Who remembers going fishing with Mr Satch & Mr. Cros…

Almost impossible to avoid slowing the pace down when you hear these two telling you to take it easy. What I love about the song is the reminder that in this modern world, when so much of our daily life appears to happen in the fast lane, there is a need to sometimes drop down through the gears and just unwind.

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Anyone notice Bing's webpage?

http://www.bing.com/

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Bing Beats Google On Search Effectiveness

Microsoft's "decision engine" more likely to lead users to a Web page than searches through rival Google, study finds. While Google may control the lion's share of the search market, queries made through Microsoft's Bing search engine lead users to click on a Web page at a significantly higher rate than queries made through Google, according to data released Thursday. The success rate for Bing searches in the U.S. in July was 80.04%, compared to 67.56% for Google, according to Experian Hitwise. The market watcher defines "success rate" as the percentage of search queries that result in a visit to...

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Google Invests $168 Million in Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will be world's largest solar power tower plantGoogle announced yesterday that it has invested a large sum of money into a new solar energy power tower plant that will be located in the Mojave Desert in California.  Google is catching a lot of heat lately between the FTC's possible antitrust investigation into the web search giant's internet dominance and Microsoft's problem with Google's "misleading security claims to the government." But with this latest project, Google is investing in a project that is sure to have some positive reviews. The project is the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS), and Google...

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Here’s Why Microsoft MUST Rebrand as BING Now

Face it, Bill Gates: Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) brand tells consumers the underlying product is buggy, susceptible to viruses and hackers, and often crashes. For that incredibly important reason, Steve Balmer et al MUST rebrand Microsoft as Bing now. Bing has a Slick Brand Conveying Quality and Great User Experience According to comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR), Bing has done an awesome job taking search market share from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), Interactive Corp (NASDAQ:IACI) and AOL (NYSE:AOL). The young search engine already has 13.1% — only a few percentage points behind Yahoo’s 16.1%. The bottom line is users like Bing’s slick user interface and...

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Social Media Petitions For Detroit RoboCop Statue

Detroit needs RoboCop. That was the premise of a 1987 movie in which RoboCop, a terminally wounded cop turned cyborg, protected a crime-ridden city. Now what started out as a tweet to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has turned into a social media movement that suggests a statue of RoboCop is just what the city needs. Bing, as reported by PopSci.com , originally got a Tweet saying that RoboCop would be a great Detroit mascot. Philadelphia has a Rocky Balboa statue, the text stated, and RoboCop would "kick Rocky's butt." "There are not any plans to erect a statue to RoboCop,"...

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Microsoft's Bing Caught Copying Google Search Results

A sting operation by Google reveals that Microsoft has been copying results from Google for its Bing search engine. The search giant alleges that Microsoft has been using its Internet Explorer web browser and the Bing Search bar to harvest information on Google users, according to a lengthy report by Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land. Amit Singhal, a Google Fellow who oversees the search engine’s ranking algorithm, was crystal clear about the findings. “Our testing has concluded that Bing is copying Google web search results,” Singhal told FoxNews.com. Bing, although denying that they outright copy results, has all but...

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GOD's Love and Authority in the Overcomer !

Beneficiaries of your love are beginning to come back around , For I am giving you the words that astound , And although some are resistant as you see , Their rebellion as strange fire has come before me , So vanquish all your foes as Korah for to you my glory has come , They will see my glory surrounding you as priest of my kingdom, And as you raise my sceptor and staff of authority , I shall vanquish your foes as the parting of the Red sea , For as they advance towards you it is me...

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MY TIME IS YOUR TIME " AS ONE " , COME ! IN PEACE ! I AM Deeply in love with you !

My time alone with you is sacred not just special and I long for our discussions at " length " and to be pondered as an eternal memoir and medallion set in stone as the Twelve Stones of Judah for I AM THE LION that " ROARS " out My Love for you as I reveal My Fullness to you in My Breath " RUAH " I AM " Virtue Alive " and ( ( dwelling ) ) in you so fill your lamp of your " Holy Place " with " ME " through our Friendship " AS ONE...

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The King of kings is about to call !

The King of kings is about to call ! Unilateral agreements are now coming into play , The Bride of Christ coming together all in one day , So break out the confetti and raise your voice and sing , For the King of Glory and his banquet are about to ring \o/ , The sound of unity across his Body and Bride , For The Kingdom of God is moving in leaps and strides , No longer will hindering spirits be allowed to stand , For The Lord himself is coming with an army to take back all his...

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In Bing Crosby’s Wine Cellar, Vintage Baseball

How a near pristine black-and-white reel of the entire television broadcast of the deciding game of the 1960 World Series — long believed to be lost forever — came to rest in the dry and cool wine cellar of Bing Crosby’s home near San Francisco is not a mystery to those who knew him. Crosby loved baseball, but as a part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates he was too nervous to watch the Series against the Yankees, so he and his wife went to Paris, where they listened by radio.

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