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Proposed legislation passed this month by the House Government Reform Committee calls for a major overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service and lays out a narrow definition of a postal service:
"'Postal service' means the carriage of letters, printed matter or mailable packages, including acceptance, collection, processing, delivery, or other services supportive or ancillary thereto."
The legislation would also:
Categorize postal services as either market-dominant products or competitive products, which are subject to separate new accounting rules.
Require income and expenses from competitive products to be segregated in a Treasury Department revolving fund that will be called the Competitive Products Fund.
Define an assumed federal tax on income from competitive products offered by USPS and require the amount of that assumed tax to be transferred each year from the Competitive Products Fund to the main Postal Service Fund.
Authorize USPS officials to conduct a study of universal mail service and submit a report to Congress one year after the legislation is enacted.
Source: Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (H.R. 4341)
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"What if his own feelings had grown so deep in denial that he'd given himself nightmares? Did he think I hated him?"
Chapter Fourteen; Finally
"Where's Frank?" I asked Mikey when I'd pulled on some clothes. He'd been standing outside my door awkwardly when I opened it. And sure enough, Frank had disappeared.
"He um... had a phone call and had to go," he said. He didn't sound particularly convincing.
"Of course he did, Mikey. Seriously, where is he?" I asked. He sighed.
"He freaked and ran out about four seconds before you emerged," he said. I frowned.
"Why? He said he wanted to talk to me."
"I don't..."
"Oh shit, I scared him off didn't I? I can't believe that I just..."
"I don't even know why that..."
"Gerard!" he shouted. I stopped rambling. "I don't know why he freaked. Maybe it's because he's so madly head-over-heels for you that he was scared how you would react if he confessed his love."
"That's not what... hang on, wait, what?" That was the only thing that I could reply with. "He's... what?"
"Oh for fuck's sake!" he shouted, throwing my duvet back at me. "You two are so fucking BLIND! You're driving me mental!"
"Whoa, calm down! I honestly don't know what's going on! I woke up about two minutes ago!"
"Would you like me to draw you a diagram? Possibly?" he said.
"Okay, then I'll explain it verbally. Frank. He wants to lick you all over and have your babies... which is quite disturbing when I think about it. And you want to hold Frank and eat his face, which he also happens to be oblivious to."
"Oh," I said, quietly.
"So next time you see him, just run up and admit your undying love and then you'll have access to freely ravish his face. On second thoughts, don't do that. I wouldn't want to loose my breakfast..."
"Mikey," I said, before he could continue any further. "You're a pain in the ass. But now you've told me this, you may want to steer clear when I see him at school tomorrow. And now I'm going back to bed."
"Oh, great. I'll bring vomit bags," he said. I smirked and turned back into my room with my duvet.
To say I was nervous the next day was a massive understatement. I woke up and could barely think straight when I realized - I get to see him today. I made up my mind very quickly the day before; I was just going to come clean. Simple enough, I think.
Mikey was watching me with a knowing smile on his face as I walked downstairs that morning. I just poked my tongue out at him.
"Excited for today, Gee-tard?" he asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Sure," I said, sarcastically. Our mum looked between us in interest.
"What's happening today?"
"Well, Gerard's finally decided..."
"It's really nobody's business," I said, glaring at him.
"Awww, it's only about Frankie, isn't it, GeeGee?" he asked, pouting. I threw a plastic cup at his head.
"Frank, your new friend?" my mum asked, now smiling.
"Yes, that very same one," said Mikey. I glared at both of them and stood up, stalking outside.
"Something he's not telling us?"
"Something he's not even admitted to himself yet."
I left the house really early, just to get away from the annoying twat that called himself my brother. I wanted to avoid as many of my friends as possible, in the hope that I might be able to speak to Frank alone.
But of course, I had no such luck. I walked outside and Penina was perched on the wall outside my house. She smiled as I came out, and we automatically began to walk together in silence. It was actually quite comforting to have her walk by my side, and not actually bombarde me with a zillion questions in the way Jenna would.
We arrived at school in an equal silence, and rather awkwardly early. But again, Penina did not say anything. We even arrived in front of my empty, silent form classroom before she'd said anything.
"You're early," she said in a conversational tone. I nodded and didn't reply, looking down at my fingertips. "Is everything okay?" I knew I didn't have to lie. Usually when people ask 'Are you okay', you don't feel like telling anything, you reply with a simple nod of the head.
"Frank came to my house yesterday," I said quietly. Penina kept quiet, and just looked at me, waiting until I was ready to say anything. "I was asleep, so Mikey sort of came and, ripped my duvet off and ran away like Superman..."
"Leaving you naked in front of the midget that were were previously having a sexy dream about?" Penina asked, grinning. I laughed.
"Well, sort of. He said he wanted to talk... so I get dressed, because I didn't exactly have many clothes on... but when I came out he had gone," I said. "Mikey said he freaked out and left."
"Aww, that's too bad," said Penina, frowning. "Why do you think that was?"
"Well, according to my idiot brother, Frank wants to have my babies but thinks I do not feel the same way, and therefore is scared of how I might react if he confessed his undying love and total devotion to me. Well, that's probably not what would have happened, but that's the nub and gist of it, anyway," I said. Penina laughed.
