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SIR – At last, the Government is going to restrict access to the NHS.
In more than 30 years working as a doctor, I have never seen any attempt to count or audit how much money is spent treating non-British residents every year, but I am certain that the figure is far higher than most people realise.
Sadly, by charging only for some services, like accident and emergency, the Government is continuing to skirt around the problem. One patient treated in intensive care can easily cost £100,000; even relatively straightforward treatment can cost the taxpayer a lot of money.
Perhaps all users of the NHS could receive a statement each month to improve awareness of costs.
Tony Narula FRCS
London W2
SIR – Many are concerned by the number of migrants using our NHS facilities.
Maybe this is payback for accepting from those same countries thousands of doctors and nurses who have been trained at the expense of others but work for the NHS.
Malcolm Benson
Beckenham, Kent
SIR – Have none of the MPs and doctors who protest against charging patients ever been abroad and needed to pay for medical treatment?
Maurice Healy
Halstead, Essex
SIR – I am a student at the Queen's College, Oxford, and am the proud owner of both a duffel coat and a scarf in my college colours.
The reason I have not been wearing either during this holiday is that this winter it has done nothing but rain, rendering all that wool completely useless.
I suspect that, like me, most students are finding a cagoule more useful at present.
Daisy Gibbs
Windermere, Cumbria
SIR – There are still some students, myself included, who do wear the colours of the university. However, the scarves are overpriced at about £40 – a large sum for students living on a budget.
If the price were reduced, perhaps more students would wear university scarves.
George Howard
Canterbury, Kent
SIR – I have just given my granddaughter a university scarf for Christmas. She was delighted.
Mary Robinson
Herne Bay, Kent
February hangover
SIR – As one who has completed a "Dry January" for the past four years, I would like to give Allison Pearson a word of warning: don't over-celebrate finishing the month.
The potential to feel terrible on February 2 is very real.
Tim Palmer
Poole, Dorset
Information retention
SIR – I have just found a list of mnemonics that I compiled many years ago.
Three that I particularly remember are: one for remembering trigonometric functions, Some People Have (sine = perpendicular / hypotenuse); Curly Black Hair (cosine = base / hypotenuse); and To Push Back (tan = perpendicular / base).
David Hartridge
Where hunting fails
SIR – Riders and hounds cause great disturbance to wildlife while they charge around. A hunt meets frequently where I live, and I have witnessed the deliberate working of a pack of hounds through a mile or two of dense reed bed in order to flush out foxes. Not only does this disturb reed bed inhabitants, but it also ignores the fact that these same reed beds have status as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Protection Area.
Fox controls do not need the traditional mass of riders and hounds charging about all day in order to be effective. What are the totals of foxes killed during most of these hunts – one? Two? A team in a vehicle at night with high-powered rifles and spotlights would be far more efficient.
Derek Faulkner
Minster, Kent
SIR – Gavin Grant, the chief executive of the RSPCA, says that the charity's purpose is "stopping animal abuse without fear or favour". But while it spends millions on fighting foxhunting, it has not one word to say about fishing.
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Northwood, Hertfordshire
Colossus of computing
SIR – The first stored-program computer was built by Prof Frederic Williams and his team at Manchester University. Their Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), aka "Baby", first ran on June 21 1948.
As with many computing machines of the period, Colossus didn't have an electronic memory. The SSEM was built specifically to demonstrate the concept of electronic memory using cathode ray tubes as the store, which it did. It was developed to become the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercially available computer.
Tim Banks
Knutsford, Cheshire
If I ruled the world
SIR – Day in, day out, British politicians and European Union bureaucrats say and propose ridiculous things.
A day or so later, Daily Telegraph letter-writers puncture the nonsensical and add the commonsense checks that normal mortals, with their feet planted firmly on the ground, would have applied before opening their mouths or pressing "send".
Could a band of Telegraph letter-writers run this country in 2014?
Robert Warner
West Woodhay, Berkshire
Females at the forefront of Britain's railways
SIR – Mary Creagh, Labour's shadow transport secretary, has deemed the Thomas the Tank Engine stories sexist . She argues that the dominance of male characters discourages girls from considering a career in the rail industry.
She should visit the Bluebell Railway, where steam trains can be run by all-women footplate crews – for example, driver Liz Groome and fireman Ruth Lee.
Or at the other end of the industry, see what a good job Elaine Holt, the then chairman of East Coast Trains, did on Britain's premier railway line.
Benedict le Vay
London SW19
SIR – That the shadow transport secretary should reveal her colours over the Rev W Awdry's children's favourite probably comes as little surprise to those who love the wonderful differences between the genders.
My attempts to interest my granddaughters in trains has failed, despite the fact that locally we have the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch railway, HS1, Eurostar and the run-of-the-mill Southeastern.
Girls go for pink and stereotypical girly toys. Boys, meanwhile, despite the enormous influence of their mothers and female teachers, still go for parking articulated toy lorries, construction and, yes, toy trains.
About 5 per cent of genes differ between male and female. Come on Mary Creagh, give your politically correct mission a break.
Peter Sander
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The Weeknd releases flashy and Selena-pun driven 'Party Monster' music video
The Weeknd is known for sensual, seductive tunes that make waves on the radio, and he has just released another one with a rather controversial twist for a number of reasons.
The music video for The Weeknd's single "Party Monster" shows a rather eccentric take for what is expected as a part anthem. He waltzes into what appears like a post-party gathering, while girls ogle at him and the other way around. The melody incites a sense of "last song syndrome" with the repetitive lines and cyclical tune.
In the comments of the YouTube video, people were pointing out several peculiar things about the clip. The crucifix-dominated video got some to deduct that it was somehow Illuminati-inspired, while some even say that there should be a warning that it could trigger epileptic seizures, given the colorful and flashy approach.
Perhaps a more controversial point to ponder is that there could have been references to the rumored affair between him and Selena Gomez. The cryptic line was mentioning admiration about a certain Selena's behind, although he didn't say who exactly it was.
At this point, netizens were quick to speculate on different social media platforms, and most agree and debate that he was referring to the late singer, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. It can be recalled that the deceased singer had a body to die for, with curvatures that are rather unfair, given the fact she binges a lot on pizza and a lot of junk food as was depicted in her life story.
Nonetheless, the mystery of the name-dropping will sure be the topic of many discussions for quite a while, given the status between the two singers. If this is a subtle way to express endearment to the other, well it is a rather sweet declaration.
The track has been on Billboard's Top 100 for seven weeks already, and, given the publicity and drama that it is receiving now, it looks like it may remain there for a long time.

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when i saw u on my birthday, i thought wow. i never go anywhere and when i finally do, i see you. i saw and caught on to the look u gave me. i do realize u r sad and wish things were different. my friends were very protective even though it was not necessary. they wanted to send u a message. i believe u caught on yet u had to send one back... typical u. i don't know why i keep playing this over and over in my mind, but i guess maybe because i am alone and in my safe zone. i wish u were that person u made yourself to be when u were making all the efforts for me to fall for you. but that will never truly be you and it still hurts i guess. u missed your calling in hollywood... u would of won all oscars with your special talents, yet you waste it all away in this silly city full of dumb dumbs! anyway, i do wish u well.... n
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Last week, my mother had her final weekly chemotherapy treatment. She was diagnosed with DCIS — a "stage-zero," non-invasive breast cancer — last winter. In typical cancer fashion, things got gut-sinkingly complicated.
