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The Best Online Backup Service
- November 3, 2017: CrashPlan has phased out its Home Service plans for the residential market and now only offers plans for businesses. We previously recommended CrashPlan as the "Best Free Online Backup Supplement", and have since removed it from our top picks.
If you don't want to risk losing your computer's data, back it up. Then back it up again. Then back it up again after that. Simple enough, but it's a chore — and much like the equally simple chore of flossing, most people don't do it until after they've learned the hard way just how important it is. Nearly 30 percent of people have never backed up their data and, according to the same poll by Harris Interactive, only 10 percent safeguard their files weekly. The best online backup services make the whole process effortless, automatic, and secure. Our top pick, IDrive, is so unobtrusive, you might forget you're even using it.
Best Overall
SOS Online Backup
Fastest Speeds
Best Security and Privacy
Best Desktop Application
Unlike an actual cloud, cloud computing isn't subject to unpredictable forces of nature. In fact, it's one of the most secure ways of storing and accessing the files you use every day — and even the ones you don't. These files sit on cloud servers and are fully accessible for you to restore to your home computer should your local versions go missing.
Pre-cloud technology, the go-to backup solution was an external hard drive, often positioned mere inches from your computer. But that hard drive isn't much use in a fire, robbery, or even a coffee spill. Most IT experts recommend saving your data in at least three different places, one of which is off-site and accessible via the cloud. Tech blogger Scott Hanselman refers to this as the Backup Rule of Three, stressing that simply backing up your data to a local hard drive or SD card is #notabackup (yes, he even created a hashtag for this).
To find the best online backup services — a critical part of that Rule of Three — we spent more than 40 hours researching and comparing the storage capacity, transfer speed, and overall user experience of 36 services, ranging from big hitters to no namers.
How We Found the Best Online Backup Services
There are plenty of services out there designed for file syncing and sharing (the name everyone knows is Dropbox, but we've reviewed all the best cloud storage). With each of those services, you pick and choose the files you want stored: your wedding photos, that work presentation, your master's thesis. For this review, though, we focused only on services that create a complete second copy of your computer.
We eliminated online backup services tailored to small and midsize businesses.
These services offer features that are essential for running a business, but are redundant or unnecessary for personal use — things like protection for lots of computers, external hard drives, and network attached storage devices.
It boils down to user experience: You wouldn't install an industrial walk-in freezer in your kitchen if you didn't have a restaurant to run.
Barracuda Backup, CloudBerry Backup, Data Deposit Box Backup, Dropmysite, Druva Insync, IASO Backup, Intronis, Jungle Disk, MAXfocus MAXBackup, Unitrends Cloud Backup, Zetta.net
We required at least 1TB storage.
The best online backup service shouldn't lack for storage space, but how much is really enough? Services such as Backblaze, and OpenDrive render this question irrelevant by providing unlimited storage with a subscription, but others cap the amount of data you can back up.
We took a look at music files — everyone has at least some of those. An average MP3 takes up 5MB, so a service such as MozyHome, which caps its standard subscription at 125GB a month, could hold approximately 25,000 songs. By contrast, 1TB of storage space could hold nearly 10 times that amount: 200,000 songs. That may seem like overkill (who has almost a quarter million songs?) but remember that music is only a fraction of media files — both movies and RAW images take up considerably more space.
How Much Space Do Your Media Files Take Up?
RAW Photos
1080p HD Movies
* All numbers approximate (1 MP3 = 5MB; 1 RAW photo = 40MB; 1080p HD movie = 5GB)
Media libraries only grow over time and an online backup service shouldn't require you to curate and make cuts on what gets saved. Besides, new laptops (let alone desktops) now routinely feature 1TB hard drives — a backup service with anything less wouldn't even be able to store as much as your computer.
BullGuard Backup, FilesAnywhere, Memopal, Mozy, Security Coverage
We put their customer service to the test.
Scroll through some forums, and you'll notice something: Online backup services don't have the best reputation among users, whose experiences with customer support range from "unpleasant" to "rage-inducing." Computer crashes tend to cause panic, frustration, and frantic phone calls asking for help. The best online backup services won't add fuel to a freak-out.
With this in mind, we contacted each of our remaining contenders and scored them on what we consider bottom-line quality customer service: quick response times to email; live chat; and an easy-to-read website with clear terms of service, helpful user guides, and an FAQ section.
Here's how they ranked:
- The Great: Backblaze, Carbonite, SOS Online Backup, Acronis True Image Cloud, Bitcasa, Livedrive, OpenDrive, SpiderOakONE
- The Good: iBackup, IDrive, KeepVault, UpdateStar Online Backup
- The Rest: Diino, Dreamhost Dreamobjects, Jottacloud, SurDoc, Symform, Tarsnap, Yandex.Disk
If a service didn't score at least "Good," we cut it.
Diino, Dreamhost Dreamobjects, Jottacloud, SurDoc, Symform, Tarsnap, Yandex.Disk
We cut services that don't have top-level security.
First, the bad news: According to IT security expert Kevin Townsend, there's no such thing as complete, 100 percent security. "If you use a computer that can connect to the internet," he says, "you must understand that security is an aspiration and not an attainable condition." The good news — at least for online backup services — is that the fault for data breaches rarely lies with them. "The one thing we tend to forget is that the primary weakness in cloud storage is us and our own computers," explains Townsend.
Nearly every service we tested boasts a strong encryption system. Encryption basically functions as a digital padlock, using a complex algorithm (or "key") to ensure that your data can't be intercepted or hacked. A key's strength is measured by the number of digital bits it uses (in AES encryption, for example, there are three different key lengths: 128, 192, and 256).
The most common encryption is AES 256, and it's no joke: It's considered military-grade. Carbonite employs a similarly airtight Blowfish algorithm. Hackers face a near-impossible task breaking into either system, but because employees of the service can access your data, there is a "security hole" that could theoretically be breached.
Being able to generate a private key means that you (and only you) know the password that unlocks the encryption. That key isn't stored on the service's server computers, effectively plugging any gap in security. We found the best online backup services offer it as an option, regardless of your operating system.
Security isn't limited to encryption and passwords.
It also means you can rely on your backup service to come through when you need it most. There are two major ways an online backup service can offer peace of mind:
- Saving multiple versions of a file, including earlier ones that have been edited or deleted. This feature is known as versioning.
- Simultaneously backing up all your data to the cloud and your own external hard drive. This accomplishes two pieces of the Backup Rule of Three at once. Backing up to an external drive lets you restore files much faster than via the cloud — if you're on a timeline when something goes wrong, your local external hard drive will have a complete carbon copy, and you can get your files back in minutes as opposed to hours (or even days).
To find the absolute best online backup services, we narrowed our list down to the ones that offer local backup, some kind of versioning, and the option to generate a personal encryption key, regardless of operating system.
Carbonite, KeepVault, Livedrive
The best services are easy to use.
All online backup services can store your data off-site, but only a few of them can really keep it off your mind. We wanted to find the most convenient, user-friendly experience possible and evaluated our final contenders on four major factors:
- Multiple computers covered by a single plan. According to a survey conducted by Forrester in 2010, approximately half of all US households own multiple computers. If you belong to this half, your plan should cover all of your computers. IDrive and SpiderOakONE took first place here — they both allow backups on an unlimited number of devices.
- Compatible operating systems. A good backup service should be able to protect a Mac as well as a Windows PC. Linux is a plus, too. IDrive and SpiderOakONE are compatible with all three.
- A fully functional, intuitive mobile app. The best services allow access to your backed-up files directly from their smartphone apps. IDrive stood head and shoulders above the rest here; not only is it the only service that offers an app for the Windows Phone, but it also offers innovative features such as social media backups and an auto-upload for photos. If you're a big Facebook or Instagram user, this is a huge bonus. It's potentially good for your friends, too; a single IDrive account can secure photos and videos from an unlimited number of Instagram accounts.
- An easy-to-navigate website and desktop app. Acronis True Image Cloud scores highly on account of its clean interface, as does the less attractive, but still easy-to-use SOS Online Backup.
Backblaze, Bitcasa Drive, iBackup, OpenDrive, UpdateStar Online Backup
We ranked our final contenders on their upload speeds.
The biggest downside to backing up your files online is that it takes time — depending on how much you're backing up, potentially a lot of time. Couple that with the fact your computer needs to be on and awake to make it happen successfully, and every extra minute you're waiting for a backup to complete is a hassle. With this in mind, we put our five remaining contenders through a test to measure their file-upload times.
The first time you back up your entire computer, it's going to take a while no matter which service you choose. We started uploading a 250GB file from a 3.0GHz Core i7 Mac mini on a home network to SOS Online Backup at an upload speed of 5.8 Mbps — the fastest our researcher's home internet could go (and half the national average speed of 12.6 Mbps). It took us 20 minutes to upload the first gig. At that rate, it'd take another 3.47 days to finish. Even at 12.6 Mbps it'd take about a day and a half.