"Well, I suppose we shall find out later," she said, as we heard the bell ring. "See you." I nodded, moving inside my form room as she went off towards hers.
People began to filter into the room, and my heart convulsed every time someone passed through the door. But it was't Frank, of course it wouldn't be. He was in the year below, he wouldn't just turn up here. Soon enough I had Bob next to me, with Jenna ogling me like a google-eyed puppet. I didn't say anything.
"Class, I need your attention!" Our form tutor, some balding guy called Mr Jeffreys who taught something mundane like French for a living, was standing at the front. He had just strolled into the classroom, standing next to two girls who were looking across at the classroom. New students.
They were twins, that much was obvious. Their features were practically identical, although the initial similarities ended there. They were the same height, they were both rather well-built and curvaceous - bear in mind this is not me perving, it is a simple observation of their physical features.
"Girls and boys, this is Ria-Lize and Valerie Laura Mottborough. They've just moved into the area, so I hope you'll welcome them..."
The first one, whom I assumed was 'Ria-Lize', had long, curly brown hair that fell to her ribs, and looked quite decidedly normal. As far as girls go, I mean. The second one, Valerie, was... well, quite... how do I put this...
Pretty fucking epic looking. Her hair was dead straight and bright pink, for a start, streaked through with white and black. And although she wore the compulsory white school shirt and black tie, she was wearing a short Lolita-tutu skirt, spiderweb patterned tights and knee-high buckle up converse. Like I said, fucking epic.
"You two... there's a couple of spare spaces behind Jenna's table, if you would like to sit there?"
"Who?" asked Valerie. Jenna waved, and the new girl waved back. She'd had a look of disgust on her face beforehand, like she didn't want to associate with anyone in the room, but she relaxed when she saw that we were just a collection of your everyday freaks. She made her way across and grinned at me when she flopped down in the seat behind me, followed tenderly by her sister.
"Guten morgen meine kameraden!" Valerie said.
"We don't speak German, you know," I said.
"Well how did you know it was German?" she asked. I grinned.
"Because it sounded evil. Everything in German sounds evil."
"You have a point there. My name is Valerie. Laura is the middle name, just call me Val. Or Vallie. But don't ever call me Vaseline," she said.
"We won't. I'm Jenna, the big teddy bear here is Bob, and the gay vampire princess over there is Gerard," said the redhead, holding out her hand. Valerie took it. I rolled my eyes.
"Nice to meet you. I appreciate your hair."
"Thank you. Yours is rather spectacular."
"I like your shoes," I said, looking at them. They were knee-high buckled converse, decorated with the Misfits skull and sparkly green laces. I liked her already.
"The gay vampire princess, I'm assuming?" Valerie asked.
"The one and only!"
"Oh, and this is Ria-Lize. She doesn't speak much. She's very hidey." The brunette scowled at Valerie.
"Call me Ria," she said. Then she pulled out a book from her satchel and opened it.
"Not too sociable?" I asked. She shook her head, eyes on the page in front of her. "'Forbidden'?" I asked quietly, so the others couldn't hear. Jenna was already talking animatedly to Valerie, probably about dinosaurs or something. Knowing Jenna.
Ria looked up at me, her brow furrowed.
"Yes. What's wrong with it?"
"It was a good book," I said. "My friend Penina cried when Lochan... I mean, are you at the end yet?"
"I've read it about seventeen times," she said. "I cried, too." I nodded, and smiled at her.
"What have you got next? Would you like me to show you around?"
"Um... History, with Miss James," said Ria, looking at her timetable. "And yes, please. I don't like the crowds in school." I smiled, but my heart thudded when I realized something. It was the same class that I sat next to Frank... I'd have to to face Frank... oh shit, oh shit, oh shit... I squeezed my eyes shut and tangled my fingers in my hair.
"Gerard, are you okay?" Jenna asked. I opened my eyes to see her staring at me in concern.
"We have History, don't we?" I asked, looking at my fingernails.
"Yes. And... is that a problem?"
"Well... I sit next to Frank," I said, blushing. Jenna 'ahhhh-ed' in realization.
"I think you're safe. I didn't see him this morning," she said.
"What?" I asked, pulling out my phone. I instantly found his name and pressed the 'call' button. I felt sort of both relieved and severely disappointed if he wasn't in.
He didn't answer the phone.
"Not answering," I said. Jenna shrugged.
"I guess you'd have wanted to talk to him?" I nodded.
"Bad luck, man," said Bob. I scowled.
Sure enough, he didn't turn up for the whole day.
By Wednesday morning I was almost sick with worry, and extremely pissed off.
You want to know why? Well, Frank hadn't been in. I know, not much reason to worry, right? Well, not only had he not been in, but nobody had been able to get contact of him. Text messages weren't replied too, phone calls were left to ring. And that wasn't just me, nobody could get hold of him. Not even when Jenna nicked Valerie's phone and tried, so it was someone he didn't know.
