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Hello Community!
This is Vrinda from the Google AdWords team, and today I'm going to be discussing a common issue that prevents AdWords data from tracking fully and accurately in Google Analytics: Invalid GCLID parameters.
If you've ever come across the message below in your Google Analytics account or noticed a discrepancy in AdWords data reported in your Analytics account, then the first thing you should check is whether you have GCLID tracking enabled. How, you may ask? Read on:
What is GCLID?
GCLID or Google Click Identifier is a tracking parameter used by Google to enable data sharing between Google AdWords and Google Analytics. Whenever someone clicks on your ad, Google will append a unique GCLID parameter onto the URL, thereby allowing us to track this data back to AdWords.
Do I have GCLID enabled?
You can do a quick check to see if your URLs are being tagged with the GCLID parameter. First, confirm you have "auto tagging" turned on:
- Sign into your AdWords account
- Navigate to Account Settings (Under the gear icon in the top right corner of your page) --> Preferences
- On the Preferences page, find the Tracking section and click "Edit"
- Ensure Destination URL Auto-tagging is checked off
Once you've confirmed this, copy one of your AdWords Final URLs into a new browser window and perform the following test:
- Paste the URL into your address bar, but don't load it yet
- In the address bar, append a test AdWords autotagging query parameter, like gclid=TeSter-123. This makes the full URL in your address bar: http://www.example.com/?gclid=TeSter-123.
- Load the URL
- When the URL loads, if the gclid=TeSter-123 parameter is still there, you are good to go. But if the GCLID parameter drops, your URLs are not getting tracked properly.
How do I fix this?
If your GCLID parameter is dropping, then get in touch with your webmaster or someone with access to your website server and ensure that it allows URL parameters. Once the web server allows for parameters (which you can check again using the test above), Analytics should go back to recording AdWords data as normal.
I hope that solves any confusion you might have with this issue! You can read more about URL Parameters, and feel free to contact the AdWords Support team in case you have any other questions. You can always leave a comment below as well.
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Hi Vrinda,
I did the test that you said and the query parameter was still there but, the page came up 404 Page Not Found.
What does that mean?


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Welcome to the home of the SWRHS Beta Club!
The SWRHS Beta Club is an academic honor society open to students in grades 9-12. Freshmen and sophomores must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.7 unweighted or 3.9 weighted and juniors and seniors must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.75 unweighted or 4.0 weighted to remain in good standing.
In order to remain in good standing, Betas must participate in club meetings and service opportunities as well as pay dues to the local and national chapters.
Beta meetings are on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 3pm in the auditorium. For students that are unable to attend afternoon meetings, a morning make up meeting is offered the following Friday in Ms. Chamblee's room (88A) at 7:30 am.
See Ms. Kent or Ms. Chamblee with questions or for more information.
2017-2018 Leadership Team
President: Re Sugg
Senior Class: A Needham
Junior Class: B Cross
Sophomore Class: A Trotter
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Follow us on Twitter @SWR_BETA for important information and service opportunities.
Beta's compete at the State and National level in a variety of academic, art, and talent competitions. Some of our former winners are listed below.
2017-2018 National Convention
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This article could be very important in increasing awareness of NTT as an effective new treatment approach with stroke for mild to moderately physically impaired participants with hemiparesis in a relatively short treatment period of 6 weeks. This study appears to be well designed with a small participant group (n=30) and was able to provide significant results for all 3 areas in terms of balance, gait and ADLs using many familiar and reliable clinical assessment tools. The impressive findings demonstrate that NTT over regular TT improves gait speed & endurance, static and dynamic balance as well as functional ability and independence transferring into increased ability for ADL.
While these finding are impressive, using NW instead of NTT in a clinical setting in my opinion may be a better option for safe and independent participation in this activity and be more cost effective as a treatment approach. The researchers used a treadmill to promote even timing of lower leg movement and to prevent truck rotation to promote contralateral movements of the leg and arm and improve posture. However, in my opinion, it would be challenging to do NW independently on a treadmill post stroke with reduced balance and co-ordination. In turn, a review of randomized clinical studies by Silva et al (2016) on NW found this activity to be safe with participants with Parkinson's disease, a condition that affects balance. In addition to the treadmill, researchers utilized a modified technique via constant assistance of a therapist behind the participant pushing the poles forward to mimic arm swing. The constant assistance of a therapist for 30-minute sessions 5 times per week may not be a viable option in many clinical settings. With that being noted, independent NW after several teaching sessions or supervision within a small group of patients may be a more cost-effective treatment approach in the clinic for patients with hemiparesis with mild to moderate physical impairments. The group approach could facilitate safe use of the poles while optimizing recovery for a greater number of participants. In addition, if participants learnt how to independently and confidently learn NW in a clinical setting, in my opinion, there would be greater long-term adherence. Also, regular NW requires negotiating different terrain and inclines at a self-determined pace and it would be interesting to see if in future research, NW results in greater improvements for balance than NTT.
This study may also promote awareness of the benefit of using Nordic walking poles compared to canes. The researchers attributed NW to the facilitation of arm swing for maintaining an upright posture and the promotion of symmetric lower leg movement. In my opinion, in long term treatment programs, therapists do not sufficiently emphasize the value of clients continuing to facilitate bilateral arm swing during walking. Also, traditionally many therapists prescribe a cane for balance, which appears to promote ambulatory dysfunction such as hip hitching, truck rotation towards the cane side and further neglect of the affected side thus resulting in less facilitation of arm swing. This may be due in part to the lack of awareness of how NW poles promote a more functional gait pattern versus canes, which hopefully will be tested in future research.
In conclusion, this study supports the effectiveness of NTT with chronic stroke clients with hemiparesis who had mild to moderate physical impairment; however, depending on time restrictions for assistance and expected outcomes for safe and independent use, regular NW versus NTT should be considered in my opinion. Overall, this article was well worth reading and is an exciting first study involving NTT as part of stroke rehabilitation. I am hopeful that this article will increase awareness amongst therapists to try this new treatment approach while highlighting the importance of future research.