I remember in November she first told me about the DCIS, and I barely held back tears, and she reassured me she was going to be okay, that even the doctor called it "the thing to have, if you have to have something." Then I painted her toenails with this new bubblegum pink nail polish she'd bought.
I remember when I found out that her first surgery, the lumpectomy, didn't go exactly as planned. I was at the grocery store, looking at fresh pineapple chunks, wondering whether they were really worth $5. My phone vibrated. My head felt swollen and heavy. I started this weird nervous habit where I clench and unclench my fists over and over. I developed psychosomatic chest pains, and went to student health over and over and over to make sure I wasn't dying.
I remember in March, Ryan and I visited her in the hospital after her double mastectomy. She was drowsy, she ate pot roast and chocolate cake, and she had these noisy pneumatic boots that made sure her blood was still circulating in and out of her feet. The plastic surgeon in charge of her reconstruction came by, chillingly handsome and in full Army gear. He was happy with the surgery, and so was she.
I graduated in April. My mother wasn't recovered enough to fly, so we planned to delay her visit by a few weeks. Then she told me that the doctors had found cancerous cells in her lymph node, that she would start chemotherapy almost immediately, and our plan, among many others, fell to the wayside. I masochistically read blog post after blog post, all devoid of scientific evidence but ripe with emotional rhetoric, about how chemotherapy is a conspiracy and how it destroys our bodies instead of healing them. I walked around constantly scared to eat or use hygiene products, because if I absorbed the wrong stuff I was convinced my body would break down.
I finally saw my mom again in June, when I went home for my brother's high school graduation. She picked me up at the airport. She'd shaved her head, but her wig looked almost exactly the same as her old hair. I could barely tell the difference, even after a lifetime of watching her color, cut, and style her hair. When we got back to the car, she took off her wig and let me touch what she called her "hedgehog 'do." She said she took a fraction of the time to get ready now that she didn't have to style her hair anymore.
This whole time, I kept expecting my relationship with my mom to change. I never knew what to say, because I didn't want to burden her with stuff objectively less important than her fight. I kept expecting her to get hopeless or angry or resentful. She has done none of these things. She has remained staunchly positive, still recommending me books, still listening to my rants about my friend-squabbles, my frantic job search, my worries about my relationships.
When my mom drove me to the airport after my brother's graduation, we stopped at Target first. She bought me a pair of shoes for job interviews. On our way out, I grabbed coffee and she grabbed some Pizza Hut breadsticks. In the car we talked about our relationships, our lives, and our futures. We ate Bit O' Honeys and waxed poetic about how awesome and fresh they were.
Cancer rips lives apart, changes people from the inside out, oozes out saccharine sentiment or soporific bleakness. But soon my mom's hair will start to grow back. She will start in with a weaker chemotherapy, one that she will get every three weeks. For all the things that have changed, and all the things that could have destroyed us, I remain most grateful for our growing sameness.


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Life for this girl only relies on three things, food, water, and the boy who lived. Her soul has convinced her mind that she is destined to end up with Harry Potter, but she does not know how to act upon her feelings. Why would she? No one knows who she is, and frankly, no one cares. The only thing this Lady can do is wait, even if it takes forever.
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1. Miami markets in everything.
2. Has South Florida been set back to 2002?, and here.
4. More from the cool-headed Kevin Drum, on the budget.
5. Jason Brennan's The Ethics of Voting, I recommend it too.
1. Miami markets in everything.
2. Has South Florida been set back to 2002?, and here.
4. More from the cool-headed Kevin Drum, on the budget.
5. Jason Brennan's The Ethics of Voting, I recommend it too.
1. St. Pete is quite a ways from Miami!
Why do you consider Kevin Drum "cool headed"?
He seems to simply be a full-on Keynesian, with little value add. His starting point is that $38B in spending cuts might be "apocalyptic". Sure he talks himself down off the ledge, but that hardly seems praiseworthy.
An unoriginal, full-on Keynesian can easily be "cool headed". "Cool headed" doesn't mean "worth reading", neither is a subset of the other.
Drums says: "My guess is that if the price of keeping Medicare intact is a return to Clinton-era tax rates, a modest future increase in the payroll tax, and some moderate but real cost controls, the American public will buy it. That's just not a big price to pay." Lots of work is being done by "modest" and "moderate but real" here. Those two things have to close a gap of several percentage points of GDP.
"Lots of work is being done by "modest" and "moderate but real" here."
Not to mention "guess."
Dateline says st pete on story 1, even though it's on the miami herald site.
I don't know about Kevin Drum, but our president can't be matched for his way with words-
"The fourth step in our approach is to reduce spending in the tax code. In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. And I refuse to renew them again.
Beyond that, the tax code is also loaded up with spending on things like itemized deductions. And while I agree with the goals of many of these deductions, like homeownership or charitable giving, we cannot ignore the fact that they provide millionaires an average tax break of $75,000 while doing nothing for the typical middle-class family that doesn't itemize."
Who knew that raising taxes = reducing spending? Is there anything this man can't turn into comedy gold? A 21st century Midas, indeed.
"Reducing spending in the tax code" means "reducing tax expenditures."
That's what Rich said. Dissembling.
It ranges from wrong to lying. The tax code has a structure. It was voted on. They thought it was great until they ran up their bills too high (and not to mention fueld a housing bubble with the awesomeness of home ownership to which he STILL pays lip service). The difference between the tax structure now and what they have recently decided they prefer is not 'spending.' The 'typical' middle class taxpayer…who doesn't itemize. I could go on, but I don't feel like pissing myself off. It's not worth it anymore.
But all of Obama's 2009 tax cuts were excessive spending that didn't create jobs.
Perhaps you want to declare Obama's 2009 "tax cuts" "failed stimulus" just like the failed 2008 tax cut stimulus that didn't create jobs, just like the failed 2003 tax cut stimulus that didn't create jobs, just like the failed 2001 tax cut stimulus that didn't create jobs?
The turn around on jobs occurred after ACA passed with tax hikes, just like the Reagan job losses turned into creation after he signed his second tax hike in 1982/83, losses that began after he signed the tax cuts in 1981.
Of course Reagan never said tax hikes, but called the bills he signed revenue enhancers. The gas tax was enhanced in 1983 from 4 to 9 cents, definitely not a tax hike.
Coupons aren't called spending. Discounts aren't called spending. Sales aren't called spending. Collecting revenue in a way they decided at one time but that is different from how they feel now is not 'spending.' That the government is the only entity that some people call this 'spending' is the first clue. They decided they wanted to promote home mortgageship, they shouldn't have, now they only want to correct their error when they are out of money. That's fine, but I prefer words to reflect reality.
Here is the problem with torturing words. You start out promoting 'home ownership' when you are really promoting mortgages. You end up with people having negative equity, owning less than they did before the closing, and you don't understand how you got there, or that you are to blame.
3. The War Nerd's got a recent post up which could, too, have been called "The wisdom of the IMF". Very funny.
5. I don't vote so that I have the right to comment on blogs. It's either-or, right? I've chosen my lot.
3. I couldn't find the original Carlo Cottarelli (IMF Fiscal Chief) declarations, but the WST has a whole different opinion on the subject:
Lots of days, getting beat up by a half naked hot woman, beats the hell out of going to work.
Of course Reagan never said tax hikes, but called the bills he signed revenue enhancers. The gas tax was enhanced in 1983 from 4 to 9 cents, definitely not a tax hike.