But after that huge initial backup of your whole machine, you'll likely only be backing up smaller amounts of data on a daily basis. To test that everyday speed and performance, we timed how long it took each service to back up smaller data packets at a more typical internet speed, 11.6 Mbps.
We started our test with a 100MB packet of 10 folders holding a mix of 50 photos, MP3s, text documents, and other media files — exactly the kind of content you'd find on an average home computer. Then we repeated the test with a 1GB packet of 15 folders with a mix of 250 files to see how each service's upload time scaled.
It should be noted that upload speed is tricky to measure because it doesn't depend entirely on the backup service. Your internet provider and bandwidth play roles, as well as your computer's processing power, the number of individual files you're uploading (lots of little files take longer than fewer bigger files), and how compressible those files are. But this gave us a good sense of how these five services compare.
Upload Test Results
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100MB Upload Time
1GB Upload Time
*Rank based on average upload time across multiple trials of both packets at 11.6 Mbps.
The test results for the 100MB packets all fall within roughly the same range — no real winner or loser. More pronounced differences emerged when we tested upload speeds for 1GB of data. SOS Online Backup is the clear winner in the speed category and was nearly twice as fast as the slowest, SpiderOakONE, which had faster 100MB uploads, but didn't keep pace with the larger upload. IDrive performed well with both sizes.
Speed isn't everything, though. This test also helped us determine which services best combine impressive speeds with a simple, seamless user experience. SOS Online Backup, which won our speed test, failed to impress us with its barebones desktop application. IDrive and Acronis True Image Cloud, on the other hand, were more pleasant to use.
Our Picks for the Best Online Backup Services
IDrive was the only service we tested that never sent us hunting for an FAQ section. Sure, the desktop application looks like software from 1999. Yes, there are buttons that don't do anything when you click them. But IDrive makes it easy to upload and was second fastest in our speed test. Even the web app was fast enough that we could smoothly preview a video to make sure it was the exact file we wanted to restore.
Scheduling backups is painless, too. There's a daily backup cadence as well as a continuous data-protection option that backs up your files as soon as they've been saved, minimizing the chance of losing anything you created or changed since your last backup.
One of the best parts of IDrive's desktop application is how much information it presents. We had to use a stopwatch to time most of the other services in our upload test, but with IDrive you can click to reveal an upload-progress bar, and it gave a full report detailing how long each upload took.
IDrive's interface is clean, simple, and easy to navigate, if a bit '90s.
Finding and restoring files is easy enough, as long as you know where you saved them on your computer in the first place. IDrive recreates your original hierarchy of folders online; once downloaded, everything is funneled into a top-level IDrive Downloads folder where that hierarchy of folders repeats. The whole experience feels neither super user friendly, nor super dreadful — it just gets the job done.
Unlike many of the services we tested, IDrive allows you to include an unlimited number of devices with a single subscription. A private encryption key ensures maximum security, and an encrypted local backup option lets you access files even when you don't have an internet connection (you will need an external drive, though). Those oft-neglected users of the Linux and Windows Phone operating systems are also in luck, as IDrive is the only one of our final contenders that's compatible with both.
IDrive's trump card is a bonus service called IDrive Express. The company will physically ship you a hard drive, which you can use to quickly backup up to 3TB of data — this is a really nice benefit if you want to avoid long, bandwidth-sucking uploads. All you have to do then is return the drive, and IDrive will back up the data to its servers as soon as the company gets it. It works in reverse, too: A full restore is way faster downloading from a physical hard drive if you need your data in a hurry.
Several other services, including SOS Online Backup, also offer a physical restore option, but it almost always comes with a high cost. IDrive personal users can do it once a year for free.
For all its transparency, performance, and perks, IDrive is worth the $60 annual subscription. The fact that your first year is only $45 (or less, if there's a sale!) is just a beautiful bonus.
Fastest Upload Speeds
SOS Online Backup Perhaps the least beautiful of our final contenders, but it makes up for a minimalist interface with the fastest upload speeds.
We often found ourselves frustrated with SOS's barebones interface, but if you're gunning for sheer speed (or love a little minimalism) you couldn't do better than this powerful service. SOS simply blew away our other contenders, uploading 1GB of data in under nine minutes (the next closest service, our top pick IDrive, clocked in at 11:29). It should also be noted that the website is decidedly easier to navigate than the desktop application, and the FAQ section quickly cleared up most of our questions.
SOS Online Backup crushed the speed test but its bare, no-frills interface didn't wow us.
SOS also scored highly in terms of security. The service offers a private key option along with AES 256 encryption, but what really impressed us was a feature you don't see everywhere: unlimited versioning. No matter how many times you edit or change a document, SOS saves every version and allows you to access it easily — it even lets you decide where a file should be downloaded to. Sure, the price tag ($8 per month) is steeper than most other options, but it also comes with unlimited storage.
Best Security and Privacy
SpiderOakONE If you're an experienced user — or even a mild political dissident — you'll appreciate its airtight security.
SpiderOakONE offers 1TB of storage for $12 per month ($129 per year), which isn't the most cost-effective online backup solution. It also finished dead last uploading 1GB of data in our test, requires a software download before you can access the web app, and its red "BUY MORE SPACE" button is larger than the gray upload button that's used more often. But we'll say this for SpiderOak: It takes security seriously. The company's front page even features a testimonial from Edward Snowden.
SpiderOakONE's attractive interface emphasizes customization (and its buy button).
SpiderOak's pitch starts with its Zero Knowledge privacy policy, which ensures that any file you save on its servers remains completely private and visible only to you. It makes a big deal about how impossible it would be for the company to ever access your data.
SpiderOakONE's three-level security plan is as thorough as it gets.
Aside from privacy, SpiderOak offers some of the most complex customization options of any of our contenders. Though it's not exactly intuitive, the desktop application looks nice and lets you tailor pretty much everything to your needs. Want to customize your backup schedule? No problem. Need to back up only one type or size of file? SpiderOakONE lets you sort through all of your data and select only the ones you want.
If you value security above everything else, it might be worth the extra money for a SpiderOakONE subscription.
Acronis True Image Cloud puts an emphasis on ease of use and simplicity, as evidenced by its clean and attractive desktop application. Don't get us wrong — Acronis still delivers the goods. The company's email support especially impressed us, as did the website's Live Chat option; we used both just to see how they worked, but it wasn't really necessary given how easy the desktop application is to navigate.
At $100 per year for just one computer (you can pay up to $200 to cover five computers), it's hard to recommend Acronis as a good value, especially since half of users have at least two computers. The service performed in the middle of the pack in our speed test, and its features don't allow for a ton of customization. With that said, if you value aesthetics and easy navigation, consider Acronis.
Acronis isn't a great value, but it combines an attractive look with intuitive controls.
Other Online Backup Services to Consider
If you don't care about customization and want a simple service you can set and forget, give Backblaze a try. It's the cheapest service out of everything we tested and seems to be designed for total beginners: It automatically chooses what to back up and defaults to a slow upload speed. (It said it'd take a painstaking 23 days to upload an initial 60GBs, but you can dig in the preferences to unthrottle your upload.) The biggest downside to Backblaze is restoring files, which involves a journey to the Backblaze website, then to your email, and finally to a bulk zip of files. There's an option to get your data shipped to you on a hard drive, but that's also cumbersome: Pay $189 up front, then email customer service to let them know you've shipped it back for a full refund.
If you own a small business and like the idea of using the same service for all your needs, Carbonite offers attractive values for both personal and business solutions. The company also achieved a perfect score on our customer service evaluation, so you know you'll be in good hands.
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Security is mostly up to you.
Cloud services aren't impervious to breaches, but according to Townsend, they have so many defenses that most hackers aim their sights at an easier target: the users themselves. "It is easier for hackers to break into our PC or laptop or smartphone, steal our cloud credentials, and just download our files than it is to attack the better-defended cloud companies head on," he explained.
This isn't meant to scare you, but it should be a wake-up call. Once you get your private encryption key, it's up to you to keep it safe. Don't use the same password that you use for your email account, and don't store it in a place that could potentially be breached, like inside your phone or under your favorite park bench. The best place for your password is in your head — so long as you don't forget it. If you are worried about forgetting, check out our password managers review to find one that works for you. (If you have more than three passwords memorized, you should probably be using a password manager.)
Continuous backups are the best way to keep your data safe and up-to-date.
All services back up data on a fixed schedule; only a few do it continuously. One of the reasons we love IDrive is because it offers a continuous data-protection option, which backs up files as you create and edit them (SOS Online Backup offers a similar feature). As soon as you save your updates, you'll be able to access the new files. This is an especially convenient feature, as most other services recommend making a habit (and therefore a hassle) of checking in your scheduled backups to ensure they are actually happening.
Take Action
Buy an external hard drive or two. To truly avoid a data disaster, it's best to have three backups: two physical hard drives in separate locations and one in the cloud.
