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What it is The ANZ Travel Card is a prepaid Visa card you can load with any one of seven currencies: the US dollar, the euro, the British pound, the New Zealand dollar, Indian rupee, Canadian dollar or Hong Kong dollar.
The card is an alternative to using your own debit card or credit card or buying travellers' cheques.
You can buy the card at an ANZ branch. You don't have to be an ANZ customer although you'll need to come armed with 100 points of identification if you're not.
How it works For a flat fee of $11 you receive a card (and a back-up in case you lose the first one) that you can load with the currency of your choice up to a limit set for each currency, for example $US15,000 in the case of US dollars.
Once overseas, you can use the card to withdraw cash from ATMs or to make purchases wherever a Visa card is accepted. You hand over the card, nominate "credit", then enter your PIN or sign the printed docket, just as if you were using a credit card.
The process is the same at an ATM, where you also hit the "credit" button even though you're accessing your own money. You can reload the card if you're getting low on funds by making a BPAY transfer from your bank account (easily done via internet banking). While the initial transfer to the card is free, a reload costs 1.1 per cent of the value purchased.
Pros One advantage of the card is that you save on potentially punishing transaction costs when you use your usual cards overseas.
By way of experiment, on a recent US trip Money used a Commonwealth Bank keycard to make an ATM withdrawal of $US100 cash ($145.85 at the then conversion rate) from an Australian bank account. The overseas transaction fee on that withdrawal was a whopping $A7.92 a flat fee of $5 plus 2 per cent of the transaction value.
In contrast, ATM withdrawals of funds on your ANZ Travel Card cost a flat $US2.20.
Be aware, though, that the ATM's owner may also charge its own fee. This fee is disclosed at ATMs in the US so you can cancel the transaction if you wish. In our experience, it varied between $US2 and $US3 but we found we could avoid the charge by sticking to mainstream bank ATMs.
Even better, there's no fee on in-store or online purchases. That contrasts with the 2.95 per cent fee that applied on the odd occasion we used our CBA MasterCard.
As a result we used the Travel Card for even relatively small purchases and kept our $2.20 cash withdrawals and credit card purchases to a minimum.
Potentially the biggest advantage of the Travel Card is that you can lock in your exchange rate.
In the back of our minds when we planned this trip was the experience of friends who had watched, horrified, as the Aussie dollar plunged from US80 cents to US62 cents during a similar holiday last October.
The lower the Aussie dollar falls, the fewer US dollars it buys and that can seriously undermine your travel budget if you're using a normal debit card to access your funds as you go. We'd based our budget on one Aussie dollar buying US68 cents. But the $A developed the wobblies again in the weeks leading up to our departure, falling to US63 cents at one point.
A few days before departure, with the local currency now back to US68 cents, we decided to lock it in rather than risk the global financial crisis throwing up another fur ball to send the $A lower again.
Cons Guess what: the Aussie dollar didn't just return to US68 cents but kept going, averaging US71 cents during our time in the US and going even higher subsequently.
The flip side of buying the certainty of a locked-in rate is that you run the risk of missing out on the benefits if the $A strengthens. It's a bit like fixing your home loan then watching interest rates improve. It depends how important certainty is to you.
That said, if your travel budget is anything like ours you're not talking bigmoney.
On our budget of $8000, for every cent the $A gained we would have had an extra $US40 to spend if we hadn't locked in.
In watching the Aussie dollar rate, bear in mind that you're not going to get the "spot" or live rate that's reported in the news anyway.
There was a margin of about US1.5 cents in the bank's favour on the currency conversion.
There weren't too many other negatives. In the course of three weeks, only one shopkeeper hesitated to accept the card, suspicious there was no name embossed on the front, just a signature at the back. They were reassured by a quick explanation.
One over-the-phone purchase was charged twice but we disputed the transaction and it was reversed within a week.
ANZ had warned us that if we thought we'd need to top up the card we should allow up to four days for a BPAY transfer to come through and indeed that's how long it took. So don't count on having quick access to extra funds via the card.
Back home, with a little money still stored on the card, we had the choice of formally cancelling it and receiving a refund cheque or withdrawing the money in $A via a local ATM.
The problem with the first method is that it can take up to 30 days for a refund cheque to arrive. And you're at the whim of the currency market in the meantime because you'll be paid out at the current rate, not the rate at which you purchased. But, again, you're probably not talking big money especially at the end of a US holiday.
The problem with going to the ATM is that you'll inevitably have to leave a few dollars behind, because an ATM just won't pay out amounts like $225.60.
The card expires after 12 months and if you don't retrieve your leftover funds after a further year (that is, two years from purchase) the bank can keep the money.


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BIG RIG TRUCKS, BOMBERS & WINGED SPRINTERS headline 6 division show Sat!!
MRPs own Super Stocks, Mini Stocks & Pro 4 Sprinters also set to go.
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Marysville CA - August 10, 2010
--- Paul and Kathy Hawes will host Taco Bell Nite at Marysville Raceway Park Saturday. This is the 14th year of MRPs association with the local Taco Bell franchises. The MRP Winged Sprint Cars, MRPs own Super Stocks and Mini Stocks and the Pro 4 Sprint Cars will be presented. The wild and wicked EXTREME BOMBERS will also be showcased. Last time out the EXTREME BOMBERS were flipping, crashing and burning all race long. Promoter Paul Hawes announced also that the long awaited 1st ever IBRRA Big Rig Truck event will also be offered this Saturday.
3 of the Big Rig trucks put on a well-received exhibition of hot laps at the conclusion of last weeks program. This week the concern is that these few laps of practice will turn into racing and it just simply has not been tried on a clay oval like MRP EVER!!! At least as far as this observer has been able to find, nowhere is there a home for Big Rig Racing on clay. There are a few Big Rig Truck associations that race on road courses and pavement. But, This is truly a unique offering.
