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Editor's Note: Each month, this column discusses various aspects of e-commerce with Microsoft Site Server 3.0. This month's column examines automating some of the advanced features of Site Server's Personalization and Membership (P&M) feature with Windows Scripting Host (WSH) technology.
In my previous articles, I showed you some advanced configurations of Site Server and its P&M features. I've shown you how to build a Membership server and use it on your e-commerce site to deliver secure and personalized content. Almost everything I've shown you so far has required significant time and config-uration in the Site Server Service Admin Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. This month, you'll build a Membership server, map it to a Web server, and then apply an authentication method to it—and you'll completely automate the process in a WSH script. (WSH is a language-independent scripting host for ActiveX scripting engines on 32-bit Windows platforms. I use the Command Line Scripting utility—cscript.exe—to execute a WSH script from the command line.)
Here's the scenario: Any company with a Web farm has to have an automated process for bringing up new Web servers. With the added complexity of a Directory Service (DS), building and configuring those Web servers manually would take too long to get them into production. How great would it be if you could completely automate the process for bringing new servers into production?
I originally wrote the script CreateDS.vbs to automate the process of creating and configuring Web servers for a client. I adapted the code from an example I saw in Robert Howard, Site Server 3.0 Personalization and Membership (Wrox Press, 1998), then adapted the code again in June 1999 so that it could ship with the Windows Media Pay-Per-View sample site. I encourage you to download the code from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/de/features/add-ons/default.asp. This URL is for the German version (de) of the Microsoft site because at press time, the URL to the English version (en) had a bug that redirected me to the wrong place. The script helps automate the creation of the sample site through a Win32 wizard and creates the Membership server as one of the first tasks of the sample-site installation. I've improved the script by removing everything that was hard-coded, so it's generic enough for building your sites.
Examining How the Script Works
Let's take a look at how CreateDS.vbs works before I show you how to run it. (CreateDS.vbs is too long to print here, so I'll just include excerpts in this column. You can find the entire script in the Code Library of the IIS Administrator Web site at http://www.iisadministrator.com.)
CreateDS.vbs is a wrapper to the Site Server script PMAdmin.vbs. (For a brief discussion of wrapping, see the sidebar "Wrapping Functionality to Avoid Redundant Coding," page 10.) PMAdmin.vbs installs when you install Site Server. This extremely robust WSH script includes much more functionality than the actual Site Server Admin MMC snap-in. PMAdmin.vbs builds a Membership server, maps it to a Web server, and sets authentication. All of the script's functionality is available from the command line.
Because I'm wrapping the functionality of PMAdmin.vbs in CreateDS.vbs, CreateDS.vbs first needs to make sure that PMAdmin.vbs exists. To verify that PMAdmin.vbs exists, CreateDS.vbs must access the Registry. The Microsoft Commerce Team wrote some great COM objects in the Site Server 3.0 product, the APIs of which are available for use. Two of those objects—Commerce.AdminRegistry and Commerce.AdminFiles—allow Registry access. I instantiate these two COM objects with the code
Dim Reg Set Reg = CreateObject ("Commerce.AdminRegistry")
Dim AdminFiles Set AdminFiles = CreateObject ("Commerce.AdminFiles")
After I instantiate these objects, I can use their methods and properties. For example, I use the Commerce.AdminRegistry object's GetValue method to retrieve the location of the P&M directory. Later in the script, I use this object's DeleteValue method to delete a Registry key.
When users run CreateDS.vbs, they need to supply nine parameters. Thus, after verifying the existence of PMAdmin.vbs, I include the following code to make sure the users include all nine parameters:
If Wscript.Arguments.Count <> 9 then DisplayHelp( ) End if
If a parameter is missing, the DisplayHelp function alerts the user to the problem and provides the proper syntax and format for each parameter that CreateDS.vbs requires. Next, I instantiate the Wscript.Shell object with the code
Set IWshShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
I use the IWshShell object's Run method to create a new process that executes PMAdmin.vbs in a separate, nonvisible command window. The Run method of the Wscript.Shell object executes three times in CreateDS.vbs. First, the Run method creates the Membership Server instance, as the excerpt in Listing 1 shows. If the Run command is successful, the Run method maps the Membership Server instance to the Web site, as the excerpt in Listing 2 shows. If the mapping is successful, the Run method sets the authentication on the Web server, as the excerpt in Listing 3 shows.
Running CreateDS.vbs
Before you can run CreateDS.vbs, you need to create a blank Microsoft SQL Server database with 20MB of space. This database will house the DS data. Create the database from SQL Server 7.0 Enterprise Manager, call it MembershipDB, and give it 20MB of initial space. I used SQL Server 7.0 for testing the CreateDS.vbs script. SQL Server 7.0 has a feature that grows the database by default as data accumulates. The SQL Server Database in which MembershipDB houses its data requires 20MB of available space before you can create it, so I changed the 1MB initial database size to 20MB.
When you run CreateDS.vbs, the script will use the Wscript.Echo command to output results to the command console window. Additionally, the script uses the DisplayHelp function to display the output in the command console window. If you run CreateDS.vbs with the default of 25 lines per screen, the number of lines of output will exceed the number of lines the console window displays (25), so the initial lines of output scroll off the screen, never to be seen again. If you want to prevent the CreateDS.vbs script from spilling its output off the screen, you can extend the size of your command console window. Go to the Control Panel Console applet, and click the Layout tab. Change the height in the Screen Buffer Size to at least 50. This new screen buffer size forces the command prompt to remember 50 lines, even if they've scrolled by. Change the height in the Window Size to 50 as well if your screen resolution supports it. This new window size effectively doubles the size of the command prompt window. Click OK to save the changes.
Download CreateDS.vbs, and place the script in the \microsoft site server\bin\p&m directory on your Site Server. Run a command prompt (in Windows 2000—Win2K—choose Start, Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt), and change to that directory. (Hint: Use double quotes when using the CD command with a directory that has strange characters such as an ampersand—&—in it.) Now, you're ready to run the script. Here's the syntax:
script CreateDS.vbs <web-instance-number> <root-name> <port-number> <SQL-server-name> <database-name> <DS-Password> <Authentication-Method> <DB-UserName> <DB-Password>
I used the format below on my server:
Cscript createds.vbs 1 InterKnowlogy 1004 timhuck membershipdb password 18 SA ""
- 1 refers to the Default Web Site (or the first instance of a Web server). You can determine the instance number of a Web server or a Membership server by opening the Site Server Service Admin MMC snap-in and counting the instances starting from the top and moving down. For example, Default Web Site is the first Web server on Site Server. Beneath Default Web Site is the Administration Web site, which is the second instance of a Web server. The same goes for Membership servers. If you look under the Personalization and Membership snap-in, you'll see the Intranet (Windows NT 4.0 authentication) Membership server, which is the first instance of a Membership server. If you create another Membership server, as you will for the CreateDS.vbs script in this article, it will be the second instance and will appear directly under the Intranet Membership server.
- InterKnowlogy is the root distinguished name (DN) for the Membership directory that you're creating. (Remember from my previous articles that the DN is the realm- or highest-level name of the DS. If you forget the DN of your DS, you can quickly obtain it by right-clicking the Membership Directory Manager snap-in of the Site Server Service Admin MMC snap-in connected to your Membership server, then selecting Properties.)
- 1004 is the available Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) port number for the Membership Server instance to use. When you manually built the Membership server that you used in the previous articles, the wizard automatically took the next available LDAP port, which was 1003.