Make sure your internet provider isn't imposing a bandwidth cap. If you notice your internet lagging, check with your internet company to see what your cap is. If you're hitting it, you can adjust how much bandwidth your backup service sucks up from its desktop application.
Look into a password manager. You'll be the only person who has access to your personal key, and a password manager will help ensure you never forget it. Our favorite is Dashlane and it has a no-risk freemium version.


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Dec. 31, 2001
Year's End
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Poem: "Year's End," by Richard Wilbur from New and Collected Poems (Harcourt Brace & Company).
Year's End
Now winter downs the dying of the year,
And night is all a settlement of snow;
From the soft street the rooms of houses show
A gathered light, a shapen atmosphere,
Like frozen-over lakes whose ice is thin
And still allows some stirring down within.
I've known the wind by water banks to shake
The late leaves down, which frozen where they fell
And held in ice as dancers in a spell
Fluttered all winter long into a lake;
Graved on the dark in gestures of descent,
They seemed their own most perfect monument.
There was perfection in the death of ferns
Which laid their fragile cheeks against the stone
A million years. Great mammoths overthrown
Composedly have made their long sojourns,
Like palaces of patience, in the gray
And changeless lands of ice. And at Pompeii
The little dog lay curled and did not rise
But slept the deeper as the ashes rose
And found the people incomplete, and froze
The random hands, the loose unready eyes
Of men expecting yet another sun
To do the shapely thing they had not done.
These sudden ends of time must give us pause.
We fray into the future, rarely wrought
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
More time, more time. Barrages of applause
Come muffled from a buried radio.
The New-year bells are wrangling with the snow.
It's the birthday of French painter Henri Matisse, born in 1869 in Le Cateau, France. He'd intended to be a lawyer, and studied law and passed the Paris law exams by 1888, but he was incredibly bored by it. When he was 21, his appendix burst and he was hospitalized for a whileand he tried painting while he was recovering. Soon afterward, he studied art in Paris. He said: "What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure. It is through it that I best succeed in expressing the almost religious feeling I have towards life."
It's the birthday of songwriter and composer Jule Styne, born in London in 1905, the author of some of Broadway and pop-music's best-known songs, like "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend," "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow," and "Everything's Coming Up Roses," which he said was probably the best thing he'd ever written. He composed the scores for the Broadway shows Gypsy, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Funny Girl, and with lyricist Sammy Cahn he co-wrote many hits for his friend, Frank Sinatra, in the 1940s. Styne was an accomplished pianist by age eight, when he began studying at the Chicago College of Music and performing with symphony orchestras. But his hopes of being a concert pianist were dashed at age 13 by his piano teacher, the pianist Harold Bauer, who told him he'd never be successful at it because his hands were too small. He did play professionally in his teens and 20s, mostly in clubs and with jazz groups, and in 1926 he composed the song "Sunday" to impress a girlit became his first big hit.
It was on this day in 1935 that the game Monopoly was patented by Charles Darrow, an unemployed engineer in Germantown, Pennsylvania. There was a game at the time, about 30 years old, called The Landlord's Game, which had a lot of the familiar Monopoly features like a "Go to Jail" square and utilities and properties for purchase. With his free time, Darrow modified it, basing his rental properties on his favorite resort town, Atlantic City.
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All the Queen's Men | 2002
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Inspired by a true-story during WWII, a comedic drama that illustrates just how far some soldiers are willing to go for their country. American Special Agent Steven O'Rourke or, as he is mockingly referred to by his superior officers, "Special Agent Almost," has come dangerously close to pulling off several high stakes intelligence operations. His latest mission, a nearly successful attempt to steal an Enigma Machine (the secret coding device used by the Nazis) ends in a skirmish with British soldiers who destroy the Enigma and place him under arrest. While serving his sentence in a British military, O'Rourke receives orders to cross enemy lines and steal yet another Enigma machine by infiltrating the factory in Berlin. There's one small catch, the Enigma factory is staffed exclusively by women. O'Rourke and his team will have to carry out their mission dressed entirely in drag. O'Rourke's fear of being caught dead in a dress, combined with the motley squad assigned to him--Archie, the aging desk jockey, Johnno, the naive genius code cracker, and Tony, a transvestite who's seen more action in the cabaret than in the combat--are almost enough for him to turn down the assignment. Nevertheless, with the alternative being prison, he reluctantly agrees. After a crash course in cross-dressing and combat, the team is off to Germany. The mission goes completely awry from the beginning until they are taken in by Romy, a beautiful and courageous friend of the resistance. With Romy's help, O'Rourke and his men must put their heads together and come up with a plan to complete their mission. This proves somewhat difficult for O'Rourke when his concentration on the mission at hand is interrupted by the sparks that begin to fly between him and Romy.


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FOXBORO, Mass. — The Cowboys outplayed the Patriots for most of Sunday afternoon, but when it came to crunch time, New England was unquestionably the better team.
To Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, the 20-16 loss in New England was due to some conservative calls in the fourth quarter.
"We rolled the dice at the end and went conservative, rather than try to get some points, and it bit us," Jones said.
One such conservative call came on third-and-goal from the 5-yard-line, when Tony Romo ran right before throwing a shovel pass to Tashard Choice, who lost yardage on the play. The Cowboys settled for a field goal to take a 16-13 lead, but Tom Brady later led the Patriots on a game-winning touchdown drive.
Brady got that chance after a three-and-out from the Cowboys, when they ran three straight rushing plays. The primary goal was to chew up clock, and the secondary goal was to get a first down, which would have likely allowed Dallas to run out the clock and win the game. They failed on both, using just 54 seconds to go three-and-out.
"You always second-guess whether or not we should have tried to run a little offense down there instead of running it three times," Jones said.
Jones also said he'd expect a different approach if the game were played against an opponent in January.
"We are up here on their field and we knew what the odds were, so we flipped a coin and it came up against us," he said. "We got it down to a coin flip at the end, and if you were in a playoff game, you'd probably drive it home."
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Release Date: November 4, 2011
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Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Amir Blumenfeld, Paula Garces, Danneel Harris, Tom Lennon, Danny Trejo, Eddie Kaye Thomas, David Krumholtz, Bobby Lee, Elias Koteas, Patton Oswalt
Six years have passed since Harold and Kumar were in Guantanamo Bay. During that time they've grown apart, leading different lives with their families and friends.
So it comes as a surprise when Kumar arrives on Harold's doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious package in hand. However, he manages to accidentally set Harold's father-in-law's beloved Christmas tree on fire. To fix the problem, Harold and Kumar embark on a mission through New York City to find the perfect Christmas tree, stumbling into trouble at every turn.
Todd Strauss-Schulson
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer(s): Greg Shapiro
Screenplay: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg,
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Up for sale is an antique Atwater Kent radio that was found in my great uncles barber shop in Glenwood Iowa. I believe he bought the shop in the 30's or 40's. T is a name penciled in on the inside and it reads: HOMEY BLACK. This radio has been painted red and blue a long time ago, and was originally green crinkle. T is one or two knobs missing and the speaker needs re-coned because it is rotted out. It has not been tested to see if it works. I was told that a thorough cleaning shold be done on the electronics otherwise it could be permanently harmed. This radio is being sold as is. We don't know if it works or not. It is a very unique radio, as the entire structure is made of steel and it a little heavy. Some online sources state that it is a 1928 and other state that it is a 1927. For some reason it appars to have the model 53 legs on it.PLEASE SUPERSIZE THE PICTURES TO SEE THEM IN GREATER DETAIL is what I was able to find on the internet about it:
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A case for containing Iran
WASHINGTON — Critics of the agreement with Iran concerning its nuclear program are right about most things but wrong about the most important things. They understand the agreement's manifest and manifold defects and its probable futility. Crucial components of Iran's nuclear infrastructure remain. U.S. concessions intended to cultivate the Iranian regime's "moderates" are another version of the fatal conceit that U.S. policy can manipulate other societies. As is the hope that easing economic sanctions will create an Iranian constituency demanding nuclear retreat in exchange for yet more economic relief. Critics are, however, wrong in thinking that any agreement could control Iran's nuclear aspirations. And what critics consider the agreement's three worst consequences are actually benefits.
The six-month agreement, with ongoing negotiations, makes it impossible for the United States to attack its negotiating partner. Hence the agreement constrains Israel, which lacks the military capacity to be certain of a success commensurate with the risks of attacking Iran. Therefore there is no alternative to a policy of containment of a nuclear Iran.
Iran's claim that its nuclear program is for power generation and medical uses is risible. So is the notion that negotiations have any likely utility establishing the predicate for containment of an Iran with nuclear weapons or with the capacity to produce them quickly.
There is a recently published primer for the perplexed: "Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy" by Kenneth M. Pollack of the Brookings Institution. Measured in his judgments, scrupulous in presenting arguments with which he disagrees, Pollack comes to this conclusion: "Going to war with Iran to try to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear arsenal would be a worse course of action than containing Iran, even a nuclear Iran."