I was worrying that he'd died by Tuesday afternoon, when we'd knocked at his house, but by Wednesday morning I was simply pissed off. I had the feeling that he was avoiding me.
"I swear, if he doesn't turn up today, I will knock down his house to find him," I grumbled to my friends as we walked to school. Penina grinned.
"And if he does turn up today?"
"Buttsecks," said Valerie. I burst out laughing.
Luckily, I didn't have to go and break down his door I've a feeling that one of the friends (probably Jenna) went around to his house and terrorized him into coming in that morning. Anyway, I had been sitting in first period with my head on my desk, because I was pretty fucking tired.
I'd heard people muttering among each other, but I didn't really think anything of it. Well, not until I heard a voice in my ear shout - "GERARD, WAKE THE FUCK UP!" I practically shrieked and fell off my chair.
"What was that for?!" I squealed, looking up at the offender. Valerie was sitting next to me, her head cocked to one side. She just pointed at the doorway, and I looked up. Jenna was standing there, next to a very awkward-looking Frank. It must have been her who found him and dragged him in, then.
"Frank, finally!" I said, scrambling up from the floor. "Where have you been?!"
"Whoa, Gee, don't freak him out!" said Jenna. I sighed and ran my hand through my hair. I could hear lots of people in the classroom giggling. Frank just scratched the back of his neck awkwardly and avoided my gaze.
"Mr Iero, are you going to sit down or not?" asked the teacher, suddenly appearing behind him. Frank just took one look at the teacher and ran out the room. He looked confused, but didn't appear to think anything of it. I crouched down behind a bench as the teacher walked in - luckily, he didn't notice, and I was able to duck out the door.
Frank was walking away from the room slowly, fiddling with his fingers.
"Frank, wait." He turned and looked at me; and his face was sad. "Where have you been? You decide to turn up out of the blue on Sunday and then run and disappear? What's wrong? If you wanted to talk, why didn't you just stay there and we could have sorted this out on Sunday?" I said.
"Because..." He opened his mouth, but not much else came out.
"What is it?" I asked gently.
"Why did you do it, Gerard?" he asked, his voice barely more than whisper.
"On Friday," he said, looking up at me. To my utter shock, he didn't just look sad - he looked heartbroken. A wild idea formed in my mind - what if he'd spent the whole week wondering why, and what if there'd been seeds of doubt there that had just had time to formulate? If he'd been worrying about what his parents would think? What if his own feelings had grown so deep in denial that he'd given himself nightmares?
Did he think I hated him?
"I..." I couldn't say anything when that thought crossed my mind. I reached out and cupped his jaw gently with my hand. He stood completely still, not saying anything at all, not even reacting when I touched his face. "What were you thinking?"
"I was thinking... it was just something you did... because... maybe you had a reputation to protect... or that you didn't feel anything... that if I told you anything you would hate me."
He thought I hated him.
"Frank, I don't hate you," I said quietly, my thumb caressing his cheek, lifting his face up so he would look me in the eye.
"But I thought..." I put my finger to his lips.
"Frank. You want to know why, in nearly every situation ever, a person would kiss another person?" I asked. He just looked at me, confusion clouding his eyes. "You know, Anna told me what she and Ash had to convince you of."
"I didn't think you were that slow, my little midget," I said, unable to help a small smile.
"But..." Frank just looked at me, his eyes wide. "But then... what... you..."
Oh, for crying out loud.
I could see a thousand emotions swirling in his hazel green eyes. I count count every freckle on his nose. I could feel his warm breath ghosting across my own lips...
"Shut up," I said.
I closed my eyes and kissed him again. I didn't pull away after a few seconds this time. I felt his arms move from where they hung by his sides, and wrap around my neck, attaching himself to me. And he kissed me back.
I held his face in one hand, wrapped my other arm around his back, and I smiled into the most perfect moment of the entire year.
Asdfghjkl. I wrote this at 3am this morning. And I just woke up; it's 11:30 in England. I really need to get back into a decent routine. I feel so odd, because there are so many people already back at school, and I'm like, 'LOL, TWO MORE WEEKS BABY'. Anyway, Do Rate And Review this, please, thank you very muchly!


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DA formally charges LSU RB Hill in bar fightBy BRETT MARTEL
The Associated Press | July 09,2013AP File Photo
LSU running back Jeremy Hill rushes with the ball during a game last year in Baton Rouge, La.NEW ORLEANS LSU running back Jeremy Hill and another man were formally charged in Baton Rouge on Monday with misdemeanor simple battery in connection with a late-April scuffle in a bar parking lot.
Hill and Robert Bayardo, who is not an LSU student, will be arraigned on Friday, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said.
The matter has put Hills 2013 season in doubt because LSUs leading rusher last season is already on probation stemming from his January 2012 plea of misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
Hills probationary status likely will not be reviewed by the court for possible revocation until the charges have been resolved, Moore said. State District Judge Bonnie Jackson in Baton Rouge already has placed more restrictive conditions on Hills probation since his April 27 arrest, including a 9 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew and a ban from bars.
LSU coach Les Miles has suspended Hill pending the outcome of the case. On Monday, LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette said he did not expect Miles or the university to have any further comment.
