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1A long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker: follow the blue posts until the track meets a road
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- The accident revealed that timber posts supporting the metal barriers were inadequate and even rotten in places.
- Determine the length you'll need and purchase a prefabricated metal railing with posts from a lumberyard or home center.
- Pier blocks serve as a transition from the posts supporting the girder to the concrete foundation footings.
pole, stake, upright, shaft, prop, support, picket, strut, pillar, pale, paling, column, piling, standard, stanchion, pylon, stave, rod, newel, baluster, jamb, bollard, mast;
North American & Australian milepost
historical palisade
technical puncheon, shore
1.1A goalpost: Robertson, at the near post, headed wide
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- Clydebank almost grabbed the lead in the 31st minute when their trialist wriggled free in the box, but he shot inches wide of the near post.
- He beat his marker and dribbled into the penalty area but his shot was high and wide of the near post.
- When he gets the ball anywhere near the posts, he shoots.
1.2 (the post) A starting post or winning post.
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- Does anybody else think the winning jockey's Cheltenham salute as they pass the post is getting beyond the bounds of sensibility and safety?
- Ballingarry, third in the Irish Derby and St Leger, strode past the post to take 12 points in the World standings.
- He got Ocean Silk flying towards the post but it was not enough to peg back the winner.
2An online posting.
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- Steve's post below reminded me of an article I wrote a couple of years ago.
- I think maybe you misread my original post.
- My objection was to having to supply my information just to follow your content, which your post implies is necessary.
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1Display (a notice) in a public place: a curt notice had been posted on the door
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- The Thursday Programming Schedule is now posted but you don't need to read it since you'll only be going to my panels.
- A notice will be posted on the Public Construction Commission's Web site today, he said.
- Park staff will be posting closure notices where footpaths and bridleways meet with the public highway.
1.1Put notices on or in: we have posted all the bars
2Announce or publish (something, especially a financial result): the company posted a £460,000 loss
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- He said the company had performed well in the last financial year and will post strong results.
- The JSE-listed financial services group this week posted its interim results for the six months just ended.
- The online bank posted its results for 2002 on Monday and revealed that it is planning to spend £5m on researching the US market in the first half of this year.
2.1 [with object and complement] Publish the name of (a member of the armed forces) as missing or dead: a whole troop had been posted missing
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- If the expedition never returned from the desert, perhaps I would not even be posted dead, but only missing.
- After the attack, the company had posted him missing, presumed dead.
- Two other men were recovered drowned, and all five others were posted as missing in action.
2.2Submit (a message, link, image, etc.) to an online location, such as a blog, social media website, or forum: the list was promptly posted all over the Internet
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- Sarah posted the pic to her Facebook page.
- A clip of his speech was posted to the website of KSN-TV.
- A bug in recent weeks has meant that updates aren't being speedily posted to the site.
3(Of a player or team) achieve or record (a particular score or result): Smith and Lamb posted a century partnership
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- He was dismissed just one run short of his ninth Test fifty with the score on 215 but he had ensured the team had posted a safe score, though conceding a lead of 58 runs.
- Other teams posted better regular season records, but L.A. still wins the psychological game.
- The school was awarded a PC after their team posted the highest score over the three days.
Old English, from Latin postis 'doorpost', later 'rod, beam', probably reinforced in Middle English by Old French post 'pillar, beam' and Middle Dutch, Middle Low German post 'doorpost'.
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go (or come) to post
- (Of a racehorse) start a race: only four of the fifteen entries go to postMore example sentences
- Strong winds and Aintree's quick-draining course saw the going dry up again but rain is predicted to arrive once again before the runners go to post for the big race at 1610 BST.
- Young Scotton goes to post in the opening race, the Highland Spring Novices' Hurdle.
- At York, the colt was quietly reintroduced by not passing the noisy stands when going to post.
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post up
- Basketball Play in a position near the basket, along the side of the key: Jordan settled for jumpers instead of using his five-inch height advantage to post upMore example sentences
- If their big player posts up near the basket, have the defender play in front of the big player.
- For example, it's difficult to stop players who post up near the basket.
- 'I definitely feel more comfortable facing the basket than posting up,' Brown says.
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1 [mass noun] chiefly British The official service or system that delivers letters and parcels: winners will be notified by post the tickets are in the post
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- I was attracted by this submission, which seems to me to gain some force from the provisions relating to service by post.
- Rule 99 makes it plain that section 8 is subject to the provisions for service by post.
- Service by post on the Second Defendant was not permitted.
1.1Letters and parcels delivered: she was opening her post
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- Royal Mail managers were drafted to deliver post to thousands of other homes after the workers voted to continue their stoppage.
- Priority is being given to business mail with the aim of having all such post delivered by 10 am.
- Now she has had the front door replaced without a letterbox and her post is delivered to the Post Office in Bingley.
1.2 [in singular] A single collection or delivery of mail: entries must be received no later than first post on 14 June
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- Even the poor postman was baffled when he came to collect the post only to discover that the postbox had apparently disappeared into thin air.