- timhuck is the name of the SQL Server machine on which you'll save the persistent DS data.
- membershipdb is the name of the SQL Server database in which you'll save the persistent DS data.
- password is the Administrative password of the new Membership server. (This password isn't the NT Administrator's password, but the password for the Administrator of the DS that you're creating.)
- 18 is the value for the authentication method you're applying to the Web server. In the previous articles, you used HTML Forms authentication. Use the information in Table 1 to obtain the value of the authentication method you want to use.
- SA is the SQL account with rights to the SQL Server database.
- "" is the SQL account password with rights to the SQL Server database.
Modify the parameters to conform to your server, and execute CreateDS.vbs. It took 1 minute and 15 seconds for the script to run on my notebook, on which Site Server and SQL Server 7.0 are running. The creation of the Membership server consumed the bulk of the time. Mapping and authentication setting happened almost instantly. I included some simple screen I/O in the code so that you can monitor what's happening.
Now, let's examine what the script did. Access the Site Server Service Admin MMC snap-in by choosing Start, Programs, Microsoft Site Server, Administration. Click the Personalization and Membership snap-in, then click your server name. You'll see the Membership Server instance you just created, which looks similar to Screen 1. Now, click the Internet Information Server snap-in. Right-click Default Web Site, select Properties, then click the Membership Authentication tab. Notice the Membership Server Mapping and the Authentication Method that you've applied, which looks similar to Screen 2.
Next Month
In this article, you've seen how to automate the creation, mapping, and authentication of Site Server 3.0 P&M. Next month, I'll show you how to automate creation of custom attributes and Membership groups in the DS with the WSH script.


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|2008-10-29, 06:21
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Location: UK
Age: 8
There are no pretty girls where I live.
|2008-10-29, 15:33
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And be honest, if a person wants a serious relationship for example, then don't lie to her if you can't give her what she seeks.
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|2008-10-29, 18:22
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Age: 8
I think most of us seek something in a relationship: compassion, honesty, devotion, wisdom. In my quest for a soul mate I would travel to the ends of the earth and brave whatever hardships. And should I ever find a girl who loves me back, I would consider myself truly a lucky man. XD
By the way, a believer of what? Virginity? Religion?
|2008-10-29, 18:50
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Emotionless White Face
Join Date: Feb 2008
I was talking about Religion. But if a girl says that she sees her virginity as something really important, some people (and those people are wrong most of time) will obviously think this is a religion based choice. So, all in all, it's pretty much the same XD
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|2008-10-29, 22:05
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Nightmare Town
Age: 27
I'm usually shy.....but I'm not really the dating type of person...when i go to clubs i do get approached...some scare me some are ok...but but I'm use to walking away,besides I'm picky very!i have an obsession with men who look like woman >,>
but whenever you see the opportunity and you like him or her take it,but be careful.......some people can keep lots of secrets from you....
|2008-10-30, 04:09
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: God only knows
Since i live in the middle of nowhere, a small "village", here are no girls in my age, neither that strong enough(With strong i mean psychical and physical). Allmost all girls of my ex. high school were far to shy, dont speak much and are not that clever(they were under average) ... Not lucky here and i dont have anything against them. They are all not my type.
I have to move.
|2008-10-30, 18:43
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|2008-10-31, 07:21
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Emotionless White Face
Join Date: Feb 2008
If I never meet that person, I prefer to stay single.
It's rare but it exists. And they are not neceessarily all believers (religions). I am not.
|2008-10-31, 08:15
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
Short of them doing something or having habits that are on your 'no no' list, that's a bit judgemental, no?
You are one of the people who keeps their virginity until you get into something meaningful, that's fine.
But going on dates or getting to know someone doesn't mean jumping into bed with them.
Besides, there may be some guys who you find you get on very well with and become good friends, not all relationships at the start end with the intention of becoming more than friends.
Also as you get older you tend to find things aren't so black and white. Sometimes someone who you think is no good at the start could really be the one for you.
Life can be interesting that way
|2008-10-31, 10:01
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I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Though I guess there'd be problems with wearing the color for "married, but looking for an affair."
|2008-10-31, 12:09
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Naughty & Nice
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: I travel alot....but at the moment i'm in Hawaii
Age: 28
drama when it comes to a realationship and you have to be ready ^_^
and saying that ur not ready for a relationship or the drama
tells me me that ur actually not childish ^_^
|2008-10-31, 12:36
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: England
Age: 27
There is no girl that is above me as it is usually vice versa. I am just really good looking, you see.
More seriously though, if ever a girl does seem a lot more higher and out of reach towards me then I usually do not like them anyway. The type of girls that care more about their appearance than their education and what not, yes they may seem pretty, but they are more dimmer than a campfire that has been lit in a storm for five hours. Not my type of girl at all.
I prefer a specific type of girl so I do not have to look up at these girls that are too good for me, if there are actually any. I like the small and cute girls, so that is all that I look for.
|2008-10-31, 12:37
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|2008-10-31, 12:39
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: lost - with no intention to be found...
Age: 32
Wow, its must be really something to be able to pick and chose among so many who approach you .
I know as a guy when one of my friends gets a girlfriend, while dont get me wrong Im happy for him/them, its not so much an achievement if she was the one that asked him out. Its like its nice you have a girlfriend but you shouldn't be bragging too much, I mean the ability to say yes or no isnt that awe-inspiring .
On the other hand I also have friends who built up the courage - put their heads on the chopping block and asked the girl out. One time a girl admired from afar, (she was a cute waitress at a restaurant), and another scenario with a girl who was a close friend he hanged out with a lot...Lest just say we dont go to a particular restaurant or see a particular girl anymore...
Anyway, while they never did get the girl and spent some time rolling on the floor to extinguish the fires of that plane wreck, respect to those friend definitely went up .
|2008-10-31, 12:48
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Dreamer King
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Location: lost - with no intention to be found...
Age: 32
|2008-10-31, 12:51
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Naughty & Nice
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: I travel alot....but at the moment i'm in Hawaii
Age: 28
this amazing guy.......but he had to leave T_T..........i guess its good as
long as it is puppy love.........nothing too intensive ^_^
|2008-10-31, 13:09
|Link #839
Dreamer King
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: lost - with no intention to be found...
Age: 32
Yea...I know as a teenager you are totally racked with insecurities (some unfortunately more so than others) and you feel all these highs and lows and you dont know why or how to deal with it.
The sensation of simply holding someones hand in public knowing they like you can be a total high, while the anger and sadness of not know why they dont anymore can be crushing. Of course you dont have to be in relationships at that age to not get whats happening in you life. I remember at 14 I could being so angry at times...and I didnt even know why...freaking hormones.
The fact is dating can come more easily for some people than others. Some start young, some start in their 20s some haven't even dated once at the age of 26. Its really unfortunate its not fair. If only you could approach someone you had interest in, spend some time talking to them, getting to know them - without any embarrassment or awkwardness and whether it pans out or not just say your farewells without reverberating issues.
|2008-10-31, 13:25
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: England
Age: 27
Love is both the most greatest, yet the most tragic thing there is.
Relationships are nice and happy when in progress, but if it ends it is a horrible thing for somebody to go through with a lot of sorrow to follow it.
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Grad Student Honored for Environmental Science Paper
Posted: June 20, 2007 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
By Dave Andrews
Last month at the Virginia Academy of Science's annual meeting, one of Mason's own, Katherine Bryant, walked away with the award for Best Student Paper in Environmental Science.
