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- Start of Business
- Australian Education Bill 2012
- Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Bill 2012
- Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012
- Native Title Amendment Bill 2012
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill 2012
- Private Health Insurance Amendment (Lifetime Health Cover Loading and Other Measures) Bill 2012
- Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2012
- Customs Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2012
- Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Compliance Measures) Bill 2012
- Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012
- National Gambling Reform Bill 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 1) 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 2) 2012
- Worner, Ms Tracey
- Foreign Ownership
- Goulburn Valley Water Action Group
- Petrie Electorate: Lions Children of Courage Awards
- Marngrook Footy Show Television Program
- Kingston Electorate: Port Stanvac
- Lindfield East Public School and Menindee Central School
- Greenway Electorate: Foster Care Angels
- Murray-Darling River System
- Hull, Mr Graeme
(Rowland, Michelle, MP, Garrett, Peter, MP)
Prime Minister
(Bishop, Julie, MP, Gillard, Julia, MP)
Automotive Industry
(Champion, Nick, MP, Combet, Greg, MP)
Prime Minister
(Bishop, Julie, MP, Gillard, Julia, MP)
(Adams, Dick, MP, Burke, Tony, MP)
Prime Minister
(Bishop, Julie, MP, Gillard, Julia, MP)
Resources Industry
(Livermore, Kirsten, MP, Ferguson, Martin, MP)
- Education
- Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012
- Low Aromatic Fuel Bill 2012
- National Gambling Reform Bill 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 1) 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 2) 2012
Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012
- Second Reading
- Consideration in Detail
- Third Reading
- Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012
Federation Chamber
- Start of Business
- Small Business
- Aged Care
- Casey Electorate
- Micah Challenge
- Family Payments
- Dobell Electorate: Mining
- Gray, Mr Adam
- Shortland Electorate: Walk for Life
- Hinkler Electorate: Horticulture Industry
- Corio Electorate: City of Greater Geelong
- Hayes, Chris, MP
- Bennelong Electorate: Pledges to Constituents
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- National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Chifley Electorate: Diabetes
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- Kingston Electorate: TS Noarlunga
- Local Government Superannuation Scheme
- Hindmarsh Electorate: Volunteers
- Mental Health
- Makin Electorate: Big Steps Day
Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport: Staff Travel (Question No. 1086)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Crean, Simon, MP)
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (Question No. 1223)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Combet, Greg, MP)
Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research: Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1240)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Combet, Greg, MP)
Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport: Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1242)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Crean, Simon, MP)
Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport: Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1243)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Crean, Simon, MP)
Immigration and Citizenship: Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1245)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Bowen, Chris, MP)
Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities: Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1252)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Burke, Tony, MP)
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1255)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Burke, Tony, MP)
Resources and Energy and Tourism: Commonwealth Grants (Question Nos 1256 and 1257)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Ferguson, Martin, MP)
Industry and Innovation: Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1259)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Combet, Greg, MP)
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency: Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1260)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Combet, Greg, MP)
Social Inclusion: Commonwealth Grants, Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1264)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, Butler, Mark, MP)
Small Business: Commonwealth Grants (Question No. 1266)
(Briggs, Jamie, MP, O'Connor, Brendan, MP)
Australian Research Council Grants: Religious Studies and Theology (Question No. 1270)
(Fletcher, Paul, MP, Combet, Greg, MP)
Australian Research Council Grants (Question No. 1271)
(Fletcher, Paul, MP, Combet, Greg, MP)
Defence: Contracts (Question No. 1272)
(Robert, Stuart, MP, Smith, Stephen, MP)
Army Reserves (Question No. 1273)
(Robert, Stuart, MP, Smith, Stephen, MP)
Defence: Procurement of Ballistic Helmets (Question No. 1274)
(Robert, Stuart, MP, Smith, Stephen, MP)
Portfolio Budget Statements (Question No. 1282)
(Cobb, John, MP, Burke, Tony, MP)
Australian Defence Force Cadets (Question No. 1283)
(Robert, Stuart, MP)
District of Workforce Shortage (Question No. 1284)
(Stone, Dr Sharman, MP, Plibersek, Tanya, MP)
Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (Question No. 1286)
(Oakeshott, Robert, MP, Albanese, Anthony, MP)
- Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport: Staff Travel (Question No. 1086)
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Mr McCORMACK (Riverina) (11:05): by leave—I thank the minister at the table for his indulgence. The minister at the table, the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, knows full well how important it is to ensure that we have productive irrigation in regional Australia. That is certainly so in the Riverina area, and I know he is particularly conscious of how many billions of dollars worth of exports come out of that region. I know that the minister at the table is particularly concerned about the Riverina because he has visited there on several occasions during this term of parliament, which I very much appreciate as do the people of the Riverina. That said, the member for Murray and I have produced a dissenting report to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Australia's recommendations and report for the Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012. We have done this for a number of reasons.
Whilst I have just spoken to the member for New England about the process by which this happened, and I take on board what he has just told me and how this has eventuated, the member for Murray and I believe that it is disingenuous of the government to have changed the order of speaking business in parliament last night such that this particular bill was debated by most of the speakers who wished to speak on it—certainly, the speakers who were on the list last night. That speaking list was exhausted, and this ensured that the dissenting report to the recommendations of the Regional Australia Committee was not available to those members who spoke, including myself and the member for Murray.
Members should have had that information available to them to make an informed decision as to what they would say in their speeches and which way they would vote. This vote may well be on party lines, as is so often the case with such things that come before this place, but it would have given the crossbenchers an opportunity to decide what they needed to say in their speeches—if they were, in fact, going to give them—and which way they were going to vote. This ensured that members who spoke on this important piece of legislation did not have the benefit of the final recommendations of the House of Representatives standing committee, or this minority report.
I commend the member for New England for the work that he has done heading up the Regional Australia Committee, which was, as we all know, charged with the responsibility of initially inquiring into the Murray-Darling Basin after the Griffith meeting in October 2010. The committee was formed and the member for New England was given that responsibility by the minister at the table in conjunction with the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, because they saw how important getting a basin plan correct was to the people of Griffith. Seven thousand people turned up to that meeting at Yoogali to express their fears about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
When the Prime Minister went to Goolwa in South Australia on 26 October to announce this special account for South Australia it changed the game as far as many people were concerned. I think the states were just about to sign up to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. I do not think they would have opposed it—even New South Wales and Victoria were very close to signing up to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It was a game changer; the Prime Minister went to South Australia on 26 October and announced that she was saving the ailing Murray.
I can tell you that the Murray is not ailing right at this moment. The Murrumbidgee and the other rivers in the system are certainly not ailing. In fact, the floodwaters from March this year have yet to recede in many places, and that is one of the great concerns of the member for Murray in this minority report. She has just spoken about the impacts of flooding on the environment, the regional communities and the communities if the natural barriers and constraints in the system are removed. The member for Murray quite correctly points out that from the data available it would seem that widespread flooding of the lower Goulburn floodplain and the Murray below Yarrawonga would occur on a regular basis—every 2½ years. On the Goulburn floodplain this would be a 40,000 megalitre-a-day flood for a median duration of four days between June and November, for 40 per cent of the 2½ years. This would, as the member for Murray correctly points out, quite simply devastate a highly productive region and inundate infrastructure, including the flooding of some 100 houses in Shepparton.
Think about that: 100 houses in Shepparton. These people are important; they are certainly important to the member for Murray and they should be important to the people of this place. We know that floods cause more devastation than any other natural disaster. How do those people in Shepparton feel about this House putting in place a policy that is going to have their houses flooded on such a regular basis? The flatness of the topography would see water accessing aquifers, retriggering salinity problems. We need to protect the environment and ensure that we have a healthy river system, but this additional water for South Australia does not need to come at the cost of the economic imperatives of those communities which grow the food and the fibre which feeds and clothes not only this nation but also others.
The bill claims that pushing this extra volume of water down the system will improve the condition, in particular, of assets at the mouth of the Murray and the Lower Lakes in South Australia. The Standing Committee on Regional Australia visited those places and heard from those people; indeed, we went right throughout the Murray-Darling Basin system. We produced a very good report in May 2011—Of drought and flooding rains—taking on that famous Dorothea Mackellar line from her view of Australia in her poem My Country. We had a look at those places and saw what needed to be done. We realised that South Australia, like every other part of the system, needs to be looked after, but not at the expense of the rest of the system nor at the expense of the regional economies and communities which produce so many exports and so much food and fibre for this nation.
In fact, due to the barrages and other engineering works in place for more than 70 years in those parts of South Australia, it was observed that despite some of the biggest volumes of water on record recently surging past Lake Albert and the southern Coorong neither of these assets benefited from the record flood flow. Unfortunately, this bill does not address these engineered impediments to achieving a natural flushing of the mouth of the Murray or the salinity levels of the Lower Lakes.
We have heard all about constraints in the system. We heard the Prime Minister and the water minister talking about the constraints, but we in the upstream areas refer to these constraints as roads, railways, important levies and towns such as those at Shepparton and, in my electorate, Darlington Point.
It is quite unrealistic to expect the appropriation of extra funds—$1.77 billion—of which a mere drop, if you will pardon the pun, is going to be funded by this particular government. The rest of it is going to have to be found and appropriated by future governments. Let us all hope that that future government will be a coalition government, because we need a change of government. I am so pleased that the Leader of the Opposition yesterday made his strongest assertion yet that buyback would be capped at 1,500 gigalitres under a future coalition government, which would mean that only 249 gigalitres of water still need to be recovered. That would mean that there would be no additional buyback, which causes the 'Swiss cheese effect'—the member for New England quite often uses that term—and there would certainly be no additional pain for the people of the Riverina, the Murray and those other communities in the basin.
Mr Windsor interjecting—
Mr McCORMACK: I hear the member for New England interjecting. I am not quite sure what he is saying, but he knows how important those areas are to regional communities, he knows how important those regions are to the nation and he knows they need to be preserved and protected by good policy. I do not believe this bill represents good policy. I do not believe the basin plan is good policy. We need to get these things right; they are too important not to. Therefore, the member for Murray and I cannot support this bill and cannot support all of the recommendations of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Regional Australia. I thank the House for its indulgence.