Some advocates of war seem gripped by Thirties Envy, a longing for the clarity of the 1930s, when appeasement failed to slake the dictators' thirst for territorial expansion. But the incantation "Appeasement!" is not an argument. And the word "appeasement" does not usefully describe a sober decision that war is an imprudent and even ultimately ineffective response to the failure of diplomatic and economic pressures to alter a regime's choices about policies within its borders.
Israel's superb air force is too small, when striking over great distances at hidden and hardened targets, to do more than set back Iran's program a few years, at most. And an attack might cause Iran to expel the international inspectors, and might accelerate the crumbling of the sanctions, thereby speeding the reconstitution of the weapon program.
A U.S. attack could do much more damage but could not prevent reconstitution. So, if stopping the program is important enough for war, is it important enough for an invasion of a nation with almost three times the population of Iraq and nearly four times the size?
In December 2011, Leon Panetta, then secretary of defense, said that if Iran were seen "proceeding with developing a nuclear weapon" or had decided to do that, the United States would "take whatever steps are necessary to stop it." In March 2012, Barack Obama said: "Iran's leaders should understand that I do not have a policy of containment; I have a policy to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon." His red line was the weaponization of fissile material.
Yet in his Nov. 23 statement celebrating the new agreement, Obama spoke of wanting to be able to "verify" that Iran "cannot build a nuclear weapon." If so, he rejects not only containment but allowing Iran to stop near — "a screwdriver's turn away from" — weaponization. But Pollack, writing many months before the recent agreement ratified Iran's right to enrichment, said:
"As long as Iran is left with the capacity to enrich uranium, the right to perform some enrichment activity, and a stockpile of LEU (low-enriched uranium) … then Iran will have a breakout capability. It could be a breakout window as wide as many months, perhaps even a year, but Iran will have the capability to manufacture the fissile material for a nuclear weapon."
The agreement will not stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons; only a highly unlikely Iranian choice can do that. The agreement may, however, prevent a war to prevent Iran from acquiring such weapons. If Pollack is right, and he certainly is persuasive, we have two choices, war or containment. Those who prefer the former have an obligation to clearly say why its consequences would be more predictable and less dire than those in the disastrous war with Iraq.
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Pine to Palm Seniors - Linnerooth is Seniors champ
A string of wins on holes nine through 12 secured Scott Linnerooth's first Pine to Palm Seniors championship Sunday at the Detroit Country Club.
Linnerooth made three birdies and a par during his streak to take a commanding 4-up lead on runner-up Spencer Clark and eventually win 3 and 1.
The golfer from Bozeman, Mont., is a 31-year Pine to Palm competitor and before this tournament had not won a title or even medalist honors.
He did both this week, after earning co-medalist laurels along with Fargo's Tim Rubis, with an even par 71.
"It feels good," Linnerooth said of his Seniors sweep.
"It was a great time playing with Spencer and the consolation group we played with today. It's also a bonus I don't have to qualify next year."
Linnerooth started his Seniors trek with a 2 and 1 win over Lute Simley, then defeated Don Nelson handily 5 and 3.
The showdown of the co-medalists went down Saturday, as Linnerooth defeated Rubis in a close match.
In the title match, Linnerooth broke a tie after eight by winning nine, 11 and 12 by birdie, while making par on 10 for a 4-up margin.
"I had some good shots and made several shots close to the hole," Linnerooth added. "My putter also was working out well this week."
Defending champion Rob Harris was beaten by Clark in the semifinals.
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Bentley's new model becomes its fastest production car ever. How did AOL Cars fare testing the car on a snowy Thruxton racing circuit?
What is it?
Bentley's new range-topping model has been created due to customer demand. It would seem a number of people with lots of ready cash to flash have asked the Crewe-based firm for something with more shove and drama. And this is it – the fastest production Bentley ever. To distinguish it over lesser versions, Continental GT Speed models get a dark tinted grille; chrome bezels on the rear lamp clusters; rifled exhaust pipes; unique 21-inch alloys; W12 badges on the front wings (added, once again, due to customer demand); diamond quilted leather; drilled pedals, knurled gear lever; 'Speed' treadplates; and an engine-turned aluminium dashboard. There's also a new sat-nav system that can take seven-digit postcodes – to satisfy customers who visit National Trust properties rather than football clubs.
>What's under the bonnet?
An utterly glorious heart. It's the same engine that's found in the standard Continental GT W12, but this has been vigorously reworked to throw out 616bhp. The hand-built, twin-turbocharged lump is mated to a four-wheel-drive system and can top 205mph. At that speed, 4,000-litres of air per second pass through the radiator, and along the way you'll be enjoying that prodigious pace courtesy of an entirely flat torque curve. The 800Nm of torque is available at just 2,000rpm, allowing the Speed to push on to a stonking 205mph top speed. Meanwhile there's a new eight-speed ZF gearbox to make the posh rocket as enjoyable and economical to drive. Combined mpg is a surprising 19.5 (Continental GT V8 returns 26.7mpg; the Continental GT W12 – the same 19.5mpg) and CO2 emissions are 338g/km.
Well, it's just as you'd expect. Speed owners get the Mulliner Driving Specification as standard, which includes such treats as diamond-quilted leather, a knurled gearknob and drilled aluminium pedals. The Speed costs £151k – that's around £15k more than the standard W12 Continental GT, and that's before the customer has even looked at the options list. Our test car retailed at £173k and had ceramic brakes that cost the same as a Renault Twingo. But even at £10,500, they are needed to help bring the 2.3-tonne Conti to a halt. In fact, if you stand on the brakes at 205mph, 10 MJ of energy is converted to heat – enough to power a family house for six hours!
Any rivals?
Not many really – but, like the Bentley, they're all fabulously expensive. There's the four-wheel-drive Ferrari FF which has around 40 more bhp but costs £227k. Other two-wheel-drive rivals are the Aston Martin Rapide and the Mercedes-Benz CL 63 AMG – both at around £10k more.
Is it any good?
Gloriously so. GT Speeds also have a new free-breathing exhaust which, when Sport mode is selected, turns the normally serene Bentley into a hot rod. The noise emitted from the exhaust is biblical and on overrun, pops and crackles. The steering is heavy and direct, while the brake pedal has a pleasing amount of feel through it. The power is unrelenting and spectacularly linear, but it does feel nose-heavy during fast cornering. Also, the ride is stiff even in the most comfortable setting, and on some roads the car sometimes feels fidgety. Happily though, the interior is as cosseting as you'd expect a modern Bentley to be, blending technology and heritage in an impressive way.
The AOL Cars verdict
The GT Speed only exists because a number of wealthy owners want the very best Bentley regardless of cost. To us mere mortals, the £26k cheaper Continental GT V8 ticks all the right boxes, but we all know that the Speed will be hugely popular just because it is the fastest. There's no doubting how fabulously rapid the Speed is and it even feels tremendously useable everyday. We're off to smash the piggy bank open.
The knowledge
Model: Bentley Continental GT Speed
Price: £173,325 (as tested)
Engine: 6.0-litre, twin-turbocharged petrol
Power: 616bhp, 800Nm
Max speed: 205mph
0-60mph: 4.0s
MPG (comb'd): 19.5
Emissions: 338g/km


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Illest opens in Our Kaka'ako
By: Frolic Hawaii Jan 31, 2014
Illest — a retailer with deep roots in music, break dancing and graffiti — opens Sunday at the Six Eighty Building on Ala Moana Boulevard in Our Kaka'ako. The arrival is part of the neighborhood's overall transformation into a hip urban art and culture hub.
Illest, founded in 1999 in San Francisco, is owned by Fatlace, which initially started as a blog centered on hip-hop, music, break dancing and graffiti. Out of Fatlace grew Illest. This is not only the retailer's first store in Hawai'i, but its first store outside California. The Kaka'ako store will carry both the Illest and Fatlace brands, as well as clothing and accessory lines by Stussy, G-Shock, Benny Gold, Nike, Herschel and Medicom.
"This is a important move for us and a great way to celebrate our 15th anniversary," Mark Arcenal, Creative Director of Fatlace and Illest, said in a press release. "We look forward to seeing new faces and getting to know our new neighbors Highway Inn, Lanikai Juice and Starbucks."
To launch the Hawaii store, the Illest team has been working closely with local woodworkers, publishers and designers. For its grand opening, Illest will host a series of customer events, including a G-Shock release party on Saturday. On Monday, the first 100 customers through the door will receive a free prize pack.


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Geoff Huston, APNIC
One of the more interesting sessions at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in Quebec City in July 2011 was the first meeting of the recently established Homenet Working Group [1]. What is so interesting about networking the home? Well, if you regard challenges as "interesting," then just about everything is interesting when you look at networking in the home!
