local and regional public service efficiency; inter-jurisdictional tax competition; and macroeconomic issues such as intergovernmental fiscal management and sub-central fiscal rules.
Note. Nos 1, 6 and 8 are available in OECD Economics Department Working Papers, as Nos 465, 626 and 705.
Note. Nos 1, 6 and 8 are available in OECD Economics Department Working Papers, as Nos 465, 626 and 705.
Decentralisation and Economic Growth - Part 1: How Fiscal Federalism Affects Long-Term Development
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- Auteur(s):
- Hansjörg Blöchliger1
- Author Affiliations
- 1: OECD, France
- 03 juin 2013
- Bibliographic information
- 14
- Pages :
- 22
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k4559gx1q8r-en
Intergovernmental fiscal frameworks usually reflect fundamental societal choices and history and are not foremost geared towards achieving economic policy objectives. Yet, like most institutional arrangements, fiscal relations affect the behaviour of firms, households and governments and thereby economic activity. This paper presents empirical research on the potential effects of fiscal decentralisation on a set of outcomes such as GDP, productivity, public investment and school performance. The results can be summarised as follows: decentralisation, as measured by revenue or spending shares, is positively associated with GDP per capita levels. The impact seems to be stronger for revenue decentralisation than for spending decentralisation. Decentralisation is strongly and positively associated with educational outcomes as measured by international student assessments (PISA). While educational functions can be delegated either to sub-central governments (SCG) or to schools, the results suggest that both strategies appear to be equally beneficial for educational performance. Finally, investment in physical and – especially – human capital as a share of general government spending is significantly higher in more decentralised countries.
- Mots-clés:
- public spending, fiscal federalism, fiscal decentralisation, education decentralisation
- Classification JEL:
- H10: Public Economics / Structure and Scope of Government / General
- H70: Public Economics / State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations / General
- I22: Health, Education, and Welfare / Education and Research Institutions / Educational Finance ; Financial Aid


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I HAVE never heard such rubbish!
The Moor ducks have been fed by families for years, as have the ducks at Redesmere.
The ducks will come to no harm as their numbers will confirm, and give children and older people an enormous amount of pleasure.
As to the fish dying, I too lost a large number of fish a few years ago as did a lot of people.
It was not down to feeding my ducks, as they don't get fed very often, but as you quite rightly mentioned down to a lack of oxygen. We had a very cold winter, and my lake was frozen over for weeks.
As a result of which the oxygen level fell, and I sadly lost a considerable number of fish. I keep my lake free of weed and now break the ice if it freezes over for more than a few days. I have not lost a single fish since.
I suggest the council or whoever is responsible for the Moor Pool do the same, and stop trying to spoil families fun.
Feeding the ducks is a great tradition and a wonderful way to get children introduced to our natural world. Is this another crazy example of health and safety gone mad?
GILL RAMSDEN Allostock

subset: commoncrawl


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I decided to try something new today!
Instead of eating all of my breakfast in one sitting, and all of my lunch in one sitting, I spaced everything out throughout the day:
- 8am: 1/2 a cantaloupe
- 10am: Mango Chobani Greek Yogurt (pretend that's Chobani in the pic)
- Noon: mixed greens salad
- 2pm: string cheese
- 3:30pm: Pink Lady apple
I LOVED this schedule. It felt like every time I looked at the clock, it was time to eat – my dream come true! :D
Honestly, I tried this out because lately I've been snacking more while preparing dinner, and I thought keeping a sustained blood sugar level throughout the day would help. It really did. I never got to the point of being too hungry and, as an added perk, it actually made the day go by faster because I had something to look forward to!
Do you prefer to spread your meals/snacks out throughout the day, or do you like to sit down to three square meals a day?
After work, with just the right amount of food in my belly, I hit the trail for a 4 mile run amongst the beautiful crabapple trees that are blooming all over the city. The sweet & flowery fragrance is all I smell when I step outside!
I hauled on the first half, as I didn't want to get passed by the older gentleman nipping at my heels, and brought it in easy on the second. I couldn't be less competitive when it comes to organized sports (except flippy cup, obvi) but I HATE getting passed when I'm running!
I zipped through this calisthenics routine x3 when I got home:
- 15 jumping jacks
- 15 push ups
- 15 dips (I use the edge of a stair or the fireplace)
- 25 squats
- 25 sit ups
BTW – even though I just got back into yoga recently, I can already tell how it's positively affecting my other fitness endeavors. For example, I remembered what my core yoga teacher said about engaging your entire body when in the plank pose, which translates to squeeze your buns, thighs and abs when doing pushups. Try doing a pushup when you're not squeezing your muscles tight. Now try it with them tightened.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
It's SO much easier, right?! :D
At any rate, in the spirit of trying new things, I tried something new from Trader Joe's tonight and it was…not good. It was not good at all! Curry Chicken Jerky Tenders.
I was SO jazzed when I spied these at TJ's last weekend.
I adore curry, and have really liked all the Trader Joe's Indian-flavored dishes I've tried so far, but the day after I bought these babies I read some pretty terrible reviews online. Inedible! Little salt licks! What was TJ's thinking?! They all seemed to say.
Indeed, when I inspected the nutrition label a bit further, I found that 4 measly oz of chicken took up 35% of my DV of sodium. Eeeeek. 8O
The good thing was the package came FULL of chicken tenders. I counted 14 in all. Definitely enough to feed a family of 4.
The bad thing was that the reviews were true.
These were terrible. Insanely salty!
I thought maybe a bath in some vegetable broth and water might help.
Maybe it'll wash off some of the salt! I thought to myself.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.
In addition to being extremely salty, the flavor was just not that great either! I had two bites and flicked the tenders off the mountain of goodness underneath.
Freshly steamed broccoli,
and brown basmati rice.
Trader Joe's redeemed themselves slightly with this one!
Long, tender, delicate – and brown! I've never seen brown basmati before!
Plus it came in a resalable package which I totally appreciate. All my rice bags are either precariously shut with an old twist tie, or spun shut then stored upside down so the top doesn't come undone.
You know what I mean. ;)
Ok, it's time for the grade:
Chicken Curry Tenders: 0. Inedible. I don't know how TJ's let this one slip!
Brown Basmati Rice: 10! Unique and delicious. Plus it comes in a super convenient package – whee!
And with that, I'm off to drink copious amounts of water. Just a few bites of that chicken has already given me a bit of a headache. Gross!
I'll also need to dig around the kitchen to find something to fill me up..like maybe some of these babies…
That is not an illusion – Ben and I have eaten nearly 3/4 of our container of Animal Crackers in less than a week. They are A-mazing!
Sweet, but not too sweet. Although filled with many unidentifiable animals. What…is…this?!
What's the last new thing you tried?
The last new thing I tried was Noosa Yoghurt. I'm so glad I did too, because it tastes like cheesecake without all the fat & calories – FTW!


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So I'm on Myspace as you all should know by now, and there's this application called Green Planet. And you send virtual gifts to your other Myspace friends and for every plant you send you save 0.1 sq feet of rainforest. And that doesn't seem like a lot, but when you really get going you save a lot. Some people have saved thousands of sq feet. The whole app is up to over 150,000,000 sq ft of rainforest saved. So all together we can do it. So if you guys have Myspace, PLEASE add me and I'll invite you to join my green team! :) Just say you're from EP.
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Readme.txt file for Symantec On-Demand Protection 2.6
+ README for Symantec On-Demand v2.6 +
+ Copyright (C) 2005 Symantec Corporation +
* Symantec On-Demand v2.6 *
| |
| 1. Product Name and Version |
| 2. System Requirements |
| 3. Supported Platforms and Third Party Support |
| 4. Release Notes |
| 5. Documentation and Online Help |
| 6. Contact Information |
1. Product Name and Version
Release Date: December 19, 2005:
Symantec On-Demand version 2.6 Build 2230
2. System Requirements
Symantec On-Demand 2.6 Minimum System Requirements
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: On-Demand Web Application
Symantec On-Demand Agent delivers endpoint security from any web
application that runs a web server and has enough hard disk
space to store the binaries for the Symantec On-Demand package.