Written by Mandy Shintani BSc (OT) MA and Gabriella De Nino BSc (Kin). Mandy Shintani presents at hospitals and conferences internationally on Nordic walking for rehabilitation and developed the ACTIVATOR poles (patent pending) and technique. The ACTIVATOR poles were based on the concept of Nordic walking poles but were re-engineered for weight bearing and stability for rehabilitation. For more information on the research, training and ACTIVATOR poles go to http://www.urbanpoling.com


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Five myths about gun violence
Daniel Webster is the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. Jon Vernick is the center's deputy, and Cassandra Crifasi and Beth McGinty are faculty members at the center.
Myth No. 1
Gun violence in the United States is at an all-time high.
Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 with a speech that described a country besieged by violence. He said that President Barack Obama "has made America a more dangerous environment than frankly I have ever seen." Earlier this year, Trump declared the U.S. murder rate to be "the highest it's been in, I guess, 45 to 47 years." Half of Americans in a Pew Research Center poll said gun violence is "a very big problem" today, with 59 percent of non-gun-owners saying the same.
Indeed, data from the FBI indicates an alarming 32 percent increase in the number of homicides committed with firearms from 2014 to 2016. The number of robberies and aggravated assaults committed with firearms increased by 17 percent over that time. The number of people shot in mass shootings has also risen sharply in the past 12 years.
Yet the current rate of firearm violence is still far lower than in 1993, when the rate was 6.21 such deaths per 100,000 people, compared with 3.4 in 2016. The high rate in the early 1990s was linked to a variety of conditions, most notably the emergence of a large and violent market for crack cocaine. It's too soon to determine the causes of recent increases in gun violence or whether the upward trend will continue.
Myth No. 2
Background checks save lives, research shows.
The concept of universal background checks enjoys rare broad support in the debate over gun violence: consistently at or near 90 percent . Large majorities of Republicans and Democrats favor the expansion of background checks to private sales and gun show sales, according to Pew. And there is solid research indicating that laws that keep guns out of the hands of high-risk individuals, such as domestic abusers and people convicted of violent crimes, reduce violence.
But there is no research indicating that background check laws as they currently exist save lives. Studies suggest that the federal Brady Law, which mandates background checks for firearm sales but exempts sales by private parties, has not been strong enough to reduce homicide rates. There is no compelling, peer-reviewed research on the effectiveness of extending background check requirements to private sales — unless those requirements are paired with a permitting or licensing system for purchasers.
Still, state laws requiring checks via a permitting system do reduce the diversion of guns for criminal use, homicides and suicides, and they may lower the risk of police officers being shot in the line of duty. Only 10 states and the District of Columbia require permits for handgun purchasers; eight states require background checks for private sales but do not require permits.
Myth No. 3
Mental illness is behind most gun violence against others.
National opinion polls show that the majority of Americans believe that mental illness, and the failure of the mental-health system to identify those at risk of dangerous behavior, is an important cause of gun violence.


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|Photopolymerisable Systems Containing Low-Extractable and Low-Volatile Coinitiators
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|Romagnano et al.
|Sealing Agent for Photoelectric Converter and Photoelectric Converter Using Same
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|Photo-crosslinkable nail varnishes free of unsaturated monomers
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[0001] The present invention is generally directed to the inexpensive manufacturing of systems that have critical dimensions less than 100 nm, such as nano-electronic circuits, nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS), optical systems (such as gratings, photonic crystals, and other types of optical couplers and devices), and highly sensitive sensors and detectors based on nanometer scale components. However, the present invention can also be used to fabricate anything that is currently fabricated using optical or electron beam lithography techniques.
[0002] Nano-imprint lithography was initiated as an alternative to conventional lithography techniques to achieve nanoscale structures with high throughput and low cost. The nanoscale structures are transferred from a mold to a polymer film covering a substrate during the imprinting process; see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,294,450, entitled "Nanoscale Patterning for the Formation of Extensive Wires", issued to Yong Chen et al on Sep. 25, 2001; U.S. Pat. No. 6,407,443, entitled "Nanoscale Patterning for the Formation of Extensive Wires", issued to Yong Chen et al on Jun. 18, 2002; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,432,740, entitled "Fabrication of Molecular Electronic Circuit by Imprinting", issued to Yong Chen on Aug. 13, 2002, all assigned to the same assignee as the present application, the contents of which are totally incorporated herein by reference.
[0003] To deform the shape of the polymer, the substrate and polymer film are heated to above the glass transition temperature (T
[0004] For the PMMA process, a polymer solution (polymer dissolved in solvent) is spin-coated onto the substrate and then the polymer film is baked to remove any residual solvent inside the film. This baking procedure results in a hard polymer film, which in turn requires a high imprinting temperature, typically at least 50° C. above the T
[0005] Recently, room-temperature imprinting lithography was suggested by vapor treatment of the dried polymer film (case 1) and by using new material, spin-on-glass (SOG; case 2). However, these processes suffer from the poor adhesion between polymer and substrate after solvent treatment (case 1) and fast drying of the spun film which also has a poor adhesion to metal due to its solvent nature (case 2).
[0006] There remains a need for an imprinting process that operates at a lower temperature and lower pressure than the prior art, as well as avoiding most, if not all, of the problems of the prior art.
[0007] In accordance with the embodiments disclosed herein, an improved method of forming features on substrates by imprinting is provided. However, the teachings herein can also be used to make anything that is currently fabricated using optical or electron beam lithography techniques. The improved method comprises:
[0008] (a) forming a polymer solution comprising at least one polymer dissolved in at least one polymerizable monomer; and
[0009] (b) depositing the polymer solution on the substrate to form a liquid film thereon; and then in either order
[0010] (c) curing the liquid film by causing the monomer(s) to polymerize and optionally cross-linking the polymer(s) to thereby form a polymer film, the polymer film having a glass transition temperature of less than 100° C.; and
[0011] (d) imprinting the polymer film with a mold having a desired pattern to form a corresponding negative pattern in said polymer film.