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um.... not trying to be a hater or anything but shizu-chan's hair is blonde not brown. ANYWHO..... GREAT JOB.
shizu-chan is a not a natural blond.
He dyed his hair.
So when he was little he was brunette so that's why I made his hair brown.
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weasel:who is petting him,that orange haired girl from touhou I think.
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wrong answer sorry XD
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HE ALMOST SHIRTLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *nosebleed burst a little bit*
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OMG, I wonder what they were doing because Shizuo is almost shirtless >///////////<.
haha they were doing bad stuff >:)
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Very nice and obviously the person he hates most of all in the series is doing the petting can tell from the fluffy coat.
Very nice picture, plus i find catboys cute
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We don't hear "good manners" and "politician" in the same sentence much around here anymore, but every once in a while someone reminds us of how people used to act.
Last week it was Bob Dole, the one-time Republican presidential candidate and longtime Senate Republican leader.
He's 90 now, no longer running for anything, but he set out on a tour of his home state of Kansas for no reason but to say "thank you."
"We've had a great time so far," he said. "Met a lot of wonderful people . . . and you can take the boy out of Kansas, but you can't take Kansas out of the boy."
He made nine stops over three days, and plans 16 more stops next month.
Back when he was Senator Dole, he was a regular guest on "Face the Nation," and almost always came armed with some news -- and usually a little humor.
Schieffer: "Welcome back, Senator Dole."
Dole: "Thanks very much."
Schieffer: "We haven't seen you in a while. Where have you been?"
Dole: "I've been about everywhere (laughter)!"
In Kansas last week, he was "everywhere" again.
"I want to thank you all for coming," Dole said. "We're going to go down and say hello and get a few pictures. And then Bill is going to give me a million dollars -- that's my normal speaking fee.
"That's why I don't make any speeches!" he said to laughter.
So thank YOU, Senator Dole. We miss you around here!


