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a nice red, under ten

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a nice red, under ten helps me get through the day a nice red, under ten uncorks my cares away a nice red, under ten feel your toes wiggle a nice red, under ten pas straw de swizzle a nice red, under ten California, here I come a nice red, under ten with a hint of plum a nice red, under ten perhaps, un journey a Paris a nice red, under ten mais oui, nectar of berries a nice red, under ten that will be $10.85 monsieur a nice red, under ten j'ai oubliƩ la taxe, mon Dieu!

Sunday breakfast, alone

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Alone with nature No one would get up Nourishing to the soul Not even for doughnuts Today is not Sunday The hawks are circling With berries and nuts The alarm tweets arise With a sip of French roast I look to the skies Today is Cloud-day I enjoy it at last

Grape Gluten-Free Pasta

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Fusilli gluten-free pasta Roasted vegetables Melted Feta cheese Grape tomatoes Red seedless grapes Drink:  Green Mountain Espresso

120 Meter Hurdles

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Businesses are putting up more and more obstacles to opt-out of marketing material and selling your information to 3rd parties.  When it comes to filing taxes and entering in your most guarded financial information, I always opt out.  Here is my latest experience with H&R Block: When you register the program, they give you a dialog box about their privacy policy is available at www.hrblock.com/software/2011/privacy.  They did not make the text selectable so you can't copy it.  So you have to write it down or type it in notepad.  Wouldn't it be so much easier for consumers if they just had an opt-in/out checkbox as part of the registration process itself. Link is by tax year, so have to opt-out every single year.   http://www.hrblock.com/software/2011/privacy The link redirects to general privacy policy. http://www.hrblock.com/universal/privacy_policy.html The actual link from the privacy policy is located toward the bottom of long text.  I bet next year it will be e