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I always wonder if people fall for gimmicks like this. I imagine that at least a few do, otherwise people would not continue to send out garbage like this.

Do not fall for emails like this. Never respond to them nor send your personal information to them.

From: British National Lottery. (cvmiller@purdue.edu)
Sent: Sat 1/26/08 8:46 PM
Reply-to: tnt_deptcourier121@hotmail.com

British National Lottery.
28 Tan Field Road,
Croydon, London.
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of the UK National Lottery Online Promo Programme held on the 29th of December 2007. We have been sending this notice to you but this is the last as we are about distributing
winnings to winners.The draw was done electronically with several email addresses provided to this office by microsoft to enhance the utilization of the internet.Your email address was attached to Reference Number UK/9420X2/68 and
was picked as one of the ten winning email addresses.

This has qualified you to claim the total cash prize Of £753,437(Seven Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty Seven Pound Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£7,534,370.00 shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category B.Therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.Your winnings will be issued to you as soon as you are to contact our AFFILIATE COURIER COMPANY for
delivery of your winning certificate and winning cheque of 753,437.Pounds..Kindly provide us with the information requested below accurately to help us deliver your package as the information provided will be used to contact you and the address provided is where your winning package will be shipped Claims Processing Form.

(Fill And Send To The Courier Company)

Contact Name:
Residential Address:
City:
State:
Postal Code:
Country:
Telephone Ext.:

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Sometime last week, Missnexus.com went to a page rank of zero. *gasp*

Down from a 5 to 4 to 3 to 0.

Sorry, Google I will not be shedding any tears and having anxiety attacks over this like some other webmasters and bloggers have. I will not be begging and pleading for forgiveness. I will not be removing paid posts and adding no follow links within my posts because that is what you like. Go ahead and do what you do, because you are the King of Teh Internetz, no?

I have seen a few sites explain in great detail about how they changed all their posts, stripped the paid links and/or added no follows.

Not me. I do not care.

I will spend my free time doing other things.

I will continue to do what I do.

Life does not revolve around pagerank folks.

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I created a Tumblr account a few weeks back. Just recently started playing around with it and saw the script that allows me to embed here. I mainly have used it to post funny things that friends say online on IRC or IMs. Definitely not a replacement for Twitter but it does allow you to post more characters.

I need to tweak it a little. For example, I would like to have the titles of the posts to be in bold so you can see the beginning and ending of each post.

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I was going through my Google Reader feeds this evening and came across a post that Yahoo was going to have The Sarah Connor Chronicles Pilot on their site starting today. I thought it was too good to be true, but I then decided that it had to be legit if it was Yahoo right?

I went to the site and the entire 45 minute pilot is there. We watched the pilot and I enjoyed it a great deal. You can check out the video on Yahoo for free. This is more than a week in advance from the Fox premiere on January 13. That is pretty cool. So far the plot is excellent and if you are a Terminator fan you should enjoy it. Never seen Terminator? I think the show will pick up new fans too.

I am looking forward to more episodes and more advance shows on Yahoo... or whoever else wants to jump on the bandwagon.

http://tv.yahoo.com/

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My current web host plan will be up in about 3 months. I purchased a one year plan with my host provider, Host Monster. I have really been pleased with their service over the last nine months. I will most likely stick with this company unless I can find a better deal. Searching for a web host provider can be frustrating at times. There are a several factors that I consider, but initially I look at cost (annual or monthly and set up fees), disk space (how many MBs of storage), data transfer (how many GBs) and database (must have MySQL). I like to use websites like http://www.webhostingchoice.com that have search tools for finding web hosts that meet your needs.

I have learned the hard way that a cheap plan does not mean that it is the best plan. Besides an affordable package with the extra features, I need quality customer service that is easy to access, responds in a reasonable time frame, shows patience and understanding and provides the correct answers. After dealing with at least six different web hosts over the years, another one of my criteria for making the final pick is that the company must have a toll-free number. And if the number is available 24-7 then that is even better. Dealing with a company via e-mail is fine, but I appreciate the convenience of being able to use my phone to call a sales, customer service or tech representative for assistance. Afterwards, I would have no problem with following up with questions in an e-mail.

