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The Swallow
By Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord
In birds have poets often found their muse,
both in their flight and in their feathered hues.
The Raven, dark as blood dried on a knife.
The Songbird, calling spring from death to life.
Thus birds can be beloved or despised
Based on the things they’ve often symbolized
Yes, symbols might make up the way we see,
the citizens of every bush and tree.
From stately hawk to vultures in the air,
and early birds delight in wormy fare.
(So before you think my words ring hollow,
I present a poem of the Swallow.)
Though might is often tied to creatures’ size,
That is not where the swallow’s power lies,
And while it may catch insects on the wing,
I write about a very different thing.
Perhaps some few shall see through my intent,
And understand just what the swallow meant.
It may be small but you can be assured
a swallow on its own has often cured,
An ailment that could bring your spirits low
and limit when you come and where you go.
To save you from some twenty years of work,
Invoke the swallow and banish the stork.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry 
Facebook gets more Bing — and control of display ads
Facebook gets more Bing — and control of display ads
February 5, 2010 —>
Microsoft’s Roger Wong (2nd R) demonstrates maps using Bing at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 2010 in Nevada. Microsoft said Friday that Bing will power Internet searches for Facebook’s 400 million members in an arrangement that returns control of display advertising to the social-networking service.
Microsoft said Friday that Bing will power Internet searches for Facebook’s 400 million members in an arrangement that returns control of display advertising to the social-networking service.
Bing had previously powered online searches on US Facebook pages.
Microsoft will provide Facebook users full access to Bing features as part of an “expanded cooperation in search,” according to Bing general manager Jon Tinter.
“You will start to see the fruits of our expanded relationship show up in the Facebook experience over the weeks and months ahead,” Tinter said in a blog post.
The companies mutually agreed that Facebook will take over selling display advertising posted at the website because it “just made more sense” given the unique nature of the website, according to Tinter.
Microsoft’s control of display advertising served up at Facebook stretched back to shortly before the US software giant bought a 1.6-percent stake in Facebook in 2007 for 240 million dollars.
That arrangement was inked in a contract that was up for renewal. Microsoft launched its new Bing search engine last year.
(c) 2010 AFP
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