It has been a very long time since the state of the art in home Internet involved plugging the serial port of the PC into the dialup modem. The Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) modem, even when combined with some form of Wi-Fi base station, is looking distinctly passé these days. Today, the home network is seeing the intersection of a whole set of interests, including phone service, television service, home security services, energy management, utility service metering, other forms of home device monitoring, and, of course, connecting laptops and mobile devices to the net. The home network is not just a wired Local-Area Network (LAN), Wi-Fi home networks are commonplace, and there are also various Bluetooth devices. Maybe sometime soon it will be common for the home network to host some form of Third-Generation (3G) femtocell mobile cell phone repeater as well. But these days even that level of network complexity is not enough. Increasingly, the home office is part of the work office, and if numerous residents are at home, then the home network may be an endpoint for several corporate and institutional Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) [2].
Within the home network we want sophisticated security. This security involves not just protecting the network from the neighbors; the security requirements include the ability for individuals to partition off their work-VPN part of the home network from other home users. For resiliency we might want a second network provider, so we might want to add site-based multihoming to the mix. And we need to make all this work for both IPv4 and IPv6.
That set of requirements represents a massive agenda. But to make this situation truly challenging, we cannot expect every home to come with an IT Operational Service Manager to ensure that all the various devices you bring into the home and connect to the network function as required for the particular requirements of the home. Indeed, we cannot expect any home to be so lavishly supported, nor can we afford to support home networking with a bevy of specialized call centers with on-demand support specialists, expert in the panoply of consumer devices that are being sold today.
With today's home networks, consumers are effectively on their own; and all this equipment better just work straight out of the box. No configuration, no buttons, it just has to work!
Routing @ Home
The evolution of networking at home has progressed from a single computer to a basic LAN, and from there to an Ethernet-bridged network with numerous Wi-Fi and wired LAN segments. All these environments have a single common architecture with a single "boundary" unit that acts as a point of demarcation between the Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the home network. This unit is generally called Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), and typically encompasses the functions of a modem; an IPv4 Network Address Translator (NAT); a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server for both IPv4 and IPv6; as well as security firewall, bridge, and rudimentary router functions.
But it is unrealistic to assume that home networks will continue to use a centralized model that places all of the management functions of the home network in a single unit. So how should we view home networks? Should home networks be a single bridged LAN, or are we seeing the evolution of home networks into multiple distinct domains with a routing fabric to glue them together? And if that is the case, what routing protocol should be used?
I have noticed in the low end of the CPE market it is not uncommon to see a rudimentary routing function supported by the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) [3]. Thankfully, it is RIP Version 2, so the routing protocol can be configured with variable-length subnet masks, but even so, RIP is a very basic and simple routing protocol. But perhaps in this environment, that might be a positive factor rather than a liability in so far as RIP is simple enough to be auto-configurable. On the other hand, if there is an emergent need for more complex functions, then maybe we need to look a little harder at the available options. One of these more complex functions is subnet management. In IPv6, the CPE will collect an IPv6 address prefix. This process differs from the conventional IPv4 environment where the CPE is typically assigned a single IPv4 address. So the ensuing question is: Is it possible to automate the distribution of IPv6 subnets across the entire home network? What form of management protocol is appropriate for this role?
Of course the situation gets much more complicated if the home network has two (or more) service providers. In the IPv6 environment, this task becomes a challenging one, not only with the distribution of multiple subnets across the home network, but also in the matter of exit path selection. If the home network is exercising due diligence to prevent source address spoofing, it is also necessary for the home routing infrastructure to deliver an outgoing packet to the "right" exit ISP, where the source address of the outgoing packet needs to match the address prefix provided by the corresponding ISP service. In other words, there is a requirement for source address routing in the home.
This challenge was not really addressed by the Site Multi-Homing by IPv6 Intermediation Working Group (SHIM6) [4], despite the best of intentions, and it represents an even greater challenge if the intent is to provide mechanisms that can achieve such routing in an unmanaged home network environment.
I must admit to some concern here. We have managed to keep Internet routing working by using two principles. The first is to try to keep the routing task as simple as possible. Routing propagates a single "best" path to a destination. It does not necessarily do this propagation quickly, nor necessarily does it carry around with it a whole set of alternatives. It does just one job. The second principle is to admit that we have never really succeeded with the first principle of functional simplicity and we have always had expertise at hand to oversee the routing function and apply manual patches as required. The specialized requirements for the home network appear to be breaking both principles. The requirements are certainly not simple, and I see a mix of routing techniques—including various forms of policy-based routing requirements—entering the discussion. Secondly, there is no assurance that if things fail expertise is at hand to mend the failure. Indeed, the more complex the routing environment, the greater the potential for complex forms of failure. As we contemplate ever more complex requirements in the home network, we face a greater risk of encountering failure "by design," where it is just not possible to design products for this environment that will "just work."
Names @ Home
What should I call my printer? More to the point, how should I identify my Wi-Fi printer to all those devices at home that want to use it to print? I am sure that I would not like to use a proprietary naming scheme that requires me to add additional name resolution software to every device at home that wants to print something, nor do I want to transcribe IP addresses into everything. I would like my printer to get dynamically assigned IPv4 and IPv6 addresses when the device is plugged in and switched on, and have the name of the printer published via a generic name resolution mechanism, namely the Domain Name System (DNS).
But most of the time the rest of the world has no need to know the name of my printer at home, and I am not sure that it is a good move, securitywise, to gratuitously publish information in the public DNS. So what I would like for my printer is some form of "local" or "scoped" DNS, where I can name my printers, my disk servers, and other devices that I have at home in the context of my home and not have this information leak further afield. Is this scoped form of name resolution, split horizon DNS, or split views, possible in the context of the DNS without invoking further elements of configuration management?
Multicast DNS (mDNS) is perhaps one of the strongest candidates for this role. In essence, mDNS replaces the explicit client-server structure of the DNS with a scoped name subdomain of .local that is inherently scoped to the associated multicast domain.
This setup allows a client to perform DNS-like name resolution functions on a local network without the need to configure a conventional DNS server environment, and without the need to obtain global delegation of a site name in the global DNS.
An alternative approach is to use a conventional DNS delegation and conventional unicast DNS queries and responses. Clients are able to use DNS Dynamic Updates [5] to provide the local DNS server with their details as they come online. This approach requires either open access from anyone to the nameserver or a security mechanism such as Transaction SIGnature (TSIG) [6]. TSIG generally requires manual configuration, and alternatives are either little used—such as Transaction KEY (TKEY) [7]—or involve further intricacies, such as Microsoft's Active Directory, which uses other user authentication mechanisms to bootstrap the TSIG part using the Generic Security Service Algorithm for Secret Key Transaction (GSS-TSIG)[8]. The DNS server itself can be advertised to all clients via the Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP), as part of the larger Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) framework.
Sensing and Serving @ Home
Where to go from here? It is certainly the case that electronics has managed to pervade just about every device at home. Electricity meters are morphing into household energy-management systems, and many other household appliances are now controlled by internal processors. But individually configuring each of these devices is a forbidding task. Even adding an interface to allow manual configuration can often be a challenging objective.
The objective here is to define a standard mechanism to allow sensors to sense their local environment when powered up, obtain an IP address, advertise their existence and capabilities to the network, and, as appropriate, rendezvous with the sensor controller or controllers across the home network.
This example is another instance of a more generic class of automating the installation and use of services in "lightly" managed or even unmanaged networks, and it intersects significantly with the objectives encompassed with SSDP and UPnP. The potential volume of such devices places this example more squarely into a class of IPv6-only services, I suspect, which is a significant extension to the existing IPv4-centric UPnP frameworks.
What is needed is a bootstrap protocol that can provide a connecting device with:
Security @ Home
One of the most significant concerns with home networks lies in the area of security management. Host computers in a home network often want to place a very high level of implicit trust in their immediate network neighbors at the same home. It is not unusual for hosts in a home network to share printers, file servers, data, and even user profiles. Indeed, it is probably commonplace. But beyond this local security domain a host should become paranoid and treat all connection attempts with suspicion. But where does the local trust domain start and stop? What is the "local" security boundary?
This question is difficult to answer in an automated fashion. It is no longer the local LAN, particularly as home networks transition into routed networks. The security boundary is related to the local multicast scope, but this supposition assumes that it is possible to define a multicast scope that encompasses the local trust domain of the home network, and this assumption brings us back to the same question.
Even if you thought you might have a clean answer to the boundary question, you need to remind yourself about telecommuting. With telecommuting, there is a requirement to partition out an entire local network segment from the rest of the home environment and the home security domain and transplant it into the work security domain.
Everything @ Home
Home is certainly the new field of engagement for networked goods and services. However, it is one of the most challenging places to operate in from the perspective of attempting to deliver coherent services in a reliable and secure manner. The components are sourced from various vendors, and constructed incrementally over extended periods of time. It is an environment where older components need to coexist with new devices, and the overall engineering of the environment is at best piecemeal, and perhaps more often not engineered at all. In this environment out-of-the-box interoperability is of paramount importance, and therefore it is an environment where good standards really matter. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given these constraints, networking in the home is one of the environments that appear to raise the most challenges. It is an unforgiving environment where there is no real substitute for simplicity and reliability in a "plug-and-play" world.