My web host provider has helped me a great deal since March. At this point it is likely that I will stick with them. If something changes in the near future then I will definitely do some research to find the best deal available within my means.

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While hopping across links through Blogrush I came across a site that is offering a chance to win $25.

All you have to do is post a link on your website or blog to: http://theblogscape.com/ and leave a comment here.

To get multiple entries in the contest you can:

Subscribe to RSS feed: 2 entries
Add to Technorati favorites: 2 entries
Post about this contest with link on your site: 3 entries

Your blog needs to have at least 25 posts, and have been up since November 15th for this to count.

The contest ends one December 24, 11:59 PM CST, so hurry to participate if you would like an opportunity to win $25.

http://theblogscape.com/win-25-with-one-post/

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I first read about this free promotion tool at Entrecard.com through Shoemoney, but then was recently reminded of it by Eaglehawk. I recently signed up but decided to put up the code in the right column of this site today, after Eaglehawk told me how many visits he received because of Entrecard.

So far so good. The interface is simple but not too plain and everything is easy to follow. When I signed up, I immediately received the confirmation email.

My Entrecard is actually looking plain at the moment, but when I get some more free time then I will make one that is better looking. Now I will just sit back and wait for results on the dashboard.

If you have already signed up at Entrecard, what do you think about it so far?

http://www.entrecard.com/

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I read about Duels.com at TechCrunch and joined immediately after reading the article. This addicting game is free, so beware that is your warning. I have been playing it must of the day... yes I am a huge slacker.

From the homepage of Duels.com:

You are about to embark on a journey of great rewards - where your combat and strategy skills will be challenged and honed to a fine edge. Carve your name into the Record of Champions. Rise to the pinnacle of dueling immortality. Fame, fortune and glory await you!

I decided to create a female elf. Female avatars were just recently added to the game, so that is cool. My elf's name is Yrinnea... and yes I made that up.

My character's origin is:

Yrinnea is a moon elf from the surface of Toril who was orphaned from her family when they were slain during the Great War. She was at the innocent young age of 110 when she watched her father and mother tortured and killed by a great warrior soldier. Her twin brother was carried away (presumed to also be tortured and then killed). Now at the teenage year of 210 she participates in DUELS and goes on quest for power in hopes of finding that enchanted soldier (which she was informed still lives).

I am not that creative to write such words... JT wrote it for me.

Yrinnea's profile: http://www.duels.com/yrinnea

Go ahead and sign up at Duels.com. Sign up, leave a comment and I will ally with you.

http://www.duels.com/users/register/yrinnea

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I wanted to post this last night after reading Baxter's post but I fell asleep earlier than expected. Yesterday, Baxter promoted Bloggers Unite Day by asking for vistors to his site to raise money for breast cancer prevention through LookPink. This is an excellent post and I would like to thank Baxter for this thoughtful act.

December 17, 2007 was Bloggers Unite Day and the theme is Acts of Kindness.

I decided to write about how we contribute to my children's school fundraisers by making purchases at Schnucks grocery stores using an eScript card.

Sometime last year, JT and I first heard of this fundraising program that required a card at Schnucks. Whenever we go to Schnucks, we present our card in the checkout aisle. A portion of our grocery expenses in a given month is donated to William and Keisha's school. There is no cost to you involved, other than what you are already spending on groceries. We activated the card by calling the toll-free number on the back. I spoke to a representative and completed the call without any effort

The screen capture above describes what portion of your grocery spendings is donated to the school.

I do not always have extra money in the budget to make purchases on traditional school fundraisers such as the pizzas, candles, candy and other items. This is one reason why I support the eScript program so much. We already are making grocery purchases (we seem to be spending more and more these days as the twins get older), so we may as well get our eScript card swiped at the counter, with no additional cost to us, and in turn, donate to our children's school.

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