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...your hard drive, arranging them in neat folders (just the way you named them) and making them more easily accessible. Everything you might want to do with your images-view, edit, email, print, post to your blog-is within easy reach. You can fix red-eye, adjust color and contrast, or add special tints or a switch to sepia tone. The Order button gives you a short cut for placing a print order with websites such as Shutterfly and Snapfish. The email button automatically downsizes the file before sending it to make it easier on the recipient to view...
...bobbing around $55 per bbl., this year Southwest is paying just $26 per bbl. for 85% of its oil, thanks to the aggressive hedging strategy he put in place several years ago. The industry overall lost about $4 billion as a result of higher oil prices last year; in contrast, Southwest's hedging reduced its energy costs by $455 million, helping bump its 2004 earnings to $313 million. According to Vaughn Cordle of Airline Forecasts, oil would have to shoot past an average of $65.30 per bbl. this year to affect Southwest's bottom line--not a likely scenario...
...which had been relatively quiet since the crack-cocaine epidemic of the late '80s and early '90s burned itself out, are back with a vengeance. After falling steadily from 1996 to '99, gang murders in the city increased 143% last year; 331 people died because of gang violence, in contrast to 136 in 1999. The violence got worse during the first half of this year, with a 23% increase in murders. Even as gang-related property crimes decrease--robbery is down 8.8%, carjacking is down 28%--other violent crimes are up. Felony assault by gangsters is up 9.7%, attacks...
...Science that they had for the first time identified the unique mixes of microbes that thrive in different sorts of ecosystems. In farm soil, for example, there are any number of genes that produce substances that break down plant material--rotting genes, you might call them. In seawater, by contrast, there are very few rotting genes but lots of genes that process salts. By understanding the microbial gene profile of a healthy environment, scientists will be able to gauge the health of other ecosystems...
...contrast, Ms. Cowman’s relationship with Mr. Schetter has been smooth sailing. When the two met on Valentine’s Day 2002, Ms. Cowman says it was “kind of a love at first sight thing.” Introduced to each other by Ms. Cowman’s roommate, Sarah M. Poage ’05, who went to high school with Mr. Schetter in San Diego, Calif., the two hit it off and kept in touch over the next year while Mr. Schetter was in boot camp in South Carolina. The following Valentine?...