Were letting the legal system run its course, Bonnette said.
Hills attorney, Marci Blaize, would not comment on the case Monday, but said she may talk more about the case after Hills next appearance in court.
Police have said evidence includes a mobile phone video which shows Hill throwing a punch to the side of the head of the victim. The video also shows Hills target being knocked out seconds later by Bayardo, who was initially booked with felony second-degree battery.
Blaize has portrayed Hill as being provoked, asserting that the video, which she has reviewed but which is not public record at this time, does not capture interaction between Hill and others which led to the exchange of blows. Blaize also has said Hill was heckled about several things, including his previous arrest stemming from a sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old girl at his high school, when Hill was 18.
Hills plea in that matter resulted in a six-month suspended sentence and two years probation, allowing him to enroll at LSU and play football last season.
The 20-year-old rushed for 755 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2012, his freshman season. Hill got increased playing time after season-opening starter Alfred Blue went out with a season-ending knee injury in LSUs third game.MORE IN Wire SportsANN ARBOR, Mich. Full StorySteve Stricker never felt more alone in front of so many people. Full StoryFOXBOROUGH, Mass. The New England Patriots have been mediocre in splitting their first two games. Full Story
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An evening stroll about five years ago inspired Judy Tyler to spruce up a front yard that by her own admission wasn't quite up to snuff.
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The city council announced Tyler as the winner of the 2012 Community Preservation Commission's Water Wise Garden Award at its May 22 meeting.
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Could anybody please show me how to insert a jpg file in the autocad drawing file using an Ole2Frame.
I need to show a logo in the drawing which is embedded (not linked) in the dwg.
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It is not possible for applications to create an ole object (AcDbOle2Frame/Ole2Frame object) in AutoCAD.
This is explained in the ObjectARX help file in the description for "setOleObject" method and I quote :
"The COleClientItem class used by AutoCAD is a modified version of the class that ships from Microsoft. This means that it is not possible for applications to create their own COleClientItem objects for use by this function. This function can only be used with COleClientItem objects created by AutoCAD (that is, the object from another AcDbOle2Frame object)."
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K-Mart Holding Corporation (Troy, Mich, U.S.), now parent of K-Mart retail stores, has released the company's financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2003.
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For the 13 weeks ended Oct. 29, 2003, K-Mart Holding Corporation reported a net loss of U.S. $23 million, or $0.26 per share. Kmart Corporation last year reported a net loss of $383 million for the 13 weeks ended Oct. 30, 2002.
Loss before interest, reorganization items, income taxes, and discontinued operations was $10 million for the third quarter of 2003, versus a loss of $328 million in the same period a year ago.
Net sales for the 13 weeks ended Oct. 29, 2003, were $5.092 billion, a decrease of 21.2 percent from $6.459 billion a year ago. On a same-store basis, sales declined 8.6 percent for the third quarter of 2003, compared to the third quarter of 2002.
Kmart said the decrease in same-store sales is due primarily to the year-over-year comparison, with several company-wide promotional events that were taking place a year ago, and the reduction in the frequency of mid-week advertising circulars in the current year. The retailr said the decrease in total sales is attributable to the decrease in same-store sales and the closure of 316 stores during the first quarter of fiscal 2003.
"We continue to actively manage our business in a disciplined fashion steadily increasing our margin realization, reducing operating costs, enhancing the productivity of our assets and improving the overall store experience for our customers," Julian C. Day, K-Mart president and CEO, said in a written statement from the company.
"Our focus on profitable sales and a consequent reduction in losses from clearance sales and promotional events resulted in a decrease in same-store sales in the third quarter," Mr. Day continued. "The actions we have taken to drive profitability contributed to a mid-teens decline in November same-store sales, but allowed us to operate the company profitably in November 2003."
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Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4), Brazil's state-controlled oil company, discovered "good quality" oil near the country's biggest field as it accelerates exploration in deep waters of the South Atlantic.
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President & CEO of FB Innovation Hawaii Inc., Yuka "Lisa" Nawano, and some of her ohana in front of Eggs 'n Things – Saratoga Flagship.
In 1974, Eggs 'n Things opened its doors to the public. Its founders, Jerry and Jan Fukunaga, hoped for success with a breakfast place that simply focused on freshness and quality. The tiny restaurant on Ena Road barely had a dozen tables. In no time, customers were lining up along the street waiting to get in; Eggs was undeniably operating above expectations. Eggs then moved to the crossroads of Kalakaua and McCully where it proved to be the choice among tourists and locals as the place for late night pancakes after an evening in Waikiki.
In 2008, with retirement imminent, Jan Fukunaga turned to long time customer and family friend, Yuka Nawano. Jan felt that Yuka held the entrepreneurial spirit and passion for Eggs 'n Things that she had.
From the start, Yuka insisted on maintaining her predecessor's high standards. "Eggs 'n Things already has the winning combination. The central things must stay the same! It won't be Eggs 'n Things if they don't," she repeatedly pointed out.
