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Yes, Facebook really is that good for your small business. How you take advantage of it is up to you. Let me give you an example, and then show you how to grow your business using Facebook. - Mark Czerniec

Andy Xie, a former economist with Morgan Stanley and a popular blogger, says China is actually caught up in a real estate bubble. The government has poured billions of dollars into the mortgage market. Xie says that has sent prices skyrocketing, making the economy look better than it is. Xie says wealthy Chinese are now spending at luxury malls based on paper profits. In fact, exports — which make up roughly one-third of China's gross domestic product — plunged after the United States went into recession. - Mark Czerniec

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced Sunday he will run for governor, then promptly came to Racine for his first campaign stop. Barrett was the surprise guest of honor at an afternoon fundraiser for state Sen. John Lehman, D-Racine, who is running for re-election in 2010, at a crowded Wilson's Coffee & Tea, 3306 Washington Ave. - Mark Czerniec

WordPress 2.9 brings major new “bling” to the table. By and large, this release is a plugin developers release with lots of new APIs and abstraction. However, there are significant additions for theme designers and users as well. - Mark Czerniec

A large and rigorous study found that a generic drug, finasteride, costing about $2 a day, could prevent as many as 50,000 cases each year. Another study found that finasteride’s close cousin, dutasteride, about $3.50 a day, has the same effect. -- Public health experts for years recommended eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day to prevent cancer, but the evidence is conflicting, at best suggestive, and far from definitive. - Mark Czerniec

The Baseline Cutting Trick, as demonstrated by Alton Brown in a video from Food Network show Good Eats. This genius carving tip makes a huge difference. - Mark Czerniec from Bookmarklet

I still love and use Google Analytics, but I also have a shiny new toy, and its name is Clicky. - Mark Czerniec from Bookmarklet

WTTW has thousands of subscribers in southern Wisconsin including Kenosha, Racine and Walworth counties and many of them lodged complaints with Time Warner demanding a return of the Chicago station’s programming not seen on the Milwaukee stations. The complaints have also compelled state legislators, the Kenosha City Council and the County Board, and the governing boards of other municipalities to put pressure on Time Warner. - Mark Czerniec

Twitter can be used to post a job, ask around about one, learn more about a potential boss or keep your network of former co-workers and friends updated on your job hunt. Best of all, it's free, and faster than Facebook. - Mark Czerniec

In other words, your visitor will have a limited amount of time (specified by you) to fill in the form and send it. And if a spammer tries to post information to your form processor remotely they’re going to hit a big fat roadblock. - Mark Czerniec

Season's greetings to you and yours from Frankenstein's monster and his lovely bride. - Mark Czerniec from Bookmarklet

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, I loved the Scary Music Themes. - Carol Strempler

Joe Sabol grew up on this property when it was an apple orchard. Now, he grows pumpkins from heirloom seeds that can be traced back to the 1700s. He raises several hundred exotic pumpkins a year. - Mark Czerniec

On a clear fall morning, Mr. Obama boarded the back of the gray plane at 3:40 a.m., standing watch as Air Force Chaplain, Maj. Richard S. Bach, offered a brief prayer over the cases containing the remains of the 15 soldiers and three federal agents. The transfer of the bodies — a solemn, 15-minute proceeding — took place after Mr. Obama spent nearly two hours meeting privately with several family members in the chapel of the Air Force base. - Mark Czerniec

A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers at the Cork Cancer Research Center in Ireland treated esophageal cancer cells with curcumin -- a chemical found in the spice turmeric, which gives curries a distinctive yellow color -- and found it started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours. - Mark Czerniec

"Before these more recent covers, though, they had a fairly big YouTube hit with "Hail Mary", which was an original." - Mark Czerniec

Penguins danced and the crowd kept a giant inflated balloon of the earth aloft, as Racine rallied for sensible stewardship of our planet's environment this afternoon in Monument Square. The rally was one of perhaps 5,200 similar events taking place in 181 countries, during an international day of climate action. - Mark Czerniec

Penguins danced and the crowd kept a giant inflated balloon of the earth aloft, as Racine rallied for sensible stewardship of our planet's environment this afternoon in Monument Square. The rally was one of perhaps 5,200 similar events taking place in 181 countries, during an international day of climate action. - Mark Czerniec from Bookmarklet

Im here today because of a conversation I had last year when I was voting. A woman at my polling place asked me, Do you believe in equality for gay and lesbian people? I was pretty surprised to be asked a question like that; it made no sense to me. Finally I asked her, What do you think I fought for at Omaha Beach? - Mark Czerniec

One week ago, the world lost a very special woman named Marion Judge -- one of the most extraordinary people I have ever been privileged to know and to call friend ... and someone whose life story sounds like something from a screenplay. - Mark Czerniec

According to Der Spiegel, stray rabbits in Stockholm are being shot, frozen and then shipped to a heating plant to be incinerated. In the Swedes' defense, the bunnies are a menace; a plague of wild and stray pet rabbits is devouring the city's parks. - Mark Czerniec

An analysis by Cambridge University has concluded that the Arctic is now melting at such a rate that it will be largely ice free within ten years, allowing ships to cross the Arctic Ocean. Further analysis by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned that the "irreversible trend" will cause dangerous feedback because water absorbs more heat from the sun than ice, therefore further speeding up the global warming process. - Mark Czerniec

Prof. John Dark explained that donor lungs are screened via chest X-ray, and also that "We palpate them — we feel them very closely to make sure there are no lumps." - Mark Czerniec from Bookmarklet

John Records Landecker is fully prepared for the new Coen brothers movie, "A Serious Man." No, absolutely no, he will not be flummoxed by his daughter Amy's performance as Mrs. Samsky, the character that one reviewer of the movie, which is set in Minnesota circa 1967, summed up as "the naked, stoned neighbor." - Mark Czerniec

I keep waiting for something matching Woody Allen's previous brilliance, but Vicky Cristina Barcelona is not it. - Mark Czerniec from Bookmarklet

"Thanks, will do." - Mark Czerniec

The movie is Ron Faiola's hour-long documentary, "Fish Fry Night Milwaukee," which makes its world premiere Sunday, Oct. 11 at 2 and 4 p.m. at The Times Cinema, 5906 W. Vliet St. Tickets are $8 and there will be prizes, movie snacks and a cash bar. In the film, Faiola visits some great area fish fry nights, including ones at Hooligan's, The Packing House, Lakefront Brewery, Cafe El Sol at the United Community Center and Erv's Mug. - Mark Czerniec

WordPress photoblogging themes, plugins, and additional resources. - Mark Czerniec

US regulators will for the first time crack down on bloggers who fail to disclose fees or freebies they get from companies for reviewing products. The Federal Trade Commission, FTC, decided to update its nearly 30 year old guidelines to clarify the law for the vast world of blogging. Offenders could face eventual fines of up to $11,000 per violation. - Mark Czerniec

Home-raised, hormone-free, lean and fresh beef is the core product line around which Nancy Washburn has built her market at 1002 Main St. In keeping with the local beef and pork, she's also assembled an array of other products, most from Wisconsin. - Mark Czerniec

"I have seen this argument about WGN's rights a lot today. I don't dispute their rights. I just think everyone would benefit if they acted more magnanimously and relaxed their tight grip on the Ray Rayner and Frazier Thomas gold." - Mark Czerniec