Bryant was one of 194 students representing 35 to 40 colleges and universities throughout Virginia who presented their work at the meeting. The students gave platform and poster presentations on their current research. Awards were based on the originality and scientific merit of research, the quality of the oral presentation and the way in which the presenter answered questions.
Bryant, a grad student of environmental science at Mason, presented on a subspecies of fox squirrel found in western Virginia, Maryland, Indiana and South Carolina. Using tissue samples, Bryant is examining the squirrels' genetic structure to determine how they came to colonize in this region more than 11,000 years ago.
Katherine Bryant, a graduate student of environmental science, won an award for her paper on a subspecies of fox squirrel.
Photo courtesy of Katherine Bryant
About 540 students attended the annual meeting, and Bryant thoroughly enjoyed it. She says she was surprised at the amount of interest she received during her award-winning presentation.
"Winning an award for my research is a great confidence builder," Bryant says. "It makes me even more excited about the research we're doing in the Environmental Science and Policy Department."
Bryant, who will be defending her thesis this fall, was introduced to the idea of the research project by Cody Edwards, assistant professor of environmental science and policy. For the last year and a half, the two have been conducting research together.
"Katherine's award is tangible proof that the university is doing quality work and can compete academically on a national level," says Edwards.
After working with Bryant for nearly two years, Edwards says she has much more to offer and has great potential for success in her chosen field of study.
"She's definitely a hard worker and able to take what I tell her and formulate her own plan," Edwards says. "That's a characteristic we hope to see out of all our students — being able to go out on their own and develop ideas into reality."


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Google and Yahoo step up mobile ambitions
Beyond the button
Again, this is a role that carriers or even handset makers could have fulfilled in the past, but have failed to do so, with piecemeal offerings that will now be subsumed by offerings transferring from the PC internet world – threatening to make those PC-focused brands dominant over those of the mobile specialists.
Yahoo Go Mobile allows users to access their online content via wireless devices, initially the Nokia Series 60 smartphones, which are heavily geared to open internet access. The service offers a streamlined version of the links available to Yahoo users on a PC, reducing the main menu content into major categories such as search, mail, news and calendar.
This will be an element of a broader Yahoo Go platform to extend the user interface and personalized services across multiple devices, from televisions to handset, with a consistent experience.
Both Yahoo and Google aim to extend their brand, services, environment and advertising revenues across multiple platforms in this way, not only boosting their finances but challenging Microsoft's position at the heart of the end user online experience. But Google seems prepared to stray further from its core skills in its quest and could enter the wireless network and hardware businesses, also options for Microsoft.
Future Google moves
There is intense speculation that Google will create a Windowsfree, Google branded low cost PC – which could spawn other devices, even cellphones, or a home entertainment center, similar to a Windows Media Center or Mac Mini, integrating televisions, phones and computers. The key would be to provide the fundamental software functions itself, and Google is already after patents in key areas. In November, research firm Classified Intelligence revealed a patent application for Google Automat, which would support a payment mechanism for consumer-to-business online transactions. The search giant also hopes to patent its own digital rights management system. This combination could provide a compelling platform and revenue stream for sharing with content providers on cellphones and other devices.
Another interesting patent awarded recently to Google was one accelerating data transmission on a CDMA network using a "short, mismatched antenna". Although the company has been moving towards owning networks to expand access to its services – with bids to build municipal Wi-Fi metrozones in some US cities, and the acquisition of fiber backhaul assets – this new patent is the first clear indication of Google seeking to influence the development of wireless technologies themselves, in order to support its key applications, such as fast search, more effectively and continue to drive advertising revenues.
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Well she at least realizes that Marcos' plans to help Zero People is worse than her plan to help some people. Particularly after she realizes that soon there will be no people.
I really like the natural history/science aspects, though honestly I could probably use a little more of them (like, inject a bit more of their actual findings instead of just her memoir of the journey). It's got ancient ruins and moderately realistic cultures and isolation and a mysterious dragon graveyard.
It's not blowing me away or changing my life, but I also can't think of anything I don't like about it.
Going to try my hand at The Recognitions by William Gaddis
Gave up at about 70 pages. Let's read Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon instead
Read it last year. That's why I advocated reading one of his other books, but I'll try to join in a discussion from what I remember
I finished The Last Colony and I'm disappointed that Scalzi's "number of novels in a series until they start to read like fanfiction of themselves" factor is apparently a mere three. Alas. Still enjoyable, but full of empty calories, even by soft sci-fi space opera standards.
Next: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey.
Man, a lot of people here got into that series recently...
I've started to gradually get back into reading again, it's been far too long since I used to read regularly. Part of this is due to the fact that I haven't been sleeping all that well and I'm thinking some of it had to do with spending about 30 minutes in bed every evening watching online videos on a device, and that extra screentime must have been effing up my sleeping patterns. I switched to reading before turning in instead and it seems to have done the trick. I'm sleeping longer with fewer interruptions than I did, and I'm reading on a regular basis again to boot!
To start I read Bone, complete 1 volume edition, which teg got me for Festivus 2015. I was only ever vaguely familiar with the character (previously known as 'that goofy little white blobby thing, right?') but it didn't take long for me to really get into it. It was a bit jarring at first to see the Bones next to normally proportioned real people once Thorn and everyone was introduced, but it didn't take long to get over that. Overall I really enjoyed it and wish I had gotten into the series sooner, but it was great having it all in one book.
I also read the other two novels teg got me that year, Going Postal and Making Money, except I read them in the wrong dang order! In fact I'm pretty sure it was recommended to me in the Festivus thread what the proper order was but since I let a year pass without reading them I plum forgot and grabbed Making Money first! I guess it's a credit to Terry Pratchett that it was easy enough to get into that book as-is despite not only being one of the later Discworld novels, but the direct sequel to another book entirely. I just treated Going Postal as a prequel, so it's all good. I liked both of these books quite a bit, they were charming and funny and both easy reads. They did more to get me interested in Discworld than anything else, so I'm considering picking up The Color of Magic on my Kindle sometime soon.
I also read Wishful Drinking, with the intent of picking up The Princess Diarist sometime later. It was pretty bite-sized, but really engaging, and devastating, and I laughed out loud a few times. Carrie Fisher really had a way of writing that just grabs you, I'm looking forward to reading more of her work.
Then there was The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe which I grabbed as a lark. It was short and punchy, but funny and a pretty good introduction to the character. I've been wanting to read some of the Squirrel Girl comics for awhile now.
Aaaaand right now I'm in the middle of the second hardcover volume of the Darth Vader comics, containing the remaining issues of that series, Vader Down, Star Wars #13-14, Star Wars Annual, and some other stuff I'm sure. It's a big hardcover, and a tad pricey, but it was well worth it because it's really excellent.
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ETA: don't start Discworld from the beginning after reading a couple of the later ones. I did it. Lots of people do it. The first couple of them kind of suck in comparison. You'll thank me later.
Finished The Clown Service by Guy Adams, and my opinions on it did a complete 180. Just before I was going to drop it, in fact. The main, viewpoint character that the audience is supposed to resonate it was a weeny sadsack who, frankly, I just didn't want to read about.
Then, suddenly, like a bolt out of the blue, that characterization is dropped and he suddenly becomes sympathetic and the extended cast of characters becomes way more likeable. Now I want to read the follow-ups. It's weird. Like a different guy wrote the first third of the book.
As for the book itself, a failed secret agent whose PTSD comes across as clumsiness due to his embarrassment of it, is reassigned to British Weird Stuff division. On the downside, this book is just a zombie apocalypse story, but at least there's an interesting twist with it actually being a reverse-Watchmen situation, and also possibly a ghost-Cthulhu is involved?