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Merchants are offering flowers, seasonal produce, salad, sandwiches, baked goods, honey, maple syrup, apple cider, apple pies, coffee beans, homemade soups and personal care items.
There are also raffles and free samples.
The university will host additional farmers markets each Thursday this month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Students for Environmental Action are distributing water bottles and organizing a light bulb swap.
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An official at Spain's Alhambra palace says a Jordanian tourist was caught carving his initials with a coin into a wall of the complex that is considered a gem of Moorish architecture.
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He is charged with damaging a building classified as part of Spain's historic heritage.
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Problems with Dell Tech Support – Part 2
You can read Problems with Dell Tech Support – Part 1 here.
So, my replacement Axim came, and I immediately noticed that the case had a couple of scratches. No big deal, I thought. I can handle that. But there are 2 small scratches on the screen, and I won't accept that. I haven't even used the thing yet. So now my second replacement is bad and needs to be replaced. I emailed the escalation specialist directly, so we'll see how fast I get a response.
For those just tuning in:
- my original Axim had the screen go bad
- I received a replacement and the audio jack didn't work on it.
- Now my third one has scratches on the screen before I've even used it.
Problems with Dell tech support – Part 1
This is going to be a long one…
A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that there was a thin dark horizontal line on my Dell Axim x30. Because it was so thin, it wasn't that much of annoyance, but it was definitely something wrong with the screen. It only was seen when the backlight came on. When the backlight went off, the line disappeared, even though I could still see what was on the screen. Obviously it was something wrong electronically with the screen, so I called up DELL support.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
I called our normal support number, but there was no option for Axims, so I chose the laptop option and was on hold for a couple of minutes. A woman answered and when I explained my problem, she said that I had to call a different number. I did so, and was on hold for over 20 minutes. I finally spoke with someone who was helpful, but also asked some stupid questions. I'm sure it was just a checklist of things she was asking, but it is still annoying. She asked me if I had done a soft reset on the device. Of course I had. She asked if I had done a hard reset. Why would I do that? I'd loose everything, and how would a hard reset resolve a bad screen? Thankfully she didn't insist that I do it. She arranged for a replacement.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Two days latter I had I had the replacement. I took the replacement home for the weekend, backed up my old one, and restored it to my new one.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Everything seemed to be fine, so I packaged up the original one and shipped it back to Dell.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Then the next day at lunch I went out for a lunch and expected to be able to listen to some music. Of course that was the only thing I hadn't tested on my replacement Axim, and the headphone jack was bad. I tried my headphones, and two different sets of speakers, and it would crackle in and out.
Friday, January 20, 2006
I called back and tried to arrange for my replacement to be replaced. The person acknowledged that they had received the original one, but he said the replacement Axim still hadn't been switched over to my name, so there was nothing they could do. I complained, and the person said they'd send off an email to that department, but there was still nothing they could do for me at that time.
Monday, January 23, 2006
I called back and spoke to a tech named Janine. She said the same thing to me. She said that it still wasn't in my name, and until it was there was nothing that she could do to help me. I explained (as politely as I could) that there was a problem with their support system if there wasn't anything she could do. I asked to speak to a supervisor, and so she put me on hold. A second-level technician named Rob came on the line. I explained that I didn't need second-level support and that I wanted to give a complaint to a supervisor, and he said the supervisor was busy and that he could help me as much as the supervisor. Well, he was useless. He said that sometimes the switchover can take a day; sometimes it can take 6 days. He said again that there was nothing he could do about it, and that I'd just have to call back again.
Friday, January 27, 2006
I called and spoke to a tech named Barry. I explained the situation. He figured there was a problem, and put me through to Vicky in customer care. She told me what my service tag was supposed to be. They kept saying that I claim to have a different service tag. Hello! I have the thing in front of me. The tag you say I have and the tag I have are not the same!! Deal with it! You messed up! (I didn't really say that, but I sure did want to scream that at them). Vicky was very helpful, and after 30 minutes or so she said that I should talk to tech support again and they could arrange for a replacement. I explained I wanted a new one, and not a refurbished one, as I didn't want to go through this again. She agreed, and said the tech could arrange this. This seemed odd to me, but whatever. Unfortunately, I went back into the regular queue on the support line, and so had to be on hold for a while more. I then spoke with a tech named Mark. He kept putting me on hold while he worked with a different person in customer care trying to figure out how to handle my problem. He said that Vicky shouldn't have said what she said as their policy is to send our refurbished items. At the end of the conversion, Mark said he could arrange to send me out another Axim, but it would most likely be refurbished. If I was insisting on getting a new one, then I'd have to talk to Eric, an escalation specialist. Eric was on another call, but would call me back in 15-20 minutes, tops.
2 hours later Eric called. He wasn't rude, but he also was not very pleasant. He barely apologized, didn't acknowledge flaws in their system, and said the terms of the support "contract" were for a refurbished unit. That part really annoyed me. It was as if he was trying to tell me I was breaking a contact. Well, I think they broke the contract by sending me a cruddy product. If I was going to insist on getting a new one, then he'd have to send it to someone else. I said not to bother, and we arranged for a replacement, that I'm supposed to have on Monday. If it doesn't work, I will not be a happy camper!
I'll report back when I get the replacement…
So, here are the problems/complaints I have about Dell support:
- The wrong replacement unit was sent to me
- Returns take too long to get switched over
- I had 2 different phone calls that were over an hour. I spent over 3 hours on the phone so far.
- The tech support people seem intent on dealing with things that only fit their area. They are of no help if you are kind of in limbo like I was
- I was not able to speak with a supervisor/manager when I requested it
- No one seemed particularly pleasant. I understand that they deal with complaints all the time, but when he are in the service business, you have to be pleasant. An unpleasant technician only adds to the frustration
Of course I would have loved to have a new Axim. They don't make the x30 anymore, so I would have received a new model. But ultimately all I want is a model that works. I don't want to waste 3 hours on the phone again. I don't want the hassle of moving data from one Axim to another. I want Dell to tell their techs to stop saying, "There's nothing I can do." As an end user, I can't do anything. As the manufacturer, you better believe there is something they can do!
We have probably a dozen Dell servers at work, and 60 workstations, and we've never had a problem like this. Generally I think Dell makes fantastic products, has good service, and I'd recommend them to anyone. But after experiences like this, I sure will hesitate a bit more before recommending them to someone else.
The value of intellectual property
We received a package today from Microsoft. The USPS customs declaration (I'm in Canada) said the following:
5 CD's @ .75 $3.75
1 Brochure $.50
Intellectual Property $5.00
Total value $9.25
Can you ship intellectual property? Wouldn't most people value their intellectual property at more than $5? Inside the package along with the CDs and brochure, was a 2-page letter. I can only assume that was the intellectual property that was worth $5. If I tried to sell the letter, could I get $5 for it?
Windows Live Mail Beta impressions
Last night I received an invitation from Microsoft to join the Windows Live Mail Beta:
I signed up and after 2 clicks my account was switched over. The new interface is very slick. Only the mail portion works in Firefox, but in IE, you get mail, calendar, tasks and reminders. It looks very much like Outlook 2003, and you can even drag and drop messages.
I hardly use my Hotmail account (I use mostly Gmail for web-based mail), but depending on how the "Windows Live" features develop, I could see myself changing. We'll see…
Yahoo! Publisher Network
Further to my discussion of my Google Adsense problems, I researched some of the alternatives that Shawn suggested. I wasn't comfortable with any of them, other than Yahoo! Publisher Network. I applied, and have just now received my notification that I've been accepted. Unfortunately, the program is only open to US-based publishers:
Please note that during the beta period, Yahoo! is only able to serve or accept U.S.-based publishers with a valid Social Security or Tax ID number, and with web site content that is predominantly in English and targeted at a U.S. user base.
I guess I have to wait until it comes out of beta, or at least until they expand the beta program.
Subscribe to the PCIN.net Update feed
I've put together a bunch of images to let you subscribe to the PCIN.net Update feed using various programs/web sites:
Wouldn't it be nice if they all used a common way to subscribe?
Why Computers Sometimes Crash!
A co-worker sent this to me. It is on all sorts of sites. I generally don't like this sort of thing, but seeing as I love reading Yertle the Turtle to Andrew, I'm partial to Dr. Seuss:
(Read this to yourself aloud – it's great!)
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort, and the access of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.
If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, and your data is corrupted cause the index doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash!
If the label on the cable on the table at your house, says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel to another protocol, that's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall……
And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse; then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang, 'cuz sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang.
When the copy on your floppy's getting sloppy in the disk, and the macro code instructions is causing unnecessary risk, then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM, and then quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your Mom!
Google sucking my bandwidth
I seem to be having my share of Google problems lately! I wrote a lengthy post about my problems with Adsense. There have been a few responses, but no one is really able to answer my questions.
I've also been having a problem on my family website. Almost every month the Googlebot goes crazy and crawls my site non-stop. I won't go into the detail I did with my Adsense problem, but I did email them originally, and it took 10 days to get a response! In the meantime, they kept sucking up my bandwidth which I have to pay for. They asked for some information from me which I sent. They replied 5 days later asking for more information. Things seemed to settle down (I assumed they'd fixed the problem), so I waited a few weeks. But then it started again, so I sent along what they had asked for. 11 days later after not hearing from anyone yet, I emailed them again (I was obviously angry):
Do something about this!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is no one replying??????
You've already used up 12.5 GB this month, and I only have 15 for the entire month. Stop this. I want to be crawled, but not like this……………
Why is the customer service so bad? Is there someone I can email who will actually read this? This should have been corrected when I first commented on it 2 months ago. I provided all the necessary information, but was still told they needed more info (even though I had already given it to them).
Now here I am with the same problem.
Fix this please
Unbelievable, it took another 15 days after that angry email before I got a reply. Wow, their customer service is awful!
The end result was their Googlebot doesn't handle sessions well:
From the log snippet you provided, we can see that your site is using session IDs. As you've observed, session IDs can cause problems for our robots. Please disable session IDs for Googlebot so that our robots may crawl your site more efficiently.
They sent me a link to some information on how to modify a PHP script so that it doesn't create a session for the Googlebot. Unfortunately, I don't use the script that link talks about. So I have to figure it out for myself. It irks me that I have to make changes on my site when they are the ones that have the problem. I have 2 PHP scripts on the site: PhpGedView (for genealogy/family history information), and 4images (for family photos). Now I have to go figure out which one is the problem…
I realize I'm using open source scripts that are free and there is a risk in that. I realize that this is not a business site that has quality control over the scripts. I realize that the site isn't really meant for anyone other than my family. But Google should be able to reply in a more timely manner, and provide better answers.
As of November 27, my site had 224.55 MB worth of regular traffic, and 21.55 GB worth of "not viewed traffic" (according to Awstats), with the Googlebot using 21.40 GB of that traffic!
Google Adsense problems
This is going to be a long post…
As I'm sure you've noticed, I have ads on my site. I am part of the Google Adsense program. I recently noticed that on Saturday, November 5, 2005, my reports indicated that there was a search done using my code, and an ad was clicked on. But there wasn't any money credited to my account.
I know it would have only been a few cents, but its the principle of the thing. It's also a trust thing. How do I know that other clicks weren't recorded properly?
Anyway, I emailed them:
My search performance shows that there was one click on Saturday, November 5, 2005. Yet I earned nothing for the day. How is that possible? If a link was clicked on, then there should have at least been 1 cent in earnings.
I got an email in reply from them. I can't tell if it is a canned message or not. And it's signed The Google Adsense Team. I hate that. Let me know I'm dealing with a real person! Here's their response:
Hello Graham,
Thank you for your email.
To protect your interests as well as those of our advertisers, Google monitors clicks and impressions on Google ads to prevent any abuse of the AdSense program. Google's proprietary technology analyzes all ad clicks and impressions for any activity intended to artificially drive up an advertiser's costs or a publisher's earnings.
Clicks or impressions deemed by our monitoring system to be invalid will appear in your reports, but because advertisers are not charged for them, no associated revenue will be shown. Please rest assured that your account is being properly credited for all valid clicks and impressions.
For additional questions, please visit our AdSense Support site at https://www.google.com/support/adsense or feel free to reply to this email.
The Google AdSense Team
To access the Google AdSense home page or to log in to your account, please
visit: https://www.google.com/adsense
Well, I thought that was a pretty lame explanation. What makes a click invalid? A click is a click. It wasn't me. If it was a robot following links, then shouldn't they be able to tell me that? All I want is an answer. I don't want to know the "proprietary technology". I just want to know what made it invalid. So I replied:
How can a click not be valid? I wasn't at my computer all day, so it wasn't from me. It was a regular click from one of the sites.
I think I'm dealing with a real person now, but apparently it still took the whole team to reply:
Hello Graham,
Thank you for your concern. Each click on an AdWords ad is examined by our system. Google looks at numerous data points for each click, including the IP address, the time of the click, any duplicate clicks, and various other click patterns. Our system then analyzes these factors to isolate and filter out invalid clicks.
As previously stated, please rest assured that your account is being properly credited for all valid clicks and impressions.
The Google AdSense Team
By this point I'm getting annoyed. What made the click invalid? Why can't they tell me what it was. The proprietary nature of their system is the algorithm that determines if it's invalid, not the actual fact that it was invalid. So I replied again:
I sure hope I'm dealing with a person and not an automated reply. I certainly don't think the whole Adsense Team got together to reply to me.
You say that I can rest assured that account was being properly credited, but I still don't understand what would have made that one click invalid. I realize it would only be worth a few cents, and I'm not concerned about losing a few cents, but it raises concerns about the whole system. So what made that click invalid?
The response was pretty short. Apparently it doesn't matter if I have any questions. Apparently it doesn't matter if I'm helping them make money. An apparently it still takes the entire team to answer my questions! Here's their response:
Hello Graham,
We understand that you wish to receive specific information regarding invalid clicks. However, due to the proprietary nature of our algorithm, we cannot disclose any details about how our monitoring technology works.
The Google AdSense Team
So, the bottom line is they won't help. So here's my questions:
- What made my click invalid?
- Why can't they state clearly, "It was invalid because it came from an IP that regularly clicks." or "We think it is click-fraud" or "It was a search engine robot" or something else like that?
- How often do they do this? I only noticed that day because there was only 1 click. I don't make a lot of money, but I almost always have anywhere from 5 to 20 clicks. I've always assumed I was paid for those 5 to 20 clicks. Now I don't know if I'm being paid for 1 or if I'm being paid for all of them.
- Why do they record clicks if they are invalid? That throws off the stats. If it isn't valid, then don't even include it, or find another way to report it.
- Why can't they have one person reply to my ticket? I can't stand not knowing who I'm communicating with.
I know I'm "small potatoes" in the big pictures, but it's frustrating not being able to get help or a satisfactory answer. I'm glad that I am able to make some money, and I don't want to lose that. But I'm still annoyed!