[0012] The approach presented herein focuses on reducing both the imprinting temperature and pressure by utilizing a polymer dissolved in a polymerizable monomer solution. The film deposited from this polymer/monomer solution (polymer solution) does not contain any volatile solvents, which eliminates the baking step to remove the residual solvents from the film. The elimination of baking results in a liquid film that can flow into nanoscale openings of the mold and deform easily with low temperature and low pressure in nanoimprint lithography. Alternately, the film can be cured before imprint by choosing an appropriate polymer or polymers that have a low glass transition temperature and good adhesion to different substrate materials.
[0015] Reference is made now in detail to specific embodiments, which illustrates the best mode presently contemplated by the inventors for practicing the invention. Alternative embodiments are also briefly described as applicable.
[0016] The present teachings utilize a polymer solution of at least one appropriate polymer dissolved in a polymerizable monomer or monomer mixture. The polymer solution optionally contains one or more initiators, one or more cross-linkers and/or one or more viscosity modifiers. The monomer may be the same or different from the polymer units. If the monomer is the same, then the final polymer film will be relatively pure polymer that is uniform in composition. If the monomer is different from the polymer units, the resulting film may be a polymer blend (i.e., a physical mixture of two different polymers), an interpenetrating network of two polymers, a copolymer (chemical bonding between the two different types of monomer units), or a block co-polymer (regions of polymer chains with one type of monomer unit). Each of these types of polymeric film may have advantages over the others, depending on the specific applications. The polymer solution is then deposited on a substrate to form a liquid film thereon.
[0017] There are two general paths to the utilization of these liquid films. The first is to deposit the polymer solution on the substrate, such as by spinning or casting, to form a liquid film, and then to cure the liquid film to form a polymer film by exposing the liquid film to heat or ultraviolet radiation, or both, or any other process that will cause the monomers to polymerize and the polymer chains to cross-link, if that is desired. In this case, it is important to make sure that the final polymer film has a low glass transition temperature, T
[0018] Specifically with regard to the process depicted in
[0019] The temperature of imprinting is above the glass transition temperature of the polymer film
[0020] Once the pattern has been transferred into the polymer film
[0021] Alternative procedures are also well known for etching into the polymer film
[0022] Preferably, systems are fabricated by the teachings herein that have critical dimensions less than 100 nm, such as nano-electronic circuits, nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS), optical systems (such as grating, photonic crystals, and other types of optical couplers and devices), and highly sensitive sensors and detectors based on nanometer scale components
[0023] With regard to the process depicted in
[0024] The optimum glass transition temperature of the cured polymer films
[0025] The structures of the desired polymers used in the polymer solution that have a low glass transition temperature are classified as four types and are shown below. These polymers have a T
[0026] where:
[0032] Type B
[0033] Type B comprise the same monomer structure as that of Type A, but using polymerization of more than one monomer species to form co-polymers, block co-polymers or polymer blends.
[0034] where:
[0036] where:
[0039] The weight average molecular weight of the foregoing polymers ranges from 5,000 to 3,000,000. The preferred range is from 20,000 to 500,000, more preferably from 50,000 to 200,000. The polymers employed herein have a polydispersity from 1 to 20 and preferably from 1 to 5 and most preferably from 1 to 2.
[0040] The monomer(s) employed in dissolving the polymer(s) in the polymer solution have polymerizable unsaturated groups, such as acrylates and methacrylates, of alcohols and unsaturated alcohols. Examples of monomers that can be used to dissolve the polymer or polymer mixtures include, but are not limited to, the following: methyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, hexyl methacrylate, hexyl acrylate, ethylhexyl methacrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, octyl acrylate, octyl methacrylate, benzyl methacrylate, benzyl acrylate, trifluoroethyl acrylate, trifluoroethyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, styrene, α-methylstyrene, vinyltoluene, chloromethyl styrene, butadiene, vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl imidazole, allyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile, glycidyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, and mixtures thereof.
[0041] The resulting polymer films
[0042] Another embodiment of the present disclosure is that polymers having polymerizable end-groups can be substituted for the general structure polymers mentioned above and optionally in combination with or without crosslinkers in the system. Examples include polystyrene with methacrylate terminated, poly(tetrahydrofuran) divinyl ether, poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate or dimethacrylate, poly(propylene glycol) diacrylate or dimethacrylate, poly(dimethyl siloxane) with divinyl terminated, polybutadiene dimethacrylate. Other end groups such as epoxy- or carboxy-containing polymers may alternatively be used.
[0043] The polymers with aromatic pendant groups on methacrylates, such as poly (benzyl methacrylate) (Type A, Formula (I) below) have glass transition temperatures (T
[0044] For use as imprint films, including nano-imprint films, according to the present teachings, such aromatic-containing polymers are dissolved into their monomers rather than dissolving them into any other solvent. This polymer solution also contains one or more initiators to polymerize the monomer or mixture of monomers during a thermal- or photo-activating process. The polymer solution is deposited onto the substrate, such as by spin-coating, and utilized directly for nano-imprinting without baking. In this case, the film
[0045] The initiators that are optionally combined with the polymer(s) and monomer(s) to form the polymer solution are compounds that generate free radicals to initiate the polymerization for unsaturated compounds. The following initiators are used for thermal curing. Examples include hydrogen peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, azo compounds, such as 2,2′-azobisiso-butyronitrile, 4,4′azobis(cyclohexanecarbonitrile), 4,4′-azobis(4-cyano-valeric acid) and 2,2′-azobis(2-methylpropane). Other commercial products such as Trigonox 21 and Perkadox 16, both organic peroxides, can also be used as an initiator. Trigonox 21 is chemically known as t-butyl peroxy-2ethylhexanoate, while Perkadox 16 is chemically known as di(t-butylcyclohexyl)peroxydicarbonate. Both Trigonox and Perkadox are available from Akzo & Nobel. Other examples of organic peroxides suitably employed herein include, but are not limited to, dicumyl peroxide, dioctanoyl peroxide, dimyristyl peroxide, dilauroyl peroxide, 1,1-di(t-butylperoxycyclohexane), t-butyl peroxydiethylacetate, cumyl hydroperoxide, and the like.