My final impressions of A Natural History of Dragons are about the same above! I'll add a bit more when I'm not on my phone. But I liked it and I want to read on in the series.
But for now, I picked The Book of Strange New Things off my bookshelf. So far... The idea is intriguing, but I'm a little conflicted because of the concept. Not big on missionaries or the concept thereof, and hope the book isn't going to be too Religious. But we're just getting started, and the writing has intrigued me so far.
Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan
The Deed of Paksenarrion, by Elizabeth Moon. I learned about it from a list of essential fantasy novels for DMing.
I have that. Let me know how it is
Don't Bite the Sun: I'm not sure why I was expecting a gothy thing of the second Tanith Lee I've ever read. Maybe the author photo I saw online? Anyway, this was a fun, even funny, book.
Working my way through The View From The Cheap Seats. I've read a lot of these essays before but it's nice to have them in one place. I need to pick up Norse Mythology at some point but I have a few other books to start/finish first. (The Buried Giant, Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End of the World, and another trip through House of Leaves.)
Johannes Cabal: The Detective was pretty good, not as enjoyable as the first book, but a perfectly serviceable locked-room mystery where the detective happens to be an evil wizard. Kind of lives or dies but merit of Cabal himself though; there's something strangely endearing about him considering his utter lack of any endearing aspects. He is very definitely both a bad guy and a bad guy, he's just opposed by Worse Guys. There's also an epilogue that is an almost entirely unrelated short story where Cabal meets a lawyer-friendly take on Lo Pan from Big Trouble in Little China. So that's nice.
Anyway, next is The Dracula Cha-Cha, honestly, is a book I'd read based on the title alone, even if it weren't part of a series I'm already a fan of.
The second book was my least favorite in the series. The Fear Institute is much better IMO
Lee is one of those good authors who's never had a good cover.
His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
I'm getting into Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series. But the numbering is a bit confusing. I started with Sharpe's Tiger the first book in the series timeline(which was the sixteenth book written), then went to Sharpe's Eagle (the first book written in the series but the 8th one in the sequence) and am now onto Sharpe's Gold (the second one published but the 9th in sequence). I have to go to wikipedia to figure out which book I should read next in the series!
But other than the confusing chronology I'm really enjoying the picaresque adventures of the soldier Richard Sharpe and his adventures in the Napoleonic wars.
On to Kaplan's second volume of his Frank Sinatra bio called Sinatra: The Chairman
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Calling all Irish bakers and bakery owners/bakery workers
Hi - I'm a long-time lurker and even longer lover of baking and everything to do with baking. I live in Ireland (moved here from the US about 15 years ago) and love it here, but amazingly, what I've found is that there aren't many bakeries here, compared to how many there used to be.
I write the above as a preface to my asking for some advice from any Irish bakers out there, or any Irish bakery owner or worker in an Irish bakery.
I would dearly love to open my own bakery right here in this relativey small village I live in (County Sligo/County Mayo area), but because I am a home baker with a true and life-long passion for baking, I realise that going from baking batch loaves, soda bread, scones, muffins, pies, tarts, biscuits/cookies for family and friends and bake sales is a completely different thing altogether than running/owning/opening my own bakery.
I'm hopng that there might be someone reading this, who lives in Ireland, who might be able to help me or advise me as to the very basics or pros and cons of even considering such a venture. I've read on one of the many wonderful and extremely informative TFL forums a couple of months back about someone (I think her name is Christie) whose love of baking led her to ask for advice on the same thing as I am asking/considering here, but the difference is that I'm in Ireland, which is why I'm looking specifically for someone living in Ireland or an Irish bakery owner if they could offer even a few helpful and/or cautionary words of advice (and/or encouragement).
Thanks very much in advance. I just hope I wasn't rabbitting on too much or worse, offered too little or have too vague. I'm hopeful and excited and motivated, but I'm also a bit anxious and, if truth be told, worried that although it has been a long-time dream of mine to become a baker and one day own and run my own small bakery and/or bakery cafe, that it might be a dream that's likely to turn into a nightmare.


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I stayed here for three days approx for my gastric sleeve procedure and the staff,nurses,doctors were all lovely. The hospital was very clean and safe. I would come here again to have any procedure or treatment.Its all been refurbished and the reception staff are better trained now so that is an added bonus.
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Mullen & Meyer, Dawgs & GatorsOctober 20, 2009
It's just Tuesday, but a lot is already being made of this Saturday's match up, when the #1 Florida Gators, make the trek to Starkville, to take on the Bulldogs. What's all the racket about? First of all, there is the teacher vs. the pupil factor. For the first time in a decade, Dan Mullen isn't working side by side with Gator's coach Urban Meyer. In December 2008, Mullen traded in one of the most coveted positions in the country-as Offensive Coordinator at UF, for his first chance to become a head coach. Due to the praise of Meyer, and the development of players such as Alex Smith, Chris Leake, and Tim Tebow, MSU was more than happy to offer Mullen that chance.
Second of all, there's one thing that MSU can brag about that no other SEC school can, and that is that the Dawgs have won 3 in a row versus the Gators in Starkville. To Meyer's credit, none of the 3 losses belong to him, but rather to Steve Spurrier (0-2 @ MSU) and Ron Zook (0-1). Two of those UF teams, were good enough to recover and make it to Atlanta, and as for Zook's #19 team that tasted defeat, let's just say "you're welcome" Gator fans. And, 2 national titles later, and some 'iconic' updates to Meyer's wardrobe, I think the fans are still enjoying themselves quite well.
Finally, is the fact of how familiar both coaches are with one another. For the record, UF is the one with the superior talent, they are the highest ranked team in the BCS poll, and MSU will once more find themselves in the role of the underdog. Even though Mullen was responsible for the X's and O's, sometimes you can't stop-even what you know is coming. But, sometimes you can. Saturday will provide an interesting chess match, between Mullen and the former offense he used to run, and I'm sure he'll be praying as everyone wearing Maroon will, that maybe heart and effort-will trump raw talent. I myself, see the familiarities as being a possible downfall for Mullen. State's secondary is young, and an 'information overload' could be on the menu this week. Mullen will have to face the decision, as to whether educate the Dawg D on the tendencies and options that exist within the packages and sets that UF will throw at them, or sit back and let Torbush watch film and do his job…I myself, recommend a mix-due to Torbush's inconsistent success in stopping opponents. When it comes down to it, the Dawgs will have to run to the ball, and play the man in front of them, otherwise over-thinking could take the State right out of the game. And considering every play, inch, and possession on both sides of the ball-will be valuable, the Dawgs cannot afford mental miscues.
One things for sure, Davis Wade will be rocking, the nation will be watching, and I guess it just gets down to 'Gator Bait' or 'Dawg Food.' Can't wait.
Things to Note: In the All-Time Series Record between State and UF, the Blue and Orange hold the edge with a 32-18-2(ties) advantage.
State has the edge on in Starkville, winning 11 of the 20 match ups.
When does UF not have the advantage at the Swamp?…22-7-2 vs State in Gainesville.
The average scoring in the history of this match up: UF- 21.27 MSU- 15.06, and when played in Starkville, State averages 1 more point than UF.
Mullen is calling this- "the game of the year in Mississippi."


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|Reviews for Mark The Earth With Ruin
| Shadow Phenix chapter 15 . 7/18/2007
Excellent story! I read it ages ago when you wre first writing, and it's still one of the best Pirates stories out there.