One of the biggest problems was to find competent pilots to chauffer the giant vehicles around the MRP clay. While there is much interest and a number of inquiries, Promoter Hawes will move slowly in authorizing drivers to enter. Thats a lot of power and weight, with a tin-can cab, Hawes noted. Mistakes could cause serious, explosive crashes. Be that as it may, It could be a real thriller from a spectators perspective.
Some of the laps turned last week were in the 19 second bracket. A 19.000 second lap at MRP is 54.249 MPH according to the computer formula and that equates to straightaway speeds of 61.383 MPH. So a good running Big Rig will be whistling past that grandstands at freeway speeds and then have to turn sharp left. Interesting.
This observer talked with track videographer/photographer Mike Dehoogh after he had headed down to turn 4 to watch the practice. His up close observations at turn 4 and elsewhere prompted him to comment I was surprised! They were very stable, quick and did not bounce or seem out of control. As the lap times improved and the drivers became more confident, the drivers began to get slip-slidey. Dehooghs comments about stable quickly went out the window as the drivers gained confidence. It was also obvious that, as the drivers became more familiar with how the trucks would adapt to the clay, the field compressed and some passing began. At that point the checkers flew on the session, saving the trucks for this coming Saturday.
4-time champion Korey Lovell will lead a talented field of MRP Winged Sprint Car drivers into Saturdays Taco Bell Nite. Last week Colby Wiesz, 3 time champion at MRP, grabbed feature event win #45. In a spectacular exhibition of racing, he and fellow 3-time champ Brent Dothage had a monumental tussle up front for a while. Korey Lovells brother Kevin showed up after a long hiatus and came from deep in the field to nip Dothage at the line for 2nd. It was a wicked-fast, heart stopping event that kept the fans on their collective feet. It reminded this observer of the courage and commitment of sprint car drivers. It also showed that the drivers of this generation still have what it takes to read and conquer the ever changing conditions in dirt track racing.
Last weeks feature was not for the weak of heart. It was a real crowd pleaser watching these stars blast their mounts through the rapid fire feature. Korey Lovell, too started toward the rear and charged forward to a sparkling 4th place finish. A stout field provided the action in the dual heat race format with a 20 lap feature. It was interesting to note that the Civil War sprint car race staged elsewhere on this night scrapped qualifying and adopted the fan friendly dual heat race format introduced in California by promoter Hawes at MRP.
Will Wiesz cruise in off the hill Saturday and get another win on his way to that magical win #50? Well see. Korey Lovell is 2nd in this category at MRP with 39 feature event victories.
In the EXTREME BOMBER class, one has to ask whether anyone has anything for Armand Sarcomo. Sarcomo has won the last 4 BOMBER extravaganzas convincingly. In a class that allows punt, pass and kick shenanigans, Sarcomo has stayed relatively unscathed. This driver stays on the gas and is amazing in his ability to dodge drivers who are out to deliberately take out his quick #21. It took 3 years to do it, but it looks like a rising star may well be coming from the ranks of the EXTREME BOMBERS. MRPs own class of AUTHORIZED MOTORIZED MAYHEM will again bring down the curtain on Saturdays ambitious 6-division show.
Jason Clayton finally got to victory lane last week after a stirring battle with Jimmy Ford in MRPs own Mini Stock division. A last lap pass got the job done. Jeff Olschowka will lead the MRP Super Stocks as he starts to distance himself from the field in the championship point series. Cory Hall still might have something to say about that.
For good measure the class that nobody wanted is becoming the class of tomorrow as the Pro 4 Sprint Cars return this Saturday. The last 2 feature events in this class have been real nail biters. With a cast of long time heroes and some quickly improving newcomers, the Pro 4s have started to hit their stride. Local Mini Stock stars like Misty Castleberry and Joel Giusti have shown that they have what it takes to threaten 3-time champ Tim Maclaughlin and point leader P. J. Petersen. Local product Scary Gary Eckman is the latest driver to grace victory lane in the series.
Pit gate opens at 3PM. The spectator gates will open at 5 PM with Hot Laps at 6 PM. IMPORTANT: The first race will start after hot laps at about 6:30.
Note: Please make this observer aware of any names that are misspelled or incorrect. The text is based on information we have at the time of its release.


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Avenger, eBay, FiberFab, For Sale | Thu, 31 Jul 2008 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
Not that it makes a big difference, but this Fiberfab Avenger GT-12 Kit is mounted on a 1971 VW Karmann Ghia pan with an 1835cc engine. It has the tilt front and rear (which can be completely removed in about ten minutes for maintenance), front disk brakes, roll up windows, full gauges, and CD stereo. On the whole everything works, although it could use some touches like proper weatherstripping, inner fenders, more sound insulation, and tweaking of a couple of the senders. The current owner is 6'2″, so drop-floors were added. The trunk stores tools, a floor jack and a high pressure compact spare mounted on a VW rim.
The car is located near Disneyland in California and is currently on eBay (#280250061617).
Original Tornado factory demo up for sale1 Comment
eBay, For Sale, Tornado | Thu, 31 Jul 2008 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
Due to immigration of the owner, the original Tornado demo car of their Mclaren M6GTR replica is for sale in Oxfordshire, UK (eBay #120288988375). It seems to be in great shape with a current MOT, and a new 440 HP 357 V8 and 21 Turbo transmission, and a recent year-long conversion giving it fixed headlights and a rear end modification (take a look at the previously posted Tornado to see what a difference it makes).
Manta Montage Coyote Tribute21 Comment
eBay, For Sale, Manta Montage | Thu, 31 Jul 2008 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
Up on eBay right now in Michigan (#260267705177) is a stunning tribute to the Cody Coyote from Hardcastle and McCormick built on the tube chassis version with the Pontiac Grand Am 3300 engine and an automatic transmission. Four wheel disc brakes, adjustable suspension (Mustang II front), and a Dakota Digital dash, modern stereo system, a Vintage air AC system, and a rear-mounted rad that keeps the car cool. As part of the Coyote conversion, the top half of the doors have been been removed, so the car is now a full-time open targa… If you're alright with this, this is one of the nicest Montages on the road, although I think that with a buy it now price of $59,900 it's extremely unlikely to sell, although it does have a "make an offer" link (personally I think it's worth around $25,000).