"Many homeless people have criminal records, Rolle said. But they also have mental disorders and health problems, which is why they should not be beaten in a garage with no regulation or medical supervision, he said."
is this a joke? you immediately lose the moral high ground if you want the government to get a piece of the action through regulation.
Yes, the IMF is very wise indeed.
"Although maybe it'd be more honest if they re-stenciled them with the IMF logo, with a new motto—instead of the usual French "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" mantra they paint on everything, make up something more in line with their new job as debt collectors for the big bankers. Something like, "Pay up or we break your thumbs," or something more like the original three-word motto: "Austerity, Usury, and We'll Break Your Thumbs Anyway."
"The weirdest part is the way the French made a point of handing Gbagbo's poor fat ass over to Ouattara's thugs as soon as they siphoned him out of his bunker. They've got to assume that Outtara's men will kill Gbagbo. They're not squeamish; they just killed a thousand-odd civilians up north, as even their UN/IMF backers admitted. So why make such a big point of giving them Gbagbo?"
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There were long tailbacks along the A1 near Hillsborough, on Monday morning.
It came as police issued warnings to motorists to exercise extreme caution due to the icy road conditions.
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- On 7 Dec | '2010
I finished up the placemats that I made for the LAMQG holiday swap. Chris got them last night and she loved them! She had asked for something for her kitchen with blues, neutrals and a vaguely beachy vibe.
They are so simple and quick to sew up. I used linen for the background fabric, Konas Teal and Coal and the light blue is a Moda Crossweave.
The simple dense straight line quilting makes them lie nice and flat.
I'll post a little pattern for these later this week. They would make a great Christmas gift for a friend!
December 7, 2010 at 8:53 am |
I do love them…..ALOT! the thing is though, I don't think anyone will EVER be able to eat over them!!!
December 7, 2010 at 9:04 am |
Gorgeous!!! My little sis needs some placemats and these might be just the ticket! Thanks for sharing!
December 7, 2010 at 9:17 am |
Love these – definitely a vague beachy vibe. Love your woven look design.
December 7, 2010 at 10:07 am |
Wow! They look great.
December 7, 2010 at 12:49 pm |
The colors really speak well with each other, and I love the simple, modern design. Christmas gift inspiration for sure!!
December 7, 2010 at 1:13 pm |
Really nice ones. I love this style.
December 8, 2010 at 4:01 am |
These are beautiful. So simple and modern. Perfect design i've been looking for for my sister. Looking forward to the tutorial. 🙂
December 8, 2010 at 5:53 am |
They are so crisp and clean looking. Not even "my" look, but I would enjoy making them!
December 8, 2010 at 6:20 am |
These are wonderful! You definitely met the modern, beachy feel. So serene.
December 9, 2010 at 1:43 pm |
These are just perfect and fresh and modern and beautiful!
December 10, 2010 at 6:19 am |
beautiful stitching. did you wash them to get the bumpy texture? What type of batting? They are awsome! thanks for sharing.
December 13, 2010 at 11:51 am |
Beautiful placemats! Thanks for sharing and love your quilting on them!
December 30, 2010 at 5:35 am |
I am making a set of these, love them so far. As a brand new quilter I can not be thankful enough for your excellent patterns.
September 3, 2014 at 8:20 am |
Where can I find a pattern for these? Thanks so much.
October 24, 2015 at 4:35 pm |
Beautiful teal placemats & perfect combination for my kitchen. Do you accept orders for these? I sure hope you might consider it. Please let me know via email. Thanks so much.


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Anthony Fontes and his Imperial Partial Beard are known around the world, and this week, he and his facial hair will begin appearing on TV promoting Applebee's new lower calorie menu.
He said taking part in the contest wasn't very hard once the ideas started flowing. But, there were some technical issues to work around.
"I said that could be the perfect thing. Take a bite and have the beard snap up. The real hard part was we had to do it in two takes and try to get my face, the fork and everything to come together," Fontes said. "It was really very fun. The hardest part was not eating my food because the food was really good. Even when I ate it cold, it was really good."
The Applebee's campaign #BEE-FAMOUS is the latest example of a company using viral marketing to reach its customer base. This marketing technique is giving companies new opportunities and challenges.
"That's actually one of the cornerstones of social media, is this idea of collaborating with your audience, collaborating with your customers and this was never before possible, at least on this level. But now with social media, companies are constantly engaging with their fans," said Youngstown State University communications professor Dr. Adam Earnheardt.
YSU is seeing more demand in the marketplace for workers with social media and viral marketing skills.
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MKB Euroleasing Head Coach Norbert Szekely:
"It was a very important game, it was an opening and away game. That's why we are so satisfied that we won. I can tell that we played better against mam to man diffense than zone. Next week we have a hard game against Ecopolis at home and it will be difficult but I hope we will win."
Lotos Gdynia Head Coach Dariusz Raczynski:
"23 Turnovers is a disaster. I can't find a better word for that. We are missing a typical point guard and post player and try to hide it in many ways. Unfortunatelly, in this game my players didn't meet the expectation. Congratulation for the winning team."
MKB Euroleasing guard Katalin Honti:
"I'm happy with the win. We can play fast and we did it. We will continue it in the future."
Lotos guard Monica Wright:
"The Statistical sheet shows it all. We played against tough opponents. We will try to play better and improve in the next game."


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Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas to celebrate record fundraising year, 5th anniversary at gala this month
Members of the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas will have plenty to celebrate March 24, including a record fundraising year, a fifth anniversary and Parkland Hospital's recent decision to add sexual orientation to the antidiscrimination policy governing its 8,102 employees.
The decision by the Dallas County-owned hospital's governing board came in response to the possibility of losing a large donation from GLFD, which does not contribute to entities that fail to protect LGBT employees from discrimination.
"I think this might have been the most significant development in gay rights that we have accomplished in Dallas in recent years," said Enrique Macgregor, who co-founded GLFD in 2002. "We set out to help a needy organization. As a result of that, we accomplished a significant step forward in terms of equality."
GLFD hosts a major gala every two years to benefit a nonprofit, non-LGBT organization.
This year's event, billed as "A Night of Stars and Gargoyles," will be from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Old Red Courthouse, at Houston and Main streets. Macgregor said he expects the event to raise upward of $130,000, the most in GLFD's history. Of this year's fund, $50,000 will go toward the hospital's new Ambulatory Surgery Center, which opened in November, with the remainder going toward other programs at Parkland.
Veletta Forsythe Lill is president of the Parkland Foundation, which led the capital campaign for the $23.1 million Ambulatory Surgery Center. She said the facility fills a major need by adding six suites to the hospital's 18 existing operating rooms.
"Until this new facility opened, Parkland didn't have any more operating rooms than the day it opened in 1954," said Lill, a former Dallas City Council member who will co-chair "A Night of Stars and Gargoyles."
"Anything that was a non-emergency could be pushed out several months before those surgeries could be performed," she said.
Lill also confirmed that the hospital's decision to finally add sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination policy, a move that has been debated for years, was a direct response to the pending donation.
"It was pivotal to the decision making process," she said of the gift. "It [the policy change] is a significant move in the community and for Parkland."
Although the hospital's decision will protect LGBT employees from discrimination and provide an appeals process, according to Lill, it will not provide insurance benefits to their partners.
"I would assume that could be another step in the process," she said.
Other significant government entities that have added sexual orientation to their anti-discrimination policies in recent years include the city of Dallas, Dallas Area Rapid Transit and the Dallas Independent School District, Lill said.