The IETF Homenet Working Group has a lot of work to do. The Working Group will have to examine the diverse set of approaches in use today, add IPv6 functions, and produce a coherent set of outcomes in the form of standards that support robust, capable home networks that work in an unmanaged environment.
Ahhh home! There really is no place quite like it!
[1] Homenet Working Group: http://www.ietf.org/dyn/wg/charter/homenet-charter
[2] Paul Ferguson and Geoff Huston, "What Is a VPN?" (Part 1 and Part 2), The Internet Protocol Journal, Volume 1, No. 1 and No. 2, June and September 1998.
[3] Gary Malkin, "RIP Version 2," RFC 2453, November 1998.
[4] Shim6 Working Group (concluded) http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/wg/shim6/charters
[5] Paul Vixie, ed., Yakov Rekhter, Susan Thomson, and Jim Bound, "Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)," RFC 2136, December 1997.
[6] Paul Vixie, Olafur Gudmundsson, Donald E. Eastlake 3rd, and Brian Wellington, "Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (TSIG)," RFC 2845, May 2000.
[7] Donald E. Eastlake 3rd, "Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR)," RFC 2930, September 2000.
[8] Stuart Kwan, Praerit Garg, James Gilroy, Levon Esibov, Randy Hall, and Jeff Westhead, "Generic Security Service Algorithm for Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (GSS-TSIG)," RFC 3645, October 2003.
GEOFF HUSTON, B.Sc., M.Sc., is the Chief Scientist at APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry serving the Asia Pacific region. He has been closely involved with the development of the Internet for many years, particularly within Australia, where he was responsible for the initial build of the Internet within the Australian academic and research sector. He is author of numerous Internet-related books, and was a member of the Internet Architecture Board from 1999 until 2005; he served on the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society from 1992 until 2001. E-mail: email@example.com


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Saying that new car sales in Europe are declining is the understatement of the year. Naturally, all manufacturers are trying to deal with this situation - some by forming alliances or joint ventures and others by closing down plants and laying off workers.
Volvo, on its behalf, announced today that it has decided to halt production at its Torslanda plant in Sweden from October 29 until November 2 due to reduced demand for its products.
The company's latest action is in addition to an earlier decision to reduce the production pace in the Torslanda plant from 57 cars to 50 cars per hour, which came into effect on October 1.
"Europe is the main market for Volvo Car Corporation and the continued recession is naturally affecting demand for our cars", said Volvo acting President, CEO and CFO Jan Gurander. "Against this background, it is essential for us to continue to use the built-in flexibility we have within our manufacturing system."
The company said that, apart from putting its employees on leave with pay for said period, there won't be any changes to its plants' workforce.
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Posada passes Mantle on playoff RBI list
Posada passes Mantle on playoff RBI list
NEW YORK -- Another postseason game, another accolade for yet another Yankees player.
With his run-scoring single off Twins starter Brian Duensing in the second inning of Saturday's American League Division Series Game 3, catcher Jorge Posada passed Mickey Mantle for ninth place all time with his 41st postseason RBI.
Mantle, who played all 65 of his career postseason games in the World Series, did not have the advantage of the modern three-round playoff format, amassing his 40 RBIs in just 273 plate appearances.
Posada, by contrast, needed 450 postseason plate appearances to record his 41st RBI. He ranks fifth all time in playoff plate appearances and third in games played with 114.
Former Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams is the all-time postseason RBI leader with 80 in 545 plate appearances.


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7 KOA Campgrounds That Host Karaoke Nights
February 18, 2016
For our campers who love singing their favorite tunes by the campfire or even onstage, did you know that many KOA Campgrounds host regular karaoke nights?
See below a few KOA Campgrounds where you can sing your heart away!
7 KOA Campgrounds That Host Karaoke Nights
- July and August 2016: Movies, bingo and karaoke on selected evenings
Gulf Shores / Pensacola West KOA
- Saturday Nights in 2016: Karaoke with DJ Mahayla from 7- 10pm in the winter and 8-11pm in the spring/summer
- Weekends from May 13 – Oct 1, 2016: Karaoke nights each weekend, along with other activities such as ice-cream socials, tractor rides, crafts, games, candy bar bingo, All-u-can-eat pancake breakfasts, scavenger hunts and special theme weekends
- July 22-24, 2016: Join us for Christmas in July fun! Meet Santa, make a special craft and sing Karaoke and Christmas songs
San Francisco North / Petaluma KOA
- Select Evenings from May – Labor Day 2016: Karaoke Night with Lyle – whether you sing the classics or "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" you will have an amazing night
- Saturday, May 7, 2016: Karaoke and Music with DJ Deb for Mother's Day and Customer Appreciation Weekend – We appreciate mothers and our customers! We're showing our appreciation two ways. First, we can all show our moms how much we care with special activities for her and a pancake breakfast on Sunday – it's all about mom! Second, we appreciate all our campers, Moms, Dads and Kids alike – If your family camped with us in 2015 on a regular price weekend, you can camp on Saturday for free with either a paid Friday or Sunday night!
- Saturday, May 21, 2016: Karaoke and Music with DJ Deb for their Iron Chef Contest "Allez cuisine" – Sign up for this heated competition by agreeing to make an amazing dish using the three ingredients given to you. DO you have what it takes to concoct something great? To make sure new chefs and iron chefs alike have an even playing field – Participants may not leave campground to get anything else but may purchase in camp store or borrow from a fellow camper
- Saturday, October 8, 2016: Karaoke and Music with DJ Deb for Columbus Day/Halloween – Bring pumpkins carved and burning bright and costumed characters to be out at night. Candy in bags for all to enjoy, for old and young, girl and boy. Now don't you fear, it's Halloween again this year! Participate in trick or treating, costume contests, site decorating contest and even take a walk through our spook house
- Select Evenings in the Summer: Karaoke nights
- Friday, July 8, 2016: Kamper Karaoke for Independence Week Celebration – Show your patriotism at our all-American party weekend. Come celebrate freedom by camping with your family!


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Acer used Mobile World Congress to unveil its entry into the smartphone market, with the Tempo range of handsets.
The touchscreen devices all run the Windows Mobile platform and are the result of Acer buying Taiwanese smartphone maker E-Ten last year. Developing its new smartphones wouldn't have been possible without the R&D know-how it got via that deal, said Aymar de Lencquesaing, the head of Acer's Smart Handheld Business Group.
The first set of handsets will be based on the existing version of Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. Included is, for example, the M900, which comes equipped with a Qwerty keyboard, a 3.8in screen, and a fingerprint scanner for authentication. It also has High-Speed Download Packet Access (HSDPA) support, built-in GPS and a 5Mp camera.
The M900 is one of the smartphones launched by Acer at Mobile World Congress
For users who aren't fond of Qwerty keyboards there is the F900, which also comes with 3.8in screen. It has a 3.2Mp camera, and support for Wi-Fi.
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Both phones will start shipping at the end of March or the beginning of April, according to Acer. Pricing will be announced at the time of launch.
The company is also working on a second set of smartphones that will be based on Windows Mobile 6.5, which was also announced at Mobile World Congress this week, and come out by the end of the year.
De Lencquesaing also dropped hints about Acer working on smartphones based other operating systems than Windows Mobile, including Android, but didn't provide any details.
Acer's goal is to become one of the top five smartphone vendors, which means it would at least have to displace Sharp from the fifth spot and sell about 1.3 million units per quarter, according to third quarter sales statistics from Gartner.


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Summer deserves its own soundtrack -- for the beach, for warm nights and for the road. But don't worry if your travel budget is tight: This summer, All Things Considered and NPR Music will take you on a global journey through music. We're checking in with DJs, musicians and writers for the songs that define summer in some of the world's most vibrant cities. We're calling it The Spin.
From the lush jungles of Bali to the 24-hour buzz of Jakarta, Indonesia is an island nation with a host of summer song offerings.
Daniel Mananta is a VJ with MTV Indonesia and the host of Indonesian Idol. He says Indonesia has bands that are influenced by British pop, but it also has its own distinct character of music. Artists often present traditional music with flavors of R&B and hip-hop. And he says much of that music tends to be mellow.
"We're romantic people," he says. "We love our mellow songs."
It's summer weather all year long in Indonesia, but Mananta's choice for his country's song of the summer is Nidji's "Laskar Pelangi," which he describes as the most listener-friendly song in Indonesia. Mananta says Indonesians everywhere know the words and sing along.
"It's all about being inspiring to people," he says. "You know, be a hero to the people around you. Be honorable. It's such a positive song."


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The Coalfield Yellow Jackets are heading into their seventh season under head coach Keith Henry. Coalfield lost five players to season-ending injuries last year, but they're ready for another playoff run. Despite the loss, Coalfield made it to the Class 1A semifinals where they fell to South Pittsburg, 43-22.
The Yellow Jackets are working on beefing up both lines and Tennessee commit Zach Stewart is helping with that.