To get things up and running, she enlisted the help of Michael Skedeleski as general manager. "Quality food and the spirit of aloha . . . It's a system and formula that isn't easily repeatable," said Skedeleski. Added Damian Zukeran, public relations manager, "The concept is simple, but finding the right people and creating the culture is not easy."
With much of its original staff opting to stay on, Eggs 'n Things reopened in March 2009 in a larger venue on Saratoga Road. The new location, closer to the heart of Waikiki, brought even larger crowds.
In December 2011, the second location, Eggs 'n Things Waikiki Beach Eggspress, opened on Kalakaua Avenue. The Eggspress was designed as a takeout and casual dine-in version of the original Eggs and geared toward serving busy tourists, beachgoers, and shoppers. "We felt that by having two locations, we could accommodate people hungry for Eggs fare more easily. But, our local fans still had difficulty getting to us," commented Skedeleski and Zukeran. Yuka continues, "It's the local people that made us what we are and I had been searching for a location for the local market for quite some time."
In late 2012, Eggs 'n Things Ala Moana, a site that locals could patronize more readily, opened on the corner of Piikoi & Kona Street. When asked about how she was able to open two new locations less than a year apart, Yuka replied that she owes it all to her dedicated staff. Skedeleski and Zukeran agree that it was extremely challenging, "However, we've got to admit that we found the development of projects such as the two latest Eggs exhilarating and fulfilling."
Next year, Eggs 'n Things will turn 40. What does the future hold for the company? Posed this question, Yuka commented, "We are still a very young company. There are always new eggs to be hatched and things in the works."
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Dec 2012
Pathlight's 'N' and 'O' Level candidates for 2012 did themselves proud with their sterling results. Equally important and noteworthy was their development as well-rounded individuals during their years in Pathlight, as testified by their active involvement in CCAs, sports and other activities outside the classroom.
Six candidates sat for the GCE N(A) Level examinations. All of them did well enough to be awarded the GCE N(A) certificate and progressed to Secondary 5 N(A).
Two students emerged with a score of 11 points each, and are eligible for Polytechnic Foundation Programme which caters to the top 10% of the Secondary 4 N(A) cohort.
For the GCE N(T) examinations, Pathlight's seven candidates all scored well enough to be eligible for ITE. The top two Pathlight candidates scored 5 points each, and 100% of the cohort scored below 16 points (COP).
Three Pathlight students sat for the GCE 'O' Level examinations, and all of them attained 5 or more GCE O-Level passes each. With their stellar results, they are also eligible to proceed to Institutes of Higher Learning.
Our heartiest congratulations to all our 2012 'N' and 'O' Level students for their commendable performances. We are proud of all of them, whatever the results as we know they have overcome learning challenges and done their best. Credit also goes to the teachers, therapists and parents who had encouraged and prepared them for their success.
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WAVE 3's Dawn Gee, 102.3 The Max's George Lindsey and itinerant blogger to discuss media careers tonight [Classes and seminars]
WAVE 3 news anchor Dawne Gee, WXMA 102.3 morning show host George Lindsey and the bathrobed man pictured above are sharing their insights about careers in the media field tonight with the University of Louisville's Communication Student Group, I-Comm.
The event (speeches, panel discussion, Q&A session) is 6:30–7:30 p.m. in the Chao Auditorium located in the basement level of the Eckstrom Library. It is open to the public. Parking is available in the garage next to the Speed Art Museum.
Can't make it or deciding whether to attend? The executive summary of my canned remarks (yes, that's me in the robe) about travel writing and online media:
- It's a really nice feeling when a bartender at the Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou greets you with, "Mr. Everson! I was hoping we'd have the chance to talk. Do you like Scotch?"
- Much like it's ok to be a gambling addict if you have a system, it's ok to be addicted to social media if it's for work.
- Follow your dreams. You can reach your goals; I'm living proof... Beefcake, BEEFCAKE!
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If you have bought so-called "clean" links that pass PageRank, you might want to take a closer look to see if those links are still actually clean and that you haven't been penalized for it.
Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts reports that they have taken action today against several thousand link sellers that were passing PageRank.
Word hasn't come out yet which network was the one penalized yet, or if it was a private in-house link network.
Judging from the wording of his tweet, it sounds as though manual action was taken against the link sellers, rather than an updated algorithm designed to target specifically these kinds of link sellers. That said, I fully expect they will be working on automated detection for these types of sellers.
This seems to be part of the link devaluing Cutts talked about in his "What to expect" webmaster video earlier this week.
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Wintersdark said...
There's an addon called Karnicrap that allows you to define autoloot lists.
You can have it sort out greys whose stack sell value is below a certain point (good for differentiating between unstacking quasi-valuable items and stacking items that are worth more per bag slot space). Also, you can set thresholds for food/water/potion looting, etc.
I love it. I can loot, but I don't fill my bags with random crap.
Not looting at all? That's just silly. BoE's sell well - even lower level ones - thanks to those who DON'T loot and shop at ah's. The very hardcore may level faster w/o looting, but are you someone who's going to grind that hardcore? I mean, I know I don't work nearly that hard at levelling personally. The fraction of time lost looting, just mere seconds, just doesn't matter.