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eBay, FiberFab, For Sale, Valkyrie | Wed, 30 Jul 2008 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
Carl in Tijeras, New Mexico, is the third owner of this Fiberfab Valkyrie GT-X but has lost interest in the project and has put it up for sale on eBay (#110274594321). He has all the receipts from the purchase in 1967 onward. He completed the car mechanically and has driven it about twenty miles in testing, but it's unfinished — it needs paint, interior, inner fenders, side glass, door handles (the doors are hung though), mirrors, and so on.
The gauges and electrical and driveline all work. The engine is a 327 V8 out of a '67 Camaro, mated to a 4-speed Corvair transmission. Both are rebuilt with low miles. Radiator and steering are out of a Corvette, and the wheels are American Racing. Carl says it handles great and has driven it over 60mph in his testing (4500RPM in 2nd), and says it handles better than his '88 Lotus did.
Especially because the Valkyrie is back in production by Fiberfab.us, this is very much a project that someone could take over. The car is currently at $5,600 and was listed without a reserve. It comes with all the manuals.
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eBay, One-offs | Wed, 30 Jul 2008 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
This horrendous creation was built in 1986 by Marvin Arvin (perhaps all the teasing for his rhyming name is to blame), a retired Christian minister in Indiana, on a 283 V8 (requiring leaded fuel) and 350 automatic driveline out of a '66 Chevy station wagon. The metal bodywork was all done by Marvin, and the car is registered as a homebuilt and fully street legal. Apparently it's been proudly driven in a number of Loogootee parades, and it's currently up on eBay (110274122223). Surprisingly, a small bidding war is going on, although it has not yet hit reserve, so it must have some appeal.
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Kamala | Tue, 29 Jul 2008 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
One of the most exotic modern cars out there, I've always been a big fan of the Kamala, although more so of the original Kamala RT than the second "Futuro" version that swapped in a more sci-fi look for many of the panels, especially in the front end where the biggest changes were made. Personally I feel there's something not quite right with the lines of the Futuro, as the main pod of the body doesn't transition cleanly into the nose. Still, a striking car, to say nothing of high performance — it does 0-60 in under four seconds, and is built on a custom tube chassis with primarily Ford components.
The Kamala was first manufactured by Dax, better known for its successful Lotus 7 and Cobra kits, who made about thirty of them before dumping the project which was not able to generate enough sales to be viable. A dedicated company took over, and created this Futuro update, but also was not able to stay afloat, and the Kamala seems now to be permanently out of production unfortunately. If anyone knows more, or knows the status of the molds and jigs, please drop me a line.
Bruce in the UK recently purchased the wild Kamala Cars Futuro demonstrator (the one you may have seen on Top Gear being driven by Jeremy Clarkson), one of the only ones that exists, and is working to get it back on the road. He needs to replace the ball joints and needs assistance in identifying them so he can order the parts. Drop him a line at email@example.com if you recognize them or have any more information on the car.
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Avenger, For Sale | Tue, 29 Jul 2008 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
Speaking of classic exotic kit cars up for sale in Canada — a relative rarity — also on the market is this Fiberfab Avenger. Red with pinstripes and presumably on a VW pan, although it's listed as a five-speed with a Porsche 914 engine and Magnaflow exhaust, it's got an Alpine stereo, Riken rims, and has never seen winter. It's up for sale in Orono, Ontario (near Oshawa and Toronto). Rob is asking $10,000 and you can reach him via email at email@example.com.
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Bradley GT, For Sale | Tue, 29 Jul 2008 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
A pair (unrelated) of Bradley GTs are currently up for sale here in the Toronto area. The first was built back in 1975 by Rockway Pontiac (Brockville, Ontario, where the car is still located) as part of a series of five they put together as turnkeys, and finally completed and put on the road in 1982. It's in "perfect" shape and comes with the doors and all parts intact, and runs on a standard 4-speed 1600cc VW Beetle pan. Dennis, the second owner, is asking $5,995 for it and you can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Unlike most kit cars, this one is being sold certified/safetied! At first glance, this looks like one of the most solid Bradley GTs you could step right into with no work available in Canada.
For a thousand dollars less ($4,999) is the second Bradley GT currently up for sale (on Kijiji #44698107) and is a '93 registration with Viper red paint job from a couple years ago. It's located in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Ugly, or just "ahead of its time"?8 Comment
Nova, One-offs, Sterling | Tue, 29 Jul 2008 Posted by : Shannon Larratt
The folks over on Exotic Spotter just posted some photos taken in Tamworth, UK of this radically modified Nova (Sterling) kit car on a VW chassis — although only the roof/window/door assembly appears to have been retained. It also seems to be using pieces from a Corvette (the dash), a Cougar (front lights), and a Vauxhall (rear lights)… Other than the front lights I like it.
PS. Notice the "53" Herbie homage?


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Stompers beat Kavallieri
Sliema Stompers did it again yesterday at Marsa Sports Ground as they beat Kavallieri with the final score of 32-5. The first try came early in the game thanks to Dragan Cerketa. Matt Camilleri scored the second try of the game to increase the lead to 10-0 after Schranz managed to break through Kavallieri's strong defence.
Mario Fountain, after fully recovering from a hamstring injury which he suffered in the first game of the season against B'Kara Alligators, made his memorable return yesterday by improving the Stomper score to 15-0. Despite all of Kavallieri's efforts, Sliema Stompers continued to dominate the second half where the cheering crowd saw another three tries being made by Jaco arnard, Max Galea and Matt Camilleri respectively.
Chris Zerafa ended the day for Stompers by converting the last try. The absence of Malcolm Attard, a key kicker and ex-captain of the team was without doubt felt throughout the game with only one try being successfully converted. Attard however, made a brief appearance late on as he is currently being eased back into action having been nursing an injury in recent weeks.