[0046] Photoinitiators are used for UV curing, and include, but are not limited to, any of the commonly-known photoinitiators, including α-hydroxy-ketones, (α-amino-ketones, and benzophenones. Included within the generic class of α-hydroxy-ketones are acetophenones. An example of a photoinitiator suitably employed is α,α-dimethyl-α-hydroxy acetophenone (2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-1-one), which is available from Ciba Co. under the trade mark Darocur® 1173.
[0047] One or more cross-linkers may optionally be added to the polymer solution to increase the strength of the film and to keep the integrity of the polymer film
[0048] The percentage of polymer in the polymer solution is important to assure a high-quality pattern transfer over the entire area of the film-covered substrate. If the percentage of polymer is too high, then the viscosity of the solution is too high to flow to the edge of the mold during the imprint process. This produces a non-uniform film thickness after imprinting, even if the solution fills the mold openings. The thicker regions of the film can be completely removed from the substrate during the lift-off process, taking with it all of the material that was deposited to form some type of structure. If the percentage of polymer is too low, then the spun film beads up on the surface or forms other non-uniformities because of surface tension and/or the inability to wet the surface on which the film was deposited. This requires that the imprinting procedure should be performed as soon as possible after coating to avoid beading of the film. There is thus a trade-off between the viscosity of the solution and the amount of time the deposited film can sit on a sample before the film becomes non-uniform. In this connection, the concentration of the polymer in the polymer solution is in the range of 0.1 to 50 wt %, preferably 1 to 20 wt %, and most preferably 5 to 10 wt %.
[0049] The optimum condition for a particular polymer and processing environment must be determined from a series of control experiments utilizing solutions with different polymer percentages. Besides adjusting the relative amounts of polymer and monomer, it is also possible to use small amounts of a viscosity modifier to obtain the appropriate fluid properties and drying times. Examples of viscosity modifiers include, but are not limited to, polyethyl oxazoline, polynorbornene, poly alpha-pinenes and poly beta-pinenes, poly(styrene-co-methylstyrene), poly(tetrahydrofuran), poly(vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene), poly(vinyl chloride-co-isobutyl vinyl ether), poly(vinyl chloride-co-vinyl acetate), poly(vinyl phenyl ketone), poly(vinyl phenol-co-methyl methacrylate), hydroxy ethyl cellulose, grafted polymeric polysaccharide, and styrene-diene polymers.
[0050] A spin-coated liquid film made from a solution of one or more polymers dissolved in one or more polymerizable monomers has several advantages over that based on the prior art process, which involves dissolving a polymer in a volatile solvent and baking:
[0051] (1) Low imprint temperature, preferably as little as 10° C. above the T
[0052] (2) Low imprint pressure (100 to 500 psi) because of the use of the liquid film, compared with the prior art imprint pressure on the order of 2,000 psi.
[0053] (3) Elimination of the baking step, along with any cracking or distortions of the film.
[0054] (4) No defects from evaporation of the residual solvents after imprinting on the polymer film.
[0055] (5) Minimize wear of the mold by using low imprint pressure.
[0056] (6) Easy to replicate the nanoscale features of the mold and eliminate excess material because of the liquid film.
[0057] (7) Enhance the resolution of the imprint, since generally mild conditions are used without large changes in temperature or pressure.
[0058] (8) Decrease the stress on and damage to functional materials making up the circuits, such as molecules or semiconductor nanodevices, exposed to the imprint process.
[0059] The use of the polymer solution prepared by dissolving polymer in liquid monomer is expected to find use in imprint lithography for inexpensively manufacturing systems, particularly nano-imprinting with critical features smaller than 100 nm.


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The Spam Onslaught of 2017 began at 8:02 am and ended at 3:13 pm, with a few advance scouts making a light attacks at 10:32 and 3:20 am respectively in the last days of April leading up to the attack.
Since Southern Boulevard believes in sportsmanship, here are some of the fine spammers that tried (and failed) to appear on its pages:
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This is the link from which one of the intruders seems to originate. Not much to say about this one. Just, uh, here it is.
This spambot took a slightly more tactful approach, seeking to infiltrate with charm and guile. Despite utilization of a smiley face and what appears to be an Agatha Christie namedrop, this comment will not be appearing on Southern Boulevard.
Our spirited friend below says, "Og leg er forbanna stolt av det!!!!!" Is this a battlecry? A rallying shout to spur on the attack? Google Translate suggests that this is in fact Norwegian meaning, "And play is damn proud of it."
On Southern Boulevard's About page, someone has given it the ok rating of 500 points. Welcome, French friend! Or should I say, mon ami?
This Spam from the alleged "Delia" really makes a splash. I'm touched, Delia of fxrnilv.com, I really am. Delia went out of his/her way to exclaim that "Your postnig lays bare the truth" in response to the masterpiece of American literature that is "Happy National Pomegranate Month," a post that had only the loftiest of intentions and clearly, at least for Delia, has fulfilled them.
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- Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad square off in high-voltage IPL final
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Hello 1st time user here. I have a problem with my 2002 taurus. :ticking: My wife primaraly drives it and i am stuck with the beater ( 94 galant w/ 200,000 :cussing: ). She drove the car to work heater blower working fine until she left work and blower no longer works. :smoke: I have plenty of heat in the vents (not overheating at all) and I checked all the fuses and relays related to the blower all look and seem fine ( I even replaced with good ones to be sure) do you have any ideas as to what the problem may be I am stumped :cussing: and do not want to spend alot of $$$$ I do not have.