While GLFD donations were not a factor in those changes, they may also have recently played a role in influencing First Presbyterian Church to change the policy governing its 40 full-time and 20-30 part-time employees.
The Rev. Bruce Buchanan, associate pastor for community ministries at First Presbyterian, said the church added sexual orientation to its antidiscrimination policy shortly before receiving a $2,000 donation for its daytime homeless shelter from GLFD in January.
Buchanan, who oversees the shelter, said although he did not sit on the committee that made the changes, he and others tried to influence it to do so based on concerns about potential donors.
"We certainly spoke on behalf of that inclusive language when they were going through the process," he said.
"I think it was a catalyst to do the right thing in many ways."
Stewpot, which opened in 1975, feeds 500 people a day in addition to providing other services, such as medical and dental healthcare.
"Based on our estimates, that ($2,000) gift will feed 2,700 people, and we're very grateful for that," Buchanan said.
Macgregor said the decisions of the hospital and the church have prompted GLFD leaders to focus even more on ways they can try to promote equality through philanthropy.
"The idea is when we give money to non-gay causes we should do it in a strategic way," he said. "We need to think of how we can continue making changes like this."
For more information on "A Night of Stars and Gargoyles," visit www.glfd. org.
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Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest DVD|
Captain Jack Sparrow returns only to find that the infamous Davy Jones is after his soul.from£4.59 | RRP:
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- 25 June 2007
- Gore Verbinski
- Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Naomie Harris, Bill Nighy
- Buena Vista
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- 147 minutes
- Anamorphic, PAL
Captain Jack Sparrow is back in this adventure sequel. Once again thrown into the world of the supernatural, Jack (Johnny Depp) finds out that he owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), Captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. With time running out, Jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlife. But Jack will not give in without a fight, which is especially bad news for Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), who always seem to get caught up in Jack's mishaps. If Jack can't find a way to rid himself of Davy Jones once and for all, it may just spell the end for the three adventurers.
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Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest [2006]Oscar David Huckle
I recently wrote a review on the 1st movie of the triology. My family and I watched this movie in the cinemas. As I said, I hated the first movie, so I knew not to expect the best out of this movie, but when I saw this movie, I was blasted. The acting was much better and Gore Verbinski expressed a different side of piracy. Johnny Depp was excellent in this movie which was a big difference, so was Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. Jack Davenport had a bigger part. In this movie, Verbinski put in new characters, I must admit nobody could have chosen a better role for Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Stellan Skarsgard played as Bootstrap Bill, Will's father and did an okayish job.
I reccomend this to anyone who hated the first one. Yes, people who loved the first one will probably think this is not as good as the first one, but my point of view has been done. Brilliant movie! 8/10
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Australian Dollar Declines for 2nd Day After RBA Minutes
Australia's dollar fell for a second day, following its biggest drop this month, after the Reserve Bank said the currency's direction will be important in determining policy.
Volatility in the Aussie rose to the most in two weeks after meeting minutes showed policy makers said another interest-rate cut isn't imminent. The 10-year government bond yield touched the highest in 16 months. New Zealand's dollar tumbled against all its major peers, heading for its biggest loss against the greenback in six weeks, after the country's central bank chief said it will impose bank lending restrictions, lessening the need for interest-rate increases.
"It's clear that the RBA would welcome a further depreciation of the Aussie dollar, to assist the economy's rebalancing," said Alvin Pontoh, a Singapore-based strategist at TD Securities Inc. "It seems the RBA is willing to tolerate an exchange rate of around 90 U.S. cents for now."
Australia's currency dropped 0.76 percent to 90.40 U.S. cents as of 4:59 p.m. in Sydney, after earlier touching 90.37, the lowest since Aug. 8. Yesterday it rose as high as 92.33 before slumping 0.83 percent, the most since July 31. New Zealand's dollar slid 1.2 percent to 79.69 U.S. cents, set for the biggest decline since July 5.
The 10-year bond yield in Australia rose as high as 4.05 percent, the most since April 2012, before ending the day at 3.98 percent from 4.02 percent yesterday. The three-year yield touched 2.8 percent, the highest since July 8. It closed at 2.73 percent from 2.77 percent the previous day.
The Australian dollar's one-month volatility against its U.S. peer gained 80 basis points, or 0.80 percentage point, to 12.4 percent. It earlier reached 14.44 percent, the highest since Aug. 5, the day before the central bank cut its key lending rate to a record-low 2.5 percent.
RBA Minutes
"Members agreed that the bank should neither close off the possibility of reducing rates further, nor signal an imminent intention to reduce rates further," the RBA said in minutes of that meeting, released in Sydney today. "The course of the exchange rate would be important" in setting policy, it said.
The Aussie has rallied more than 2 percent since reaching a three-year low against the U.S. dollar on Aug. 5. In the past six months, it's lost 11 percent, making it the worst performer among 10 developed-market currencies tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes. New Zealand's dollar has fallen 2.7 percent in that period.
"Aussie has failed to hold above that 92 U.S. cent level, so it's pared back some of its recent gains," said Emma Lawson, a Sydney-based foreign-exchange strategist at National Australia Bank Ltd. "We've had quite a run-up in the Aussie."
Australia's currency will weaken to 88 cents by the end of next year, according to the median estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. They expect the kiwi to drop to 76 cents.
Rate Expectations
"Arguably the RBA is now trying to use its rates policy to coax the currency lower," Greg Gibbs, a senior currency strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc in Singapore, wrote in a research note. "Further rate cuts in Australia remain in the balance."
The central bank's current easing cycle began in November 2011, when the benchmark rate was 4.75 percent. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens is trying to stimulate growth in manufacturing, construction and retail as a record mining-investment boom wanes.
Traders see 56 percent odds that the RBA will reduce the benchmark interest rate again by the end of the year, interest-rate swaps data compiled by Bloomberg show. They see a 14 percent chance that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will raise its benchmark from an all-time low of 2.5 percent in the same period, compared with 28 percent probability yesterday.
Kiwi Tumbles
The kiwi tumbled after Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler damped the outlook for higher borrowing costs by announcing that policy makers will impose bank lending restrictions to slow house-price growth.
Raising the benchmark interest rate "would risk causing the New Zealand dollar to appreciate sharply, putting further pressure on New Zealand's export and import competing industries," Wheeler said in a speech in Wellington today. The currency is "over-valued relative to what would be sustainable long-term," he added.
The central bank will impose restrictions on low-deposit home lending from Oct. 1 to guard the financial system from a bubble that has made houses in the nation among the most overvalued in the world, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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|Reviews for Addicting Infatuation
| CosmicPudding chapter 1 . 8/14/2007
I found this to be very cute, and quite enjoyable. An unusual slash coupling for SC, but by the end of chapter one, everything fit together nicely. I like how you wrote everyone as well. good job! you definitely should have more comments here.
| wisconsinrulesgirl15 chapter 1 . 2/15/2007
Well written, a little two graphic for my taste though. Still, overall, it was one of the best I've read.
| Ailin-'O chapter 6 . 9/10/2006
Absolutely wonderful
It was remarkably written very sweet. Thanks for sharing this, I've been looking all over the darn web for some James/Carter
| highsOffyou chapter 6 . 2/15/2006
Hmm.. I have to say, I was a bit infatuated with this story. Hehe. The ending was pure sugar, I liked it! I just wish the whole gang did a dance together, like say, The Hustle? Or The Electric Slide? Maybe you can, ah, you know..*nudge nudge*
And, that was SPAM on the pizza, dammit! Yes, tis true. Spam is sometimes substituted for ham.
| highsOffyou chapter 4 . 2/14/2006
Oh James, you lonely, bewildered soul! I feel your pain.