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THE controversial government contract transferring the accommodation of asylum seekers in Blackburn and Darwen from the council to private company Serco has today been condemned by MPs.
An all-party committee said the change was 'poorly managed', the first year 'did not go well' and accommodation given to refugees was 'often unacceptably poor'.
In 2012 the Home Office replaced 22 small contracts to provide accommodation for destitute asylum seekers with six regional ones to save £140 million over seven years.
One, worth £175 million over seven years covering the North West, Scotland and Northern Ireland went to Serco. It took over the job in Blackburn with Darwen from the council.
In June that year, council leaders and MP Jack Straw expressed concern the company could double the number of refugees in the borough from 350 to 700, placing them in the wrong houses in the wrong areas.
They feared it could put 'intolerable strains' on the towns' social cohesion and public services .
A deal promising no increase in numbers was struck with the Home Office and Serco just before implementation in October 2012.
Today's Commons Public Accounts Committee report reveals some of Mr Straw's fears were realised.
Chair Margaret Hodge said: "The change was poorly planned and badly managed and is unlikely to yield the savings intended.
"G4S and Serco failed to inspect and check the properties before taking them over.
"The standard of accommodation provided has often been unacceptably poor for a very fragile group."
Mr Straw said: "Thankfully, the number of asylum seekers in the borough has not increased. We managed to avoid some of the worst problems highlighted in this report, but I am not surprised at its conclusions.
"This contract has required constant high-level intervention regarding its operation from senior officers of the council and myself as MP."
The report concludes: "The transition to the new contracts was poorly managed by the Home Office."
Serco and the Home Office had no immediate comment to make.


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The headlines this week have already written the obituaries for unions, at least in Michigan, where the state passed a new "right to work" law. But here in Connecticut, unions may be weakened, but, when bolstered by the NLRB, they can still put a fight. A new federal court case in Connecticut this week handed… Continue Reading
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NLRB Region 34 (Connecticut) Now a Subregion of Boston Region 1Posted in Labor Law & NLRB
As I discussed on the blog earlier this year (and noted on my Twitter feed last week), the NLRB has gone ahead with its plan to consolidate Connecticut's Region 34 Office with its Boston Region 1 office, effective today. Jonathan Kreisberg, who has served as Regional Director for Region 34 will now take over as… Continue Reading
Five Things To Know About Paid Sick Leave, NLRB and Other New DevelopmentsPosted in Highlight, Laws and Regulations, Legislative Developments, Social Media, Wage & Hour
At yesterday's labor & employment law seminar, we had both Heidi Lane, a Prinicipal Attorney with the Connecticut Department of Labor, and Jonathan Kreisberg, Regional Director of the NLRB's Hartford Office, speak to attendees about the latest developments under both Connecticut and federal law. But for those who couldn't make it, here are five notable things they discussed: 1)… Continue Reading
Breakfast with the NLRB Region 34 Director – What's New?Posted in Labor Law & NLRB
Last year, I published a series of posts about the Connecticut Bar Association's breakfast with NLRB Region 34 Director Jonathan Kreisberg. Kreisberg repeated that breakfast earlier this week. Although I was unable to personally attend, breakfast organizer Nicole Bernabo was kind enough to recap the event and agreed to share her recollections for the blog…. Continue Reading
Breakfast with NLRB Regional Director – (Part 2) – What To Expect in 2010Posted in Labor Law & NLRB, Laws and Regulations
As I indicated in my post yesterday, the bar-related breakfast with NLRB Region 34 office was a big success. In the presentation and discussion, Regional Director Jonathan Kreisberg made a few predictions and observations about what 2010 would bring. Kreisberg noted that the NLRB was going to be using press releases to a far greater… Continue Reading


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Jerry Horton Of Papa Roach Stoked About New Album
I have a duty to you guys to keep you up to date on all the fabulous things going on in Lubbock, like live events where you can see my handsome face…aka show up and get free stuff.By now you all know that FMX is you source in Lubbock of all that is rock n roll. We are the dudes in the know ( humor me here will ya?!) Don't believe me, check out the FMX Stages and you too will be AMAZED at how "in the know" we are about so many awesome live music events going on every week right here in the Hub city.
As you all can tell by the sweat stains on your shirts from today, summer is just around the corner and with summer comes the release of new albums.
Back in November I told you the guys of Papa Roach were heading back to the studio to lay down some tracks for a new C.D. and today I got word the boys were headed to the studio to finalize a few songs for the new album. Jerry Tweeted today that he was "stoked to hear everything start coming together."
For all you Papa Roach fans out there you know what that means… a tour surely can't be far behind, can it ?!… I promise to keep you posted.


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From Baroque to New Music
An evening out with Pallade Musica, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
The dramatic contrasts so present in Italian music of the 17th century were approached with freedom and freshness. Works by many lesser-known composers (Dario Castello, Alessandro Piccinini, Francesco Rognoni, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Tarquinio Merula and others) dominated the concert, making new revelations of the era. Bélanger's blazing account of a sonata by Domenico Scarlatti was a highlight.
Later on that same evening, Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter gave a bewitching account of Chopin's Concerto No. 2 with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. The playing was both hot-blooded and refined. From ghostlike, ethereal soft passages to grand sweeps of emotion, her nimble fingers seemed to pour out the strong personality of an artist on fire. The second movement was the most seductive bit of poetry I've encountered in some time.
In the Delfs era the MSO played Brahms (a little too often) with thick warmth, as if the music was bathed in sepia tones. It was compelling, if a little fuzzy in retrospect. Conductor Edo de Waart's approach to Brahms instead scrubs away that patina, presenting clarity and transparency (not a surprise to anyone who has heard his performances with the orchestra). In his second time around with the MSO in Symphony No. 2, De Waart led a sparkling account that made this old favorite sound brand new. My ears continually drank in details not previously noticed.
Throughout his career De Waart has championed new music. Nocturne for Orchestra by 28-year-old Michael Ippolito is an attractive, colorful, innovative work that conjures both whimsical dreaminess and a near-nightmare wild ride. Here is a young composer who works with the traditional orchestra in new ways and still retains audience appeal.


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BOLTON has a strong identity, a good brand and needs to maintain its independent vision at a time of harsh economic uncertainty.
That is the view of Robert Hough, chairman of the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA).
He was guest speaker at The Curry Club, a group of Bolton professionals who meet once a quarter at the Spice Valley restaurant in The Valley, Bolton.
The group consists of bankers, accountants, solicitors and other professionals who gather to hear a selection of speakers, discuss the local economy and to network.
Mr Hough said that within the North West region, Manchester was a strong commercial centre in its own right — but that Bolton also had a strong identity which it needed to maintain.
The NWDA is soon to be replaced by a Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) between business leaders and local authorities. However, it is still unclear how much funding, if any, the new LEPs will get.
Mr Hough said he thought about seven LEPs would be created in the North West, with two for Lancashire, but what and how they would work had not yet been finalised.
But he understood control of business support services would be withdrawn to Whitehall and would be mainly web-based.
Mr Hough said: "It will go from regional support, as provided by NWDA and Business Link, to localised support which appears to be in line with the Big Society concept.
"So far it's unclear what the LEPs will do as, instead of the regional support we had previously, there will be seven LEPs in Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Merseyside.
"Manchester city is an exemplar of higher performance in the region and Bolton is part of the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) family.
"But Bolton has a clear identity and a strong brand and it's important for Bolton to maintain its own independent and strong vision."
Mr Hough added: "I think we are in for a slow economic recovery. I don't think there's a risk of a double dip, but it will be a long, slow, haul out of the recession."
Mr Hough is a non-executive deputy chairman of Peel Holdings and previously an executive director for more than 13 years.
He is also a non-executive director of a number of other companies, including Provident Financial and the Styles and Wood Group.
An existing board member of the NWDA, with responsibilities for development and infrastructure, Business Link and sub-regional strategic liaison for Lancashire, Mr Hough is also a member of the Northern Way Steering Group.
He is also a board member of the University of Manchester and was previously a member of the North West Regional Assembly executive board.
He chairs New East Manchester Limited, one of the first urban regeneration companies to be established, and is a member and former chairman of the North West Business Leadership team.
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Hain Adds Murphy to Coaching Staff
Liberty Women's Soccer Head Coach Jessica Hain has announced the addition of Tina Murphy to her staff as a volunteer assistant coach.
Murphy comes to Liberty after spending two years in the Triangle United Soccer Association (TUSA), where she served as a club coach for the association's U-14, U-13 and U-11 teams (2010-11). Prior to her stint with the TUSA, Murphy was the head coach of the Eagles Brasil Futebol Clube, a women's professional team in Praia Grande, Brazil for two seasons (2008-09).
Before moving to the coaching ranks, Murphy played eight seasons for the Charlotte Lady Eagles (2001-08), where she was team captain for seven seasons. Murphy brings international experience to the Lady Flames program, as she spent four years in Brazil, playing professionally for the Santos Futebol Clube and the Araraquara Futebol Clube. In addition to her time in Brazil, Murphy also spent a year in England, where she suited up for Bristol Rivers F.C.
Murphy is 2000 graduate of North Carolina and holds a Bachelors degree in Exercise Science. During her collegiate career (1996-00), Murphy was instrumental in helping the Tar Heels capture five ACC championships and four NCAA national titles.