Hope you'll consider delving into the fandom again.
| SandraS chapter 15 . 1/7/2007
And an equally exellent sequel.
| sparrowCat chapter 15 . 9/5/2006
i luv that ending!
| CaribbeanMouse chapter 15 . 6/10/2006
You amaze me, I'll just say that much.
I loved Wait for No Man, and thought I wouldn't read a Pirates fanfic better than that. Of course, I was wrong, as usual. .~ Outdid yourself.
| someone chapter 15 . 11/23/2005
Dumb ending. Good story but.
| shinyi chapter 15 . 10/29/2005
just finished reading both 'wait for no man' and this, all in a week (: loved the ending, very satisfactory, nice twist. and all in all i really like the way you write. great job (:
| Rogue-Pirate chapter 15 . 9/4/2005
WOW...OH MY CHRIST! Sorry, excuse the language but that was bloody brilliant! Do'u Know, there was a part of your story, I believe it was Chapter 13, that sounded so much like something Hunter S. Thompson could have written in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, or one of his other stories. It really brought a smile to my face. And the ending, having a modern day ending didn't ruin the story at all, in fact it enhanced it somewhat. Well done, that could have gone either way, but you made it successful. I especially liked the fact Maman was there keeping Annie at bay!
So with all the praise that comes to mind at the moment I'll be heading off, unfortuanately, real life calls and I have work in the morning, Damnit! The sooner I go back to Uni the better...at least I can bum around there without guilt...because thats all students do right...bum around and drink, oh and watch Neighbours...but the last thing is for UK students only I believe. Right, now that I have successfully managed to type up everything that is going through my Nogin Im going...to...go...
Ta for the story luv
| Rogue-Pirate chapter 13 . 9/4/2005
I normally dont do this, especially on stories already completed, I usually wait to the end. But I just had to say that, I loved Jack's little speach on the importaance of The's. Will Smith indead...Very funny.
Anyhoo back to the story, I'll review again at the end of Chapter 15.
| wcspegasus chapter 15 . 6/8/2005
Well, I know it's been ages since I last reviewed this story, but I'm afraid I got myself terribly behind with my reading and for awhile I quit altogether.
But I'm back now and must say that this was one of the best endings I've ever read to a fic. Excellent job, the nice little twist at the very end was just a brilliant idea. :)
| PortofSeas chapter 15 . 1/17/2005
Brilliant, it's very good. Takes away from the original PotC universe a lot, but you did a good job with the transition. I suggest you go ahead and make up your own pirate story and apply this to it, with of course a few prequals (Like Wait FOr No Man). Something like this definitely deserves more detail and to rise above the genre of fanfiction. You go!
| Catmint chapter 15 . 8/14/2004
Wow! Great sequel! Major twist at the end!
| orange crush chapter 1 . 6/10/2004
i've probably reviewed this before, but... i re-read it today for the pleasure of a ripping tale. it's amazing. i think, by far the best thing i have EVER read on this site- perhaps the best story i've ever read in fanfiction itself. you are a gifted writer, and i hope you're getting paid for your prose somewhere.
and p.s. yours is the best, the finest, the cleverest jack of all the jacks. damn fine storytelling.
| Catmint chapter 7 . 6/5/2004
Another great chapter. *beams*
| Catmint chapter 6 . 6/5/2004
Go Anamaria! I knew she couldn't be dead!
Talk about the plot thickening! This is great stuff!
| Catmint chapter 5 . 6/5/2004
Another really good chapter!


text: Hi Bob and Bob, This is why the two-counter setup is so messy, you have to have software that will sync up and query them alternatively. You also need to make sure you get the counters to trigger. Besides, another issue is that difference in the two counters read-outs will cause a false signal, so calibration and compensation becomes important to remove that. Using a picket fence type of triggering approach is cheaper and easier to maintain. Some mild software support for the processing and it will work like a charm. Calibration for true zero offset is needed, but relatively easy to implement, you want that anyway. Cheers, Magnus On 10/09/2016 07:02 PM, Bob Stewart wrote: > Hi Bob, > I had actually thought about making a server for the Prologix Ethernet adapters, but I gave up when I considered the issue of two processes trying to claim the same device. I've experimented with using a C program to capture multiple GPIB ports to a live file. But, I can't figure out how to get the "live" part to work when running Timelab on a Windows client in a Virtual Box under a Linux server that is collecting the data. I think Santa may have to bring me another GPIB adapter this Christmas. > > Bob > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > AE6RV.com > > GFS GPSDO list: > groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/GFS-GPSDOs/info > > From: Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> > To: Bob Stewart <bob at evoria.net>; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2016 11:50 AM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] TimeLab > > Hi > >> On Oct 9, 2016, at 12:27 PM, Bob Stewart <bob at evoria.net> wrote: >> >> Hi Bob, >> Is it actually possible to address two devices on one GPIB adapter with Timelab? I admit to not reading the documentation carefully, but I've not been able to do this directly. The only way I could think of doing it was to use some software to send the data to a file and then use Timelab to pull the data from the file. Maybe NI software allows you to configure this? > > That was my poorly stated point :) … you would have to add the ability to identify and address multiple devices. > > Bob > >> >> Bob >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> AE6RV.com >> >> GFS GPSDO list: >> groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/GFS-GPSDOs/info >> >> From: Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com> >> Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2016 8:42 AM >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] TimeLab >> >> Hi >> >> Given that *some* of us have more than errr … one counter :) >> >> There are several setups that involve two or three counters to resolve some of these issues. Having >> multiple serial ports or multiple devices on a GPIB isn't that big a problem. Addressing multiple devices >> (setting up the addresses in TimeLab) is an added step. Coming up with standard setups would be the >> first step. Getting them documented to the degree that they could be run without a lot of hassle would be >> the next step. >> >> Another fairly simple addition (rather than a full blown counter) would be some sort of MCU to time tag >> the input(s). It's a function that is well within the capabilities of a multitude of cheap demo cards. Rather than >> defining a specific card, it is probably better to just define a standard message (115200 K baud, 8N1, starts >> with "$timenuts$,1,", next is the channel number, after that the (32 bit?) seconds count.The final data field is >> a time in nanoseconds within the second, *two byte check sum is last, cr/lf). If there is a next generation version that is >> incompatible, the 1 after timeouts changes to a 2.) Yes, even 10 seconds after typing that definition I can see >> a few problems with it. Any structural similarity to NMEA is purely intentional. That's why it needs a bit of >> thought and work before you standardize on it. It still would be a cheap solution and maybe easier to integrate >> into the software than multiple counters. You do indeed have all the same setup and documentation issues. >> >> In any of the above cases, the only intent of the added hardware is to get a number that is good to 10's of ns. >> Anything past that is great. Once you know where all the edges really are, sorting out the phase data becomes >> much easier. >> >> Bob >> >>> On Oct 9, 2016, at 7:32 AM, Magnus Danielson <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote: >>> >>> Fellow time-nuts, >>> >>> I don't know if it is me who is lazy to not figure TimeLab out better or if it is room for improvements. I was considering writing this directly to John, but I gather that it might be of general concern for many, so I thought it be a good topic for the list. >>> >>> In one setup I have, I need to measure the offset of the PPS as I upset the system under test. The counter I'm using is a HP53131A, and I use the time-interval measure. I have a reference GPS (several actually) which can output PPS, 10 MHz, IRIG-B004 etc. In itself nothing strange. >>> >>> In the ideal world of things, I would hook the DUT PPS to the Start (Ch1) and the reference PPS to