Man of the match: Matthew Camilleri


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The Warrior Queen Adult Costume includes a dress with an attached cape and shoulder medallions, matching shin guards, arm gauntlets and a coordinating headpiece – everything you need to complete your Spartan ensemble this Halloween! 8-piece set. Spot clean. Polyester. Imported.
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I felt really good in this costume. The back was a bit short but luckily there is a cape that covered that up. And I wore tights just in case. The skirt is very flattering and the material is very good quality. My only issue was that the top part was too big. I wore a push up bra but even though I'm a 36C and bought a size large costume, it was still a bit loose up there. Also, the buttons that are to be pinned on the shoulder are not attached and come with a safety pin to attach them. That was quite difficult to do and I lost one of them during the night. They should really come already sewn into the costume. Otherwise, this was a good quality costume and I felt sexy in it, but not trashy so I highly recommend it.
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The answer is "yes," according to the Mayo Clinic and other respected health organizations. Dancing can burn as many calories as swimming, walking, cycling, or any other fitness activity. The health and weight-loss benefits depend upon how often you dance, how long you dance, and how much intensity you put into your dance workout.
One of the greatest health benefits of dancing is cardiovascular conditioning. The National Institute of Health and the American Heart Association recommend 30 to 60 minutes of cardiovascular activity on most days of the week. Dancing is one way to meet that requirement. In fact, one study conducted at the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island shows that dancing improves heart rate and overall physical fitness, similar to a walking or jogging program.
Besides the cardio burn, dancing can also build strong bones. Since dancing is a weight-bearing activity, it can actually help to prevent or slow the process of osteoporosis.
Perhaps best of all, dancing can improve your mood. Research from California State University at Long Beach indicates that dancing increases serotonin levels. These feel-good brain chemicals are released into your bloodstream after just five minutes of moderately intense dancing exercise.
Judi Sheppard Missett, founder and CEO of Jazzercise, Inc., has built a worldwide dance-based fitness program. She offers these tips for anyone who wants to incorporate dance into their fitness regimen:
Don't be a wallflower. If you want to dance, then you have to take the first step. Don your boogie shoes and just start moving!
Go easy on yourself. Remember that it takes years of practice to cut a rug like the professionals on television. Set aside your expectations and simply have fun.
Try a variety of styles. Community centers frequently offer ballet, swing, or ballroom classes at an inexpensive price. If one style of dance doesn't suit you, then try something else.
Stick with it. If you want the cardiovascular and bone density benefits that dancing provides, then you have to be persistent with your workouts.
Making your debut on the dance floor doesn't have to be complicated. The only requirement is to get your body moving. You may not look like Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers, but you will certainly burn calories, and have fun doing it!
Jazzercise, created by Judi Sheppard Missett, is the world's leading dance-fitness program with more than 7,500 instructors teaching 32,000 classes weekly in the U.S. and around the globe. Since 1969, millions of people of all ages and fitness levels have reaped the benefits of this comprehensive program, designed to enhance cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility. For more information on Jazzercise go to jazzercise.com or call (800)FIT-IS-IT or (760)476-1750.


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Yay – so I got to visit the UK for just over a week and it was amazing. Sat down to a typical pub dinner and even got to chow down on Ben and Jerry's ice cream (which is amazing).
Also made sure I got to taste the brits famous 'fish and chips' – Yummy :)
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Red Head EX Girlfriend
Ahhh… a true red head exgf. Very nice. Paw print tattoo coming out from below? What… do you let your puppy lick your pussy? That would make a most viewed winning photo! This girl looks like fun and the more I look the more I'd like to fuck her. I love free porn.
Blonde EX Shows Off Her Body
Blonde Exgf showing off her stuff for one last time. She still has the engagement ring on, but not for long. He'll be taking it back, unless she discovers he's posted her nude photos all over the internet!
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Neil Submitted these nudes of his ex-girlfriend Sabrina over the weekend. I live when i come back to "work" on Monday hand have a mailbox full of hot nude girlfriend and ex-girlfriend pictures and videos!
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Thanks for submitting these pics Jeff, but what is up with your crazy Girlfriend?? Is that toothpaste she is smearing all over her tits? I'm sure this girl is great in bed, but i highly recommend sleeping with one eye open man!
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The Super Bowl Recipe: Loaded Smashed Potatoes
Chef Gary Donlick, from Atlanta's Bistro Niko, turns down the European-continental for some down-home comfort with bacon
By Eric Gillin
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To really bring out the rich potato flavor, take your drained potatoes and put them back in the pan on medium heat, stirring so they don't stick.
When they've dried out a bit no need to cook them more than five minutes turn off the heat and stir in the butter.
Now's a good time to add some salt and pepper.
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This dancing fairy is ready for her Nutcracker debut, or just some Halloween Trick-or-Treating! The Sugar Plum Fairy child costume includes a burgundy and green dress with green layers at the waist and a layered burgundy skirt. Accenting armbands are also included. 2-piece set. Hand wash, dry flat. Imported. Polyester.
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Title: Exciting Costume
Date: Apr 24, 2012
I knew this was the costume I wanted for my daughter when I saw it. She is reading an excerpt from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and this fairy costume is perfect! The colors are vibrant and showy -- perfect for the stage. The material is also really beautiful. Unfortunately none of the accessories come with the costume (wings, choker, wand, headpiece) so if you want the whole deal you will have to pay extra for those. But completely worth it to complete the outfit. My daughter will also need shoes to go with this but she has some ballet slippers which worked perfectly. Silver or gold would also be great. So glad I found this costume. My daughter plans on wearing it for Halloween also which makes the price tag a bit easier to swallow! And really, how often do these moments come along? Love this costume!
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Reviewed by: YiaYia
Title: Sugar Plum fairy
Date: Nov 04, 2011
This costume was made very nicely and fit true to size. My granddaughter enjoyed wearing it over and over again. she is talking about wearing again next year if it still fits.