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Apples, Berries and Yams Recipe
This recipe is one of my favorites to serve at the holidays. My guests love it.—Dixy Moore, Avalon, California
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 apples, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 can (23 ounces) yams, drained
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 can (14 ounces) whole-berry cranberry sauce
- 1/2 cup orange marmalade
- 1. In a skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Saute apples until crisp-tender. Place apples and yams in a greased 3-qt. casserole. Sprinkle with the nutmeg. Combine cranberry sauce and marmalade. Spoon over yams. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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1 each: 202 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 6mg cholesterol, 71mg sodium, 46g carbohydrate (34g sugars, 3g fiber), 1g protein.
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A railcar wagon is dropped to the ground in one footage, and Stanley Tucci films a scene amidst the ruins in another video.
Videos and pictures from the set of Michael Bay's latest "Transformers" movie installment have flooded the web. The filming took place in Detroit which was dramatically turned into Hong Kong. Chaotic scenes are being filmed amidst ruins in the fake Asian city.
One video sees an accident involving a railcar with one wagon being dropped from a crane to give more believable effects. Another on-set clip features Stanley Tucci filming a dialogue-driven scene. Main actor Mark Wahlberg is seen on the set with him as well.
Wahlberg replaces Shia LaBeouf as the main protagonist. He will join forces with Jack Reynor to face off Kelsey Grammer who is tapped as a human villain. Not only was the actors got recast but also the machine including Optimus Prime and Bumblebee got upgraded.
"Transformers 4" storyline is still scarce. The action flick is planned for a June 27, 2014 release.
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The main attraction in Phuleswar a small town in Howrah district is the Hooghly. The river is wide and expansive here, offering a breathtaking view. Gulls and kingfishers can be seen darting into the water to catch fish, while local fishermen spread their nets for the days catch.
The riverside is covered in thick grass and dotted with lush green trees, making Phuleswar an ideal destination to revive your senses in the lap of nature. The shade of the trees makes the river bank an ideal spot for a picnic.
One can hire a boat and cruise on the river. The wind is fresh and pure, a rarity for todays city-dwellers. Watching the sun set into the horizon is a unique experience on the banks of the Hooghly.
Take a train from Howrah station that goes to Kharagpur. Get down at Phuleswar or Uluberia. Phuleswar is a 15-minute bus journey from Uluberia. By road, take NH-6 and turn left at Uluberia
You can stay at the Uluberia Kalibari or a lodge. Uluberia and Phuleswar have hotels too. One can also stay at the bungalow of the irrigation department Kalsaba Dakbungalow. Booking is available at the Howrah irrigation divisions office at 11A Free School Street