- We will accept returns completed on a printed copy of the form if you post them by last post on Wednesday 30 January.
- For inclusion on Saturday, letters should reach us by first post on Tuesday, and may be edited
1.3Used in names of newspapers: the Washington Post
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- His cartoons have also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post and Saturday Review.
- Nice article in the Washington Post on white South Africans going to Soweto.
- Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The New York Post, Wired, Money and TV Guide.
2 historical Each of a series of couriers who carried mail on horseback between fixed stages.
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1 [with object] chiefly British Send (a letter or parcel) via the postal system: I've just been to post a letter post off your order form today
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- I walked the 200 metres from my house to the village post box to post a letter.
- The advent of e-mails has vastly decreased the number of letters being posted through a post box, and internet banking has also probably had an impact on the PO service.
- And put out the letter that must be posted where it'll be seen.
2 [with object] (In bookkeeping) enter (an item) in a ledger: post the transaction in the second column initial records kept in day books are periodically posted to accounts
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- When the payment was posted to the accounts it was in debit, as there was no corresponding asset.
- Those transactions that were settled immediately with cash were not posted to the account book, since no indebtedness existed.
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keep someone posted
- Keep someone informed of the latest developments or news: I'll keep you posted on his progressMore example sentences
keep informed, inform, keep up to date, keep in the picture, keep briefed, brief, give someone the latest information, update, fill in, let someone know, advise, notify, apprise, report toinformal clue in, keep up to speed
- Thank God the networks are keeping us posted on groundbreaking news, I thought.
- And we'll keep you posted on all developments as they come in.
- We wish the lads the very best and we'll keep you posted on developments.
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1A position of paid employment; a job: he resigned from the post of Foreign Minister a teaching post
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- Any who were employed were usually in the lowest paid posts and in jobs that had little prospect of professional progress.
- He needs professional experience but won't be offered a paid post in Scotland without professional experience.
- In July it was estimated that at least 400 teacher and teaching assistant posts will be lost in the Yorkshire region over the next year because of cash shortages.
2A place where someone is on duty or where a particular activity is carried out: a shift worker asleep at his post a customs post
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- Alongwith discharging his duties on different posts at different places, he continued his literary pursuits also.
- But last week travellers set up their homes on the site while the duty guard left his post to take a break for lunch.
- Just beyond the customs post is a sprawling underground shopping mall that is the visitor's introduction to the new China.
2.1A place where a soldier or police officer is stationed or which they patrol: he gave the men orders not to leave their posts
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- High ranking police officers, in charge of police stations and posts and other policemen took part in the camp.
- The lookout post at Newtownhamilton police station would also be closed.
- Investigations continue to see whether other police officers deserted their posts during the height of that disaster.
2.2North American A force stationed at a permanent position or camp; a garrison.
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- There is a requirement for a summer camp of six weeks between the junior and senior year of college conducted at a military post, camp, or station.
- They deliberately point pursuers toward nearby posts and garrisons of other federal troops.
- The story seemed to be all over the place, on cattle ranches and in mining camps, at military posts and isolated homesteads.
3 historical The status or rank of full-grade captain in the Royal Navy: Captain Miller was made post in 1796
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1Send (someone) to a place to take up an appointment: he was posted to Washington as military attaché
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- From February 1996 to January 1997 he was posted abroad.
- Alexander is currently posted in Moscow, his second appointment to Russia.
- Now, after working her fingers to the bone on the EU's behalf, those ungrateful swine in Brussels have decided to punish her yet further by posting her to Paris for the next two years.
1.1Station (someone, especially a soldier or police officer) in a particular place: a guard was posted at the entrance
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- The sentries posted at the police stations have been asked to be more polite and friendly so that complainants do not hesitate from coming to the police stations.
- Extra police officers are being posted at polling booths and on patrol duties, and France has tightened controls along its border with Spain.
- Soldiers were posted as guards all around the camp.
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Subsequent to; after: American poetry post the 1950s hasn't had the same impact
1960s: independent usage of post-.
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When we saw Natalie Imbruglia leaving
"These days it's all about celebs using glasses as accessories," says Amanda Fry at Specsavers. "Just think of the big chic frames we're seeing on the likes of Kelly Osbourne and Alexa Chung." And the best way to wear your glasses?
"If you have a round face, go for smaller frames which will compliment your look more," advises Amanda. "Heavy, classic frames are good during the day, followed by acetate or even fun printed frames for the evening. If you wake up and you're not feeling your best, instead of taking the time putting lots of make-up on, you can put on a pair of specs and they'll make you feel so much better."
Brilliant! Now, while we go and find the perfect pair to sport out and about this weekend, check out our gallery of the savviest spec-wearers in showbiz. From Lily Allen in her thin frames, to Gaga going square-shaped and Taylor Momsen playing sexy secretary, these ladies definitely win our top gong for eyewear.