Reviewed by: KandKMom
Title: Excellent quality!
Date: May 23, 2011
Ordered this costume and accessories for a pageant, because it was very cute and looked like it was of good quality. It did not disappoint! Beautiful costume and excellent quality. My daughter looked adorable in it! The judges thought so too, because she was 1st runner-up :)
Reviewed by: oneluckygirl
Title: pretty as the picture
Date: Nov 02, 2010
the costume was very pretty. I thought it looked as good as the picture. The overlay skirt did rip the 2nd time worn, but not necessarily unexpected & can be easily repaired. Only draw back the outfit SMELLED like dead fish when we received it washed it and was fine
Reviewed by: surgarbear7
Location: Metamora, Il
Title: Sugarplum Fairy
Date: Jan 21, 2010
It is very pretty. But for the price all the accessorries should have been included. I spent $50 on the costume to find out I need to buy the wings wand hair tie and neck tie still which will be another 40 dollars. That is just too high for kids.
Reviewed by: staugmommy
Title: Very pretty costume
Date: Nov 25, 2009
I purchased this costume for my 6 year old. She loved it in the catalog. The costume was what I expected for the most part. It is very long, so we had to cut it so she would not trip.
Reviewed by: ClickIt
Location: Alta Loma, California
Title: Nice Costume
Date: Sep 18, 2009
The Sugar Plum Fairy costume is beautiful. The only drawback is that it is itchy to wear. Requires a slip underneath.
Reviewed by: Springlady
Title: Fabulous Costume!
Date: Sep 13, 2009
This costume is exceptional! It is beautifully made, true to fit and perfect for any little princess! Your child will look and feel like a sugar plum fairy as she makes her way through her trick-or-treating!
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Is inequality shortening your life span?
White, Black, or brown, we'd all live longer in a more equal, less status-driven society
Part 11 of an 11-part series on race in America. This is the second part of the piece. The first part was published Oct. 20
By Phillip Longman
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Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign emphasizes the importance of physical activity for combating obesity, a point she has driven home by dancing alongside school kids to Beyoncé's workout video. But another kind of movement may also be important to your chances of living to a ripe old age: moving to a new zip code.
Between 1994 and 1998, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development conducted a demonstration project known as "Moving to Opportunity." The project randomly assigned low-income families to one of three groups. Those in the first group received a voucher they could use to help pay the rent on an apartment, provided that the apartment was not in a low-income neighborhood. Those in the second group received a voucher they could use in any neighborhood, while those in a control group received no voucher.
In 2011, HUD researchers published the results in the New England Journal of Medicine. The most dramatic finding was people assigned to the different groups varied significantly in their weight by the end of the experiment. Going into the program, participants as a whole had been substantially more obese than the U.S. population as a whole. But 10 to 15 years later, those women who had moved to more affluent neighborhoods were one-fifth less likely to be obese than those in the control group, and also one-fifth less likely to have contracted diabetes.
This was true even though there was little difference among all the participants in the numbers who managed to move off welfare, improve their education or find a better job. This suggests to researchers how powerfully our surroundings alone are to determining our habits and health. Though it might seem strange to say that obesity is contagious, for example, it does seem that people's risk of it is affected by the weight of their neighbors, as well as by such environmental factors as whether most of the food for sale in their environs is junk food, as is often the case in America's most impoverished neighborhoods.
The results of the HUD demonstration project are in line with other studies showing the extreme importance of geography and social environment as determinants of health. A dramatic graphical representation of this reality can be seen in the accompanying map of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area developed by the Commission to Build a Healthier America. It shows how life expectancy improves by nearly a decade within just a few stops along the region's various Metro subway lines.
In 2002, the Institute of Medicine published an oft-cited and controversial report entitled Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. The report concluded members of minority groups, even when fully insured, tend to receive substandard care from their doctors. It cited disparities in how often whites and minorities received even routine medical procedures, as well as how often they underwent specific operations, such as coronary artery bypass surgery.
The resulting headlines were sensational — "Is Your Doctor a Bigot?" asked one. And there soon followed fulsome denunciations of the report's conclusions, notably by Dr. Sally Satel and Jonathan Klick of the American Enterprise Institute. In their 2006 book, "The Health Disparities Myth," Klick and Satel claimed, "(n)ot only is the charge of bias divisive, it siphons energy and resources from endeavors targeting system factors that are more relevant to improving minority health."
Today, both sides in this debate have refined their positions and can point to new information. Professor David R. Williams of the Harvard School of Public Health still criticizes Satel as "coming at it from an ideological perspective." But, he adds, "I will say one thing in her defense. At the time of the IOM report, our conclusion about the role of unconscious discrimination was based on circumstantial evidence."
That changed in 2007, when the Journal of General Internal Medicine published the results of a study of residents at four academic medical centers. Participants were asked to review the medical record of an imaginary patient complaining of chest pain. For half the participants, the record included a picture of a middle-aged Black man; for the rest, a middle-aged white man. Participants were asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 5 whether they thought the patient suffered from coronary artery disease, and, if so, whether they believed that the patient should receive a drug treatment known as thrombolysis.
The study also asked participants to complete what are known as Implicit Association Tests, or IATs. These tests are designed to uncover unconscious bias by, for example, asking test takers a series of questions about whether they associate the word "happiness" with the word "white" or with the word "black." In this instance, the test also asked the residents whether they associated Black patients with being more or less cooperative with a doctor's orders.
The study found that participants who scored high for anti-black bias on the IATs were less likely to recommend thrombolysis when the Black man's picture, rather than the white man's, was included in the medical record, presumably because they believed the Black man would be a less cooperative patient or perhaps less able to pay. The study's authors concluded that the "(r)esults suggest that physicians' unconscious biases may contribute to racial/ethnic disparities in use of medical procedures such as thrombolysis."