the Stop (Ch2) channels. This would give me the propper Time Error (DUT - Ref) so a positive number tells me the DUT is ahead of the reference and a negative number tells me that the DUT is behind the reference. >>> >>> Now, as I do that, depending on their relative timing I might skip samples, since the counter expects trigger conditions. While TimeLab can correct for the period offset, it can't reproduce missed samples. >>> I always get suspicious when the time in the program and the time in real world does not match up. >>> >>> I could intentionally shift the PPS output of my DUT to any suitable number, which would be one way to solve this, if I would tell TimeLab to withdraw say 100 ms. I might want to do that easily afterhand rather than in the setup window. >>> >>> To overcome this, I use the IRIG-B004 output, which is a 100 Hz signal with a stable rising edge aligned to the PPS to within about 2 ns. Good enough for my purpose. However, for the trigger to only produce meaningful results, I will need to swap inputs, so that the PPS from DUT is on Start/Ch1 and the IRIG-B is on Stop/Ch2. This way I get my triggers right. However, my readings have opposite sign. I might have forgotten about the way to correct for it. >>> >>> However, TimeLab seems unable to unwrap the phase properly, so if I have the condition where I would get a negative value of say -100 ns then the counter will measure 9,999,900 ns, so I have to force a positive value as I start the measurement and then have it trace into the negative. I would very much like to see that TimeLab would phase-unwrap into +/- period/2 from first sample. That would be much more useful. >>> >>> I would also like to have the ability to set an offset from which the current zoom window use as 0, really a form variant of the 0-base but letting me either set the value or it be the first value of the zoom. I have use for both of these. I often find myself fighting the offset issues. In a similar fashion, I have been unable to change the vertical zoom, if I don't care about clipping the signal then it forces me to zoom in further than I like to. The autoscale fights me many times in a fashion I don't like. >>> >>> OK, so there is a brain-dump of the last couple of weeks on and off measurement experiences. While a few things might be fixed in the usage, I wonder if there is not room for improvements in the tool. 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|Reviews for Forever Yours, Hel
| TruffleHead chapter 1 . 7/15/2012
This was a /fantastic/ piece of writing. I loved the spin you took with it- that something needs to happen in order to /make/ someone become evil. No wonder, too, with Odin chaining both of her brothers up. :/ I always thought that must have been scarring for Loki- and Hel, too, I suppose. Odin, that jerk. XD Anyways, I loved, loved, LOVED this and am now inspired to do some Mythology pieces of my own. :) Thank you for the lovely read!
| AriaRose7 chapter 1 . 5/12/2012
I LOVED this story! I am so glad I found it. Hel is one of my favorite characters in Norse Mythology and you really brought her character to life here. I really enjoyed how her letters to Odin evolved from sweet niece asking simply to visit to raging over what happened to her brothers and how he treats her. Awesome story!
| bergamot-orange chapter 1 . 7/31/2007
. . .Brilliant. You are a fantastic writer! At the end of each letter I laughed because Hel sounded more and more angry.
| Jiggermole chapter 1 . 10/1/2005
Thank you for the riveting tale. The attention to detail in respect for the myths is good. I like how it was arranged. Thanks again.
| pleaseuseanothername chapter 1 . 6/28/2004
I just wanted to say that I really like this story. The way you show Hel's progression from doting subject to bitter ruler is amazing.
| Werecat99 chapter 1 . 10/5/2003
I loved this as much. I'm not as familiar with the Norse myths as I am with the Greek and Egyptian ones, but this was a very refreshing story, both in atmosphere as in setting.
Good work. And thanks for the reviews.
| kezya chapter 1 . 7/5/2003
Very good. I like it how the tone of the letters changes slowly from happy to menacing. Well done.
| a yellow tree chapter 1 . 6/19/2003
The Nordic myths have always been entirely fascinating. I liked the idea. Your story was both thoughtful and amusing.


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The Measure of Intelligence lies in one's ability to see patterns where others see only randomness...
If your kids know the 'grown-up' reading & writing SECRETS™, they will love this clip.... and so will you!!!
Kids (okay, all of us!) are naturally fascinated in "who did what to who and why," and it's in this way that learners who know all the SECRETS™ about the letters can easily predict their "behaviors" (i.e. sounds!).
In this way, learners become instantly connected to what would otherwise be perceived as just "random symbols and sounds." They become naturally curious and thus, intrinsically motivated to critically analyze their behaviors, so as to predict their most-likely and next most-likely sounds.
While I wish that I could, it's just not possible for me to repost here all of the interesting comments, questions, and lengthy teacher discussions related to these (and other) posts. For this reason, I would really encourage you to visit the FaceBook page directly, or click on the links next to each of the video posts below to read the related comments and discussion and chime-in!
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"Drop the 'y' to add 'ed' and 'es'
My school sent me to New Orleans a couple of years ago where I met you. I purchased the set as soon as could!
You don't know how many little lives you've changed.
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Thread: BJJ questions
7/08/2008 12:59pm, #31
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Because he doesn't know if you have control or not, or other newbs may see you applying leglocks, they might get it into their heads to do the same thing. They might not know what the **** they are doing however, and could hurt someone even if you are safe with them.
When instructing a larger group of people, it is easier to just make blanket policies. No leglocks for whitebelts. Rather than telling some whitebelts they can and others they can't. This would just lead to confusion and resentment from those that can't and from raw newbies.
7/08/2008 1:21pm, #32
New guys can be dangerous at any rate because they don't know how to properly measure how much force they are applying against their partners. I know a guy, a BJJ purple, who got his arm broken showing a new student how to do a basic armbar. The guy got into position, closed his hips, slammed his arm down, and -SNAP-, it broke right there.
Ankles/knees are especially easy to damage, so I can see the need for some rules like that to be in place."This is why we are here. Because the Martial Arts for too long have been cloaked in an unnecessary level of secrecy bordering on mysticism, and its in these shadows that the cockroaches love to hide. -Phrost"
Originally Posted by Squerlli
7/08/2008 2:23pm, #33
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BJJers are fairly hardcore about their belts. I lost my white belt once, and when my instructor found out, he looked at me like I just sodomized a box full of kittens.
7/08/2008 2:43pm, #34
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Both my BJJ instructors don't care about our belts. When I got my blue belt he didn't give me one. He just let me buy one haha.
7/08/2008 3:01pm, #35Originally Posted by kracker
I have lost, approximately, 6 blue belts. This includes one that had "Not your fucking belt" and my name written in sharpie, in large letters.
BJJers aren't "hardcore" about belts, you just look like the sort of guy that would sodomize kittens.
7/08/2008 3:01pm, #36
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I actually paid for my belt. The Gi came to like $130 with the belt.
7/08/2008 3:02pm, #37
And the rest of this thread is retarded.
7/08/2008 3:20pm, #38
Ankle locks, heel hooks, neck cranks, KNEEEBAAAAAAAHs... whatever. There's no difference between what a white belt and a purple belt is allowed to do where I train.
Never had a problem with it, never seen anybody injured doing it in training.
The only issue is when you hit tournaments. Some restrict white belt levels quite a bit, so if some guys gets a single leg, and you counter with a rolling KNEEEBAAAAAAH... you're the man and on top of the world... right until the ref points out you're disqualified.
7/08/2008 6:39pm, #39Originally Posted by pauli


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Jessica Nihart, Minerva, Driving Under Suspension, Plead Guilty, Found Guilty, Fined $50 and $65 Costs.