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lucyinthesky said – Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:27:27 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
Buddy Bolden supposedly invented the beat known as the Big Four. The Big Four beat is when you accent the 2nd 4th beat of a march. On that 4th beat, the drum and the cymbal hit together.
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Oileán Ruaidh (Mars rock)
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|Oileán Ruaidh (Mars rock)
A picture of the rock taken by Opportunity rover while it was 31 meters away from the rock.
|Iron meteorite
|Found date
A close-up of the meteorite (September 24, 2010).
Oileán Ruaidh (pronounced "ill-lawn roo-ah") is a rock discovered on Mars in September 2010 by the Opportunity rover. It is a 45 centimeter wide dark rock thus it is thought to be an iron meteorite. It was given the name Oileán Ruaidh after the Irish language name of Oileán Ruaidh island in County Donegal in Ireland.
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- Atmospheric reentry
- Block Island meteorite
- Bounce Rock
- Glossary of meteoritics
- Heat Shield Rock
- List of Martian meteorites
- List of meteorites on Mars
- Mackinac Island meteorite
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This applies to both SharePoint 2007 and 2010. In MOSS Enterprise, and the 2010 version of Enterprise. There is an out-of-box web part called the Text Filter Web Part. Basically, when you put this web part on a page, and put a list or library web part on the same page, you then create a web part connection that sends the text typed in the box as a filter to one of the columns in the web part, like this:
The name Molly Clark had to be typed in exactly. So, if you typed "Molly", this record would not come up.
People use the text filter web part when they just want to search a single column in a list or library. Otherwise, you'd simply use the "Search" box at the top of the screen, choose "This List" or "This Site" and perform SharePoint searches that way.
If you're making use of site columns in your lists, there's a setting where you can specifically select which columns you do NOT want to be searchable on the site. In Site Settings, click Searchable Columns. Put check boxes in the NoCrawl column for the ones that shouldn't be searchable.
One problem: with this solution, I don't think there's a way to make the list automatically display all items by default before doing your filter.
So again, this involves a data view web part… and that "parameters" concept that I keep raving about.
Try it out. In the text filter, you can type any part of any word and hit enter. It doesn't take Boolean expressions or anything fancy like that, but it's much more useful than having to type the text exactly. Again, this is a solution that I just whipped up today, and can't tell if there's any way to make the web part show all items until you want to filter it. Nothing obvious. I guess if you need to have the whole list displayed, you can just insert a third web part on the page, as a full view of the list.


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Time to Get Social
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Ed Bennett's Hospital Social Network List (http://ebennett.org/hsnl/) points out a fact you may be trying to ignore: 719 hospitals have Facebook pages, 674 have Twitter accounts, and 448 have YouTube channels. As of January, more than 900 hospitals were using 3,000-plus social networking sites. Those facilities make up just 15% of U.S. hospitals, but it's a percentage worth noting, says Bennett, Web strategy director for the 757-licensed-bed University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
"It's a fundamental change in how people are using the Internet," he says. "There's been a fundamental shift. People are spending more of their time in social media spaces. Any organization, whether it's a hospital or commercial organization, should be giving this some thought."
That social networking is here isn't news. But according to the 2011 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey, 53% of healthcare marketing leaders feel neutral about the tool's effectiveness in helping their marketing efforts. What's more, the majority say that social media plays a role in 10% or less of their efforts. So how can you reconcile the attitude toward social media with an ever-growing need to use
it? Incorporate it into overall marketing strategies. Here's what you need to know:
1. Don't panic. Though the plethora of sites and tools and applications can overwhelm the new user, the best antidote is to leap right in, says Marla Mayer, marketing and community relations director for 25-bed critical access Queen of Peace Hospital in New Prague, MN. "We need to keep up with the way people are accessing information," she says. "Increasingly, it's moving toward these online engagement and … social media avenues."
Whether Facebook and Twitter stay the buzzwords or some undiscovered tool overthrows them, conversing with patients via the Internet is here. The more marketers up their comfort level, Mayer adds, the better they'll understand their patient base. And remember, all hospitals are in the same creaky boat when it comes to social media, Bennett says: "The best way to stay abreast of it is to start getting involved." Bennett predicts that, like the fax machine, social media will upset the balance for a period, then become just another part of a hospital marketer's job.
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Bill Lindsay (4/20/2011 at 5:31 PM)
Nice post, Michelle, especially with the sage advice from Ed Bennett and sound perspective from Marla Mayer. From what we're seeing with our customers and other hospitals, more and more are beginning to really build social media into their marketing strategies. While social media initiatives may seem daunting to some (as you say, Michelle), there are tools available to streamline the process and maximize effectiveness. And those who are doing it well have learned that the most engaging social media efforts are those geared to the interests and needs of patients and prospective patients, rather than being centered on push PR marketing messages.
Dan Hinmon (4/15/2011 at 12:12 PM)
Amen, Michele. It's time for hospitals to get over their fears of HIPAA violations and negative comments and embrace this powerful communication medium. A major hurdle for hospitals is worry about losing control of the message. As soon as they realize that they're not really in control at all, that their patients are tweeting and blogging and posting their negative (and positive) opinions, hopefully they will see the value.