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2012 Petit Le Mans: ALMS Qualifying - Jani Crashes Petit Party With Pole Position
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2012 Petit Le Mans: ALMS Qualifying - Jani Crashes Petit Party With Pole Position
With much of the focus this week on the P1 and P2 championships in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón, Neel Jani stole the show Friday at Petit Le Mans. The Swiss driver took pole position for Rebellion Racing with a lap of 1:09.089 (132.351 mph) in his No. 12 Lola-Toyota coupe â the first honor in ALMS for the Swiss team.
Jani was 0.339 seconds clear of Lucas Luhr in Muscle Milk Racingâs No. 6 Honda Performance Development ARX-03a prototype. Luhr and Klaus Graf â driving with Romain Dumas â enter Saturdayâs 1,000-mile/10-hour ALMS season finale leading the P1 driverâs championship. The Rebellion car isnât eligible for ALMS points at Road Atlanta, so its sole goal is winning the race outright.
âWe know qualifying is just a very small thing,â said Jani, driving with Nico Prost and Andrea Belicchi. âThe race is a totally different game. We won't interfere with the other cars. We will just run our own race. We want to win. That was why we came over here.â
The Rebellion trio finished fifth in last yearâs race. Saturdayâs enduro stands to be just as competitive given the top three cars qualified within a second of each other. Guy Smith was third in Dyson Racingâs No. 16 Lola-Mazda coupe that he drives with Chris Dyson and Steven Kane following a lap of 1:10.176 (130.301 mph).
Smith and Dyson won last yearâs ALMS P1 driverâs title, and Dyson Racing took the team championship. Muscle Milk appears to be in the proverbial driverâs seat, needing to complete just 70 percent of the raceâs distance Saturday to dethrone Dyson.
Meanwhile, Jani is planning to enjoy the weekend before getting on a plane to fly to China on Sunday for the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
âWe very much enjoy racing here,â he said. âWe like the American tracks. When you look at the atmosphere, look around the track and see all the spectators and the camping going on⦠it's a big party which makes us enjoy racing around even that much more.â
The other big story of the weekend is the Nissan DeltaWing. After crashing in Wednesdayâs test session and shakedown in practice Thursday night, the revolutionary prototype posted the 10th fastest time in qualifying with Gunnar Jeannetteâs time of 1:12.850 (125.518 mph). He drives with Lucas Ordonez.
The car is running unclassified so it will start from the rear of the grid. The DeltaWing features half the weight, half the horsepower and half the aerodynamic drag but all of the performance of a typical Le Mans prototype.
One race after it scored its first ALMS pole position, Extreme Speed Motorsports earned another Friday. Toni Vilander set a time of 1:18.729 116.145 mph) in the No. 01 Ferrari F458 Italia he drives with Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek.
ESM appeared to sweep the GT front row until the No. 02 Ferrari failed post-race inspection due to a ride height violation. Guy Cosmo had turned a lap of 1:18.677 (116.222 mph). The car will start the race from the back of the grid.
BMW Team RLLâs Jörg Müller was second on the GT grid in the No. 55 BMW E92 M3 at 1:18.972 (115.788 mph). Corvette Racingâs Oliver Gavin â who wrapped up the GT driverâs championship with Tommy Milner in the last race at VIR â was third Friday at 1:19.065 (115.652 mph) in the No. 4 Corvette C6 ZR1.
âIâm very happy. It is good to be here with ESM,â Vilander said. âIâve been enjoying the whole week and canât wait for the race to start. I think we are in good shape. The Ferrari feels really good. Iâm really happy with the performance of the team. It has been good all year but we even made a step forward this week.â
Olivier Pla continued Europeâs prototype party with the P2 pole position in Oak Racingâs No. 35 Morgan-Nissan. His time of 1:12.046 (126.919 mph) was only 0.002 seconds clear of Martin Plowman and Conquest Enduranceâs Morgan-Nissan.
Pla also was the P2 fastest qualifier at the seasonâs opening race at Sebring in March.
âThe car felt great,â said the Frenchman, who drives with Bertrand Baguette and Jacques Nicolet. âThe competition is very close. During the session the lap times were getting quicker and quicker. I set a good time at the end event though I hit a fair bit of traffic at the middle of the session. The team gave me a good car today; it should be great for the race tomorrow.â
As in P1, the fight for the P2 championship is down to two teams: Conquest and Level 5 Motorsports. The Level 5 squad is in a similar position to Muscle Milk. If the No. 95 HPD ARX-03b of Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and Luis Diaz finish 70 percent of the P2-winning distance then Tucker and Bouchut win the driverâs title for the second straight year.
The No. 055 Level 5 HPD can factor in as well. Marino Franchitti qualified the car third in P2 at 1:12.236 (126.585 mph). He will drive with older brother Dario and Tucker as well. So as in the bigger prototype class, the pole-sitting carâs lone objective is to win the race and not impact the ALMS title fight.
âI love racing in America, it is my third time here,â Pla said. âIt is very different than what we do in Europe. Tomorrow the competition will be very tough, it will be good for sure.â
Kyle Marcelli won the Prototype Challenge pole position despite a brief scare in Merchant Servicesâ No. 8 ORECA FLM09. The young Canadian posted a class-record lap of 1:14.099 (123.402 mph) and outpaced CORE autosportâs Colin Braun in the No. 05 ORECA by 0.046 seconds.
After Marcelliâs quickest lap, the Merchant Services car lost power between on the following lap. It ground to a halt near Turn 6 and brought out a red flag to stop the session with Braun on a flying lap.
âIt was interesting,â said a relieved Marcelli, who will drive with Chapman Ducote and Matt Downs. âWe were all going faster and faster each lap. I went into turn 5 and my team manager made it clear to put it in a clear spot. Then I noticed our engine breaker had popped, so I popped it back in and it fired right up and brought it back in.â
Marcelli gained a little bit of revenge over Braun after the CORE pilot won pole position in the last round at VIR by just 0.001 seconds.
âIt's always a close and fun race in the PC category,â Marcelli said. âThis year is the toughest season so far. Each team has very experienced drivers. I'm confident you'll see a close race tomorrow.â
Ryan Lewis qualified Dempsey Racingâs No. 25 ORECA third in class at 1:14.268 (123.122 mph).
With the GT Challenge team championship already in-hand, Alex Job Racing took the classâ pole position. Leh Keen posted a record-setting time of 1:24.060 (108.779 mph) in AJRâs No. 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup that he drives with Cooper MacNeil and Dion von Moltke. Keen was 0.191 seconds ahead of Green Hornet Racingâs Damien Faulkner.
MacNeil clinched the GTC driverâs title in the last round at VIR, and Keen is second heading into Saturdayâs race.
âFor the last couple of races we've been working on the race setup for the race,â Keen said. âSo we always focused on getting the championship. This weekend we went all out - make the car fast and go for the win.â
The AJR crew did just that. The top five cars were within 0.998 seconds with TRGâs Spencer Pumpelly third with a 1:24.566 (108.129 mph) in his No. 66 Porsche.
âFor sure, the endurance races are hectic,â Keen said. âI went out first for night practice, and it was pretty messy. The race is always more calm in the dark than practice is. Running with the prototypes here at night is always fun, but thatâs part of being a GT racer. It's going to be a good time.â
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It is ironic that stocks are at five years highs going into what is probably going to be the biggest disappointment of an earning`s season since the 2008 financial crisis. We got a hint of 4th quarter results during the disaster which was the 3rd quarter earning`s season where most companies missed on the revenue side, and those that beat EPS guidance, did so barely, and most of that was created through stock buybacks and creative smoothing techniques.
Make no mistake when a public company sets earning`s guidance these are numbers that are very conservative, and they expect to blow these numbers away given a healthy business environment. When a company just barely hits or beats the EPS number, and misses on revenue you know they were buying back stock, and trying any possible financial trick to attain the EPS number. One of the oldest tricks on Wall street, besides giving easy guidance so that when it comes time for earning`s the stock shoots up because they "beat" expectations.
The fact that companies have to struggle so much just to meet expectations tells how bad things are from a corporate profit standpoint. They have cut their operations to the bone for the last three years, and built earnings up from the bottom, and that strategy has reached its point of exhaustion. No more to be squeezed out of that cost cutting strategy.
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Moreover, with the continual uncertainty coming out of Washington from a policy perspective, code word the Fiscal Cliff, it`s unlikely that CEO`s committed much towards year end discretionary CAP EX purchases which would spur corporate growth during the fourth quarter. So expect to hear the term Fiscal Cliff during Earning`s season quite a lot as the primary excuse for business headwinds by the executive teams during conference calls.
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Cowling Harlequins 36 Odsal Sedbergh A 4
This win put Cowling level on points with third-placed Odsal with two games in hand on them in the Pennine League Division Seven.
Quins started well, with man of the match Gary Nelson causing all kinds of problems. It led to new signing Jack Cawood stepping his way to the line and his wing partner Brannan Lawn added the extras. Lawn had a great day with the boot, kicking six from six.
With the hill behind them at Utley, Quins prop Dwaine Smith powered in for his first try. On the next set, Odsal had no answer to Cowling's go-forward as Darren Greenwood dived over from dummy half.
With Tom Holland and Chris Young running hard, it was not long until Smith powered over for his second try.
Cawood, who impressed all afternoon, followed up a Brady Godfrey kick to collect and dive over before Craig Nicholson found space and darted up field to find full back Simon Burgoyne to cross for his first try of the season. Lawn's conversion made it 36-0 at half-time.
It was not until the 65th minute that Odsal found a hole in the strong Cowling line and registered points but, with great work from Liam Mitchell and Cawood, the hosts remained in control.
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urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_ Multi-Fandom Fanfiction with a touch of intelligence Multi-Fandom Fic Recs 2008-06-09T02:48:15Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:4300 dandieelyon Torchwood 2008-06-09T02:47:56Z 2008-06-09T02:48:15Z I have recently been sucked into the world of Torchwood (yay!) and just today saw the season 2 opener called "Kiss kiss Bang Bang"

whoah...major chemistry happening there between the two captains.

I am wondering if anyone can rec me some stories featuring these two.

very muchly appreciated! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:4067 slvrcrystalc Multi-Fandom Recs 2008-03-26T06:24:09Z 2008-03-26T06:30:19Z Six of my favorites in order of main Fandom.

Title: Journeyverse
Author: Tenhawk
Fandom: Buffy The Vampire Slayer base, with many many crossovers, including: Charmed, Alien,
Predator, Stargate SG1, Tom Clancey's Jack Ryan series, etc etc... (+++Crossovers)
Rating: G through NC-17. Individual ratings listed for stories.
Warnings: Violence, some adult content. Lots of Crossovers, knowledge not necessary,
Summary/Quote: Grads over and Xander leaves on his Road Trip. He winds up going a lot further then he ever expected.(Eternal WiP, updated regularly)
Recommender's words: So many crossovers it needed and built its own wiki. Xander-centric and now reading like a Tom Clancy book, this is now a multi author work that has expanded way beyond where most fanfics dream of going. WiP forever, Updated often.

Title:Disheveled
Author: rabid1st
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Smut, and sex, and *gasp!* and actual plot! Het
Summary/Quote:This is the Rose/Ten love story. It is definitely smutty but with plot and heart and an AU ending. It is pretty much in sync with canon all the way to Doomsday.
Recommender's words: The Fluff! The Angst! The Smut!!!
A truely happy ending that is so hard to achieve in Doctor who, but still in character and so very in true to the show. So far. Made Season 2/Season 3. WiP. Last chapter.

Title: Mirror of Maybe: here or here (does not have all chapters)
Author: Midnight Blue
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: R
Warnings: Slash HP/SS
Summary/Quote: 28-year old War Mage Harry Potter, is returned to his 16-year-old body as a student at Hogwarts.
Recommender's Words: A compelling piece of work made before the 5th book came out. WiP. Has not been updated in a year =(

Title: Changing of the Guard 1 2 3 4 5
Author: Ecolea
Fandom: Highlander/Stargate SG1 crossover
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Author status unknown.
Summary/Quote: Methos' plans for a little Research and Recreation take a decidedly dangerous turn when the Air Force discovers he's an Immortal. Can he survive the present, confront his past, and save Earth's future all at the same time?
Voted Best Crossover in the 2001 Stargate SG1 Fan Fiction Awards.
Quote: The first section of Chapter 1:
The planet was your typical desert dream world, Colonel Jack O'Neill
thought. Sun, sand and more sun. Oh, and hey, how about a little more
sand? He yawned in the heat waiting patiently while Daniel and Carter
did their scientific thing on the only remotely interesting structure
in the vicinity. A sort of step pyramid, or ziggurat about half a mile
from the Stargate. It was the only thing left on P4X37 that wasn't
covered with sand. Long range reconnaissance showed a handful of other
monolithic structures, but no people. Over the millennia the planet's
orbit had shifted fractionally, making what had once been a marginally
habitable planet into a giant sand dune. Whatever civilization had
been here, was now long gone. A condition Jack hoped to find himself
in fairly quickly.

"Come on, kids, let's get shakin'!" he called out. "It's way past your
bedtime!"