Some types of web applications that can deliver Symantec On-Demand include:
* Webmail
* Web Portal applications such as
a. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
b. CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
c. HR (Human Resources)
* Enterprise switches with Captive Portal/Proxy
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: On-Demand Manager
This section describes the minimum requirements for installing
and running the Symantec On-Demand Manager, the policy editor
and manager used to generate the Symantec On-Demand Agent,
which is then uploaded to the On-Demand Web Application.
In normal practice, this software is installed on the
administrator's desktop, where the agent is generated and
then uploaded to the web application from where the On-Demand
Agent is delivered (e.g. SSL VPN, Human Resources web application,
Hardware and Software Requirements for the On-Demand Manager
To run the On-Demand Manager, you need a Windows 2000 or
Windows XP workstation, or a Windows Server 2003 meeting the
following specifications:
* Pentium 633MHz or faster
* 20 MB available hard disk space
* Administrator privileges
* Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 or later.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: On-Demand Agent
For Symantec On-Demand agents (standalone or combined),
less than 1 MB of hard disk space is required for the download
of the virtual agent. Once the agent is downloaded, it
uncompresses and installs on the endpoint, requiring a total
of 5 MB of hard disk space.
In the case of the Virtual Desktop, since the underlying
file system and registry are virtualized and encrypted,
more space is required after the agent is downloaded.
Furthermore, if the user runs an application which access
user data from the Regular Desktop, even more space may
be required, since the data files themselves are virtualized
and encrypted.
Running the Virtual Desktop on Client Computers
The Virtual Desktop runs on computers meeting the following
* Pentium 633MHz or faster
* 25 MB MINIMUM available hard disk space required for Agent to download.
Note that more space may be required for your system to run smoothly
after Agent is downloaded, because user data files mustbe virtualized
for successful launch of certain applications.
* Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Pro,
Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, Windows NT4 (SP6)
* Browser: Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape 6.0 or later,
Opera 7.2 or later, Firefox 1.0 or later
* Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 or later, or Microsoft
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) version 5.0 or later
Running Symantec Host Integrity on Client Computers
Symantec Host Integrity runs on computers meeting the following
* Pentium 633MHz or faster
* 5 MB available hard disk space required for Agent to download
* Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows
2000 Server, Windows XP, Windows NT4 (SP6), Windows 98, Windows Me
* Browser: Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape 6.0 or later,
Opera 7.2 or later, Firefox 1.0 or later
* Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 or later, or
Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM) version 5.0 or later
Running the Cache Cleaner on Client Computers
The Cache Cleaner runs under the following environments:
* Pentium 633MHz or faster
* Windows 98, Windows Me: 64 MB RAM
* Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server,
Windows 2000 Pro, Windows XP, Windows NT4 (SP6): 128 MB RAM
* 5 MB available hard disk space required for Agent to download
* Browser: Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, Netscape 6.0 or
later, Opera 7.2 or later, Firefox 1.0 or later
* Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 or later,
or Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM) version 5.0 or later
* PowerPC 600Mhz or faster
* MacOS X, 10.2 and later
* 5 MB available hard disk space required for Agent to download
* Browser: Safari 1.0 or later, Internet Explorer 5.2 or later
* Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 or later
* Pentium 633MHz or faster
* Linux Red Hat 9.0, Enterprise Server 3 and Fedora (core 3)
* 5 MB available hard disk space required for Agent to download
* Browser: Mozilla 1.2 and later
* Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 or later
3. Supported Platforms and Third Party Support
* Supported Platforms*
Please refer to "System Requirements" above for information about
supported platforms.
If you obtained this product from a hardware or software
company other than Symantec Corporation directly, your software
license as well as all service and support should be obtained
through that vendor. Check the Addendum provided with the package
for service and support information.
4. Release Notes
*New Functionality*
This section describes new features in Symantec On-Demand.
These new features have been added since the August 2005 release of
Sygate On-Demand v2.5, Maintenance Release 2.
• Enforcement for Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server:
Prevents bypass of on-demand security for Outlook Web
Access (and other web applications deployed with IIS).
• Gateway Enforcer Integration: The Symantec Gateway
Enforcer acts as a gateway between an external and internal network.
Previously the Gateway Enforcer could interact only with
Agents generated by other Symantec products (SSE, SNAC and SEP).
In this release, the On-Demand Agent has been modified so that it
too can communicate with the Gateway Enforcer.
• Remediation URL: An alternative to the Failure URL, this feature
allows administrators to route users to a URL that
provides the ability to remediate the condition(s) that
caused Host Integrity to fail. The Host Integrity module
can also dynamically generate a formatted string that
describes the reason for the failure.
• Continuation URL: A supplement to the Remediation URL,
the Continuation URL provides another option for endpoint
users to take when Host Integrity fails. When this feature is
enabled, endpoint users can choose to continue to other tasks
or to less secure server resources rather than remediating.
• Popup messages: Administrators can now enable and disable
Host Integrity failure popup windows that appear after the
initial popup is displayed. This feature allows administrators
to use Host Integrity to monitor and log compliance without
disrupting the endpoint user's session.
• Host Integrity failure message enhancements: The failure
popup window now displays more information to explain exactly
which rule groups or rules have failed, the logical relationships
between rules that fail, and hints to help users understand
the precise cause of the Host Integrity failure.
• New custom error message text box: Administrators can more
easily add a custom error message that is displayed by the Agent
when a Host Integrity check fails.
• Custom checks for weak passwords and administrator privileges:
The custom check fails if the user on the endpoint has a
weak or blank password or if the user has an account with
administrator privileges, which can present more of a risk
to network security.
• System tray icon enhancements on Agent: As before, if Host
Integrity is the only module enabled, administrators can display
the Host Integrity system tray icon menu on the Agent. The
system tray icon now contains a new menu item, Check HI, so that
users can check Host Integrity again if the first check fails.
The system tray icon also shows the status of the check when
it is pending, fails, or passes.
• Remediation for Host Integrity Only: In 2.5, if the first Host
Integrity check failed, the Host Integrity module exited
after displaying the failure URL, and users had to download
Symantec On-Demand again after remediation. In 2.6, if Host
Integrity is the only module being used and polling is enabled,
Host Integrity will install a tray icon even if the first check
fails. After users remediate, they can click the Check
HI menu item on the Host Integrity tray icon's popup menu to
initiate another check.
• New ruleset for antispyware: The Host Integrity module now
supports the use of an antispyware ruleset, including a
predefined list of popular antispyware software.
• Reverse Logic for custom file and registry checks: Allows
administrators to require the absence of specified files
and registry keys on endpoint machines (in addition
to the existing functionality of requiring the presence
of specified files and/or keys).
• GUI reorganization: The Host Integrity Ruleset page now has
three tabs instead of two. The new Host Integrity tab contains
the settings that apply to the entire module as opposed to
individual rules or rulesets.
• Access to Persistent Desktop data without reconnecting to
web server: (Offline access after the first download.)
In this release, the Persistent Desktop has been enhanced to
allow endpoint users access to Persistent Desktop data offline.
With the new feature Enable offline access enabled, after the
Virtual Desktop module is downloaded and launched, a Persistent
Desktop link is added to the Start menu. After the Virtual
Desktop module exits, the link and relevant data files are
kept on the endpoint system. Users can click this link to
start the Virtual Desktop module offline. Users can also
choose to exit the Persistent Desktop and remove all data.
• Support for Juniper Windows Secure Application Manager
(WSAM): In previous releases, the Sygate/Juniper integration
supported only JSAM (Java Secure Application Manager).
This release of Symantec On-Demand supports Windows Secure
Application Manager (WSAM) as well. WSAM is supported by
both the API and Custom User Interface integrations, and
works on the Juniper IVE 4.2, 5.0 and 5.1 platforms.
Malicious Code Prevention
• New whitelists for authorized modules and drivers:
The authorized modules whitelist is used for user mode
applications and modules for key-loggers and screen scrapers,
and the authorized drivers whitelist is used for kernel mode
drivers. Administrators can add, remove or edit items from
these lists, and save, import and export lists for later use.