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Primer: Genetic Evidence in a Nutshell
The hypothesis that all life forms are related through common ancestry can be tested by constructing hypothetical "family trees" (called "phylogenetic trees"). In the field of systematics, evolutionists construct phylogenetic trees by comparing the similarities of characteristics or DNA sequences of organisms. Since the DNA codes for the characteristics, one would expect phylogenetic trees constructed by both methods to be the same. In addition, if common descent is true, trees should show neat lines of ancestry and inheritance. But, such comparisons often do not form a tree, as is demonstrated in the bush at left. This phenomenon is well-known, as one evolutionist said, "competing proposals [of] the prevailing phylogenies of the mammalian orders would reduce [the mammalian tree] to an unresolved bush..." This occurs because, when different characteristics of organisms are compared, they commonly predict different trees. Trees based upon one gene commonly conflict with trees based upon another gene. Similarly, how related two organisms are based on DNA sequence very much depends on which sequence is examined. This should not be the case if common ancestry were true. Furthermore, such analyses make a prior, and therefore scientifically invalid, assumption: similarities are the result of common descent rather than "common design" (compare the limbs at right as evidence for "common design"). These assumptions and discrepancies show that this type of evidence for common ancestry is weak.
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Luke Campbell immortalised in Lego: Hull's Olympic gold medallist gets his own figurine
Posted: August 16, 2012|
FORGET the gold medal, Luke Campbell knows he has reached the pinnacle of his success after being immortalised as a Lego figurine.
Luke could be forgiven for believing Tuesday night was the highlight of his sporting career to date, bathed in the adulation of the crowd at Queen Victoria Square, as he showed off his medal during a civic reception.
But it just gets better for the St Paul's fighter after featuring in a new line of Lego characters alongside Team GB's other gold medal-winning heroes.
The Hessle Road fighter is featured in his head gear clutching his gold medal with opponent John Joe Nevin sprawled out behind him, marking the moment Luke felled his man in the third round of the Olympic final.
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Friend and sponsor Alex Hall believes Luke will enjoy seeing himself as a Lego figure.
He said: "I'm sure he will chuckle when he sees the Lego figure, I'm sure he will find it funny.
"His son Leo may be a little young for Lego yet but I'm sure he will be playing with it in a year or two."
Video: Team GB in Lego, featuring Luke Campbell's gold medal bout (starts after 20 seconds)
Luke clinched the bantamweight gold on Saturday night after beating Irishman Nevin, leaving the city of Hull in raptures.
With Luke's world having been turned upside down in the past few days, Mr Hall believes he will take this latest strange moment in his stride.
He said: "Everything that's happened for Luke since his gold medal has been surreal.
"His feet have barely touched the ground since.
"He didn't expect the scale of the reception he received on Tuesday night but he is so down to earth."
The Lego figures have been created by Savage Steel's Minifigs – husband-and-wife team Caroline and Nick Savage who make customised Lego figures as a hobby.
Other London 2012 champions including middle distance runner Mo Farah, heptathlete Jessica Ennis, cyclists Sir Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny, regatta stars Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger and long jumper Greg Rutherford
Mrs Savage said: "Over at Minifigs, we've been celebrating the Olympics with style, making sure that the Team GB gold medal winners get a prize worth being proud of.
"Forget circular pieces of metal, post boxes and stamps. We're making them into Minifigs. The greatest honour."
The couple have already gained some Olympic-sized fans.
Kate Copeland, Anna Watkins and Jade Jones have all expressed delight at being immortalised as Lego and Greg Rutherford has even used his as the background on his Twitter page.
The Savages began their Olympic Lego adventure with heptathlete Jessica Ennis.
As well as Lego Olympic champions, the Savages create and sell Lego figures such as footballers, pop stars, actors, other sporting heroes and even friends and family.
The figures are sold on their website www.minifigs.me for £10 to £15 each.


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We can record you singing along using your webcam as an alternative to method one, but please note that this may not work on some Apple devices. To begin, click on the webcam tab below. This method is explained in more detail when you listen to Carrie's introduction to the backing track videos. Again, please remember to wear headphones and if you have an external microphone which you can plug into your computer it may produce better results - but don't worry if you haven't.
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Plants and us
Plants are our food, they improve our air and they are used to make many things that we need such as medicines, clothes and paper. Trees are cut down and the timber used to build houses and furniture.
Plants are useful to us in many ways.
We need oxygen in the air we breathe. Plants take in the carbon dioxide gas that we breathe out and turn it into oxygen. Plants keep the air we breathe stocked full of oxygen.
Plants are food for us. They give the us the vitamins and minerals we need to grow and stay healthy.
We eat the roots of plants such as carrots and potatoes.
Potatoes can be baked, boiled and fried.
Potatoes are used to make potato chips.
We eat the fruits of many plants.
Apples, bananas and grapes are
all fruits of plants.
We eat the seeds of plants. Rice, wheat and corn are the seeds of plants. We turn these grains into breakfast cereal.