Teal'c grunted quietly, his broad face impassive as sweat gleamed
brightly on his dark skin. He too was displeased with the amount of
time they'd spent here. Chulak was a moderate world of pleasant climes
and this desert heat was annoying.

"Hold on, sir!" Samantha Carter called out, her voice echoing from
inside the building. "Daniel's found something!"

O'Neill glanced at Teal'c and shrugged, nodding in the direction of
the entrance. "Shall we?"

Teal'c raised an eyebrow, indicating the decision was the colonel's.

With a sigh, Jack headed inside just as the sound of heavy stone
grating against stone resounded through the cavernous interior. There
was a scuffing sound and then a shout, followed quickly by a scream
and Jack raced forward, following the last echo.

"You two okay?" Jack called down the narrow rectangular opening in the
floor, where a pair of blond heads could dimly be seen among the
tangled limbs.

"We're fine," Carter called up.

"Yeah, fine," Daniel wheezed. "I broke Sam's fall." There was short
scream, followed by groan of agony.

"Uh, sir," Carter reported. "I think he broke more than my fall."

Recommender's Words: My All Time Favorite Fic, ever. The Ninth Chevron, story number two, is my favorite. =)
Methos joins SG1 for multiple adventures though this series. 5 Completed stories. No known WiPs. Old SG1.

Title: Best Laid Plans 1 - 8
Author: Wajag
Fandom: Highlander/ Stargate SG1 crossover
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary/Quote: The Ancients put Immortals on Earth as part of a plan to prevent the Goa'uld from
taking over the Earth. Time has a way of drifting all things from their original purpose.
Recommender's Words: A good series. 8 stories Completed so far, series ongoing.

Title: Caught In A Ladder
Author:Sinnatious
Fandom: Hikaru no Go
Rating: R
Warnings: Tissue warning~ Rated for ... violence? and general depravity of a character.
Summary/Quote: A chance encounter with Ogata and a slip of the tongue turns Hikaru into a victim of Sai's success. What is he supposed to do when even the truth won't save him? Complete.
Quote: Hikaru coughed weakly a few times, breaking the silence. The Heian-period ghost was at his side again in an instant, hovering about him in concern.

"Hikaru?"

"My throat was just a little dry, sorry."

"Is it cold in this room?" Sai asked, growing concerned by the clammy look to the youth's skin, and not for the first time wishing he could sense if his companion had a fever or not.

"A little, but don't worry about it."

They fell into silence once more. It could have been only a few minutes, but it certainly felt like an hour later when Hikaru suddenly spoke again.

"Hey Sai…. I'm sorry if this brings up painful memories for you or anything, but I wanted to ask…"

"Yes, Hikaru?"

"What did it feel like? You know…when you died?"

Sai couldn't answer. His fan was habitually half-hiding his face, but it did nothing to hide the tears that now spilled from his eyes.

"Sai?" Hikaru tiredly raised his head to look at the ghost. "Oh…. I'm sorry. You don't have to answer, I guess. Please don't cry."

Sai just shook his head wordlessly, tears still falling down his face. It wasn't that the memory caused him that much pain – he'd had a thousand years to dwell on it, after all. It was the sadness that his friend needed to ask.

"I'm so sorry, Hikaru. I'm so very sorry."

"Hey, no, you know, forget it. I guess I just wanted to know. Selfish, of me, huh?" The youth forced a weak laugh.

Sai just couldn't stop crying.

Recommender's Words: Ever think that Hikaru was being way too paranoid about people knowing about Sai? This is why. I could empathize with all of them here, even Ogata.
Made me cry for whole chapters! Angsty Tearjerker! Proceed with tissues.

Title: Sailor Moon Millenials
Author: The Judge
Fandom: Sailor Moon
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: WiP
Summary/Quote: Atlantis rises, the government starts investigating the Senshi, Sailor Pluto has amnesia and Usagi's ahem eating for two. (WiP)
Recommender's Words: Don't like Sailor Moon anymore? Think it is too childish? This isn't. By far the best Sailor Moon Fanfic in existance, I'd buy this if it was a book. Hasn't been updated since 2003, but that doesn't stop me from hoping or you from reading this wonderful masterpiece.

I have more recommendations and favorites over at my Live Journal. Feel free to browse. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:3599 ♪♫ ♪ Something different...some Bowser/Peach from the Mario fandom. 2007-08-22T23:15:42Z 2007-08-22T23:19:24Z FIC: Vicissitude
AUTHOR: Me ^_^;
FANDOM: Super Mario Brothers
RATING: M(or R)
GENRE: hurt/comfort, romance
WARNINGS: Some bad language here and there and character death.
PAIRINGS: Some Bowser/Peach(more longing though) and Bowser Jr./OC(I promise she's not a Mary Sue.)
SUMMARY: [Quick note- the summary on ff.net is different because of space constraints]
An aging Bowser has stopped menacing the Mushroom Kingdom and has started living vicariously through the now-grown Junior(Bowser Jr.) by getting him married to Cherry, the daughter of Mario and Peach. He coaches Junior with some hilarious romantic advice all the way up to the wedding. He's still in love with Peach, and by getting Junior to marry Cherry the right way, it's like seeing himself marry the woman he's always loved.

They arrived home in less than an hour, all of them hungry. Mario would be mad that Cherry missed dinner again...but that old plumber had gotten fat with age as well and wouldn't be much of a challenge. Once home, Bowser felt pride in his heart at how Junior pulled Cherry's chair out for her when they sat down to eat the meal she cooked. Cheep Cheep kabobs were huge, each fish the size of an adult Koopa's fist and drizzled in some foreign cheese-like sauce Cherry called "afraido"...or something. It made them very juicy and messy. Bowser and Junior each had two sticks with two Cheep Cheeps apiece, while Cherry only had half of one. Rather than talk, Bowser just crunched his kabob and watched them.

Bowser taught Junior how to "accidentally" brush his forearm against Cherry's shoulder when he reached for his napkin. The kabobs were greasy, so there were plenty of opportunities to pull this off.

If this works, kid, you'll have what I always wanted, he leaned back, her love...

"I...love your hair." said Junior.

"What?" Cherry glanced at him, blinking.

"This afternoon. It was shiny, I guess I didn't notice..." Junior glanced towards Bowser. Bowser made a pushing motion with his hand and pointed to his eyes. Junior went on, "...that it makes your eyes look really--" he glanced over again, fishing for a word. Bowser picked up his blue napkin and pointed to it. Junior's face brightened and he finished, "--blue! And I like blue." He peeked at Bowser again. Bowser curled his thumb and index finger into an 'okay' sign, grinning.

Cherry's face turned bright red. She giggled and turned towards Bowser. Bowser dropped his napkin on his kabob stick and leaned back, pretending to be bored. She shook her head and smiled up at Junior--"You're so cute, Junior."--and Bowser tilted so far back that his chair tipped over. The Koopa King scrambled back into his seat in time to see Junior's face turn as red as Cherry's dress.

After finding himself staring into Cherry's blue eyes longer than intended, Junior cleared his throat. "So um...dessert?"

Dessert was a huge fudge cake. Bowser and Junior made pigs out of themselves while Cherry had one dainty little piece. She seemed to find their appalling table manners amusing. She finished first and stood up, dabbing her mouth with her napkin. "I should head home...daddy is probably mad already. Thanks for letting me do your dinner, it was fun!"

"It's early, though," said Junior in a pouting tone.

"I know..." Cherry sounded annoyed. "But you know how he is."

"I should go down there and kick his wrinkled ass." Bowser said. Chocolate crumbs splattered down his chest when he spoke. He wiped them off with his palm. Cherry started for the door. Bowser blinked and waved his hand until he had Junior's attention, then made a walking gesture with his fingers.

Junior blinked a bit dully. "What do...oh!" He ran to catch up with her. "Hey, Cherry, I'll reverse-kidnap you home."

"Aw, why thank you." said Cherry with a smile. She slid her hand into Junior's as they disappeared from the dining hall.

Bowser belched and grinned. The kid was a chip off the old block!

TITLE: Not a Monster
AUTHOR: Me ^^;
FANDOM: Super Mario Brothers
GENRE: Angst, hurt/comfort
WARNINGS: Very mild swearing.
PAIRING: Bowser/Peach
CHAPTERS: One-shot, so one.
RATING: Teen
SUMMARY: Anybody can inflict pain, but the strongest are the ones that can take it and still get back up.

Their food arrived an hour later. A huge meat platter for Bowser and steamed vegetables for Peach--one of her favorite midnight snacks. One thing Bowser always did was make sure whatever food she wanted was available. Also, usually, he lit the elaborate gold candelabras on the table with his flaming breath and went on about how it was the fire of his love for her. He didn't do that this time. Instead, Bowser picked at his food while Peach ate in silence. The only sound was her fork occasionally clanking against the plate.