• Administrators can now control what actions to take when malware
is detected: In previous releases, if the Malicious Code
Prevention module detected a keylogger or screen scraper
on an endpoint machine, it displayed a message asking the user to
specify the desired action. In Symantec On-Demand 2.6,
administrators can now select among five actions to take if malware is
o Ask user to take action (Authorized Modules and Authorized Drivers)
o Allow automatically (Authorized Modules only)
o Block automatically (Authorized Modules only)
o Terminate current program automatically (Authorized Modules only)
o Quit Symantec On-Demand session automatically (Authorized Modules
and Authorized Drivers)
• Location switching for Mac and Linux: In previous releases,
the Adaptive Policies module supported location switching on
Windows platforms only. Location switching is now supported
for Red Hat Linux and Mac OS X as well.
• Location switching based on URL: Administrators can now enter
a URL as a criterion for location switching. If the
On-Demand launch URL contains the URL specified, then
the location switching passes; otherwise it will fail.
• Cache Cleaner ALL option now supports the cleaning of
more types of data previously supported by session-based
cleaning only. In previous releases, if administrators specified ALL
in the History Cleanup section, the Cache Cleaner cleaned history
items from the browser only. In 2.6, the History cleanup
settings are now called Cache cleanup settings, and when
configured to clean All, the Cache Cleaner module will clean data of
all of the types supported by session cleaning.
• The Cache Cleaner can now clean the history of the AOL
toolbar for Internet Explorer, and the Yahoo toolbar for Firefox
(both ALL and Session). The Cache Cleaner also now blocks indexing by
Google Desktop Search during the Cache Cleaner session,
but cannot remove all indexes at the end of the Cache Cleaner session.
• Administrators can now determine what to do if a previously
downloaded Symantec On-Demand module is still running: In
previous releases, the download applet either launched a
second version of the module or displayed an error message
based on whether the Agent was customized for a particular
partner version of Symantec On-Demand. In 2.6, this behavior
can be specified by administrators via the user interface.
• The Java download module now displays a progress bar on its
HTML page to show the current download percentage. In previous
releases, no indication of download status was provided.
Clean Logs on Endpoint Machines
• Specify Cleaning of Logs via Symantec On-Demand Manager
user interface: In previous versions, administrators could specify
whether to clean all Symantec On-Demand log files from endpoint
machines only by editing setup.xml This option can now be selected
in the Symantec On-Demand Manager user interface.
*Known Bugs/Issues*
(Bug # 16667) Host Integrity: When Virtual Desktop and Cache Cleaner
are not downloaded, some files related to the Host Integrity module
are not deleted.
(Bug # 100440) Host Integrity: With the new Remediation URL,
the Host Integrity module can dynamically generate a formatted
string that describes the reason for the failure, which can
be interpreted on the Web server to route users to the appropriate
remediation content. If you specify a large enough
number of rules so that the string exceeds 2047 characters,
the Firefox browser will fail. Other browsers may also have
difficulty handling extremely long URLs.
(Bug # 17344) Virtual Desktop: When you disable saving to network drive,
you cannot map a network drive in the Virtual Desktop. The problem only
occurs in windows NT, and occurs in both user and admin modes.
(Bug # 100181) If you have an older version of Sun JRE (i.e version 1.3.1)
installed on Windows 2003/Win2k/XP server (which is not supported)
and if you try to install Symantec On-Demand, a pop-up message will
display asking you to install a supported version of JRE. If you
click "Yes", it will install Sun JRE 1.4.2_04 and then continue to
install the On-Demand Manager. But, if you remove the old JRE 1.3.1
from the system prior to launching the On-Demand Manager, the Manager
will not launch and an error message will display.
(Bug # 100660) Malicious Code Prevention: MSN 5.0 is detected as
malware in NT4.0 but not in XP.
(Bug # 100711: Host Integrity: Using the Opera 8.5 browser, changes
made to Host Integrity rules might not be detected right away. This
is because Opera 8.5 looks first to its cache to find setup.xml, and
the cached version may not be the most recent. Cleaning the browser
history will solve the problem in the short term, and in the longer
term the problem is solved by Opera 8.5's cache time limits.
(Bug # 100748) Virtual Desktop: If you attempt to launch Windows
Update from within the Virtual Desktop, you will receive an error
and WindowsUpdate will fail.
(Bug # 100810) Virtual Desktop: Some Windows hotkeys do not work
from withinthe Virtual Desktop. The following hotkeys are known
to be affected:
-- win + F1
-- win + tab
-- win + ctrl + f
-- win + shift + m
-- win + break
-- win + L
-- win + d
-- win + r
(Bug # 100811) Cache Cleaner: in Windows 98, the Session cleanup
setting does not clean all session history when using Netscape
8 or firefox 1.0.6.
(Bug # 12942) On-Demand Agent: the Agent loads slowly if
you are using a dial-up modem. The following times are
typical when using a 57.6Kbps modem with the IE browser:
1. Install HI: about 60 seconds
2. Install CC: about 60 seconds
3. Install VD: about 95 seconds
4. Install VD, CC, MC: about about 120 seconds
5. All modules (HI, CD, VD, AP, CC, MC): about 180 seconds
(Bug #100881) Cache Cleaner: Using Firefox 1.5 with "Close all other
browser instances" enabled, the Cache Cleaner will exit automatically.
The workaround is to disable this feature when you are using
Firefox 1.5.
(Bug #100880) Cache Cleaner: The Cache Cleaner occasionally
erases all typed URLs even if you select "Session" instead of
"all" for the IE browser.
(Bug #100878) Cache Cleaner: Using Firefox 1.5, the browser
history and URLs are removed even when you disable the Cache
Cleaner using the system tray icon.
(Bug #100877) Adaptive Locations: Occasionally, when you are
using older, slower hardware, a new location will not be
successfully added into setup.xml using the On-Demand Manager.
The workaround: delete this newlocation and create another one.
(Bug #100874) Virtual Dekstop Whitelists: An entry with a comma
in its path will be divided into two entries when being loaded
from a file. This is because the file format (CSV) used to load
these entries uses the comma as its delimiter.
(Bug #100873) Cache Cleaner: the Cache Cleaner module sometimes
quits automatically when using Firefox 1.5 on Windows XP.
(Bug #100871) Cache Cleaner: In both Internet Explorer and
Firefox 1.5,the Cache Cleaner module sometimes only works
the first time it is installed on a Windows NT machine.
(Bug #100865) Connection Control: When you add a new domain for
the first time and then use the Edit button to edit it, you cannot
close the Edit window. This happens only in the "Priority
allow" and the "Allow" sections. The workaround is to add another
(bug #100853) Connection Control: If you enter a number in the
first or last part of the area to enter IP addresses,
the comma-separated list in the multi-IP box cannot be used.
You must close out and get a fresh dialog via the "Add" button
to use the comma-separated multi-IP entry box.
1. SOM->Locations->Office->VD->CCN.
2. Add IP "22.214.171.124" and "220.127.116.11" to block IP list.
3. Edit "188.8.131.52".
4. Empty the editbox for Start IP.
5. Type "18.104.22.168" into the editbox for multiple IP at the
bottom of the dialog box.
6. OK. A message saying "Invalid entry" is displayed.
(Bug # 100876) Cache Cleaner: On the Mac operating systems,
the Cache Cleaner module will always clean the session
password regardless of whether the 'session' or 'all'
option is selected.
(Bug # 100870) Virtual Desktop: On Windows NT 4.0,if
you have no "psapi.dll" installed, the Virtual Desktop
does not function correctly.
(Bug # 100808) Host Integrity: Non-English versions of McAfee
VirusScan 7.1 and 8.0 may fail Host Integrity checks in languages
other than English or French.
*Known Fixes*
(Bug # 1188) Windows 98 using JVM will now always redirect
the browser to the Success URL.
(Bug # 16061) Cache Cleaner: If you select "Session" as the
Cache Cleaning setting, the Cache Cleaner doesn't clean the
typed URL using Opera 7.2 & 7.5.