"We've got a lot of work to do. I've been working with a bunch of the younger guys in the weight room," said Stewart. "We've made great strides. We're a little under-sized just compared to what we have been in the past few years, but we're real confident in what we're doing. We're going to be where we need to be."
Meanwhile, district foe Oneida is looking for a quarterback. The Indians finished 9-3 in 2013 and lost to Grace Christian in the second round of the Class 2A. Oneida lost QB Cole West to graduation and head coach Tony Lambert's son Jacob is competing for the job.
"Its pushed us to work harder and compete against each other with a friendly competition," said Jacob Lambert. "Me and the other quarterbacks, we're real close friends. We hang out and we just want to have a friendly competition and win the battle the way we should."
Coalfield opens the season with Copper Basin on August 22.
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Drum Corps is certainly not without tradition. As in the former military corps, the drum and bugle signaling units were lead by the Drum Major. Today Drum and Bugle Corps continue to march in a similar military style and are directed by the Drum Major.
Drum and Bugle Corps are divided into 3 age groups:
Junior - Under the age of 21
Senior - Over the age of 21
All ages - Combined age groups
From the early 1950's to the late 1980's there were over 100 Drum and Bugle Corps across Ontario and Quebec with competitions taking place almost every weekend from mid June to late August. The Ontario Drum Corps Association (ODCA) was the leading association in Ontario for drum corps' to meet and compete for the top billing. Corps ranged in class from A, being the best of the best to D and parade class. Each corps consisted of up to 120 marching members performing for 20 minutes on a standard football field showing their best bugles, drums, marching, manoeuvring and special effects. Today only a handful of corps exist in Ontario with the majority of them being senior corps consisting of members attempting to relive their youth.
In the United States Drum and Bugle Corps is still thriving. Although not as strong as the mid 1900's, organizations like Drum Corps International (DCI) and Drum Corps Associates (DCA) help to keep the drum and bugle corps movement alive. Each year in early August DCI holds the World Junior Drum Corps Championships with well over 100 drum and bugle corps from around the world competing for the best junior drum corps. As with DCI, DCA hosts the All Ages Drum and Bugle Corps World Championships in early September.
Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps of Rockford Ill.
2008 - DCI World Champions
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Baby snatching attempt leads to jail
FARGO - A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 30 days in jail this morning after pleading guilty to an amended charge stemming from a June 2008 attempted baby snatching in south Fargo.
Tyler Ray Nord was originally charged with felony attempted felonious restraint, but the charge was amended to misdemeanor unlawful restraint in exchange for the guilty plea.
Nord, of Duluth, Minn., tried to walk off with Amanda Steckler's then 7-week-old infant after she put the carrier on the ground in her driveway to reach for her 2-year-old daughter, who was still in the car.
The two struggled over the carrier during the incident, Cass County District Court documents state.
"He was basically pulling me along with him because I wouldn't let go of it, and then I hollered for help," Steckler told The Forum in June. "All I could think of was not to let go."
Nord's friend then ran over to the garage after hearing the commotion.
"What in the hell are you doing?" Steven Kressin asked. Nord then let go of the carrier.


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I direct the MEMS Laboratory at the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering. Please follow this link for more information.
Current Research
Active Programs (PI)
- Optimal Strategies for Moving Droplets in Digital Microfluidic Systems," National Science Foundation award CCR-0342632, 7/16/03 - 7/15/04.
- "Micro-Actuator Mirror Display (MMD)," Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Research Fund, University of Washington, Spring-Summer 2003
- "Selfassembly of Heterogeneous Microsystems on ppNIPAM-coated Microheater Arrays," National Science Foundation award ECS-0223598, 7/15/02 - 3/31/04.
- "CISE Postdoctoral Research Associates in Experimental Computer Science - Probing Neural Substrates of Behavior," NSF Award EIA-0072744, 9/1/00 - 8/31/03, includes REU support.
- "MEMS Research," Microsoft Research unrestricted gift, 5/23/00.
- "Methods and Mechanisms for Micro Manipulation," NSF CAREER Award ECS-9875367, 04/99 - 03/03.
Active Programs (co-PI)
- "Engineered Biomaterials Training Program," National Institutes of Health, PI: Buddy Ratner, University of Washington, 7/1/2003 - 6/30/08.
- "RO1: Microscale Genomics," National Institutes of Health, PI D. Meldrum, University of Washington. 8/1/02 - 7/30/06.
- "Center of Excellence in Genomic Science: Biologically Active Microsystems," National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Grant Number 1 P50 HG002360-01, PI D. Meldrum, University of Washington. 8/1/01 - 7/31/06.
- "Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) for Infosecurity", US Department of Justice award 2000-DT-CX-K001, subcontract from "Institute for Security Technology Studies" at Dartmouth College, PI: Bruce Donald, 5/1/02 - 3/31/04.
- "Using Computer Electronics to Probe the Neural Substrates of Behavior," David and Lucile Packard Foundation grant 2000-01763, PI: Tom Daniel, University of Washington, 7/1/00 - 6/30/04.
Completed Projects
Completed Programs (PI)
- "Switches for all-Optical Network Distribution Systems," Washington Technology Center Research & Development Program 01-M5, 7/1/00 - 6/30/02.
- "Intracellular Probe Arrays", DARPA Bio:Info:Micro grant MD A972-01-1-0002, 12/1/00 - 11/31/01.
- "MEMS Laboratory," Agilent Technologies, November 2000, equipment donation.
- "Deep Reactive Ion Etcher," Microsoft Research unrestricted gift, 7/7/00.
- "MEMS and Microtechnology," WTC MEMS Award 99-A, 03/16/00 - 06/30/00.
- "A Docking System for Microsatellites based on MEMS Actuator Arrays," DARPA/AFRL prime contract F29601-98-D-0210, USRA subcontract 9500-20, 8/24/99-8/23/00.
- "Microfabricated Probes for Intracellular Neuronal Interfaces," WTC MEMS Award 99-8, 07/01/99 - 06/30/00.
- "MEMS Instructional Laboratory," Intel Corporation, equipment donation, Autumn 1999.
- "Electrostatic Micro Self Assembly," UW Program for Undergraduate Education, 1/99-6/99.
Completed Programs (co-PI)
- "Microelectronics Education Enhancement Program," NSF CRCD grant no. EEC-9812848, PI: Tom Stoebe. Includes REU supplement, 6/1998 - 6/2001.
- "Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) for Infosecurity", US Department of Justice award 2000-DT-CX-K001, subcontract from "Institute for Security Technology Studies" at Dartmouth College, PI: Bruce Donald, 9/18/00 - 11/03/00.
- "Intelligent Satellite Teams for Space Systems," NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) grant 07600-009, 12/16/98 - 05/31/99.
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Associated British Foods denies 'dodging tax' in Zambia
According to a report published by the charity, Zambia Sugar – owned by ABF subsidiary Illovo – paid virtually no corporation tax in the country between 2007 and 2012, despite recently posting record profits.
ABF – whose brands include Kingsmill, Twinings and Silver Spoon – claimed "capital allowances" on a £150M investment to double production in the country resulted in corporate tax being legitimately waived.
However, Chris Jordan, a tax expert at ActionAid and co-author of the report, said: "This is a really shocking case where the Associated British Foods group has gone to great lengths to ensure it pays virtually no corporation tax in a very poor country. Tax avoidance is not victimless financial engineering. In Zambia 45% of children are malnourished and two-thirds of the population live on less than $2 a day."
Taxable profits
The report also alleged there are several other financial transactions that reduced Zambia Sugar's taxable profits in the country, while others managed to bypass other Zambian taxes that are ordinarily levied on foreign payments.
It also highlighted annual $2.6M payments to an Irish sister company with "no employees" – something ABF said was an accounting error.
In a statement, ABF said it had responded in a "transparent and detailed manner" to ActionAid. Despite this the charity had "produced a report written in inflammatory language that is designed to mislead", it said.
The firm added: "We deny emphatically that Illovo is engaged in anything illegal, immoral or in any way designed to reduce the tax rightly payable to the Zambian government. We are very proud of Zambia Sugar and the major contribution that it makes to the Zambian economy.
Production capacity
"Since 2008 Illovo has invested £150M to double the production capacity in Zambia and so create the largest sugar mill in Africa. This mill and related activities provide employment for more than 5,000 people.
"Capital allowances on this investment have resulted in no corporate tax being payable since the investment was made. The availability of these allowances, used by governments all over the world, has nothing to do with tax avoidance. African governments should be as free as any other to attract investors."
The statement also asserted there was no attempt to artificially reduce profits in Zambia.
"Payments made by Zambia Sugar for the services of third-party contractors, expatriate personnel in Zambia and export services provided by Illovo, are made at cost," said the firm.
"These payments are made to overseas companies, largely for historical reasons, and are not driven by tax considerations. ActionAid could not be more mistaken."


