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Text Box: Have you written a query letter to send to an agent?  Have you ever wished you could get help writing the perfect query?
Check out literary agent Nathan Bransford’s tips for a query letter format.  Nathan is an agent for Curtis Brown, Ltd., a company that has been representing authors since 1914.
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EVDO is used by some emergency response networks to transmit medical Text Box: Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data only, abbreviated as EV-DO is a form of wireless transmission that uses radio signals.  It has better coverage than Wi-Fi as you don’t need to be in a “hot-spot” to access it.  Cellular companies Verizon and Sprint currently sell packages for EVDO cards and monthly access.  Both carriers do have a size limitation on the amount of monthly data that can be Text Box: information, obtain route information by accessing DOT cameras, and communicating with other networks in the emergency response system.
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Text Box: What’s new in Computers? EVDO!
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Text Box: For 1 cake use:
1/2 cup of dry mix
1 egg
1 tbls water
1 tbls oil
Now, here’s the difference!
Pour the 1 cake mixture into two ice cream cones or waffle cone dishes.  Microwave on high for 60 seconds.
If you’d like, you can top with whipped cream, ice cream or flavored syrup of Text Box: your choice.
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Text Box: .Several months ago, I had a recipe for a simple cake that could be made in a coffee cup.  I recently got a suggestion to try it in an ice cream cone and it works!
Here it is again:
Dry Mix:
1—Box full size cake mix (pick your flavor)
1– Small instant pudding
(pick your flavor again)
Mix dry ingredients in a     Ziploc bag.
Text Box: Recipes to die for:  Cake for one! (again!)