(Bug # 16061) Cache Cleaner: If you select "Session" as the
Cache Cleaning setting, the Cache Cleaner doesn't clean the
typed URL using Opera 7.2 & 7.5.
(Bug # 16343) Cache Cleaner: Cache Cleaner intermittently
doesn't clean browser history when History Cleanup Settings
is set to ALL using Internet Explorer.
(Bug # 100570) Cache Cleaner will crash when entering a
location that enables the Host Integrity and Cache Cleaner
modules and runs Host Integrity only once.
(Bug # 16925) Agents will pass Host Integrity if you have
multiple Service Pack rules even if the endpoint machine does
not have the have the service packs installed.
(Bug # 16992) SSL VPN popups fail to appear even when popup
blocking is disabled.
(Bug # 100261) Virtual Desktop will crash if you enter too many
characters in the descriptions of the Favorites.
(Bug # 100323) Host Integrity cannot be launched if the paths
of any of the file custom rules are longer than 600 characters.
(Bug # 100336) The On-Demand Manager cannot route users to the
correct DNS Server if DNS is configured manually, but it is
correct when the IP Address assigned by a DHCP Server.
(Bug # 100449) Host Integrity: module fails when checking
the file version in a Custom rule.
(Bug # 100451) Host Integrity: If you enable the "Disable
the failure popup message box" feature, the "Remediation" URL
will display even if you have not selected that option.
(Bug # 100506) Virtual Desktop is not removing all saved
usernames and passwords.
(Bug # 100555) Adaptive Policies: if you duplicate a
location and then close the On-Demand Manager, the On-Demand Manager
will not open again.
(Bug # 100572) Host Integrity: At the end of the
inactivity period, the Host Integrity module doesn't exit.
(Bug # 100576) Host Integrity: Failure URL fail to
launch when using Host Integrity as a standalone module.
(Bug # 100577) Host Integrity: Disabling antispyware
checking causes exception.
(Bug # 100649) Symantec On-Demand fails to hook into
imapi.exe and msiexec.exe
(Bug # 100655) Virtual Desktop: The tray icon will
disappear after switching to the normal desktop if you click "exit"
before typing password and switching to Virtual Desktop.
(Bug # 100656) Applet cannot be downloaded in NT
system using Firefox1.0.6 and Netscape 7.2.
(Bug # 100685) The "Powered-Keylogger" can record
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Published in the San Fernando Valley Sun Jerry Darko runs with students from Pacoima Charter Elementary School during a recent session of the afterschool program "Just Like You." Jorge Capiz can say "hello" in Botswanan and Chinese and one of his favorite pastimes is "dog and bone," a Hindu game similar to the popula...
Published in the San Fernando Valley Sun
Jerry Darko runs with students from Pacoima Charter Elementary School during a recent session of the afterschool program "Just Like You."
Jorge Capiz can say "hello" in Botswanan and Chinese and one of his favorite pastimes is "dog and bone," a Hindu game similar to the popular "tag" children in the United States play.
Capiz, an 8-year-old who attends third grade at Pacoima Charter Elementary School, has never been to Botswana or China, but he has learned about other parts of the world through an innovative after school program designed to expand children's knowledge about geography and world cultures by playing the same games children in other countries play.
"What is the one thing that all children do? They play. Children from around the world are just like you", says Jerry Darko, the 24-year-old Zimbabwe-born and Botswana raised creator of "Just LikeYou."
"We use international sports and games to teach kids about the world. We have games that are variations of tag, others that are played with balls, sticks," he added.
With other students, Darko came up with the concept for the program while at a Nike weekend training camp last year, Laura Adams, the digital vocational manager for youth mobilization for Nike, said the Just Like You program has flourished and has continued to build and grow after the weekend camp.
"We brought in motivated youth leaders from areas throughout Los Angeles and introduced them to the idea of sports being used as a tool for social change and encouraged them to develop their own projects that could be useful to address their issues from their communities."
Darko shows some of the notes kids from Pacoima Charter Elementary School give him at the end of the sessions.
"I came up with the idea of a game exchange because I remembered as a kid all the fun things we played [in Botswana], Darko said.
The group called itself Team Awesome, made up of seven college students from the University of Southern California, Pepperdine University and UCLA. Many of them have an interest in both business and international relations; they all have a passionate interest in helping to bridge people on a global scale.
Current members of the team include Anne-Marie Herwig, Masters in Public Policy from USC, Chris Ovitz an MBA from Pepperdine, Jade Clemons a Business and French student from Pepperdine, Khiza Mazwi, Material Science PH.D fromUSC, Ruchira Da Silva Biology and Economics student from USC, and Amy Wunderlich a business student from Pepperdine.
Darko reflected when he first arrived in the United States in 2001 to attend college he saw a lot of discrimination and bigotry toward people who appeared "different."
People weren't culturally sensitive because they didn't know the rest of the world," he says.
Darko first came to the United States to study electrical engineering in Minnesota, studied physics at USC and is now attending Pepperdine University and studying finance has a masters in physics and is close to receiving two additional master degrees. He also works for a private equity firm.
Every Friday since October of last year, Darko and other members of Team Awesome spend an hour teaching some 20 kids from Pacoima Charter Elementary School about a particular country. Iris Zuniga-Corona Director of Youth Services for the Youth Policy Institute is a big supporter of the program, "The program is exactly the direction we want to head with all of our after school programs with a strong physical educational component and tying it into the innovative things that are being done that combines both cultural education and physical education." Corona said they have received positive feedback not only from the students but also from their parents. "I think they're doing great work and it's a good opportunity for the students to engage and have resources in their own community so they don't have to go outside of their community."
A member of the team, USC Masters student, Anne-Marie Herwig has worked on the program's curriculum with fellow team member Jade Clemons, "Students learn how to use maps and to identify countries, rivers, mountains, etc. They complete worksheets with fill-in-the-blanks, word matches and word searches, and they sometimes learn about a specific cultural aspect of a country or region (such as how to use chopsticks)," saidHerwig. "Butwe think that the best way to keep youth really engaged and make the lessons seem real is to play."
Herwig said the majority of each class is spent playing games from the region that they are focusing on and showing them that there are kids all over the world just like them that they can connect with.
"We encourage them to talk about what we have learned in the classroom. They might learn a cheer in the native language of that country or name their team name after a major river. We also follow the California curriculum content standards to help students reach goals set for their grade level."
Herwig shared one proud moment where she says the impact of the program. "After introducing Southern Africa to the students at one school, one boy came up to me and started explaining how Botswana was one of the wealthiest nations in all of Africa. 'It's because of their diamonds, miss.' I asked him how he found out, and he said he had spent his time on the Internet one evening learning about all the different countries we were studying. So many of the kids we work with have never even been outside Los Angeles, much less the US. This gives them the opportunity to be exposed to places all over the world and whet their appetite for the big things their futures have in store."
They have a curriculum split into four-week sessions focused on each country or region, where they talk about the food, geography, history, culture and language of the area in question. And also games, because no matter where you live or what language you speak, all kids understand games, said Darko.
Pacoima Charter Elementary School is the only campus here in the San Fernando Valley where the program is currently offered. They also replicate it at Camino Nuevo Charter School in the Pico Union area of Los Angeles and have plans to start the program at Webster Elementary in Malibu near the Pepperdine campus. It's the hope of "team awesome" to build the program at schools throughout Southern California and then branch out across the country, then globally.
"It's been amazing, it's a lot of fun for the kids and for us, we started out playing games from China and now we're playing a game from India and you can see the similarities of the games that we played growing up. Dog and Bone is a lot like Steal the Bacon," said Chris Ovitz.
"We really show the kids that no matter where you grow up, we are all the same." Ovitz said they are looking toward building the program to become its own large non-profit to help raise more awareness for kids around the world.
The kids really look forward to Friday when the team shows up. "Sometimes the afterschool programs are more like day care centers, so when we show up they're excited."
"Volunteers can be trained to follow the curriculum that we are developing," said Herwig, who quickly rattled off the names of a number of international games some that resemble games played in the U.S. and others than have no resemblance. "Some of the games are played with sticks, so we had to modify those."