'Nother dandy chapter.. Didn't expect it to end so sadly though. Good job!
| highsOffyou chapter 3 . 2/13/2006
Here I am, reviewing! Guilt is shying away! But seriously, I can't comprehend why you were so reluctant to post this. Even if the characters have an extreme case of OOCness, it's still very good. I'm just still in slight disbelief at how (almost) everything gets set off so easily for the lovers.. Well, I guess it does happen in real life.
*Damn, I hate this tie!* Hehe
| Willowbooks chapter 6 . 2/9/2006
Hey, just read the whole thing and I really loved it. I haven't seen many episodes of Spin City yet, I got into it because I am the BIGGEST fan of Michael J. Fox (Shame there wasn't much Mike in it...) so that pairing was a little odd to me, but really sweet.
LOVED the endind with Stuart.. He's so funny.
One thing I didn't get: if that wasn't ham on the pizza, what the hell was it?


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Secret Banana Smoothie
I am always looking for ways to use up overripe bananas. I found this Banana Smoothie recipe over at Mom Spark. The secret ingredient in this is almond extract. I loved the flavor but there was too much almond extract in my opinion. Next time I'd reduce it to at least 1/2 tsp. I also think it would be good to reduce the milk a little and throw in some banana pie yogurt. It's a quick, easy, and delicious breakfast or snack. I also have a yummy bananarita smoothie recipe that I LOVE if you want to check it out too.
Secret Banana Smoothie
1 cup milk (I used skim)
1 cup ice (I used more to make it thicker)
1 banana
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 tsp. sugar (you may need a little more if the banana isn't sweet enough)
Combine ingredient in blender and blend until smooth.
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Almond extract that sounds kinda good. I love smoothies on a hot day!
Agreed, I used almond milk and just a few drops of vanilla. Very yummy and easy way to add a serving of fruit!
I used almond milk and i put 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 😀
This actually sounds REALLY good today. There's just nothing quite as good as making your own smoothies at home.


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Glenn Loovens is on course for talks with Wednesday about his future as he heads towards the end of his current month-to-month contract.
The Dutch centre-half has hinted that he wants to stay after his deal runs out on December 29.
He is available for the matches against Bournemouth tomorrow, Blackburn on Boxing day and Charlton on the 29th.
"I talked with the club about it," he said. "We agreed that I am going to finish my few games then we are going to sit around a table and decide what's going to happen further."
When asked whether he wants to stay, he said: "It's a big club. I don't see any reason why any player wouldn't want to stay here."
Loovens is confident that the Owls can climb the table: "I think we have shown in the last few games that we have changed a bit. We can win games. If everybody works really hard from front to back, that's the main thing.
"We just need to be solid as a team. You always get chances in the game. We have to make sure we take those as well."
Dave Jones worked with the defender at Cardiff and brought him to Hillsborough but was sacked before he was able to play a game: "We kept in touch over the years," said Loovens.
"I think a lot of Dave Jones. He likes me as well, as a player. He was a big part of the reason for me joining Sheffield Wednesday.
"Unfortunately for him, he got the sack. That's football. I'm trying to do a good job for Sheffield Wednesday now."
Damian Martinez wants to stay for longer after his current loan ends with the January 1 match against Blackpool.
Caretaker boss Stuart Gray said: "I'm pleased he wants to stay, That's down to Arsenal as well."


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Jordan needed his cars washed, so he called a mobile car wash expert to come over. She specialized in sexy car washes. Once she arrived, we noticed her amazing curves. She had thick thighs, big juicy tits, and incredible curvaceous hips. She began washing the car, but it was not long until Jordan began washing her tremendous body with a surplus of suds. It was spectacular to watch her shake her huge soapy ass. She got her enormous ass pounded and got manjuice all over those big tits. Enjoy
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San Diego happenings, Long Beach Leather, safe sex and IMLGear Up! Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Social Chaos: Gear Up!
Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to participate and compete in various contests throughout California and the United States. I got my roots at Wolf's Bar in 2003 as Mr. Wolfs. I then went on to compete for Southern California Leather Sir 2003, which catapulted me to International Leather Sir 2003 in St. Petersburg Fla. All this happened over a span of six months.
I have been the den daddy, where I coach and assist the contestants, for the Mr. San Diego Leather contest for the past five years. I enjoy working with the contestants, helping them become comfortable, listening to their speeches, getting them dressed to go on stage so they can dazzle the judges and the audience.
Some call it a pageant, but it's much more than that! First, the contestants commit to running for the title by turning in the applications, meeting and talking to the producers that help prepare the contestants mentally. We accept all those who are willing to be transformed into the leaders of tomorrow. What a great feeling!
During the weekend of June 17-19, 2011, San Diego will be host to the California Leather Sir, boy, Community Bootblack and Puppy contest at Queen Bees Art and Cultural Center (3925 Ohio Street in North Park). This contest is a spin-off of Drummer, which ended early in 2000. Drummers were known to be the bad boys of the leather community. They were known to wear their sex, kinks and fetishes on their sleeves and in their back pockets, too.
(For more on the pocket hankies, email me or Google hankie codes. You can also stop by the San Diego Eagle and pick up a hankie code card. They're free at the bar and on the tables. That way you can start to wear a hankie in the appropriate pocket to say what you want!)
If you'd like to run for California Leather Sir, boy, Community Bootblack or Puppy, go to Caleathersir.com and submit your application or email email@example.com. To attend the contest, you can purchase tickets at Pleasures and Treasures, The Crypt on Park Boulevard and the San Diego Eagle for $15 in advance. Tickets will be $20 at the door. It's going to be off the chain!
Two weeks ago, I attended the first Long Beach Leather Pride at Pistons Bar. It was a great time. A group of us caravanned up and stayed at the leather house of one of my mentors. He prepared us meals and we sat around the fire as he took us down memory lane of yesteryear. Although my friend is not physically able to perform all the leather feats he once did, he shared his knowledge with hopes that his leather legacy will be passed on.
AIDS and safe sex
AIDS devastated the world 30 years ago and the gay community lost a fair share of men. Those men were not aware that their sexual practices would actually take many of their young lives. Today, education is the key.
This past week, my friend Ian, an associate at Walgreens, shared with me his part in a quest to help protect the world. He is working with Sir Richard's Condoms, a company that gives free condoms to those countries where AIDS is at epidemic proportions. For every condom sold, Sir Richard donates a condom to those countries. Look for that 1971 checkered VW van parked at Walgreens.
Bear Night
Did you know the hottest dance going on in San Diego, Bear Night, only happens once a month at Numbers? And what a good time it is. I haven't seen that many mustache's and beards, boots and jeans in a bar dancing like that in a while. Everyone looked like he had just stepped out of a magazine.
During the last dance, I decided to talk to the staff. I talked to Travis, a bartender at Numbers, and I asked him how he liked the crowd. Honestly speaking, he said, "They know what they want, they drink, and they also tip well."
The energy was fantastic. So, I decided to also talk to the DJ, Jonathan, who has the natural ability to keep the crowd on the dance floor. It was great!