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Feeling at a loss these days. My niece just turned 8 and she's growing up. She used to be the kid that wanted to take things to children's hospital so they wouldn't be so bored and got excited by lots of things.
She still smiles and laughs when her mother isn't around, but every time her mother walks in the room the smile disappears, she acts afraid to speak, and if I ask her if she wants to do something she looks at the floor and shakes her head.
I asked her a while back if she wanted to work with me on sewing some doll dresses and she said yes.
I asked her dad a while back about her helping me out with some doll outfits to give to the children's hospital. I got a email back saying that she said "she didn't feel like it"
I've seen that little girl start to shake when her mother enters the room. Or she'll be happily playing with me and then as soon as her mother enters the room she stops.
Over the past 6 months I did manage to ask her if everything was OK and she told me that she wasn't supposed to talk to me about things.
I've called and asked her dad to speak to me, but if he doesn't, then I'm about to go to the school counselor and see if she has advice. This would probably put everyone in a tight spot since her dad works at the school.
I'm at a bit of loss. I'm not sure if she's become spoiled, or if there's another problem here.
I was abused when I was growing up and there was really no one I could tell. When I did try to tell my pillar of the community mother just convinced them that I didn't really know what I was saying.
I've been asked many times why don't I just walk away from the situation because things often don't go well with me and her mother. Long story.
Seems that her mother is trying to keep me at a distance from said niece and
her sister. I'm starting to wonder if she's doing that because she's got something to hide. something she doesn't want oldest niece telling me.
This has happened in the past, oldest niece has told me that she wants to talk to me 'quietly so that no one else can hear' and she talks to me about things that bother her.
I think mom is trying to prevent that.
Niece's mom has never seemed that please with my oldest niece. she's admitted how disappointed she was when she wasn't the boy she was expecting. I see her mom hug the youngest one all the time. I can't really name a time that I've ever seen her give oldest niece a hug. I've seen her tell my niece no when niece asked for a hug before.
I can't be there for my niece if I'm prevented from being able to see her. My worst fear is if I speak to someone about this they'll just blow it off and I'll be prevented from seeing my nieces.
has anyone else run into a situation where they thought that maybe a child that wasn't theirs may need help?
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Allentown, PA (3/4/2010) - St. Luke's Hospital – Allentown Campus opened a brand new Wound Management Center to address a growing population of patients with non-healing wounds due to diabetes, vascular problems and other underlying diseases. The center began seeing patients in mid-January, but was officially opened at a ceremony on March 4.
The new Wound Management Center is located at St. Luke's Hospital – Allentown Campus, 1736 Hamilton Blvd, Allentown 18104, located in the Ground Floor of the East Tower. The center is part of the expansion of the Allentown Campus that opened in September 2008.
"I find it very exciting to open another new area of this hospital," remarked Frank Ford, president of St. Luke's Hospital – Allentown Campus. "We are honored to be able to serve yet another patient population at our growing campus. And, when we open our retail pharmacy in April, our patients will receive treatment and be able to fill prescriptions in one place."
"Wound care is about quality of life," said Jack Bruno, DO, VP of Medical Affairs at St. Luke's Hospital – Allentown Campus. "Our goal is to help each patient through his or her individual healing process and specific condition. Wound care is a complicated process, but we hope to provide easy access and a seamless transition of care at St. Luke's Wound Management Centers."
The new center is part of a Wound Management program throughout the St. Luke's Network. Wound Management Centers are located St. Luke's Union Station in Bethlehem, as well as St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital and St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital in Coaldale.
"The certified wound specialists and experienced nursing staff at St. Luke's Wound Management Centers work with each patient for the best results possible for chronic or non-healing wounds as the result of diabetes, immobilization or circulatory problems," said Jay B. Fisher, MD, board certified Vascular Surgeon and Medical Director. "Some of the wounds we treat, like diabetic foot ulcers, sores of the feet from lack of circulation or traumatic wounds require treatment protocols in order that the cause of the wound is determined. Patients may require vascular testing in our accredited vascular lab or state of the art endovascular suites. Only after determining the cause of the ulcer can the appropriate treatment protocol be offered."
Specialists at St. Luke's Wound Management Centers are trained to manage non-healing wounds in a team approach that includes board-certified general surgeons, trauma surgeons, vascular and plastic surgeons, infectious disease physicians, podiatrists, certified wound specialists (CWS) and certified wound, ostomy and continence nurses (CWOCN), according to Joanne Labiak, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, Director of Wound Management for St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network.
In addition to excellent clinicians, patients have access to the latest in technology to diagnose underlying conditions that contribute to wounds not healing properly, and hyperbaric treatments are available at the Allentown Campus and St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital, said Labiak.
At the Allentown location, the Wound Management Center is adjacent to the Hyperbaric Medicine Department. Hyperbaric oxygen can be used to treat a number of different conditions, including problem wounds, bone infections, the effects of Radiation as well as emergency cases, said Robert Toth, RRT, CHT, coordinator of the hyperbaric medicine program. St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown Campus recently added a second hyperbaric chamber in order to treat the increased volume of patients generated from the wound center. According to Toth, the Allentown location of St. Luke's is the only hospital in the region that is on call and available 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week for emergency cases.
"One of the services that sets St. Luke's apart from other wound centers is the coordination of services for wound patients," said Labiak. "We help our patients manage their wounds, make appointments for vascular, radiology testing and lab work, and provide results at all of our centers. We make hyperbaric treatment appointments, provide access to durable medical equipment and help schedule home visits through the VNA of St. Luke's for patients who are homebound. We also work with long-term care facilities like nursing homes, as well as hospital admissions and oncology, infusion, emergency and surgical services to help patients more easily manage their respective conditions."
Patients may refer themselves to St. Luke's wound centers if they have a wound that has not shown significant improvement in two weeks or has failed to completely heal in four weeks. Patients should also work with family physicians or other specialists for referrals.
Some of the services at St. Luke's Wound Management Centers include the following:
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Ignite! 2012 winner, Public Works of HeART, has kicked off their first mural crowd-funding campaign, giving some Gamecock spirit to a local water tower while feeding the hungry.
The target of the first mural campaign? An eye sore of a water tower located next to the Gamecocks new golf facility in Cayce. The plans for the mural are to display an attractive mural of a Gamecock golf player silhouette along with signage for the location. The mural can be viewed all around the area along with flights coming into the Columbia Metropolitan Airport.
Not only will this campaign bring recognition to the University of South Carolina and solve an eye sore problem, but will also raise money for a great cause. The project is funded by crowd-sourcing, where people can purchase two square-feet of mural for $25. A portion of the proceeds will then be donated to the Harvest Hope Food Bank, with the potential of donating a total of $50,000.
The initiative launched on September 23, and has already received attention from local news outlets such as WISTV and the Daily Gamecock.
Innovative, multi-faceted ideas such as this are exactly what Ignite! - EngenuitySC's annual knowledge economy celebration - is all about. The creation and advancement of ideas like Public Works of HeART are vital to the success of Columbia and the Midlands region.
If you have an innovative idea and want to bring it to fruition to help our community, we encourage you to enter the Ignite! 2013 Ideas Contest. Three finalists will present their ideas to an audience of 500 at Ignite! 2013 and will be voted on to win $5,000 for the execution of their idea. Now solidify your plan, pitch it, and good luck!


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TACLOBAN, PHilippines — Althea Mustacisa was born three days ago in the aftermath of the killer typhoon that razed the eastern Philippines. And for every one of those three days, she has struggled to live.