If u know where the blower is (usually under the dash, passenger side) then
give it a kick or a good smack. If it restarts, then u know the blower is
going to crap on ya. This trick should help u get another 6-8 weeks out of
it, but it`s inevitable, ur gonna need to replace it. Other possibilities
are: bad switch (most prolly not, but possible), bad resistor (highly
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Happy hunting, hope u find the prob. :hi: :thumbs:
hope this will help,first are you still in factory warranty,3 years 36k
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The Northern Kingdom of Byzantius stretches the width of Thelea, grey stone castles surrounded by thriving towns dot the landscape from one ocean to the next. A vast kingdom needs a powerful ruler (or at least a vast ruler). Old King Rex is just the ruler for such a place.
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The death of the Queen poured new fuel on the flame of the Endless War, and the princess was inspired to take up the sword as her mother before her. The King was crushed by the death of his Queen, and decided to end his personal fight. He threw himself fully into the betterment of his kingdom and the care of his populace. Unfortunately, the lack of physical endeavors has taken its toll on the King's physique, and his vastness increased as his power waned.
The princess, Anais, grew up much like her father before her – a kind soul educated in every available academic study and school of combat. Once she was old enough, she enlisted in the Royal Army, and quickly rose through the ranks. Even as her father secured his legacy as the people's benefactor, she secured hers as the people's champion.
Now the King is growing old, and it's just a matter of time before his daughter takes the throne (it's a wonder he's made it this far, the people say. A heart attack should have claimed him years ago). Some are worried that the princess' warrior heart will spell trouble for Byzantius when she takes power. Others worry that the princess will meet her end on a battlefield before she steps up to the throne. But even those that aren't worried know they'll be sad when the kind King passes. They're not sad now though. It's almost impossible to be sad while that kind old lizard keeps grinning his head off.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Tuesday gave themselves about nine months to try to reach an agreement on ending their conflict of more than six decades in US-brokered peace talks.
The two sides held their first peace negotiations in nearly three years in Washington on Monday and Tuesday,a diplomatic victory for Secretary of State John Kerry,but one that foreign policy analysts believe has low chances of success.
Flanked by the chief negotiators for both sides,Kerry said he was well aware of the doubts but described the initial talks,which focused on process rather than substance,as "constructive and positive."
Speaking after the meetings,which included a closed-door session with President Barack Obama at the White House as well as talks between the two sides without US officials present,Kerry said peace was possible despite the obstacles.
"While I understand the skepticism,I don't share it," Kerry said with Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat at his side,adding all so-called final-status issues to end the conflict were on the table.
"We cannot pass along to another generation the responsibility of ending a conflict that is in our power to resolve in our time," he added. "They should not be expected to bear that burden,and we should not leave it to them."
The talks will go to a second round by the middle of August,Kerry said,adding that "our objective will be to achieve a final status agreement over the course of the next nine months."
Kerry said Israel had agreed to take unspecified steps to ease the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank,which is ruled by a Palestinian Authority dominated by Abbas' Fatah faction,and the Gaza Strip,where the Islamist Hamas group holds sway.
Speaking to reporters later,a senior US official declined to identify these but said they aimed to improve economic growth and added "it's more than just removing roadblocks."
US officials declined to describe this week's talks in any detail,saying secrecy was vital,and they said they did not yet know whether they would take part in the talks planned within two weeks in Israel or the Palestinian Territories.
The United States is seeking to broker an agreement on a two-state solution,in which Israel would exist peacefully alongside a new Palestinian state created in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip,lands occupied by the Israelis since a 1967 war. The last direct talks collapsed in late 2010 over Israel's building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
The major "final status" issues to be resolved include borders,the future of Jewish settlements in the West Bank,the fate of Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem.
Livni,the chief Israeli negotiator,sought to cast the talks in a positive light.
"It's going to be hard,with ups and downs. But I can assure you that … in these negotiations,it's not our intention to argue about the past,but to create solutions and make decisions for the future," she said.
Erekat said it was time to end the conflict. "Palestinians have suffered enough,and no one benefits more from the success of this endeavor more than Palestinians," he said. "It's time for the Palestinian people to have an independent,sovereign state of their own."
The resumption of negotiations is a rare moment of good news in the Middle East for the Obama administration,which has struggled to formulate a policy to try to end the civil war in Syria or to facilitate a democratic transition in Egypt.
Kerry,who has prodded and coaxed the two sides to resume negotiations in a flurry of visits to the Middle East during his less than six months in office,urged the Israelis and Palestinians to embrace "reasonable,principled compromise."
However,Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pointed to some of the tough issues still to be discussed,saying no Israeli settlers or border forces could remain in a future Palestinian state and that Palestinians deem illegal all Jewish settlement building within the land occupied in the 1967 Middle East war.
"In a final resolution,we would not see the presence of a single Israeli – civilian or soldier – on our lands," Abbas said in a briefing to mostly Egyptian journalists.
Foreign policy experts voiced deep doubts about the chances of success for the peace talks,the latest in a long series of US-brokered efforts that have so far failed,including former President Bill Clinton's 2000 Camp David push.
Among the many obstacles to any agreement are split opinions within both the Israeli and Palestinian publics.
Resuming talks is unpopular among some of Abbas' supporters in Fatah,let alone Hamas,which has condemned the effort. The politics are also difficult for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,with some of his coalition partners opposed to creating a Palestinian state.
"The two warning signs for me are,first,you don't have the beginning of permissive politics in either Israel or Palestine," said Jon Alterman,head of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank. "This is not a diplomatic problem. It is fundamentally a political problem."
Second,"a secretary of state is only as effective as the president he works for wants him to be and the president's body language has been to focus on the domestic economy and on disentangling the United States from wars in the Middle East," he added.
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I'd been waiting for the new Last Shadow Puppets album for a while now, excited that the boys would be finally back after eight whole years!
But while 2008's The Age of the Understatement was divine, the first single of the new album does not sound that promising. I mean, it seems way more rock 'n' roll than their previous stuff and far more upbeat, but I'd still choose My Mistakes Were Made For You over Bad Habits any time.