While few now dispute that some doctors may consciously or unconsciously treat patients of color differently, both the nature of that bias and its importance in explaining racial disparities in health care are highly disputed. For example, in focus groups organized by researchers to assess the role of race in medical practice, Black doctors were far more likely than white doctors to say that a patient's race is a medically relevant factor in determining the best treatment.
As one Black physician in a Philadelphia focus group put it, "I think being an African American is a risk factor in and of itself. And, I think when you see an African American then you need to often be more aggressive than you would, and use different standards than you would for the general white population."
Black doctors were also more likely than white doctors to say that they pay close attention to whether a patient can afford the prescriptions they write, and to consider what the circumstances of their patients' lives are like outside the examining room. In contrast, white doctors in these focus groups tended to dispute that there is any reason to pay attention to a patient's race in recommending a course of treatment, and even to warn other doctors against racial stereotyping.
But perhaps in this way, the white doctors were showing insensitivity to racial realities Black doctors know better and are indeed medically relevant. As the organizers of the focus groups concluded, since African Americans as a whole are far more likely than whites to suffer from hypertension and diabetes, it may be appropriate for doctors to take into account at least some population-based probabilities of disease when deciding protocols of treatment to follow. Color-blind medicine isn't necessarily the best medicine.
The picture also looks different when researchers pan back and look at how widely medical practice varies in different areas of the United States. From this perspective, it is place, not race, that overwhelmingly determines what specific treatments patients receive for specific ailments.
Blacks tend to live in parts of the country that have a disproportionately large share of low-quality providers. But as researchers from Dartmouth Medical School have demonstrated, within poor-quality hospitals, which include not just inner-city "St. Elsewheres," but often well-known academic medical centers, both whites and Blacks tend to be equally mistreated, often by being subjected to unnecessary surgery and unproven treatments. Moreover, there are some predominantly Black cities, such as Raleigh, N.C., and Birmingham, Ala., which have a long history of institutionalized segregation, but where the researchers did not find racial disparities in treatment, and there are others, such as Jackson, Miss., where racial disparities in care are apparent.
More recently, researchers associated with the Dartmouth Atlas Project have concluded that "where patients live has a greater influence on the care they receive than the color of their skin." Reform efforts, they argue, should therefore be focused not on the headline-grabbing issue of racial disparities, but on improving the quality of the U.S. health care delivery system in every region where it is poor.
Phillip Longman is senior editor of the Washington Monthly. This article, the 11th of an 11-part series on race, is sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and was originally published by the Washington Monthly Magazine.


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Hi all,
I'm starting my first IVF cycle later this month.
|Mon, 10-03-2011 - 1:47pm
I did my first IVF at 37 and my second at 39. My protocol was 225iu of Follistim with one 75 vial of menupur each night. When we did our UIU's YEARS ago.....we used 150 of Follistim.
I agree...I think your doctor is NOT on the right track...but he has the medical license...not me. I am not sure why you are starting on such a low dose, and Not using Menopur or Gona-f as a "supplement" WITH your follistim. I yielded 17 eggs each cycle..the first cycle only THREE were exceptional to transfer...and the second cycle only TWO made it.....
|Mon, 10-03-2011 - 10:16am
Hi. Welcome aboard!
I am also new to IVF and will be doing my first cycle at the beginning of November. I still have tons of questions myself so I won't be of much help. My RE is starting me at 225 of Follistim and I really don't know the reason behind it. I did a bunch (6) IUIs and I only took Femera so this will be my first time of taking Follistim.
I would ask your RE what is the reasoning behind it. Is there another RE in your clinic that you can ask for a 2nd opinion? I am finding that each doctor does things differently (from the posts that I've read) and it doesn't necessarily mean it is bad. I am NO doctor but I find it interesting that you only had one mature follicle at the dose of 125 and they want to start you out at 150. You might want to do some research yourself so you can ask him pointed questions. When I went on Femara for my IUIs, my DH literally had 2 typed pages of questions for the doctor and wanted answers to each one before I started the meds. He hasn't done that yet for my IVF meds but I'm sure he will.
What others meds will you be on? Was that in your packet?
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Recipe: Wednesday Top Chef: Restaurant Wars & BoBo RestaurantAuthor: Chris Perrin
Yes, I am posting this after the ep is over, but I haven't watched. I am really looking forward to it when I get a chance to watch it in a few minutes.
Until then, know that my Fantasy Top Chef knockout pool selection was Mike I. See you soon!
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Josh: 13
Debbie: 13
Karen: 12
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MessyDecember 11th, 2011
'The longer the economics crisis goes on, the less credible sticking plaster solutions become. Four years in, Europe is heading into a nasty recession, China is flirting with a hard landing, the governor of the Bank of England is warning of a systemic banking crisis and George Osborne has announced spending cuts that will continue for the next six years…(…) Italian banks are even more dependent on their financial lifeline now than in 2008; last week's co-ordinated action by six of the world's leading central was prompted by evidence that Wall street was no longer prepared to lend money to European banks. Sooner or later, Hayek and his followers would say , there has to be aging of the system to remove the rottenness, and what has happened over the past few years is merely deferring the inevitable. Interestingly it is not only free-market economists that believe in the power of creative destruction. The term, – although it came to be associated with Joseph Schumpeter – originally came from Marxist economic theory, which held that each phase of development emerged out of the wreckage of a system that no longer worked. Socialism would follow capitalism, just as capitalism followed feudalism. The Marxists believe the attempts to muddle through are doomed to failure…..'
'Welcome to the world of the living dead' by Larry Eliott/Economics editor/ The Guardian, 5 December, 2011
We hear from sources at the Costas Lapavistas/Paul Mason jamboree on Friday at SOAS that Lapavistas was speaking positively about Greece leaving the Euro. He seems to want some kind of modern day Stalinism instituted to save Greece. The only thing to raise a smile was when Mason said: 'I am sorry to leave early but I have to present Newsnight!'