Peach couldn't believe herself when she asked, "Bowser, are you okay?"

Bowser just shook his head and stared at his plate. He'd only taken one bite of the drumstick. His food had long since stopped steaming, and he never bothered reheating it with his breath.

"You should eat."

"Peach," he said, meeting her eyes, "You just don't get it."

"What?"

"You're not a parent!" He slammed his fist down on the table, causing the heavy candelabras to tip over. White wax chips splattered across polished marble tabletop. Peach jumped and her fork clattered onto her plate. Bowser ranted on, "In Junior's eyes, dad fixes everything! And I can't fix this! Do you have any idea how that feels?"

His sudden shouting startled Peach. She felt like his red eyes pinned her to her chair. There was something different in them. Something not so evil.
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X-Posted lots&lots urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:3048 disability_fic rec_this_ @ 2006-05-22T00:28:00 2006-05-21T23:30:01Z 2006-05-22T00:10:03Z Hi everyone. I've just joined. My name's Cate and I run the website Disability_fanfic. Which, if you don't know, lists all fanfic I know of (in any fandom) in which a main character has or acquires a disability.

I'm not sure whether this is allowed in this community, so if not then sorry and obviously ignore/delete it. I am looking for recommendations of stories that people have enjoyed that I don't yet have listed on my site (if you can't be bothered checking the site, just rec anyway) which features disability as a major theme.

Thanks in advance for any help

Cate.

(Cross posted to a couple of places. If you get this more than once then sorry) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:2603 mizz_destiny Magnificent Seven 2006-02-26T03:40:55Z 2006-02-26T03:40:55Z Newsies Series: Her entire work in this fandom! Start with 'The Bank Robbery'
Author: Sassey J
Fandom: Magnificent Seven
Rating: range from G to R
Warnings: Chapters 14 - 16 of 'Maude' gets pretty violent and bloody.
Summary/Quote: Focus primarily on Vin and Ezra plus Vin's family. Two year old twin girls make many appearances!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:2509 mizz_destiny firefly, hercules, buffy, stargate, oh my! 2006-02-23T18:53:21Z 2006-02-23T18:55:34Z Title: 'The Little Things' series Part 1
Author: michmak at writwritewrote
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: River/Jayne
Summary/Quote: "You can use me, if you need to," she whispered as she slid to the floor and walked towards him. "It's your job, after all. Your hands could make me work."

Title: 'When Hellmouths Collide'
Author: Kimberley Rector and Martha Wilson
Fandom: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: rating for strong language. a very long fic, but very,very good. has a Buffy/Iolaus paring (trust me it works!)
Summary/Quote: Buffy, Xander, Giles and Willow are accidentally sent through a dimensional doorway to a strange new world, where they run into our favorite pair of mythological heroes, Hercules and Iolaus. Together, they uncover Ethan Rayne's terrible plot against this world. Jason, Autolycus, Xena and Gabrielle are also major characters.
Yes, we know what you're thinking, but it works! Come on, give it a try! You know you want to. Everyone has doubts at first.

Title: 'Growing Pains'
Author: iamdragonrider
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Rating: PG
Warnings: kid!fic. WIP.
Summary/Quote: There are a lot of changes in store when Jack becomes a father again. To Teal'c, Daniel, and Sam. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:2183 Harry Potter 2005-10-09T20:34:06Z 2005-10-09T20:34:06Z Evita (Original London Cast) <-> Eva and Magaldi Title: Eden Is Burning
Author: Rana Eressea
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: The choice is always between the love of a woman and the love of the Father. (Draco & Hermione) [COMPLETE]

Title: Exuberance
Author: Gold-Seven
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: Sirius Black leaves Grimmauld Place for the first time in months to accompany Harry, Ron, and Hermione to the Hogwarts express. MUCH against Hermione's better judgment... (Watercolour and Photoshop.) [ART]

Title:  Team Spirit
Author: Makani
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: Comic depicting a little tension between Slytherin and Gryffindor [I think] before a Quidditch match. [ART] urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:1853 A couple of Harry Potter recs 2005-09-18T13:31:35Z 2005-09-18T22:27:18Z Ed in the Refridgerators <-> The Pope Song Title: Leniency
Author: rexluscus (Rex Luscus [email@example.com])
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Warnings: Major tragedy; I don't want to say more, but proceed with caution. Also, SPOILERS FOR HALF-BLOOD PRINCE!
Summary/Quote: Five years after the defeat of Voldemort, Harry gets possessed by the desire to do a good deed. (Snape-centric genfic)

Title: I Will Always Love You
Author: RowenaMcKinnon
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: Draco/Ginny songfic based on Whitney Houston's remake of "I Will Always Love You".
Reccer's Note: I'm not usually one for songfics, but this is one that I do really like for some reason.

Title: Beauty in the Breakdown
Author: xylitol
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: R
Warnings: Language? Angst?
Summary: Draco and Hermione are having a hard time choosing which way to go. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:1625 House Fanfiction site 2005-09-03T21:21:55Z 2005-09-03T21:21:55Z The Clash <-> I fought the law I've been reading a lot of fic, but for some reason or another, I'm not inspired to rec it.

So, for my House fans I have this site:

http://www.squidge.org/housefanfiction/

An intensive database for all your Housefic needs.

Enjoy! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:1465 Harry Potter 2005-08-09T00:45:54Z 2005-08-09T00:50:34Z Reccer's Note: Hello all! Sorry that I didn't bring you more recs, but I've been awfully busy this summer. For now I'll leave you with these. They're both quite long... Also, I have added tags to all posts (Woo, not that many). I hope they're helpful...

Title: Primary Care
Author: the_senjou
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: NC17
Warnings: slash, sexual content
Summary/Quote: Tensions at Hogwarts result in a bizarre accident endangering Harry Potter and disrupting the life of Severus Snape and a certain werewolf. SS/RL slight HP/DM

Title: shoebox_project
Author: ladyjaida, dorkorific
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG13
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: A cowritten fic based in MWPP era. (I, Eilonwy, cannot bring myself to write a summary vague enough to catch interest without giving anything away. If this fic is not something you have at least heard of, I suggest you go give it a try!) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:932 3 House M.D. fic recs 2005-04-05T01:10:10Z 2005-04-05T01:10:10Z Title: Records
Author: musikologie
Fandom: House M.D.
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: House listens to some records and reflects about music and emotions. Slight spoilers for DNR. [Complete]

Title: Another Conversation that Never Happened
Author: Julie Barrett
Fandom: House M.D.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: Set between Mob Rules and Heavy. Cameron decides it is time to have a talk with Dr. House.

Title: Quarantine
Author: violet_quill
Fandom: House M.D.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: Chase and Cameron are stuck in quarantine and are bored. Banter ensues. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:590 The only general theme here is that they're all some of my personal favourite Harry Potter fanfics 2005-03-27T23:39:20Z 2005-03-27T23:39:20Z Enjoy!

Title: Unaffected (link to chapter 1)
Author: Cliodna
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: Most chapters are PG-13 - some are higher
Warnings: Touches on some adult material
Summary/Quote: It's been six years since Ginny left Hogwarts, and two years since the defeat of the Dark Lord. War has taken its toll on everyone, and even though everyone has tried to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and move on, many are still in denial and shock. Ginny's profession demands that she must remain unaffected, so that she may help anyone else in need. But what happens when the least likely of all people turns to her for help? [possibly abandoned WIP]

Title: Too Long
Author: painterchica
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: Hermione reflects on a love lost, wondering why she waited for so long. [Complete ficlet]

Title: Snakes and Ladders
Author: Scoradh
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: R
Warnings: adult situations (not full detail), Slash
Summary/Quote: Sixteen years after he last clapped eyes on the Boy Who Lived To Be A Thorn In Draco Malfoy's Side, Draco is filling Snape's old shoes with aplomb. History, though, has a nasty habit of repeating itself. Draco has his comfortable existance turned topsy-turvy with the appearance at Hogwarts of Harry's son, who turns out to be able disrupt Draco's life with as much competency as his father. [Complete]

Title: Temporary Insanity (link to chapter 1)
Author: arbitrary
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Summary/Quote: "Don't dip your quill in the company ink... I should have known better than to get involved with my boss, but who knew would lead to me, back on the job market, and Malfoy with a job offer I couldn't refuse? Literally." [WIP] urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:rec_this_:411 Welcome note 2005-03-26T19:29:10Z 2005-03-26T19:29:10Z Welcome to rec_this_!

I will be posting an example rec in a moment, but first I just wanted to, well, put up a welcome note.

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