San Diego happenings
I would like to wish 2010's Mr. San Diego Leather, Anthony Rollar, well on his journey to Chicago. By the time my next column comes out, in two weeks, he will have gone to International Mr. Leather (IML), competed and made San Diego proud.
I will be going back to Long Beach for Pride, May 21-22.
On Wednesday, June 1 at 9 p.m., join the puppies at the Eagle, hosted by Pup DragZ and the San Diego Puppy Play (SDPP).
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E90 models utilize a single fuel injector per cylinder. Over time injectors can become restricted or fail electrically. If you have an injector giving you a problem, I suggest replacing them in sets of six. This way you maintain an even flow from all the injectors. If you are removing fuel injectors to replace the intake manifold and you plan to reuse the fuel injectors, replace all the fuel injector sealing O-rings.
Normally-aspirated E90 engines utilize standard style fuel injectors that mount in the intake manifold runner and spray fuel on the back side of the intake valves.
Turbocharged E90 engines utilize a direct injection style injector. This style injector sprays fuel directly into the cylinder and is mounted in the center of the cylinder head between the camshafts. These require a few steps and special tools to replace that you may not be familiar with. Be sure to read through the entire procedure before beginning.
In this tech article, I will describe how to replace each style of fuel injector utilized in BWM E90 models.
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Disconnect negative (-) battery cable. See our tech article on Battery connection notes.
Remove engine covers. See our tech article on removing engine covers.
It's a good idea to relieve fuel system pressure before beginning. This will minimize the amount of fuel spilled. The best way to relieve fuel system pressure is to remove the fuel pressure test port cap and press the Schrader valve to drain the fuel rail. (green arrow)
Remove the fuel rail pressure testing cap, then place a rag under the port. Use a small flathead screwdriver and press the Schrader valve to relieve fuel pressure. When you press it, have the rag wrapped around your screwdriver to minimize fuel spillage.
Working at the center of the fuel rail, you will have to remove the fuel supply line. To release it, press the plastic collar (green arrow) toward fuel line, then slide fuel line off the fuel rail. If the collar will not press in far enough to release the fuel line, pull the fuel line toward the front of the vehicle and hold it there, then press and hold collar while you slide the fuel line off the fuel rail.
I like to place the disconnected fuel line on the valve cover, wrapped in a rag. This will help to collect any excess fuel in the line and also keep dirt from entering the fuel line. (green arrow)
Then release the fuel injector harness strip from the fuel injectors. I find the easiest way to do this is to use a large flathead screwdriver and gently pry up at each fuel injector. (green arrows) This will release the spring clips that hold the electrical harness to fuel injectors. When you do this, be sure to lever straight up and be sure the flathead is next to the fuel injector connector you are releasing. Work your way down the injector electrical harness and disconnect each fuel injector.
Next, remove four 10mm fuel rail fasteners (green arrows). Then pull fuel rail straight up and out of cylinder head. Be careful not to damage a fuel injector when removing. If O-rings are stuck, you can lightly pry the fuel rail up using a flathead screwdriver. I like to pry between the edge of valve intake manifold and the fuel rail.
To remove individual fuel injectors, remove retaining clip (green arrow) by sliding off fuel rail using a flathead screwdriver. Then pull fuel injector straight out of fuel rail. When pulling fuel rail up and out of cylinder head, be careful not to damage any of the fuel injectors. If the injectors won't budge, use silicone spray to lubricate the injector holes, this should help them slide out.
Before reinstalling fuel injectors, replace the sealing O-rings. (green arrows)
Before reinstalling fuel injectors, lubricate the sealing O-rings. I like to use silicone grease that is safe for use on rubber. This helps the injectors slide into the cylinder head with ease.
Evenly press fuel rail with injectors into cylinder head. Be sure all of the injectors are properly seated. You can confirm this by checking if the mounting tabs (green arrows) are sitting flat on the cylinder head. Install fuel rail fasteners and tighten. Then install fuel injector retaining clips. Be sure the fuel injector retaining clips are fully engaged. They should sit in the groove in the fuel injector and snap onto fuel rail. Reassemble remaining items and check that there are no fuel leaks.
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Disconnect negative (-) battery cable. See our tech article on Battery connection notes.
Remove engine covers. See our tech article on removing engine covers.
I am going to show how to replace one fuel injector. You can use this procedure for replacing any or all of the injectors on a turbocharged engine.
Start by disconnecting the fuel injector electrical connector. (yellow arrow) Press the release tab and pull connector straight off. Next you have to remove the steel fuel line for the injector. First, tap on the line about 20 times, lightly to relieve pressure in the line. Then loosen the fuel line connections (green arrows), then remove fuel line from engine. Once this fuel line is removed it cannot be reinstalled. So throw it away immediately.
Working at the base of the fuel injector, remove E10 fastener (green arrow) from retainer. Then remove retainer from fuel injector (yellow arrow). Slide retainer out of fuel injectors to remove. Once retainer is removed, remove fuel injector from engine. To do this, slide injector straight up and out of cylinder head. Note: One retainer holds two injectors. If you are reinstalling this fuel injector, be sure to mark the location that it came out of. When replacing injectors on turbocharged engines, I like to use the old injector to clean the injector bore. I slide the injector in and out of the bore a bunch of times to clean the debris from the hole.
Before installing the new injector, note the numbers on the side. These numbers will need to be entered into the DME using a BWM scan tool.
When installing a new injector, the Teflon seals will come preinstalled and covered with a protective metal cover (green arrow). Leave this cover on until you are ready to install the injector. Remove cover, slide injector into cylinder head. Install retainer and retainer fastener. Then install new fuel line to injector. When installing the new fuel line, slowly tighten each end until snug, then tighten. This will seat the fuel line. Reassemble remaining items in reverse order of disassembly steps. When done, the fuel injector numbers you wrote down earlier will have to be entered into the DME. If you do not have a BMW scan tool that is capable of this, you can drive the vehicle to a workshop that can program it for you. There may be a slight decrease in drivability until it is programmed, so do not drive it any further than you have to.
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Non-verbal Autism Research Highlighted at IMFAR
(via Autism Speaks Official Blog)
I won't go into the individual studies, but the IMFAR highlighted research into non-verbal autism by Autism Speaks grant recipients. The bottom line? Studies are showing that non-verbal kids are capable of understanding far more of their world than given credit for.
As the parent of a child who is non-verbal, this doesn't tell me anything I don't know. Yet, the implications are that the research results might lead to further study and development and possibly therapy techniques that will work with these unique kids.
That is a big thing.
And this is why …
Meet Logan
Logan, my 6-year-old little charmer, has apraxia – a neurological disorder that makes it hard to for him to associate words with actions, or to express words even when he knows what they mean. It's more complicated than that. But, similar to his autism, I tend to consider his apraxia another lock on his brain, making it difficult if not impossible sometimes for us to communicate with him.
Signs don't tend to work, or communication boards. It's a tired game of intimately knowing and understanding what the few sounds he does utter mean to him, and of decoding the way he acts. He has recently just started dragging us to the desired item, or patting it. I feel this desire to communicate is something we can work with – we just haven't unlocked the language of Logan yet.
Consistent and intensive speech therapy has helped Logan in the past, but the results themselves weren't consistent, and we had to fight for any of the therapy to be covered. These days, I wonder if we'll ever hear him speak beyond the approximations of our names he has gifted us with (His brothers are "dee" for Andy and "bee" for Bobby, while Daddy sometimes gets the closest approximation. I lag, I guess, because he doesn't attempt my name often, though I still get the occasional "mee" for Mommy).