Plus, it's such a shame that Alex Turner is not so present in the song; even though I love Miles Kane's makeover (where did all that hair go? – nice!), I've always preferred Turner's voice, especially in the context of The Last Shadow Puppets and not Arctic Monkeys. Yes, I'm weird.
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Chili ristras drying in the kitchen window. Cayenne on the left and Birds Eye on the right.
This was a month or so ago when the tomatoes were at their best.
The grapes sweetened up nicely after the one which made my throat close over with bitterness. The flavor of these Black Muscat grapes is quite nice but they do have big seeds in them.
Uprooting the Jalapenos made harvesting much quicker.


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Unica, the advanced robotic line by Marchesini Group, will take pride in representing the best of Italian-made pharmaceutical packaging solutions at CIPM 2015, the industry's must-attend show in China.
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It all starts with compactness - Unica is manufactured entirely with balcony structure, which guarantees the separation between the mechanical section and the working area, and thus the absolute sterility of the products processed in total compliance with GMP standards in terms of packaging. Outstanding perfect visibility and accessibility of all stations and groups make the line very easy to clean.


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A Season of Songs is a type of Fun-A-Day project that I plan to do throughout this spring. I'll hit shuffle on the ol' iPod and see what comes up. I'll then write a bit about that song, the band, the record, whatever. Enjoy!
Today's song is "Katholic Kunt" by Huggy Bear off their 1992 debut seven-inch EP "Rubbing The Impossible To Burst".
Damn, I love Huggy Bear. I'll blame them for my initial wishy-washy feelings towards Bikini Kill. The Huggy Bear side of the "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah/Our Troubled Youth" split LP is just so much better than the Bikini Kill side (which sounds like an idiotic thing to say as the BK side of that record is pretty badass, but I'll stand by this and say my preference is for the HB side). I'd discover that LP and Huggy Bear's "Taking The Rough With The Smooch" 10″ during my sophomore year of college. The mix of female/male vocals, fuzzed out guitars, dance-y songs, pissed off lyrics, British accents and an excellent use of samples (especially the use of the Sally/Linus sample at the end of "Into The Mission") quickly caught my attention.
I saw Huggy Bear once at the Central YMCA in Philadelphia in the Fall of 1994 with Policy of Three and Vitapup. While Huggy Bear played a fine show, these are the things I remember from that night.
1) Before the show I was walking down the street of Central Philly with my female friends Sylvan and Joanna. A guy walking down the street came up and started talking to them. They sort of indulged him for a minute. I kinda wanted to get into the show but figured it wasn't appropriate to abandon them on the streets of Philly with some weirdo. While this dude tried to sweet talk them, he at one point used the phrase "I'm a freak but I ain't no dog." This phrase lives in my brain and I frequently find myself resisting using it in my daily life.
2) I remember Vitapup kicking ass. I had only heard the "Staple in the Sun" 7″ at that point and had always enjoyed that song but felt like they might've been a mess live. I think I remember them kinda being a mess live but a pretty enjoyable one.
3) Policy of Three almost universally put on great shows. This show was no exception. I don't know why this would've been, but all their amps were plugged into a power strip plugged into the middle of the stage. In the middle of one song, the plug got kicked out and without missing a beat, one of them reached down, plugged it back in and continued with their song. Pretty solid move.
Information on the internet seems to indicate that this might've been Huggy Bear's 3rd to last show ever.
Anyway, the only Huggy Bear records I had for the longest time were the split LP and the 10″. I had listened to their LP "Weaponry Listens To Love" back in the day and hadn't really been into it at the time. About a decade ago I picked up a used copy and the intervening years made me realize I had made a mistake. That LP has a definitely different feel but it still a really good listen. Then a few years back now I had downloaded their entire discography on mp3. I'll be honest, despite loving their the split, 10″ and LP, I haven't really spent the time checking out the 7″s in this discography that closely.
"Rubbing the Impossible to Burst" is their debut record and it feels that way. It's lo-fi and does feel a little bit underdeveloped. It's still a good listen just not quite on the level of their later records. The mp3's I have seem to have the A-side and B-side songs listed incorrectly, as I'm just realizing now as I looked up this 7″ on Youtube and listened a bit closer to the lyrics. So technically I guess my song for the day should be "Small Messenger Loss" but "Katholic Kunt" just seemed like it'll get more clicks, so let's stick with that. "Katholic Kunt" is a 30-second fuzzed out chant, presumably lyrics about the Catholic Church and its relationship to women, but can't find the lyrics online to confirm and can't really make them out.
If you've never listened to Huggy Bear and like any of the riot grrl stuff, then definitely check them out. I say start with "Taking the Rough with the Smooch", then go to the split LP, then the "Weaponry Listens to Love" LP. If you dig all of that, be a completist and hunt down the 7″s.


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And after that last post, it has me embarassed to have been wallowing when I could've been planning...granted, my work is really dry stuff and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon, I just want out and to stop thinking, which is when that last entry occurred...but it's a good reminder that maybe more than just my handful of friends may read this blog, and that maybe it is more than just a glorified diary. I look up to folks like Green Bean Dreams and Down to Earth, recognizing that they've been at this simple and sustainable living thing a bit longer than I, but this journey I'm on is worth documenting, and as I learn, it's possible others will be learning from me.
I'm behind on the Independence Days Challenge:
- Plant something: Not last week, but definitely this week.
- Harvest something: Does a cement mixer count? I've been seriously busy on the weekends.
- Preserve something: hmmm...
- Prep something: Again, all the preppings been occurring at Mom's...see, what, like, 2 entries down, where I recount the physical fun of the past weekend.
- Cook something: Chicken n' Dumplings! Followed the Southern Living recipe almost to a T, and the result was quite yummy, and different from what we usually do.