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I dont for one moment believe AYDIT is Lets Talk, the latter (as CanadianSkater pointed out) was someone obviously consumed with jealousy, hatred and extreme fandom. AYDIT appears a big fan of Julia but has not yet spewed mockery and verbal insults on other skaters. In fact, AYDIT defended Gracies unfortunate tweet. AYDIT seems to love verbal sparring.
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Need to know how much power that flows through a specific power cord, and see the information directly on your smartphone? That's exactly what the Contiki-based winner of the IPSO 2013 challenge does. Just clip on the sensor on cord and see the data from anywhere in the world – the sensor sends the measurements wirelessly and securely across the Internet. Best of all: no batteries need to be replaced, ever, as the sensor is completely self-powered.
The wireless power sensor, developed by Redwire Consulting, Boston, MA, won the IPSO 2013 Challenge last week. Aside the fame and recognition, winning the competition also included a $10000 USD check.
The sensor that is clipped-on to an power cord measures the current flowing through the wire and sends the data wirelessly to a cloud server, hosted at lowpan.com. By using Contiki and its IPv6 stack, the sensor can send its readings directly to the cloud, without having any protocol translator boxes involved.
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Mexico Security Memo: Sept. 7, 2010
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Mexico Security Memo: Sept. 7, 2010
September 7, 2010 | 2316 GMT
Mexico Security Memo: Aug. 30, 2010
Fallout from the La Barbie Arrest
Mexican Federal Police apprehended high-level cartel leader Edgar "La
Barbie" Valdez Villarreal and six of his closest collaborators the
afternoon of Aug. 31 at private residence in the village of Salazar,
Mexico state. Valdez Villarreal's arrest reportedly came after a Federal
Police intelligence unit traced the location of a phone call Valdez
Villarreal made to one of his accountants, Aaron Arturo Gines Becerril,
who was arrested in a separate operation in Morelos state. As soon as
authorities pinpointed Valdez Villareal's position, two teams of Federal
Police special operations forces launched two separate simultaneous
operations to apprehend him and several of his top collaborators; the
second operation occurred near the Guerrero-Morelos state border.
Valdez Villarreal's capture represents a major success for Mexican
President Felipe Calderon and his government in its war against the
cartels on the physical and public relations battlefields, especially as
conflicts in other parts of the country have escalated in recent weeks.
Mexican authorities have gathered a tremendous amount of intelligence
from the raids. Valdez Villarreal reportedly has been cooperating with
authorities, providing additional intelligence on the inner workings of
cartels in Mexico and abroad.
Several different international law enforcement and intelligence
agencies reportedly had prepared the intelligence operation that brought
down Valdez Villarreal and his network since June 2009. Mexican Federal
Police had been close to capturing Valdez Villarreal twice before, with
the second time coming Aug. 9 in the Bosque de Las Lomas neighborhood of
western Mexico City; the authorities missed him by a few hours. Federal
Police agents and military units remained on standby for another
mobilization to go after Valdez Villarreal. When the call came Aug. 31,
some 1,200 members of the Federal Police mobilized for the two
operations. The raid on the rural residence that netted Valdez
Villarreal took place without a single shot, indicating that the element
of surprise was maintained and revealing the general unpreparedness of
Valdez Villarreal and his associates. Authorities confiscated an M16
rifle with a grenade launcher attachment and an HK MP5 9 mm rifle from
the residence where Valdez Villarreal was apprehended.
The intelligence acquired after the arrest included everything from a
meeting of the major players of Mexico's cartels to the logistics of
moving a multiton shipment of cocaine from Colombia to the United
States, and also yielded actionable tactical intelligence. Some of the
information from the raid resulted in the Sept. 1 arrest of 11
individuals in Colombia that were collaborators with or cocaine
connections of Valdez Villarreal. Some of those arrested in Colombia had
connections to the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia. STRATFOR sources in the Mexican government have indicated that
Mexican authorities have gained much information regarding the
whereabouts of Valdez Villarreal's rival and former colleague, Hector
"El H" Beltran Leyva.
Valdez Villarreal was arrested along with six of his closest partners:
Juan Antonio Lopez Reyes, Mauricio Lopez Reyes, Arturo Salas Ivan
Arroyo, Jorge Landa, Valentine Coronado, Marisela Reyes Lozada and
Maritzel Lopez Reyes. Members of the Mexican military detained Valdez
Villarreal's right-hand man, Jose "El Indio" Gerardo Alvarez Vasquez, on
April 21. With Valdez Villarreal and the top tier of the leadership of
his organization now gone, Valdez Villarreal's faction of the Beltran
Leyva Organization (BLO) has been rendered all but impotent.
Though many Mexican government officials and analysts have warned of a
possible increase in violence due to a power vacuum created by these
arrests, this may not necessarily be the case. A similar scenario played
out earlier in the year with the dismantling of the leadership of the El
Teo organization in the Tijuana and wider Baja California area. While
violence has not completely disappeared from those locales, it has
dropped drastically from when El Teo and his organization vied for
control of the region. In many ways, the fight between Valdez Villareal
and Hector Beltran Leyva and the conflict in Tijuana are quite similar,
and Guerrero, Morelos and Mexico states all might see a decrease in
cartel violence.
Signs of Increased Pressure on Los Zetas
Members of the Mexican army launched a raid on a ranch used by Los Zetas
near General Trevino, Nuevo Leon state, near the Tamaulipas border the
afternoon of Sept. 2. A total of 27 members of Los Zetas died in the
resulting firefight, while three kidnapping victims were freed. Five
more members of Los Zetas were killed the same day in another military
operation in Juarez, Nuevo Leon state, on the outskirts of Monterrey.
The operations, along with several other security-related events in the
past few weeks - such as the discovery of the killing of 72 migrants
near San Fernando, Tamaulipas state, and the use of two improvised
explosive devices in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas state - have prompted
discussions and rumors of a large-scale military and federal police
deployment to the Tamaulipas-Nuevo Leon region to help combat this
recent spike in violence.