On the day the San Fernando Sun/El Sol visited the program, the game at hand was "dog and bone," where an object (bone) is placed in the middle and two teams of players (dogs) line up on each side. A player from each team rushes to the bone to try to pick it up and run to his side before the player from the other team tags him. A point is awarded for each player who reaches his side before being tagged and the first team to get 10 points wins.
It's a game that gets the kids excited and moving, as they run to try to avoid being tagged.
Darko, a lean and tall young man, has a natural love for the children and sometimes seems like one as he enthusiastically plays with them. But while he's quick to congratulate them for a job well done, he's also just as swift at reprimanding them for a bad behavior. When one child told another something that was wrong. "That is totally inappropriate," Darko told him.
Or when during a race, a kid pushed another one when reaching the end. He made him apologize to his classmate.
"We play more of a role than just teaching them about different cultures. We are mentors and role models," he says of his efforts to correct bad behavior.
But first of all, he wants the kids to respect each other and other cultures, and have fun doing so.
He's also trying to give them the attention they may not have.
"When I walk up, they light up, they're excited. They know we're going to be here no matter what. We're not going to let these kids down", he says. "We try to be their friend and help them with something that might have happened."
His plan is to create a Pen pal program with another country where kids from both places can chat and share about their experiences.
"We want to have a true cultural exchange. Right now there is a program in Honduras that could be a reality, but we're still working on it," says Darko.
But for now, he's working on getting the children past the television-fed ideas they may have about the world.
"When you ask a child about Africa, they say Madagascar because that's all they know," [because of the animated movie] he says. "But now I have 7-year-olds running up to me saying ´dumela, ´namaste, ´ni hao´ (hello in botswanan, hindu and Chinese, respectively). They say I know where Botswana is. That's powerful," he says.
And so is for the kids, who seem to have been taken by the program. "It's fun. My favorite game is dog and bone. We get to run and tag people," says Brianna Torres, 8.
"I like it because you get to chase people and you get to win," says Kimberly Gomez, whose favorite countries are India and China and can say several words in those languages.
It's those things and notes that the children give them as they leave for home, with messages such as "I love you", "I want to be like you," that are worth more than any money Darko says he could receive for doing the program.
"When you see the kids, that speaks for itself. They can't hire people like us. We're just trying to give kids something fun and dynamic," he says.
And also instill in the children the desire to learn more and appreciate everyone, no matter their color, ethnicity, religion or language.
"As long as they leave the program being more sensitive to the world, more curious, more open, I think we've done our job," says Darko.


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Cohiba v Cohiba: U.S. Court Rules Against Cubans
David Savona
Posted: July 15, 2010
The on-again, off-again, on-again battle for the world's most prestigious cigar brand was rejoined this week when a Manhattan appeals court ruled in favor of General Cigar Co. in its 13-year fight with Cuba over the Cohiba brand.
The July 14 ruling reversed a 2009 decision by Second District Court Judge Robert W. Sweet that ruled in favor of Cubatabaco, the state-owned entity that owns all of Cuba's cigar brands. Sweet said General had made its Dominican Cohiba "in order to exploit the reputation and goodwill of the Cuban Cohiba," and enjoined the company to stop selling the product. (General appealed and its sales of Cohiba continued unabated.) Yesterday's ruling, issued by circuit judges Reena Raggi, Gerard E. Lynch and Denny Chin, stated that "We have considered Cubatabaco's other arguments on appeal and conclude that they are without merit."
General has long maintained that it has the right to sell its Cohibas (which are often referred to as "red dot" Cohibas, due to their band design) in the United States.
"The Second Circuit court's ruling affirms what have always believed since we first filed a U.S. application to register the Cohiba trademark in 1978," said Dan Carr, chief operating officer of General Cigar, "that General Cigar is the rightful owner of Cohiba in the U.S."
As expected, the Cuban cigar industry was not happy with the ruling. "Cubatabaco is disappointed with today's decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but will pursue its available options to vindicate its right to the world famous Cohiba mark," the Cubans said in a prepared statement.
"We continue to remain confident that our exclusive right to the Cohiba cigar brand in the U.S. will be upheld even if Cubatabaco attempts further legal efforts to challenge these rights," said Carr.
Cohiba cigars were created in Cuba after the revolution, and the Cuban version has never been legally sold in the United States due to the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Like virtually every other Cuban cigar, there is a non-Cuban version, in this case one made by General Cigar in Santiago, Dominican Republic. General Cigar registered the rights to the name in the United States. There have also been a host of fraudulent versions of Cohiba made in various countries.
The battle between General and Cuba began when Cubatabaco sued General in 1997 and attempted to cancel General's trademark. The fight has gone back and forth ever since, with rulings for and against each company.
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About the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
The Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison embraces a new way of doing science.
The building is designed to encourage unique gatherings of scientists from different disciplines to address urgent health problems of common concern.
The Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research is a three-phase project that ultimately will consist of three towers.
First Tower Focuses on Cancer Research
The first tower contains the headquarters of the UW Carbone Cancer Center. Entire floors are dedicated to prostate and breast cancer research as well as hematologic and pediatric oncology.
Floors three and four are dedicated to researchers working on cancers affecting children and cancers of the blood, lungs, head and neck.
Orthopedics, regenerative medicine and surgery researchers are on the fifth floor.
Below ground, two floors provide a home for the world-class programs in imaging and radiation sciences, important in moving research from the lab to the bedside.
The upper level is home to the UW Hospital and Clinics outpatient radiotherapy unit, where patients receive diagnosis and treatment, connecting the cutting-edge treatments being done at UW Health and the research taking place at the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research.
The medical physics department, along with numerous collaborators from the radiology department, occupy the lower floor, which is specially structured to be vibration-free. With tools ranging from three-dimensional microscopy to a new, 30-ton cyclotron and linear accelerator for PET molecular imaging studies and research, activity on this floor includes the latest advances in medical imaging.
Programs in Second Tower Benefit from Shared Resources
A key component of the second tower of the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research is one floor dedicated to the McPherson Eye Research Institute, where basic and clinical scientists will be located together, thereby enhancing collaborations and translation of results to patients.
The McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research will move into tower two, bringing together 18 separate oncology department lab groups focusing their attention on cancer and new cancer therapies.
The remaining floors of the second tower will include research programs in neuroscience, cardiovascular science, regenerative medicine and broadly focused molecular medicine research.
These programs will synergistically benefit from the shared resources of animal care, imaging science and proteomics developed as part of the first tower. Taken together, the two towers of the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research represent an entirely new mode of scientific investigation for the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and related faculty.


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Model 204
Model 204 is a database management system for IBM and compatible mainframe computers, "born" 1965 October 13,[1]:66[2] and first deployed in 1972. It incorporates a programming language and an environment for application development. Implemented in assembly language[2] for IBM System/360 and its successors, M204 can deal with very large databases[citation needed] and transaction loads of 1000 TPS.[1]:4
Model 204 relies on its own type of bitmap index, originally devised by Professor Patrick E. O'Neil, and combines the use of hash table, B-tree, and record list technologies to optimize speed and efficiency of database access.[3][4]
Although M204 is a pre-SQL (and pre-relational) database product, it is possible to manually map the files of an M204 database to approximate SQL equivalents and provide some limited SQL functionality using Model 204 SQL Server.[5]
Model 204 is most commonly used in government and military applications.[citation needed] Among other things, it runs Australia's social security system (Centrelink).[6][7] It is used commercially in the UK by Marks & Spencer.[citation needed] It is also used at the Ventura County Property Tax system in California,[8] the Harris County, Texas, Justice Information Management System,[9] and in the New York City Department of Education's Automate The Schools system. An informal list of past and present Model 204 users, compiled in 2010, identified more than 140 organizations worldwide.[10] Beginning in 1986, it was used by the US Navy Fleet Intelligence Center Europe and Atlantic (FICEURLANT).[11]
It is a product of Computer Corporation of America (CCA). In April 2010, CCA was acquired by Rocket Software, a Boston-based developer of enterprise infrastructure products.[12]
Add-on products were formerly available from Sirius Software, Inc., located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; in 2012, Sirius Software was also acquired by Rocket Software.[13]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Scinta, Gina (2005-10-10). "Model 204 v6r1: Opening New Doors" (PDF). Computer Corporation of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ^ a b "Model 204, A Novel DBMS and Application Platform". Sirius Software. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ^ O'Neil, Patrick (1987). "Model 204 Architecture and Performance". Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on High Performance Transaction Systems. Springer-Verlag. pp. 40–59.