But she has clung to life because her parents have been pushing oxygen into her tiny body with a hand-held pump nonstop ever since she came into this world.
"If they stop, the baby will die," said Amie Sia, a nurse at a hospital in typhoon-wracked Tacloban city that is running without electricity and few staff or medical supplies. "She can't breathe without them. She can't breathe on her own. The only sign of life this little girl has left is a heartbeat."
More than a week after Typhoon Haiyan annihilated a vast swath of the Philippines, killing more than 3,600 people, the storm's aftermath is still claiming victims — and doctors here fear Althea might be the next.
The bottom floor of the two-story government-run Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center was flooded, and the intensive-care unit for newborns was left a ruin. Life-saving machinery, like the facility's only incubator, was soiled with water and mud.
As the storm hit, doctors and staff took 20 babies who were already in ICU to a small chapel upstairs for their safety, placing three or four in the plastic crib carts that are built for one newborn each.
With the chapel converted into an ad-hoc neonatal clinic, all the babies survived initially. But six died later, "because we lack vital medical equipment that was destroyed," said the attending physician, Dr. Leslie Rosario.
Within days, however, 10 more babies born during or in the aftermath of the storm were taken in, including Althea. She was born in her family's typhoon-wrecked home Wednesday, weighing 5.8 pounds and suffering from an inability to breathe.
When she was rushed to the hospital, doctors performed CPR on her, and since then they have been giving her oxygen from the hand-held pump connected to a blue rubber bubble that fits into her tiny mouth and draws sustenance from a green tank through a transparent pipe.
Doctors said the storm had not been a factor in the baby's problems, noting that insufficient prenatal care most likely complicated the pregnancy for the 18-year-old mother. The baby was not born premature.
Still, there was a good chance of saving Althea had the hospital been equipped with electricity that would have run a ventilator, incubator and other life-saving equipment.
On the hospital floor are a few boxes of the only medical supplies left — water for IV fluids, syringes, a handful of antibiotics. The hospital also lacks manpower. In the neonatal clinic alone, only three out of a staff of 16 are still working, Rosario said.
The hospital is now filled with 24 babies — five of them in critical condition, the rest with fevers or other ailments. Many were born premature.
Althea's prognosis is not good.
"If we had a ventilator, it's possible she could live," Sia said. "But right now she's very weak, and I don't think she's going to make it."
As she spoke, Althea's mother, Genia Mae Mustacisa, leaned over her baby girl, stroked her forehead and kissed it. "It's OK," she whispered, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I love you so much. No matter what happens, I love you so much."


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Cs3 developed a product it said can help companies prevent malicious hackers from using their computers in distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Instead of filtering incoming traffic, the company's MANAnet Reverse Firewall monitors and filters outgoing traffic and limits the rate of unexpected outgoing packets.
"It sits at the edge of the network, like a firewall, and guards your outbound traffic," said K. Narayanaswamy, co-founder and CTO of Cs3, based here.
The device is targeted at ISPs, enterprises and universities, and the company wants to team with solution providers to sell it, he said.
A denial-of-service attack floods a network with requests, which slows or halts normal traffic. In a distributed denial-of-service attack, a hacker hijacks multiple computers, turning them into "zombies" that flood a network with bogus requests.
Charles Neal, head of Exodus Communications' Cyber Attack Tiger Team (CATT), said there is some value in products that protect from denial-of-service attacks, such as Cs3's reverse firewall, but that the cost has to be balanced with the particular security threats a company faces. "The trick in security is you can't add every one of these things," he said. "You have to come up with a balance that makes sense, based on your individual company's need."
Cs3's device uses what the company calls "fair service" technology. A company sets what the expected traffic is from different parts of the network and the device regulates traffic according to those specifications.
The product costs $3,995 and handles up to five internal subnets, Narayanaswamy said. The rack-mountable device can be plugged into the network with a company's existing firewall, he said.
Cs3 has partnered on the product with GEA Associates, a technology marketing firm in Las Vegas. Theresa Goss, vice president and director of sales and marketing at GEA, said companies are buying the device, including a school in Las Vegas.


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Pawleys Island: After a decade, police chief makes his final rounds
By Charles Swenson
First thing Monday morning, Police Chief Guy Osborne checks the weekend incident reports and any information passed along from officers in a notebook.
Two dogs off the leash. A pothole. A couple of alarms.
Once school starts, it gets quiet on Pawleys Island. And that's the time Osborne chose more than a year ago as to when he will retire. He will turn over the department on Saturday to Mike Fanning after 10 years as chief and 42 in law enforcement.
"What we had in the middle of summer, June and July, can make up for anything," Osborne said.
That's one of the challenges faced by police on the town. Months when "you work like you're in a major city," he said, followed by months when officers watch the traffic and catch up on their training.
But he said he's willing to match his five full-time and four part-time officers against any in the country for experience and professionalism. "I feel safe leaving this department, having the people we have here."
The police department accounts for the largest share of the town budget. The chief is the town's only paid management position. Osborne, 67, has been the longest-serving chief. When he started, he and Clay Naar, now a sergeant, were the only two officers. A Jeep Cherokee was the only patrol car, until its engine fell out, a victim of saltwater.
Osborne's first day on the job was July 3, 2002.
He had retired after 23 years with the Horry County Police, finishing his career there as commander of investigations. He wasn't sure he wanted to return to police work. But he wanted to keep up his certification, so he came to Pawleys Island looking for a part-time job, just one day a week.
Before he could start, he was asked by Mayor Bill Otis to apply for the job as police chief.
He was working as an insurance fraud investigator and after 32 years in law enforcement, "I was ready to do something else," Osborne said.
He was reluctant to work for a small town where politics could interfere with police work. Otis promised him that wouldn't happen. He took the job. "Boy, did I make a great decision," Osborne said.
"They renewed my faith in small town government," he said of the mayor and Town Council. "There's not one single incident where they tried to interfere with this department." His former colleagues called him "Chief Brody," after the city cop who goes to work on Amity Island in the film "Jaws."
"We experience the same things other jurisdictions do," Osborne said. "A little bit of everything."
A year after taking the job, he confronted a man on the beach with a knife. The man, who left a suicide note in his pickup truck, tried to provoke Osborne into shooting him. Earlier this year, a woman and her teen-age son were kidnapped at gunpoint from an island home in a robbery attempt.
But violent crime is rare. The biggest problems on the island are automobile break-ins, burglaries and traffic, in that order, Osborne said.
In a decade, he calculates that there were only 28 unsolved crimes. Those include car break-ins and a string of burglaries he believes were the work of a gang that traveled through the area.
In the future, he thinks traffic will be the biggest issue facing police on the island. Osborne has watched the number of vehicles grow. He's seen more days where there is a vehicle in every legal parking spot on the island, along with those parked illegally.
"I think they can handle the crimes," Osborne said. "They're not going to be able to handle the volume of traffic."
That's a problem because it will hinder the ability of emergency services to respond, he said.
With the addition of a fifth full-time officer last year, the town was able to provide 24-hour coverage for the first time since the police department was formed in the early 1990s. Osborne said he is most proud of his success in recruiting officers. Fanning, a former sergeant with the New York Police Department, was hired five years ago.
"I don't think a chief is a supervisor," he said. "He sets the standards. I'm out there with them."
Leaving a position he calls "the best job in the country" will allow him to set his own schedule, he said. He runs early-morning fitness boot camps and plans to continue and possibly expand those. He also plans to start a private investigator business, picking up with the sort of work he left to take the chief's job.
"I'm never going to retire," Osborne said.