- Manage reserves: Been keeping the fridge spartan, trying to use up leftovers and dump old stuff earlier than normal, rather than letting it sit and then enjoying some new and wonderful odors when I finally get around to throwing stuff out. Also recycling, and bought one of those Firehouse pickle buckets I talked about as an extra vessel for containing recyclables during the week...
- Local food systems: this one will prove trickiest, as the local farmer's market is really unimpressive and the decent farmer's market (in Fernandina) just isn't possible with gas prices being what they are. But I'm going to be buying our produce strictly at Native Sun, because I've found the flavor's worth the price and they're only 3 miles from my place.
Every little bit helps. When I grab a can of soda at work now, I set it aside to toss in the recycling bin instead of the trash. This requires just a pinch of effort, as the trash can is, of course, at my desk, whereas the recycling bin is at the other end of the building in the break room. But that little effort, which seems like nothing now, is probably a heck of a lot more than a lot of people think of doing. I'm policing my trash, at work and at home, and feeling better for it.
One thing that irks me is my inability to get to work in another fashion. Our city bus system just doesn't go that far south in the directions I need it to go in. They do come down to my work area now; the routes changed the minute Citibank moved their facilities to our neighborhood. But it mainly goes to the Westside, and I live in the Southside. I could grab the shuttle from work to the Avenues, and then a bus to the Deerwood shopping center near my place. That's probably an hour and a half commute for 7½ miles, and I just ain't that dedicated to reducing global warming. Then there's the biking concept, assuming that we owned a bike that wasn't rusted to ruin. That could be a plausible option, except the thoroughfares I'd have to share cars with are significantly busy, devoid of decent shoulders or bike paths, and this is Florida. Everybody thinks that Florida is the most wonderful climate, but I dare you to feel that way after a 1-hour bike ride in 90-degree weather. We're supposed to be getting better facilities at the new building when my company moves next month, stuff like a workout room and maybe showers, but as it is, by the time I save up for a new bike, I hope to be pregnant and you know Husby won't let me bike to work then...
Anyhoo, less moping, more doing! Did those dishes last night for the most part, so tonight I'll deal with the dining room, so that Husby won't freak when I procure the table for that area this weekend :)


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The lawyer for a Phillipsburg man charged with crashing a boat on the Delaware River and killing a woman made a second attempt Monday to have results of an alcohol breath test thrown out before trial.
Donald Jessamine's attorney, Michael Priarone, argued New Jersey State Police "inexplicably" waited at least three hours after the accident to begin sobriety tests, a delay he said creates plenty of speculation when trying to determine Jessamine's BAC at the time of the boat crash.
While prosecutors said the test was given in a reasonable amount of time under the circumstances, Priarone argued police had no credible reason for the delay and didn't operate in a way that preserved evidence.
"The test results should not be given any credence at all because the state, by their conduct, caused it to be so speculative," he said during a hearing in New Jersey Superior Court in Belvidere. "If the state's conduct caused that uncertainty, then the state should be deprived of their test result."
Jessamine, 63, faces charges of second-degree vehicular homicide and first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the June 2012 crash in Harmony Township that killed 57-year-old Lane Alden.
In June, a Superior Court judge denied a motion from Priarone to dismiss the breath test on the grounds that police arrested his client and administered the test without probable cause.
In previous testimony, New Jersey State Police trooper Jimmy Cruz said Jessamine was visibly impaired at the wreck site, had bloodshot eyes and was slurring his words and staggering.
Three hours after the accident had occurred, Jessamine failed field sobriety tests, authorities said. A breath test administered at the Washington police barracks about four hours after the accident showed Jessamine's blood-alcohol content was .09 percent, court records said. Prosecution experts have estimated his BAC at the time of the accident was about 0.15 percent.
Richard Saferstein, the former chief chemist at the New Jersey State Police crime lab and now a Mount Laurel-based forensic science consultant, is prepared to testify for the defense and say there are many variables in determining someone's blood alcohol levels.
And without knowing each, it is impossible to reliably conclude what Jessamine's blood-alcohol content was at the time of the wreck based on the breath test, according to a report Saferstein submitted to the court.
"That could only be through rank speculation, though the most speculative type of reasoning possible," Priarone said.
Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke said troopers were dealing with a number of factors that night, including a search for Alden, which may have delayed the administration of the tests.
But he argued the delay, if it did anything at all, would have helped Jessamine. Both sides agree he didn't drink any alcohol between the time of the accident and when the tests were given.
"For anybody with a straight face to say that waiting to take the test is something favorable to the state, especially over a three- or four-hour period, is almost laughable in the sense that he hasn't ingested any more alcohol," Burke said. "If anything, this three or four hours, it actually helped the defendant."
Prosecutors have also filed a motion to prevent Saferstein from testifying, arguing his conclusion in this case isn't supported by evidence or other data.
Judge Robert Reed didn't immediately rule on either of the motions and gave no timetable as to when a decision would be made. Priarone indicated that if the judge were to throw out the breath test, he would file a motion to dismiss all charges.


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I've made Poppy some fresh fruit popsicles with mango, kiwis and a few left over strawberries. They are delicious and so easy to make. They made about 10-12 popsicles depending on how much you filled the little cups.
2 Mangoes (peeled and flesh removed)
4 Kiwis (peeled and cut into small pieces)
5 Strawberries
1 handful of blueberries
Blend the mango flesh in a mixer and add a little water so it's really smooth.
Blend the kiwis, strawberries and blueberries.
Add the mango first in the cup. Then add the kiwi mixture. Freeze with a wooden stick in the middle overnight and enjoy the next day in the sunshine!


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The origins of
Halloween can be traced back for many centuries, and began as a prelude to a religious holiday
called All Hallow's Day (Nov. 1). All Hallow's Eve (Oct. 31) is observed as an austere religious occasion by
many western European countries, such as France, Spain, and Italy. But in the British isles Halloween is primarily
regarded as a night of merriment. Most of the current methods of celebration in the western world today
originated there.