- ^ Sandy Stanhope, Database Administrator. "What is Model 204?". The Youngstown State University Computing Newsletter. Department of Computer Services. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
- ^ "Rocket Model 204 SQL Server Users Guide". Rocket Software. May 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- ^ Rodney Gedda (Techworld Australia) (May 2009). "Centrelink ups IT reform, keeps Model 204 'legacy'". Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ IT News Australia (November 2013). "Sterrenberg calm in the face of an uphill battle". Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "County of Ventura Technology Infrastructure Strategic Plan" (PDF). Gartner. 2005-07-13. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ "Model 204 Civil Inquiry Manual" (PDF). Harris County, Texas. June 2007. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ Paul Keshvari; et al. (2010). "M204 Client List". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ Fleet Intelligence Center Europe and Atlantic: Command History: 1 January 1986 – 31 December 1986. United States Navy. pp. III–B–3, III–B–7. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ^ http://www.ebizq.net/news/12526.html; acquired June 13, 2010
- ^ Seiffert, Don (2012-11-29). "Rocket Software buys fifth company this year". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
External links[edit]
- Model 204 at Rocket Software
- Model 204 at Sirius Software
- An example of Model 204 User Language programming
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Three events are being held in Bradford as part of UK Disability History Month, which takes place over the next few weeks.
Bradford Council and its partners will be involved in three events next month – Bradford City Run, a discussion on disability hate crime and a symposium on inequality and sports.
The Strategic Disability Partnership is encouraging people to take part in the Bradford City Run on December 2. The partnership represents disabled people and is made up of disabled people, carers and public and private sector organisations including Bradford Council and health services. Around 12 members of the partnership took part in the event last year.
In addition, Challenging The Thinking That Leads To Disability Hate Crime is a half-day workshop on Friday, December 7, in the Great Hall at the University of Bradford's Richmond Building. It is being led by Richard Rieser, a former teacher who is now an international disability rights campaigner. The event runs from 10am to 1pm. This event is free but places need to be booked by calling (01274) 236049 or e-mailing email@example.com.
The eighth Annual Rosa Parks Symposium, Confronting Inequality! What's Sports Got To Do With It?, takes place at the University of Bradford's Norcroft Centre on Thursday, December 13.
The full day event will focus on the end of the Olympics and Paralympics year and look at the relationship between sports, equality and inclusion.
This event is also free but places need to be booked by calling (01274) 233217 or e-mailing email@example.com.
The day's itinerary will include opening speeches from Professor Mark Cleary, vice-chancellor of the University and Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Dale Smith.
Councillor Amir Hussain, the Council's executive member for adult services, said: "What we learn from this will help us further improve the services we offer and how we design the services in the future."


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American peer-to-peer loan marketplace Prosper has raised $17.2 million in funding.
Prosper's funding round has been led by new investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Crosslink Capital who were joined by existing participants Accel Partners, CompuCredit, Omidyar Network, TomorrowVentures and Volition Capital.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson founder Tim Draper and Jerome Contro, general partner and COO of Crosslink Capital, will also join the company's board.
Chris Larsen, CEO, Prosper, says: "With this round of financing, we will continue to accelerate our monthly growth rate to provide even more Americans with an efficient, innovative and social way to obtain and invest in loans for consumers and small business."
Prosper has raised $74.85 million in funding since its launch in 2006 and claims over one million members and more than $236 million in funded loans.
It's primary rival LendingClub has so far secured a total of £52.7 million in VC funding.
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College Park, Md. • As the final horn sounded and Maryland fans rushed the court to celebrate a rare victory over its bitter rival, weary Duke had just enough energy left to escape the mayhem for the safety of its locker room.
Seth Allen broke a tie by making two free throws with 2.8 seconds left, and the Terrapins stunned the second-ranked Blue Devils 83-81 Saturday night to end a six-game skid in the series.
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GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Religious group Hamas has banned public New Year's Eve parties in the Gaza Strip because they offend the territory's "values and religious traditions", police said on Wednesday.
"The interior ministry and police department did not give permits to any restaurants, hotels or halls for end-of-year parties" after several venues requested permission, police spokesperson Ayman al-Batinji told AFP.
He said New Year's Eve celebrations were "incompatible with our customs, traditions, values and the teachings of our religion".
Hamas official calls on Palestinians to 'take up arms'
Parties had also been curtailed in "solidarity with the families of the martyrs of the Jerusalem intifada," Batinji said, referring to violence that has swept the city and parts of the West Bank in recent months.
Since October 1, 136 Palestinians and 20 Israelis have died in a wave of attacks and clashes across Israel and the Palestinian territories — including some in Gaza.
The majority of the Palestinians were killed while carrying out attacks, leading some to dub the unrest a third Palestinian "intifada", or uprising.
In previous years restaurants, hotels and cafes in Gaza were allowed to host closed events to celebrate New Year's Eve.
Israeli strike on Hamas in Gaza kills Palestinian woman, child
The new year under the Islamic calendar began this year in October, but the new year under the Gregorian calendar is widely celebrated across the Arab world.
Hamas tightly restrict public parties and celebrations in Gaza.
A source close to the police said security forces would close down "any unlicensed party".
Gaza, a tiny enclave of 362 square kilometres (about 225 square miles) squeezed between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, is home to some 1.8 million Palestinians — one of the highest population densities in the world.
It has been under an Israeli blockade since 2006 when Hamas took control of the region in a violent struggle after the ruling Fatah movement refused to cede power following elections Hamas won.


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Despite calling on the ghosts of George Washington and Ronald Reagan for help, the Kevin Schwantz-managed, Roger Lee Hayden-ridden American Honda Moto2 entry struggled at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, finishing 17th after the race was restarted due to a crash Hayden was involved in. That didn't mean they didn't give it a good-ol' American try though. Here's video and pictures documenting the effort.
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Premier League: Manuel Pellegrini says Sergio Aguero one of top five players in world
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says Sergio Aguero is one of the five best players in the world.
Last Updated: 26/10/13 1:49pm
Aguero continues to be the club's lucky charm - City have never lost when he scored, and this season he has scored nine in nine starts.
Their Premier League title credentials will be put to the test against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday - but Pellegrini believes with Aguero continuing to develop his game they can be confident.
"He is a top player. I always talk with Sergio about the fact that he, for me, is one of the five top players in the world," said the City boss.
"He must try to demonstrate it in every game he plays. He is playing with more intensity when we don't have the ball and he has a lot of quality to make the difference.
"I didn't know the statistics which said City have never lost when he scored but he is an important player for us.
"He was an important player also in the past - with his goal Manchester City won the title. We hope in the future he will continue being a very important player for the club."
Sunday's game is one City cannot really afford to lose as it would open up a four-point gap with one of their title rivals.
"It is a tough game for Manchester City against Chelsea," he added. "We are one point behind them and must play a very good match if we want to win."


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It's not all killing, shooting, and looting. Well, a lot of it is, of course: GTA 5's version of Los Angeles is a warzone in all but name, filled with pitched battles, rampant crime, and more collateral damage than an American incursion into, well, anywhere in the Middle East.
But if bullets are flying on the streets, it's on my in-game internet connection where the real damage is being done. My Franklin may have started the game as a two-bit hustler and thief, but now he's into something far bigger, something more dangerous, something - dare I say it - more American: buying property and playing the stock market.
It's strange to play GTA as a kind-of portfolio management sim, but then at the same time it fits perfectly with the game's themes of money, control, and corruption. It's also testament to the power of having three different characters and identities. Despite his obvious money-making prowess, having Trevor (who starts the game with the most available cash) trade stocks feels like hiring a middleman for Charles Manson. His MO is take all you can, search and destroy. There's no system to play for him because it doesn't exist in his world.