We've occasionally heard him say 'ball' and other words, but never with consistency. He used to sign "more' and "eat" and "drink" but we have to use hand over hand guidance to get him to do so much of the time now.
When his seizure activity increases, we tend to lose ground, and sometimes we don't gain it back. It's a constant battle for Logan's attention, health, and desire to communicate at all, and sometimes I wonder whether we will ever gain some type of consistent, ongoing language with him, ever. And if not, what? If we can't get him interested and consistently using sign, and he doesn't seem to understand pictures (he's shown some limited success at school, but again, nothing we see consistently).
I won't give up. We still work with him every day to make some kind, any kind, of progress. Maybe we're looking for the clear and stated when the understated is where we can see the evidence of his understanding of the world around him. Logan understands what we say, sometimes even responds to it. He understands many things. It's clear when he reacts specifically to something we have said.
The Importance of Due Diligence, of Research, of Hope
These things cannot be overstated. Parents like me, like my husband, we need to see that others are as desperate and eager to find answers as we are. There is hope in the act of researching, and when there is evidence that research is paying off, there is more than hope. There is this idea that we are vindicated.
All the times we said Logan was in there – we just had to find a way to reach him. We were right. Not just because we are his parents know him so well, but because there is research that is proving us right. No, we don't need this research to tell ourselves to keep trying. But we can point to it when others don't want to.
What does research like this tell you? Does it give you a new feeling of hope or does it even register in your world of parenting a special child?
via Autism Speaks Official Blog
Related articles
- Rochester autism researchers present new findings at IMFAR (medicalxpress.com)
- So what do parents really think causes autism? (leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk)
- Rochester autism researchers present new findings at IMFAR (eurekalert.org)
- Autism Diagnosis – who has what, and why? (psychologytoday.com)
- You Want Some Autism Awareness? Autism Is A Disorder, Autism Can Restrict Lives, Autism Can End Lives (autisminnb.blogspot.com)
- Child With Autism May Affect Family Income (webmd.com)


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More and more Penn faculty and staff are working from home and more and more resources are available to make it easy. But several data protection issues arise with work-from-home activities.
The safest way to work from home is to use a Penn laptop, managed by a Local Support Provider, that is protected by a strong password, up-to-date patches, and antivirus software. Data should not be kept on the laptop. Instead, use the laptop (and secure remote access) to log onto Penns secure servers to access data.
If you must keep sensitive data on the laptop, talk to your Local Support Provider about using an encrypted file system, which would make the data unavailable to others if the laptop were lost or stolen. Always use a strong password for access to the laptop. Also, purchase and install Computrace software, available from the Office of Software Licensing (www.business-services.upenn.edu/softwarelicenses/). If a computer is lost or stolen, this software will identify its location as soon as it is connected to the Internet, and can securely delete the data from a remote location.
If you are using a home computer instead of a Penn laptop, keep in mind that the Penn data you are working with is only as secure as the machine you are working on. In most cases, Penn does not support home machines. As a result, you must yourself maintain and update antivirus software and security patches, and ideally utilize a firewall, to protect your machine and the data that you access from that machine, including Penn data.
Finally, if you choose to use storage media for data, such as USB drives, these are easily "loseable", creating risk of loss or theft of data. Again, encrypt data on any external storage media and/or use a strong password to access the data.
Talk to your Local Support Provider or contact ISC Information Security (firstname.lastname@example.com) for more information on these important security controls for work-at-home activities.


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What Are You Wearing?
No matter how you spin it, wearable devices dominated this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
And it wasn't just about the smart watch. While there were certainly plenty of smart, time-telling devices on the show floor, the wearable category ended up being a lot more far-reaching than many show-goers expected. There were glasses so carefully designed you could barely tell an HD camera was hidden inside; there was surprisingly cool-looking jewelry that was more high-tech than the eye could ever tell; and there was even a set of PJs that could potentially save lives.
Here are the 10 coolest wearable devices showcased at CES 2014.


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New Neutrogena Clinical Claims to Target Skin's "Electric Energy"
In the beauty biz, truth is usually stranger than fiction. Just when you think the skincare manufacturers can't possibly top their latest exotic ingredient or new delivery technology—think stem cells extracted from a rare species of apple tree, or seaweed extracts originally used on burn victims—they always do.
The latest is Neutrogena Clinical (from $39.99, neutrogenaclinical.ca) a new range that claims to harness your skin's "electric energy" to help it fight the signs of aging. I know—totally Space Age, right?
But hear me out. The easiest way to understand it is this: ever had one of those European galvanic facials, where they stimulate your skin with a little hand-held device that releases an electric current? Well this is kind of the same thing.
At any given time, your body's cells are naturally sending electrical signals to eachother, telling them to do stuff like repair damaged areas or order you a pizza. (Just kidding. I know you prefer Indian.)
What this new range does is act like an electrical conductor, boosting the movement of positively-charged ions across your skin's surface and in turn stimulating collagen production and the breakdown of existing collagen—a process we all know equates to younger, healthier-looking skin, right? Right.
The regimen involves two steps. First, you apply a gel serum, and then you layer an activating cream on top, which, well, activates it. And then you sit back and wait four weeks, which, according to J&J's clinical studies, is the amount of time it took for users to notice improved skin tone, texture and resiliency, with fewer wrinkles around the eyes in particular.
What do you think of Neutrogena's latest innovation? Do you think it's just another fleeting skincare trend, or does this tune from Miss Debbie Gibson say it all?


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SOUTHFIELD, MI – Sitting in a Toyota showroom just 20 minutes from the Chrysler plant where the modern minivan was born, sales consultant Joe Golema has a message for the pentastar company. "Thank you," he says with a smile.
The reason for Golema's gratitude? Toyota now leads the segment Chrysler created in 1983 when the first Dodge Caravan rolled off the line at its plant in Windsor, ON, Canada.
But the margin is slim. Through November, the Toyota Sienna accounted for 99,865 U.S.-market deliveries, compared with 98,983 for the Dodge Grand Caravan, a perennial top-seller.
If the Sienna holds its lead, Chrysler would be relegated to also-ran status for the second time in three years. The Chrysler Town & Country last year ended the Honda Odyssey's 2-year run as the best-selling minivan in the U.S. The Odyssey placed second.
Winning the 2011 segment sales race is not a priority for the Japan-based auto maker, says Bob Carter, Toyota group vice president and general manager. "What's most important to us is fulfilling consumer demand," he tells WardsAuto during a conference call with journalists to discuss November sales.
To this end, the auto maker is increasing Sienna production at its plant in Princeton, IN. Randy Pflughaupt, vice president-sales administration, says the flow of parts and components no longer is constrained by fallout from the March earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's supplier network.
Last month, Toyota announced plans to supply the South Korean market with Princeton-built Siennas.
The minivan was redesigned last year. But Golema, who works for Page Toyota-Scion, says the Sienna's consumer appeal goes beyond feature content. "It's the (Toyota) badge," he says. "That's what brings them in, initially."
Most Sienna buyers already own Toyotas, the auto maker says. "The No.1 in-flow brand for those trading in a vehicle that they purchased new is Toyota, followed by Honda and then Chrysler," Toyota spokesman Sam Butto tells WardsAuto.