Celtic communities of Northern and Western Europe, especially in Ireland and Scotland, performed mystical
ceremonies in the second century B.C. Among the beliefs and practices of the celebration on that day was the
belief that on October 31 the lord of the dead assembled the souls of all those who had died the previous year.
The lord of the dead would then decree what form (animal) the dead person should take for the next year, or be
admitted into the druidic equivalent of heaven. The roaming spirits were offered sacrifices of horses and even
humans to apease them. Although the druidic practices were outlawed in A.D. 61 by the Romans during their
rule of Britain, the ancient Celtic rites survived for centuries and sacrifices continued to be made. Even after
Christianity had spread over Europe sacrifices of oxen were made. In medieval Europe black cats were
burned on October 31 as it was believed that they were witches in disguise.
Halloween folk customs of pagan
origin continued in isolated areas of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and parts of England into the 19th century. People
believed that "spirits" were out on Halloween stealing milk, harming cattle, and destroying crops. They lit
bonfires on hilltops on October 31 and set pitchforks of straw on fire to singe the brooms of lurking witches.On
this fearful night the country folk would huddle together in groups. To stay awake they told of their experiences
with strange noises, spooky shadows, and played games such as bobbing for apples.
Pranks and mischief
were common in rural areas of the British Isles on October 31, and roaming groups of merrymakers played tricks
on neighbors, some dressed in masks and clothing of the opposite sex. Blame for these pranks was naturally
Although a few of the original customs are still practiced today in the British Isles, most
are forgotten. Transplanted to the New World, however, many of these old traditions have been revitalized,
perhaps with more enthusiasm than they had in the Old World. Celebration of Halloween during colonial times
was scattered until the great Irish immigration in the 1840's. The Irish brought with them not only the traditional
observances of All Saints' Day and Eve, but the traditional mischief of their "fairy folk" or "little people". The
tradition of jack-o'-lanterns is primarily Irish. In Ireland, oversized rutabagas, turnips, and potatoes
instead of pumpkins, which were not available, were hollowed out, carved into hideous faces, and illuminated
with candles to be used as lanterns for Halloween celebrations.
There are several theories about the origin of
trick-or-treating. One is that the practice stems from the custom of "soul-caking" when Englishmen went around
on All Saints Day to beg for soul cakes (square guns with currants) in rememberance of the dead. In exchance
extra prayers for the dead relatives of those making donations were made.
A second possibility of the origin
of trick-or-treat is again from an ancient Irish practice when groups of peasants went from house to house
asking for money for which to buy luxuries for a feast. Prosperity was assured the liberal givers and threats were
made against those who were stingy.
The 20th century has brought with it less tolerance for the pranks and
mischief of yesterday. With trick-or-treating comes the fear of injurious and tainted treats. Therefore more and
more Halloween is turning into house parties and community celebrations for children, and a declining interest
in adults.
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Cap-and-trade or Cap-in-hand, Obama?
You would think that after witnessing the decidedly more decisive and agressive approach to Congress which began with Obama's State of the Union address last week, that the US President would have continued that style with climate legislation.
But the Great Big Hope seems, this week, to be already weakening the hand of those Democrats who are pushing hard for a strong bill, without gaining anything back in return from Republican opponents.
In a town hall meeting in New Hampshire this week, the GBH took the astounding approach of undermining fellow Senate Democrats, such as a Harry Reid and John Kerry, by selling short the chances of having a 'cap-and-trade' title in the bill.
According the The Hill, Obama gave this deafeningly weak response to a question on the bill on Tuesday:
"The most controversial aspects of the energy debate that we've been having: the House passed an energy bill and people complained that, 'Well, there's this cap-and-trade thing,'" Obama said at a town hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire.
"We may be able to separate these things out. And it's conceivable that that's where the Senate ends up."
What??? Isn't the idea to talk tough and only compromise when you get something back from your opponents? Isn't this exactly the failed strategy that Obama used on his Health Care bill, i.e. being too wishy washy on what he wanted and letting the special interests develop their own devious narratives?
The reality is, even though it will be hard to get time in the Senate Calender this year for a climate bill to be passed and reconciled – it's jobs bill first, then financial regulation, then maybe a Health care compromise, and then 'shut-down-controversy' time before the November congressional elections -, passing a strong clean energy bill is probably only going to make putting a price on carbon harder later on!
The point is surely that there is some Republican support for cap-and-trade, including Susan Collins, Lindsay Graham, McCain (on the days when he's not being a sore loser), among others. 8 Republicans voted for the Waxman-Markey Bill, which had cap-and-trade in it, last June. That might not sound like much, but it's 8 more Republicans than Health Care got!
Lindsay Graham has said that you can't have energy security without a price on carbon. And that seems to be the case he has been putting to his GOP colleagues. So why on earth would you wreck that strategy, by passing a clean energy bill without a price on carbon? You're left without a strong negotiating position to put the price back into the economy later. And what about the funding promises for the US to share its bit in US$100 billion of adaptation and mitigation funding per year made at Copenhagen? If you got no price on carbon, you got no revenue stream, and you have to keep going to Congress cap-in-hand, and we can see how well that works.
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I was randomly perusing websites when I heard about Twitter (social networking meets blogging), that's when a lightning bolt from above struck me.
I wasn't randomly surfing, I admit I was reading http://scobleizer.com/2007/04/25/zawodny-trying-to-define-web-20/, but I promise you, I think very little of what he says. Know your enemy.
Anyway, that's when I visited Twitter and realised that I'm either dumb or old. Let's be clear about this for a second. Twitter is smart, a really clever and creative use of technology. And maybe social networking is useful. But Twitter, which seems to be getting a lot of press as the NBT, looks to me like the most useless thing since HTML's <blink> tag.
I'm not going to use offensive terms like Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, I'll leave that to people who get paid to masturbate in public. This is when the bolt hit me, let's face it, either Twitter is a pile of old horse shit, or I'm too old to get it.
Although I know that myspace.com is a pile of old horse shit, I completely get it.