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Written by Pete Sheehan Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:00
After Massapequa resident Sol Goldstein and several friends helped finish building a house for a family 20 years ago for Habitat for Humanity, they had a question: "What do we do now?" They were all retired, had enjoyed working together and accomplishing something for a family in need, and wanted to do more.
"I was looking for something [to do] hands-on," said Joe Botkin, of Williston Park, a retired principal, who had worked with Goldstein in building the home.
Soon, Goldstein, a retired technician and technical manager for ABC television, learned of a national volunteer organization based in Washington, D.C., that offered free home repairs for low-income seniors, persons with physical handicaps, veterans, and families with small children.
After sending $12 for a handbook, Goldstein and his friends began "Rebuilding Together Long Island," now one of the 189 affiliates of "Rebuilding Together" around the country.
"It exploded," Botkin said, attracting both people who needed home repairs and volunteers eager to do the work — everything from fixing a faucet to installing wheelchair access ramps to undertaking major repairs on homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
The group, based in Massapequa, is working on opening an office in Farmingdale. They will celebrate their 21st anniversary at their annual dinner, May 22, at Stuart Thomas Manor, Farmingdale. For information, call 516-541-7322.
"There has been a greater demand for our services since Superstorm Sandy," noted Bob Ellis, director of Rebuilding Together Long Island, their only paid staff member. The organization has made major repairs on seven houses devastated by the hurricane, including three in Massapequa.
"We average about 100 homes a year," Goldstein, president of Rebuilding Together Long Island, said. "We have about 300 volunteers" working on houses around Long Island, especially in Western Suffolk and Nassau.
"The experience of helping people is fantastic," said Botkin. "We've all had good lives and we're happy to give back. Besides, it beats sitting inside the house and watching the boob tube."
"Our volunteers are mostly retired and they get a lot of joy in the good they do and in working with each other," Ellis said.
Rebuilding Together relies on financial donations as well as donations of materials, supplies, equipment, and time from contractors and craftsmen, and others.
"We wish we could do more," Botkin said.
Organizations like The Long Island Board of Realtors and the Nassau County Bar Association work with Rebuilding Together, offering donations as well as recruiting volunteers to work alongside them.
Rebuilding Together receives referrals from social services agencies, churches and other houses of worship, and veterans' organizations.
Their projects vary. The organization does light carpentry, plumbing and some electrical work, but for any new electrical work, they hire an electrician. "We also do sheet rock and spackling. We paint only what we repair."
Their biggest projects have been hurricane repairs. "That might take us two weeks," Goldstein said. "On one of those homes, we had to put in 50 sheets of sheet rock."
Others have noted the organization's accomplishments.
"We are engaged in a joint endeavor with them to help people who can't afford home repairs," said Elaine Leventhal, director of We Care, the charitable arm of the Nassau County Bar Association. "Our members, especially our Young Lawyers Committee, receive a lot of satisfaction working with them."
Rebuilding Together also receives appreciation from those they have helped.
Cindy Johnson noted that Rebuilding Together built a ramp for her 93-year-old mother's Massapequa Park home.
"It is a fantastic organization," said Johnson.
Having the ramp has helped immensely for them to get their mother in and out of the house for medical treatment and even socially and recreationally.
"We took her outside for Mother's Day and she said: 'How wonderful it is to be in the sun,'" Johnson said.
"We also receive a lot of letters," Goldstein said. "Many of them are heartwarming."
"I'm very grateful for those wonderful people coming into my home and giving me the help that I needed very badly," one Levittown woman wrote.
"Without your help, sometimes I think I would go under," an Old Bethpage resident noted.
An 89-year-old Massapequa resident and her 92-year-old husband appreciated the work on their home, including a wheelchair ramp, which has helped her get safely in and out of their home for a doctor's appointment, and also the installation of pull bars, which have helped him take showers without assistance.
"They did a magnificent job," she wrote. "I cannot say enough to express my gratitude."


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Museum of Fire
What child hasn't imagined growing up to be a firefighter?
For all would be Firefighters the Museum of Fire is the place to be. Once through the door all the children head straight to the Junior Fire Fighters Area
The flashing lights on the two half cabin fire engines set their imaginations free. With lights and sirens and a life size video screen they can race an engine to a fire steering through the city streets!
Nearby are the computer games reinforcing fire safety messages where the young firefighter can challenge the parent's knowledge. Work tables set up with worksheets, colouring stencils, puzzle sheets, hands on activities, jigsaw puzzles and big book reading on fire safety are also available. Slip on a jacket and there is the chance of a picture of the young firefighter, ready for action. For a small additional fee the children can experience a ride in a real fire engine.
During school vacations there is free face painting, fire safety talks with real firefighters. After a fun film in the theatre the outside picnic area with a fantastic playground is available to continue the adventure.
The Junior Firefighter's Area is rated top of the list by all of the two to ten year olds who visit the Museum.
The Museum is open 7 days a week from 9.30am to 4.30pm
Admission Costs:
Adults: $10.00
Concessions: $8.00
Children: $6.00 (13 years) (Under 2 years free)
Family: $25.00 (Aults and 2 Children)
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