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This is so true...


I'll be back...(the purrminator)


This is my kind of science...


I'll need to see your license and proof of insurance...



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Cannot Remove NoFollow from Classic Blogger Layout

I have just discovered that it is currently impossible to remove nofollow from the classic blogger layout. "It is impossible, at this time, to remove NoFollow from Classic styled Blogger templates. This is due to the fact that those templates use the variable {$CommentAuthorName$} which encapsulates the anchor link around linking text."¹ (article dated 17 May 2007) Since that is the layout I am currently using, I can no longer have the "u comment I follow" button on my sidebar. I am very sorry, I assumed that removing the code from the template would work, but in the classic blogger layout, it does not. I want to thank atniz for bringing this to my attention. I researched and found out how to check for the nofollow in the source code of the comments page. I found that the nofollow attribute was present. Since I had removed it from the HTML, I next searched to find out "how to remove nofollow from the classic blogger template," and I found the above referenced information. Once I switch to the new blogger styled layout and am sure that it works, I will let you know.
Once again, I apologize for this, in my research, I did not come across this problem.

¹http://webstractions.blogspot.com/2007/05/removing-nofollow-from-blogger-styled.html

Diabetes: What We Don’t Remember:

When you think of diabetes, what is the first thing that comes into your head? It is probably having to prick your finger for blood samples and having to take insulin shots. I must admit that this is the first thing that I think about. When I was diagnosed as being on the cusp (my doctor’s words) of type 2 diabetes, those were the first thoughts that ran through my mind. However, as da old man reminded me, it is only the tip of the iceberg.

"Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. People with diabetes have problems converting food to energy. After a meal, food is broken down into a sugar called glucose, which is carried by the blood to cells throughout the body. Cells use the hormone insulin, made in the pancreas, to help them process blood glucose into energy.

People develop type 2 diabetes because the cells in the muscles, liver, and fat do not use insulin properly. Eventually, the pancreas cannot make enough insulin for the body’s needs.”¹ Type 2 diabetes can sometimes be avoided by exercising and changing your diet, but once you become diagnosed with type 1, it is for life.

For those that have type 1, or insulin dependant diabetes, it doesn’t stop with just the insulin injections and the frequent blood tests. Unfortunately, it is much more sinister. For those with type 1 diabetes, they are at an increased risk for heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage.

For the time being, I have avoided this, but others are not so lucky. If diabetes runs in your family; if you are overweight; if you are over 45; if you have one or more of the warning signs:

• Frequent urination


• Excessive thirst


• Extreme hunger


• Unusual weight loss


• Increased fatigue


• Irritability


• Blurry vision

Please see your doctor right away! This is not something that will just go away.


¹http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/riskfortype2/index.htm

http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes.jsp