Your mileage may vary, but otherwise you'll just need to keep an eye out the XBL dashboard status page to see when things are back to normal.

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By the way, Microsoft has a helpful web page that shows the status of Xbox Live and its apps.

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But for most families, talking about finances happens only rarely, and it is not socially acceptable to post the amount you are saving and investing as a status update on your Facebook page.

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One such editor, Dennis Murray of Pittsburgh, said he's not a big basketball fan and had never even heard of Bo Ryan before Friday, when he changed the page to "semi-protected" status, restricting who could edit it.

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What got the SEC all excited was discovering that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in July had posted a status update to his Facebook page, letting people know that in June, Netflix for the first time had delivered a billion hours of programming.

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And indeed with a list of status updates running down the page, a box at the top inviting you to "share what's new" and a box of profile photos to the side, it won't be difficult for new users to get the hang of the whole idea.

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An application for a judicial review about the college's visa status will be held on 20 December, Mr Page said.

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Parents must wade through page after page of rules for the dependent exemption, head of household filing status, the Child Tax Credit (CTC), the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), college subsidies, and more.

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The 192-page publication, featuring images by the Magnum photographer David Hurn, covers Cardiff's industrial birth up to its status as a European capital.

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