STRATFOR has also noted an increase in law enforcement and military
attention on the operations and leadership of Los Zetas in recent
months, particularly in the Monterrey region. By contrast, the Gulf
cartel and its allies in the New Federation have remained relatively
sheltered from any increase in law enforcement or military operations in
recent months, though they operate in the same regions as Los Zetas.
Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake has discussed the possibility
of deploying additional federal security resources to the Tamaulipas
region with Tamaulipas Gov. Egidio Torre Cantu, though no deployments
have been announced. Given the recent incidents involving Los Zetas,
their presence in the region and the already-increased focus on the
group by federal law enforcement and the military, any new deployment of
federal security forces to the Tamaulipas-Nuevo Leon region would likely
be aimed at Los Zetas leadership and operations. Concerns are mounting
that Los Zetas weakened status in the Monterrey region could see it
resort to kidnapping and extortion to supplement lost income. An all-out
federal assault on the organization in the Tamaulipas-Nuevo Leon region
could cause a similar effect in the latter region.
Mexico Security Memo: Sept. 7, 2010
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Aug. 30
* Unidentified gunmen killed a soldier and a civilian outside a
conference hall in Los Mochis, Sinaloa state.
* Mexican authorities confirmed the deaths of seven people in a
firefight between suspected criminals and soldiers in Panuco,
Veracruz state. Six people were arrested during the incident, which
lasted approximately 12 hours.
* Unidentified gunmen ambushed the security detail for the public
security secretary of Jojutla, Morelos state, injuring a bodyguard.
Aug. 31
* Unidentified men attacked a bar in Cancun, Quintana Roo state, using
Molotov cocktails, killing eight people.
* Authorities discovered the bodies of two adults and two children,
all believed to be members of the same family, inside a house in
Zapopan, Jalisco state. The victims had been shot to death and bore
signs of torture.
* Police rescued six Cuban migrants from kidnappers in Bonfil,
Quintana Roo state. The victims had been held for approximately one
Sept. 1
* Unidentified gunmen attacked the Noroeste de Mazatlan newspaper
offices in Mazatlan, Sinaloa state. The attackers fired at the
building, but none of the occupants were injured.
* Unidentified attackers killed a municipal policeman in the Herreros
neighborhood of Chimalhuacan, Mexico state.
* Soldiers arrested two municipal guards in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
state, for allegedly acting as lookouts for drug cartels.
Sept. 2
* The bodies of three people were discovered near a highway in
Chamilpa, Morelos state. The victims were wrapped in plastic and had
been blindfolded. A message attributing the crime to Cartel del
Pacifico Sur was found near the bodies.
* Police discovered the body of a man in the trunk of an abandoned car
in the San Buenaventura neighborhood of Toluca, Mexico state. The
victim had been shot to death and bore a message attributing the
crime to Los Zetas.
* Police discovered the body of a man in the Pozos de Tabla
neighborhood of Ecatepec, Mexico state. The body bore a message
attributing the murder to a drug trafficking cartel.
Sept. 3
* Police in the Delegacion Laguna I neighborhood of Torreon, Coahuila
state, arrested a suspected kidnapper believed to be part of the "La
Familia de Juarez" kidnapping group.
* Soldiers arrested seven men in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas state,
during a raid on a house. Approximately 30 firearms, 6,500 rounds of
ammunition and 16 grenades were seized during the operation.
* Police arrested a suspected kidnapper in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
state. The suspect is believed to have participated in the
kidnapping of a teacher in Santiago, Nuevo Leon state.
Sept. 4
* Police discovered the body of a woman in the Burgos de Cuernavaca
neighborhood, located four kilometers (2.4 miles) outside of
Cuernavaca, Morelos state. The victim had been kidnapped from her
house in Cuernavaca by unidentified gunmen Sept. 3.
* Federal police prevented a kidnapping and arrested two suspected
kidnappers during a patrol in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state.
Sept. 5
* Federal agents arrested two suspected extortionists in Monterrey,
Nuevo Leon state.
* A man was stabbed to death in the Fomerrey 36 neighborhood of
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, after being pursued by several
* Soldiers fired on a vehicle that failed to stop at a military
checkpoint in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon state, killing two members of the
same family and injuring five other people.
Sept. 6
* Unidentified gunmen killed a man in the Ciudad Cuauhtemoc
neighborhood of Ecatepec, Mexico state. The attackers shot the
victim 17 times.
* The Mexican army released information about the seizure of two drug
labs and approximately 800 kilograms of marijuana during raids from
Sept. 2-4 in several municipalities of Michoacan state.
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Date: 08/28/2009 04:25 PM Title: Tea and Empathy
I saw the premise to this story and was shaking my head, about to pass it by, when I noticed that you wrote it. You never fail to deliver, even on a plot as outrageous as this one. Astonishingly, your writing made it seem possible, plausible, and not at all outlandish.
Essentially, you're amazing! Thank you for the wonderful tale! I really like how you managed to intriduce spirituality and spiritual journeys without leaving the realm of Harry Potter. Your depiction of Draco, the struggles with having a lover in a different body, and how each dealt with seeing through the other's eyes -- all of it I loved.
Author's Response: Wow, thanks for this lovely comment. It's always great to hear when someone is connecting with my writing. This fic was quite a strange one to write since it was an H/R relationship fic that so prominently featured a redeemed!Draco. Glad to hear it worked for you:)
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it's really HOT. that's the only thing i can say
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Date: 12/16/2007 10:39 PM Title: Tea and Empathy
Very cute! I love the concept! So creative
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I love this! What a great story line. And I love Ron and Harry. Poor Ron. That would sort of put you off, wouldn't it? I think this is terrific.
Author's Response: glad you enjoyed it I really tried to do something different.
Date: 02/06/2007 08:43 PM Title: Tea and Empathy
I think I have a new favourite story. This was completely unexpected...I only started reading to find out what a - sort of HP/DM - strange masturbation scene - was about, and I am so glad I did. I especially loved how you portrayed Malfoy, his journey (and his evolution) was spot on. Great job.
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