Current incentives haven't hurt sales either, says Page Toyota-Scion General Manager Mike Gardner. In typical Toyota fashion, the auto maker held back on Sienna spiffs when the redesigned model was launched, but the purse strings now are being loosened, Gardner says.
Segment-exclusive features also set the Sienna apart. It is the only U.S.-market minivan to offer a 4-cyl. engine and all-wheel drive.
Model-year '11 take rates were 4% and 13%, respectively, according to WardsAuto data.
Chrysler is unfazed by the Sienna's climb in the rankings. "As a company, we're outselling Sienna nearly 2 to 1," spokesman Ralph Kisiel says.
Through November, the Town & Country accounted for 84,701 sales – fourth-highest behind the third-place Honda Odyssey's 95,579.
Also noteworthy: The Grand Caravan and its Town & Country platform-mate were last redesigned in'08. The Sienna, Odyssey and Nissan Quest all were redesigned for '11.
Chrysler topped U.S. minivan sales every year from 1987 through 2007, according to WardsAuto data, and CEO Sergio Marchionne appears determined to maintain that dominance.
Marchionne has said the auto maker's next-generation minivan platform, due in the 2014 timeframe, will accommodate all-wheel drive.
He also has set Chrysler's sights on the development of a downsized minivan, despite recent moves by General Motors, Ford and Kia to bypass that market – owned now by Mazda's Mazda5 – in the U.S.
Against this backdrop, Toyota today confirms it is recalling some 210,000 '11 and '12 Siennas for citing incorrect load limits. The auto maker will advise affected customers accordingly and distribute revised owner's manual information, the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin. says in a statement.


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Chris Boyette at CNN reports that a New Jersey court delivered a 17 count indictment of Kashif Parvaiz for killing his wife Nazish Norrani with the help of Antoinette Stephen, a female friend, while Parvaiz and Norrani were out walking with their three year old son last summer. Stephen then shot Parvaiz, which Parvaiz attempted to use to claim that anti-Muslim "terrorists" were behind the murder.
A release from the prosecutor's office said that while being treated for his wounds, which were not life-threatening, Parvaiz had described the shooters as three men who shouted "slurs about terrorists" at the couple before fleeing on foot.
The case-referred to by anti-Muslim bloggers as another "honor killing" incorrectly equates a horrific and bizarre incident of domestic violence with Islam. The past ten years have seen an increase in coverage on Islam, but a marked decrease in standards of journalism. The question is, who here is to blame? Parvaiz, after all, attempted to cover up his crime by capitalizing on the potential for current anti-Muslim sentiment to spill over into violence, as it may have been the case in the murder of Shaima Alawadi. (In that case, it has yet to be proven as a hate crime, similarly dubbed "honor killing," or murder motivated by familial conflict). The risk here is that, painted as a "Muslim" killing, readers may understand something about Parvaiz' Muslim-ness as being the culprit for his heinous actions, rather than the troubled man himself.
Problematically, Boyette refers to the killing as having taken place during a "Ramadan stroll," and the very fact that the murder took place during Islam's holy month of fasting made the case more interesting to prosecutors.
Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi said at a news conference shortly after the killing that the fact that Noorani, a Muslim, was killed during the holy month of Ramadan "made this case especially compelling to us."
This "especially compelling" interest in the timing of the incident is at odds with the understanding and doctrine surrounding the month of Ramadan in terms of Islamic law. During Ramadan, Muslims not only abstain from food and drink, sexual activity, cigarettes, etc, they are urged to abstain from all negative thoughts-especially anger. "Fasting" during Ramadan is one of the five guiding principles of the Muslim faith, and violence during the holy month is highly upsetting if not anathema to the overwhelming majority of Muslims. Within this context then, the use of the words "Ramadan stroll" draw a direct but contradictory connection between Parvaiz' faith and his crime.
The bottom line is that there are so many incidents of domestic violence -- the Domestic Violence Research Center reports that one in four women are victims of such abuse -- that news of domestic violence is sadly uninteresting to most readers. The fact that the perpetrator is Muslim piques people's salacious interests. Selling the story as the "Ramadan Stroll Murder!" is even sexier.
Not all journalists covering this story played up the Islam angle, and they are to be commended for their honest journalism. Ben Horowitz at the New Jersey Star Ledger makes one reference to Islam by noting that the killing took place during Ramadan, while the Associated Press only referred to the couple as "Pakistani-American."
To be fair, Boyette is not solely at fault for associating Islam with the killings, as both Parvaiz and Bianchi made the connection themselves. However, Boyette intensified those associations instead of adding nuance and value to the story. The truth is, Islamophobia is a real and dangerous problem which the media can either abuse or allay. A recent Southern Poverty Law Center report cites a threefold increase in the number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States in 2011 alone. One simple thing that Boyette could have done is to explain what Ramadan is, what Islamic law asks of Muslims during the holy month, and highlight that the case is particularly unusual and tragic because of the emphasis on abstaining from anger and violence. Otherwise, readers might understand that Ramadan is some sort of Muslim domestic violence month.
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Well done!! I was excited about the new apple jacks, just tried them last week and they r good. Also found activia is on sale for $2 and there was a $1/1 in a past ss. So free yogurt! I had an awesome trip. Went from $130.46 to $15.15. Ready to see the weekend evics! Thanks for all you do
Updated on February 20, 2013
Harris Teeter Super Double Coupon Shopping Trip Day #1
Total Dropped From $88.14 Down to Only $9.13 ($1.52 of the Total Was Tax)!
Here is my receipt showing a savings of $79.01:
Click here for my long list of Harris Teeter super double coupon matchups for 2/20 – 2/26!
During my first day of super doubles, I always like to challenge myself to see how much I can stretch $10 or less. You can find everything that I purchased during this shopping trip on my matchup list, with the exception of the Pepsi Next 2-liter (home mailer coupon) and Coke Zero 20 oz. (home mailer from MyCokeRewards).
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Great trip!!! I just wanted to add something I found today.
Nancy's petite quiche,(6 or 8 oz single pack) are priced at 3.19, instant $1 off at register, found $1/1 any nancy frozen product coupon on their website. Paid .19cents.
Great trip!! I didn't do so great with keeping a low total today because I did get the trash bags and vitamins so those were pricey but I wanted to get them before the store was out of them. It was super great to make it in there even if I didn't have my act together. I am going to hunt for the Cinnamon Jacks. Were they on sale for $1.99?? YUM!!! They sound great. I can't wait to go again. I am really disappointed that I planned so many other things to do this week but I am going to fit in lots of shopping to get lots of deals!!! Thanks for the great match up! I hope to post my first trip tonight 🙂
I wonder, I have the $2 off coupon for Pantene, I have activated the $3 coupon on my EVIC card. So I wonder if I could use 2 BOGO coupons that I have and still end up getting the 4 Pantene's free.
Had a great trip today as well! I just love Super Doubles. Thanks for your match up! You can see my trip here:
Melinda… I tried this and my cashier said NO because the $2 coup was on TWO items…. but you can use a b1g1 coup, & a coup on the first item she said (which all of mine are on 2 items)
Anyhow… Roxanne, question…. you were able to use your Pepsi Next coup no problem? They told me they couldnt take a IP for a free item…. I even explained to her that it was mailed to me… and they would allow it.
My trip today was horrible… Lost out on $4 off, plus a free soda!
I have had a great super doubles week and I need to get my next few trips up today!!! I have gotten a bunch but went over budget for the month (by choice a little) and hoping for a low month next month so that everything evens out.


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