The grain is crushed into flour and the flour is used to make pasta, bread, and cakes.
These farmers in Vietnam are planting rice in flooded fields called paddies.
Many of our drinks are made from plants.
Fruits are crushed and squeezed to make drinks and cordials. Tea and coffee come from plants.
Chocolate is made from the seeds of the cacao plant. It can be made into a hot chocolate drink.
|Herbs and spices add flavour to our foods. Herbs are the leaves of plants and spices are made form the roots and bark of plants.
Plants are eaten by the animals we keep for food.
Cows eat grass and turn it into milk to feed to their calves. People milk the cows and drink the milk too.
Plants such as cotton are made into fabric and the fabric is used
to make our clothes. Silkworms eat the leaves of the mulberry
tree. Their silk cocoons are unwound and the threads are woven
into cloth to make clothes and parachutes.
Go here to find out about how silk is made
Plants make gardens and parks. Places where we can enjoy ourselves.
Can you think of other ways that we use plants?
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Good Question: Easy, Transportable Birthday Cake?
Birthday party in the park! Here's a good question from reader Theresa.
I am organizing a birthday picnic BBQ for 2 friends next weekend. We're expecting about 20 guests. Our picnic site is at a park so we have no access to a refrigerator or freezer (just coolers). Could you suggest a birthday cake (or cupcakes? Pies?) that is tasty, easy to make, transportable, and won't melt at the sight of the sun? Thanks so much!
Theresa, a birthday park in the picnic sounds like a blast. It's not difficult to make a birthday cake (or pie) that will stand up well to the summer sun.
We would avoid cupcakes, first of all, because they are just hard to transport. Unless you have a special cupcake carrier it's hard to get all those slippery, slidey cupcakes across town un-smooshed.
We would prefer a 9x13 cake, baked in regular cake pan with one of those plastic lids that seals firmly. Check out some good options in this post: Essential Baking Tools: Pans.
Avoid the multiple layers, and just bake a yellow cake from scratch. This sort of sheet cake is the most practical option. It may not be as dramatic as you would like, but you can still dress it up. Two cakes would be plenty for that amount of people. Check out our easy recipe here:
To dress it up, we suggest fudgy chocolate icing. This particular recipe will get a little soft in the sun, but it won't run or melt. In fact, it will be even more delicious a little warm.
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To dress it up, we suggest bringing a couple pints of raspberries and a bar of good chocolate. When you get to the park, uncover the frosted cakes and cover with raspberries and chocolate curls. Here's how to make chocolate curls; just bring along a vegetable peeler.
If we were going to bake a cake for a friend and bring it to a picnic, that's how we would most likely go about it. Pies are a great option too. We'll toss it out to the readers now; what would you bring to a birthday party in the park?
Related: On Birthday Cake for Breakfast
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Cupcakes w/o frosting? Maybe take powdered sugar in a separate bag to sprinkle on top before serving?
I'm going to throw out two options for cakes I've made:
A Chipotle Flourless Chocolate Cake:
Or Black Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes:
Both are very easy to make and each is very sun proof and picnic friendly.
I would do cupcakes and bring icing to frost on site. That way the icing can chill in the cooler until you're ready for it and you can transport many un-iced cupcakes. Added bonus is that you don't need extra forks or plates for cupcakes.
why not make some pie or cobbler?
Rhubarb crisp perhaps?
I do like the idea of the cake with the berries, but I'd definitely go for a chocolate cake. And please, please don't use a mix!
How about a bundt cake, sprinkled w/confectioners sugar then served w/fresh fruit on the side?
My mom loved making me birthday cakes and mailing them to me in college. A few times she made a giant cookie cake, that would be 2 huge chocolate chip cookies (baked in cake pans) with chocolate in between as the layer frosting. It transported well through the mail, so to the park it would be no sweat. Easy to eat too, b/c its slices of cookie, so no plates or forks required (good for college students too!) just bring a sharp enough knife to slice up layers of cookie!
I like turtleesq's idea.
Even better, make a bundt cake and put fruit filling in the middle (of the actual cake, not the hole). Just pour half the batter into the pan, then pour in your favourite fruit compote (even pie filling works) then cover with the rest of the batter.
all the talk of cake makes me hungry
I have this friend whose aunt makes seriously nice cakes (like $300-500 cakes). We had a bbq for the 4th and the cake she brought was cool, moist and stayed awesome in the sun.
She told me her secret was that as soon as the cakes where done baking she immediately put them in the freezer overnight. Next day she took them out, frosted the cake frozen and let it sit on the counter for a couple of hours, this way, the cake is relatively cool and able to be outside for a bit (at least 2 hours)
Just bake cupcakes in mason jars...then you can add the frosting and decorations on top, screw on the lid and easily transport them in their original box to the picnic....plus they look super cute this way
My favourite birthday cake is a marble bundt cake (made with really good 70% chocolate and cake flour), with just powdered sugar on top. That would travel well, no matter the weather.
I've transported a spiced bundt cake to work before and it worked beautifully. I drizzled warm frosting on it and it made a nice glaze. Divine. :)


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