As for Michael, well, he's a man trapped by his wealth, so why would he want more? Franklin, on the other hand, is perfect for it. Young, ambitious, and just naive enough to let Lester use him to do his own (financial and professional) dirty work. It makes sense for him to want to leverage it all on digital red to, essentially, gamble rather than grind his way to a larger life, like all of his old friends had.
The problem is, for me at least, and for 'my' Franklin, that enough is never enough. Using Lester's tips, I scored big by buying up stock in a firm and then killing the head of its rival. Said stock then shot through the roof. I've done this a few times, and watched the profit roll in.
Well, I would if I could actually come to sell the things, but I've become obsessed with that little stock ticker. I'm also starting to worry about my income from properties, and whether I should expand my empire or consolidate.
An example: after killing an important executive, my shares started to climb rapidly, until I had a return many times my investment. But I wanted more. I wanted to really cash in. And then the stock fell. It's currently at about a ⅓ of it's top-end value. Every day I keep looking at the ticker, hoping it'll go back up. It doesn't.
So I've lost about six hundred grand. It means I can't make my planned investments in local businesses, which would in turn net me more profit per week. Which means I'm now pumping more money into the extremely volatile market to cover the dollars that I should have just cashed out with to begin with. The problem is that LCN is up and down faster than a manic depressive with an addiction to rollercoasters. Soon I'm way, way down. Which means more money on red. And so it goes, on and on.
And then it gets worse. Rockstar's servers - and with them, Bawsaq - go down due to extreme load. All cash placed in there is now worthless, at least for a couple of days until it's sorted out. I'm not ruined, but my plans for the immediate future are.
So I'm back into the mission loop, doing jobs for people here, killing people there, ferrying people around for my cab company. I've had to ditch the cream suit that I'd taken to wearing because it just looks stupid. Strutting around Downtown in a three-piece outfit? Fine. Shooting thugs in some low-rent storage space? Probably not. It's not Vice City anymore. (I am very aware that making sartorial choices based on level of criminality is also stupid. I need help).
It seems silly. It is, after all, fake money, in a fake world. But then, you could say that about most things in video games. Like San Andreas - and many, many others with collectibles - there's a compulsion at work here. Unlike GTA 5 however, most games don't have a fully working (or not, in some instances) stock market for you to get sucked into. And, in my case, spat out of.
The buying of property - and the management of it - is something that fans have clamoured for since GTA 4 released without it. But what's most interesting about its return is how it turned, in part, my desire to progress through what could have been a blood-spattered odyssey into something far more reserved. That the game can enable me to do that - bar some unavoidable nastiness - is commendable, and for those that (in some cases, rightly) criticise the missions in GTA, it shows that there is another way to connect and progress in that world.


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Published letters, July 30, 2010
Paying taxes is a civic responsibility
I know I've said it before but I must repeat this bit of my philosophy again: "I love taxes!"
There, I said it, and you can call me crazy if you wish. But as a loyal and patriotic American, it is the truth of what being a citizen means to me. I believe in doing my part to contribute to the "common welfare." I am not rich, so it isn't as much as I would like, but my pittance lets me show I care about my country and my neighbors.
Can someone tell me what those who want tax cuts for the rich, huge bonuses and estate tax bans, but can't tolerate helping those who have been less fortunate, care about?
And can anyone explain how an American city, Colorado Springs, can allow the rich to pay for street lights in their neighborhoods, but not share the light literally with their poorer neighbors?
There are some individuals who have seen the need to change (i.e. Bill and Melinda Gates, Warren Buffet, Tim Allen) and are giving half their income to charity. They don't want tax cuts and should set a new example for those to whom much has been given. At least we can all hope that happens.
I am glad I can contribute to supporting our police, firemen, our roads, our schools and many more common needs. No scare tactics about paying more taxes if the Bush tax cuts expire or 55 percent taxes on my estate when I die will convince me otherwise. Those expiring tax cuts and the elimination of the "death tax" don't affect me or most other taxpayers because we aren't in the upper 5 percentage bracket. The message is a scare tactic, not reality.
NANCY KEDDY Grand Junction
Irony abounds in name of financial reform bill
Talk about irony! Barney Frank and Chris Dodd were two of the main culprits in the financial meltdown by encouraging Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to make loans to people who could not afford them. Now they will have their name on the new financial reform bill.
Grand Junction
First Amendment, not God, controls freedom of press
I have searched in vain through my Bible and several concordances, seeking the source of letter writer Daniel Davis' amazing statement July 23 that "the free press (is) a right granted by God, not government."
And all along, most of us thought it is the First Amendment that has been the guarantor of freedom of the press! So Davis' revelation comes as a great shock. Were it by the remotest chance to be true, it would have consequences he may not have considered. For if God has granted this right he undoubtedly would wish to exercise some continuing supervision.
Would he then be responsible for the (occasional?) errors and lapses to be found in newspapers? And what of the wider press — TV, the web, blogs, etc.? Should God be monitoring and, if necessary, censoring them to ensure the "higher and more fair standards in covering …. news" that Davis demands?
A moment's reflection will show that invoking God to play a lead role in the journalistic enterprise would introduce more problems than he could readily handle. With so many calls being made to him for intercession in religious disputes, political matters, economic issues and a wide variety of private concerns, he might not find the time to be editor-in-chief of the world's media.
Therefore, let's leave the press, imperfect as it is, under human rather than supernatural control, trusting that the First Amendment will continue to do its job for another 230 years.
EARLE MULLEN, President
Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers
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How to monitor the status of the CPU hardware?
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Hardware errors, application and system performance, thermal and airflow thresholds and values, voltage, or some other characteristics? For information on monitoring performance, please see the OpenVMS MONITOR utility (and the T4 package available at the OpeNVMS Website), and the Availability Manager tool. (Other performance monitoring tools are available for OpenVMS, please see the software catalog referenced in the OpenVMS FAQ.) For information on hardware errors, please see the SHOW ERROR command and packages such as DECevent or the System Event Analyzer (SEA; formerly known as Compaq Analyze) provided by your hardware support organization. Basic error translation functions can be available, as can advanced predictive and fault analysis cabilities. For other topics, you will have to provide additional details or some background -- one- or two-line questions are exceedingly difficult to answer, and often highly ambiguous.


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Trista Sutter, 35, gained 30 pounds during her pregnancy, and is determined to shed the last of that lingering weight by the new year. She talked to US Weekly about her post baby body:
"I'm definitely not pleased when I look in the mirror," admits the 5-foot-2 star, who now wears a size 4 and weighs 116 pounds, but aspires to surpass her prebaby physique and get down to 106 pounds. "When I fit into my size 26 Hudson jeans, then I'll be happy."
How are you feeling about your body?
"My friend said that when I came home from the hospital, I'd be back in my old jeans. Fifteen pounds did fall off immediately, but the fact that it's been three months and I'm still not in them is a bummer."
What bothers you the most?
"My belly. It has a layer of fat, which, of course, your body has to put on, but it's blubbery and I hate it. I want to be able to go bathing suit shopping for a vacation and not feel totally disgusted…I just don't feel good in a lot of my clothes."
Does Ryan help?
If I eat something that I shouldn't, Ryan shakes his finger at me and says, 'Uh, uh, uh!' He's been awesome, 100 percent supportive. He watches Max when I go to the gym and is constantly saying that I look great. But when you don't feel good about yourself, you don't feel like you want to be intimate. I want to feel, and look, sexy again for him. Even though he is being nice and saying he's still attracted to me, I want to feel like he's telling me the truth and not just saying it because he's a good husband."
I really don't understand how wanting to be 106 pounds instead of 116 pounds makes the cover of Us? It's only been three months, two of which her body has been healing inside. Give me a break, and stop sending the wrong message to other women that are struggling with weight problems. Just my two cents!


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The Crosby to Open Grilled Cheese Sandwich Restaurant!