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It's with some excitement and a lot of trepidation that I present a little website, badly-coded, that I hacked up in response to the tremendous demand for a date sort feature. The website is just a form which searches a board on chowhound for words -- either anywhere in the message, or just in the subject, or both -- and returns date-sorted results.
I say trepidation because I'm afraid of the strain it might put on Chowhound's servers. The way my script works is to pull up to the first ten pages of results (that is, up to 200 results) from Chowhound, and then sort and present them. Thus it does NOT YIELD perfect results, but only approximately good ones.
In order to minimize the strain on Chowhound's (and my own web host's) servers, I've included a small delay in the program. This will mean that a search that yields the maximum 200 results will take around 20-25 seconds to perform. On the other hand, the results will be all on one page.
I hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, and I reserve the right to take this down at any time for any reason -- including, and especially if the Chowhound administrators so desire.
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NFL news, rumors and injuries
NFL | Matt Elam's suspension lifted
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:23:21 -0800
Free-agent FS Matt Elam's six-game suspension was lifted Tuesday, Nov. 21. He remains a free agent.
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NFL | Vontae Davis being pursued by several teams
Sun, 12 Nov 2017 06:01:49 -0800
Several teams have expressed interest in signing free-agent CB Vontae Davis (Colts), including two clubs that are currently in the playoff hunt, according to a source. He is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks after undergoing groin surgery this week but could return in time to contribute during the postseason.
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NFL | Gary Kubiak could return as coordinator
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 07:32:17 -0800
Former Denver Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak may be willing to consider an offensive coordinator job next season if it is the right situation, according to sources close to him.
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NFL | Three free agents no longer suspended
Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:46:39 -0700
Free-agents LB Max Bullough (Texans), RB B.J. Daniels (Falcons) and DT Ra'Shede Hageman (Falcons) had their suspensions lifted Tuesday, Oct. 31.
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NFL | Anquan Boldin looking to play again
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:35:06 -0700
Retired WR Anquan Boldin has expressed a desire to play again and has received permission from the Buffalo Bills for his agent to seek a trade.
Fantasy Tip: It is not known if Boldin will receive any interest in the trade market, but owners can keep an eye on the situation. He has not played this season and probably would need a week or two to get back into game shape. Fantasy owners should avoid Anquan Boldin for the time being.
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NFL | Several teams interested in NaVorro Bowman
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 09:46:32 -0700
Free-agent LB NaVorro Bowman (49ers) is receiving interest from the Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders. The New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens were interested in trading for Bowman before the San Francisco 49ers released him.
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NFL | NaVorro Bowman close to signing?
Sat, 14 Oct 2017 07:16:06 -0700
Based on the interest he has received, free-agent LB NaVorro Bowman (49ers) is expected to sign with a new team no later than Monday, Oct. 16, according to a source.
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Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:48:20 -0700
Free-agent FS Matt Elam (Ravens) has been suspended for the next six weeks of the season, according to a source. The reason for the suspension was not disclosed, but Elam has been suspended before.
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NFL | Dan Orlovsky calls it a career
Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:21:39 -0700
Free-agent QB Dan Orlovsky (Rams) announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday, Oct. 11.
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NFL | Mike Harris set to announce retirement
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:26:05 -0700
Free-agent OL Mike X. Harris has decided to end his football career due to a congenital brain condition known as brain arteriovenous malformation and will file retirement papers with the NFL in October, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press' Chris Tomasson.
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NFL | De'Ante Saunders reinstated
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:04:10 -0700
Free-agent CB De'Ante Saunders (Browns) was reinstated by the NFL from his suspension Tuesday, Sept. 26.
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NFL | Ra'Shede Hageman suspended six games
Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:29:43 -0700
Free-agent DL Ra'Shede Hageman (Falcons) was suspended by the National Football League for six weeks, a source said Friday, Sept. 22, due to a domestic violence issue.
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NFL | Dalvin Cook, Kareem Hunt living off big plays
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:31:14 -0700
Minnesota Vikings RB Dalvin Cook and Kansas City Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt lead the NFL with six big-play rushes - defined as runs that cover more than 10 yards - through two games.
Fantasy Tip: Unsurprisingly, Hunt leads the league in rushing with 229 yards, while Cook is third with a NFC-best 191. Hunt's five total touchdowns are tied for the second-most by any player in his first two career games, while his 355 scrimmage yards is the fourth-highest total by a rookie in his team's first two games in league history. Cook only needs to find the end zone - he has yet to do so - with some regularity before ascending into fantasy RB1 territory.
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NFL | Josh Brown suspended six more games
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 05:25:57 -0700
Free-agent PK Josh Brown (Giants) was suspended an additional six games Friday, Sept. 8, in a domestic violence case.
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Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:33:12 -0700
Former NFL WR James Jones announced his retirement from the NFL Wednesday, Sept. 6.
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Obama Asks Youth To Spread Health Care Message
On Thursday, President Obama spoke about health care to 15,000 people packed into the University of Maryland's Comcast Center. It was just the kind of young, liberal crowd that formed the core of his base during the campaign last year. He told the largely student crowd that overhauling health insurance was one of the defining struggles of their generation.
"When you're young, I know this isn't always an issue that you have at the top of your mind," Obama said. "You think you're invulnerable. That's how I thought."
Young people make up one of the biggest chunks of the uninsured: One in three adults under 30 does not have health insurance. And, Obama said, most of them are just one accident or illness away from bankruptcy.
"Nearly half of these young people have trouble paying their medical bills," he told the crowd. "Nearly 40 percent are in debt because of it. I mean, think about adding the debt you already have for college, on top of that, another $10,000 or $20,000 or $30,000 or $50,000 worth of debt because you get sick."
Depending On Youth
The solution the president is backing depends on bringing these young, healthy people into the insurance pool. They, like everyone else, would be required to have insurance, but because they use less health care, their premiums would help subsidize coverage for older, less healthy people.
Those under age 26 who are currently on their parents' health insurance would be allowed to stay on, but other young people, not covered by their parents' insurance, would have to purchase their own health insurance or pay a fine.
NPR Health Blog
Brian Burell, a college junior, is still covered under his parents' plan; he said he doubts many of the students who came to the Comcast Center to hear the president understand the options they would face under his proposed plan.
"It's going to be a shock for, I think, a lot of people," Burell said. But, he added, "I think it's better in the long run, because it could be a lot more costly for someone to go out and not have health insurance and have to pay for surgery or whatever comes up."
Chris Ramig, a graduate student at the University of Maryland, was philosophical about the prospect of mandatory insurance.
"It's kind of the same as going without car insurance," he said. "It seems like a good idea until your car gets wrecked, but then, you know, what do you do? So I mean, if you care about your long-term interests, it seems like you would go out and do that instead of just being a free rider off of the system."
Mobilizing The 'Yes We Can' Generation
Like he did during the election season, Obama appealed directly to the youth crowd with his message.
"A lot of you here today and a lot of young people across the country gave your time and your effort to this campaign because you believed that America can still do great things," Obama told the university audience. "You believed that in this country, we don't fear the future; we shape the future."
Now he said he wants them to help him pass a health care bill through Congress.
"We need the voice of the young people to transform this nation," the president said. "So I want to know — are you fired up?"
His call to the audience was met with cheers and applause. It was the kind of enthusiastic response that none of the actual health care bills proposed so far have received from either party in Washington. The White House hopes to harness this momentum when it comes time to push a final bill over the finish line.


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The Perfectionist Khan, Aamir Khan has rubbished the reports of threats to his life as there are very sensitive issues with which he is dealing in his TV show, Satyamev Jayate. It was being said that the actor had received several threats as he criticized many ill practices in the country such as female foeticide, medical malpractices and honour killing.
There were also reports that Aamir Khan even ordered a bullet proof car ash he was worried about his safety after he touched upon very sensitive issues regarding governance and Lok Sabha elections 2014 in the latest Season of his show. But Dhoom Khan slammed all these reports and said, "I have not got any threats. I don't fear… threats. Do not go with the rumours. There is no threat to me."
Satyamev Jayate Season 1, anchored by the 48 year old Aamir, had a successful run and the Season 2 is about to be aired in TV from March 2. Aamir added, "We think ourselves as communicators, our responsibility is to talk about an issue, present the data and talk about the law. I want people to join… engage in the movement and stand for the right things. Personally, I would like to endorse women empowerment."
Meanwhile, the Dhoom 3 actor when asked about his goo d friend Sanjay Dutt's parole extension favors and the Bombay High Court's decision of slamming Maharashtra government on the same.
The actor said, "I don't think it's right for me to comment on this matter for a number of reasons one of them is that, I am totally unaware about what the case is. I am sure, that there are certain rules and regulations that prisons follow and I am assuming that they follow that for everyone. But if something has not been followed then whichever officer is responsible for that not only in Sanju's case but in general then serious action should be taken against them as nobody is above the law. I don't know about Sanju's case. How many days of parole he has been granted or how they have been. So it won't be right for me to comment."
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