Anyone who has ever been to the Crosby in downtown SanTana knows the brilliance of its Starving Artist grilled-cheese sandwich, a Gruyere beauty paired with a shooter of tomato sauce that runs for a ridiculous five bucks. Now, the guys behind it are taking it to the next level, opening the Grilled Cheese Spot, a takeout-only restaurant devoted to the art of the grilled cheese sandwich.
From Crosby co-owner Phil Nisco:
We're going to take over the space that Mil Jugos left vacant when they expanded/moved next door... It's going to be a "build your own" style spot. We'll have a few pre-set sandwich options, but for the most part people can just choose their bread, choose their cheese, choose their protein (optional), choose a dipping sauce (optional), and also choose to have additional cheese melted on top of the sandwhich... with everything served to go.
No idea yet on when they'll open, but this idea has been brewing with the boyos for months. And let's just say they ain't done yet--details to come...in the meanwhile, congrats!
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If I do go this year it will be to Anaheim show. Unless Aaron or Casey wins I think this might be one that I skip and haven't missed one since Taylor won
If I do go this year it will be to Anaheim show. Unless Aaron or Casey wins I think this might be one that I skip and haven't missed one since Taylor won
Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter.
The Season 9 CD is available for pre-order. You can listen to it here.
American Idol Season 9 - Listening Party - American Idol
Season Nine tour pre-sale starts today at 10:00 am at ticketmaster. Regular sales start tomorrow.
Lawn seats (the cheapest) for the venue closest to me: $26.00 . . . . . add tax, facility fee and "convenience" charges and your ticket price has increased SEVENTY PERCENT!
Total for two tickets: $88.20
While that is a pretty good price for a concert, consider the fact that I would be sitting on a blanket in the grass, hoping it doesn't rain.
Apparently, the economy has already recovered. Wish I had known!
All magic comes with a price - Rumpelstiltskin
It's not the economy - it's the lack of competition. Live Nation has become the Apple of the concert business. They are producing the tour and they've booked the tour into their own arenas and amphitheaters and they own Ticketmaster. They now control everything from the set list to the publicity, souvenir booklets and nachos.Originally Posted by Little Sew&Sew;3903292;
Lee DeWyze's "mini-concert" at Arlington Park today boasted 41,000 attendees! I'm pretty shocked myself.Originally Posted by MsFroggy;3888550;
"The way to become boring is to say everything." Voltaire
" The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. "
Mohandas Gandhi
The tour klicked off last night in Detroit. Here is the first review...it ain't to pretty.
'Idol' summer tour lacks star performer | detnews.com | The Detroit News
That's an understatement:Originally Posted by razorbacker;3959934;
Pretty much everyone agrees that it was an off year for "American Idol." And so it goes with the "American Idols Live!" summer tour, which kicked off at the Palace of Auburn Hills on Thursday and reminded fans that yep, it was an off year for "American Idol."
The signs were visible even outside the building, as the parking lot was far emptier than it is for a typical Palace concert. And inside the venue, the entire upper deck was curtained off, a surefire sign of a dud concert.
(Venue officials didn't make crowd figures available, but an educated guesstimate pegs attendance at between 8,000 and 9,000, or less than two-thirds of the building's capacity.)
What was missing from the show was the same thing that was missing from the season: A blockbuster, knock-your-socks-off performer. "Idol" had one in 2009 with Adam Lambert, an over-the-top house-on-fire with a voice that could rattle the rafters of an arena and a sensational sense of style to match. This year's performers, especially top two contestants Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox, couldn't compare, and the show -- just like the season's ratings -- suffered.
DeWyze's five-song, 20-minute set -- which came near the close of the 165-minute concert -- was like the coronation of the guy who lived at the end of your dorm hall who could play guitar pretty well. He seems like a good guy, the kind who if you called to help you move would give up his Saturday without question, but he's severely lacking in star quality.
Bowersox is an open mic night performer who has been thrust into a role she was arguably never meant for, which is going to make her transition to the spotlight difficult.
From The Detroit News: 'Idol' summer tour lacks star performer | detnews.com | The Detroit News
"Feel the sky blanket you/ With gems and rhinestones/ See the path cut by the moon/ For you to walk on" - EV
I bought tickets for this show. I was really confused as to why the Idols were going to the Shoreline instead of the bigger and more well-known HP Pavilion in nearby San Jose. But then TopCatDC's post explained everything. (The Shoreline Amphitheatre is run by LiveNation.)Originally Posted by Unklescott;3887821;
I was planning on going to the tour in the middle of the season, but changed my mind once the season was coming to a close and saw that I wasn't really liking the contestants this year. But then I saw that there was a 24-hour sale with the tickets costing $20, and I was sold. (It was about $29 after all the other expenses.)
I'm not going to see the contestants; I'm going just to see the show. I absolutely regret not going to a tour for a previous season. I should have gotten tickets when I was a diehard AI fan back in its heyday, but I don't know, I guess I decided not to. I fell out of touch with the show then came back this season. Of course I come back to the show when it decides to suck. But I'm going to the tour regardless... I guess it's sorta making up for not seeing a show for a previous season.
And after seeing that review, I really regret not going in the past.
Survivor - Christina | The Amazing Race - Dave/Rachel | American Idol - Hollie, DeAndre | Celebrity Apprentice - Aubrey | The Voice - Chris, Juliet
Detroit is among the most economically deprived citiesd in America right now so that may have a relationship to the lower than expected ticket sales. However, I saw that the Lilith Fair is cutting their previously arranged dates by a 1/3. There were several other artists listed in the story whose summer dates have been cut back....so it may be Live Nation's fault or may also be the economy


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I recently underwent a circumferential abdominoplasty procedure. I'm one week post-op and I am hating the scar line. It is very low under my belly button at the front, but then rises dramatically (2-3") up and over my hip bones on the sides and stays that high over onto my back, then dives back down again toward my bum, toward the crack. My plastic surgeon said that the scar line will drop back down toward where he had marked me for the incision as the skin begins to relax. Is that true?
Doctor Said my Scar Will Drop After Abdomioplasty - is This True? (photo)
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Body Lift Scar
Your scar is in the correct position and has the correct curves, indicating a well planned procedure. It is true that there might be some downward drift, but it's already in great position. Looking at your photographs, I would be excited if you were my patient!
Your decision to have a body lift indicates that you (should have) gave a lot of thought to unsatisfactory body contour versus much improved contour with scars. Now is not the time to find something to worry about. You need to heal, and do what your surgeon tells you to do to get the least conspicuous scarring.
Best of luck!
Abdominoplasty and post op scar position
From your photos it appears your abdominoplasty incisions were made in the appropriate position. Over the next several weeks, as the skin above the incision line relaxes you may note the scar line may drop an inch or so. Please realize that at only one week after your procedure your scars have just begun to form. The scars will probably be most notable at about six week after the surgery and it will take 6 to 12 months for the scars to remodel and fade. Rest assured that your concerns are quite common at this stage after an abdominoplasty and you result will improve over time. Best of luck.
Learn more: http://www.VincentLeporeMD.com
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Cape May Point is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the resident population was 291,[1][2][3] reflecting an increase of 50 (+20.7%) from the 241 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 7 (-2.8%) from the 248 counted in the 1990 Census. Cape May Point is home to the Cape May Light, though Lower Township claims that the lighthouse is located in that municipality.
Cape May Point was called Stites Beach until 1876 when the name was changed to Seagrove. It was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 19, 1878, from portions of Lower Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier. It was reincorporated on August 19, 1891 and returned to Lower Township on April 8, 1896. Cape May Point re-emerged as an independent municipality on April 6, 1908, based on the results of a referendum held on April 21, 1908. Cape May Point is a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold.
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NAMEwcswidth - determine columns needed for a fixed-size wide-character string
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE #include <wchar.h> int wcswidth(const wchar_t *s, size_t n);
DESCRIPTIONThe wcswidth() function returns the number of columns needed to represent the wide-character string pointed to by s, but at most n wide characters. If a nonprintable wide character occurs among these characters, -1 is returned.
RETURN VALUEThe wcswidth() function returns the number of column positions for the wide-character string s, truncated to at most length n.
NOTESThe behavior of wcswidth() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.
SEE ALSOiswprint(3), wcwidth(3)
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